Making Good on a Very Merry Promise! COMPLETE!

[mkluvsmickey]

Yay! Glad your mom gets to spend some of your trip with you.

Good job on securing your 2nd day at Epcot! We love Epcot too - it is Samantha's 2nd favorite park next to Magic Kingdom. It will be nice to have Thanksgiving with your famiy too!

 

[dismom9761]

Hi ,Nicole! More time in Epcot! I think you will ove it.Two of my kids prefer Epcot over MK now. Can't wait to see your must dos .

 

[Tat2ddisneymom]

Gramma's coming!!

5th day ticket!!!


EPCOT twice!!!

 

[Trentmom]

Yeah, Gramma is coming

How great you get a 2nd day at Epcot, plus Thanksgiving with gramma amd granpa, plus a day at AK with Gramma..

There is a lot of fun things to do at Epcot with kids...Like Fun Kidcot Stations...DS did one and he loved it!!

Had I know he would have taken to something that, I would have looked for more

There is always next trip

 

[Leger13]

Thanks for the visual



We are each other's stalkers



I did

you're welcome!



aww thank you

UPDATE HERE!

Knock Knock……………..

Who’s There?

The special visitor!

The special visitor who?

The special visitor is……………..



GRAMMA!

Yep, it’s my Mom! I’m very excited about this! Can you tell? We’re going to just refer to her as Gramma from here on out, okay? Gramma lives just north of Tampa with my step-dad. He’s not coming cuz he’s another one of those stick-in-the-mud types! Gramma has never been to Disney! Lived in FL for 3 years now and never gone! So I was very excited when I asked her if she would come over and visit at least one park with us she said YES! She would like to come with us to Animal Kingdom. Yay! The kids are very excited as well and wish Grampa would come too… but oh well.

Now I’ve got that 5th day ticket just burning to be put on the schedule somewhere! So far I’ve only scheduled one day at Epcot and I know it isn’t enough. This will be our first time at Epcot! We didn’t go the last trip because I thought the kids were too young for it. When I began planning the “trip that never was” it was actually an article on Epcot that gave me the bug to go again. It was on Family Fun’s website and written by Kim Wright Wiley… she is the author of Fodor’s WDW with kids… love that book! Anyway, she was explaining all the things you could do at Epcot with younger children and it got me all fired up to go! So, I’m really looking forward to Epcot this time. Owen is so psyched about test track! Oh, I veered a little there… sorry. Back to that 5th day. I’ve been trying to figure out how to use it at Epcot. We could go during the day of the 27th… the day we go to MVMCP. But then there goes the day off we wanted. Oh what to do??? Well, I’ve had this little idea rumbling around in my head just waiting for the right time to mention it to Tom. I prepared all of my valid reasons why I thought it would be a good idea. I was prepared for a lengthy debate! Sunday night I decided the time was right. I snuggled up next to him and said, “So, I’ve been thinking…”
He said, “Uh-oh.”
I said, “How many more vacation days do you have laying around?”
He said, “A few… why?” He was squinting at me and bracing himself for the blow.
I said in the most charming way I could, “Do you think you could take the day before Thanksgiving off so we could leave early and go have Thanksgiving with my mom? Then we could make a much shorter drive over to Orlando on Friday, arrive bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and go to Epcot!?”
And he said, “Oh I see… 5th day ticket, huh? “
He knows me so well!
And then he said, “I don’t see why not!”
WOOHOO!!!

Here is our NEW schedule as of right now:

Wed. 11/21 Drive to Tampa
Thu. 11/22 Thanksgiving at Gramma’s
Fri. 11/23 Drive over to Orlando ~ EPCOT!
Sat. 11/24 MGM ~ Oh alright, Hollywood Studios!
Sun. 11/25 Magic Kingdom
Mon. 11/26 Animal Kingdom
Tues. 11/27 Day off and then MVMCP
Wed. 11/28 Sea World
Thu. 11/29 EPCOT
Fri. 11/30 Head for home

Stay tuned for daily details including ADR’s and our must-do’s for each park!
I will also begin to post pictures of “The Loot”, shirts I am making, our countdown calendar ~ fun stuff like that!

Thanks for reading and sticking with me on this adventure!
~Nicole

for more time at epcot
for gramma comming
and for finding a good use for that 5th day ticket.

i love how you dropped the ball on your DH about the 5th day ticket. My DH says "uh oh" whenever I tell him something like that too

 

[1gr8mouse]

I knew all along it was Gramma!!!!! I will clue her in on AK...She will love it.....

Congrats on 45 days!!!

BTW,
Tom is not a stick in the mud, he is just one of those guys who is along for the ride........called life!!

Nick,
You are missing some classic Michigan weather......88 on Monday had the central air on, Wed. it is 40 and we turned the heat on.....go figure!!

Give these to AEO-

And my all time fave...... who couldnt love a dancing banana...

UNCLE JOHN

 

[Poohtigeey]

Love Bon Jovi
Guess who I saw at Epcot.....performing from afar....NELSON


I love how you guys are going on and on about hiar bands and then throw in a disney statement..

I liked some of those hair bands, too LIke Poison.

Oh, I hope to get DS on Soarin this next trip

One of the Nelson guys was on Celebrity Fit Club on VH1! Oh well. Even celebrity cuties get old and flabby

UPDATE HERE!

Knock Knock……………..

Who’s There?

The special visitor!

The special visitor who?

The special visitor is……………..



GRAMMA!

WOOHOO!!!

Here is our NEW schedule as of right now:

Wed. 11/21 Drive to Tampa
Thu. 11/22 Thanksgiving at Gramma’s
Fri. 11/23 Drive over to Orlando ~ EPCOT!
Sat. 11/24 MGM ~ Oh alright, Hollywood Studios!
Sun. 11/25 Magic Kingdom
Mon. 11/26 Animal Kingdom
Tues. 11/27 Day off and then MVMCP
Wed. 11/28 Sea World
Thu. 11/29 EPCOT
Fri. 11/30 Head for home

Stay tuned for daily details including ADR’s and our must-do’s for each park!
I will also begin to post pictures of “The Loot”, shirts I am making, our countdown calendar ~ fun stuff like that!

Thanks for reading and sticking with me on this adventure!
~Nicole

Nicole I'm so happy for you and your family! Not only are you going to Disney, but you get to spend Thanksgiving with your mom! You are going to have such a magical time! Your schedule sounds great, and I can't wait to hear more!

 

[Goofyluver]

for gramma and the extra day!!!!!

 

[Tat2ddisneymom]

Just stopping by to say Good Morning and give you a little nudge back up.

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Yay! Glad your mom gets to spend some of your trip with you.

Good job on securing your 2nd day at Epcot! We love Epcot too - it is Samantha's 2nd favorite park next to Magic Kingdom. It will be nice to have Thanksgiving with your famiy too!

Thanks Michelle! I think we will be feeling the same way about Epcot... sooooo looking forward to it!

More time in Epcot! I think you will ove it.Two of my kids prefer Epcot over MK now. Can't wait to see your must dos .

Hi Amy! I think we will love it too!

Gramma's coming!!
5th day ticket!!!
EPCOT twice!!!

I couldn't agree with you more Tat! Well said! And thanks for giving me a little bump this morning!

Yeah, Gramma is coming

How great you get a 2nd day at Epcot, plus Thanksgiving with gramma amd granpa, plus a day at AK with Gramma..

There is a lot of fun things to do at Epcot with kids...Like Fun Kidcot Stations...DS did one and he loved it!!

Yes! Kidcot stations are on the "must do" list for sure! That was one of things highlighted in the article I was telling you about.

for more time at epcot
for gramma comming
and for finding a good use for that 5th day ticket.

i love how you dropped the ball on your DH about the 5th day ticket. My DH says "uh oh" whenever I tell him something like that too

Thanks Carla! Waste not, want not with that ticket, eh? What does that even mean?? Something my grampa would've said - but it seemed appropriate!

And the "uh-oh"... I think that is the universal answer to "honey, I've been thinking!"

I knew all along it was Gramma!!!!! I will clue her in on AK...She will love it.....

Yes... you do have connections on the inside!

Nick,
You are missing some classic Michigan weather......88 on Monday had the central air on, Wed. it is 40 and we turned the heat on.....go figure!!

That is classic MI weather alright... and I'm not there... but to say I'm MISSING it would be a stretch!

Nicole I'm so happy for you and your family! Not only are you going to Disney, but you get to spend Thanksgiving with your mom! You are going to have such a magical time! Your schedule sounds great, and I can't wait to hear more!

I knew you would appreciate that special addition to our trip!

for gramma and the extra day!!!!!

I can't wait to tell my mom she got woohooed on the DIS! I hope she's as excited as we are!

Well, thanks again everyone for chiming in!

Since I've been writing this I've found it a little harder to keep up with my other threads! Plus I've had a couple of very busy days! So I'm off to catch up on everyone else but I should be back around this evening!

See ya later!

 

[Poohtigeey]

Eveyone's been so quiet today! I know what you mean about the TR taking alot of time. I was going to start reading some others, but I don't have time!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Eveyone's been so quiet today! I know what you mean about the TR taking alot of time. I was going to start reading some others, but I don't have time!

It is quiet around here! I'm guessing because the boards have been so slow.

Hey, I have an update! I was just about to post it!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

UPDATE HERE!

Nov. 21~

Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house we go! Okay, well, we will drive over an intercoastal waterway and there are some trees along the way… but that’s as close as it will get!

We will pull out of our driveway very early. Like 6-ish. Not too bad. I am working on stuff to keep the kids busy in the car. I’ve collected some coloring books (from DVC actually) and some activity books (Disney themed of course!) I’ve got to get stickers and new markers (washable!) and just more stuff in general. I haven’t really gone shopping for things, it is just stuff I’ve picked up here and there. One thing I did when we dove to MI for Christmas was get pipe cleaners and beads and the kids made “jewelry” all the way there! Even the boys liked this. And they had lots of pretties to give to their aunts, cousins and Gramma when we got there! I may do that again.

We also have 2 portable DVD players. Abby doesn’t always want to watch what her brothers are watching. I usually pick up a couple DVD’s they have not watched before and surprise them with them in the car. Last summer before we moved down here to NC, the kids and I were driving down to visit DH because he had already started working down here and he couldn’t get home every weekend. I got HS Musical for Abby and loaded it up in her DVD player and told her to start it while we were pulling out of the driveway! She was so excited when it started playing and I didn’t hear a peep out of her for 9 straight hours! She watched it over and over again with her headphones on! It was lovely.

Our drive will be about 10 ½ hours, with stops. Oh, I almost forgot! We made this trip in April for spring break. We had never been down 95 before. From MI, we always took 75 or 65 south and kind of got to know where to stop and all that. Since we’d never been down 95 before we had no idea where to stop! I mean, those road signs are nice and all but sometimes they don’t list everything and we kept debating “Should we stop here or try the next exit?”. Ah, but since then, I found on wdwinfo under “transportation” a list of everything at every exit down the east coast on 95! Gas stations, fast food places, all that good stuff. I was so excited I printed it all out! All 35263849563425 pages (like that Tat?)! I thought I was perty smart but when I showed Tom he just shook his head and muttered something at me. I’m almost positive it was along the lines of “you need help” but he’ll never admit it. Just wait until we are rolling down the highway and he wants to know where we will find the next, say, Citgo? I’ll just pull out my handy dandy list and say, “How do ya like me now?!?!”

We should make it to Gramma’s by dinnertime!
End of Day one.

 

[Tat2ddisneymom]

I like it!

Don't forget to stop at South of the Border to see Pedro. Sharky told me to, but I didn't make it.

DVD players definitely sound like a good idea. Trust me, coloring books and homework just don't keep kids amused like they used to.

 

[Trentmom]

Another great update

10 hrs....not too bad at all.

You going to drive all that in one day??

DVD players are a godsend in the car. Now, ds is wearing headphones, so life is goood

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

I like it!

Don't forget to stop at South of the Border to see Pedro. Sharky told me to, but I didn't make it.

DVD players definitely sound like a good idea. Trust me, coloring books and homework just don't keep kids amused like they used to.

Pedro has too many billboards! I don't think I like him!

Get this... my mom drove up from Florida to visit and we were joking with her about did she stop at Pedro's. She said... and I kid you not... "Pedro's? I didn't see it." How can you miss it???

Another great update

10 hrs....not too bad at all.

You going to drive all that in one day??

DVD players are a godsend in the car. Now, ds is wearing headphones, so life is goood

Heck yeah all in one day! That has nothing on our all in one day drive to Michigan! We do that in 13 1/2 if Tom is driving... I did it with the kids over the summer and it took me 15! On the way home I split it in half and stayed somewhere in Ohio.

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Happy Friday everyone!!!

I've got a busy, busy weekend! I'm going shopping today for a birthday gift for Tom ... he turns 40 on Sunday! Tonight we are going to a HS football game to see our cousin march in the band. Tomorrow I have got to clean the house and do laundry. Tomorrow night we have a sitter coming and we are going on with some friends and family to celebrate the big 4 - 0! And then Sunday we are going to the State Fair! It should be fun!

So... I won't be around here too much!

One last thing... I heard from a semi-reliable source that my dear sister may be reading my report on the sligh. Just in case it's true everyone say hi to my DSis and all her friends at work! And this is from me to her : I miss you.

See ya all later!!!
~nicole

 

[Goofyluver]

He'll thank you later...when he needs a peepee break or a slurpie!

 

[Trentmom]

I like it!

Don't forget to stop at South of the Border to see Pedro. Sharky told me to, but I didn't make it.

DVD players definitely sound like a good idea. Trust me, coloring books and homework just don't keep kids amused like they used to.

Pedro is definitely a Not miss thing....You have to stop at least once in your life time

Pedro has too many billboards! I don't think I like him!

Get this... my mom drove up from Florida to visit and we were joking with her about did she stop at Pedro's. She said... and I kid you not... "Pedro's? I didn't see it." How can you miss it???




Heck yeah all in one day! That has nothing on our all in one day drive to Michigan! We do that in 13 1/2 if Tom is driving... I did it with the kids over the summer and it took me 15! On the way home I split it in half and stayed somewhere in Ohio.

Happy Friday everyone!!!

I've got a busy, busy weekend! I'm going shopping today for a birthday gift for Tom ... he turns 40 on Sunday! Tonight we are going to a HS football game to see our cousin march in the band. Tomorrow I have got to clean the house and do laundry. Tomorrow night we have a sitter coming and we are going on with some friends and family to celebrate the big 4 - 0! And then Sunday we are going to the State Fair! It should be fun!

So... I won't be around here too much!

One last thing... I heard from a semi-reliable source that my dear sister may be reading my report on the sligh. Just in case it's true everyone say hi to my DSis and all her friends at work! And this is from me to her : I miss you.

See ya all later!!!
~nicole

That is hilarious she didn;t see the Pedros signs...all 100 of them

Your weekend sounds great!!

Tell DH Happy BDAY!!!!

Hi DSis and frineds at work

 

[OrangeBlossom15]

Great update ! I am scared to go back to Epcot. My first time was with my daughter when she was 2 1/2 and we have not been back since.

I saw Tesla a few years ago acoustic and they still ROCK !

Congratulations on the extra day !!!!

I once walked up and down Bourbon street like a hundred times because the lead singer from Cinderella was eating at a restaurant and I kept passing by the window.

We have a ten hour drive, but it took us 13 hours with two toddlers, a six year old and a baby!

Enuff Znuff, Def Leppard, Queensryche

Love the handy dandy list. BTW --- my husband thinks I need "help" too.