PJ - 11 AUG 2010 - WP/Napa/Sago Cay - New Updates!

[Mrsdisneyb2b]

WOW 7.5 lbs already!?!?!? THAT IS WONDERFUL!!

 

[Eeyore's Tailfinder]

Thanks girl!! I'm so pleased, just hope I don't put it back on in Orlando!!

Re Passport, Els called the passport hotline a while back and the girl said it had been sent to the printers today, and it should be with him within the next 3 days - phew! Still a close call though, and I won't be completely happy until passport is in hand, but it looks like Florida is still on!!

 

[torsie24]

Thanks girl!! I'm so pleased, just hope I don't put it back on in Orlando!!

Re Passport, Els called the passport hotline a while back and the girl said it had been sent to the printers today, and it should be with him within the next 3 days - phew! Still a close call though, and I won't be completely happy until passport is in hand, but it looks like Florida is still on!!

Good news!!

Did you mention that it would then be later than the 2 weeks service?

I'd wait until you recieve it so they can't hold it form you, and then have a moan if you paid extra for an 'express' service that you didn't receive!!

 

[gemmybear83]

Just caught up - yeahy on the passport and weigh in I'm going to join weightwatchers too - I love their ready meals anyway

I'm rubbish with my planning journal too - but I'm trying to be organised now as I don't want to be super stressed next year!

 

[Eeyore's Tailfinder]

That's a good plan Torsie! Stressing me out!

Oww it's hard to keep up Gemma when you feel like you haven't got anything to write about yet! It still doesn't feel 'real' and I'm not sure what to do next planning-wise! I don't want to buy shoes, tiara, etc. as I haven't bought my dress! I'm stuck in a wedding planning rut... somewhere I never thought I'd be!

OK, I e-mailed Sheraton as the dates became available and it didn't make clear on the website if you had to pay full price or deposit when you booked it. Well, I got an e-mail back saying they only need a CC number to confirm the reservation - that's good news as we can book it sooner than I'd hoped! Although something in me wants to wait until we know we've got the August 12th date. I hope to book DCL at the end of the month though, so I might do it after I book that - then that's half the honeymoon sorted!

 

[malibustacey]

oooh what Sheraton are you gonna stay at?

 

[Eeyore's Tailfinder]

We're doing 1 week of our honeymoon in the one right opposite the Days Inn I'm looking forward - we stayed here in 2007.

I think it's easier to split our stay between I Drive and Disney to do the different parks as we're not driving So we're going to use it as a base to do Universal, Islands, SW, Discovery Cove. I admit I'll be excited to get back to Disney afterwards though!

 

[malibustacey]

thats where we stayed this year and i couldnt believe it only took us 5 mins to walk to universal!!

days inn / sheraton is in a great location i think!

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

WEIGH IN!!

I'M SOOOOOO HAPPY!! Just been to my Weight Watchers weigh in, and have lost another 2.5lbs this week! Eeeee!! That means I've lost 7.5lbs, so more than half a stone! I feel really good and a lot more confident, and it's definitely boosting me to keep going! Seeing that little Silver 7 sticker has made me a very happy lady!!
!!

Woo hoo! Thats an excellent weight loss! Don't tell anyone but I used to run Rosemary Conley classes (dark, secret past!!), so I know how hard it is - 2.5lb in a week is brilliant! More than I ever managed even when I was teaching 11 exercise classes a week!!!!

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Hayley I am pancicked - your food report has vanished from your signature!!!!

 

[Cinderella16]

Great little updates, Haley!
Congrats on the weight loss! That is wonderful!
And don't worry about not updating your PJ..I do the same thing and I have 17 days..you would think I would have lots of updates. I am sure once it gets closer you will be updating like crazy!

 

[Eeyore's Tailfinder]

thats where we stayed this year and i couldnt believe it only took us 5 mins to walk to universal!!

days inn / sheraton is in a great location i think!

It's fab isn't it?! We're staying at the Days Inn in 10 days! Wayne recommended it to me on your PJ, so we're going there I can't wait - I love the area. We never walked to US before, but we will this time! Did you walk back at night or get a taxi?

We'll be staying at 5 hotels and 1 boat on our honeymoon - that's a lot of packing

Woo hoo! Thats an excellent weight loss! Don't tell anyone but I used to run Rosemary Conley classes (dark, secret past!!), so I know how hard it is - 2.5lb in a week is brilliant! More than I ever managed even when I was teaching 11 exercise classes a week!!!!

Thanks Sonya! Although I think I'm gaining it all back just by looking at your TR

Hayley I am pancicked - your food report has vanished from your signature!!!!

So it has! It must have been bumped by my new weight ticker! I'll try and find a way to put it right!

Great little updates, Haley!
Congrats on the weight loss! That is wonderful!
And don't worry about not updating your PJ..I do the same thing and I have 17 days..you would think I would have lots of updates. I am sure once it gets closer you will be updating like crazy!

Thanks Julianne! OMG 15 days is crazy!! YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED THIS MONTH! Wait - when are you going to Florida?! We'll be in Orlando from 14th - 24th June! I won't repeat my sob story about not going to WDW as I must have complained about it a million times, and who can complain when you're in Orlando, right?!

 

[malibustacey]

we walked there in the morning early - and got there welllll before the gates opened ... and we'd walk back in the afternoon. We only stayed late once at Universal and we walked back and it was okay, a bit dark but it was a laugh. We got a taxi once down to universal in the evening when we went to watch wrestling (as we'd had a drink and didnt want to walk) and it only cost around $5.

The days inn is great - cheap and cheerful. We never had problems exept that there were people making loads of noises on a few nights and we just rang reception and they sent out a security guy to tell them off!

I just think its in a great location... shops and restruants all around you and the IRIDE stop 14 is right outside the Days Inn, and another right outside the Sheraton on the opposite side of the road.

Plus it was close to Wet n Wild, AND PONDEROSA!! mmmmm mmmmmmm $3.99 eat as much as you flipping like...the best breakfast buffet in orlando... and the best evening buffet is Golden Corral... omg! I aint even going there with the Golden Corral - if you havent been there, im ORDERING you to go there! haha

 

[Eeyore's Tailfinder]

OMG I haven't been to Golden Corral!! Where is it in relation to Days Inn?! I need to know!! I love the fact that it's like next door to the 7Eleven, we lived there! haha! It's weird, we used to come off the trolley at stop 14 and walk over the Days Inn grounds to get to 7/11 & Sheraton, and now we're staying there! Cheap and cheerful is definitely what we're after on this trip!!

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Oh Hayley your eyes will pop out at Golden Corrall! We have only done breakfast but Wow - so much choice!!

 

[Eeyore's Tailfinder]

OK, I've been doing a little bit of head sorting with our honeymoon and outside vendors. I am dying to book something, anything, but trying to hold off until we know that our date will be confirmed.

Outside Vendors
Officiant: Rev. Jack Day (Have e-mailed him, have been sent Jack's Pak a while ago, just need to send it back ASAP - keep forgetting!)
Photography: Misty Miotto (Have e-mailed her couple times, she is available on our date, waiting til Aug 12 to book)
Videography: STVS (Have e-mailed couple months ago, were available on our date - hope they still are!, waiting til Aug 12 to book)
Cosmetology: Patricia LeJeune (Have e-mailed, sorting out details, if she needs deposit we will book Aug 12, if she doesn't we will book ASAP - don't want to lose deposit if we don't get date)

So those are the Outside Vendors we (I!) have chosen!! I have a great feeling about all of them and hope they will still be available when our date is confirmed! I am dying to book them all now, but I want to make sure our date is 100% before I put down any deposits!

Holiday/Honeymoon Dates
7 Aug - Man Airport Travelodge! Will book in Jan 2010
8 - 16 Aug - Disney's Wilderness Lodge (8nts) Will book this when we get Room Block or next Spring for free DDP
**I am staying at Disney's Grand Floridian on 11 Aug, night before wedding** Using this as free night
16 - 22 Aug - Sheraton Four Points Orlando - Hopefully King Suite (6nts) Will book this end of the month
**Probably stay 1 night at Universal's Royal Pacific Resort on 18 Aug** Will book this when dates are released
22 - 26 Aug - Disney Wonder Bahamian Cruise - Verandah Room 7120 (4nts) HONEYMOON! Will book this end of the month
26 - 30 Aug - Disney Hotel - Polynesian/AKL Concierge (4nts) HONEYMOON! Will book this next Spring for free DDP

So those are our Honeymoon plans and dates, I hope!! For Wilderness Lodge & Sheraton, some of our family and friends will be with us. We'll be on our own for the Cruise and back to Disney. We HAD to go back to Disney after the Cruise - we did DCL last thing last year and when we caught the bus to go back to Disney for Virgin DTD Bag Drop with everyone going to Disney to stay, we felt so sad - despite the fact we'd just stayed there for 17 nights beforehand!

 

[malibustacey]

you will have to get Wayne to give you the direction or location of where Golden Corral is ... he knows his way around Orlando like its his house! Just pop a message on my pj for him and hell reply to it and tell you where it is! All i know is that Ponderosa is near wet n wild and i roughly know where two tgi firdays are in the area but still then i dont really know! haha - its all on one road so its not far whatever way you are coming from!

 

[Eeyore's Tailfinder]

I know where Ponderosa is and I Drive down to about where CiCi's and Buffalo Wild Wings, but not beyond there! I'll ask Wayne on your PJ!

We stayed in the Sheraton opposite Days Inn in 2007 and never saw Golden Corrall!! LOVE IHOP next door though! And Denny's and Sweet Tomatoes just over the road!

 

[torsie24]

Wow! Your Honeymoon plan sounds awesome!!

Now you've made me want to type it out!!

 

[Eeyore's Tailfinder]

DO IT, DO IT

I'll probably change my mind a thousand times before booking it!! But it's still fun to write it! DF does not want to stay at GF, how weird is he?!! So I'm using our comp night to treat my girlies the night before we get married!


OKAY, OKAY I ALSO HAVE A NEWSFLASH!!!

ELFYN'S PASPORT JUST ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE ARE GOING TO ORLANDO!!!!!!!!