My real-time Cali trip report....

[CrazyDuck]

So my trip is set to begin tomorrow... To tell you the truth I thought I'd be more excited than I am now. I guess I'm just worried that the trip will fly by so fast that the months spent planning will be all for naught. Just wanted to thank all of you who have helped me plan this trip the past 6 months! You have all been a great help! If you are curious as to where I am or what I'm up to on my trip you can follow along on my "realtime" trip report (link in my signature). I'll try and post updates when I have downtime in the parks. If not I'll be back to update this thread over the next 11 days!

(Tentative) Schedule of events to come:
Oct 7: Fly to San Diego
Oct 8: Sea World
-> Oct 9: SD Zoo
Oct 10: Legoland
Oct 11: SD Wild Animal Park (Drive to Anaheim)
Oct 11-17: DL/DCA (No set plans for each day)
Oct 17: Fly home

 

[disneegrl4eva]

have a good time sly and have a safe trip

 

[EmmersIsTheMommy]

I know how you feel. I know that being a huge disney geek will bite me in the bum when I go on my trip..cuz after it'll be too depressing to come back for a bit.

HAVE FUN!

 

[Disneyanajc]

"Sorry I can't come to the phone right now' I'm in San Diego
from Oct 7-Oct 11 and I'll be at Disneyland from Oct 11-Oct 17.
If you want to follow along on my "realtime" trip report you can
visit http://www.fuzzyshot.com/kagawa otherwise leave a
message after the beep and I'll call you when I get back!"
...........................................Beep!

Hello! Hello!...are you there? pick-up...come on...pick-up...Oh! San Diego? Disneyland?...you on a trip or something?...any way........

Sy, wishing you and your family a safe flight and a wonderful vacation ...JC

 

[DangerMouse]

Oct 11-17: DL/DCA (No set plans for each day)

I this is the part that scares me the most.

I can't imagine going with no set plans. I'll look forward to reading your real time tr Sy, and maybe I'll see ya in the parks on the 17th.

 

[CrazyDuck]

I this is the part that scares me the most.

I can't imagine going with no set plans. I'll look forward to reading your real time tr Sy, and maybe I'll see ya in the parks on the 17th.

Well the only thing that is set in stone is a couple of PS ressies I have a Storytellers and Aeriels. Also the 3 Magic Mornings we'll be there. Other than that we are going to wing it... With 5 full days and 2 half days we should have plenty of time to see and do everything. We may even leave the DLR to do some shopping durring the day and then return to the parks at night, or vice versa!

 

[Mycutekitties]

Have fun!!!

 

[SarahDISer]

Oh it just sounds fabulous you lucky duck

I can't think of anything more wonderful than to be heading off to DLR *sigh*

 

[keegro94]

Gah everybody is making me jealous because they are leaving in one day

 

[pumpkin5156]

I this is the part that scares me the most.

I can't imagine going with no set plans. I'll look forward to reading your real time tr Sy, and maybe I'll see ya in the parks on the 17th.

With 6 days at the resort, I wouldn't have any set plans either! Imagine that much time to just do whatever you wanted, instead of rushing around to do PP first and FastPass at the right time.

sounds good to me Sy. I'll be there the 15th. Maybe I'll see you!

 

[jory29]

Aw, I understand where you're coming from!! I've been lucky enough to go when I was in Gr. 1, Gr. 3, with my family, then again with my boyfriend (now husband) when I was 19 years old, and when I was around 24 years old) and again, we took OUR family (2 kids) for the first time in 2006, then we were lucky enough to get back again in 2007, then this past Sept. WHAT A RIDE!!!!

The days actually go slower than normal routine days at home (likely all that walking around!!!)

We spent 5 full days in the park, and it was such fun. You will have plenty of time to do everything you want to do.

Just make sure on the last day, you MARK DOWN what you want to do, and then DO IT!!!

We don't know when we will next get back as we had used air miles provided by my husband's work place to help to pay for the flight, hotel, and tickets, and this year they have cut them off, and I don't think we can afford to go for another 3 years - my heart is breaking -


BUT - then I browse the DIS boards, and live every moment through everyone else's eyes. Thanks so much, DIS'ers, for sharing your special moments with us all. IT HELPS!!!

I think so many people who live close to DL take it for granted that they can go on a whim - though they appreciate that too, I think.... BUT - for those of us who have to pay for flights, hotel, LAX transport, etc. etc., it adds up to a lot of $$$$. It's always worth it, but please, enjoy every moment that you can.

And DON'T get sick 2 days in like I did, with a miserable cold/sore throat. It really, really stinks, and then I tried SOOOOO hard not to pass it to anyone - sanitized my hands prior to holding onto any bars onto rides, didn't rub my eyes or nose, coughed into my sleeve when need be, etc. (I just wish the person who gave it to me had been more considerate.)

Anyway, I digress, sorry.

Have a GREAT trip, and no worries, you will LOVE every moment of it and will be ready to come home to write us a fantastic trip report.

 

[bonita_babe232]

Have a great trip !!!!!!!!!! and when ur sad cause its time to come home, just think how ur gonna come home and write us a trip report and be able to live it all over again !!!!!!!

 

[tink2dw]

Have Fun!!!!!!!!!

 

[avalon451]

Laughed my head off when I saw your pic from 1:15 a.m. this morning. Great blog so far! Your kids are so cute.

Have a fantastic trip! Hope to see you guys there at some point, maybe.

 

[pixiewings71]

Have a GREAT trip!!!!! We don't usually have set plans either, we like to "wing it" LOL

 

[CrazyDuck]

hey thx for all the well wishes. Our flight is still 4 hours away. We won't be into SAN til 10p. No sightseeing tonight!

 

[Krissy Marissy]

Hope you traveled safely! Guess I will check your tr and see! Enjoy your trip! We always wing it...nothing wrong with that at all!!

 

[Gisele]

Have a great trip and visit Sy! I hope that you and your family, have a wonderful and fantabulous time! Have a safe flight, and here is hoping that there will be zero, air turbulence!


(Once again, clears throat) Forgive me, anyone, that may find themselves, becoming lost, dazed or otherwise confused, by my tendency toward run on sentences. I beg the forgiveness of all, who may be the unwitting victims of such a terrible, and most egregious, punctuation crime!
See, this message, is a result, of someone having posted on another thread, regarding the travesty, that I apparently, and most inadvertently, seized upon their person, by committing, a grammatical crime. Tisk, tisk, I hope that there is not a fine, for such controversy, for I rather like my run on sentences. Also, I do like to use words, that might make it necessary for some to look them up in the dictionary, not out of haughtiness, but rather, for the sheer pleasure that I take in stating what I consider good, and most appropriate as well. I am so sorry for that too! but tough! I like my dictionary, and love spell check, so you see, I am not all that bad! (so I like to think, anyway!)

 

[CrazyDuck]

at SW now!

 

[CrazyDuck]

OK... Sea World is in the books.... I know it's not Disneyland but I'm gonna tell ya about it anyways. Today it was HOT!!! There was not a cloud in the sky ALL day... not even one!!! The park was rather empty. The only show that had a good size crowd was Shamoo, but he always draws a crowd!!! There were 3 little rides in the sesame street kids area that were all walk on... One was like dumbo and one was like the teacups. it was good practice for DL. We did the pengiun experience tour so we went behind the scenes at the penguin encounter exhibit. It started out where we could pet one of the macaroni penguins then afterwards the took us IN the penguin encounter exhibit. It was like 25 degrees in there. Very cold, but good to get away from the heat outside!!! We only stayed in there for like 10 minutes or so... We checked out the Clyde and Seymour show and whichever one is the walruss messed up the show. He took a crap on stage then jumped over the wall separating the stage and the front row. It was pretty funny. Security was there on the spot and ushered people in the front row away from the walruss. The trainers escorted him out of the stadium while doing their best improv. The 25 min show was cut short at around 15 min, but it was worth it!

a few lousy iphone quality pics in my blog in my siggy!