Next trip I'm booking a resort w/out a pool! *Pg 25 Final DxDP numbers & last update!

[AKL LOVER]

I will take a million pics, of course! Just in general, I need to take waaaay more than I did last trip.

That is one awesome kid you've got there!

This is my one complaint about myself on vacation or anytime really...I always say I'm going to take a million pics and I do take a lot, but once I get home I think of all these fabulous pics that I forgot to take. Woops.

 

[pinkxray]

First of all- I love catching an update by someone before they have managed to update the title with an updated date(you may have changed it by now)

Love the update. Now, I can just cut and paste most of your post and use it somewhere in my thread

I had the same issue with DH and the DXDP. I talked to him before hand and asked him. He stated he wanted a sit down breakfast and dinner each day.

"But you didn't like that last year. Remember no flexibilty?"

"Sit down breakfast every day"

Okay then. So I upgraded and DH stated again this year. "I don't really like having every meal planned and don't want to do a TS breakfast everyday"

Next trip, no dining plan and less planning.

I really want to try HDDR but I am afraid we would end up canceling. What is it with men knowing they have a meal soon and eating way too much to be hungry later.

I love Sci-fi.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Aw man, I would have been annoyed too, I don't blame you for being mad. Sometimes our families just don't get how much time and effort we put into our plans. Changes in the plan always happen on vacation but it would be nice if they apologized and recognized the effort we put into it all just so they can waltz in and say "I don't feel like it".

At least you got to watch Survivor!

 

[AKL LOVER]

Since I'm done with day 3, it's time for another Fuzzy Disney Math: DxDP Redux update. Here's how our 3rd day breaks down:


Day 3

Lunch at Sci-Fi:
Kids Sundae 1.75
Mac and Ch 5.49
Tomato soup 1.75
Kids Burger/Fries 7.24
Fruit Salad 1.75
Double Dipp App 10.99
Shrimp Pasta 21.99
PB Chocolate cake 7.99
Iced Tea 2.69
Reuben 12.49
SM House Salad 7.49 (app for DH)
Apple Crisp 6.99
Total w/ tax: 95.15


Snack @ DHS
chips 2.69
Pretzel 4.00
2 Frozen Lemondaes 3.69 x 2: 7.38
Total w/ tax: 15.07


Total for day 3: 110.22



Again, at a cost of $202 a day for the DxDP, we are in sad shape!

Day 3 was supposed to be a get your $$'s worth out of the DxDP day because of HDDR. *Sigh* You know what they say about the best laid plans...But we still have 4 more days to go, maybe we can still make up some ground!

 

[Lidian]

Wow. That post was a RANT if I ever saw one!

Thanks for those of you who took the time to actually read it all. I promise that this was the one downer of the trip and it all goes uphill from here!

Wow... I'm sorry you had a cranky DH to deal with! Very sorry you missed HDDR, Wishes, MSEP, etc. I would have been ticked, too.

I absolutely love Sci Fi. Your DD did a great job at taking your picture! That's great that the server brought your kids a surprise!

 

[Corrine 1973]

I would have been in a bad mood too thinking of those wasted credits. To bad we weren't there at the same time, I would have gone with you. We got the regular dinning plan and it worked out real nice for us. I think the Duluxe would have been just to much food for us as well. Well maybe not for my DS, he can really pack it away for a 9year old boy.

I hope the rest of your trip goes smother

 

[mickeystoontown]

I see no need to apologize for the "rant" because I would have done the same thing as you did. I would have pouted and been mad too. At least you didn't loose those table service credits and I hope at some point you tell us that you were able to use them all.

 

[mrssmith06]

Oh wow, I would have been in a bad mood too! I don't think I could have canceled, I would have told him he was going whether he ate anything or not, everyone else wanted to go and have a nice dinner show. Heck, I might have even been happy going alone LOL. I don't blame you at all for being pouty that night! There were a few moments where I felt like I was pulling my family by the ears to get to where we needed to go. I wanted to scream DONT YOU PEOPLE REALIZE WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT??? Gah... why can't they understand the Disney madness???
We have also decided that next trip we need a longer stay with a day of rest in between the parks. We are thinking of doing a 7 day stay next time with 4 park days. We'll do 2 parks then have a nothing day and then do the other 2 parks. With no parks on arrival or departure day. We'll see.... I said we wouldn't do a park on arrival day on this last trip and I ended up adding the park day as soon as we arrived

 

[PirateKate]

Hi! I'm just joining in. Our trips overlap some and I'm always interested to see what other people do during the same time.

CL at AKL sounds awesome. I can see why AKL would be your favorite resort. Too bad the HDDR didn't work out. I hope you find something really good to do with those extra 8 credits.

 

[Moira222]

Wow. That post was a RANT if I ever saw one!

Thanks for those of you who took the time to actually read it all. I promise that this was the one downer of the trip and it all goes uphill from here!

OMG who does not have one single solitary rant anyway? not me!

Sounds like the first part of your day was really great. but DH dropping that on me at that point would have ticked me off...and I would have made my DH go anyway. No one stands over you and forces you to eat so if you'r enot hungry, well shut up and watch the show (that's what I would tell my DH...and he knows it! ) so you're a better woman than me to work with him and not flip out and potentially have bad moods for the rest of the trip.

First of all- I love catching an update by someone before they have managed to update the title with an updated date(you may have changed it by now)

Love the update. Now, I can just cut and paste most of your post and use it somewhere in my thread.....
Next trip, no dining plan and less planning.

I really want to try HDDR but I am afraid we would end up canceling. What is it with men knowing they have a meal soon and eating way too much to be hungry later.

I love Sci-fi.

when I was reading about the whole "too full for dinner" I had to stop to see who's report I was reading! I thought "Hmm I just finished reading Diane's TR...."

 

[AKL LOVER]

First of all- I love catching an update by someone before they have managed to update the title with an updated date(you may have changed it by now)

Love the update. Now, I can just cut and paste most of your post and use it somewhere in my thread

I had the same issue with DH and the DXDP. I talked to him before hand and asked him. He stated he wanted a sit down breakfast and dinner each day.

"But you didn't like that last year. Remember no flexibilty?"

"Sit down breakfast every day"

Okay then. So I upgraded and DH stated again this year. "I don't really like having every meal planned and don't want to do a TS breakfast everyday"

Next trip, no dining plan and less planning.

I really want to try HDDR but I am afraid we would end up canceling. What is it with men knowing they have a meal soon and eating way too much to be hungry later.

I love Sci-fi.

You did catch me mid-update!

I was so pissed at him with the whole "the DxDP is too much food" kick...we have been on that plan for the past 3 trips and he's never complained. In fact, he's loved it b/c of the variety he gets and all the great places we eat.

I really liked Sci-Fi, but if I had known it was going to be that or HDDR, I would have went with the latter!


Next trip, Melissa, next trip...


wait, haven't I made that comment before? Perhaps that should be the the title of my next PTR!! Is it weird to have the title of your next PTR picked out before you have your next trip planned??

Aw man, I would have been annoyed too, I don't blame you for being mad. Sometimes our families just don't get how much time and effort we put into our plans. Changes in the plan always happen on vacation but it would be nice if they apologized and recognized the effort we put into it all just so they can waltz in and say "I don't feel like it".

At least you got to watch Survivor!

Survivor = good!


And you know what? DH did admit that he knows I take a lot of time to plan and it must have been really upsetting that he threw a kink in my plans. Too bad he didn't realize that before he made me miss dinner!

Wow... I'm sorry you had a cranky DH to deal with! Very sorry you missed HDDR, Wishes, MSEP, etc. I would have been ticked, too.

I absolutely love Sci Fi. Your DD did a great job at taking your picture! That's great that the server brought your kids a surprise!

I'm glad you all don't think I'm crazy for feeling the way I did!

I would have been in a bad mood too thinking of those wasted credits. To bad we weren't there at the same time, I would have gone with you. We got the regular dinning plan and it worked out real nice for us. I think the Duluxe would have been just to much food for us as well. Well maybe not for my DS, he can really pack it away for a 9year old boy.

I hope the rest of your trip goes smother

I think we are definitely going to take someone else with us on our next trip (like my mom again) that way if he wants to be cranky he can stay in the room and be cranky...and I can still have someone to share the Disney with! And I think after seeing my final DxDP #'s I may stick with the regular plan in the future.

I see no need to apologize for the "rant" because I would have done the same thing as you did. I would have pouted and been mad too. At least you didn't loose those table service credits and I hope at some point you tell us that you were able to use them all.

You'll have to wait and see how all the credits work out!

Oh wow, I would have been in a bad mood too! I don't think I could have canceled, I would have told him he was going whether he ate anything or not, everyone else wanted to go and have a nice dinner show. Heck, I might have even been happy going alone LOL. I don't blame you at all for being pouty that night! There were a few moments where I felt like I was pulling my family by the ears to get to where we needed to go. I wanted to scream DONT YOU PEOPLE REALIZE WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT??? Gah... why can't they understand the Disney madness???
We have also decided that next trip we need a longer stay with a day of rest in between the parks. We are thinking of doing a 7 day stay next time with 4 park days. We'll do 2 parks then have a nothing day and then do the other 2 parks. With no parks on arrival or departure day. We'll see.... I said we wouldn't do a park on arrival day on this last trip and I ended up adding the park day as soon as we arrived

I tried talking him into just going to see the show--he didn't have to eat. But he insisted it was a waste of time for him to go and not eat. He could have at least drank beer though!! He was really just being lazy.

Hi! I'm just joining in. Our trips overlap some and I'm always interested to see what other people do during the same time.

CL at AKL sounds awesome. I can see why AKL would be your favorite resort. Too bad the HDDR didn't work out. I hope you find something really good to do with those extra 8 credits.

Thanks for joining! I'm going to head over and check out your TR too.

OMG who does not have one single solitary rant anyway? not me!

Sounds like the first part of your day was really great. but DH dropping that on me at that point would have ticked me off...and I would have made my DH go anyway. No one stands over you and forces you to eat so if you'r enot hungry, well shut up and watch the show (that's what I would tell my DH...and he knows it! ) so you're a better woman than me to work with him and not flip out and potentially have bad moods for the rest of the trip.

when I was reading about the whole "too full for dinner" I had to stop to see who's report I was reading! I thought "Hmm I just finished reading Diane's TR...."

If I could have gotten away with telling DH shut up and watch the show, I would have. But, alas, DH is just as hard headed as me and if I had forced him to go WWIII would have errupted and it would have ruined the rest of our vacation!

As it turns out, this was really the only 'low' of our trip. And the way I see it, you gotta take the lows with the highs when your on a vacation, and then move on. I'd hate for that one thing to ruin the rest of our trip. Although I'll tell you what--at the time, I was thinking about it, just to spite DH

Oh and when I read Daine's update about her DH not being hungry for CP, I was lauging to myself since I knew that was coming up in one of my own updates!

 

[lbuzz52]

I would have been crabby too. Like Leesa mentioned, some changes are expected. But they are so frustrating when it's things you discussed ahead of time. It's not like our DH's weren't given tge chance for input during the planning.

You mentioned how Diane trip had some similarities. That's one of my favorite things about reading trs- seeing that others went through the same joys or troubles.

 

[beebeeryan]

Totally understandable, you were right to be upset and to rant! You did the right thing not letting war breakout, would have been the same with my DH, don't push it, because his pouting is way worse than mine. It would be nice if he'd let you know ahead of time and have some input in the planning then. They say, plan whatever and I don't wanna know about it, but then they do have input once you are there and changing things is not that easy on the fly at Disney, especially with ADR's and dining credits and all that.

 

[Aburns8]

I love the Sci-Fi. I know it doesn't get the best reviews, but I love the atmosphere! Sorry about your DH's hate for crowds. I would be ranting as well! Mine knows better and to let me do what I want. Because if he doesn't I get a little hyper.

 

[Joyciemc]

Well, this just means you're going to need to check out HDDR on your next trip! It really is a lot of fun!

I never really thought about how much planning the DxDP would take from an ability to eat stand-point... though after our last trip, I think Ben and I could handle any amount of food

 

[AKL LOVER]

I would have been crabby too. Like Leesa mentioned, some changes are expected. But they are so frustrating when it's things you discussed ahead of time. It's not like our DH's weren't given tge chance for input during the planning.

You mentioned how Diane trip had some similarities. That's one of my favorite things about reading trs- seeing that others went through the same joys or troubles.

And the thing that was the most frustrating is that DH really wanted to do HDDR. He helped pick it out!

Totally understandable, you were right to be upset and to rant! You did the right thing not letting war breakout, would have been the same with my DH, don't push it, because his pouting is way worse than mine. It would be nice if he'd let you know ahead of time and have some input in the planning then. They say, plan whatever and I don't wanna know about it, but then they do have input once you are there and changing things is not that easy on the fly at Disney, especially with ADR's and dining credits and all that.

That was one of my main points w/ DH--ADR's can't just be made at the drop of a hat while there. I had to book them 180 days out for goodness sake! For example, he wanted to go to the 7 pm show of HDDR that night, but of course it was all booked up. As were all of the other shows for the rest of the week. I think after he saw what a pain it was to try and change it, he understood my frustration a little more...just a little though!

I love the Sci-Fi. I know it doesn't get the best reviews, but I love the atmosphere! Sorry about your DH's hate for crowds. I would be ranting as well! Mine knows better and to let me do what I want. Because if he doesn't I get a little hyper.

I think this trip was a bit of an eye opener for both DH and I! (I mean really, we've been together for 11 years and married for 9--how could he just now announce that he doesn't like crowds?? Maybe he's just getting grumpier with age!) Hopefully he won't be so hard-headed next trip!

Well, this just means you're going to need to check out HDDR on your next trip! It really is a lot of fun!

I never really thought about how much planning the DxDP would take from an ability to eat stand-point... though after our last trip, I think Ben and I could handle any amount of food

We've been to HDDR before, so DH knew what to expect w/ all the food--I think that's why I couldn't convince him to go. If he hadn't been before and didn't know how much food was involved I probably couldn't have talked him into it.

 

[Queenofallthings]

I love the atmosphere of the Sci Fi .... it reminds of the drive-ins we used to go to as kids! Great pics and sounds like a great day!

 

[AKL LOVER]

I love the atmosphere of the Sci Fi .... it reminds of the drive-ins we used to go to as kids! Great pics and sounds like a great day!

We really enjoyed the atmosphere of Sci-Fi. And we thought the food was pretty good too! Win-win in our book

 

[AKL LOVER]

When I last left off, we had unexpectedly had a quiet evening around the resort and all of us hit the hay pretty early. That's probably a good thing since we had an early day planned for Thursday.

Thursday May 5th

We were all up nice and early this morning. And what better way to cure my Disney blues from the previous days disappointments than hitting EMH at MK!?! While the kids were getting dressed I checked out what animals were in our backyard this morning...

We hit the busses (a little later than what I wanted--7:40 or so) and were on our way to MK before we knew it. We arrived at MK at 8:07...just barely missed the RD ceremony One of these years we will make it to see RD at MK!!

We head into the park and immediately head straight to--

Dumbo!

We tried to ride Dumbo on Tuesday, but the wait was at 40 minutes by the time we got there. So needless to say, Dumbo was first on our list today! But would we make it before the line got ourtragious? Since we arrived after 8 and missed RD I was afraid the line would be out of control by the time we made it there. After high tailing it to Dumbo we find that the wait is only 25 minutes. Not too bad and the kids REALLY want to ride, so we decide to wait.

Waiting patiently:

Getting excited because it's almost our turn!

A shot of the FL expansion from the Dumbo line:

Finally it's our turn. I think our wait was actually only 20 minutes or so. I timed our wait time using my LINES app. Actually, the people standing behind us saw me using LINES and asked me about it. It was their very first time using it and they weren't sure exactly how the app worked. I was happy to pass on a few pointers. Hope they ended up getting a lot of use out of it on their trip. Now that I think about it, I should have asked them what their screen name was in case I ever "saw" them on chat. But of course I forgot!

While riding I remembered to snap a few pics of the FL expansion. You really get a great view of what they are doing from Dumbo!!

Can't pass up a pic of the castle while riding Dumbo:

After we were done riding we headed over to ride HM. However, silly me, I forgot that MH wasn't open for EMH. But it was only about 15 minutes to 9 and we had ridden everything else in FL on Tuesday, so we decided to wait at the rope at the back of FL to go HM when they dropped it at 9. We were one of the first in line so I knew we'd get to ride HM as practically a walk on! We took a potty break and had a nice conversation with another family also waiting at the rope so our 15 minutes of waiting went by quickly. Next thing we knew, we were heading through the new HM line...very cool! I actually remembered to take a few pics:

After riding HM we headed over to ride BTMRR again. We rode 2 times since there was no wait!

(I have no idea what DS was looking at in this pic, but it wasn't the camera!)

Next it was over to Space Mountain. We had a late breakfast ADR, but LINES said that SM was a 10 minute wait so we should be able to fit it in before we ate. We got to SM at 10 am, and got a rider swap pass b/c DS was too little for this ride. DH takes DD to go ride. Well, the wait was most certainly not 10 minutes! By the time DH and DD come out it's almost 10:30. And that's when our breakfast ADR is for! Good thing we don't have to go far...


Continued in next post...

 

[pinkxray]

Love your update! EMH seem to work well with MK. You can do all the Fantasyland rides first and then, once the crowds come in move on to an area with no wait while everyone rushes Dumbo. It will be tough to pick between an 8:05 CP adr with an empty park or EMH with 10:30am CP. Hopefully with 2 years to pick I'll figure it out.

I the view of your back yard. I just love the picture with the giraffee and zebra. They were my favorites but were never that close to each other, they always seemed to stay with there groups while we were there.

Great picture of the expansion. I can't wait to see Belle's castle when it is done. She is my favorite and I love that movie so much. Can't wait