OFFICIAL April 2012 DISers! 2 months and counting!

Pet-tastrofy!!:eek: My dogs (most likely the smallest one, 10lbs!!) ate an entire bar of 70% dark chocolate last night. I feel like the worst parent ever. We were up with them all last night. It was so not fun. DBF took her to the vet around 430 last night. They said she probably got it all out of her system by then (ask my living room carpet; I'm sure it will agree!), and her heart is fine, but gave her some fluids and some anti-nausea meds....UGH. Even worse, now I'm at work!!

At least my trip is a month away and I don't have to worry about her....

Oh we know about that all to well!:mad:
Hope he's feeling better.
 
Only 27 days left till we leave!! I am getting so excited and I am so ready to start packing. We bought the boys new shoes last weekend and we received our Mouse Mail yesterday. The boys still have no clue and just think that Mickey really wants us to come visit, since he keeps sending us mail :laughing:

Our oldest had his birthday this weekend and now thinks that since he is 7 he is old enough to go to WDW. I told him maybe next year and he said okay, he will start saving his money to help, gotta love him.

I can't wait to see their face when we surprise them with the trip. Hopefully they won't be overwhelmed and react badly, you never know with kids.
 

Hopefully they won't be overwhelmed and react badly, you never know with kids.

I have the SAME concern with DS. He loves WDW and I know he will be thrilled to go back, but in my head I keep thinking there's the slightest chance he'll be all "What?! I don't want to go to stupid Disney World", just b/c I'll be waking him up from a dead sleep at 5 a.m., and b/c he hasn't had time to process it. Of course an hour later he'll be jumping up and down excited, but I'm just worried about that initial reaction.
 
Pet-tastrofy!!:eek: My dogs (most likely the smallest one, 10lbs!!) ate an entire bar of 70% dark chocolate last night. I feel like the worst parent ever. We were up with them all last night. It was so not fun. DBF took her to the vet around 430 last night. They said she probably got it all out of her system by then (ask my living room carpet; I'm sure it will agree!), and her heart is fine, but gave her some fluids and some anti-nausea meds....UGH. Even worse, now I'm at work!!

At least my trip is a month away and I don't have to worry about her....

So sorry - think Disney!!!. Glad it sounds like your dog is going to be ok.
 
23 days til our first trip ever to WDW :D

Welcome! and congrats on your first trip!!! How exciting~ Have a magical trip :)
If you have any last minute questions I'm sure all of us can help.

Only 27 days left till we leave!! I am getting so excited and I am so ready to start packing. We bought the boys new shoes last weekend and we received our Mouse Mail yesterday. The boys still have no clue and just think that Mickey really wants us to come visit, since he keeps sending us mail :laughing:

Our oldest had his birthday this weekend and now thinks that since he is 7 he is old enough to go to WDW. I told him maybe next year and he said okay, he will start saving his money to help, gotta love him.

I can't wait to see their face when we surprise them with the trip. Hopefully they won't be overwhelmed and react badly, you never know with kids.

I love surprising my kids it's so much fun!
I'm sure they will be excited!!
 
So, DH is not going to be able to go to Florida after all. I'm super disappointed, but he's not hte Disney nut in the house, I am, you know?

So I called Disney this morning to take him off, and I also asked about dropping the deluxe dining upgrade, since that was more for him and I, and now he wasn't going to be there. That was no problem, and I ended up with a sizable credit, half of which was going to go onto Disney gift cards (because that's how I paid). But then she started saying it might take two weeks to credit them back to the cards, and I was like "I'll be HOME by then, and the cards will be useless!" And I got upset, because I'm already upset that DH can't go, etc.

So after escalating me twice, I finally got to a nice woman in accounting who said that they would process my visa return today so the odds of it going through quickly were better, and that "gift cards take 2-3 days."

I know they need to give people worse-case-scenarios but when I was upset, all it would have taken is someone to say "That's worse case, they will probably refund much faster than that, but I can't guarantee it." The third woman on the phone was really nice and I apologized for crying and losing my temper and she was so sweet, and told me if I had any problems once I got there because my refunds hadn't processed, to call guest relations and explain to them what was going on and they'd take care of me.

So I juggled our reservations around - I was able to get me in to lunch with the girls at Teppan Edo, and I managed to move their breakfast at 1900 Park Fare to the next day so I could go with them to that, and I cancelled a bunch of other things, and we're still 3 meals over our seven credits, but if the refunds come through in time I'll be able to pay cash for the cheaper meals and we can still go to them.

My biggest thing right now? This will be the longest DH and I have been apart from each other since we started seriously dating in 2004. ;)
 
Angierae, Sorry that you had to go through all that over the phone, but hopefully everything will work out smoothly. With you about to start your trip in 5 days, I thought that all of us on the April thread should thank you for starting and maintaining it!! :thumbsup2 I went back and looked at the first post and it was date stamped in December of 2010!!! That's a lot of time and work to keep it going, and I think all of us can agree that this has been a lot of fun.
 
Angierae, Sorry that you had to go through all that over the phone, but hopefully everything will work out smoothly. With you about to start your trip in 5 days, I thought that all of us on the April thread should thank you for starting and maintaining it!! :thumbsup2 I went back and looked at the first post and it was date stamped in December of 2010!!! That's a lot of time and work to keep it going, and I think all of us can agree that this has been a lot of fun.

Thank you! It's been so fun having this thread here to watch evryone plan and get ideas and talk things out. I think we're going to have a blast on this trip, no matter what - the girls are super excited. My daughter has no idea how she's going to get through school this week. ;)

I'll be so excited to watch everyone else's trips happen, too. Yay!
 
So, DH is not going to be able to go to Florida after all. I'm super disappointed, but he's not hte Disney nut in the house, I am, you know?

So I called Disney this morning to take him off, and I also asked about dropping the deluxe dining upgrade, since that was more for him and I, and now he wasn't going to be there. That was no problem, and I ended up with a sizable credit, half of which was going to go onto Disney gift cards (because that's how I paid). But then she started saying it might take two weeks to credit them back to the cards, and I was like "I'll be HOME by then, and the cards will be useless!" And I got upset, because I'm already upset that DH can't go, etc.

So after escalating me twice, I finally got to a nice woman in accounting who said that they would process my visa return today so the odds of it going through quickly were better, and that "gift cards take 2-3 days."

I know they need to give people worse-case-scenarios but when I was upset, all it would have taken is someone to say "That's worse case, they will probably refund much faster than that, but I can't guarantee it." The third woman on the phone was really nice and I apologized for crying and losing my temper and she was so sweet, and told me if I had any problems once I got there because my refunds hadn't processed, to call guest relations and explain to them what was going on and they'd take care of me.

So I juggled our reservations around - I was able to get me in to lunch with the girls at Teppan Edo, and I managed to move their breakfast at 1900 Park Fare to the next day so I could go with them to that, and I cancelled a bunch of other things, and we're still 3 meals over our seven credits, but if the refunds come through in time I'll be able to pay cash for the cheaper meals and we can still go to them.

My biggest thing right now? This will be the longest DH and I have been apart from each other since we started seriously dating in 2004. ;)

Sad for you that DH can't come, but that must mean he got a good offer on the job??? Congratulations:woohoo:
I'm sure you'll still have a great trip, and the refunds will come real soon. Have a great time!
Thanks for the thread I haven't been around all that long but it really helped to make my trip come FAST!!
 
I was just saying to Daveinfallschurch - do the guests get different coloured luggage tags depending on their shuttle choice to the hotel? Ie: ME vs Car?

Mine & Daveinfallschurch are red. I have a private SUV driving my family and I, and Dave is renting a car...... I was just wondering how do the ME people know what luggage to take?

:confused:

I'm a little late in posting this, but in case you were still wondering, the ME luggage tags are different than the red Mickey tags.

Anyone taking ME gets the neon yellow tags (they are like giant stickers!) for your luggage that have your resort listed on them so they know which resort to send your bags to. Only people who book the MYW package get the red souviner Mickey tags (if you are taking ME or not).
 
Just an FYI for those of you going the week after Easter-park hours have been updated a bit. The main thing is the MK now will be having EMH every morning at 7 am from 4/7-4/13. I'm excited to be there on Easter bright and early. When my dad and I went a couple years ago we got so much done. Yes, we might be crazy but it's worth it! :cool1:

12 days until we leave!
 
So I can't believe April 17th is right around the corner. I have my sons clothes all set. My husband is all set with his clothes and I just got the cutest little Mickey hair clip in the mail today. It is really starting to feel right around the corner.. This is the best feeling considering last week I was so depressed with the work having to be done on SAB having been switched to the Poly and then really feeling upset that I had planned my trip around staying at the BW/BC area, so we are back to original plan and couldn't be happier..
 
I just bought a new bathing suit today for our trip! I hate trying them on, but I got a really nice one from TJMaxx and I really love it! :) I also bought a new pair of shorts on Friday - I'm going to have to start organizing my clothes, that'll help the time pass! :) angie - sorry that your DH can't go with you, and I know it's hard being away from him, but you'll be at Disney soon!!!! Hopefully those credits go through super quick for you!!!!
 
So I can't believe April 17th is right around the corner. I have my sons clothes all set. My husband is all set with his clothes and I just got the cutest little Mickey hair clip in the mail today. It is really starting to feel right around the corner.. This is the best feeling considering last week I was so depressed with the work having to be done on SAB having been switched to the Poly and then really feeling upset that I had planned my trip around staying at the BW/BC area, so we are back to original plan and couldn't be happier..

Where did you get your hair clip? I have a couple mickey shirts, but most days I just wear my regular clothes, lol. but I'd love a cute hair clip!
 
I just bought a new bathing suit today for our trip! I hate trying them on, but I got a really nice one from TJMaxx and I really love it! :) I also bought a new pair of shorts on Friday - I'm going to have to start organizing my clothes, that'll help the time pass! :) angie - sorry that your DH can't go with you, and I know it's hard being away from him, but you'll be at Disney soon!!!! Hopefully those credits go through super quick for you!!!!

I need a new bathing suit, too! I got mine last year from TJMaxx and love it! But I think we'll be swimming a lot, so I need one more ~ hate putting on a wet suit!! I also still need a new pair of denim bermuda shorts and denim capris.
 
I need a new bathing suit, too! I got mine last year from TJMaxx and love it! But I think we'll be swimming a lot, so I need one more ~ hate putting on a wet suit!! I also still need a new pair of denim bermuda shorts and denim capris.

I totally agree, canNOT put on a wet swimsuit! Don't you love vacation shopping??? I'm spreading it out to enjoy the excitement longer!
 












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