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

[WDWRocksMySocks]

I know what you mean about not feeling very Disney-esque. I was like that for a long while and just had a hard time keeping up-to-date with my PTR and all the ones I follow. Glad to see an update!

Who did the Mariner's play when you saw them? I think that'd be a lot of fun. DH and I are HUGE baseball fans but we haven't had a chance to see any games this year. We do have the MLB package so we get to watch a game EVERY night. So, that helps.

 

[lisalonglash]

I don't blame you for wanting to take advantage of the good dollar. I would do the same thing. Before I left in May I took out $500 in American cash when the dollar was at 85 cents. Well I get back from the trip and find out that pretty much as soon as we left the dollar went up into the mid 90.

It's always a crap shoot trying to predict what the dollar will do, but at least this way, we chose what exchange rate we paid, right? Sorry you got snookered in May - totally sucks!

I know what you mean about not feeling very Disney-esque. I was like that for a long while and just had a hard time keeping up-to-date with my PTR and all the ones I follow. Glad to see an update!

Who did the Mariner's play when you saw them? I think that'd be a lot of fun. DH and I are HUGE baseball fans but we haven't had a chance to see any games this year. We do have the MLB package so we get to watch a game EVERY night. So, that helps.

Oh, thank you!! I'm not alone then

They played the Cleveland Indians and boy, did the Mariners ever lose badly LOL We do watch an occasional game on TV, but it's a lot more fun to be there I wish it was a little cheaper - I'm sure we'd all go more often!

 

[carissanboys]

A Mariner's game - how fun! Who were they playing? Any pictures??

 

[carissanboys]

Oops. Just saw it was the Indians. Cool.

 

[mousescrapper]

glad you had fun at the games...even if they lost...

didn't know that about wegoshop....but paying in advnace certaintly makes more sense...

 

[PracPerfPatricia]

Don't worry about not feeling Disneyish...it happens...everyone is still here...

Sounds like the baseball was fun......whether or not you won...I'm not a super sporty girl-although I did send DS for a week of morning basketball camp for 5-7s and I'd definitely love to go to some baseball games as a family...I like all the lore and stories surrounding it...our local team, you may have heard of them -the Phillies didn't do to poorly last year...

Wow I'll bet you are having glorious weather right now...probably not too hot or humid...we were about 95 and something like 75% humidity yesterday- (Yeah and ask me why I'm going to Disney next week...-cause it never feels as hot there as it really is...)

I am so impressed that you've kept the secret from the boys...you're good-I don't know if I could do it...

 

[lisalonglash]

A Mariner's game - how fun! Who were they playing? Any pictures??

It was fun

Oops. Just saw it was the Indians. Cool.

The Indians certainly kicked some Mariner hiney that day

glad you had fun at the games...even if they lost...

didn't know that about wegoshop....but paying in advnace certaintly makes more sense...

Yes, it's just one less thing to stress about kwim? I felt so badly emailing Marge (and then she called to make sure that I wasn't cancelling because I was unhappy with her service ), but I made the right decision for us.

Don't worry about not feeling Disneyish...it happens...everyone is still here...

Sounds like the baseball was fun......whether or not you won...I'm not a super sporty girl-although I did send DS for a week of morning basketball camp for 5-7s and I'd definitely love to go to some baseball games as a family...I like all the lore and stories surrounding it...our local team, you may have heard of them -the Phillies didn't do to poorly last year...

Wow I'll bet you are having glorious weather right now...probably not too hot or humid...we were about 95 and something like 75% humidity yesterday- (Yeah and ask me why I'm going to Disney next week...-cause it never feels as hot there as it really is...)

I am so impressed that you've kept the secret from the boys...you're good-I don't know if I could do it...

Thanks, Patricia Yes, the family baseball game was fun - I don't think anyone was even keeping score LOL Yes, our weather has been glorious for the most part. We had a stretch of very high temps and humidity recently (for which hardly anyone here is prepared, not many have home A/C!), which were about what your temperature and humidity are - but we're back into our normal summer now, thankfully! Warm, but not scorching, and regular humidity (our humidity level is usually fairly high, but we're right beside the Pacific, so that's normal for us) Keeping the secret from them has actually been pretty easy on our part. It's when we're trying to buy trip stuff that we have to be really careful that they don't clue in

 

[DisneyMomLiz]

Cool news, Liz!! Hmmm... were you thinking to meet up for a ride or for a snack or ... ? It would be great fun to meet up for a ride or two, wouldn't it?!

Lisa, definitely a ride or two would be great, sounds like a lot of fun! Let me know if you have any ideas which rides/area for our meet-up. Can't believe it's only 34 more days for us! even less for you


ETA: ?? have you received your Mickey Mail with the luggage tags, etc. We've never been to WDW with a package so this will be our first time getting that particular coveted piece of Mickey Mail and I'm not sure when it is supposed to arrive? I think I read somewhere about 30 days from trip, well I'm almost there so I'm getting worried, probably for nothing?!

 

[eandesmom]

ugh, that Indians game was brutal!

Although tonight is pretty bad. My dad took DS10, they still aren't home but UGH! Darn Yankees. And bad M's pitching decisions.

FREE Ichiro jerseys? DS10 would be VERY jealous! We always end up with Bobbleheads or frames....

Wow.

I loved knowing our groceries were paid for, between that and the DDP it really reduced our OOP costs. Which is not to say we didn't have any

 

[joelp]

Just taking a look at your "final" itinerary to see if we'll bump into each other ...

So, with my abject apologies (may a thousand camels spit in my eye for changing it again!), here is the final itinerary! I hope this one matches up better with everyone for a meet up or two or three!

Sat., Sept. 12 - ASMu/DTD, WCC dinner (playing softball in NJ)
Sun., Sept. 13 - DAK, TH breakfast (recovering from play softball ... )
Mon., Sept. 14 - MK (day off -last minute shopping for WDW ...)
Tues., Sept. 15 - Epcot, Biergarten (I'll be at work - only day this week!!)
Wed., Sept. 16 - ASMu/DTD, Boma dinner (very last minute shopping and packing ...)
Thurs., Sept. 17 - MK, CP breakfast (WDW here we come!! - we'll be at AKL if you wanna stop by ...)
Fri., Sept. 18 - DHS, Sci-Fi dinner (Epcot for us ... )
Sat., Sept. 19 - Epcot, Chefs de France dinner (MK day ...)
Sun., Sept. 20 - Departure day, CM breakfast (AK ... and then flying home, too ... maybe we'll see you at the Disney store in the airport )

Any changes to your "final" intinerary? If not - I guess we'll just have to wave to each other as we pass on WDW buses ...

 

[lisalonglash]

Lisa, definitely a ride or two would be great, sounds like a lot of fun! Let me know if you have any ideas which rides/area for our meet-up. Can't believe it's only 34 more days for us! even less for you

Yes, I'd love that, sounds so fun! Hmm... I'll PM you my cell phone number and we can figure it out

ETA: ?? have you received your Mickey Mail with the luggage tags, etc. We've never been to WDW with a package so this will be our first time getting that particular coveted piece of Mickey Mail and I'm not sure when it is supposed to arrive? I think I read somewhere about 30 days from trip, well I'm almost there so I'm getting worried, probably for nothing?!

Our wickedly awesome TA let me know last week that she has now received all of our documents from Disney She has popped everything into the mail for us (in a plain manila envelope, with only a return address, no company name - all in the name of not spilling the secret - yes, one more reason to her!)

Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be getting fun mail this coming week!

ugh, that Indians game was brutal!

Although tonight is pretty bad. My dad took DS10, they still aren't home but UGH! Darn Yankees. And bad M's pitching decisions.

Yep, it was brutal I hope your dad and ds had a great time at the game! I think we should be banned from attending professional sports events - we've been to three different events this year (Mariners game, Whitecaps game and Canadians game) and the home team lost every single time

FREE Ichiro jerseys? DS10 would be VERY jealous! We always end up with Bobbleheads or frames....

Wow.

Yes, they're really cool! Decent quality too. I'll try to get a picture of them to post

The boys got a teensy soft-sided Canadians lunch bag last night at the game. The jersey is definitely a better freebie

I loved knowing our groceries were paid for, between that and the DDP it really reduced our OOP costs. Which is not to say we didn't have any

Yes, between free dining and having snacks/water in the room, I think we're all set. I hope!

Just taking a look at your "final" itinerary to see if we'll bump into each other ...

Any changes to your "final" intinerary? If not - I guess we'll just have to wave to each other as we pass on WDW buses ...

Nope, no changes (incredible, I know LOL). Sorry Joel - looks like we'll be waving only..

 

[lisalonglash]

Nice news update

We went to our local Vancouver Canadians baseball game last night for our weekend family treat. Even better, we received free tickets from the Little League Association our boys play on (along with about 120 other Little League families). It's nice to get little perks now and then kwim?

So, Grumpy bought a few 50/50 tickets just for fun. Each boy had one ticket and Grumpy and I each had two tickets. Well, incredibly, one of my tickets was the winner! We won $600! So, what that means is....

- I can go to bingo with my two SILs and my aunt-in-law (what a funny term lol) guilt-free on Monday. Haven't been to bingo in months and months - hope I can remember how to play!

- I can go get everything on my "to buy" list for the trip this weekend, including going to Michael's (local craft store) for t-shirts for the transfers! Now, I just need to find someone here with an inkjet printer LOL

- The rest will go into our regular account

Countdown Calendar
I managed to clandestinely make a countdown calendar for our boys last week. I made a 14-day calendar and put Disney characters and how many sleeps left in each box, then put Mickey heads on each box for the boys to take turns taking off each day. It was tricky to do it without them noticing, but I managed I'll post a picture when the boys have pulled off a couple of Mickey heads

Low ticker alert

Only 26 sleeps left!!!

I hope you are all having an awesome weekend and thanks for sticking with me here - I appreciate you all

 

[eandesmom]

Nice news update

We went to our local Vancouver Canadians baseball game last night for our weekend family treat. Even better, we received free tickets from the Little League Association our boys play on (along with about 120 other Little League families). It's nice to get little perks now and then kwim?

So, Grumpy bought a few 50/50 tickets just for fun. Each boy had one ticket and Grumpy and I each had two tickets. Well, incredibly, one of my tickets was the winner! We won $600! So, what that means is....

- I can go to bingo with my two SILs and my aunt-in-law (what a funny term lol) guilt-free on Monday. Haven't been to bingo in months and months - hope I can remember how to play!

- I can go get everything on my "to buy" list for the trip this weekend, including going to Michael's (local craft store) for t-shirts for the transfers! Now, I just need to find someone here with an inkjet printer LOL

- The rest will go into our regular account

Countdown Calendar
I managed to clandestinely make a countdown calendar for our boys last week. I made a 14-day calendar and put Disney characters and how many sleeps left in each box, then put Mickey heads on each box for the boys to take turns taking off each day. It was tricky to do it without them noticing, but I managed I'll post a picture when the boys have pulled off a couple of Mickey heads

Low ticker alert

Only 26 sleeps left!!!

I hope you are all having an awesome weekend and thanks for sticking with me here - I appreciate you all

WOW! what great baseball Karma!

They have DEFINITELY upped the "swag" at the M's games. DS10 came home with a Tshirt, pins, pens and an inflatable baseball bat. Cute Tshirt. All BING branded but still cute. Of course they played much better last night but DS still had a great time, love it when my Dad has an extra ticket!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

I wish I would win $600! Congrats!

 

[carissanboys]

Congrats on winning $600!! How wonderful!!

Can't wait to see the countdown calendar!

 

[PracPerfPatricia]

Yep-Congrats on winning the $600-I'd be excited to win $60....

I can't wait to hear what the boy's reaction is...

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Congrats on the $600 win!

Post a picture of the calendar!

Can't wait to meet you!!!

 

[lisalonglash]

WOW! what great baseball Karma!

They have DEFINITELY upped the "swag" at the M's games. DS10 came home with a Tshirt, pins, pens and an inflatable baseball bat. Cute Tshirt. All BING branded but still cute. Of course they played much better last night but DS still had a great time, love it when my Dad has an extra ticket!

Thanks! Awesome freebies for your son - good stuff!

I wish I would win $600! Congrats!

Thanks! Sending you good luck, Lessa

Congrats on winning $600!! How wonderful!!

Can't wait to see the countdown calendar!

Thanks! It won't be until a couple of days after Aug. 28 or 29 (probably be Aug. 29 so that Grumpy can be there for the surprise)

Yep-Congrats on winning the $600-I'd be excited to win $60....

I can't wait to hear what the boy's reaction is...

Thanks! Yes, it was really exciting, I couldn't believe it! Oh, I can't wait to see their faces when they figure it out

Congrats on the $600 win!

Post a picture of the calendar!

Can't wait to meet you!!!

Thanks! I will! Me too!

 

[mousescrapper]

on the win! very cool...and what great timing too.

Can't wait to see the countdown, it is getting close

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Hey I haven't been on in a while, but how exciting, your trip is so close, and congrats on winning that money. Unexpected $$ is always nice.

Can't wait to see the countdown!