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Disney Bride!! December 2006
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Let me start with a casta of characters (and characters, we are):
Me: Angela, 24,
of 5 year olds, and lover of all things Disney!! Usually, I am not the planning freak, but I took the reigns on this trip and planned everything!! If I would have gotten aboard the plane without my color-coded itinerary, I think I would have 
DF: B.G., 34, of high school students. Has been going to Disney since 72. He is a planning freak, he likes to know where he is going to be at all times, and surprisingly didn't mind handing the OCD over to me this time...
Daniel: Best friend of DF. They attended college together, and, despite moving all over the country, have remained close.
Will: Daniel's partner. Nice guy, this was the first time we got to meet him
Tasha:
She isn't going on this trip, but she is just so darn cute!!
Staying at the GF July 5-11!!!
We booked our stay at the Grand Floridian in January 2006. We had just returned from WDW and couldn't wait to return. Unfortunately, we found out in March of this year that my FFIL has a disease called Scleroderma, so we were concerned about leaving the area
. But, he assured us that he was fine. In fact, he actually was a little depressed that he couldn't go with us himself (he loves to go to eat 
). On his insistance, we decided to keep everything as planned.
July 4 -
We took the dog to the groomer so that she would smell good for the in-laws, and returned home. It was shortly that the phone rang. It was Mickey calling for BG!
He was so excited!! He couldn't believe Mickey called him to tell him good morning and that he was excited to see him "real soon"! I love that DF is so easy to please, I had planned the call months ago (heard about it on the boards), and I almost exploded I was so excited for him! 
We wrote down all of the instructions for taking care of our little poochy and headed to drop her off to MIL and FIL.
Our plane was to take off at 6 AM, and it was a 2 hour drive to the airport, so our alarm was set for 2:30. Around 6, we tried to lay down to rest, but we were both "too excited to sleep!!"
July 5 -
Our alarm went off and we jumped out of bed to finish getting ready! I checked all of our luggage to make sure we didn't forget anything, I had my carry-on ready, and hopped in the car to head to the airport. We arrived at the airport around 5:30 and the check in was easy. Not so much at the security line. A gentleman in the front apparently had never been through ariport security before. He took everything out of his carryon and put it into the bin.... piece.......by.....piece......by....piece. Mean while, an announcement coms over stating that all passengers aboard our flight need to be at the departure gate at that time.... The man walks through the security screener, it beeps, and the guard sends him back. He takes his change out.....walks through the screener, again sent back.... he takes something else out of his pocket..... a couple more times through the screener, and
he makes it through!!!!
We head to our gate and make it on the plane just in time! Our flight this time as a connecting flight in Atlanta, so our flight time was just a little less than a hour. Now, I am not a great flyer... I get nervous at landing, but I was looking forward to arriving in Atlanta to get some breakfast. Luckily, this flight was uneventful. After arriving in Atlanta, I headed directly to the Starbucks for a hot chocolate (I need caffeine, but I don't like coffee
) and a muffin. We only had an hour layover, so we ate breakfast and quickly boarded the plane for another uneventful flight.
We landed at MCO at 9:15 and made our way to the Magical Express checkin. From experience, I can tell you that it is so much easier to check in with ME if you are going to the resort on your voucher. I made the mistake on a previous trip of changing our resort while we were in the boarding line at our airport. I don't suggest that to anyone! The ME ride was smooth, we watched classic Mickey cartoons and decided what park we were going to after check-in.
DF on the ME
Me: Angela, 24,
of 5 year olds, and lover of all things Disney!! Usually, I am not the planning freak, but I took the reigns on this trip and planned everything!! If I would have gotten aboard the plane without my color-coded itinerary, I think I would have DF: B.G., 34,
of high school students. Has been going to Disney since 72. He is a planning freak, he likes to know where he is going to be at all times, and surprisingly didn't mind handing the OCD over to me this time...Daniel: Best friend of DF. They attended college together, and, despite moving all over the country, have remained close.
Will: Daniel's partner. Nice guy, this was the first time we got to meet him
Tasha:
She isn't going on this trip, but she is just so darn cute!!
Staying at the GF July 5-11!!!
We booked our stay at the Grand Floridian in January 2006. We had just returned from WDW and couldn't wait to return. Unfortunately, we found out in March of this year that my FFIL has a disease called Scleroderma, so we were concerned about leaving the area
. But, he assured us that he was fine. In fact, he actually was a little depressed that he couldn't go with us himself (he loves to go to eat ). On his insistance, we decided to keep everything as planned.July 4 -
We took the dog to the groomer so that she would smell good for the in-laws, and returned home. It was shortly that the phone rang. It was Mickey calling for BG!
He was so excited!! He couldn't believe Mickey called him to tell him good morning and that he was excited to see him "real soon"! I love that DF is so easy to please, I had planned the call months ago (heard about it on the boards), and I almost exploded I was so excited for him! We wrote down all of the instructions for taking care of our little poochy and headed to drop her off to MIL and FIL. Our plane was to take off at 6 AM, and it was a 2 hour drive to the airport, so our alarm was set for 2:30. Around 6, we tried to lay down to rest, but we were both "too excited to sleep!!"
July 5 -
Our alarm went off and we jumped out of bed to finish getting ready! I checked all of our luggage to make sure we didn't forget anything, I had my carry-on ready, and hopped in the car to head to the airport. We arrived at the airport around 5:30 and the check in was easy. Not so much at the security line. A gentleman in the front apparently had never been through ariport security before. He took everything out of his carryon and put it into the bin.... piece.......by.....piece......by....piece. Mean while, an announcement coms over stating that all passengers aboard our flight need to be at the departure gate at that time.... The man walks through the security screener, it beeps, and the guard sends him back. He takes his change out.....walks through the screener, again sent back.... he takes something else out of his pocket..... a couple more times through the screener, and
he makes it through!!!!We head to our gate and make it on the plane just in time! Our flight this time as a connecting flight in Atlanta, so our flight time was just a little less than a hour. Now, I am not a great flyer... I get nervous at landing, but I was looking forward to arriving in Atlanta to get some breakfast. Luckily, this flight was uneventful. After arriving in Atlanta, I headed directly to the Starbucks for a hot chocolate (I need caffeine, but I don't like coffee
) and a muffin. We only had an hour layover, so we ate breakfast and quickly boarded the plane for another uneventful flight. We landed at MCO at 9:15 and made our way to the Magical Express checkin. From experience, I can tell you that it is so much easier to check in with ME if you are going to the resort on your voucher. I made the mistake on a previous trip of changing our resort while we were in the boarding line at our airport. I don't suggest that to anyone! The ME ride was smooth, we watched classic Mickey cartoons and decided what park we were going to after check-in.
DF on the ME
). 
The wait time said 40 min, but we walked right on. I took some pics, but some turned out a little dark...
From there, we made our way over to the Haunted Mansion, which only had a 10 minute wait. I love this ride, though we were in line behind a set of small twins who apparently weren't to excited to meet 999 ghosts! But, in the spirit of Disney, their parents drug them on despite the kicking and screaming... 
But, as I told BG on the plane that morning, I was determined to take it slower and enjoy my time, not force us to see and do EVERYTHING!!
But we ended up having a great lunch, BG had the turkey panini with fries and I had the Italian sandwich, also with fries. We both liked our sandwiches, but thought the fries left a lot to be desired....
Can't wait to read the rest. Good luck on your wedding 
and thanks for that phone call info. I will definitly be doing that for our next trip in March 2006 
)
We did this time, and I was just amazed....
this ride - and I am terrified of heights. After Soarin', we went on Living With The Land. 
on this trip! 
, but I have never eaten at this restaurant before. BG and never really do a lot of table service meals on our trips. But, I had heard such great reviews on the DIS, I made sure to get and ADR for this trip. And, man oh man!! You guys are so right! 
Lunch was amazing!!
