MAY 12th-19th!! THESE ARE THE MAYS OF OUR LIVES!

[lakehead92]

I do, I had to make some changes this week and I think I finally have it the way i am happy with.
Originally when i booked it was just a trip for my family, to celebrate our 10th anniversay and ten years since our honeymoon at disney. But now it has grown to be a trip for 5 other members of my DH's family that has their own ideas on what they wanted to do, which has included joining us for many of our days. So that is why I had to make some changes, but I think it will all work out and hopefully still be pretty close to the vacation my DH and I had really looked forward to and dreamed of.

So I cancelled two ADR's we had booked back in November to move them where others could join us, as their ressie dates are a bit different, and reserved a new AdR, for just our family after they leave.

My binder has really come along this week, and I am started to get excited. I even printed off the menus for the dinners we are attending, that way I can see that the kids don't have to eat the same things every night, and that DH will have all the things he loves as well.

I think I know which parks we will visit which days for the beginning of the week, and our ADR's reflect that, but I am leaving openings in the end of the week so we can go with the flow and just visit the things we want to go back to, without feeling all scheduled.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

don't forget to order your customized WDW maps!!! i just did it today!!!!

 

[lakehead92]

michelle

i tried the other night to order my maps and the site wouldnt take me to where i placed the order. ive created them just havent been able to order thm yet. i was thinking about trying again tonight.

does it cost anything to do so.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Nope! i started and was done in 15 minutes!! After teh completion of the order it gives you an order # and tells you it will take 2-4 weeks

 

[lakehead92]

I logged on again, and tried this time it told me why it wont work...

I'm a non-us resident.
...oh well i guess i'll have to print them from home.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

oh that stinks

If you want you can make up a random account and then give me the account and password and i can enter in my parents address (since we already ordered them from ours) and I can mail them to you when they come in?? Just an idea

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

 

[lakehead92]

thanks for the nice offer michelle, that's okay though.
ill get my dh to print them at work, that way he can print them off larger and clearer than i could at home.

very nice of you though.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

no problem

 

[huggiebear23]

How do you get a customized park map?

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

this is the thread i started on it

The link is in there! ENJOY!

my thread

 

[lakehead92]

Go to the offical walt disney world site and once you are registered , it will let you go to the My Disney Vacation section where you can customize your own park maps.

 

[RachaelRol]

Maps, check!
ADRs, check!
Itinerary, 1/2 check, not done yet.

I haven't gotten my maps yet. I ordered them about two weeks ago!!! They should be here in a few days...

I'll post my ADRs in a bit. I'm thinking of changing a couple. Also still need to get to home depot for lgmh....


I really need a vacation!!! Woohoo only 95 more days!!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

i still have LOADS of LGMHs!!! but i think i will collect more!!!
I'm thinking of covering my door with them and then putting a sign on there that says something like HOME DEPOT don't take me away!

 

[lakehead92]

i havent made my trip to home depot for my lime green mickeys yet, but maybe this week i will.

it all feels like it's really coming together now, only 13 weeks away. (And look how fast the last 13 went by.)

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

I can admit that some days are flyyyying by! i think it's b/c i've been planning since last April!

In April i booked our September/October Trip, since free dining came out and we switched from November and that moved my trip up 2 months so i went into planning overdrive! THen coming back from the trip i had to start Thanksgiving stuff and right after that throw myself in the holidays and immidiately after the holiday i had birthday parties (kids birthdays are 12/28 & 1/5) and then after that i am now completely focused on my dads surprise party for his 50th (2/17) and then out of nowhere DH asked me if i wanted to go for alittle bit in May to tide us over until December hahah! so now i am planning this trip all while monitoring and planning Decembers trip too! can't wait to get this party out of the way, then it's WDW 100%!!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Just called to upgrade to preferred for our trip at POP and they are SOLD OUT of preferred...I am verrry scared about this....I will try again in a couple hours and hope that the CM was mistaken. I tried with my TA too and same outcome

 

[JoBird]

Hey ladies...

I've had a sick child for three days, so I haven't been able to do too much.

Michelle, I saw on another thread that you were looking to upgrade and couldn't and I almost had a heart attack. Maybe they will open some rooms up closer to arrival. It does seem like a LOT of people have been saying they are going in May and now I'm concerned, especially for the weekend.

With that being said, I booked our flights today, $49 each way from Pittsburgh. I was thrilled, I'm used to paying so much for flights out of Bentonville, AR. We booked Southwest and I've never flown them before, so I am a little nervous.

I did order my maps today; going pay off the trip tomorrow in the form of a check. Woo-Hoo!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

OKAY i am starting an organized list of peeps staying! i am trying, so it is a slow but steady process! i am on page 4 now!!

MAY Travelers!
Smidgy 5/6-5/9 HRR
JoBird 5/9-5/15 POFQ
AllStarMVP 5/11-? POP!
DisneyMommyMichelle 5/12-5/19 POP!
LakeHead92 5/12-5/19 POP!
RachelRol 5/13-5/22 POP!

POP MAP!

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Flower & Garden Festival Info!
F&G Festival

what do you think so far?

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

SOUTHWEST finally released our dates?!!?! I just checked yesterday!! YAAAY! thanks for posting!!! after i am done with this, i am off to buy our tix too!!