Loosen your belt buckle-We're doing Deluxe Dining!Our 12/10 PTR!Update 12/18 TR Start

[Mickey_Mom]

Busy but great!! I don't even know what to specifically comment on because the whole day sounds wonderful. I cannot wait to see your BBB pictures, she is going to be gorgeous!

Say, is that possible DIS meet me? If not, sign me up cause we will be there!

 

[eecteacher82]

Busy but great!! I don't even know what to specifically comment on because the whole day sounds wonderful. I cannot wait to see your BBB pictures, she is going to be gorgeous!

Say, is that possible DIS meet me? If not, sign me up cause we will be there!

Glad you like my plans! I think they sound good too! Good but busy! I can't wait for the BBB either!!!! I am literally bouncing on my couch just thinking about it! Olivia has been on a BBB kick lately and is obsessed with watching videos of other little girls at the BBB on Youtube. Each time one of the little girls is done Olivia gets this HUGE smile on her face and it melts my heart!

Of course you are on my list of must meets for the possible DIS meet!!!! I am really hoping that between mentioning it on my PTR and the actual thread about it, we will have at least a few people there! I think someone has mentioned meeting at the partners statue after MSEP and Wishes. I am up for that or even everyone trying watch them together....I guess we will just see!

 

[eecteacher82]

[Day 3: Tuesday December 7

~After our late night the day before we are sleeping in today!!!
~ Wake Up: 9:00
~ Eat breakfast in our room and get ready to head out.
~ We should be at the bus stop by 10:00 for our bus to:

~The goal is to arrive at DHS by 10:30 and then do a few things before our lunch ADR. The goal is to hit:

And hopefully have time to meet someone....

After doing those few things, it will be 11:30 and time for our lunch ADR at:

I am really excited about this one! They have FINALLY taken out JoJo and Goliath (how long has it been since they were even on Playhouse Disney? Olivia is just about 3 and I haven't seen them on since I've had her), and replaced them with Handy Manny and Oso!!!! Olivia should get a kick out of this!

~After lunch, the plan is to hit up:

Toby LOVES this show, and it is his must do for DHS.

We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this ride!!! I can't wait to get back on it!

Olivia loves this show (of course I do too), so this is a must see).

We will be leaving DHS around 4:00 to head over to Epcot and our 4:55 dinner ADR at:

This is another new restaurant for us, so we are pretty excited!

~ I am hoping dinner will be done by 6:30, and then we are heading back to DHS to see:

!!!!!!! is all I have to say about this!!!!!!!

~After we get our fill of the amazing lights, we will head back to the resort fairly early since tomorrow is an early wake up day. Depending on what time we get back, we might walk around the resort and take some pictures of Olivia with the HUGE statues or just relax and take it easy in the room.

~So, that is it. The end of our 3rd day (how can that be already?! That means that we are halfway through our trip!!!!!!!!!)

So, thoughts? Ideas?[/COLOR]

 

[Tinker_Tam]

Your day sounds awesome!! I can't wait to see the lights when we are there!!

 

[exwdwcm]

loving your plans! you are packing a lot in, just like we do- but i love it!!! she is going to love BBB and then doing dinner at 1900- so magical!!!

we love CP too- we are doing breakfast there our first full day. can't wait to hear how the new H&V line up goes. My son likes Oso and HM too!! I used to work at H&V in 96 before it was a character meal. oh the memories! and hearing the gone wiht the wind soundtrack played over and over all day long.

 

[Tinkermom76]

Hey great updates! I wish I was gonna be around for the meet ... maybe next year

 

[eecteacher82]

Happy Birthday to my princess!!! 3 years old...seems like she was just born...where does the time go? No big plans today. Going out to dinner and then Sunday is her party. She is beyond excited about her castle cake them my mom is making! It is all she talks about! It should be a pretty nice day for a party, the high is 78 and sunny! We are having about 20 people over...nothing too big!

I thought I would share a few pics of my little peanut in her first few days. She was born via c-section on 11-11-07 (it's fun to say it out loud that way), at 12:55am....8 weeks premature. She only spent 23 days in the NICU before we were FINALLY able to bring her home! I was terrified to bring her home! She was barely back up to 4 pounds then and the carseat said for 5 pounds and up! ...and we had an hour drive home!! After lots of reassurance from the docs that it was perfectly safe to put her in the carseat and drive that hour,we were off! We haven't looked back since. Despite being a preemie, Olivia has always been right on track, or even ahead developmentally!

3 hours old:

1 week old...the first time I got to hold her!!!!

The day before we got to bring her home! Already in training to be a Disney lover!

One of my favorites: Wide awake looking at Daddy

There you go! Sorry for the picture overload!

 

[therussells08]

Your plans so far look great!

Olivia! She's so beautiful!

 

[DevonsDisneyMom]

Happy Happy Birthday to Olivia!!! I was barely 4 pounds when I was born too!!! I have pics of my pop-pop holding me when I 1st came home! I was so tiny that I literally fit in the palm of his hand!!!

I'm excited to see the castle cake!

 

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

sounds like a busy day but tons of fun!!!!!! BBB shouldn't be backed up that much by 9:55, assuming that everyone checks in on time prior to that. They will usually get backed up in the early afternoon and then there's sometimes a rush late afternoon as well! If DD's hair starts to fall before your ADR, you can always stop in and have them re-spray it. We've done that many times for a Princess who has a dinner ADR at the CRT. You can also tell them at podium that you want her to have FT hairstyle and they will mark it/highlight it on her paper. That way, they won't show her the choices except for what she is getting. Just some helpful tips!!

 

[Mickey_Mom]

Happy Birthday Olivia!!!!


Wow, you are the park hopping champions!

I cannot wait to see Handy Manny and Special Agent Oso at H&V!! How fun is that going to be?? Oh and the Osborne lights .... ahhhhh

 

[eecteacher82]

Your plans so far look great!

Olivia! She's so beautiful!

Thank you! I always second guess my plans after I post them here! I know they are busy, but we love being busy!

We think she is beautiful too!

Happy Happy Birthday to Olivia!!! I was barely 4 pounds when I was born too!!! I have pics of my pop-pop holding me when I 1st came home! I was so tiny that I literally fit in the palm of his hand!!!

I'm excited to see the castle cake!

Olivia is totally loving all the birthday wishes from everyone!

It's so amazing to see what modern medicine can do! At her lowest weight she was down to 3lb 8oz and she had a few medical issues. We thought she might have to have surgery to close a hole in her heart and a problem with her intestines that could have required surgery as well. Thankfully everything cleared up on its own! Olivia was that tiny too! We kept one of her hospital diapers and it is even too small for her baby dolls now!

I am excited to see the castle cake too!!!! I will be sure to post pics here after the party on Sunday!

sounds like a busy day but tons of fun!!!!!! BBB shouldn't be backed up that much by 9:55, assuming that everyone checks in on time prior to that. They will usually get backed up in the early afternoon and then there's sometimes a rush late afternoon as well! If DD's hair starts to fall before your ADR, you can always stop in and have them re-spray it. We've done that many times for a Princess who has a dinner ADR at the CRT. You can also tell them at podium that you want her to have FT hairstyle and they will mark it/highlight it on her paper. That way, they won't show her the choices except for what she is getting. Just some helpful tips!!

Thanks for the tips! I will definitely tell them not to give her a choice of hairstyle- I would hate for her to have a meltdown over that!!!! So glad to hear that they shouldn't be backed up too bad yet!! I was hoping that would be the case! I had no idea we could go back in for them to spray it if it starts to fall! Great tip! If I think of anything else I will be sure to ask you! Are we friends on FB yet? I don't think we are...

Happy Birthday Olivia!!!!


Wow, you are the park hopping champions!

I cannot wait to see Handy Manny and Special Agent Oso at H&V!! How fun is that going to be?? Oh and the Osborne lights .... ahhhhh

Thank you (from Olivia)! She had a great day, and got SO many birthday wishes from everyone online!

We do love our park hopping! We have always done it! When I was pregnant with Olivia, Toby and I went for a day and hit all 4 parks that day! Olivia does really well with it, so we don't mind.

I think H&V will be great! I have been waiting for a long time for them to get JoJo and Goliath out of there! My thoughts exactly on the Osborne Lights

 

[DisneyFirefly]

Happy birthday to Olivia!

 

[Tinker_Tam]

Happy Birthday Olivia!! I hope you had a super duper day!!!

 

[eecteacher82]

Hi guys! I just wanted to do a quick post about Olivia's birthday fun!

On Thursday (her actual birthday) we went out for a family dinner. It was really nice to just have a little family dinner. Of course she couldn't not have a cake of some sort on her actual birthday, so my mom got her a GIANT cupcake with mounds of frosting!

Moving on to Sunday: Party Day!!

It was perfect weather for a party! The high was about 76, sunny and a bit breezy! We had about 20 people over and just hung out in the backyard and let the kids play for about 2 hours. Then it was present time!! I told everyone that she didn't need anything, that them coming to celebrate with us was more than enough. Of course nobody would take that for an answer and Olivia got way too much stuff! She got the princess dress up clothes trunk and immediately broke it open and dressed herself up for the rest of the present opening! She did really well with the Disney gift cards-I think the final tally was $125 plus $20 cash!! She also got some fun stuff for the car: a Color Wonder travel set, a new portable DVD player (our old one was one that I bought my freshman year of college-2000, and it was a Walgreen's brand, so needless to say, it had lived it's life!, and new DVD. She was quite excited that she got a new fish tank since OhNo! the fish was living in a bowl. Now OhNo! gets to live in her room!

Now....THE CAKE!!!!!!!! Olivia LOVED it!!!!!! My mom did an awesome job!

It was a wonderful party, and it is amazing too see how many people love Olivia! The best part of the day was just before bedtime when Olivia gave me a huge hug and said "Thank you so much for my Princess party mommy! You made my heart feel happy!". Yep, I lost it!

Thank you for putting up with my picture overload! I'll have our next day plans up tomorrow!

 

[Tinker_Tam]

Wow! What a cutie! So glad Olivia had a happy birthday and a super party! That cake is so awesome! She really did clean up. She will love having all the extra money to spend in Disney. That was a great idea. Brenda has been asking for Zoobles. You'll have to tell me if Olivia really likes them!

 

[eecteacher82]

Wow! What a cutie! So glad Olivia had a happy birthday and a super party! That cake is so awesome! She really did clean up. She will love having all the extra money to spend in Disney. That was a great idea. Brenda has been asking for Zoobles. You'll have to tell me if Olivia really likes them!

Olivia is sitting next to me playing with her Zoobles as I type this! She loves them! She played with them for about an hour last night, and has been at it for about 45 minutes this morning.

She was so excited about HER "Disney money cards"! I told her she could use them on anything she wanted. My only rule will be nothing big, since we really don't have anymore room! I am thinking she might get a new light up toy, maybe her face painted or the light up Cinderella wand she has had her eye on for her BBB appointment! Pretty much, just things we weren't planning on buying, but she might want.

 

[exwdwcm]

happy birthday Olivia! saw the cake pics on FB, so amazing! looks like she had a great time too!

love her preemie pics- so sweet and tiny! my little guy's bday was 10/30/07, so they aren't that far apart in age- just a few days!

and yeah on the disney gift cards tally- should make for some fun shopping for her on the trip!

 

[2kids2luv]

Happy belated birthday Olivia! The cake your mom made is amazing! Cute photo of Olivia after eating her cupcake.

All your plans look great.

 

[eecteacher82]

Day 4: Wednesday December 8

~This is another early morning for us, which should be ok, since we should be hitting the sack early on Tuesday night.

~ Wake Up:
*Me: 6:45
*Toby & Olivia: 7:00

~Get ready and leave the room by 7:30
~This next part I need advice on:
*We HATE driving on vacation, but....we have a 8:35 ADR at:

*These are my issues:
-If we take the buses we would go from POP --> to DHS --> then boat to BC. This could take some time (or would there be an early character bus?).
-We could take a cab, but that would obviously cost money
-We could drive, but we would either have to park at DHS and take the boat, or park and BC then drive to Epcot after, then on to another park later. (This option, driving our own car is the least appealing to me right now since we are hopping later).
~So. What would you do?

~After breakfast we are heading to Epcot! I am hoping to arrive by 10:30.

~Our To Do list this morning is Future World! We hope to hit:

Olivia LOVES Nemo and adores this ride!

This one is all for me! I have loved LwtL since I was a kid! Lucky for me, Toby and Olivia like it too!

SSE is a family favorite!

We can't visit Epcot and not stop here for some love!

~I'm thinking after all this it will be time for our 1:30 ADR at:

I am SOOOO excited about this one!!! I only booked this for the pretzel bread and cheddar cheese soup! I don't eat red meat, so the steaks are not appealing to me (but they sure are to DH)! I am also excited to try the chocolate moose! How cute it that?!

~After lunch, it is World Showcase time! I am excited for Olivia to do the Kidcot stops this trip! I think she will have a great time! I think we will buy her a passport and then have each country write her name and Happy Birthday in their native language!

~I am only planning on going halfway around today, stopping at America, and hitting the other countries another day.

~I am excited about our next adventure!!! Olivia and I will be doing....:

Pick-a-pearl!!!!! I did this on our 9/09 trip as an anniversary gift from Toby, and I LOVED it!!! I ordered Olivia and I the matching Cinderella Carriage cages off of ebay about 4 months ago, and I cannot wait to see how our pearls look in them!

~After we finish up half of the countries, we will be heading to the front of the park so we can take the monorail to the TTC and walk to the Poly and our 8:05 ADR at:

I am excited for this meal too! I have heard great and no so great reviews, so I guess we will make up our own minds!

~After dinner we will do a bit of picture taking and then head back to POP for a much needed good nights sleep!

So, thoughts? Suggestions?