Pixie Dust, Magical Moments, and a few DREAMS: Our Dec trip. (Pics incld)

[AlaskaMOM]

Background info:
A short (hopefully) tidbit of back ground info before I introduce the cast of characters.

This is my first trip report, but not my first trip to Disney.

Our 1st family trip was way back when we were young and limited in budget! We stayed in a timeshare condo (a gift from my father, he changed in his Vail timeshare for Orlando) we had 2 kiddos and one on the way. I was about 3 months pregnant. My DH was stationed at the naval sub base in Kings Bay GA, and thought this would be the perfect time to visit, considering we were so close to the World. So we had the week at the condo, the car to drive about the 4-5 hours, and got a good deal on tickets to Disney and Sea World thru the military. This was just the start of a new obsession.

The 2nd trip was a quick weekend trip before Christmas a couple of years later. This time we were stationed in Meridian MS. Still had the military discount tickets, but did not do Sea World this time. We got 3 day tickets, no hopping, and no extras. Can you tell still on the limited budget side? We stayed in the Holiday Inn just a few miles from DTD. DH was feeling a little under the weather, and actually got sick after the Great Movie Ride. The next day we went to MK and did some rides, mostly kids. Took DH back to hotel to rest (still sick) then I tried to take the kids back to the park to see the fireworks, but the park was closed!!!! Boy was I mad; see I couldn’t go to another park, non-hopping! The next day we saw the Osborne lights, and I’m sure some other things, but that was so far back.

The 3rd trip was just DH and I, as an anniversary trip. By this time we are here in Alaska. The kids weren’t too pleased about being left behind, but what can I say, our 1st thought was to do Hawaii, but I easily persuaded DH to do Disney. We stayed at CBR and had the Silver plan. Oh my gosh it would have been nice to know that we needed to make reservations for some of the things we were entitled to, instead of hearing over the room phone “you should have made reservations long ago”. But all was not lost. We got to see the luau, Cirque (we got someone’s cancellation tickets), the Coral reef, Cindy’s for lunch, Fantasia mini golf, rented the mice boats, took behind the seeds tour, a bicycle around Boardwalk. And best of all a nice relaxing anniversary dinner at Shutters at CBR (I know some of you don’t like shutters, but I love sweet potatoes, so they were definitely my thing!) and watching all the highly dressed up people returning from Pleasure Island’s New Year’s Eve party SOAKING WET! It was very crowded at that time, but being only 2 it was bearable.
Here's some pics from that trip:
The 1st is at Cindy's

This other is one of many DH felt he had to take of all the lights at Epcot

This last one is us at Coral Reef (don't look too close that's definately a "before" picture of me!))

The 4th trip was a surprise trip by my DH. One day he said “we’re going to Disney over Halloween” and I’m like “right-on!!!” DH did most of the planning. The only thing I asked for was to do the Halloween Party.
We stayed at POR since we were 5. The room was very crowded with the trundle bed pulled out. It was a great trip. Not too many crowds. All the kids were big enough to ride anything (if they wanted) we had our 1st character meal at the GG; Our 1st Halloween party; a visit to Winter/Summerland Mini golf;

our 1st visit to SSR. (And a seed was planted)
DH was absolutely in NO WAY going to buy a timeshare. Well that’s another story. A great trip, leaving Disney wanting more……..…………………


Cast:
Me: 30 something; the instigator of it all.
DH: 30 something; and puts up with it all, likes Disney well enough, but sees there’s other vacation places (WHAT?!?)
DD18: the princess wannabe. She just turned 18 a few days before we left. Loves the characters, and waiting in line to see them ALL!
DS16: The cool guy; Deep down really likes Disney, but can’t show too much excitement because it’s so totally not cool.
DS12: Really likes Disney, but actually told me to stop talking about it so he could get excited all on his own?!?
DM: Grandma (my Mom); her first visit, doesn’t know what’s she’s getting into!
DSD: Poppa (step-dad) Very excited to check out the world showcase of beer. What it’s not really called that? Don’t tell!

And some walk-on cast:
Our next-door neighbors (yep we converted them from Disneyland) It’s their 2nd visit to the World, but not their last!
ND (neighbor dad) kind of shy, but really likes the Disney thing
NM (neighbor Mom) Is the planner of her house.
NG17 (neighbor girl) Just goes along with it.
NGF15 (neighbor girls friend) just tagging along to keep the NG company, since hanging with the parents isn’t always fun!

Pre-trip planning:
We left off at us leaving Disney Nov 2004. I waited a few months, lulling DH into a sense of safety, and then pounced! The DVC begging marathon begins! Not really a marathon, DH can’t say no to me for too long. We researched, and researched, and researched (Yep that’s when I finally signed on, and stopped being a lurker). We decided that we liked OKW best for a number of reasons. One it’s cheaper (and DH is always known as being thrifty). The rooms are bigger, just the feel of the resort being quiet and laid back. So re-sale was the way to go. Scrounged up the money, and put a call in to TSS, and a month later we had a contract for 100 pts at OKW. We still had to wait for ROFR and closing, but it was a pretty easy process.

So here’s where the planning for this particular trip starts. There’s no way to go this year (2005) so we bank those lovely points into 2006. All set for a Dec trip. Now who to invite? We talked about lots of different people, but for the first trip “home” we decided on my mom. Told her which week we were planning on so she could ask for it off. Meanwhile I am on the Dis a lot trying to learn all that I can about well, everything.
Mom calls and says she got the week of Dec 10th off. WOO HOO!
Now I had to wait until January to call member services and make the reservation. The original plan was to get Grandma and Poppa a studio for the night of the 11th, and then we’ll be there the night of the 12th, so a 2 bedroom. I called at the 11 month mark, all taken care of. The DH asks why we don’t go on the 10th. I say so the kids only miss 3 days of school instead of 5. He says “no big deal” change to the 10th. So I call member services and was pleased to find that there was still room for us to switch things around. I also cancelled the studio.
So this is where we stand right now:
A reservation for 7 people in a 2 BR at OKW fro Dec 10-Dec 17, for just the 5 of us until Dec 19.

Now I am researching different restaurants, and special things happening around the holidays. I print out the calendars and loosely plan our days. This is just so I know which park we’ll be in for which restaurants, right?

I have on request:
From DS12- to see Donald, so a ADR at Restaurantasaurus
From DH- WCC for Bday dinner
From Grandma- Chef Mickey’s, and CP instead of MVMCP
From Me: a romantic dinner for 2 at CG (early anniversary dinner)

My trip ticker still says 10 months, but I am still planning away.
Dh Bday falls on the 14th, so I am busy looking at the cake thread, and also found a post concerning Gifts of a Lifetime, and read and re-read about the Illuminations specialty cruise. The wheels are turning, and smoking, I am getting so excited I can’t contain myself! I also find out that the neighbors will be in Disney the same time as us (actually getting there a few days earlier and leaving a few days earlier). So more planning so we can hook up.

We’re now about 4 months away, and I’ve bought all the tickets, made most of the ADR’s, and am waiting for 90 days out to get up at 2:30 AM to call for the specialty cruise for DH’s Bday. The 90th day comes and I’m up at 2:30Am reread the directions over and over regarding how to get a cruise, since there are so few of them. Called at exactly 7:00AM Eastern (3:00 AM at home) and got thru to an operator at 7:01 and got the LAST ONE!!!!! I am so pumped; it was all riding on getting the cruise. I then emailed Jane at Gifts of a lifetime, wanting her to do a party for us on the boat. It was a no go on that; apparently the fireworks sometimes have fallout that can ruin a cake. So I looked at some of the other options she had for presenting the Bday gift (the cruise) to DH. I choose a terrific idea that I know DH will love. (I will explain a little more later, but can’t get into too much detail, Jane likes to keep her projects somewhat secret as not to spoil surprises for others)
We’re about 6 weeks away from the trip and I have all the ADR’s set, the tickets purchased, the invites out to the neighbors, the loose itinerary made, t-shirts designed (Thanks nick and Julia’s mom for one of our designs) and designed a couple more. I have also been collecting free samples of shampoo and laundry soap to stock the villa. I’m about all ready! Then some bad news Poppa can’t make it, he has a new job and can’t get the time off so I am bummed, but don’t let it get me too down. We’re almost ready to go.


A side note for those of you who know me on the WISH board. It was about July when I decided I need to lose some weight before the trip. And also get in shape for all the walking! The last few trips were great, but always had an undercurrent running thru it because I was so heavy and out of shape. (Over 200 pounds – GASP!!!!) I finally decided to try South Beach Diet, and a few days later made my first post on the WISH board. Since July until December 10 I had a goal to lose 55 pounds, 50 to lose 5 for a cushion for the trip. I also pushed myself in the exercise dept too, by signing up for the monthly exercise challenges. The first week of December I was sitting at a 53 pound loss, and the last 2 didn’t seem to want to budge. I weighed myself the morning of the 10 and was 1 pound away! A few hours later, right before my shower (and yes in the buff) I weighed again, and I was down the 55 pounds!!!!!!!!!! What a great note to leave for Disney on!

All my planning is going great; then WPASADI comes along, and I was sucked in, forgot lots of things, made my family feel left out, and got little sleep. But I have an awesome team and they were so helpful in getting it all done.

Saturday the 9th finally gets here. We leave from Kenai to Anchorage at 12:30 PM. Then we wait a couple of hours then head to Seattle, then wait some more and finally head to MCO, We arrive in Orland at 7:30 AM.

Wowie 15 hours of flying, but we finally made it!

Next up day 1
How we functioned on no sleep is beyond me.

 

[AlaskaMOM]

Day 1: Part 1
Sunday Dec 10

We land in MCO (20 min early!) get our rental car. This process was a breeze. There was no lines, no wait, no hassle. I really like the cars that are right at the airport, as opposed to those companies that do the shuttle. Grabbed our minivan. No cute convertible for us, we were at the mecca of family vacation destinations; and we had to have the minivan! A good thing too; even packing light 5 people sure do need lots of room for the luggage.

Now we’re on our way to the World. But wait how do we get there? OOPs this is another thing I forgot to do before we left; print out maps. So we use the map that came from the car rental company. The way we went was actually much easier than the last time, I think quicker too. But really what do I know? I’m working off of just minutes of sleep for the last 2 days. We entered the world by AK, totally wasn’t what I was expecting. I was totally ready for us to go down thru all the Hotels and then past Downtown Disney, turn right and then right again, and voila OKW. Not how it happened. Have you ever got confused by too much info, well we did. Disney is great about putting up signs telling you where to go, but man is there a lot of signs. We make it to OKW with just minimal problems. Can you believe they were painting/repairing the entrance to OKW and had it “closed” and you were supposed to go in the out and out the bus exit. Not a good scenario on the best of days, impossible to accomplish on a check-in day. Did I also mention this was the 1st time we actually had ever been to OKW? So add that into the mix and well - we actually drove past and had to stop and ask the guard at SSR. It all worked out and was worth it as soon as the guard said “welcome home”. I’ve been waiting for 2 years for that moment, and I absolutely loved it!!

Check-in went very smoothly. We arrived about 8:30, got all checked in, and told to call back after 4PM. The only thing I asked for regarding the room was a non-smoking. I also wanted a top floor and non handicap. But I only verified the nonsmoking. I figured it was our 1st time, so we don’t really know what we want or don’t want, so let’s see what we get.

We take a few minutes to look around the resort’s hospitality house and pool. I run back to the car and grab a change of clothes, and my face stuff, and head to the bathrooms. I do have to say I really like how nice the facilities were. I changed my clothes, put back in my contacts, washed my face, brushed my teeth, and put on my face! The boys were sitting in the car playing their game boys! We’re officially in Disney World and they sit in the car! OOY! DD is walking around taking pictures with her new camera (she got it for her 18th bday just the previous week) She actually got the best pics of the resort.

I just loved the poinsetta tree!

I’m presentable again, so we’re off. I needed to go to Epcot guest relations to pick up my DDE card. And I also needed to change in my AP voucher and fix the rest of the tickets. In my rush to buy the tickets before the price changed I ordered thru one of the ticket brokers, and got a FABULOUS deal. Well it was so fab because I forgot to include hopping!! It was still a good deal even with having to upgrade. To be able to upgrade and get full ticket value I had all 4 of them enter Epcot and come right back out. I went up to the ticket window, and got a wonderful CM who was so “chipper” and helpful. We upgraded the boys’ tickets to include hopping (and keep the water and fun) upgrade DD to DVC premium AP and upgrade my voucher to DVC Premium AP. (DD and I got AP’s for our Spring Break trip this March). The tickets are all set now!!!! Whew! DH was stressing on this one. He didn’t quite believe I could upgrade my boo-boo tickets. Oh ye of little faith; he doesn’t frequent the DIS!
Straight to Test Track! Grabbed FP first then hopped in line. Stand by said a 40 min wait, but the line wasn’t even to the door. I figured it was from the just opening rush and it isn’t really that long. It wasn’t either. We were in the room to see the film with in 7 minutes. But soon after we got in line after the film there was this horrible odor, and the ride stops!! We wait in the line for about 15 minutes. We have come to believe that someone had just a little too much excitement on the ride; and couldn’t contain themselves (or rather couldn’t contain their breakfasts). We actually get in the car at about 35 minutes into the wait. The smell was definitely worse the closer you got, and the worst of it was apparently in a car they pulled off. (You know the “Y” track at the top of the 1st hill) Oh boy yucky!!! I love this ride! Now on to see something else. The ticket agent mentioned a number of times that Body Wars was now open. And I don’t remember ever going on it before, so off we go. As you can probably imagine there was no line whatsoever. Got right on; looking all fresh and clean. Exiting with some of us a bit green. This ride is horrible!!! The idea for it is neat, but the execution is so not Disney. The simulator is jerky and not always in tune with the movie. Our FP for test track are good now, so the 4 of us go ride TT. Did I catch you? Yep I did say 4. The 3 kids and I went on it again; DH who is still recovering from body wars sits outside on a bench and waits for us. The 4 of us move pretty quickly thru the line and ride, the smell was gone! If you weren’t there earlier you’d never know how bad it was. With that DH said he was done. I wasn’t but I didn’t want to start something in the first few hours.

We left Epcot about 11:30-12:00 and head into town. DH wants to do our grocery shopping now. I have to tell him that I WILL NOT SHOP UNTIL I HAVE A ROOM! He didn’t seem to get it. Why would I buy refrigerated/frozen stuff to watch it melt in the warm car, while we wait for our room to be ready? I do know that I could have taken the groceries to bell services to hold, but what a pain when all we had to do was wait a couple of hours. We decide to go get lunch. We go to Bennigans. The food was good. Nothing special, except- DS12 ordered a Monte Cristo sandwich, OMG was it good; he was kind enough to let me cut off a small piece to try. Those of you who’ve never had a Monte Cristo, I totally recommend it!
We finished lunch about 1:30, I decide to try to see if the room’s ready. WOW it’s ready!! I’m calling this Pixie Dust for us. We really needed to get into the room and rest a little, and it’s ready!!!!

Next up:
Carrying ourselves over the threshold of our “home away from home”

 

[OhMari]

Welcome to the Trip Reports Board. Where do you work in Alaska. Congradulations on loosing your weight.

 

[AlaskaMOM]

Welcome to the Trip Reports Board. Where do you work in Alaska. Congradulations on loosing your weight.

Thank you.
I work at the local High School library, and also in the public library on school breaks and things. My Dh is and air traffic controller at the local airport. Really great jobs, in a nice small town.

 

[CT_Dad]

Great reports. I'll keep following.

 

[MomofCKJ]

Looking forward to the rest! And way to go on the weight loss!

Allyson

 

[AlaskaMOM]

Day 1 part 2:

OK this should be a short one, just finishing up the day.

We’re told we got room 1720. So off we go back to OKW to check out our home for the next 10 days. I have to tell you we did much better going in the out this time; we didn’t have to turn around at all!
We make our way to building 17 and find a totally empty parking lot. Reading OKW reviews I was a little surprised by this, but figured it was just a small smattering of PD. Probably because it was the middle of the day and everyone else was out at the parks! But I’ll take it as Pixie Dust. 1720 is up the stairs, I open it up expecting to find a wonderful entryway and living room, well nope it’s the studio side,

so I quickly open the connecting door, and then run to the other door and open it up; AHH there’s the living room!

I’m so overwhelmed by how nice the rooms are! Not the elegant ritzy hotel room, but a large spacious room that feels like a home! The kids actually were speechless. They were told that we were getting a bigger room, but I don’t think they even could have imagined it. My youngest asked “which bed do you and dad get?” He couldn’t believe that the studio side was the room for the kids. A little overwhelming to say the least when they saw the master bedroom and master bath!

I was pleasantly surprised to find a towel animal in the bath, although I don’t know if you can legally call a towel chicken an animal, but I’m going to. Wow! I’ve heard about people getting these, and wanted one, but gosh I never expected to actually get one!

We’ve oohed and ahhed over the room, now it’s time to unpack. Yes children you do need to put your clothes in the drawers and closet. And go right ahead and put out your bathroom stuff, its ok mom won’t be using that bath, so it’s all good!


All unpacked, and ready……………………… for a rest!
DH lies down, and the kids are a little antsy. So they get on their swim stuff and head to the pool. It takes me a while to settle down because I’m so busy patting myself on the back! I really think DH wasn’t expecting a room like this. Finally I feel justified in buying DVC. Before I think he was just thinking it was just an expensive gift that I begged for that wouldn’t live up to expectations!

I finally get a little nap in, about 30-45 minutes then the kids are back. DH is rested (former Navy - learned how to power nap) and I’m ready to go get the groceries. We head out to Wal-Mart to get supplies. My youngest DS stayed behind to watch a movie (really that’s code for I need a nap). Also to replace a can of shaving cream that DH had confiscated from airport security in Anchorage. $200 later we’re on our way back home. When we got to the door DS12 had put the security lock on and had fallen asleep!!

Once back and in the room and all unloaded we set off for hospitality house to pick up the DVC Christmas sharing tree. There was a little mix-up between the front desk and bell services about where it was, but we finally got it! Back to the room and do a little tree trimming!
I'd love to put in a pic of the tree, but I forgot to take one
We’re still a little pooped, so everyone grabbed something for dinner and went to bed!
I know I was very tired, but I have to tell you I loved the pillows they have. I’m a very particular about pillows, I even drug mine from home. I won’t have to bother in the future. Set the alarm for 6:50 so we can get to AK for EMH at 8. Grabbed my new little pink notebook (purchased from Wal-Mart) and jotted down some notes. (That I’m using to refresh my memory to write this trip report)
Lights out.

Day 2: AK up next.
First time on EE, and Grandma gets here.

 

[mikymouse]

Hello! I can't believe you have the energy to do a trip report in the middle of the game!! I am loving your trip report and the pictures. Since we are soon to be a family of five, I love to read what works for that size family in Disney. I look forward to the next chapter

 

[AlaskaMOM]

Thanks to all of you following my attempt at a trip report!

I'm just about to post the next part, but I still need to add the pics!

 

[AlaskaMOM]

Day2 Part 1:
AK is EMH this morning, so the plan is to be up and out the door by 7:25, getting us to the park by 7:45. Well things don’t always go as planned. Have you ever been to Celebration? Well we almost did this morning. With all the signs being so confusing for the driver (not me!) we missed the exit for Ak. We ended up getting off near celebration. So much for being there before it opens. I just hoped we be there before emh was over!

It didn’t take too long to get turned around. Thank Goodness!!! We pulled into AK parking at 8:02, so not too late huh? We make our way inside without much fuss. First off EE for me. Well and the rest of ‘em wanted to come too. So we hightail it to EE, grab FP’s first then get in line. Standby said 10 min, but I don’t even think we had to stop in line at all, just a nice slow walk thru the queue. This ride is amazing!!! I love, love, love it. I’m not sure if it beats out RnR, but it comes very close! DH wasn’t as thrilled with it as I was. As you can probably tell he’s not into the thrill rides (or any rides) as much as the rest of us.

Since the FPs aren’t ready yet, we make our way over to Kilimanjaro Safari, we walk right on. This is such a neat “ride” I don’t know why that blasted elephant (Big Red) keeps getting nabbed, but I sure wish she and her offspring would take better care of themselves, so we wouldn’t have to cut our safari short every time. But we did it again; saved the day. Big Red and baby are doing well, and the poachers are taken care of! Before our safari was interrupted we got lots of pics. DD got most of the good ones; I was sitting on the “back end of animal side” today.

With the safari over for today we make our way back to EE to use our FP. Yep, still as good as the first time. Maybe even better!

The time is now about 9:05, and we’ve been on 3 great rides! On to Dinosaur. I wasn’t sure if it was going to be 4 or 5 of us on this attraction. The last visit to AK in 2004 our then 9 (right before he turned 10 – kid’s price!) DS DID NOT LIKE this ride at all. Actually DD also didn’t care for it too much either, as her photo displayed. Have you ever seen a ride photo with the person ducking so low you can’t even see them anymore? Yep that’s what she did, don’t ask me how, but she was gone!
DS finally gave in and said he’d try it again now that he’s 12. I know it was because he didn’t want to wait for all of us at the exit, but oh well he tried it again!! He still didn’t like it, but said it was ok and would do again if others wanted too. There was only a 5 minutes wait, before we went into the film room. After the film there was no wait at all. Actually they were sending out a few empty vehicles!

It’s now 9:30 and we did 4 major things! Now for a little more fun. On to Primeval Whirl. The last time I was on this, I didn’t really like it. I kept getting scrunched, and crushed, and bruised! But I wanted to see if a 50 pound loss would make a difference. It made a BIG difference You still get bumped around but not as bad.. DH and DS12 went in one car with a man and daughter. And DD18, DS16 and I went in another. I actually took a few pics while on the ride. I don’t recommend this if you don’t like to be flung around like a rag doll, and into your neighbors.

Here are some of the pics I took while on the ride. The first is of DH and DS12 in the car behind us (and some other people whom I don’t know).

And the next are of DD and DS. One of the few with “cool guy” DS smiling!

OK now that was enough fun for one day. No more Primeval Whirl for me! The next thing we did was head to the Festival of the Lion King. This is a show that I’ve read about quite a lot on the boards, but we’ve never managed to make it there. So on we went, not to miss this show. I really liked it. I remember the songs from when we had the Lion King Movie playing in our house a few time per week! I tried to take pics, but it was too dark, and they didn’t turn out very good. Oh well I still have the memories! And of course go back to refresh those memories as often as possible!

After the show it’s an absolute madhouse getting out of camp Minnie Mickey. What an extremely dumb way to have that area planned, with a big theater back there and one way in or out!!!!

Time for ITTBAB. We make our way up the path rather quickly. And this is a pathway where you should actually take a few moment to look at all the "carvings"

But get stopped right at the turnstiles! DRAT we didn’t make it!! After they close the doors to the theater we get let in. Not a very long wait, about 8-10 minutes. But the people kept getting so pushy!!! When they finally let us in to get seats I couldn’t believe the trample approach people use when dragging small children!! We ride out the stampede on the sidelines, and then go right in and have a seat right in the middle!!! Seeing the show again I can definitely see why some little kiddos don’t like it. It’s got a few “scary” parts, that should scare the young-ins. After a few screams, a few sprinkles, and some smelly gas; we’re outta there. It’s only 11:30AM.

We’re starting to feel some of the jetlag setting in. So we decide to go back to villa for lunch and a rest. DS12 was a little disappointed because he really wanted to go on Kali River, but DH and I don’t really like this ride unless it’s the middle of summer. (and since I’m a wimp about heat, we won’t be doing Disney in the Summer if I have anything to say about it) DH and Kali have a story to tell: The first visit to AK was the anniversary trip with just DH and myself., it was the end of December, so no one was riding the rapids. We walk right on. Of course being on our anniversary trip we sit together. Go around and get soaked!!! When we come into the loading area, the CMs said to stay on if we wanted! Well it was the first time we’ve ever had this opportunity, (to ride back to back) so we took it; “what idiots” I’m sure you’re saying. And I tend to agree……..now! Totally soaked thru and thru!! We waddle out the exit trail and down the path, and stop at the first sales cart, and get a whole new outfit for each of us!! Too bad they don’t sell undergarments, because we needed those too! The next trip to AK was with all 5 of us at the end of Oct. I was prepared this time. I put my socks in our bag, our cameras inside a zippy bag, and the whole backpack inside a plastic garbage sack. DS9 wanted to sit by Dad, so go right ahead honey. What a relief, he has the lucky seat AGAIN (and every time it seems). DH it seems is the magnet for the BIG SPLASH, and anyone sitting with him also gets drenched!! I guess I should wrap DH in a plastic garbage sack!!
Back to the report. This is why DS12 didn’t have much luck convincing anyone to go on Kali!

Back to the villa for resting and lunching. DS16 wasn’t ready yet, so he stayed for a few more hours, promising to return by 4PM because Grandma was arriving tonight! We got back to the villa about noontime.

We had sandwiches for lunch, and then DH settled down in front of the TV for a nap. DS12 went swimming. And DD and I head out to DTD. I am on a mission to get some Christmas ornament for my 2 nephews, and some bath bombs from Basin for me and my big bubbly tub!!

Up next:
How crowded is Christmas shopping at DTD, and does Grandma make it in time to catch Fantasmic tonight?

 

[swankybeth]

Enjoying your report and looking forward to more!

 

[AlaskaMOM]

Enjoying your report and looking forward to more!

Thanks Beth!

I'll have to check yours out as soon as WPASADI is over. I'll have oodles of time then!