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[bumbershoot]

I just saw posts about it on the CB and rushed right over here.

 

[DizNee Luver]

I keep checking for updates, sounds like this weekend will be the key!! Keeping him & you in my thoughts & prayers!! Really hoping his age & kids keep him fighting the good fight!!

 

[azdisneylover]

Sherrie,
I hope you hear good news about Bret soon. He was a big part of your life, and it has to be hard knowing he is having a rough time now. Thinking positive thoughts for him, and for you to have an abundance of work!
Thanks for all the great picture posts.
Linda

 

[mariezp]

Looks like it is time to do a little bumping over here! Do you realize there has not been a post in over a month?

So are there any new developments for any upcoming trips? Any clients giving you tickets to help spark any plans? I know the holiday season is still a bit away but it will be here before you know it!

I usually start planning the moment we get back for our next trip but this year since we weren't sure if we would be going I did not even set a ticker until we were already under 200 days. Well look at me now! Already down to 160 days! I would leave tomorrow if I could. We so missed our Disneyland last year!

Anyway, keep us posted and if you happen to dig up any more photos you know your fans will be here waiting.... patiently.... waiting.....

 

[bumbershoot]

Marie, that emoticon you have for your husband in your sig, it's hilarious!



I'm going to break into a Journey song again if Sherry doesn't come back....

 

[mariezp]

Marie, that emoticon you have for your husband in your sig, it's hilarious!



I'm going to break into a Journey song again if Sherry doesn't come back....

Glad you like it! Ya know how some of us eat, sleep and breath Disneyland? My DH eats, sleeps and breaths airplanes.



I'll join you bumbershoot..... ooooh Sherry.......


We're still waiting......

 

[Sherry E]

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[Belle Ella]

Yay! It's Sherry!!

OK, but not Yay! for the Chase stuff. I hate the runaround you get and you get it everywhere. I get it at my own store with people I work with. Everyone just doesn't always have the same information and it can drive you batty. I hope you get it sorted soon. But I guess there's a trial and error way to find out about the PIN. If you so happen to need to use the ATM, try it with your old PIN. If it works it works, if it doesn't ... well, better hope that mail comes soon!!

So here's my theory, if you can't make it to any of the MHP you should still get your Disney fix at the end of September

Alrighty!! Off to go explore again.

 

[kaoden39]

Sherry, Sherry baby.....

Not Steve Perry this time!!

I am here at our happy place!! I wish you could join us!!

 

[Sherry E]

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[6Smiles]

Hi Sherry -

I'm sorry Chase is giving you the run around with your account I hope they work it out really soon.


We finally get to go to Disneyland , we arrive on Saturday. Sunday I will finally get to try Goofy's Kitchen Brunch and am really looking forward to it. I'll let you know what we think when we return .

 

[Sherry E]

Hi Sherry -

I'm sorry Chase is giving you the run around with your account I hope they work it out really soon.


We finally get to go to Disneyland , we arrive on Saturday. Sunday I will finally get to try Goofy's Kitchen Brunch and am really looking forward to it. I'll let you know what we think when we return .

Oh, that's wonderful!! I saw that you had a Pre-TR going, and, for some reason I have been finding less and less time to make it over to the TR section to catch up on my DIS-friends' TRs (not to mention, pay attention to my own TR). At the most, if I am able to pop in and read to get caught up, I don't always have time to post. I don't know where the day goes, but after I am done with the main forum, I go off to do other things in my day, and then - poof! The day is over!

Anyway, I'm happy for you that you're finally going to DLR!! I hope hope hope the Goofy's Kitchen meal goes well for you. I mean, I'm confident in it. I feel confident recommending it. I wouldn't keep going back and eating theer if it was horrible. I think it has its 'off days' like any restaurant at DLR has - character meal or otherwise - but I have encountered very few off days there in a long history of eating there. Sometimes I get a little nervous because some of the people who say they don't like it seem to be so adamant about it being terrible. I have never had that experience there, and, honestly, most of the people I have brought there or recommended it to (Belle Ella/Jazz being in the latter category) have ended up having a great time there! More often than not, people really enjoy it. But every now and then, it seems like people describe it so dramatically, as though it's the worst experience they've ever had and I have just never had anything even close to that experience there. I would say that it's not only an acceptable meal, but a really good one!

So I hope you like Goofy's Kitchen (hopefully it won't be an 'off day'). It seems like they have really been stepping up the number of characters lately - and it's great that they have a couple of Princesses on-site to kind of offer an alternative to Ariel's (especially at night, when Ariel's no longer has Princess meals).

But I will be anxious to hear about your Goofy's experience, whether it's good, bad or in the middle! And I can't wait to hear about your DLR trip in general. I must go over and subscribe to your TR, even if I don't have the time to post!!

 

[Sherry E]

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[Belle Ella]

Maybe we should start the Chase PIN Cha-Cha?

 

[Sherry E]

Maybe we should start the Chase PIN Cha-Cha?

That's hilarious! And yet...so effective! Really, when you think about it, anytime in life when we need information about something, a special dance should be involved! Can you just imagine all the situations in life where you ask someone a question about something (in person) - and then envision breaking into a whole dance routine while waiting for the answer?!!

To the clerk at the grocery store: "Excuse me, sir? Where can I find the lightbulbs?"



To the CM at the Emporium in DL: "Excuse me, miss? Where can I find a villains license plate?"



To the gardener: "Excuse me, sir? How do you keep the bougainvilleas looking so bright and beautiful?"



To the personal trainer at the gym: "Excuse me, can you spot me while I lift these weights?"



The dancing possibilities are endless!!


I'm still holding out a wee bit o' hope that Heather from the Disney Parks Blog will leak the HalloweenTime schedule a bit earlier than July 16th, but I'm still thinking that will be the day because the MHP tickets go on sale to the public. In the meantime, I guess all I can do is...

 

[bumbershoot]

I missed that you were actually replying!


Ugh about Chase. I'm sorry.

I believe that $20 is the minimum to change to a rewards card, and I remember noticing that I could have redeemed when I just had the $25 bonus "disney rewards dollars" (b/c they can't POSSIBLY choose a NON confusing, NOT used elsewhere, sort of name, could they???? (aka "disney dollars" vs "disney rewards dollars")).

Do you have a local branch that you go to sometimes? Could you call that local branch and talk to someone physically IN that branch, to ask for help? I've found that that is very helpful, and I've done it a couple times with Chase. They seem to take "ownership" a bit more seriously than the 800# people.

And yes they've been doing maintenance b/c they are switching some of their different rewards debit cards around...they have a notice on the website about those other cards...it's really annoying how it's impacting the disney debit too!

I hope everything is cleared up SOON and everything is made right and you can start using it and be happy.

Oh and something I always insist that bank people do is use the last 4 digits of the card they are tlaking about. They don't seem to want to do it, but I make 'em, when talking about complicated things. Erases the "other" and "this" kinds of confusing talk, even though it makes sense to THEM (since they are looking at their screen, "see, it's right there, can't you see it, customer on the phone without my computer???"). Maybe that'll work in the future.


Selling stuff...if you have any CDs you don't listen to anymore, I've been using secondspin.com and abundatrade.com. Abunda tends to buy the CDs for a bit more money, but with secondspin you get a partial credit for your shipping the CDs to them...gotta figure out which CDs to send to which one to maximize your money. Anyway, if you have any old CDs, it's worth taking a peek!



Back to the rewards card...you can wait until you get to the park to do it...they didn't have the functionality up and running yet during our October trip, but I'm sure by the time you are there it'll be smooth sailing (I think they've been doing it for some months now). But if you're looking to buy tickets online that wouldn't really work. So yes, once you get enough Disney Rewards Dollars to redeem, you could do so online, wait to get it in the mail, and then as you earn more I do believe you can just call and have those DRDs put onto the very same card. The card does expire...I know it's always at the end of December, but I don't know how they figure out which December...

 

[BenA81]

I told you I'd read your trip report (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33589157&postcount=9) and I finally have! Only took about 5 days to get through. I don't know when our next trip out west will be, but we'll definitely have to make time for Catalina, looks wonderful out there. I look forward to following along to your future trips! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Sherry E]

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[BenA81]

BenA81 - You sure did! Wow! A man of his word! If not for the efforts of Molly (Bumbershoot) and Marie (Mariezp), my TR would have been slipping further and further into the murky depths of page 2...or 3...or 4.... I areally ppreciate you stopping by to read the TR.

I remember suggesting Catalina to you last year (was it last year or the year before?) when you were looking for a waterfront/beachfront place to eat while you and your wife were out here. There wouldn't have been enough time for Catalina on that trip (you had limited time, as I recall), but yes, you definitely have to make a point of visiting Avalon/Catalina when you are next out here. It makes a great day trip or weekend trip. There is just something about it that is charming and inviting, not to mention quite beautiful and serene in places. It doesn't have long stretches of white, sandy beach like you would find on other islands, but it has its own little personality, and the island is full of long-time residents full of colorful stories and history.

The other side of Catalina (the non-Avalon side) is Two Harbors. There is only one restaurant over there - called Doug's Harbor Reef - and that happens to be the last place Natalie Wood was seen alive by anyone (other than on "the boat" by Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken). Their boat was anchored just outside of Two Harbors on that fateful night, and Natalie, Robert and Christopher had a loud, drunken meal at Doug's earlier in the day, before retreating back to the boat. And we all know what happened after that...

I made a second trip to LA with my brother in law in July of last year and we played golf at Los Verdes Golf Course which is in Ranchos Palos Verdes, right there on the tip of the peninsula. We had spectacular views of the ocean and of Catalina. All I kept thinking while playing was "how beautiful!" and how much I can't wait to come back to California and make a day trip (or 2!) out there. My wife is due in a few weeks with our 3rd child, so a trip out west isn't really in the cards in the foreseeable future. Our next big trip will probably be to Disney World for a week in a couple years (when the Fantasyland expansion is complete), but a trip to Cali is definitely in my 5 year plan

 

[mariezp]

Glad to see we were able to prod you back into posting, Sherry.

Good grief! What have those Disney Visa people been trying to do to you? You certainly have my sympathy. I know it is no fun hashing it out over and over and over again.... having to go through the whole story again and again and again but glad you finally got it all straightened out. If it helps any, I do love my Disney Visa for the discounts and rewards... and because those Disney designs are just so darn cute! The rewards do add up very nicely when you use the card for everything. Yep, right before your trip just transfer your rewards onto a card. Easy easy!

I've been thinking on raising vacation funds myself. If you recall I was not even sure we would be making a trip this year but we got back a very nice tax refund so I was able to set aside a portion of that for our annual family vacation. It was either that or therapy sessions to snap me out of the depression of not going to DL. I figure we will come out cheaper in the long run by taking a 2 week trip to the park!
Anyway, I've also been making sure to give myself a vacation allowance each month with which I have been purchasing Disney gift cards. I also have worked up a few gift cards and some cash doing online surveys. If I ever really get it in gear I plan to also do some listing on ebay and craiglist too. Also would like to sell some books, videos, dvds and games. Aaaah, if there were just more hours in a day! I look at it this way... if I don't get it done in time this year I can always add it to a fund for the next year. Whatever either of us do adding a little here and there starts to add up. Every little bit is a step closer to DL!