PART FIVE!! *December 2012 Roll Call* Holidays, FLE & MVMCP!! A very, merry thread!

[DisneyDreamerMN]

Will Do!! What time do you arrive tomorrow? We probably won't check into WL until 9PM. Ugh! We land at 7:30 and we rented a car so we are making a run to WalMart before we check in.

Our flight leaves at 8:05 AM tomorrow, so DH and I will probably check in around 1ish? I am sure we will run into eachother sometime this week!

 

[PrincessAurora27]

Oh MY GOODNESS!!!

I just went to search for an ADR and the calendar is in December!!!!

 

[mom2travel]

Oh MY GOODNESS!!!

I just went to search for an ADR and the calendar is in December!!!!

Wow! It's really here!

 

[melissac]

This time tomorrow will be at MK

 

[SAT887]

Ok today! Exhausting but awesome! Love AKL and all the animals. Dinner at Boma was delish! I wanted to get pics of the decorations at night but I feel like complete junk. Hopefully a visit to Walgreens gets me in the right direction. Sorta worried I have bronchitis.

However

DD3 passed out

DD1 found a happy place and was unhappy when the pager for Sanaa went off!!

Xmas at AKL!!

 

[ksromack]

What do you think the chances of getting in to MK five minutes early are with our CP ressies that used to be pre-park opening? I really wanted some people free pictures! Darn the holidays!

I think they will let you in 20 min prior to a pre-park opening ADR. I'm wishful thinking.....I would need let in 25 minutes for our Crystal Palace ADR....but at least I have an 8:05 CRT ADR........that's 55 min before park opening on the 11th.

Well we are leaving at about 9 in the morning and guess who still hasn't packed.... Yep, this girl!

Hi I am Rachel. Feel free to say Hi if you see me and like others my husband will probably get weirded out. Ha! Oh, and if you see someone and aren't positive if it is me, just listen for a second and if you hear me yell "Jaxon" (which I am sure will be often) then you are right!

I can't believe we will be at WDW tomorrow!! So excited!!!

Girl......get to packin'! I'm not sure how long you will be there....we don't arrive at WDW until a week from sunday.

Hi Rachel,
I am Jamie, the one who is also staying at WL tomorrow through next Saturday

Say hi if you see me!

I'm definitely shopping for a cute dress next friday! I'm off work and hubby isn't so I will do all our last minute running around then...mainly bank to get cash and Target to pick up about $350 worth of additional Gift Cards. That should be all we need for oop food and tips. I'm not leaving myself much for souvenirs........will use debit card if I have to

This is me (be kind, I dislike taking pictures of myself). Feel free to say hi if you see is, I'll have a pink under armor backpack to match my grey and pink UA sneakers, lol.

ETA - I tried to resize that darn picture 3 times but I can't tell how big it is on my phone....ugh! Sorry!

 

[ksromack]

Guess what I got?!?! FP+ cards in the mail.

So I know there are a couple other people who are not using DME when they arrive but are coming back on it. That's the case for us since it's a split stay. We switch on the 11th so that's our check-in date but we aren't arriving on DME. We are set to return on DME though and that must have been enough.

Of course, the cards I got are for the room I cancelled. Naturally. However, as other people on the board reported, I was able to enter the confirmation number for the room we do have and got my FPs. Hopefully the cards will come tomorrow. If not, I'm sure I can get them replaced at Guest Relations.

The only hitch is that DSis is listed in that system as being on the cancelled room and now she's on our room. So I ended up doing both rooms but separately and got slightly different but overlapping FP times. I'm hoping I can get that straightened out at Guest Services so we're all on the same room. But if not, I now have FPs with essentially a 40 minute window for 4 attractions on our MK day.

FYI - there were still MSEP and Wishes slots available on Dec 12. Unfortunately we can't do it that day and every other day during the period that we're there is a Party day. I did notice that on Party days the Parade and Wishes are marked as Standby Only. But of course, they're really not actually scheduled.

I am totally confused on the FP+. I was able to input my DME reservation number and it let me set them up! So now I have the thing filled out.....now what do i do with it? Do we print something?

Oh MY GOODNESS!!!

I just went to search for an ADR and the calendar is in December!!!!

This time tomorrow will be at MK

Ok today! Exhausting but awesome! Love AKL and all the animals. Dinner at Boma was delish! I wanted to get pics of the decorations at night but I feel like complete junk. Hopefully a visit to Walgreens gets me in the right direction. Sorta worried I have bronchitis.

However

DD3 passed out

DD1 found a happy place and was unhappy when the pager for Sanaa went off!!

Xmas at AKL!!

I hope you get the right drugs to get better! I love the pictures.....so exciting to see real evidence!

 

[ksromack]

Our Fast Passes:
12/11/12
9:05-10:05 Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin
10:15-11:15 Space Mountain
11:45-12:45 Little Mermaid
1:10-2:10 Haunted Mansion

12/15/12
9:05-10:05 Toy Story Mania
10:40-11:40 Star Tours
12:30-1:30 ToT

I sort of blanked on some of the ride choices.....I didn't realize at first that you could change to 4 different options either....but I'm fairly happy with what I have....but again, now what do I do with it? I have no physical cards....only confirmed passes in the computer.

 

[DisneyDreamerMN]

Good night all! When I wake I will be heading to our favorite place!

I will be live tweeting, so feel free to follow me @jamejame81

I will also be updating on here, but not sure how to post photos from my phone

Have a fabulous night!

 

[WedgieSock]

I just really love seeing everyones photos Mom2Cody06 - you shouldn't hate taking pictures of yourself, you take a great photo!

SAT887 - thank you so much for taking the time to take & post pictures, sharing your vacation with us. Your children are beautiful

Well, I've had an interesting day <<<< haha that smilie is in no way connected to that sentence, I just love yo-yo's

I'm sitting on my back deck contemplating *sighs* the word 'contemplating' makes it sound so interesting .... do I do the dishwasher now or later, not so interesting.

There is a dog sitting on the other side of my fence, giving me that look Its odd to have a dog just wandering around on its own so I went out to see him. Instead of running away, he ran to me, all excited. The poor thing was SUPER skinny, you can see every bone. Although, weirdly, his coat was in good condition. He was so friendly and so excited to be petted. He has a collar but no name tag. Its obvious he is lost and hasn't eaten for a while so I take him in the garage. I bring him food and water and he eats and drinks them both in no time. DH comes down to see him, sits with him and the dog immediately falls asleep - he was sooooo tired, he's probably been awake, wandering lost for days

So anyways .... he is in my garage now fast asleep on a huge bed of blankets

Tomorrow we will take him to our vet to be scanned for a chip. If he isn't chipped I will put some signs up. I have already posted on our Animal Shelter FB pages.

However, we have already named him ..... and worked out where he will sleep ....

 

[Wendimn]

I just really love seeing everyones photos Mom2Cody06 - you shouldn't hate taking pictures of yourself, you take a great photo!

SAT887 - thank you so much for taking the time to take & post pictures, sharing your vacation with us. Your children are beautiful

Well, I've had an interesting day <<<< haha that smilie is in no way connected to that sentence, I just love yo-yo's

I'm sitting on my back deck contemplating *sighs* the word 'contemplating' makes it sound so interesting .... do I do the dishwasher now or later, not so interesting.

There is a dog sitting on the other side of my fence, giving me that look Its odd to have a dog just wandering around on its own so I went out to see him. Instead of running away, he ran to me, all excited. The poor thing was SUPER skinny, you can see every bone. Although, weirdly, his coat was in good condition. He was so friendly and so excited to be petted. He has a collar but no name tag. Its obvious he is lost and hasn't eaten for a while so I take him in the garage. I bring him food and water and he eats and drinks them both in no time. DH comes down to see him, sits with him and the dog immediately falls asleep - he was sooooo tired, he's probably been awake, wandering lost for days

So anyways .... he is in my garage now fast asleep on a huge bed of blankets

Tomorrow we will take him to our vet to be scanned for a chip. If he isn't chipped I will put some signs up. I have already posted on our Animal Shelter FB pages.

However, we have already named him ..... and worked out where he will sleep ....

Awww..that is soo sweet

 

[WedgieSock]

Good night all! When I wake I will be heading to our favorite place!

I will be live tweeting, so feel free to follow me @jamejame81

I will also be updating on here, but not sure how to post photos from my phone

Have a fabulous night!

Can't wait to follow your tweets! Sleep well hun!

 

[ksromack]

There is a dog sitting on the other side of my fence, giving me that look Its odd to have a dog just wandering around on its own so I went out to see him. Instead of running away, he ran to me, all excited. The poor thing was SUPER skinny, you can see every bone. Although, weirdly, his coat was in good condition. He was so friendly and so excited to be petted. He has a collar but no name tag. Its obvious he is lost and hasn't eaten for a while so I take him in the garage. I bring him food and water and he eats and drinks them both in no time. DH comes down to see him, sits with him and the dog immediately falls asleep - he was sooooo tired, he's probably been awake, wandering lost for days

So anyways .... he is in my garage now fast asleep on a huge bed of blankets

Tomorrow we will take him to our vet to be scanned for a chip. If he isn't chipped I will put some signs up. I have already posted on our Animal Shelter FB pages.

However, we have already named him ..... and worked out where he will sleep ....

So does your dog sitter get paid by the dog or the job? Poor poochie.....I hate seeing skinny dogs. Mine is a little pudgie

 

[taaren]

Don't have time to read the last ten pages or so but we took ME to Old Key West tonight, it's really nice warm weather feels just like Maui. Even this resort feels like I walked into a friends apartment at home ... stuio is huge and layout is great. If I could get over the tropical feel which is not what I want in vacation I'd consider adding points here.

 

[WedgieSock]

So does your dog sitter get paid by the dog or the job? Poor poochie.....I hate seeing skinny dogs. Mine is a little pudgie

She gets paid a flat rate. She moves in and looks after my dog, 3 cats, 4 parakeets, 2 rabbits .... the 2 snakes & fish will be ok so she needn't bother with those.

If we add another dog, it won't make much difference .... oh, and possibly another rabbit, my friend is moving overseas, can't take the rabbit.

 

[M&MGirl1]

So, if you're flying with Delta, check your flight numbers. You DO need to let ME know if they have changed! I wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't gone to check our flights - they did not notify me.

Delta is bad about not notifying people about changes. I logged on a couple weeks ago to add my frequent flyer info and found they had changed the times on 3 of our 4 flight legs and had changed the aircraft on one and no longer had sissy and me seated together on that flight. The time changes were only minor but if I'd only caught the when checking in 24 hours before our flight I'd have been ROYALLY pissed!

 

[taaren]

Had a scary time at the airport our California flight to connect in Kansas City went out an hour and a half late so we almost missed the Orlando flight! Ended up walking from one plane to the next they held it for the dozen passengers who would have otherwise been spending the night in kc.
The Orlando airport is gorgeous all decked out for the holidays!

 

[M&MGirl1]

Had a scary time at the airport our California flight to connect in Kansas City went out an hour and a half late so we almost missed the Orlando flight! Ended up walking from one plane to the next they held it for the dozen passengers who would have otherwise been spending the night in kc.
The Orlando airport is gorgeous all decked out for the holidays!

Glad you arrived safe and sound, although I'm almost sad you did make your connection here in KC. if you'd missed it I could have picked you up at the airport and taken you out for some of our famous BBQ! Happily though, the airport here is just small enough they are usually good about holding flights for as long as they possibly can.

 

[levenhopper]

FAQs from the FP+ website that are relevant to the discussion going on here:

When will I receive my FastPass+ cards?
Your Disney FastPass+ cards will be shipped to you via US Postal Service one week prior to your arrival. If they do not arrive by mail, please visit the Disneys Magical Express Welcome Center at the Orlando International Airport for assistance.

If Ive lost my Disney FastPass+ card(s), how can I get a replacement?
Upon arrival at Disneys Magical Express at the Welcome Center in Orlando International Airport, Cast Members will be available to provide you with a new Disney FastPass+ card. In addition, you can visit City Hall at Magic Kingdom® Park or Guest Relations at Disneys Hollywood Studios® once you arrive at the parks.


How do I redeem my Disney FastPass+ selections?
To redeem a Disney FastPass+ selection simply present your Disney FastPass+ card to the Cast Member at the Disney FastPass+ entrance of the attraction, show or entertainment offering during your arrival window.

Can I obtain standard FASTPASS tickets for Magic Kingdom® Park and Disneys Hollywood Studios® attractions if I am participating in the test?
Yes, Guests can acquire standard FASTPASS tickets for those attractions currently operating Disney FASTPASS service. The FastPass+ card is only valid for the date(s), times and experiences selected for the test.

 

[WedgieSock]

Had a scary time at the airport our California flight to connect in Kansas City went out an hour and a half late so we almost missed the Orlando flight! Ended up walking from one plane to the next they held it for the dozen passengers who would have otherwise been spending the night in kc.
The Orlando airport is gorgeous all decked out for the holidays!

Phew! Glad you made it! Yay you're there