My PTR... 5 Years away from the (American) Mouse! Back already :(

[mandymouse]

Great start Laura

Happy belated birthday

I hope you have a fab trip

 

[Snowy-girls]

Hi+Welcome Laura,fantastic start to your PTR,can't wait for more,oh and happy belated 18th birthday.x.

 

[disneyhockeymad]

ok so forgive me but this is the 2nd time I'm writing this! Stupid internet died!!!

Right so there's not much to tell at the moment, but I'm writing as promised! So I had a discussion with my dad the other day...

Me: Can I go to WDW for my birthday?
Dad: ummmm
Me: my 21st, I've always wanted to go for my birthday!
Dad: No you can't, you'll be doing your finals
Me: How about the year after, I'll be finished by then?
Dad: Well that is my 50th that year...
Me: So we can go then?
Dad: Well we'd have to stay for 3 weeks to fit both our birthdays in
Me: I reckon I can cope with that
Dad: I'll think about it. I'll think about it.

RESULT! haha. I have it in writing now, I can't believe I actually managed to implant the idea into his brain, I think I'm turning him! I've always always always wanted to go to WDW for my birthday, it's been one of those things that I've had on my list to do at WDW (that along with getting engaged/married at WDW but that's a LONG way off!!!) I won't let him forget this either!

As for my trip in just over a month I'm still going on to Dad about making these ADR's but I very much doubt it will happen! Looks like we're gonna have to take pot luck when we get there, and with it being in July I don't think we'll get anything!!
I've been trying to plan more of the trip inbetween revising for/panicking about my exams, but I'm not getting too far, I used the itinery planner on the WDW UK site which made it easier to plan what we're gonna do but still it's a bit vaguge! We tend to be those people who just turn up to which ever ride we fancy at the time, so I guess we'll just do it that way!
Mum's started going on about packing though, so it means it must be getting close if she's talking about packing!! yay!!

Ooh whilst I remember I uploaded the photo's of the cross stitched tink that my friend made me. Sorry about the light and dark photos, I couldn't work out which was better!

Right that's it for now! Thanks for reading, I'll hopefully post another segment later this week!!!

 

[disneyhockeymad]

Hi Laura - what a great pre trip report. Will be looking out for your trip report when you return. Happy belated 18th birthday!!!!! You made me smile - my daughter is an (academic) year older than you and loves Disney the way you do too - the thing that keeps her going is her trip to DLP with her DBF this year and her trip to SSR with me in 2009.

Best of luck with your exams - which uni do you hope to go to and what are you hoping to study?

Thanks!! I normally go to DLP every year just to fix my craving, and this year was going to be the first that I was going with my friends in september but everyone has dropped out so we'll probably have to cancel it! I'm a little disappointed!!

I'm hopefully going to Newcastle University to do Law, if I get the grades but I need 3 A's so I'm a little worried!!! But thankyou for the luck , I'm gonna need it!!

Great start Laura

Happy belated birthday

I hope you have a fab trip

Hi+Welcome Laura,fantastic start to your PTR,can't wait for more,oh and happy belated 18th birthday.x.

Thankyou!! and to my PTR!!

 

[Dimplenose]

Great report. I love the Merrel sandals - can you tell me which shop stock them?

 

[jockey]

Great report!

 

[arieljasmine]

Nice work there with your Dad Doesn't hurt to start planting that seed now! I would love to go to WDW for my birthday, but as it's just after Christmas, I can't see it happening.

Laur's

 

[DisneyJo]

Hi Laura I didn't realise you were so young when we were chatting on Angelas TR, you must have thought I was a right stalker asking where you lived

I love your Merrell sandals and I too would like to know which shop you got them from.

Your plans look great

 

[disneyhockeymad]

Great report. I love the Merrel sandals - can you tell me which shop stock them?

I got them from Schuh, I love that shop, literally live in it! They're sell them in the US as well I think.

Great report!

Thanks

Nice work there with your Dad Doesn't hurt to start planting that seed now! I would love to go to WDW for my birthday, but as it's just after Christmas, I can't see it happening.

Laur's

Aww well you never know, my exams always fall around my exams so I never thought I'd be able to go, but fingers crossed!!

Hi Laura I didn't realise you were so young when we were chatting on Angelas TR, you must have thought I was a right stalker asking where you lived

I love your Merrell sandals and I too would like to know which shop you got them from.

Your plans look great

Haha it's ok, I know you're not a stalker!!! It's always nice to meet someone from around here! I got my sandals from Schuh in Bluewater, but I'm pretty sure they stock them in any shop though!!!

 

[The Fetherstons]

Hi and welcome, look forward to reading more, happy planning

 

[Dimplenose]

I should never had read this report as it has cost me £50! But I'm now the proud owner of a new pair of Merrell sandals, I bought the tan (although I'd call them beige) version of your green ones this morning. I haven't taken them off yet they're so comfy.

 

[florida sun]

Great start, Happy Belated 18th Birthday

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

Hi Laura great pre-trippie

Seems like you live down the road from me, im from Chatham.
Gotta love Maidstone for the night life.

Looking forward to hearing all about your trip.

 

[disneyhockeymad]

Hi and welcome, look forward to reading more, happy planning

Thankyou for your kind words Hopefully I'll write more soon but at the moment exams seems to be all I can think about!!!

I should never had read this report as it has cost me £50! But I'm now the proud owner of a new pair of Merrell sandals, I bought the tan (although I'd call them beige) version of your green ones this morning. I haven't taken them off yet they're so comfy.

Glad I could be of service! Those shoes are amazing I must say and I totally agree, so comfy, I definately think they'll be a good buy for around the park! My mum has them in the beige and she loves them too!

Great start, Happy Belated 18th Birthday

and thankyou!!

Hi Laura great pre-trippie

Seems like you live down the road from me, im from Chatham.
Gotta love Maidstone for the night life.

Looking forward to hearing all about your trip.

I agree, I can eventually go out now and I'm definately lapping it up! Loving the night life!!!

I'll update soon guys I promise, my exams start next week (I have 5 ) but I'm gonna try and get a bit written before they start one evening sometime!! I have a lot to tell... Only 31 Days!!

 

[disneyhockeymad]

Firstly I am so sorry I haven't posted in so so long, it's not intentional I just haven't had the time, I'm seriously stressing about my exams, they start on Monday and I really don't feel prepared at all. I'm psyching myself out for 3 quick weeks though, my exams always seem to fly by, which in some ways is really really good because it means that my trip to WDW will come so so quickly, but in other ways its so so bad because I won't have enough time to revise

Back to the PTR though, I got this through the post the other day...

So exciting!! You can only order it when you're over 18 and seeing as I turned 18 earlier this month I ordered it. Infact if I'm entirely honest, and maybe a little bit sad, I ordered it on my birthday, just to sorta prove that I was indeed 18!!! Anyways it is so SO good! I've already watched it lots!! I watch it before I go to bed, it tends to relax me a little bit from the revision and lets me sleep, if I'm not too excited. It reminds me of that DLRP advert a while back... the 'I can't sleep I'm too excited!!' one, so unless the DVD gets me like that I tend to sleep quite well after watching it!! I'm guessing it's the same as the American version, but it annoys me stupid because it keeps giving the web addresses as .c-o.uk rather than .co.uk.... if you get me!! haha. never mind all is good.

Mum's started reading the WDW book now and she's been asking me all about it, I tried to introduce her to the DIS but she seemed a little aprehensive, I hope she does join, it's an amazing place! She didn't quite understand the concept of soarin' so I used the DIS to show her what people thought about it and the basic concept, she was suitably impressed! So there maybe hope! She's also written a list of everything that needs to be done before we go, like booking a taxi to take us to the airport in the morning, and to collect us afterwards, she's in the midst of sorting out all our documents to travel with and Dad's gonna fill in our Visa's tomorrow! It's so so close now, yay!

She's seriously talking about our next trip to the World as well, she's mentioning dates and actually talking about when we next go... not if. At the moment she's got her eyes set on the summer between my third year and my brothers first year (if he goes) at Uni. Which will be 2011, but I think she'll come down on that! She knows that's wayyyyy to far off! Still we're going back!! She's also promised me that if I get the grades we can go to New York for christmas this year, or if that fails go to DLRP again, but for Christmas day this time!! So so excited, but so so nevous, this is totally grade depending now, so more reason for me to revise and more reasons to make me panic!!! I did however make the revision slightly more bearable by listening to this whilst I was doing it... well that was until my ipod died, then it was back to silence again!

I honestly have no idea what happened with the screen of my ipod, I'm guessing it's something that happens when you take pictures of screens, like the computer screen flickers if you film it! haha. Oh well, looks kinda cool!

So I think that's about all for my mini update... I do have more to say but I'm literally dying of no sleep!! I need to be awake for my last full day of revision before me exams!!

 

[cherry-pops]

I'm really enjoying you PTR, it's nice to read something from someone fairly close in age and from the same country. I'm 23 and live in Norfolk.

Good luck with all those exams, not long to go now! I'm excited for you!

Where exactly can I order one of those planning kits with the DVD? It looks amazing! xx

 

[arieljasmine]

Very best of luck with your exams, Laura

Not long until they will be over and then you can concentrate on your trip. I love watching the planning DVD

Laur's

 

[disneyhockeymad]

I'm really enjoying you PTR, it's nice to read something from someone fairly close in age and from the same country. I'm 23 and live in Norfolk.

Good luck with all those exams, not long to go now! I'm excited for you!

Where exactly can I order one of those planning kits with the DVD? It looks amazing! xx

Thanks for the luck, I'm going to need it, I'vehad 2 exams already and I'm feeling the pressure!
The DVD is from the WDW UK site, it's in the bottom menu I think. It took ages to come though, but once you get it it is so so worth it!!!

Very best of luck with your exams, Laura

Not long until they will be over and then you can concentrate on your trip. I love watching the planning DVD

Laur's

Thanks for the luck too!
I'm literally counting down the days until I can properly plan again, so excited! 2 weeks and my exams will all be over and 3 weeks until I go to WDW!!! :
I love watching the planning DVD too, makes me smile every time!

 

[DisneyJo]

I love how you orderd the DVD on your birthday, so funny

How great that your Mum is already talking about another trip and tell her Soarin is fantastic, my DH who hates heights even loves it

 

[disneyhockeymad]

Not a lot to tell but a little bit of exciting news, Mum emailed our hotel today on the off chance that we could ask for a room that was on the top floor so we could see the WDW fireworks from the balcony. We didn't hold out much hope but today we get an email back saying that our request has been put on our form and that when we check in just over 3 weeks we should have a room on the top floor in the building we want!!! YAY!

Mum's promised to ring and attempt to book some ADR's tomorrow as well, (better late than never I guess) think she finally gave up on Dad doing it! I think we're gonna go for Tusker house donald's breakfast and see if there is anything for Chef Mickey for dinner... we don't hold out any hope but they maybe able to squeeze us somewhere, we're only small!! Still I hope we get Tusker House!! If you can recommend any others that might have reservations (pref in the parks) please let me know, be good to consider all the options!!

Think that's it really, exams are in full swing at the moment and I hate them, still 2 weeks and they're over and 3 weeks and I go to WDW!!! yay!