Never Say Never .Atleast I Thought I’d Never!

[Pikester]

Thank you ladies for checking in to see if I've gotten off my lazy butt and posted anything. I'm really sorry that I haven't but I just can't seem to get into the mood of making a schedule. I want to meet M&N and marie but the fact that our schedules may not meet just has me a little sad.

 

[mariezp]

I love your pictures, Pikester. It is sure hard to imagine it being cold in Florida. On the other hand, when we have gone to DL in California it has been all the way up to 107 degrees one year and jacket weather for most of the rest. Sure makes packing tricky, especially when you have to decide a minimum you can take for 2 weeks where we are staying. Thank heavens we will have a washer and dryer! Still, looks like I better be sure to bring some gloves. I've never had to pack those before!
So, do you have any new plans to share with us?

Hey, M&N. I posted my dates over in my PTR. My FINAL itinerary is on page 3, post #45. I've changed my mind more than a few times. I think last I recall we will all be in different parks on the 3rd. You will have to let us know if you decide on another day in any park. Aside from that, would there be any specific place outside of the parks that we could all met? Maybe we can all hop a monorail ride at the same time or something. Ya'll know more about the parks than I do so it's up to the two of you to come come up with a good idea!

 

[Pikester]

I just wanted to let you all know that I added a picture to the first post. I hate the fact that the lights reflect off of my glasses but what can you do?

Here is a pic that I thought was too funny!

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Love that you added the photos! It is always nice to put a face to the people...
have a great weekend!
great photo of the boys! they look like they are really enjoying themselves

 

[mariezp]

What a beautiful family you have there! You can see a bit of both of you and your husband in your boys. I love the photo with them being silly. Those are always so fun to look back at.

 

[DL55]

Nothing like being late to the party.
Love the pictures. I seldom make a schedule of which days for which park as DH will then want to go somewhere else. I do try to avoid MK on weekends.

 

[Pikester]

Nothing like being late to the party.
Love the pictures. I seldom make a schedule of which days for which park as DH will then want to go somewhere else. I do try to avoid MK on weekends.

You're not late DL55. None of the good stuff has happened yet!

We like to get to the parks as soon as they open and have a schedule for the morning. The afternoons we do whatever.

 

[Pikester]

Love that you added the photos! It is always nice to put a face to the people...
have a great weekend!
great photo of the boys! they look like they are really enjoying themselves

What a beautiful family you have there! You can see a bit of both of you and your husband in your boys. I love the photo with them being silly. Those are always so fun to look back at.

Nothing like being late to the party.
Love the pictures. I seldom make a schedule of which days for which park as DH will then want to go somewhere else. I do try to avoid MK on weekends.

I'm glad you all like the pictures. I was going to wait and add a family pic from this trip coming up but figured you were all just dieing to know what we all looked like!

 

[Pikester]

Good evening trip report readers!

I decided to sit down and make a schedule of which parks on what days. Or is it what parks on which days? Anyways, I sat down today and looked over the "Best Days" and "Parks to Avoid". By following what DH wants (2 EP, 2 MK, 2 DS, 1AK) there will be atleast one day that we will have to hit a park on an "Avoid" day. Here are two different schedules that I came up with.

Schedule #1: (One Avoid Park Day)

11/29-MK
11/30-EP
12/1-DS
12/2-MK
12/3-AK
12/4-DS (Avoid Park Day)
12/5-EP

Schedule #2: (Two Avoid Park Days)

11/29-MK
11/30-DS
12/1-EP (Avoid Park Day)
12/2-MK
12/3-AK
12/4-DS (Avoid Park Day)
12/5-EP

The AK day has to stay the way it is because we have a 8:10AM breakfast ADR at the Tusker House that day. Everything else can be moved around has much as I want. I'm sure as I get closer the Crowd Calendar that I am looking at will change and I will have to re-arrange everything again! Darn those Crowd Calendars.

Only 52 days until we are at Disney!

 

[DL55]

I would go with schedule #1 as you only have one "avoid" day. Since you like to get there early, it probably won't be a problem until mid day anyway.

 

[mariezp]

Pikester, looks like either way we will be in Epcot on the same day on the 5th. We will be doing the CP that night and have a screwy ADR time for 3:35 at Garden Grill. Surely we can work in a time to chat somewhere! Now if we can just get M&N to the park!

Time is flying, isn't it? We will be there in no time!

 

[Pikester]

I would go with schedule #1 as you only have one "avoid" day. Since you like to get there early, it probably won't be a problem until mid day anyway.

I think I will go with the first one. I'm telling you those DHs drive me nuts! I showed him my two schedules and he's like "Sure, whatever". But, he wants to make sure we don't do a park back-to-back and make sure we don't hit MK on parade taping day. Then don't say "Whatever". Tell me what you want and I'll do my best to make it happen.

 

[Pikester]

Pikester, looks like either way we will be in Epcot on the same day on the 5th. We will be doing the CP that night and have a screwy ADR time for 3:35 at Garden Grill. Surely we can work in a time to chat somewhere! Now if we can just get M&N to the park!

Time is flying, isn't it? We will be there in no time!

I'd like to meet with both of you but if I can only arrange to meet one of you I'll be happy. I told DH that the reason I was getting naggy (is that a word?) about Park Hoppers was because I wanted to meet you and M&N. He asked me if you ladies were staying on site and that we should meet at a resort to have a drink and visit. Gotta love him! I told him that you were staying off site and he told me not to worry because we would figure something out. We have no ADRs so we'll be eating QS. That leaves me open to find you at anytime during the day. Maybe we can find time for a snack at one of the countries.

 

[Pikester]

Good evening!

It looks like I will be having company on my upcoming trip to Disney. I believe it was longing2Batdisney who asked me what a "Thread Killer" is (I have a banner in my siggie) and I replied to her that it is someone who posts the last post in a thread and if nobody else posts after them that "someone" has then "killed" the thread. A group of us who tend to "kill" threads found each other and now we have become wonderful friends that help each other through bad times and laugh with each other during the good. One of the Tkers, Shmu, came up with the idea to let other TKers tag along on her WDW trip by having us become "Flat Tkers" (think Flat Stanley from those kid's books). We sent her photos of ourselves which she then printed, cut out, laminated and attached to pencils so that she could hold all of us up for photo ops. "We" have been to WDW, Scotland, Hershey Park, etc and the Flat Tkers are now being mailed to me to take on my WDW trip in Nov/Dec. Cool or what!

I can't believe how the time is flying. Only 48 days till I'm at WDW!

 

[longing2Batdisney]

that is so much fun!!! what a great group!!!

 

[MagiKitty]

Hey there! Looks like there's been a bit of drama in the planning department. What had you decided in terms of plan A or plan B?

This is all very exciting for me. Just got back from our trip and going through planning withdrawal. Will absolutely love going through the motions with you and your trip!

I'm glad you decided to keep EPCOT to two days. I love seeing all the different ways the holidays are celebrated in the World Showcase. Its just gorgeous. We tend to keep the same schedule as you: two days each at MK, EP, DHS, and one day at MK. What days are the Christmas party at MK? Are you going to be at MK at any of those?

We were at MK one day of the Halloween party. Although the park closed at 7pm for non-party people, in general, the park was really empty. Around 3pm, we were able to walk on everything. We got so much done in those four hours!

Keep the updates coming! Its so exciting!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Good evening!

It looks like I will be having company on my upcoming trip to Disney. I believe it was longing2Batdisney who asked me what a "Thread Killer" is (I have a banner in my siggie) and I replied to her that it is someone who posts the last post in a thread and if nobody else posts after them that "someone" has then "killed" the thread. A group of us who tend to "kill" threads found each other and now we have become wonderful friends that help each other through bad times and laugh with each other during the good. One of the Tkers, Shmu, came up with the idea to let other TKers tag along on her WDW trip by having us become "Flat Tkers" (think Flat Stanley from those kid's books). We sent her photos of ourselves which she then printed, cut out, laminated and attached to pencils so that she could hold all of us up for photo ops. "We" have been to WDW, Scotland, Hershey Park, etc and the Flat Tkers are now being mailed to me to take on my WDW trip in Nov/Dec. Cool or what!

I can't believe how the time is flying. Only 48 days till I'm at WDW!

That is too funny! I love the idea!

Under 50 days now! I would love to tell you that the time will fly by but it never seems to for me. How come the time you must wait for a vacation seems to creep but the time you are actually on vacation flies by?

 

[mariezp]

I'd like to meet with both of you but if I can only arrange to meet one of you I'll be happy. I told DH that the reason I was getting naggy (is that a word?) about Park Hoppers was because I wanted to meet you and M&N. He asked me if you ladies were staying on site and that we should meet at a resort to have a drink and visit. Gotta love him! I told him that you were staying off site and he told me not to worry because we would figure something out. We have no ADRs so we'll be eating QS. That leaves me open to find you at anytime during the day. Maybe we can find time for a snack at one of the countries.

Very nice of your DH to be so accommodating! I am not much of a drinker but I am always up for a snack. Since our ressie for the day is at such a crazy time, 3:35, a little bite might be just what we need to tide us over.

 

[mandy2012]

 

[Pikester]

Well, I've been AWOL for a little while due to the fact that I felt I had nothing to contribute to this TR. I was posting on the DIS last night and mentioned to my DH that I wished I had something to post for all my loyal TR readers. He told me to write about our new TomTom so here it goes.

On our Dec 2008 WDW trip we drove from NH to Orlando. My FIL kindly let us borrow his TomTom to help us navigate even though DH had driven this route many times before (for many years his folks wintered in Ft. Myers, FL so it was a familiar trip). Well, DH loved it!!! We just knew that if we ever decided to drive down again that we would have to have one of our own. So, last week DH decided to look around the net to find a TomTom. Since I had recently made a purchase from ebay, he took a look on their site and low and behold found himself a TomTom. Actually, he found himself many a TomTom! Most of them were being bidded on and he decided to try his hand at winning the bid. He did some research first to see what the going rate on the TomTom was before he placed any bids. The first two auctions were busts but the third gave us a winner! We are now the proud owners of a TomTom. DH even downloaded the Mousesavers Point of Interest Files for it.

So that is the story of our new TomTom.

Now to update you on my schedule choice. I have decided to go with the first schedule option that mentioned in an earlier post.

Schedule #1: (One Avoid Park Day)

11/29-MK
11/30-EP
12/1-DS
12/2-MK
12/3-AK
12/4-DS (Avoid Park Day)
12/5-EP

I think that this one will work the best for us. It allows us to do a different park each day without having any of them back to back or too close together.

The Flat TKers arrived the other day and I think they are really looking forward to the trip to WDW.

Only 41 days until we are at Disney!