My very first PTR - Can you hear the music? ~ We're off tomorrow & it's MAYHEM here!

[inkedupmomma]

A non-WDW-related life update:

Tigger and his AA baseball team clinched the NUMBER ONE spot in their division last night!! Semi-finals and finals are next week. We are sooo proud of how far he and his teammates have come!!

wahooooo!

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Way to go, Tigger! We are a baseball family too...Dan has been playing since he was 5!

Good luck at the games next week!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

A non-WDW-related life update:

Tigger and his AA baseball team clinched the NUMBER ONE spot in their division last night!! Semi-finals and finals are next week. We are sooo proud of how far he and his teammates have come!!

Yay Tigger!!!!!!!

 

[Diamondintheruff]

Yay for Tigger!

An even bigger Yay for you as parents for sitting though all those games and getting him to practises. My DS6 has just started playing baseball and boy oh boy are those games LOOOONG.

 

[Queenofallthings]

Your final itinerary looks great!! I wish we were there the same time as you, oh well, there will be many more trips in the future I hope

 

[lisalonglash]

Wow, way to go Tigger. That is awesome. Good luck next week.

wahooooo!

Way to go, Tigger! We are a baseball family too...Dan has been playing since he was 5!

Good luck at the games next week!

Yay Tigger!!!!!!!

Yay for Tigger!

An even bigger Yay for you as parents for sitting though all those games and getting him to practises. My DS6 has just started playing baseball and boy oh boy are those games LOOOONG.

Your final itinerary looks great!! I wish we were there the same time as you, oh well, there will be many more trips in the future I hope

Thank you everyone - it's very exciting! Tigger is really looking forward to playing in the semi-finals and finals next week!

Queen, I wish you were too!

I'm really looking forward to meeting some DISers when we're there - the more, the merrier!

 

[lisalonglash]

(1) How did I ever get lucky enough to have such fabulous subscribers to my little thread?! Thank you to all - I really appreciate your comments, suggestions and advice

(2) It's only THREE days until Christine can call WDW for my ADRs - I hope we are able to get the ADRs we've requested

(3) If we are able to get Tusker House for 8:05am, how can we get to DAK for it? DAK opens at 9:00am that day, so will buses be running early enough to get us to the park on time or should we use a taxi?

(4) I wonder how many lurkers are on this thread...

(5) How can I chill out about Tigger's semi-final and final games? It's soooo stressful!

Off to do laundry and some more work - yep, my life is sure exciting

 

[chicagoshannon]

There should be a bus running that early. We got to AK at around 8 am and buses were already running at that time for a 9am opening in May.

 

[jordanyosh]

Do a search for exact running times for busses, but I believe they start running an hour or hour and 1/2(might even be 2 hrs) before official opening for the very reason that there are those Character Breakfasts. There is usually a CM at the front gate that will direct you....

Good luck with the ADRs AND Tigger's games.

There are always lurkers........... they usually join the fun sooner or later. It took me a few years before I started posting.....

 

[DisneyMomLiz]

Subbing...

...just starting your PTR...we're going about the same time Sept 15-20th and staying at ASMu too! I followed you over from mommytothreeboys TR

Okay, off to catch up to page 12

EDIT: Just finished Looks like we will be at MK on the 17th too!

 

[MinnieNurse]

Hey Lisa,

I hope you get all the ADR's your little heart desires. There are always buses running early we did the same thing back when they had Restorauntosarous (Sp?) and it was no problem.

Cant wait to hear an update once the baseball games are done.

If you are lurking on this thread please come out so we can include you in the fun.

 

[lisalonglash]

There should be a bus running that early. We got to AK at around 8 am and buses were already running at that time for a 9am opening in May.

I hope we can just take a bus, but I'm leery of the bus getting to DAK in time for us to run through the park to Tusker House for an 8:05am ADR (assuming we get that time) kwim?

Do a search for exact running times for busses, but I believe they start running an hour or hour and 1/2(might even be 2 hrs) before official opening for the very reason that there are those Character Breakfasts. There is usually a CM at the front gate that will direct you....

Thanks, Jordan, that's what I'm hoping!

Good luck with the ADRs AND Tigger's games.

Thank you

There are always lurkers........... they usually join the fun sooner or later. It took me a few years before I started posting.....

Really?!

Subbing...

...just starting your PTR...we're going about the same time Sept 15-20th and staying at ASMu too! I followed you over from mommytothreeboys TR

Okay, off to catch up to page 12

EDIT: Just finished Looks like we will be at MK on the 17th too!

Welcome, Liz!! I think a pool drink together is in our future!

Yay, another DISer with park overlap! I'll update the list

Hey Lisa,

I hope you get all the ADR's your little heart desires. There are always buses running early we did the same thing back when they had Restorauntosarous (Sp?) and it was no problem.

Cant wait to hear an update once the baseball games are done.

If you are lurking on this thread please come out so we can include you in the fun.

Thanks, I hope so too! I will for sure update on Wednesday about Tigger's team's results

I hope your message works - everyone is more than welcome here! I love reading everyone's posts!

 

[DisneyMomLiz]

Welcome, Liz!! I think a pool drink together is in our future!

Yay, another DISer with park overlap! I'll update the list

Thanks for the welcome, kinda new to the boards...loving the TRs and PTRs and great people! Definitely a pool drink in our future

Looking forward to more updates! Also, lots of luck to Tigger and his team!

 

[lisalonglash]

Thanks for the welcome, kinda new to the boards...loving the TRs and PTRs and great people! Definitely a pool drink in our future

Looking forward to more updates! Also, lots of luck to Tigger and his team!

Wooohooo! I'm thinkin' a poolside lemonade is sounding pretty good! Here's the menu in case you don't have it already:
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/dining/diningdetail.cfm?restaurant.ID=349

Thanks for the good wishes for Tigger

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Hi Lisa! I didn't realize you had this going until I glanced down at your sig while responding to you on my TR.

Your plans look awesome, here's hoping that you get all the ADR's that you want. I got all my May ADR's no problem and was even able to switch things around and get the times I wanted 2 days before the trip!

I love surprise trips, can't wait to hear about how the boys react!

 

[DisneyMomLiz]

Wooohooo! I'm thinkin' a poolside lemonade is sounding pretty good! Here's the menu in case you don't have it already:
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/dining/diningdetail.cfm?restaurant.ID=349

Thanks for the good wishes for Tigger

Mmmmmmmmmm....sounds yummy, something to look forward too! Thanks for the link to the menu, I had not seen that section before with the restaurant menus...I usually just to go allears?! Now I have two places to go to, in order to satisfy my planning fix

for Tigger, all the way from FL. One day my DS will be playing, I'm sure, based on how much DH loves baseball!!

PS - I think you said you were leaving from Sea-Tac so you're close to Seattle? My sister lives in Seattle it's a small world (yes, Disney reference intended)

 

[lisalonglash]

Hi Lisa! I didn't realize you had this going until I glanced down at your sig while responding to you on my TR.

Your plans look awesome, here's hoping that you get all the ADR's that you want. I got all my May ADR's no problem and was even able to switch things around and get the times I wanted 2 days before the trip!

I love surprise trips, can't wait to hear about how the boys react!

Hi Lessa! So glad to have you here! Thanks for the ADR luck I still can't decide how to tell them, but it'll be hilarious watching their faces no matter how we do it

Mmmmmmmmmm....sounds yummy, something to look forward too! Thanks for the link to the menu, I had not seen that section before with the restaurant menus...I usually just to go allears?! Now I have two places to go to, in order to satisfy my planning fix

for Tigger, all the way from FL. One day my DS will be playing, I'm sure, based on how much DH loves baseball!!

PS - I think you said you were leaving from Sea-Tac so you're close to Seattle? My sister lives in Seattle it's a small world (yes, Disney reference intended)

It DOES sound yummy! Can't wait Thanks for the cheers from FL!

Yes, we live just south of Vancouver, BC, about 5 minutes from the Washington State border. It takes us about 2 hours to drive from our house to SeaTac Airport, so not a bad drive to save well over half the airfare cost compared to flying out of Vancouver Int'l Airport!

Yes, it is a small world Hey, could you ask your sister why on earth the Starbuck's stores in Seattle close so darned early? All the Starbuck's here (and there are a kazillion lol) close way later Yes, the things I ponder are random and sometimes odd lmao

 

[lisalonglash]

So, I got an email this morning from our wickedly awesome travel agent, Christine. It's her day off today, so I was thinking she'd call Disney Dining tomorrow, right? Well, wrong! She made the call on her day off for us! Andddddd.... she got us everything we asked for!!

Final ADRs are:

Sat., Sept. 12 - ASMu/DTD, WCC dinner (5:00pm)
Sun., Sept. 13 - DAK, TH breakfast (8:00am)
Mon., Sept. 14 - MK
Tues., Sept. 15 - Epcot, Biergarten (5:00pm)
Wed., Sept. 16 - ASMu/DTD, Boma dinner (5:00pm)
Thurs., Sept. 17 - MK, CP breakfast (9:30am)
Fri., Sept. 18 - DHS, Sci-Fi dinner (5:05pm)
Sat., Sept. 19 - Epcot, Chefs de France dinner (5:00pm)
Sun., Sept. 20 - Departure day, CM breakfast (9:30am)

The only difference between what I requested and the final ADRs is a FIVE MINUTE change on the Sci-Fi dinner

Seriously, waking up to an email with all the work already done is a very very good thing! Thank you Christine!!!

BTW, I cannot believe I was stressed out over getting restaurant reservations that aren't even really reservations!

Nevertheless, I'm so glad it's all finalized!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

That's awesome, I just knew that you would have no trouble with your ADR's!

 

[MinnieNurse]

I am so glad you got what you wanted. It makes the trip so much better when you do, no regrets!

Out of the ones you have we have never done TH, Beirgarten and Chef. We are doing Chefs in August. Cant wait to see what you think of the others.