March 2016 PTR - How do we keep this a secret? -Uptd The Surprise!!! Pg 8

[Jasperann]

Just came to do a happy dance!!!

I just sent our payment to pay off our trip just now!!!

33 days and 19 hours!!!

And I may be traveling for work next week. Which means less packing time.... and that the trip will get here SO much faster than expected. So I started to pack today and write down the different outfits for the girls. DD12 is super easy to buy for because she prefers dresses/skirts and generally girly stuff (not sure she is really mine... ) So she has almost 7 days worth of clothing. DD11 has 3 full days (the only skirts I felt she would be willing to wear) and then 3 half days, I have the shirts just not the shorts because I REALLY need her to try them on. DD19 has 3 day full days (also the only skirts I felt she would be willing to wear) and I also bought her 3 pairs of shorts that she will probably just wear more than once after they are washed mid trip. And she really has enough shirts that she does not need any more (but I might pick some up). DD9 is a little harder... I have 5 pairs of shorts, which will also be worn more than once after being washed of course. I could probably go through his current shirts and find him all he needs, he has TONS of shirts. But I want him to have some 'special' shirts, so I may find him a Star Wars shirt and maybe some other Disney shirts.

If I do travel for work next week I will be in Chicago and that means I can make a trip over to the Disney Store if I wanted too! I've only ever traveled to Dallas for work so I'm a little excited that I may get to travel to Chicago, I love the pizza there and it being on works money.... yeah... I'll have pizza.

 

[Gracefulskinny]

Just came to do a happy dance!!!

I just sent our payment to pay off our trip just now!!!

I did that for us as well yesterday. Kinda makes everything sink in and feel real.

And I may be traveling for work next week.

EEk!

 

[Jasperann]

I am going to do a few updates today if Photobucket works with me.... Sometimes I really do not like that site!

I received a few more of my shopping packages yesterday (I think it is everything but the apple necklace that I ordered.) And I was going through my room and found a bag of clothes that I bought for the girls in the Fall... It was on clearance.

First the magic band I ordered!! They are so beautiful.

DS9's band. The figment ride is his favorite in the whole 'World'. He has every size figment stuffy he can get. He will also trade for any figment pin he sees.

DD11's band. I think her love of Belle has been since our very first trip, although she did move on to other princesses for a while before coming back around to her. When I asked her who her favorite character was Belle is who she choose. So I think she will love it.

DD12's Band. She adores Goofy. We meet him on our last trip at the Character spot and he spent a while with the kids. It was really cute. He was trying to line them up for the perfect picture and as soon as he deemed it 'perfect' my DD12 and DD19 would step out of place... and he would then move them around again and again. We have some fun Photopass pictures from that meet, I will try to find them to share. We laughed the most we have ever laughed at a character meet.

DD19's band. I'm pretty sure Stitch is my daughters spirit animal... she will lick you if you try to give her a kiss on her cheek or forehead or anywhere... She says it's because her siblings slobber when they kiss her. Oh and she will try to lick you if you tickle her too. It is gross.

DH's band... Jack is his favorite character. Actually one of the rings he sent me a picture of was Jack and Sally. I love Disney, but I can not see wearing a wedding ring that has Jack and Sally on it for the rest of my life. So I politely declined that one.

This is my band. (sorry it is fuzzy... it did that when I resized it) But I love BB8. She is such a cute droid. And it's on Orange. Which reminds me that I need to change the color of my band that Disney sends out (by tomorrow) or I'll end up with an orange plain band too.

I want to look into ordering some stickers for the plain bands. But I'm not sure I have enough time to do it still.

On to more things I bought --

I think I mentioned that my DS loves to play that card game in the Magic Kingdom, well I pulled out our old binder and it was really broken. So I bought a new binder to put our cards in. We have all but one for 1-60 and none of the ones you have to buy. We also have a few keys we can use. It is due to forgetting our keys on different trips.

I also bought a container for our trader pins. I found some that we had from last time. I think some of them were traded from CMs the others are left over pins. I still need to go through the latest pins I bought and take out any of the pins that do not look right. We actually have quite a few 'real' ones in the lot, one of them was one that my DD19 had a place holder scrapper for (that she traded from a CM) so we swapped it out. There are also quite a few keepers that are scrappers.

It really is not a huge container. I just thought it was better than the ziplock bag that I was keeping them in. It works for the purpose it is needed for and it was only 3.00.

I'm not sure how many pictures can be in each post... so I will continue in the next post.

 

[Jasperann]

More stuff!! Part 2 -

Okay these are the shirts I bought last fall. It was before the idea of Disney bounding had come into play... now I'm trying to figure out if any of the shirts would work for Disney bounding. I don't think the majority of them will, but that is okay.

DD12

DD12

DD12 -- This is see through so she would wear a cami underneath.. I like the pattern for AK. It is actually a neon green color. It didn't show up very well in the picture.

DD11 - This one is a good one for AK too. A little see through so this would also need a cami.

DD11

DD11

I edited all of these pictures.. for some reason when putting them in here they look the same as before I edited them... so if they are sideways and upside down, I'm sorry, I tried to fix it.

I also have a pair of overall shorts that my DD12 picked out last Fall. They are light blue jean with white and yellow flowers all over them. She could probably where any of the shirts above with them and it will look cute.

I also bought the girls bathing suits yesterday. I didn't take pictures of them, but I was able to 'hide' them in my room. They know they are in my room. I used the logic of I didn't want them to misplace them before summer arrived. They agreed. It works because I've used that reason before for bathing suits.

Any ideas for Disney bounding for the above shirts? I thought of Piglet for the pink stripped shirt but I had already ordered another pink stripped shirt before finding that one again... and it is really bright compared to the only pink skirt I have. My DD11 is already doing Rapunzel so the purple shirt can't be used for that. They will probably be used for regular outfits.

 

[Gracefulskinny]

I love Disney, but I can not see wearing a wedding ring that has Jack and Sally on it for the rest of my life. So I politely declined that one.

I want to look into ordering some stickers for the plain bands. But I'm not sure I have enough time to do it still.

Just pick in the next week or so. I've never ordered from Magic your band but My Fantasy bands gets to us pretty quick. and if you are worried you can order priority mail.

I think I mentioned that my DS loves to play that card game in the Magic Kingdom

We keep forgetting to try it out.

I'm not sure how many pictures can be in each post

35 apparently. Not that I would know from loosing count of the photos I was trying to post or anything....

 

[Jasperann]

Disney Bounding part 2

More items came in for the Disney bounding. This completes my DD12's outfits. DD19 is 'basically' done too, she has three pairs of shorts I have already bought her as well as the Disney bounding stuff I've gotten her.

Oh that reminds me!! A funny story that happened when we were shopping last weekend for her shorts... The rest of the family was over at the dressing rooms trying on a few outfits for their upcoming concerts, so it was only my DD19 and I. She had tried on a pair of shorts and we were 'putting' them back. Instead I picked up a pair of shorts in each style that was her size. Then I looked at her and I said "This is all I'm buying you, if you want more you need to us your own money to get it." All fake stern and everything... we both knew she didn't 'need' the shorts. Well I turned around and there was this older lady right behind me... Her eyebrows were up as far as they could go and she says, "I didn't hear a thing." I'm sure she thought I was the worst mom ever, especially since my DD19 does not look like she is 19.

Anyways back to the report...

My DD12 found this at Hot Topic and fell in love with it. Then I found it online at Hot Topic for 25% off and couldn't pass it up.

DD19 - Ursala

A bracelet for Ursala.

A bow for Ursala. All found at Hot Topic.

Piglet... for DD12... not sure if it really 'goes' together the shirt is a lot brighter than expected. And I just realized I took a picture of the bow upside down. However, DD12 can always wear the shirt with the black skirt or with some shorts.

Pooh bow for DD11

I had thought this was everything... but I still have two more outfits for DD19 to complete. Eeyore I'm waiting on the bow and Stitch I need to pick up a bow from Hot Topic and get a light blue shirt to go with the skirt I bought.

I also bought myself a shirt from Hot Topic... It is Winnie the Pooh with Tigger on the back. So cute! I might have to get a couple more shirts. I wasn't sure how they would fit.

 

[Jasperann]

Just pick in the next week or so. I've never ordered from Magic your band but My Fantasy bands gets to us pretty quick. and if you are worried you can order priority mail.

Thanks!! I will have to check it out today.

We keep forgetting to try it out.

It is cute. It magically makes my DS9 not tired... He will spend hours playing it if we let him.

35 apparently. Not that I would know from loosing count of the photos I was trying to post or anything....

Well I will know for next time!!

 

[Gracefulskinny]

Well I turned around and there was this older lady right behind me... Her eyebrows were up as far as they could go and she says, "I didn't hear a thing." I'm sure she thought I was the worst mom ever, especially since my DD19 does not look like she is 19.

My DD12 found this at Hot Topic and fell in love with it. Then I found it online at Hot Topic for 25% off and couldn't pass it up.

Piglet... for DD12... not sure if it really 'goes' together the shirt is a lot brighter than expected.

It could work of course I would have to see in person to be sure though.

Pooh bow for DD11

 

[dglilbit]

More stuff!! Part 2 -

Okay these are the shirts I bought last fall. It was before the idea of Disney bounding had come into play... now I'm trying to figure out if any of the shirts would work for Disney bounding. I don't think the majority of them will, but that is okay.

DD12

DD12

DD12 -- This is see through so she would wear a cami underneath.. I like the pattern for AK. It is actually a neon green color. It didn't show up very well in the picture.

DD11 - This one is a good one for AK too. A little see through so this would also need a cami.

DD11

DD11

I edited all of these pictures.. for some reason when putting them in here they look the same as before I edited them... so if they are sideways and upside down, I'm sorry, I tried to fix it.

I also have a pair of overall shorts that my DD12 picked out last Fall. They are light blue jean with white and yellow flowers all over them. She could probably where any of the shirts above with them and it will look cute.

I also bought the girls bathing suits yesterday. I didn't take pictures of them, but I was able to 'hide' them in my room. They know they are in my room. I used the logic of I didn't want them to misplace them before summer arrived. They agreed. It works because I've used that reason before for bathing suits.

Any ideas for Disney bounding for the above shirts? I thought of Piglet for the pink stripped shirt but I had already ordered another pink stripped shirt before finding that one again... and it is really bright compared to the only pink skirt I have. My DD11 is already doing Rapunzel so the purple shirt can't be used for that. They will probably be used for regular outfits.

For the gray, Eeyore or Dumbo?
For the pink, Marie or Mulan or Ugly Stepsister?
For the green, Pascal or Mike from Monsters Inc?
For the orange, Nemo or Mad Hatter?
For the blue green, Jasmine or Sully or Ugly Stepsister?

 

[Jasperann]

For the gray, Eeyore or Dumbo?
For the pink, Marie or Mulan or Ugly Stepsister?
For the green, Pascal or Mike from Monsters Inc?
For the orange, Nemo or Mad Hatter?
For the blue green, Jasmine or Sully or Ugly Stepsister?

I love all those ideas!!! Especially the Nemo idea. I need to find white shorts or a white skirt! Marie is a good one too. Another white bottom. Isn't Mulan wearing pink with the blue and red? Or am I remembering wrong? I did want to do the Ugly Stepsisters... If I gave my oldest the blue green one and found the bottoms to go with it I think I could find something to go with the pink for DD12 and then DD11 already is being Cinderella. My oldest is bounding as Eeyore already.

Edited to add... I see you have been on a cruise. What did you like about it?

 

[dglilbit]

I love all those ideas!!! Especially the Nemo idea. I need to find white shorts or a white skirt! Marie is a good one too. Another white bottom. Isn't Mulan wearing pink with the blue and red? Or am I remembering wrong? I did want to do the Ugly Stepsisters... If I gave my oldest the blue green one and found the bottoms to go with it I think I could find something to go with the pink for DD12 and then DD11 already is being Cinderella. My oldest is bounding as Eeyore already.

Edited to add... I see you have been on a cruise. What did you like about it?

Yes, I think you are right about Mulan!

The cruise was WONDERFUL! It was our first taste of Disney as a family so I can't comment on the parks vs the cruise. But the cruise was very nice in that I felt that it was a stress-free way of being in the Disney bubble. We could do as much as we wanted or little as we wanted. I love to overplay but I was definitely able to relax on the cruise. My DD didn't enjoy the kids clubs but LOVED: dancing everywhere possible on the ship, pools, slide, meeting characters, nightly shows, the food, our table mates and Castaway Cay. It's been 7 weeks since our cruise and she still regularly asks when we are going back. I really enjoyed it too! I think DH would have liked a ship with gambling more but he had fun because we had fun.

 

[Jasperann]

Somethings have changed!!! I'm a little excited.

Our airline moved our (leaving) flight back by like an hour... so we would not be arriving until around 6:30pm. And that was just landing. So we would have not gotten to a park that evening until probably 8:30 or 9:00 at the earliest, which means that we probably would not go to a park at all.

THEN I noticed a little button that said change flights. So I very quickly clicked on it and it said that I could change our flight for FREE for anytime 7 days before our original flight. WHAT?!?!?! I can get that flight that is leaving out in the morning for FREE?!?

However, that changes the surprise drastically, so I got on my text message to DH and told him the news. We had two flights to choose from. One arriving at 11:19 and one arriving at 1:19... I REALLY wanted to do the 11:19 one, but that would mean waking everyone up and leaving the house by 6am. That wouldn't work. However, my DH convinced me the surprise could still work, just a little different if we do the flight leaving at 10:40am. Because that would mean leaving the house by around 7:00am, no later than 7:30am, we usually leave for school at 7:15am so it is kind of perfect.

My DH will pick up DD19 the night before, because of a "doctor appointment" that she has in the morning. Which means we no longer have to hide the fact she is being picked up. And it explains why she would be awake and ready to go the next morning.

We are going to set up the van the night before with the luggage and their carry on bags with their magicbands attached. So when they open the van door they will see the stuff. And then they will freak out!!! Or if I can convince my hubby we could leave the stuff in the living room and then I can be behind the stuff recording when they come down the stairs so that I can get their reactions... but then they don't all come down at once, so that would spoil it for everyone else.

It also changes the drop off for the dogs. If we can call the boarder and see if DH's mom can drop them off that would work perfect, because there will be no missing dogs the night before... otherwise... I'm not sure what we would say. They may not notice much, but they would notice missing puppies.

I'm sure we will figure it out!! After all this gives us 4 more hours in FL than we planned!!! Which means about 2 more hours in a park that we were not expecting! You can do a lot in 2 hours. lol If DME is fast we could possibly make it to the park for the 3pm parade... Wishful thinking?


I just feel like celebrating!!!


It's the little things.


All of this actually came around because I was logging in to pay for our checked bags because I finally have my state tax return back and that is what it was planned for. So that is done too.

30 days left!!!

 

[Gracefulskinny]

THEN I noticed a little button that said change flights. So I very quickly clicked on it and it said that I could change our flight for FREE for anytime 7 days before our original flight. WHAT?!?!?! I can get that flight that is leaving out in the morning for FREE?!?

However, that changes the surprise drastically, so I got on my text message to DH and told him the news. We had two flights to choose from. One arriving at 11:19 and one arriving at 1:19... I REALLY wanted to do the 11:19 one, but that would mean waking everyone up and leaving the house by 6am. That wouldn't work. However, my DH convinced me the surprise could still work, just a little different if we do the flight leaving at 10:40am. Because that would mean leaving the house by around 7:00am, no later than 7:30am, we usually leave for school at 7:15am so it is kind of perfect.

Oh that's great! If you wanted to be really cruel you could tell them nothing and just let them think you are taking them to school and see how long it takes them to figure it out! Hard to capture on video though.

My DH will pick up DD19 the night before, because of a "doctor appointment" that she has in the morning. Which means we no longer have to hide the fact she is being picked up. And it explains why she would be awake and ready to go the next morning.

It also changes the drop off for the dogs. If we can call the boarder and see if DH's mom can drop them off that would work perfect, because there will be no missing dogs the night before... otherwise... I'm not sure what we would say. They may not notice much, but they would notice missing puppies.

Yeah I guess that would be a rather big tip off.

I'm sure we will figure it out!! After all this gives us 4 more hours in FL than we planned!!! Which means about 2 more hours in a park that we were not expecting! You can do a lot in 2 hours. lol If DME is fast we could possibly make it to the park for the 3pm parade... Wishful thinking?

Well the parade steps off in frontierland and takes about 15-20 minutes to get to town square so allowing an hour to get to the resort and then another hour to get from there to MK I'd say you have a chance of catching at least half of it if everything aligns correctly. I wouldn't count on it though. Just hope for it as a nice welcome to disney bonus.

All of this actually came around because I was logging in to pay for our checked bags because I finally have my state tax return back and that is what it was planned for. So that is done too.

30 days left!!!

 

[Jasperann]

Okay so after talking to DH's Mom aka Nanna, I think we are going to change our surprise a little bit. We are going to go out to eat the night before we leave, just so we don't have to deal with dishes that evening. Then Nanna is going to dress up in her Eeyore costume and Pawpaw may dress up in his Donald Duck costume and they are going to come to the restaurant with balloons and a sign that says we are going to Disney the next day. And they will probably have the magic bands too.

I just really don't want to upset my kids and I know they would cry sad tears if I say I'm going on a work trip and they are dropping me off... so to avoid all of that we will probably surprise them the night before. Which makes me wish I could do the earlier flight... But it is $120.00 on more per person to switch to that one now. Oh well.

Between now and then I may think of a better way to surprise them. My DH has suggested surprising them on Valentines day, but that would be about 3 weeks prior to us leaving and I don't consider that a 'surprise'... lol

I don't really know how people pull this off more than once... this is some stressful stuff.

 

[Gracefulskinny]

Okay so after talking to DH's Mom aka Nanna, I think we are going to change our surprise a little bit. We are going to go out to eat the night before we leave, just so we don't have to deal with dishes that evening. Then Nanna is going to dress up in her Eeyore costume and Pawpaw may dress up in his Donald Duck costume and they are going to come to the restaurant with balloons and a sign that says we are going to Disney the next day. And they will probably have the magic bands too.

 

[Jasperann]

I just did some shopping or toiletries. I'm not going to take pictures though... because... it's normal stuff:

Toothbrushes
Hairbrush
Shampoo
Conditioner
Sunscreen
Pads (because with four girls there is always a possibility... )
Deodorant
Socks... We buy new socks every trip... Just something that I've always done.

I also bought myself four new shirts and I found a bathing suit that actually fits!! That never happens!! I haven't bought a bathing suit in probably 5 years because I can never find one that fits.

I also bought some room/plane snacks. (I typed snakes first... I'm not sure people would enjoy that... well besides DH)

I bought Cheeze-Itz (the kids will inhale these... I'm not sure they even chew them... ), some pre-made peanut butter and cheese crackers (always good for those times you just need a little something to tide you over), single serve popcorn (I'm not sure why but my kids love popcorn as a snack), and some Finding Nemo fruit snacks because we are staying in a Nemo Suite...


I want to share a funny story from last night. So I know I talk a lot about my dd12 and her antics, but that is because when it comes to Disney she is my most obsessed child. That doesn't mean my other kids are not fun/funny at times or that I think about them any less... lol It's just their 'stories' do not pertain to the trip report so they don't get mentioned. With that being said, this story only kind of pertains to the trip report...

Last night we were talking about the rides at Disney and doing a 'virtual trip' where we can put the ride videos on our TV and 'pretend' we are riding them. I saw the idea on another PTR and I love it!

So I mentioned it to the kids and we were talking about doing it. Well my DD9 is afraid of almost all the rides.. until we can get him on them then he likes them. We have not been able to get him on Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, he is scared to death of the 'fast and dropping' parts outside... To the point that he started to tear up thinking about it here last night. (I'm still going to be that parent and try to get him on it... because he will love it... )

Well he says, completely serious: "Mom, I would ride it, but I don't want to risk dying."

Of course this made all of us giggle... not at his obvious fear but at the fact that we have all rode it and that it is less intense than Big Thunder Mountain. Which we explained... and he responded with: "I just think I would die on the drop, it is very large." (My Piglet child) Uh... one of his new 'favorite' rides (a new development) is Splash Mountain.

I tried to explain that Splash has a larger drop, and of course he had another reason: "It goes too fast." (Test track is a ride that he will ride over and over again.)

I explained that Test track is faster and he says: "I only ride fast rides in Epcot." (I'm probably going to get a great Trip Report title from something he says at some point on the trip.) At that point we just moved on.

He is the one that loves the daring rides but he doesn't seem to remember that he loves them, if it's been too long or if it is 'new' he thinks he will hate it. We had gone to an indoor water park in October, that of course had water slides... we had to 'force' him to go into the play structure and then 'force' him to go to the water slide and go down it... he cried and I'm sure the life guard people thought we were the meanest parents ever. But he had done water slides before and we couldn't get him off of them. At Animal Kingdom he spent over 2 hours going down the slide. He did nothing else but go down the slide, get out of the water, and go down the slide again. So after we 'forced' him, he did the same at the water park. The life guard even came up to us after and was like, 'wow he really likes it, I thought he was going to hate it.' Of course he loved it! I wouldn't force my child onto something and scare him for life if I thought he would hate it...

That same trip we also went to a local amusement park. The kind that has 'real' roller coasters and we got him to go on one of the bigger ones. On the first hill going up he was screaming like crazy. And during it I can hear him saying over and over again, "This is terrifying!" So imagine my surprise when we get off and he wants to go again because it was "AWESOME!!" I had thought that we had gone too far with that ride in pushing him on it... and he loved it... So I will stick with my gut and have him ride things he is too afraid to ride and other parents will continue to think I'm the meanest mom in the world... and I'm okay with that because at the end of the ride he loves it.

26 days until the 'reveal'. It's getting harder and harder. My dd12 last night brought up her 'birthday present' again because of that previous conversation where I had said that I had her sisters birthday present already and was excited about it. She tells me, "It is just weird for you to be excited for Kelsey's and my birthday presents, it makes me think we are going to Disney." We ARE!!! I didn't say that... I instead said, "Yeah, dad told me the same thing." Which he had, but in the context that the girls would think it was weird that I was excited for their presents... Does he know the girls or what? But it deflated her and she said, "Oh, so we aren't going to Disney." I, of course, did not say anything to that because I was too busy smiling...

 

[Jasperann]

Tuesday, March 15th


Full Day #7!!


Our plans for this morning are to sleep in!! I’m sure by this point the kids will sleep until 9am… After sleeping in we will get up and pack up what we haven't already packed up, (we tend to pack away the dirty clothing after we wear it - it makes the packing so much easier) then make our way to Animal Kingdom to do the things we missed the first day we went. (Which has changed a little bit, and means that we will have some things to do.) Unless the kids all decide we would rather go to Typhoon Lagoon again for the morning, then Animal Kingdom will be skipped for this morning. By this point in the trip we normally end up ‘winging’ things as much as possible.


We often play bus roulette and just hop on the first park bus that arrives. It’s fun! It creates lots of adventure.

But by the afternoon time (2pm) I have our first Fast Pass scheduled for Magic Kingdom. For some reason I made the majority of our FP’s for Magic Kingdom this trip! Not sure why.


Our scheduled rides:


Jungle Cruise - 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Pirates of the Caribbean - 3:05 PM - 4:05 PM

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - 4:20 PM - 5:20 PM

I think we may catch the 3pm parade over on this side of the park while we are over here too. It depends on our first day... lol I'm still hopeful!


We will focus on this area of the park and head towards Fantasyland after BTMR.

We have a very anticipated dinner at:

Be Our Guest!! Yum! And my girls, I bet you can't pick out which one is my tom boy and which one is my girly girl from this picture. Although I do think DD11 is turning into a girly girl... she spends a ton of time in her room doing her make-up (which she can not leave the house in yet) and her hair. I figure it can only help her later in life. I am not a make-up person, so my make-up is probably all at the point of needing replaced and I would, if I would use it.


After our amazing dinner at 7pm we will probably find a spot to watch the nighttime shows if we have not watched them yet. We do plan on doing the parade the first evening, so I’m not sure we would ‘need’ to do it again. I wouldn’t… I'm not a parade person though.

I do happen to love wishes though.

I can not miss it. Even if I've seen it already in the trip. Just love it too much.

After wishes we will hang around and let the crowds leave, unless I have some tired kids with me that really must get in line for the bus. Not sure why they feel the waiting in line for the bus is better than browsing the shops. But sometimes we just follow the masses out.

We will crash at the room for our final night.

Only one day left after this one. Why can't Disney trips last forever?!?! I just love the bubble and the magic.

 

[Jasperann]

Our final day at Disney. Our flight leaves late. The latest ever and we will take full advantage of this fact. We will get up early and pack up the last little bit and then be off to MK -

This morning show ALWAYS makes me cry. I mean I tear up as soon as it starts. At home.

So I just put on my sunglasses and let the tears flow. Really though they are tears of happiness. Even being the last day.

After drying my eyes we will make our way into Magic Kingdom for the last time of our trip. I made our FP's for this park I have Buzz, Pirates, and Haunted mansion all complete and done by 11am.

After riding those three rides (and any others we manage), we will hop on the monorail to Epcot. After arriving in Epcot we will ride Spaceship Earth (depending on the wait) and Figment (no matter how long the wait is).

Then we will grab lunch in the world showcase and head over to Hollywood studios via boat. We will do some quick ride/show here and then grab a bus to AK and spend an hour or so here. We found that we love love love to hop to the majority of the parks our last day and get a quick ride in on something before moving on. It is also good for last minute purchases.

This is literally my DS9 and DD12 when shopping at Disney. My DD11 knows exactly what she wants and my DD19 has probably already spent all her money on pins...

Our not so Magical Express should be picking us up from AoA around 6:30ish... but we will probably be at the resort before that time and try to get on an earlier bus. We usually have good luck doing that and it gives us a little extra time to get through security at the airport, because lets face it airport security is so bad at Orlando airport.

We arrive home around Midnight... and we will all be exactly like this:

Now the count down really starts!!! Eeeek!!! And of course any more planning I might do between now and then.

 

[Gracefulskinny]

I also bought myself four new shirts and I found a bathing suit that actually fits!! That never happens!! I haven't bought a bathing suit in probably 5 years because I can never find one that fits.

Yay for a great swimsuit!

Last night we were talking about the rides at Disney and doing a 'virtual trip' where we can put the ride videos on our TV and 'pretend' we are riding them. I saw the idea on another PTR and I love it!

Glad this diversion works on the older set as well. LOL. The park walkthroughs have an added bonus too. They help give you a refersher on where things are so you end up rarely relying on a map.

Well he says, completely serious: "Mom, I would ride it, but I don't want to risk dying."

You could always go with the peer presure response and tell him about Little miss who wasn't scared of it at all at the age of 2!

Of course this made all of us giggle... not at his obvious fear but at the fact that we have all rode it and that it is less intense than Big Thunder Mountain. Which we explained... and he responded with: "I just think I would die on the drop, it is very large." (My Piglet child) Uh... one of his new 'favorite' rides (a new development) is Splash Mountain.

You could also let him know that I absouletly HATE drops on rides but really do enjoy 7dmt. The harness for it really holds you in. There is also the fact that no one has come close to dieing from riding that ride.

I instead said, "Yeah, dad told me the same thing." Which he had, but in the context that the girls would think it was weird that I was excited for their presents... Does he know the girls or what?

But it deflated her and she said, "Oh, so we aren't going to Disney." I, of course, did not say anything to that because I was too busy smiling...

Better mom than me. I would have said "Sorry Honey." and flat out lied.

For some reason I made the majority of our FP’s for Magic Kingdom this trip! Not sure why.

Because its the best park!

I am not a make-up person, so my make-up is probably all at the point of needing replaced and I would, if I would use it.

Yay I'm not the only grown up that has not a clue on what to do. THough I'll say this, now that I have nice make up that is good quality and fresh and works on me I find myself actually wanting to use it more.

Our final day at Disney.

Wow we really do pass in the night almost. There will be less than 24 hours from the time that you leave and the time that we arrive.

 

[Jasperann]

Yay for a great swimsuit!

I'm still super happy I found it! The struggle is real.

Glad this diversion works on the older set as well. LOL. The park walkthroughs have an added bonus too. They help give you a refersher on where things are so you end up rarely relying on a map.

LOL It so does!! I need to actually plan a virtual tour. I think that would be fun.

You could always go with the peer presure response and tell him about Little miss who wasn't scared of it at all at the age of 2!

You could also let him know that I absouletly HATE drops on rides but really do enjoy 7dmt. The harness for it really holds you in. There is also the fact that no one has come close to dieing from riding that ride.

Peer pressure does not work for him... I will even point out WAY smaller kids than him going into the line or coming out of the line smiling... and he will respond with "I'm just not that brave." He is seriously my piglet.

Better mom than me. I would have said "Sorry Honey." and flat out lied.

I'm trying not to flat out lie. In fact when we do the reveal we will even add in that it is part of their birthday gifts. So they know that is what I was hiding.

Because its the best park!

My hubby would not agree. He loves Animal Kingdom and Epcot. If we never went to the other parks he would be completely happy.

Yay I'm not the only grown up that has not a clue on what to do. THough I'll say this, now that I have nice make up that is good quality and fresh and works on me I find myself actually wanting to use it more.

I have bought the good quality before and I used it until it was gone. I just can not justify spending over 30.00 on good eye shadow when I never wear makeup now.

Wow we really do pass in the night almost. There will be less than 24 hours from the time that you leave and the time that we arrive.

Wow! So close! Have you gotten your birthday wish of going to two parks yet?