***Official April 2013 thread*** SEE POST # 4028

[Jays2013]

Thank you so much! I hoped someone on here might know!

We will have a car, so we can just stop at the Poly on the way to dinner. Or maybe we'll just go to DTD after all.

I hope I made the right decision on this, but I'm a firm believer that more pictures are always better than fewer pictures.

 

[Aryanna&BiancasMommy]

We'll be there March 30-April 6 at the Fort! So excited! We haven't been since 2006, so we are all excited! Been planning and planning and watching disney world videos pretty much every day the past couple of weeks LOL

 

[miprender]

I love the buses for that reason, too.

So, we just pre-ordered the PhotoPass+. We were planning on the regular PP, but I did the math and realized that even if we only got one or two of the extra photos, it would be worth it. (And I'd like to get a look at the stock photos CD.)

One problem: We have a Chef Mickey dinner planned our first night, but no park plans that day. I need to figure out how to redeem our PP+ voucher before the meal without going to a park. I've seen references to the PP+ viewing centers but conflicting info on exactly where they are. (Especially whether or not there's one in the Contemporary.)

I submitted a question to the Moms Panel, but was just told that "You can pick up your PP+ at a viewing center! Ask when you check in!" Has anyone else noticed that the Moms Panel is very good at answering questions without really answering them?

If we have to, we can make a trip over to DTD that afternoon, but the boys will be clamoring to swim and I'd rather just do that. Any advice appreciated.

I would ask them directly on their Facebook page. They are good about answering questions

 

[Angc77]

So excited- changed resorts for our April trip, was booked at AoA mermaid room, now at POR Royal guest room after the discounted rates!!! The rooms look beautiful in the pictures!

 

[Jays2013]

I would ask them directly on their Facebook page. They are good about answering questions

Thank you for the tip, as well.

 

[pwdebbie]

So excited- changed resorts for our April trip, was booked at AoA mermaid room, now at POR Royal guest room after the discounted rates!!! The rooms look beautiful in the pictures!

If you want me to include you in the first post, let me know your dates.

 

[Angc77]

Our trip is April 27 to May 3 POR- Royal Guest room.

 

[TxYates]

Our trip is April 27 to May 3 POR- Royal Guest room.

Lol! You would've been our neighbor but we switched to the contemporary. Those are our dates.

 

[jbking06]

This is my first time on one of these sites/threads so I am not real sure what to do here. We are cruising out of Galveston on April 20th on Magic. Where do I go form here?

 

[TJDisneymama]

This is my first time on one of these sites/threads so I am not real sure what to do here. We are cruising out of Galveston on April 20th on Magic. Where do I go form here?

this is mostly people going to WDW. There's a separate Cruise Line board and they also have "Cruise Meet" threads with people who will be on the same cruise as you. here's yours

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2916424

 

[wannabemomma12]

Woohhooo double digits today!!! 99 days to go! Yippee

 

[LexiC123]

Woohhooo double digits today!!! 99 days to go! Yippee

Same here! Can't wait to hit that Florida sunshine!

 

[TJDisneymama]

Woo hoo! Tomorrow I enter the "80s".....

as of now: 90 days, 12 hours, 57 minutes, 35 seconds

 

[TJDisneymama]

just booked our hotel by the (Manchester) airport for the night before our flight. Hope we're able to get to sleep early so we'll be (somewhat) well rested for our wake up call at 4:00 a.m.

 

[anniebabymu]

My first post!

We booked our April 2013 trip right after Christmas! We'll be there April 16-23... and cannot wait! We took our first family trip (and my first trip ever!) to Disney last October and I had the biggest Disney hangover ever! We decided we needed to go again ASAP... without the in laws this time! We stayed at AoA in the LM rooms in October and fell in love with them. Decided to book there again, but then the room discounts came out! Since the standard rooms didn't qualify at AoA, we decided to change up our reservations and stay in a Royal Guest Room at POR instead! Can't wait!

Wanted to change up dining reservations this time so we're doing everything different than last trip, except Chef Mickey's (we loved it!). Did San Angel Inn (Epcot), CRT, Mama Melrose, Chef Mickey's, Crystal Palace and Tusker House last trip. Reservations for this trip are... Dinner: The Plaza Restaurant, Dinner: Be Our Guest, Dinner: Akershus, Lunch: Via Napoli (Epcot), Dinner: Chef Mickey's, Dinner: 1900 Park Fare and Breakfast: Hollywood & Vine.

Absolutely CAN'T WAIT!! April 16th can't come soon enough! Especially since I can't talk about it with my DD's (5 and almost 2) because we're surprising them with this trip!!

 

[TJDisneymama]

so, I have something blasphemous to report...... the kids don't know about the trip yet, but I still talk about WDW all the time with them under the premise that I'm a TA and I talk about what "my clients" have planned on their upcoming trips
So last night I said something about Expedition Everest and ODS (9.5) says [deep breath...... I don't know if I can repeat this without tearing up.......]:

"Disney, Disney, Disney! That's all you talk about!" *GASP!*

I know....... like a slap in the face, right? I gave him "the look" as if he had just uttered the most vile words possible, and I calmly said "fine, since you hate Disney so much I will never talk about it again with you." He then proceeded to say he didn't mean it and he DOES want to talk about Disney. he brought it up numerous times last night and was like "Mommy, I DO like Disney, I do, I swear!!" I just ignored him, lol.

So, yeah.....maybe time to dial down the Disney talk a notch. *sob*

 

[pwdebbie]

Lol! You would've been our neighbor but we switched to the contemporary. Those are our dates.

Perhaps she got the room that you gave up.

 

[pwdebbie]

This is my first time on one of these sites/threads so I am not real sure what to do here. We are cruising out of Galveston on April 20th on Magic. Where do I go form here?

Welcome to the DIS!

I see that TJDisneyMama already pointed you in the right direction for cruisers. Have a great time!

 

[anniebabymu]

so, I have something blasphemous to report...... the kids don't know about the trip yet, but I still talk about WDW all the time with them under the premise that I'm a TA and I talk about what "my clients" have planned on their upcoming trips
So last night I said something about Expedition Everest and ODS (9.5) says [deep breath...... I don't know if I can repeat this without tearing up.......]:

"Disney, Disney, Disney! That's all you talk about!" *GASP!*

I know....... like a slap in the face, right? I gave him "the look" as if he had just uttered the most vile words possible, and I calmly said "fine, since you hate Disney so much I will never talk about it again with you." He then proceeded to say he didn't mean it and he DOES want to talk about Disney. he brought it up numerous times last night and was like "Mommy, I DO like Disney, I do, I swear!!" I just ignored him, lol.

So, yeah.....maybe time to dial down the Disney talk a notch. *sob*

I say stuff like, "Next time we go to Disney and do the BBB, what princess do you think you want to be?" (since I'm planning to buy the dress and bring it with us!). And, "When we go back to Disney when your sister is 4, what stuff do you really want to do first?" "Did you like the rides or characters better?" Lol... just trying to fish for info from her without outright telling her!

 

[pwdebbie]

My first post!

We booked our April 2013 trip right after Christmas! We'll be there April 16-23... and cannot wait! We took our first family trip (and my first trip ever!) to Disney last October and I had the biggest Disney hangover ever! We decided we needed to go again ASAP... without the in laws this time! We stayed at AoA in the LM rooms in October and fell in love with them. Decided to book there again, but then the room discounts came out! Since the standard rooms didn't qualify at AoA, we decided to change up our reservations and stay in a Royal Guest Room at POR instead! Can't wait!

Wanted to change up dining reservations this time so we're doing everything different than last trip, except Chef Mickey's (we loved it!). Did San Angel Inn (Epcot), CRT, Mama Melrose, Chef Mickey's, Crystal Palace and Tusker House last trip. Reservations for this trip are... Dinner: The Plaza Restaurant, Dinner: Be Our Guest, Dinner: Akershus, Lunch: Via Napoli (Epcot), Dinner: Chef Mickey's, Dinner: 1900 Park Fare and Breakfast: Hollywood & Vine.

Absolutely CAN'T WAIT!! April 16th can't come soon enough! Especially since I can't talk about it with my DD's (5 and almost 2) because we're surprising them with this trip!!

Welcome! We'll be there the same time as you (actually 15 - 26) but we will be at POFQ. Might run into you on the bus though!

We made our first trip in October 2007. It was something I had asked dh to do for years and he always said no. Well, when I asked him in 2006 if we could go there for our 30th anniversary in April 2007, he said yes! Then one of the gals in church asked me to come with her for the birth of her first child (her mom lived in Oregon at the time) which was due in April so we moved our trip up to October for my birthday instead. Well, we fell in love with Disney on that trip. It was dh who said to me as we were pulling out of the parking lot as I sat there sobbing (I never expected it to affect me that much!), "So, when are we coming back?" We went back in April 2009 and November 2010. We planned to go in April 2012 (would have been keeping the every-18-months trend going) but had to cancel at the last minute, so here we are, aiming to be there this April for our 36th anniversary. All that to say I totally understand the desire to go back!

I've listed your travel dates on the first post of this thread. If you look further down, you will see links for our ADRs, some PTRs (pre-trip reports) and also to the private Facebook group. If you want me to add your ADRs to post #991, let me know the date, place, and time for each, and I'll get that added for you. There is also a doc on the Facebook page that you can add your own ADRs. It is organized differently than the one here (I like the way whoever started that one did it). Just put your ADR are in for each day in order of time and then you can actually see who might be dining in the same restaurant at the same time. Check it out!