Our Grand Gathering Adventure:Surprising the Boys! 9/17 WE LEAVE TOMORROW!!!

[hhockman]

Okay, I'm still working, but here's one last PLEE (now that I've got a few readers) for any dining suggestions. We've been A LOT but there's still a few places we haven't eaten and I want to try to hit anything we haven't been to that's good. So if you have a FAVORITE restaurant. You know, a CAN'T miss, please let me know.

Also, if anyone can tell me where I can find Fantasmic, Illuminations, Wishes etc times for September, I'd be forever grateful. Can't find it myself on the site.

Back to working on the schedule.

 

[longing2Batdisney]

the hours: if you look on the top of the dis page you will see a link for theme parks you can access the fireworks and parade times there; if you go to the WDW site and go to hours and search Keyword fireworks or parades it worked for me when I was planning.

I'm sorry I can't help w/ADR's our next trip will be the first time we do a food run...but, from all the pics and reviews I've seen I would like to try Tutto's that is the one that sticks out the most. Everyone seemed to like Tony's from what I've heard. And, Danny said he wanted to try Mexico (he loves mexican and itiatlian). Gwendolyn & Joe said Japan was just OK--not great!

What about character meals??? I would like to try Ohana's, we loved Crystal Palace, and we would like to try Tusker House.
Good Luck! I'm soooo excited your for ya'll, you are getting soooo close

 

[hhockman]

Thanks longing2Batdisney

Well, as it is after 10pm and I have to take the boys to the dentist at 8:30am (have I ever mentioned that I am NOT a morning person?), I won't be completely finishing the schedule tonight. I really can't believe that I don't have every day planned already. What kind of DISer am I anyway?

But I will put up what I have so far...which is not much. As of right now we've decided against anything that will cost more than what we're paying for our package EXCEPT that I am still planning to take the boys to TRex and I know that's not on the dining plan. Right now Sea World, MNSSHP, and the Pirate Cruise are all out. All of the money for those types of things will be spent on a hotel for a week in July when we have to go to Will's baseball tournament.

Okay, so, the CURRENT plan is that on Friday, September 18th, we will leave fairly early in the morning. Fairly early is 8am-ish. We were going to leave after school, but decided instead to just let the boys skip school. Will gets sick AT LEAST once every fall and spring, so he's never going to get Perfect Attendance anyway. Cole's mom has given him permission to skip school that day too.

I don't think Will has ever had an "unexcused absence". Do you think they will take a note from Mickey?

Yeah, I didn't think so either.

It is about an 8 hour drive, so we figure we'll get there around 6pm with bathroom breaks and stopping for lunch. Or maybe as early as 4 if we eat in the car....which we might do....because Matt and I are THAT anxious to get there (and might just be THAT tired of riding with two 7 year olds and a 4 year old).

We'll check in and haul all of our stuff to our room and let Cole look to his heart's content. For that matter, I guess we will all look to our heart's content because Matt and I haven't been to POR in forever (like, since it was Dixie Landings I think) and our boys have never been to POR either. At some point we'll get on the boat (LOVE that there is a boat!) to DTD and make our way over to Disney Quest. I love Disney Quest. I've loved it since I first read the concept before it opened. But the boys were young enough the last time they went that they don't even remember it. Trust me, they will join me in my of the place. We may just have to drag them out of there kicking and screaming. We'll probably eat dinner inside. Easy, and it only takes a QS credit. Then we'll go back to the hotel and go to bed.

At some point.

On Saturday, the 19th, we are planning to go to a waterpark. Probably Typhoon Lagoon, although that is not set in stone. Matt likes Typhoon Lagoon better and as I love all things water-park-like, I don't care which we visit. We'll hang out there all day and go back to the resort in time to welcome the rest of the family who should be arriving at some point in the evening (depending on how late my mom actually got out of the house that morning). Once everybody is all settled, we will probably go out to eat somewhere, but I'm not sure where. Possibly TRex if I can talk them into it. Possibly not. There is a good chance we will go back to DTD, though, because it's easy. Maybe Planet Hollywood. Hmmm. Not sure. Still thinking. We'll come back to the resort and relax after, though. Maybe even swim. I love PORs quiet pools.

Sunday, the 20th, is my brother's birthday. I am TOTALLY jealous that we will be there on his birthday and he gets that voucher for $70-something (since he will already have multi-day tickets and won't be back in the next year). The CM who took our reservations suggested he give it to me since I shared my free dining pin code, but my brother didn't go for it.

I asked him where he wanted to eat most and he said Teppan Edo (we all recently tried Hibatchi dining for the first time and even though he doesn't normally do Asian food, he is really looking forward to this place), so we will spend Sunday at EPCOT.

My mom is planning on flying her parents in on Saturday so that they can pick them up at the airport on the way in, so they should be there. My dad is going to tell his mom and her boyfriend to come on this day too, so it will be "family day". I'm going to set up a Photopass Portrait Session at the Beach Club for some time that morning (can't make ressies until 30 days out). My dad has been REALLY wanting a family photo to give to my grandmother, and this seemed like the perfect time. Especially since I already bought the Photopass CD (so we'll just have to pay part of the fee instead of the whole thing). I'm planning to just walk over there once we get to EPCOT and then walk back, but we'll see.

Anyway, we'll spend the day at EPCOT and eat at Teppan Edo (hopefully) and probably hang around for Illuminations (maybe) and then the 5 in my family will probably go to the Magic Kingdom for EMH while everyone else goes back to the resort.

And that's as far as I've gotten. I know. If I'm this detailed in the PTR, what will the TR be like. I'll tell you now: long. I'm a talker, and you'll find that out if you hang out long enough.

Anyway, it's now 11pm (had to hang out with the kiddos a bit to get them to sleep), so I'm headed to bed. If I get anything accomplished tomorrow, I'll be back to add the rest of the plans. Keep the suggestions coming!

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Great planning so far! I vote for t-rex (only because I think the boys will enjoy it!!--I want to take Ashton next time, he is a dino freak).

Congrats! on the B-ball tourney. I completely understand about the extras $$$. That is why I can't wait to go back and only have to pay for Danny & I and Ashton. I wanted to add SeaWorld to our trip in May and the money just was not there. Not, with Ashton's surgery...

Sounds like a fun family gathering; can't wait to see the pics

I can be a talker also; but, lately seem to be talking in broken sentences w/triple dots...

Connie

 

[crocko]

Teppan Edo is very good....went there in December and thought it was delicious....very filling, too.

We will be at Epcot on the 20th as well.....doing the World Showcase that day.

 

[mickeystoontown]

Sounds like you have a pretty good plan worked out there! Hopefully, you can get ADRs for Teppan Edo. Our kids are not adventurous eaters so we never make ADRs there but I'd like to one day when it's just my husband and I. We are planning on going to T-Rex the day we arrive. That's the only time I could fit it into our plans. So, I am hoping it won't be too busy on a Thursday night.

Hope everything goes well at the dentist office.

 

[hhockman]

Okay Connie and Lisa (and anyone else who's lurking), I've got my first rough draft.

WARNING: This is going to be L-O-N-G. Just so you know.

And incidentally, Lisa, I totally didn't know that was your name until today. I promise I haven't been thinking of you as "tooth lady", but I didn't realize I didn't know your name either.

Here we go:

Current plans, subject to change.

Friday, September 18th
Leave the house about 8am. I hope. Pick up Cole and head to the Interstate. Try very hard to beat the morning rush hour traffic that will be headed to Atlanta. Hmmm. Maybe we'd better leave at 7:30. Pray that the boys (all three of them) stay entertained or sleep and don't have to go to the bathroom until we stop for lunch. They will all three have Nintendo DSs (the boys each have one-or will, as soon as we replace Will's-and Cole can borrow mine). Christian has a Leapster and Will has a Didj. We have two separate portable DVD players. Crayons, coloring books, activity books, travel bingo, and my iPod which has a "kids music" playlist. The car has an "auxillary" jack. Hopefully this will all be enough. If not, I will pull out my "mean" card and tell them that whoever uses the word "bored" will have to do a workbook page on whatever subject they like the least (for example, Will hates Reading Comprehension).

I don't think I'll hear "bored" much.

'Cause I can be mean.

Even on the way to Disney.

Which leads me to the fact, that I'm still not even sure when we're telling them about Disney. I know that if we haven't spilled the beans by this point, they're going to be wondering where we're going in a car with Cole. And they might even guess. I might make a game out of it. Not sure. I'll have to do some more thinking...

We'll stop somewhere about halfway for lunch and get out and relax a little. Make sure everyone uses the "potty" and all that good stuff. I'm not sure where we're stopping yet, and we may not know until we actually stop.

I expect we'll get there somewhere between 4pm and 6pm. Like I said last night, we'll check in first thing and bring everything to the room and get it organized. When we're staying for more than a couple of days (which is pretty much always now), I like to unpack and put clothes in drawers and stuff. I'm weird that way. We'll chill for a while and then get on the boat to Downtown Disney. I plan to head straight to Disney Quest and spend the rest of the evening there. Possibly until they close (11pm on Fridays), but we'll see how tired everyone is. We'll eat dinner at the Quick Service restaurant there (I know what it's called, but the name escapes me right now...(okay, someone tell me how there is no YAWN smilie on here...or am I just missing it?). We'll head back to the resort at the end of the night.

And that's Day One.

Saturday, September 19th
Okay, this days plans have already changed a little bit (how much do you think I'll change between now and September?). When we wake up in the morning we'll get swimming stuff on and head to Typhoon Lagoon. Hopefully at a resonable hour. We'll eat breakfast in the room and I'm planning to eat a Quick Service lunch of some kind at TL.

Some time in the afternoon we'll head back to the resort and change.

I'm hoping to make an ADR at Whispering Canyon Cafe for around 6pm. The rest of my family is supposed to be arriving at some point on this day, but I have no idea what time. Especially if my parents have to stop and get my grandparents from the airport. I'm guess the rest of the group won't make it to Whispering Canyon, but you never know.

After dinner we'll head to the Magic Kingdom, which is open until 10pm, mostly to see SpectroMagic (at 8pm) and Wishes (at 9pm). We have, of course, seen these (and Wishes usually scares the bejeebers out of Will, who hasn't liked fireworks since the 4th of July after he got tubes in his ears...which would be his 3rd one-he was just over 2 years old, but I'm hoping he will do better this go-round), but Cole hasn't, and it's been a while for the rest of us. Especially for SpectroMagic. I don't plan to get on a whole lot of rides at this point, if any, but SpectroMagic is only showing on or two other days during our whole trip, so I wanted to make sure we caught it. I will tell my family our plans, and tell them they can meet us if they want to, but I don't know if they will want to.

We'll stay until Magic Kingdom closes, and then head back to the resort and go to bed.


***SIDE NOTE: I just remembered that Saturday, the 19th, will more than likely be the Florida vs. Tennessee game. If I haven't mentioned how big of Gator fans we are (and I probably have), I should (except my husband who is a Bama fan first, and a Gator fan second). Anyway, point being, we're going to have to find somewhere to watch at least part of the game. We usually do ESPN Club when we're at Disney, but that kind of messes up ALL of my plans, so we'll have to see. Might work though. The game is usually at 3pm. We might just have to move Whispering Canyon to a different day. Okay, side note over.***

Sunday, September 20th
This is my brother's 32nd birthday. I've already made sure I mentioned it to every CM I've talked to, and I will continue to do so as I make more plans. I'm hoping they will embarrass him, as I'm still jealous of the voucher he'll be getting that morning.

As this is my brother's birthday, we have basically designated it "Family Day". I have a feeling we will mostly stick together for most of the trip, except for when we leave everyone every night, but this is the day we will make a special point to stick together. We're going to EPCOT for the day, because my brother chose Teppan Edo for his birthday meal. Hopefully I can get and ADR for everyone. It seems like I remember a stipulation (from when I worked in reservations) for large parties, but I can't remember what it was, so I guess I'll find out when I call on Saturday. My Sister in Law's mother is also planning to join us for some of the trip, and there's a good chance she'll be here too, so it will be a large party (my mom is also trying to talk a couple of cousins into coming down, but I don't know when they'll be at Disney, if they come at all).

ANYWAY....

So, we spend the day at EPCOT. I'm planning to make a Photopass Session reservation for about 10:30 at Beach Club (can reserve until 30 days out). I explained all this in the previous post, so I won't go into big details, but hopefully we can walk to the boats, ride over there and walk/ride back (we won't walk over there or we'd all be hot and sweaty for the pictures). If I haven't mention this before I am a picture FANATIC and I am SUPER excited about doing this again. Especially if I can get even ONE good picture of my immediate family (the four of us) and even better if we can get those big family pictures my parents want.

The rest of the day we will hang out at EPCOT and eat dinner at Teppan Edo. I'm NOT planning to stay for Illuminations, though the rest of my family might. I'm planning to come back for Illuminations on Wednesday. I have a feeling the rest of my family will head back to the resort after EPCOT. However, the 5 of us are planning to head to the Magic Kingdom for evening EMHs if we're not too tired. We'll go back to the resort after that, of course, and go to bed.

***Another Side Note: I just checked the Florida football schedule and we are, in fact, playing Tennesee on the 19th. There is no time listed yet, but it's almost always 3:00. SO...rather than go back and figure out where I need to change what I'll just tell you here that I'm changing lunch on Saturday to ESPN Club, dinner to QS at the Magic Kingdom, and Whispering Canyon will be saved for later in the week. Hope I didn't confuse anyone!***

Okay, whew, I'm really getting tired. Would ya'll be mad if I just did one more day and then finished the rest tomorrow? I hope not (even though you basically already knew the first three days...but then I just changed it some didn't I?). So, here's Day Four.

Monday, September 21st
Animal Kingdom has morning EMH and Hollywood Studios has evening EMH and I'm going to foolishly try to take advantage of both. We'll get to Animal Kingdom early and I'm hoping to get and ADR for the Tusker House character breakfast. We've done Restaurantosaurus on every trip and it is always a favorite of ours, so hopefully it continues to be so even in the new location.

We'll spend how ever much time we want to spend at Animal Kingdom before we're ready for a break. I doubt we'll be there for the parade. We'll probably leave sooner. I'd never seen it before last time and I wasn't terribly impressed last time, so it's no biggie if we don't see it, except for the fact that Cole (and my extended family) hasn't seen it.

I plan to go back to the resort and spend an hour or two relaxing. Maybe swimming, who knows. Whatever the boys want to do.

I want to make an ADR for Boma at some point, and my plan right now has it on this day as we exit Animal Kingdom (it's so out of the way if we're not already at Animal Kingdom or Blizzard Beach, but I'm dying to try it), BUT I'm not sure we'll be at Animal Kingdom late enough to need dinner when we get out (Boma doesn't open until 5pm). If we are, we probably won't get to "rest" but will go straight to Hollywood Studios after an early dinner (earliest ADR I can get).

Then we'll head over to Hollywood Studios, which have the evening EMH. I'm not sure where or how we'll go, but we will make it to Star Tours at some point. We may not ever leave there after that, so I'll probably try to make it somewhere near the end. My boys are Star Wars freaks and after seeing this area we'll be lucky if we get to venture to any other part of WDW for the rest of the trip. We'll stay at HS until they close, I'm sure (though I don't know what the rest of my family will do). Then we'll head back to the resort and to bed.

Okay, I'm almost half way through. I know there aren't a lot of cute smilies, and I don't have any pictures, but hopefully you've made it this far. Any comments or suggestions? Obviously I've been before and know my way around. However, with a party as big as we'll be, there are bound to be changes, so I'm sure my TR, whenever it comes, will look quite different.

I'm headed to bed. I'll try to finish this up tomorrow morning. We've got a 7:30 game tomorrow night, so I doubt we'll be getting on at night. There's a couple more PTR/TRs I want to check out tomorrow anyway.

Have a good night!

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Ok! I read over really quick. But, I think I got it all. Great plan so far...I'm sending now so your first day is uneventful and you are able to get on the road unlike our diaster....

I like your thrid day...we planned our trip that way this year...taking advantage of EMH in the morning and evening...except we were unable to swin in the middle (it rained) so we had lunch and naps. I really think and ADR at Boma is a great idea to split the day.

More later having fun traveling and planning through you until its my turn again...

 

[mickeystoontown]

Good morning! It looks like you have a really good plan so far. I guess I missed something 'cause I could have sworn you weren't doing hoppers. (You know how bumfuddled I can get though with all my ghosts.) I guess you will have hoppers 'cause you got plans to go to more than one park on a day.

We usually get to the Animal Kingdom at or near opening and are finished before park closing. That's the night, I try to make a late ADR at a resort restaurant or a Downtown Disney restaurant.

Looking forward to reading more plans.

 

[hhockman]

Thanks for sticking with me girls.

We do have park hoppers, actually. And the Water Parks and More. The only time we have ever been without hoppers is our last trip. We're used to having APs and going wherever we want. So we got the full ticket this time. And I fully intend to use it.

I've got a couple of errands to run, but I'll be back this afternoon with a little more planning info. I think I'm going to spread it out a little so it's not too much to take in at once. I wish I had some pictures to post, but there really isn't anything to take pictures of.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Thanks for sticking with me girls.

We do have park hoppers, actually. And the Water Parks and More. The only time we have ever been without hoppers is our last trip. We're used to having APs and going wherever we want. So we got the full ticket this time. And I fully intend to use it.

I've got a couple of errands to run, but I'll be back this afternoon with a little more planning info. I think I'm going to spread it out a little so it's not too much to take in at once. I wish I had some pictures to post, but there really isn't anything to take pictures of.

Have a great day everyone!

Told you I could be all wobbly headed sometimes. Prime example: You do have hopper and the water parks and more option.

 

[hhockman]

UGGG. So I was supposed to be adding to my itenerary, right? And I haven't yet. And I've noticed after reading other PTRs that I'm going into quite a bit more detail than other people do on PTRs, so I'm thinking that I'm going to cut the detail down a bit. After all, this isn't even stuff that hasn't happened yet, right? And I don't want to bore you all.

But it won't be tonight anyway. It's 1am and I've got to get to bed (early ballgame). Matt looked over my itenerary a couple nights ago and made a couple of small changes. Other than that I'm good to go making my ADRs tomorrow morning (before the 10am game-I hope!), I just have to check with my mom RE: my grandparents. Even without them I'm making ADRs for 10 (or 11 with my SILs mom, who is probably coming) most days. I'm a little nervous about this, but we'll see what happens.

I made two purchases today: I bought Cole's crocs ($9.99 w/ free shipping on the crocs.com site-can't pass that up!) and I bought 3 SD cards. One for each of the kids' cameras. I really need to start finding some cheap shirts. And getting together the rest of the stuff. Got some good ideas off of momtothreeboys's PTR, now I just have to put them to good use.

Anyway, I'm off to bed. I'll check in tomorrow and let you know how the ADRs went. Tomorrow (today) is 90 days!

 

[longing2Batdisney]

I love the crocs.com website; I had found great deals for us. I also found great t-shirt deals on the disneyshopping.com site and at the disney store. As for your details that's ok if you want to talk it out we don't mind. I hope your ADR's go as planned! Hope the kids have a great day at the b-ball games.

 

[hhockman]

Okay, I know you all thought I'd show up here yesterday with ADR news...and I do have ADR news (and did yesterday, but didn't get here), but I've been spending a lot of time trying to catch up on some TRs (and PTRs) I've found. I'm figuring out that the more TRs you read, the more people read yours, so I'm hoping to get some readers over here (not that I don't love you two, I do I promise!)...so I didn't get to the ADRs yesterday...

however, I DID make them and got all but one that I wanted.

I decided, from reading some other PTRs, that it might be a better idea to give you an overview of our trip, and then come back with individual day plans. Then I can add pictures from other trips and stuff like that. I think this PTR is getting a little boring without pictures.

Also, I made some purchases today (we met my SIL and her family at Chuck E Cheese-they were passing through on their way from Ohio, home to Florida) and we made a side trip to the mall. I will wait until I take a picture before I let you in on the purchases though.

Okay, so basic plan including ADRs (you guys should have the first three days memorized by now)...

Day One, Friday the 18th-Drive from home. Arrive and check-in. Chill at the hotel for a while. Head to Downtown Disney and look around. Go to Disney Quest. Food will be on the road and Quick Service at Disney Quest.

Day Two, Saturday the 19th-Wake up at a decent time and head to Typhoon Lagoon. Hang out until about 1:00 or 1:30. Head back to the room to change. Go to ESPN Club for lunch to watch the Florida vs. Tennessee game (this plan could change a little if the game turns out to be at a different time than 3:00 like I expect). After the game head to Magic Kingdom for the evening, especially for Spectromagic and Wishes (family may meet us here depending on what time they get in and how tired they are). Breakfast will be in the room. Dinner will be Quick Service at Magic Kingdom (tentatively Pecos Bill's but that could easily change).

Day Three, Sunday the 20th-My brother's 32nd birthday (I am 20 months older). We will spend pretty much all day at EPCOT, although I'm hoping to get an @ 10:30am appointment with the Photopass photographers at Beach Club. There will be approximately 15 people in our party on this day, with the possibility (but not probability) of more. Should be fun. LOVE my family...really I do!...we'll make the best of it and I'm sure it will be a great day. Dinner is at Teppan Edo. My immediate family (the 5 of us) is hoping to head over to Magic Kingdom Evening EMH after dinner. We'll do Illuminations another night. Breakfast in the room (or a snack in the Food Court). Lunch at Sunshine Seasons (I figure there is a LARGE variety here for the million people that will be with us).

Day Four, Monday the 21st-We're taking advantage of EMHs today. We'll do the morning EMH at Animal Kingdom (I HOPE, I am NOT a morning person, but am hoping to turn myself into one while on this trip...temporarily ). We'll do the character breakfast at Tusker House first thing and then spend the day in the park (we love AK). I plan to just snack for lunch because we have an ADR at Boma for an early dinner. Then we'll head to Hollywood Studios for Evening EMH.

Day Five, Tuesday the 22nd-This is the only day that's really dedicated to just one park (kinda). We'll spend the day in the Magic Kingdom and stay until our ADR at Whispering Canyon Cafe in the early evening. After dinner we plan to go back to Disney Quest or hang out in DTD. Breakfast will be in the room. Lunch is Quick Service (tentatively Columbia Harbor House).

Day Six, Wednesday the 23rd-A rest day (kinda). We'll hang out at Blizzard Beach for most of the day. In the late afternoon we'll head back to the resort, change and head over to EPCOT for Evening EMH. We have an ADR at San Angel in the early evening (Matt wanted Le Cellier, but they didn't have anything. This was the only restaurant where we didn't get what we wanted. I even tried just a party of 5 and they didn't have it). We'll see Illuminations and quite possibly stay until they close at midnight. Okay, so it's 1/2 a park day.

Day Seven, Thursday the 24th-this is the rest of the family's last full day. We're going to do Magic Kingdom Morning EMH and then head over to Hollywood Studios. The one restaurant Matt specifically requested (except for Le Cellier) was Hollywood and Vine, so we'll have a late lunch/early dinner there. The park closes at 7, so I'm planning to go back to DTD this night too, though I'm pretty sure the rest of the family won't. Breakfast will be a snack at the Magic Kingdom and we'll grab a snack at DTD if we're hungry later in the evening.

Day Eight, Friday the 25th-the family is leaving today, so we'll be back to a party of 5 for the rest of the trip. We're not sure what we'll do in the morning. Relax. Hang out at the pool. Go back to Typhoon Lagoon. Or maybe go to EPCOT (Food and Wine Festival starts today! ). Later we'll do Evening EMH at Animal Kingdom. The more DTD or Disney Quest in the evening. Breakfast will be Quick Service at the Food Court. For lunch I have Flame Tree Barbeque written down, but we may not be at AK by lunch, so it may be Quick Service elsewhere (possibly EPCOT if we're there). For dinner I'm planning to take the boys to TRex.

Day Nine, Saturday the 26th-Departure Day. I'm not planning to leave terribly early, though. We have a very early ADR at Cape May (it was either really early or really late, and they didn't have a really late breakfast ADR, so I went with really early). We'll take the boat to Hollywood Studios for Morning EMH (if we finish eating in time) and then when we're ready we'll head to the Magic Kingdom one more time. Lunch will be Quick Service (Cosmic Ray's is written down, subject to change) and dinner will be on on the road.

***Note: We're planning to do the Winter/Summer Land mini-golf on one of those nights I have DTD written. Just not sure which one right now. We'll figure it out when we get there. ***

So that's it, in a nutshell. I will return to expounding on these plans tomorrow, along with adding some photos of last time and of a couple of recent purchases. I've got to go check on the kiddos-who should be asleep...but aren't. And then go back to trying to read these million page TRs.

Please feel free to leave any and all feedback.

....until tomorrow!

 

[hhockman]

Teppan Edo is very good....went there in December and thought it was delicious....very filling, too.

We will be at Epcot on the 20th as well.....doing the World Showcase that day.

Okay, I somehow TOTALLY missed this post. Don't know how.

Did you get your ADRs already? I'm assuming yes, since you arrive the day before we do. Maybe we'll see you!

 

[hhockman]

Okay, I just went back and looked and this thing is PATHETICALLY devoid of pictures, so here's a couple just because there should already be more. Here's one of us the last time we were there:

and here's a current picture of the boys:

Matt coaching:

Me (not a great picture-but there are fewer of me):

Will:

Christian:

Okay, hopefully that helps until next time.

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Great plan so far! I started last nite but Ashton told me I was sleepy which meant time for bed. I created a monster he will not go w/o me. Than I started reading this am and now he is sleeping on my lap (typing w/ one hand )
Love the addition of the pics...boy did Will crack that bat! excellant shot w/ the camera

 

[mickeystoontown]

Checking back in with you. We went camping this weekend so I have to get all caught up on my subscribed trip reports. Love the new pictures!

 

[hhockman]

I know I promised some more pictures tonight, but I came home with a migrane after baseball practice and just can't do it. I don't have any plans to go anywhere tomorrow, so they'll be on here tomorrow for sure!

Hope ya'll are having a good night. I'm going to bed as soon as the kids go to sleep!

 

[longing2Batdisney]

hope you feel better after a good night's rest; I usually have a hangover the next day from a migrane thank goodness I don't get them often...