"Love is a Song that Never Ends" - PTR Oct 2016 Trip

[PrincessAshlee]

PROGRESS REPORT - September 21, 2016

I will be at Disney World in 3 short weeks!!!
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Trip Dates? October 12-19, 2016

Resort? Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort, 7 nights

Park Tickets Purchased? Booked through TA – Convention 7-Day w/PH + 1 FUN tickets

Memory Maker? I love all of the pictures that I got from my last trip. I want to try to get more magic shots this time!

Room & Tickets Package Payment Progress? Paid in Full!!! We also have $850 in Disney gift cards towards food and souvenirs.

MNSSHP? Purchased for Tuesday, October 18, 2016!

Club Villain? Reserved and paid - Saturday, October 15, 2016 @ 8:30pm!

F&WF Seminar? Reserved and paid - Beverage Seminar (Macallan Whiskey) on Monday, October 17, 2016 @ 5:30pm.

Itinerary? 37.5% ... I was hoping to be further along, but I am working on catching up on our itineraries for our other 5 days. Hopefully I will have a new one to post soon.

ADRs? I think that I actually may be done changing our ADRS. However, I did make a new reservation this week for lunch at the Garden Grill on 10/14.

FastPasses? All Booked!! We got everything that we wanted.

Shirts? 70% Done... I have 6 more shirts that I hope to finish tomorrow. They are looking really good. I'm so excited!!

Mickey Ears? I purchased fabric to make 2 pairs of ears, but I haven't had time to work on them yet.

Packing? The pile of things on the bed in our guest room is growing quite large. Only a few things left to get. DF is supposed to be looking for some hats/visors and I need to get ponchos, sunscreen, and some other random things. I'm working on making a list, to make sure that I haven't forgotten anything.

Magic Bands? For a week, I had been obsessively checking MDE and my email for confirmation that the bands had shipped, but every day MDE just said that they would be shipping soon. I had read quite a few stories lately from people whose magic bands got lost in the mail or were not correct when they did receive them, so I was really nervous! Then on Saturday, well technically Sunday since it was 2 am, I got home from Cedar Point to find a package in my mailbox. I was excited, but then I saw that it was addressed to DF, so I assumed that it wasn't anything interesting. He was half asleep and couldn't remember ordering anything, so he said that I could open it... and SURPRISE it was our magic bands!! I had forgotten that the TA put the reservation in his name, so the package would be coming to him.


Misc Disney Updates:

They changed the hours for the MK for our arrival day. They are now open until 2 am! Which is great, because I love being in the parks after dark! But not so great, because we will probably be tired from traveling and not be able to stay that late. We will have to see how it goes.

It was just announced that Stitch's Great Escape will be closed during our trip. I wasn't even sure I wanted to ride it, but I am annoyed that they keep closing things during our trip... Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, DINOSAUR, no evening show at AK, and now Stitch. I guess I shouldn't be too upset, fewer attractions means I will have to slow down; DF will be happy.

After reading @fallonkendra 's dining report from her last trip, I decided that our open lunch spot on 10/14 will be filled by Garden Grill. It all looks delicious!

Non-Disney Update:

Only 17 days until wedding day! I'm starting to freak out a little; it seems like there is still so much to do.

My last pre-wedding event was this past weekend. Instead of a typical bachelorette party, I decided to have a girls day at Cedar Point. We woke up to pouring rain and I was really worried, but we ended up having a really great day! It was good training for Disney too, since I walked nearly 20,000 steps!

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I Can’t Wait for our Disneymoon!! 21 Days To Go!!!

 

[fallonkendra]

Room & Tickets Package Payment Progress? Paid in Full!!! We also have $850 in Disney gift cards towards food and souvenirs.

That's awesome! Congrats!

Shirts? 70% Done... I have 6 more shirts that I hope to finish tomorrow. They are looking really good. I'm so excited!!

Please share pictures once you're finished (or write a Trip Report) with lots of pictures! I'm very curious to see what you came up with!

After reading @fallonkendra 's dining report from her last trip, I decided that our open lunch spot on 10/14 will be filled by Garden Grill. It all looks delicious!

Awe, thank you for reading my dining report! I hope you and your husband enjoy it, I can't wait to go back in January! It's one of very few repeats we're doing on our next trip.

Only 17 days until wedding day! I'm starting to freak out a little; it seems like there is still so much to do.

How exciting! I really hope you do a trip report, and include a few wedding pictures in it so we can all ooh and aww over how pretty you look

I walked nearly 20,000 steps!

Way to go!

 

[PrincessAshlee]

Love these shirts! Are these ones you made yourself? The Pooh characters are close to the top of my favourites list!

Yes, I did paint these. I used a vinyl stencil to draw the design and then used puffy fabric paint.

My boyfriend was also not into the idea of wearing Disney clothes on our trip last year, but I did buy him an Incredibles tshirt. This year though, he's completely on board!

DF was still not really into the Disney shirts, but now that I showed him some of the completed shirts last night, he seems like he really likes them and is excited to wear them.

I'd HIGHLY suggest ordering ahead! When we went for lunch earlier this year, the line of people waiting to order was at least half an hour long.

We will probably order ahead. I’m just not sure how far ahead. I think they said that you can still order ahead up until the morning of, but I don’t plan to wait that long. I am pretty set in what I want, I just need DF to decide what he wants. If it gets too close, I will just decide for him.

Please share pictures once you're finished (or write a Trip Report) with lots of pictures! I'm very curious to see what you came up with!

I had planned to wait to take pictures as I was packing them and put them all in one post before I leave, but now I’m so excited about how they are all turning out that I don’t know if I will be able to wait. I did take a picture of one set that I will post with my next itinerary today.

I am also planning to write a trip report and we have memory maker, so I plan on getting lots of pictures taken. I should have plenty of time to write and post after our trip. I’m going to be so lost without wedding and Disney planning/projects.

How exciting! I really hope you do a trip report, and include a few wedding pictures in it so we can all ooh and aww over how pretty you look

I’m sure that I won’t have any of my official pictures back, but I should be able to get some pictures from family to post here before we leave for Disney, since we are not leaving until the Wednesday after the wedding. Then, I will post some of the official ones in my trip report.

 

[PrincessAshlee]

Day 4 – Saturday, October 15, 2016​

AM Park: EPCOT
PM Park: Hollywood Studios
FP+: Toy Story Midway Mania (2:50pm), Star Tours (4:55pm), & Tower of Terror (5:55pm)
ADR: Club Villain (8:30pm)

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We start our day back at EPCOT! The plan is to rope drop Test Track and then maybe see how long the line is for Soarin’, if we want to ride it again (we’ll have already rode it with our FP on Thursday). We may stop at Sunshine Seasons for a quick breakfast before continuing to explore Future World. I don’t want to eat too much though, as were planning to hit several of the F&WF booths for lunch. But before heading to the World Showcase, we’re hoping to see Living with the Land, the Short Film Festival, and Club Cool.

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Once we are done in Future World, we will to tour the WS, starting in Canada this time and see how far we get; eating and drinking along the way. I’m also hoping to catch a couple of the street performance shows in the various countries, as I’ve never had time to see them before. I’d really like to see the French acrobats. However, I don’t think that we will stick around for too long, since I’ve heard that the F&WF get very, very crowded on the weekends. Once we get tired of crowds, we will head back to our hotel to rest.

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Some of the food that we may try during this trip to the World Showcase:

We’re on vacation, why not start with dessert…

The Chew Collective - Peanut Butter and White Chocolate Mousse with a Caramel Drizzle

Chocolate Studio - Liquid Nitro Chocolate Almond Truffle with Warm Whiskey Caramel

Ireland – Twinings Pumpkin Chai Tea Frozen Cocktail with Caramel Vodka – We both love pumpkin flavored desserts and cocktails, so this is a must have for us!

Scotland - The Tipsy Laird – Whiskey Soaked Cake with Lemon Cream and Toasted Oats – DF loves Whiskey and Lemon, so he will probably want to try this.

Canada – Canadian Cheddar Cheese Soup with Pretzel Roll – I really want to see what all the fuss is about. Several of DF co-workers insisted that we had to go to Le Cellier, but ultimately we decided it wasn’t for us. This way we will still get to try some of their food.

France – Frozen Daiquiri Ice Pop – France has so many yummy looking cocktails, I don’t know how I will be able to choose between them, but this Ice Pop looks so fun!

France – Boeuf Bourguignon – Braised Short Ribs – Today is the first day of fall, so all of the warm gravy foods look really good to me right now, but I may change my mind once I’m in the Florida heat.

Brazil – Pão de Queijo: Brazilian cheese bread

Belgium – Beer-braised Beef served with Smoked Gouda Mashed Potatoes – Mmmm comfort food!

Belgium – Leffe – I don’t drink beer, but all of DF friends call him Leffy, so I’m sure a Leffe beer will be a must for him.

Morocco – Chocolate Baklava​

These are just the items that I think look good or that I think DF would like. I still need him to look through the menus himself. I’ve found that I mostly want to try the desserts and cocktails; we will probably need to find some more items to balance out all of the sweet stuff.

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After our break, around 2:30/3:00pm, we will get on the bus to Hollywood Studios. First, we will use our FP for Toy Story Midway Mania. I did not get to ride this on my last trip, so I am excited to see if it really is that much better than the Buzz Lightyear ride at MK. Then we may meet a couple characters and ride the Great Movie Ride. DF also expressed interest in seeing the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular, so we will have to fit that in as well. Then, we will use our FPs for Star Tours and Tower of Terror, before heading over to see Fantasmic. If we are lucky, after Fantasmic, we may be able to see a short bit of the Star Wars fireworks, but probably not, as we have an 8:30 pm reservation at Club Villain! I am so excited for Club Villain! The food sounds great and I love that each of the villains has a specialty cocktail and special themed desserts! It's the perfect way to celebrate our 1 week anniversary!!

I was going to wait and post pictures of all of our shirts together, but I am just too excited. Here are the shirts we will be wearing to Club Villain. I used the design from the Disney Channel movie, The Descendants.

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I Can’t Wait for our Disneymoon!! 20 Days To Go!!!

 

[PrincessAshlee]

Day 5 – Sunday, October 16, 2016
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Sleep In!!!
ADR: Kona Café (10:45am)
AM Park: Blizzard Beach
PM Park: Animal Kingdom
ADR: Yak & Yeti (5:15pm)
FP+: Meet Disney Pals (4:10pm), Kilimanjaro Safari (6:25pm), & Expedition Everest (7:25pm)​

Sunday is our day to (somewhat) relax!​

First, we actually get to sleep in a little this day!! We don’t have to be up, ready, and waiting for the bus until 9am (as opposed to 8am, all of the other days)! No rope drop for us this day… We will catch the bus to the MK but that’s not where we are headed… we are taking the monorail to the Polynesian Resort for our breakfast ADR at Kona Café.

I’m sure that we will order the Big Kahuna breakfast, which has a little bit of everything for us to try. Depending on how hungry we are, we are also considering sharing The Samoan or I’ve seen in the past that they have had Pumpkin Seasonal Pancakes and we love pumpkin flavored foods! We will definitely want to try the Kona French Press Pot Coffee.

It seems like everyone talks about how great the Tonga Toast is, so it may seem odd for that not to be on our list, but DF and I usually share our meals and he is allergic to bananas (sometimes cooked bananas are ok, but I’m not sure that we’d want to chance it while on vacation). Therefore, no Tonga Toast for us.

Big Kahuna

The Samoan

Pumpkin Pancakes

French Press Coffee​

After our relaxing breakfast, we are hoping for good weather, so that we can go to Blizzard Beach. We will spend the remainder of the morning and early afternoon relaxing in the wave pool and lazy river.

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We may ride a couple of the water slides, but none of them are really on our must do list. Sometime while we are at BB, I am hoping to snack on the Mini Donuts and a Frozen Hot Chocolate.

Mini Donuts

Frozen Hot Chocolate​

Since we are planning a pretty relaxing morning/afternoon, we do not have a planned break back at the hotel this day. Instead, from BB, we will take the bus to the Animal Kingdom around 4pm. I am disappointed that they will not have a nighttime show while we are there, but I’m glad that they finally extended the hours from 7pm to 8:30pm.

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First up at AK, I’d like to see It’s Tough to Be a Bug and use out FP to meet Safari Mickey and Minnie at Adventurers Outpost. Then we may wander the trails a little as we head to our dinner ADR at Yak & Yeti. I’m trying to decide between the Crispy Honey Chicken and the Korean Beef. DF usually prefers something spicy, so he might get the Firecracker Shrimp with a side of Fried Rice or maybe the Chicken Lo Mein. The Fried Wontons looks delicious, so we will probably split that for dessert.

Crispy Honey Chicken

Korean Beef

Firecracker Shrimp

Fried Rice

Chicken Lo Mein

Fried Wontons​

After dinner, if I have planned correctly, it will be around sunset and we will use our FP for the Kilimanjaro Safari. From there we will use our last FP of the day to ride Expedition Everest. I am very excited to be able to ride this after dark. We are also hoping to experience some of the Discovery Island Carnivale, before we leave for the night.

Depending on how exhausted we are, we may head to DS. We currently have a 10pm reservation for drinks and a snack at Raglan Road. I would really like to try the Dalkey Duo (battered cocktail sausages), but I am worried that we will be exhausted after not having a hotel break that day and we will just want to head back to our room. I’ll have to discuss it with DF, but I’m thinking that Raglan Road will have to wait until our next trip.

Dalkey Duo​

If we do decide to skip DS and go back to our resort, if we leave AK around 8pm, we should have time to get a drink at the pool bar and watch the EPCOT fireworks from the hammocks on the beach.

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I Can’t Wait for our Disneymoon!! 15 Days To Go!!!

 

[PrincessAshlee]

Day 6 – Monday, October 17, 2016​

AM Park: Hollywood Studios
ADR: Beaches & Cream (11:50am)
PM Park: EPCOT
FP+: Mission SPACE (4:10pm), The Seas with Nemo & Friends (5:20pm), & Frozen Ever After (6:35pm)
F&WF Beverage Seminar (5:30pm)

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It’s back to Hollywood Studios and back to rope drop mornings. So we will have to be up, ready, and waiting for the bus by 8am.

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First, we will head to Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. Then, we may ride Tower of Terror, if we want to ride it again (we’ll have already rode it with our FP on Saturday) or depending on the length of line, we may ride RNRC twice. We will likely get a quick bite to eat from Starring Rolls Café or The Trolley Car Café. Then, we may ride Star Tours; we will have already ridden that ride with FP on Saturday too, but DF really likes simulator rides, so we may ride it again. Then, I want to check out Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream, since I didn’t have time for it on my last trip. Finally, I’d like to see For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration. I’d also really like to meet Olaf at some point.

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Around 11:30am, we will leave the park and catch the boat to the Beach Club Resort for our lunch ADR at Beaches & Cream Soda Shop. The cheeseburger looks good, as does the grilled cheese, but I really made the reservation for the alcoholic milkshakes/floats!

Angus Beef Burger with Bacon Added and Fries

Grilled Cheese and Tomate Bisque

Alcoholic S’mores Shake – Chocolate and Vanilla Ice Cream, Amarula Cream Liquer, Cream de Dark Coco with Marshmallow, Chocolate Sauce and Graham

Alcoholic Tropical Sunrise Float – Ace Pineapple Hard Cider with Rainbow Sherbet​

After lunch we will take the boat back to HS to catch the bus to our resort. We will take a break for about 2 hours, before getting ready and catching the bus to EPCOT around 4pm.

Once we arrive at EPCOT, we will use our FP for Mission: SPACE before heading over to the Festival Center for our Beverage Seminar on Macallan Whiskey. After the beverage seminar, we use our FP for The Seas with Nemo & Friends and explore The Seas Main Tank and Exhibits. Then, we will head to the Mexico side of the World Showcase to eat and drink around the world. Along the way, I would like to ride the Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros and we will use our FP for Frozen Ever After and hopefully meet Anna and Elsa. The wait to meet Anna and Elsa during my last trip was over 2 hours, so we didn’t have time to meet them. I was worried when they moved them from the MK and decided not to offer FP anymore, but I’ve heard that in the new location at EPCOT, the lines are relatively short and the FP are not needed. I hope that is true.

This will be our last trip to EPCOT and the Food & Wine Festival (for this vacation), so there are quite a few items on our list to try this night:

Patagonia - Grilled Beef Skewer with Chimichurri Sauce and Boniato Purée

Patagonia – Beef Empanada

Hawaii - Kalua Pork Slider with Sweet and Sour Dole Pineapple Chutney and Spicy Mayonnaise

Farm Fresh - Loaded mac ‘n’ cheese with Nueske’s pepper bacon cheddar cheese peppers and green onions

Mexico - Barbacoa Enchilada: Corn Tortilla filled with Beef Barbacoa and covered with Oaxaca Mole

China - Black Pepper Shrimp with Garlic Noodles

China - Happy Peach with Dekuyper Peach Liqueur and Myers’s Dark Rum

Germany - Schinkennudeln: Pasta Gratin with Ham and Cheese

Poland - Frozen Szarlotka Apple Pie featuring Zubrowka Bison Grass Vodka

Italy - Pennete alla Parmigiana: Baked Ziti and Chicken Parmigiana, Tomato Sauce, Mozzarella and Parmesan Cheese

Italy - Cannoli al Cioccolato: Chocolate-covered Cannoli filled with Sweet Ricotta, Chocolate and Candied Fruit

Hops & Barley – New England Lobster Roll​

Around 8:00/8:30pm, we will get our last couple of snacks and look for a good spot to watch Illuminations. On my last trip, I found a spot on the little “island” between France and the UK. It was a pretty good view. Do any of you have a favorite spot that you like to watch from?

I Can’t Wait for our Disneymoon!! 13 Days To Go!!!

 

[PrincessAshlee]

I meant to post sooner, but I was so busy with wedding prep that I just didn’t have any spare time... Also, I got some disappointing news last week and haven’t really been feeling the "Disney Magic" lately. We found out on Thursday that we are not going to be able to get a king bed room for our Disneymoon. When we booked, our TA made it seem like it was not going to be an issue (just to request it when we did online check in), but then I got an email last week that said that there were none available. The email said to contact the resort directly, but when I tried calling on Thursday, they were very preoccupied with the hurricane issues and told me that there was not a king bed room available for even a single day of our trip and that if I wanted a king bed room that I should have booked that category. I contacted the TA and asked her to see if there was anything that she could do, but she got the same response. I asked her to call back again today, now that the hurricane has passed and I am still waiting for a response.

I think that CBR has queen beds, so we could still choose to sleep in one bed, but I think that given the option we will end up sleeping in separate beds, because we both like our space when we sleep. Which isn’t the end of the world, I’m just disappointed. It is our honeymoon and I really want it to be special and I’m upset that we weren’t given the option to specifically book the king room when I told the TA it is our honeymoon.

It doesn’t help that I have watched too many movies and tv shows where the mere mention of being on your honeymoon leads to all kinds of special treatment. I told myself that that wasn’t real and not to expect anything, but I guess in the back of my mind, I was still hoping for a little extra pixie dust.

So now I am trying to move past my disappointment and get excited for our trip again. Really, what’s not to be excited about, I’m married to my best friend and I’m going to Disney World in two days!!!

 

[PrincessAshlee]

It's official... We're Married!!

I apologize, I did not have a chance to post my final two itineraries. The last month has been a complete blur. I actually had them typed up at one point, but then my computer restarted itself over night and they were lost.

Anyways, we are headed to WDW tomorrow for our Disneymoon and I am so excited, but I'm also really freaking out, because I don't feel nearly as prepared as I was for my last trip. I wish that I had planned even more time between the wedding and honeymoon. I guess I will just have to relax and go with the flow; which is so not me!!

Anyways, I thought that I would share a couple of pictures from our wedding, before we leave...

My DH (it's husband now!!! ) is insisting that I put the computer away and get a few hours of sleep before we have to get up and leave for the airport.

I Can’t Wait for our Disneymoon!! Less Than 6 Hours To Go!!!​

 

[Raeven]

Have a great time!

 

[PrincessAshlee]

I’m Back!!!

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While we were at Disney World in October, DH and I decided that even though we love WDW and were having a great time, we would have to wait until 2020 to go back (there’s a long story behind why we decided on 2020, but I’ll skip that part). It seemed like forever away and reading about everyone else’s upcoming trips was making me so depressed, so I decided to take a break from the Disboards.

… Until yesterday when I went to have coffee in my Stitch mug from my trip to WDW in 2014. I noticed right away that Stitch was missing! That mischievous alien had escaped! Well it turns out that he had some help. Not thinking, DH had put it in the dishwasher. So jokingly, I told DH that we are just going to have to go back to WDW, so I can get a replacement and to my surprise, he said Yes!!

We both had a week off scheduled in April to go somewhere, but had not been able agree on where to go. I just couldn’t find anywhere that I was as excited about as WDW. So after he said yes today, I decided to see how much it would actually cost us and we decided that we can afford to go again this year!! We will have to stay at a value resort and scale back our other spending a little, but it’s so much better than not going at all!

We ended up having to move our vacation until the first week of May, but I’m so excited to be going back!!

I’m going to work on writing a new PTR and maybe even a TR for our October trip, but since were already under 90 days, I’m going to have so much to do!!!

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I Can’t Wait for our Disney Vacation!! 82 Days To Go!!!

 

[Raeven]

I’m Back!!!

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While we were at Disney World in October, DH and I decided that even though we love WDW and were having a great time, we would have to wait until 2020 to go back (there’s a long story behind why we decided on 2020, but I’ll skip that part). It seemed like forever away and reading about everyone else’s upcoming trips was making me so depressed, so I decided to take a break from the Disboards.

… Until yesterday when I went to have coffee in my Stitch mug from my trip to WDW in 2014. I noticed right away that Stitch was missing! That mischievous alien had escaped! Well it turns out that he had some help. Not thinking, DH had put it in the dishwasher. So jokingly, I told DH that we are just going to have to go back to WDW, so I can get a replacement and to my surprise, he said Yes!!

We both had a week off scheduled in April to go somewhere, but had not been able agree on where to go. I just couldn’t find anywhere that I was as excited about as WDW. So after he said yes today, I decided to see how much it would actually cost us and we decided that we can afford to go again this year!! We will have to stay at a value resort and scale back our other spending a little, but it’s so much better than not going at all!

We ended up having to move our vacation until the first week of May, but I’m so excited to be going back!!

I’m going to work on writing a new PTR and maybe even a TR for our October trip, but since were already under 90 days, I’m going to have so much to do!!!

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I Can’t Wait for our Disney Vacation!! 82 Days To Go!!!

Yay! We're also going back in May!

 

[PrincessAshlee]

Yay! We're also going back in May!

I did see in your signature that you are going back in May. Since I have nothing planned at all for our trip , I am headed over to read your new PTR for inspiration!

 

[iheartbelle87]

yay!! We're going the last week in May but still ... yay for May trips!!

 

[PrincessAshlee]

yay!! We're going the last week in May but still ... yay for May trips!!

That looks like it is going to be a really fun time to be at WDW! You'll get to see Pandora at AK and the new fireworks show at MK. I'm pretty jealous! I'm hoping for lower temperatures and lower crowd levels at the beginning of the month though.

 

[PrincessAshlee]

I started a PTR for our May trip!! See the link below...

It all started with a … Missing Alien?

78 Days to Go!!! I Can't Wait!!

 

[PrincessAshlee]

I've hit a bit of a planning lull in planning for our May trip, so I've decided to finally start writing a trip report for this trip. See the link below...

I’ll Never Grow Up! – Oct 2016 Disneymoon TR