Marriage: The Trip Report - Update 2/28 - Final Thoughts & Link to Disneyland TR!

[dekkerdisneydreamer]

I hope you have a great day Brook!

Congrats on the TA trip! That should be a blast, minus the heat of course....

 

[CandleontheWater]

Wow, another trip- how exciting!

You'll be fine in August, yes it is hot, but you live in NYC and it is hot there too. The difference is that you'll have SAB in Florida!

 

[TanzUnited99]

Happy Birthday!!! Hope you have a great day!

 

[Native NYer]

Happy Birthday Brook!
I hope we get to meet up in August.

 

[tiggrbaby]

Happy Birthday!

 

[disneyfan61]

Hey Brook!! Happy Birthday!!

Sorry we did not get to meet on our last night (and your first night). As it was I got to meet Anita at about 11:30 that night.

Great news about another trip in August.

I am so far behind & trying to catch up since coming back. Still have not downloaded my pics.

So glad to hear you had a great trip.

 

[Poolrat]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROOK!!!!!!​

 

[MeMom]

I said Happy Birthday on Facebook this morning, so I'll end the day by saying it on here.

Hope it was a good one!

 

[Disneyfreak616]

Congrats on the Yacht Club!!!!

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

 

[jenb1023]

Thanks to the chapter links I am all caught up and ready for more!

Congrats on another trip! Yacht Club is where we are dying to stay next but I think it will be awhile.

Skipping back a little on your TR, the Barber Shop taking appointments now is awesome. We made one for DD in January to get a fancy do with gel and confetti (best deal in the parks at $7.50 and so cute!) and those without an appointment waited an hour. I totally would have skipped the haircut too but if you get a chance next time it is worth the time!

 

[CJsMom]

Happy Birthday Brooke!

 

[LookinUp]

Yea, Brook! Getting to plan yet another WDW trip this year is an awfully nice birthday present. Yacht Club, amazing training, and spectacular bargain. Wow. Plus, to top it off, you're taking Joe & Henry? Incredible. You must be on

 

[ClaireW]

Your trip sounds brilliant - busy but very exciting!

But... we don't fly in until the 23rd - any chance you could make even better use of those APs and stay a little longer...?

 

[SoonerGirl]

Hi there Brook!

I had to skip the chatter to get caught up, which stinks, because I love the chatter, but I'm sooooo far behind on everyone's reports I knew I wouldn't be able to read every post.

Congratulations on your August trip!!!

Oh and Happy Belated Birthday!!!!! Sorry I missed it

 

[brookelizabeth]

Once again I'm behind on my own thread. Sorry folks, I have truly meant to update by now! Tonight is the night. No plans - no distractions after Mr. Henry is in bed....replies and a (hopefully massive!) update are COMING SOON!

 

[All7OfUs]

I'll have to catch it on Monday!! Have fun writing it though

 

[brookelizabeth]

I gotta new ticker!!! ---oh no.. its cut off! I can't figure out how to get it to appear NEXT to my other counter instead of below it.

It looks good to me! You've probably figured it out by now though. I'm so excited to meet you gals and spend 5 days with you!!!

Congratulations!

Good for Joe and Henry coming along, too.

Heat is heat is heat in Florida during those months. You just have to play it right with the rides, attractions, meals, and pool/rest time, and since you are a seasoned WDW traveler, so you know exactly how to do that.

Happy planning!

Joe was not about to let me go alone again. LOL He's looking forward to this trip, even though it will be a bit different.

I am trying to convince Joe about rope drop this trip, since it will be so hot during the mid-day. We'll see how he does...otherwise, maybe we'll just hang at the resort during the day and then hit the parks in the evenings. Who knows! We'll figure out though.

I am SO excited for you!!! and FINALLY one of my DIS friends will be there at the same time as me!!!!!!!! Our trip is 11th August to 1st September - would be amazing if Toby and I could meet you!!!!!!!!!!!!
xxx

HOLY COW 3 WEEKS!!!!!!! That will be awesome! Where you are staying? Yes, we should DEFINITELY meet up! The 15-19 will be very busy for me, but our other days will be a bit more flexible. Send me a PM when you get a second if you have any sort of schedule set!

If you stay there you will have to let me know how Henry likes the kiddie pool--that's 3/4 of the reason we are staying there!

That trip will be so much fun! Congratulations!

Well, after pricing everything - it looks like this might be a Pop trip instead...which is great - I know Henry will love that pool and resort! We are really having to do this as cheaply as possible, and while CBR was still a good deal - it just isn't enough of a good deal (unless we somehow get a steal on airfare!). I think CBR will be our next Mod though, it looks so beautiful and that pool is incredible!

 

[luvfigment]

I just saw about your trip in Aug! Congrats that is amazing! You will learn so much at the conference and get to spend some time with the family...that is perfect.

How old was Henry again when you went for his first trip? I am going through some major Disney withdrawal and am trying to plan when I will go for the first time with Maliah. Of course she does need to be born first. Ha ha ha.

 

[brookelizabeth]

Congrats on getting in the on-site training!

Thank you Christy! And I'll see you soon!

YAY!!! Love the ticker!!!
I worry about the heat too. WE have had such hot days here lately, and I keep thinking I hope WDW isn't like this in Aug. Lucklily we should be going in and out of AC rooms for a good part of most days.
Do the nights get cool in the summer? I'm wondering if I will need a sweatshirt for evenings. I know in April it was hot in the day, but the evenings need a sweatshirt for sure.

I can't wait!!!!

I don't think the nights will get all that cool. In early September I usually bring a sweatshirt in my luggage, but I don't think I've ever used it. You'll want one for the conference rooms though I bet! It seems like every conference I have ever been to are way over-air-conditioned!

This is so cool! Our dates are Aug. 14-20 at CBR! I chose it mostly because our boys (3 and 5) are going to LOVE the pools and pirate ship area. Let me know when you get your schedule worked out. Our parks are:

14-EPCOT
15-EPCOT
16-MK
17-DHS
18-MK
19-AK

I am so scared of the heat but I will have one in preschool and one in kindergarten so summer and school holiday trips are our only choice now. Originally planned for Thanksgiving break then the Kids Stay and Play promo came out and everything just fell into place for Aug. price and timewise. Wish I would have planned it this way sooner, then we could have had free dining instead. It is saving us almost a thousand dollars going in Aug. instead of Nov. between room prices, tickets, etc. so heat it is! Going to have to take it easy and swim a lot this time.

Well, it looks like we won't be doing CBR. It's not completely out of the picture, but the wallet is more liking Pop this trip! 1/2 at Pop and 1/2 at OKW with our points. I haven't a clue yet what our schedule will be, but the only day I could probably meet up is the 14th, since I'll be at the training on the 15-19 (one or two of those nights I think we do get out earlier too...). I'm not sure what we are doing on the 14th yet, but I marked your schedule down! I'll keep ya posted.

How cool is that?! The training trip sounds like a BLAST!!!!

I'm glad you had a good time on your solo adventure, it looked like you all had a blast!!!

I had a great time on the solo trip!! I do plan to write a TR about it...I just haven't gotten to it at all yet! I sent you a message a while back on Facebook about TA stuff - did you ever get it?

Congrats on the new ticker!! You lucky devil!

Thank you! I am so so excited!!!!!

Wonderful news! You're so lucky to get some much Disney Magic in, in one year.

Looks like we might have a small trip early next year.

The May trip would NOT have happened if I had known about this one...but I'm not complaining!

I hope that small trip works out for you!!!!!

How fun that you are going back again Brook!! Take advantage of those APs baby! Woot!

Exactly! That and DVC make a trip like this, on the fly, a LOT more doable.

As soon as Matt gets his assignment for the CP I'll have to let you know! Maybe he can stir up some Pixie Dust for you, Joe, and Henry!

That would be so great! I'd love to just to run across someone I "know" in the parks.

 

[brookelizabeth]

Welcome back Brook and wow, another trip!! But I am sure that Disney made some mistakes with those dates since they are two months too early!! Same days in October would have been soooo much better!

I agree with you!!! October would have been so much better - for so many reasons! At this rate, perhaps I will have a surprise for October too? I can dream, right???

Welcome back and woohoo on having another ticker!!!

Thank you!!! I loved putting that ticker on there!!

sweet i have always wanted a sandle tan

Mine is a problem, because I wear several different pairs of sandals and it looks hilarious with some of them! But, all well!

I was so nervous about Charles and Chelsea doing that! I was convinced they were going to end up in the ocean. As you can see, though, from the pics, they survived and had a great time.

Hurray for a new ticker!!!

I would have been the exact same way!!! Little fast boats scare me!

Have a great Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Thank you everyone! It was a great day - just simple at mostly at home, but nice.

How exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!! My beloved Yacht Club

It will be HOT but heat is heat and plan accordingly. I'd plan on lighting and rain in the afternoon and schedule your pool time around that if you can, that was the one thing that mucked up our plans more than anything.

And the beauty of the BC/YC is how you can cut through, inside, quite a bit to escape the heat to get from one end to the other

I just looked at the pictures of the Yacht Club rooms for the first time, they look so comfortable! I really look forward to staying there. We walked through the lobby during our Feb/March trip and were in awe-it's beautiful!

Great advice, thank you Cynthia! I will be sure to tell that to Joe too as he'll be solo parenting Monday-Friday in the parks...I can totally see them not even adventuring out until after nap time even. LOL

Happy birthday friend!!!

And another trip coming up before mine?? Man, I am jealous! We did Disney in august before and honestly, we had done a local amusement park here the week before we went and Disney was not any worse. We did the afternoon nap every day in the heat and it worked out fine!

I'll probably be contacting you to run some numbers just before that trip for a Mop Family 2012 adventure....

That's good to hear that it's not unbearable! I figure it can't be all that much hotter than the first few days of September, right? And we've done that twice. Now that Henry is older too, we'll probably be riding the water rides!

Disney prices for 2012 (except very early 2012) aren't out yet - but I suspect they are coming soon with this price hike on the tickets and I've already seen the 2012 DDP brochures too...hopefully this means they are about to release all the numbers! People are ready to BOOK! Send me your info whenever you can though, and I'll watch for the opening of the booking windows and run those numbers!

I hope you have a great day Brook!

Congrats on the TA trip! That should be a blast, minus the heat of course....

Thank you!!! It was a great day!! My favorite part was sushi for lunch. YUM!!!

Wow, another trip- how exciting!

You'll be fine in August, yes it is hot, but you live in NYC and it is hot there too. The difference is that you'll have SAB in Florida!

NYC does get VERY hot and humid! Last year July here was unreal. And we are outside all the time, so maybe I'll be a bit more adjusted...

I'm SO looking forward to SAB!!!!!