Mike & Missy's Grand Adventure! A DCL & WDW Pre-TR w/ pics! Updated-09/18

:woohoo: for getting your cruise docs! :woohoo: I tried to do UPS with my reservation number, but it didn't work. I wanna know where mine are! :rotfl:

I'm so glad you got the shoe organizer. You are gonna love how helpful it is to just put your things in there so they aren't scattered all around.

Teen dance! :banana:
 
:woohoo: for getting your cruise docs! :woohoo: I tried to do UPS with my reservation number, but it didn't work. I wanna know where mine are! :rotfl:

I'm so glad you got the shoe organizer. You are gonna love how helpful it is to just put your things in there so they aren't scattered all around.

Teen dance! :banana:

I wonder why the UPS tracking didn't work for you? Do you think that maybe they haven't mailed yours quite yet? I know there are still a couple of folks from our group that haven't received theirs yet. I'm sending some pixie dust your way in hopes that you'll get them soon!!:wizard:

I'm glad that I got the organizer too, and I haven't even used it yet!:laughing: I'm thinking that it will come in really handy, and I have you to thank for it!!:)

How are things going with the wedding planning?
 
I wonder why the UPS tracking didn't work for you? Do you think that maybe they haven't mailed yours quite yet? I know there are still a couple of folks from our group that haven't received theirs yet. I'm sending some pixie dust your way in hopes that you'll get them soon!!:wizard:

I'm glad that I got the organizer too, and I haven't even used it yet!:laughing: I'm thinking that it will come in really handy, and I have you to thank for it!!:)

How are things going with the wedding planning?

You're right, they probably haven't mailed mine yet. According to our meet thread, the only ones that have received theirs live over seas. I'll check next week. I'm like you, I'll check multiple times a day!

Wedding planning, I can't wait until its over! :faint: The stress is building. Just a little over 2 weeks left. Majority of things are done. I have to pick up my gown tonight, final fitting. Too much work for one day! :rotfl2:
 
Trying to get caught up on your TR! Won't be long now! Looking forward to your TR when you get back. I'm planning another Mom/Daughter trip to Disney HHI in October, even though I'm only 4 hours from there, I've never been. We were in your neck of the woods back in April, we went to Stone Mountain for my birthday!
 

Getting very excited for ya'll. Seeing the photos makes it even more exciting! I love the pink shoe rack and I am so glad that you made the other photos - especially of the docs! It will be time to pack the car before you know it and I can't wait to see your trip report! :banana::cool1:
 
Trying to get caught up on your TR! Won't be long now! Looking forward to your TR when you get back. I'm planning another Mom/Daughter trip to Disney HHI in October, even though I'm only 4 hours from there, I've never been. We were in your neck of the woods back in April, we went to Stone Mountain for my birthday!

Hey there! It's good to hear from you!!
Ooooh, I would love to hear about your HHI trip! Are you planning to do a trip report for it? I hope so!! I've never been there either, but had thought about trying to take my Mom next Spring. She loves the beach, plus she is a Paula Deen fan, so I thought that HHI would be the perfect place. We'd be at the beach, and then Savannah is close enough that we could drive there for the day.
How was Stone Mountain?

Getting very excited for ya'll. Seeing the photos makes it even more exciting! I love the pink shoe rack and I am so glad that you made the other photos - especially of the docs! It will be time to pack the car before you know it and I can't wait to see your trip report! :banana::cool1:

Hey, Kim!
I'm kinda partial to the shoe holder too, since it's pink!!
I should have already started packing, but I haven't yet. That will probably be something that I work on this weekend!
You know you will probably hear all about our trip before I ever start the TR. Mike and I are planning to try and make it to a race once we get back from the trip. I'd love to try and come that Saturday after we get home, but we'll just have to wait and see how it goes!:)
 
Hey there! It's good to hear from you!!
Ooooh, I would love to hear about your HHI trip! Are you planning to do a trip report for it? I hope so!! I've never been there either, but had thought about trying to take my Mom next Spring. She loves the beach, plus she is a Paula Deen fan, so I thought that HHI would be the perfect place. We'd be at the beach, and then Savannah is close enough that we could drive there for the day.
How was Stone Mountain?

I will probably do a TR. I've been trying to find some TR for HHI, but only found a few, so I'd love to do one. Stone Mountain was great. We've been a few times before. It was hot, though. We took lots of pics. We went with my best friend and her kids. This was the first time we visited the Plantation that's on Stone Mountain grounds. It was very nice.
 
That would be wonderful if ya'll came to a race especially when you first return - that way I could hear all about it first hand and right off the bat!!!! We miss ya'll so much at the races!
 
I will probably do a TR. I've been trying to find some TR for HHI, but only found a few, so I'd love to do one. Stone Mountain was great. We've been a few times before. It was hot, though. We took lots of pics. We went with my best friend and her kids. This was the first time we visited the Plantation that's on Stone Mountain grounds. It was very nice.

I think you should definitely do one! If you do, make sure and let me know, cause you know I will definitely be a subscriber!!!
I'm glad that you liked the Plantation. We went there several years ago, and it was really neat to see all that stuff!!

That would be wonderful if ya'll came to a race especially when you first return - that way I could hear all about it first hand and right off the bat!!!! We miss ya'll so much at the races!

I'd definitely have to give you a chapter at a time-one in between each of the guys races! LOL! I'm hoping that we get to make it, too. Mike and I have already talked about it, and we both want to come, it's just a matter of getting there. I've really missed being there, too. But not going is one way that we've been able to do this trip!
 
I've been up to a little "surprise" planning this morning, and I wanted to let you all in on it!
Some of you may remember my recalling of our last trip to Disney, earlier in this report. It was there that I mentioned the fishing trip that I gave Mike for our anniversary. Ever since then he has talked about how great of a time we had, and how he would love to do it again. Now, we both agreed that because of the amount of money we've already spent between the cruise and joining DVC, that we wouldn't buy each other anything for our anniversary. Well, I've felt a little sad about this, and even though it's techincally not an anniversary gift, I decided to call to try and book another fishing excursion for him!!:banana:
I was a little unsure of which day I wanted to book, and had initially thought that the morning we check out might work. But then I remembered that we had Chef Mickey's booked for that morning, and I didn't want to miss it. Since we're staying at BWV, it happens that they actually have excursions that leave from right there at the resort. I thought this would work out well for two reasons...the first being that it would save us a lot of travel time since we'd already be there, and two-because our last fishing trip was at the Wilderness Lodge, I thought it would be neat for Mike to experience fishing from a different place.
Sooooo, I looked over our iteniary to see which day would be the best, and I decided that since Hollywood Studios is going to be open til 9, and I don't mind missing the park opening, that we would do it on the morning of our Hollywood Studios day. We may get to the park a little late, but I think we'll be fine! I decided to call Disney Recreation in hopes that something would be available since it's so close, and guess what...it was!:woohoo: I booked us for the 7 a.m. excursion from right there at BW! I am so excited.:dance3: I am dying to tell Mike, but I really want to keep it a secret. I'm terrible with surprises though, so I'm hoping that I can hold it in until then. It's probably a good thing that I waited so late to book it, that way I don't have to hold in as long!:rolleyes1
So that's what I've been up to this morning! Just keep your fingers crossed for me that I can actually keep my mouth shut!:rolleyes:
 
You are gonna have a hard time with this one but I have faith that you can keep it a secret! Are you planning to catch another "bird" when you go fishing?:rotfl2:
 
How fun!! What a super surprise. He's going to love it! Good luck with keeping it a secret! :goodvibes
 
:woohoo:10 days to go!!!
I know I say it every time I post, but I still can't believe just how fast time has flown by for this trip. I remember when the days were still in the hundreds, and starting tomorrow we'll be in SINGLE DIGITS! Mentally, I am SO ready to go, but physically we still have a lot to do! We did manage to accomplish a little over the weekend, but not as much as I would have liked. Still no success with finding a Pirate costume. After looking and coming up enmpty handed, Gayle and Brandi have decided that they aren't dressing up. I had thought about doing the same, myself, but I really do want to do it. Mike already has his costume, and if we don't dress up, then we'll have to find something to wear for one more night. I've found the costume that I want on e-Bay, but I'm just waiting to get it. I had actually sold some stuff on there last week, and the people still haven't paid...if they would just send their money, then I could go ahead and get the costume. It's so late in the game now though, that I guess I'm going to have to try and find something in a store...I'm just afraid that if I order one it won't be here in time. Hopefully I'll have found something by the end of the week, but who knows!

As far as packing, we did manage to get all of our luggage out. My spare bedroom is such a mess right now, with suitcases sitting open everywhere and clothes all over the bed. It makes me a little stressed to even look at it all. It will all come together soon though. I'm just a little worried about having enough room. We actually have 4 regular suitcases, 2 carry-ons and a garment bag. I'm still not sure if we'll actually use the garment bag or not. The sad thing is that one of the suitcases will probably end up being nothing but shoes!:eek:Between all of mine and Mike's, I'm betting that we'll fill a whole one! The other thing that I'm worried about is all the clothes that we need to pack for WDW. I told Mike last night that we may have to take those clothes that we won't need on the cruise and just leave them in the car, then we can just switch them out on the way to Disney.

Some other plans that we made/changed is that instead of driving directly to the port and paying for parking, we're going to take the shuttle from the hotel. I'm hoping that this works out okay for us. It scares me a little to have to depend on someone else for transportation, as we've parked at the port both other times that we've cruised. The first shuttle from the hotel doesn't acutally leave until 10:30, so I'm thinking of having Mike drop me and the luggage off, and then he can come back on the shuttle. I really want to be there early so that I can try and get on the boat as soon as possible so that I can head to the Salon to try and get an appointment for formal night. We'll see how that all works out though. The good part is that we'll be saving $105 by parking at the hotel instead of the port!:woohoo:Whoohooo...that's just more money for Disney stuff!:dance3:

Lastly, I wasn't able to keep the fishing trip a secret for very long. Mike ended up finding out on Saturday! Told you I can't keep a surprise!!!:rolleyes1 I didn't actually come out and tell him...he was looking at our planning folder and saw the confirmation. Of course when he asked me what it was for I didn't do to well. What can I say, I'm not a very good fibber!!

I'll try and post some pics of the packing process soon...right now it's too big of a mess to even photograph!!! :scared:
 
You are gonna have a hard time with this one but I have faith that you can keep it a secret! Are you planning to catch another "bird" when you go fishing?:rotfl2:

I don't plan on it, but who knows! I am so excited about it!

How fun!! What a super surprise. He's going to love it! Good luck with keeping it a secret! :goodvibes

Well, as you can see from above, I didn't do to well with that!!! That's okay, he's excited about it, so that's good...it gives him even more to look forward to!!:cheer2:
 
OMGosh Missy,

You make me laugh and smile every time I read one of your updates.

The whole luggage thing stressing you out? I am so there with you.

The not keeping secrets. I show my little ones something I promised myself would be a suprise for on the boat every day!

The shoes? Oh the shoes, shoes for the excursions, shoes for the pool, shoes for dinner, shoes for formal night, regular ol' shoes for everyday to match the outfits of course. . .shoes shoes shoes x6 for us! :scared1:

Pirate attire, Good luck! I am about to give up thinking about it for the DH and myself. The littles have somethings, the teens have priatey tees I guess and us? :confused3

Enjoy your trip! It is after midnight so I get to say

SINGLE DIGIT DANCE :woohoo: ONLY 9 MORE DAYS!

Can't wait to hear the rest of the packing adventures and then the adventures once you are on your way!
 
OMGosh Missy,

You make me laugh and smile every time I read one of your updates.

The whole luggage thing stressing you out? I am so there with you.

The not keeping secrets. I show my little ones something I promised myself would be a suprise for on the boat every day!

The shoes? Oh the shoes, shoes for the excursions, shoes for the pool, shoes for dinner, shoes for formal night, regular ol' shoes for everyday to match the outfits of course. . .shoes shoes shoes x6 for us! :scared1:

Pirate attire, Good luck! I am about to give up thinking about it for the DH and myself. The littles have somethings, the teens have priatey tees I guess and us? :confused3

Enjoy your trip! It is after midnight so I get to say

SINGLE DIGIT DANCE :woohoo: ONLY 9 MORE DAYS!

Can't wait to hear the rest of the packing adventures and then the adventures once you are on your way!

kileybeth, I'm glad to know that I can make you smile and laugh!:) And I'm glad that you understand that pain with packing and ALL the shoes! It's good to know I'm not the only one who packs them all!!:rolleyes1

Loving the pre-trip report!!!!

Hi there!! Thanks for stopping by, and I'm glad that you're enjoying my report. I am so excited about the trip, and can't wait to write the actual report. I sure hope you'll join me for that as well!
 
We packed in separate suit cases when we went to Disney for a week and then Daytona for a week and it worked out fine. We left our Daytona clothes in the car so we would not have such a crowded room at the WDW hotel and then swapped out when we got to Daytona.


I am feeling your pain with all the shoes you have to take.

Fishing - now ya'll can be excited together! :)

Stress - I totally understand and think it is normal for us detailed planners to feel it!

Not long now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:yay:
 

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