Mini-trip TR ~ Emma's First trip, My first MNSSHP and F&W! LOOKING AHEAD!

[disneybarbie]

Hi Nikki!

Following from the July'09 thread/your PTR & TR

I have my fingers crossed that you & Tom love the Epcot Food & Wine festival... DBF and I enjoyed it so much last year... it's World Showcase with.. extras!!
We would definitely return to the World in October again just for the F&WF and we'd love to go to MNSSHP... we didn't last time (I was thought it was 'too Disney' for DBF.. but when we were there he asked why I'd not booked tickets for it!! lol)

Looking forward to reading more.. your niece is so cute btw ... great name too! hehe.

Emma x x

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

How exciting! A whole bunch of people on your trip!

We stayed at CBR last August and LOVED it!

Can't wait!!

Me either!! One week from today!!

I say go for it with the ears and pins, you should get to celebrate being married for the rest of the year

Emma is such a cutey and you guys are going to have a blast in October.

I hope you sister can get her booking sorted out, is so annoying when it starts to go wrong. Is it too late to cancel and do it herself?

I think it might be too late to cancel and redo it. SHE KNOWS though, so I'm not getting involved.

You'll love Food & Wine Festival!

Oh I just can't WAIT!

What a great cast for this TR Can't wait for updates!

Yeah what a difference in number of people! This will be Tom's first trip to WDW with anyone else besides me.

Hi Nikki!

Following from the July'09 thread/your PTR & TR

I have my fingers crossed that you & Tom love the Epcot Food & Wine festival... DBF and I enjoyed it so much last year... it's World Showcase with.. extras!!
We would definitely return to the World in October again just for the F&WF and we'd love to go to MNSSHP... we didn't last time (I was thought it was 'too Disney' for DBF.. but when we were there he asked why I'd not booked tickets for it!! lol)

Looking forward to reading more.. your niece is so cute btw ... great name too! hehe.

Emma x x

So glad you followed me over to the new TR!

WS is so amazing as it is, I can't imagine how awesome it's going to be!! I can't wait!

 

[disneybarbie]

not sure if you want to see these before you go.. but here's some preview pics of the F&WF!!

http://wdwmagic.com/Events/Internat...-Food-and-Wine-Festival-menus-and-pricing.htm

I got hungry just reading the menus

Emma x

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

not sure if you want to see these before you go.. but here's some preview pics of the F&WF!!

http://wdwmagic.com/Events/Internat...-Food-and-Wine-Festival-menus-and-pricing.htm

I got hungry just reading the menus

Emma x

Oh definitely! Thanks Emma! (Number 1 baby name in America 2008! My sister did NOT know that at the time, or she may have not picked it!)

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

OMG! GOOD NEWS!!

Tom and I ate at 'Ohana for the first time on our honeymoon and we LOVED it! So we had been trying to get 'Ohana as soon as we got back but it was booked solid. Mikey and Christy were apparently trying too. It HAD to be arrival day (10/2) as that was the only day we didn't have dinner planned. I tried party of 6, party of 4 (sorry, Mike and Christy, you're out) and party of 2 (sorry EVERYONE, you're out) but no luck! I tried repeatedly over the last couple of months.

I hadn't tried in a few weeks but today I thought, what the heck, let me try one more time....

Party of 6?? NOTHING! Party of 4?? Nothing! (You know where I'm going with this....)

Party of 2? DING DING DING!!! I can't believe it! 5:10 ADR at 'Ohana for 2!

We are really excited because there are so many people on this trip, we are happy to have one thing planned for just the 2 of us. So the plan is to do MGM during the day, back to the hotel, rest, get ready for the party, go to dinner at 'Ohana, then monorail it over to the MK for the party where we'll meet up with everyone else!!

 

[PopArtGal]

Wooo Hooo!! My friends are here! Thank for coming over from my other TR to join me!

So here's my next question...is it too late to still wear my ears and "Just Married" pin?? I'm thinking 'yes' but it was so much fun to wear them! Regardless, I AM wearing the "Happily Ever After" pins. I think that's still appropriate.

I would def. wear the happily ever after. Even around the house

 

[PopArtGal]

Once again, I can't believe how much you two girls look alike.

Ok not carbon copies. But you can't deny you are sisters

 

[jasliv]

Thinking about the ears- nobody will know when you were married unless they ask, so why not wear them! It is the only place you will wear them so just do it!

 

[emcreative]

Whew, I finally made it over!

So besides Ohana (we did the breakfast last time and loved it, I can't wait to try the dinner next time) and the party, what else is planned?

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

I would def. wear the happily ever after. Even around the house

Once again, I can't believe how much you two girls look alike.

Ok not carbon copies. But you can't deny you are sisters

Yeah we really do look alike...especially now that I cut my hair short. We used to get asked if we were twins all the time.

Thinking about the ears- nobody will know when you were married unless they ask, so why not wear them! It is the only place you will wear them so just do it!

Tom thinks I shouldn't wear them. We had our honeymoon, now it's someone else's turn. He said if someone asks us what we're celebrating, if we say we got married 2 months ago and someone wants to give us new pins, then ok.

Whew, I finally made it over!

So besides Ohana (we did the breakfast last time and loved it, I can't wait to try the dinner next time) and the party, what else is planned?

Dinner at 'Ohana was fantastic!! We are so excited that we got that ADR. It just goes to show that if you keep trying, it can pay off! And good thing for the online ADR system, because I never would have kept trying if I had to call every time.

Oh, ok!! I wil update next time with our other ADRs and daily plans!!!

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

THE PLANS!!!

So, in true Tom and Nik fashion, we are on the first flight out on Friday morning. I think it's a little later than the flight the morning after our wedding but it still falls within the 6 o'clock hour!

My sister and her husband are on the same flight. As of yesterday, they didn't even have seat assignments! I swear, that TA she used is the WORST! So luckily, my sister was able to get all the infor she needed about the flight and flying with a toddler directly from Continental, as well as getting seat numbers.

So, here's the tentative!

10/2
Wake up early! (Did I mention it's the morning after back to school night?)
Taxi to airport. I haven't booked it yet but I'm thinking I'll have them come around 5:30am.
ME it to CBR. Hopefully we'll be at CBR no later than 11am.
Check in, drop bags, head to DHS, which if you remember from my last TR, NOT our fav! So we're just going to bang it out!
Head back to the resort with plenty of time to rest, shower, get ready for the party.
We'll probably want to be at the bus to MK no later than 4:30, from there, we'll monorail it to the Poly for our 5:10 ADR.
After dinner, we'll head straight to the MK and meet up with everyone for the party, which I am SOOOO excited about!!

(Last night, we were at my sister's and she put on the music to the Boo To You parade and the whole time Emma is listening intently and as soon as Mickey jumps in with , "Oh Boy!...." her face lights up with a huge open mouth smile! She jumped off my lap and just HAD to dance! I reeeally hope she is the same way when it's LOUD, dark and 3D!)

10/3
Epcot aaaalllll day! I can't WAIT for Food and Wine!
Dinner at Teppan Edo ( I have no idea what time! )

10/4
AK in the morning.
Evening at Epcot!!
Dinner at Le Cellier!

10/5
Crystal Palace breakfast for 4 + baby. Mike and Christy will have left by then. After breakfast, it's straight to Fantasyland for all the rides we want to take pictures of Emma on!!
We have a 7:00pm flight home that night so I'm assuming ME will want to pick us up at 4. We're going to try to get as much in that day as we can before going home!

I feel awful that I have no new pictures to share! So I'll post some from our dinner at 'Ohana in July!

YUM!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't WAIT to eat there again!!!

Tom was feeling a little frisky on the way out! Someone better warn that guy that we're coming!!!

 

[PopArtGal]

You know, if you guys have a few extra seconds, I wouldn't mind a postcard heheh

 

[PopArtGal]

You really think waking up early will be a problem? Come on! After parents-teachers interview I can't wake up for a meeting in the am, but for WDW, yup!

 

[Stefy]

Everything looks good, Ohana's on the first night is an excellent idea, a fab restaurant

Excellent choice of restaurant for your Epcot day, Teppan Edo is a wicked restaurant!

Not long to go now

 

[knewton64]

Enjoy and have fun.

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

You know, if you guys have a few extra seconds, I wouldn't mind a postcard heheh

PM me your address!!

You really think waking up early will be a problem? Come on! After parents-teachers interview I can't wake up for a meeting in the am, but for WDW, yup!

Yeah, I'm not too worried!

Everything looks good, Ohana's on the first night is an excellent idea, a fab restaurant

Excellent choice of restaurant for your Epcot day, Teppan Edo is a wicked restaurant!

Not long to go now

Yes I'm super excited for 'Ohana!

I've never eaten at Teppan Edo and am kind of nervous, as I'm not an adventurous eater at all! As long as there is some sort of plain meat, I'm good though!

Enjoy and have fun.

Glad you came over!!

 

[Stefy]

Don't worry they have steak and chicken, but maybe try some prawns, they are just delish

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

Don't worry they have steak and chicken, but maybe try some prawns, they are just delish

I would never!!

 

[Stefy]

Ooh are you not a prawn person? Sorry

 

[NikkiLovesWDW!]

Ooh are you not a prawn person? Sorry

Haha, I'm not an "anything from the ocean" person. (Do you see the face I'm making in the 'Ohana picture with the shrimp?)

I really eat like an 8 year old. A friend from work had a few other girls over to her house before my wedding as a little get-together and we had to go over the menu together before-hand! She decided on "mexican lasagna" and even then, she had to make a smaller one with basically just meat and cheese for me.

My real problem is that I don't try new things. In my opinion, if I've never eaten it, I don't like it!