OMG??? Really?.....wait. What???? A November 2012 PTR Now Gluten Free????

[mommyof3princess27]

HI! Welcome to my PTR! Better start with the when...then I will get to the who and why

WHEN: November 11-17th 2012
WHO::
a whole big bunch! :grouphugFirst up is ME lol I am 29yo WOHM. I run a small in home child care I love all the children I take care of just like my own. I love scrapbooking, crafting and planning Disney trips! Here is a pic of me and DH in our Mickey Tie Dye shirts i made

Next up of course is DH, Jim, who is 32 and works for a construction company as an operator
My 1st DD is 11 and will be 12(almost 13) when we go on this trip. SHe loves to read and play video games
My 2nd DD is 7 and will be 8 on this trip. She woves to color and do crafts like her mommy
My 3rd and last DD is 3 and will be 4 on this trip. She is our lil comedian

Thats it for my family...next up my parents
My mom and dad
Donna and Bill. Ive know them for well 29 years now They are nice ppl. My dad works hard and my mom is a homemaker. They love taking vacations around the country but(except for dad taking 2 days with us last year) have never experienced the disney magic This should be fun

Next up Grandma and Pop Pop- They love in North Fort Myers and have been to disney alot. They came and met us last year and we spent 3 days with them in the parks They are pictured in the pic of all of us....yes I made all the shirts and I had fun doing it too!

Next is my brother Adam! He went with us last time/ He enjoy alot of stuff lol just dont exactly know what He lives a hour or so away and he works alot so I dont see him alot but he loves his nieces~! His friend Sara and her son Keegan are also joining us but I dont have a pic of them

Last but not least: the Pennel family

Here is my friend Leslie and her DH Kelton arent they cute? This will be their first trip but i am not to the why yet so I cant tell you cuz SHHHHH!!! ITs A SURPRISE!!!!
Here is their 1st DD who is 3.5. She enjoys Cars, gardening and believe me she is a pistol, But I love her

Here is their other DD15months. She enjoys walking everywhere and getting into everything!!!

They are bring their Grammy(Leslies's mom) with them!

So there you have it our cast.......all 17 people. We booked a Grand Gathering

WHY:Leslies DD is turning 5 and mine is turning 13 so we booked a trip together to celebrate.....but......SHHHH!!! Dont say a word to anyone because.....ITS A SURPRISE!!!!!

So join me and my gang as we plan, plan again and countdown to our trip!!!!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

Ok so now that I have the importand cast info out of the way, I will tell you more about the actuall when and where
We are right not scheduled to stay at the Port Orleans Riverside Resort in the Royal Themed Rooms. It was funny because I knew that I wanted to stay onsite but other than that I knew nothing. Last time we went to Disney, we were blessed by the PIN code fairies and recieved a 40% Deluxe room PIN code. I dont think this will happen again and because of that PIN code, we stayed at the Poly last time. I loved the Poly but I think it spoiled us. It was beautiful and the club level building was so nice to just sit and look at the castle while eating breakfast in the morning. That being said my first instinct was to pice out the Poly of course!!!!! Big Mistake! Our trip for just our family of 5 to stay Poly with club level was $8000. So unless we get a magic PIN again, its out.
Time to look at other resorts. I researched the POR resort and loved it. So I sent everyone the info on that resort, set the dates and hoped(and still hope) the MVMCP will be starting while we are there! Dont get me wrong I love traveling with a big group and planning but a little input would be nice! Everyone just keeps saying...whatever you pick is fine with us. To lets fast forward to 2 weeks ago. I called Disney to see what date I could book since we needed 5 rooms close together. The nice CM said on thursday. Ok so I counted the dates and my calculations said Wednesday....called them again, the nice cm said thats right u can book today! Woo hoo!!! he said would you like standard, preferred or the new royal themed rooms? I said OMG?? Really??? (stunned, I couldnt process this info right away lol).....wait....waht???? The cm still was being nice at this time but with a smirk he said the standard,preffered or royal themed rooms. WOW! I had to do research on this! What was it? How would they look? Is it worth the extra money? HECK YEAH!!!! lol
Truthfully, the title seems to protray me as a ditsy type...i am not it just threw me for a loop! I couldnt commit to something with out knowing what it was...................OFF TO DO RESEARCH!!!! Fast Forward to today! Well wouldnt you kno, I have the rooms booked(3 royal themed, 2 regular) and now I am thinking about adding and extra day! I am just not sure yet. Stay tuned!..........

 

[mommyof3princess27]

Ok so after some pricing and debating....we are now booked for 8 gloreous days and 7 magical nights in Walt Disney World!! I can not wait!!! Now someone please tell me that $300 to add a night at Disney is worth it before I change my mind again lol all I can say is its easier to subtract a night the closer it gets than to add one So when I was pricing my trip, I did notice that if I added the Sunday to the end, it would have been more money than to add a Saturday to the beginning I guess cuz it will be Thanksgiving week right after we leave!..... Now I am trying to do anything so I dont tell my girls hehehehe I am EVIL!!!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

Its ok it no one is following this thread yet lol I know its too early to do a PTR but I figure I will fll it up with whatever little quirky things go on in my life along the way! Next up....my tentative park days!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

Hi y'all!!! Its Monday! I hate mondays but if I fill them with a lil Disney-I can stomach them I am working on 4 trip binders today and later(after work) I will post some pics! I am excited-using my cricut for mickey heads!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

So here is a quick update... things have been crazy this week! I have started a new diet and exercise program and will go see my doctor tomorrow to talk to him about it. Cant be pooh sized for Disney!!!

I did however get 2 more pages done in our disney planners!!!! Pics still coming. I have to re-figure which parks we are doing on which days now that we have added a day!!!! I wont know what to do with myself now that I have extra Disney time!!!!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

Ok so I thought I would give an update since I havent done so in awhile! Turns out that my DF Leslie just found out that she has to switch to a GLuten Free diet so I have to include that when I make ADR's.

On a side note, DH and I planned a couples trip!!! We are heading down to WDW on Dec 2nd and staying through the 5th! I know its only a few days but thats all we could get off of work for. We are planning to go to the MVMCP on Dec 2nd! We are staying at POP with FD which we upgraded to TS and hope we will like it. We have only stayed at the Poly so a value will be a change but I am keeping an open mind. I already set up our ADR's, I could only get a few since its so close. We are eating at Sci-Fi for lunch on Saturday, Grand Floridian Cafe for dinner on Sunday and Chef Mickeys for breakfast on Monday. Flights were only $90pp and the room with upgraded dinning a MYW 2 day tix(cus of our late arrival on Friday and the MVMCP) was only about $700 which isnt bad. YAY! I am so excited to see all the Christmas decorations!!!