OH BOY!!*My 1st PTR for our 1st ever WDW trip JUNE 2011* 6/14: Started my TR.

[Kari-B]

Great scavenger hunt!!! Wish I had seen those adorable tickets for our reveal. What disigner was that?

 

[mrssmith06]

Great scavenger hunt!!! Wish I had seen those adorable tickets for our reveal. What disigner was that?

HERE is the thread I got it from, the ticket is in post #5
She has some cute stuff! I'm debating on whether or not to make the Safari drivers licences lol.

 

[mrssmith06]

Yay on getting Mickey Mail and pre-ordering your PP CD - can't wait to see the results!

Also, how freaky is this? You were watching Mary Poppins on the same week as me and now the same happens with Lady and The Tramp!! I've not seen it yet but it is the next movie on my list, so I will be watching it in the next couple of days.

That is so funny!!! Great minds think alike, right?!?!

 

[mtgirl29]

I really like the tags for the scavenger hunt! I am very excited to see how it goes!

I still have to pre-order our Photopass CD. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[wildcatfan]

I just read through your pretrip report. You have so many cute ideas. I can't wait to see the reaction after the hunt. We leave on June 10 and check in on June 11 so we will actually be in the world a couple of days together. Your children will love the pressed pennies. My kids enjoyed those their first year. Are they going to do any pin trading? I ordered some today for my DD to trade.

 

[mrssmith06]

I just read through your pretrip report. You have so many cute ideas. I can't wait to see the reaction after the hunt. We leave on June 10 and check in on June 11 so we will actually be in the world a couple of days together. Your children will love the pressed pennies. My kids enjoyed those their first year. Are they going to do any pin trading? I ordered some today for my DD to trade.

Thanks for reading!!! No we don't plan to pin trade this trip, I feel like we are already trying to cram a lot into our short trip.

 

[TanzUnited99]

That is so funny!!! Great minds think alike, right?!?!

I know - I also laughed when I read about it!!! Definitely agree that great minds think alike!!

 

[mrssmith06]

Bought myself some new luggage today! (after DH told me too! Yay!)
I love it!! And I got a good deal on it! Regular price was $100 but JC Penney had it on sale 60% off plus I had a $10 gift card I had earned from Mypoints, so I only paid $29.99!!!

Also bought the kids some shoes for the parks today! They are "roc soc shoes"... I thought they looked perfect. They can get wet and will dry easily, their feet can breathe and yet their toes are covered and they are comfy too
This is DD's pair...

And DS's...

Also got these things laminated this morning and I love how they turned out.

And here is a sneak peak at some more of my work on the scavenger hunt

 

[Lidian]

I love the luggage! And what a great deal!!!

The shoes look nice and comfy!

Can't wait for the scavenger hunt!!!!!!

 

[Altoqueenkelly]

You've done a lot of work!!! Sounds like a great trip!!!


I love the moment I first took DD into Magic Kingdom, I started crying.... LOL... It's just all so precious!!!!

 

[DisneyAsh32]

I love love love your scavenger hunt items. You are so creative. And what a great deal on your luggage!

 

[PixieMama]

Great deal on the luggage!

Can't wait to hear how the scavenger hunt goes...

 

[mtgirl29]

The shoes look like they will be great for the parks.

You have been busy with all the scavenger hunt preparations. Cannot wait to see how the surprise goes!

 

[hollybearsmom]

What a steal on the luggage!
Love the extras you have printed up.
This is going to be a great trip!

 

[TanzUnited99]

Great travel luggage and on getting it in the sale!!!

Love both shoes though as I have some pink in my trainers am leaning more towards that choice.

I can't wait to see how the scavenger hunt goes down with the kiddos

 

[mrssmith06]

Thanks girls!!! The excitement keeps building, can't believe we are just 3 weeks away now!!!

To add to the fun I will be doing the "Photo Safari" from the June 2011 team thread. Here are the things I have to collect pictures of:

1. Photograph a hidden Mickey.
2. Food! A photograph of a favorite food item from WDW.
3. Wildlife, photograph an animal.
4. Planes, trains and automobiles.
5. Fireworks!
6. A photograph that represents The Magic Kingdom, but not of Cinderella’s castle.
7. A photograph that represents Epcot, but not of Spaceship Earth.
8. A photograph that represents Disney’s Hollywood Studios, but not of The Sorcerer's Hat.
9. A photograph that represents Disney’s Animal Kingdom, but not of The Tree of Life.
10. That moment in your trip that made it all worthwhile.

 

[Lidian]

for three weeks! Before you know it, it will be two weeks, the one week, and then you'll arrive!!!!

The photo safari sounds like a blast! Can't wait to see your pics!!

 

[TanzUnited99]

on it being 3 weeks!! I love the 'photo safari' idea. Look forward to seeing your pics especially the ones of something representing the parks that isn't the castle, golf ball, hat or tree of life!

 

[mrssmith06]

Soooo....We decided not to endure the 10 hour drive in 1 day after all!! I just booked a hotel for the night before our arrival day.
New plans: Drive 7.5 hours on Tuesday and arrive at the hotel around 5pm that night. Be well rested and check out from there on Wednesday morning by 10am. That will have us arriving at WDW around 12:30pm!! AND we won't be exhausted like we would have if we had gotten up at 2am and drove 10-11 hours straight! I think this will be much better and only cost us about $65 for the hotel for that 1 night!!! I think that money is well spent for us to be rested.
Now since we are arriving so early... arrival day may change in plans a little. I am considering adding on a park day to our tickets when we get down there. My travel agent said it would only cost us like $8 per person to add 1 more park day and that I could do it while we were down there. Hopefully it's easily done!! If we decide to do a park that day then I think we will go ahead and do Hollywood Studios (we don't care at all to go during the Star Wars weekend!!). That would change our plans like this: (tell me what you think please!!!)

ORIGINAL plans:
Day 1: Arrival day, check in, swim, DTD maybe.
Day 2: MK
Day 3: EP/DTD
Day 4: AK 8a-1p/HS 2p-9p
Day 5: Departure.

Possible NEW plan:
Day 1: Arrival day. HS 2p-9p
Day 2: MK
Day 3: EP/DTD
Day 4: AK 8a-? / Then maybe go back to MK that evening...?!
Day 5: Departure.

DH doesn't like the idea of doing a park on arrival day. He would rather us just relax and swim and chill at the hotel that night. I guess I won't make a final decision on it and don't have to until we get there but I would like to see what you girls think!

 

[wildcatfan]

I like your new plan. We always try to do a park on arrival day. I try to do a park that I know we can do and it not be too bad. For example, last year we did AK on arrival day and it was the only day we went to that park. I like your idea of going to MK on departure day. That is such a nice park to say goodbye to. Are you doing Fantasmic? If so I would make sure I am at that park on that day.