Princess Caitlin pre trip August '10 costarring dawnbu40

[pipersmom]

Woohoo for being booked, and staying at Pop..it always looks like a very fun resort to me on the TRs. : I read about your Grandma and my mouth dropped open a bit..our first family dog was a "Tinkerbell"..a black toy poodle, and we had her for about 18 years! I can't wait to see your ADRs!

 

[dawnbu40]

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Woohoo for being booked, and staying at Pop..it always looks like a very fun resort to me on the TRs. : I read about your Grandma and my mouth dropped open a bit..our first family dog was a "Tinkerbell"..a black toy poodle, and we had her for about 18 years! I can't wait to see your ADRs!

We have a great new TA who booked the trip for us this morning

As you know Dale and I stayed there in Sept. and we were really pleased with it. Since the crowd predictions are low for that week (and we are trying to do a budget friendly trip) I didn't hesitate to stay there again.

18 years? Wow that is an incredibly long life for a dog!
My mom's dog is her baby. When we were growing up we never had pets but 2 years ago my mom saw Tink and fell in and had to have her. Now, she is a total "dog person".

She is also one of the best grandma's around always keeping up with her 3 grandkids interests and being their biggest fan. Caitlin is the oldest and has never lived more then 10 minutes from her so they have had a very close relationship!

Adrs will be coming up

 

[Queenofallthings]

I had just signed onto Facebook when I read that you had booked...so I signed out of Facebook and got right over here. Sounds wonderful!!! How cute is Grandma

I completely understand about wanting to stay in the Broadway section at ASMu..we stayed there in 2007 and 2008. Belle and the movie are both my favorites. Jasmine drives me to work every morning and then carries onto school and we pass about 4 bridal salons along the way and in the shop where she bought her grad dress they have a "Belle" dress in the window!! She said "Oh mom, that dress is so you". She's right, if I was graduating, I would buy it hands down.....

Caitlin....on 4.0 AND the Deans list.....that is terrific, more than terrific, can't think of a word right now but WOW...good for you. That is definitely a reason to celebrate.

Disney Cruise eh??? I think I would prefer that to a week or two at the beach...I'm afraid of being bored after the first day

 

[WrightFamily06]

Congrats on booking a Spring Break trip ! Although I have to say I'm just a tad bit jealous ! lol Congrats also to Catlin on her grades and making the Dean's List ! We are also thinking about staying at Pop on our next trip , can't wait to hear what you think about it . Sounds like it's going to be an awesome girls only trip w/ a great Dismeet , can't wait for all the details !

 

[PrincessCaitlin]

I had just signed onto Facebook when I read that you had booked...so I signed out of Facebook and got right over here. Sounds wonderful!!! How cute is Grandma

I completely understand about wanting to stay in the Broadway section at ASMu..we stayed there in 2007 and 2008. Belle and the movie are both my favorites. Jasmine drives me to work every morning and then carries onto school and we pass about 4 bridal salons along the way and in the shop where she bought her grad dress they have a "Belle" dress in the window!! She said "Oh mom, that dress is so you". She's right, if I was graduating, I would buy it hands down.....

Caitlin....on 4.0 AND the Deans list.....that is terrific, more than terrific, can't think of a word right now but WOW...good for you. That is definitely a reason to celebrate.

Disney Cruise eh??? I think I would prefer that to a week or two at the beach...I'm afraid of being bored after the first day

Thank you I think my grandma is cute too

I love the Belle dress story! The dress I wore to prom was poofy and gold and was meant to look like Belle's dress For my graduation party the center pieces had two picture frames and in one was me in my Halloween costume which was Belle's dress from 1st grade and then in the other was me in my prom dress

Thank you!!!!!

My mom said no Disney trips next year then my dad and I reacted like so we are leaning towards a cruise I would love to be at Disney and then at the beach

 

[PrincessCaitlin]

Congrats on booking a Spring Break trip ! Although I have to say I'm just a tad bit jealous ! lol Congrats also to Catlin on her grades and making the Dean's List ! We are also thinking about staying at Pop on our next trip , can't wait to hear what you think about it . Sounds like it's going to be an awesome girls only trip w/ a great Dismeet , can't wait for all the details !

Thank you we are so excited!!!!

Sorry we promise we will help tide you over till your next trip

Thank you! I am very happy about my grades and hopefully I can keep it up this semester my classes already seem hard

I am so excited to stay at POP I want to eat tye dyed cheesecake

It will definitely be some trip we will have to give a little back story from our last trip with grandma

 

[pipersmom]

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We have a great new TA who booked the trip for us this morning

As you know Dale and I stayed there in Sept. and we were really pleased with it. Since the crowd predictions are low for that week (and we are trying to do a budget friendly trip) I didn't hesitate to stay there again.

18 years? Wow that is an incredibly long life for a dog!
My mom's dog is her baby. When we were growing up we never had pets but 2 years ago my mom saw Tink and fell in and had to have her. Now, she is a total "dog person".

She is also one of the best grandma's around always keeping up with her 3 grandkids interests and being their biggest fan. Caitlin is the oldest and has never lived more then 10 minutes from her so they have had a very close relationship!

Adrs will be coming up

I am so psyched about the crowd predictions that week, that was one of the reasons I gave them the date window that I did! My mom has a teacup poodle now that is just over a year old, and she's the same way, the dog is her baby! She even will cook for it..well..she was..then I got some refrigerated dog food (yes..refrigerated!) and Lil Bit loooooves it, so now the cooking doesn't happen as often, LOL. Gram is the same way with Piper and my niece, growing up we lived in VA and the grands all lived in ME, and we were close, but nothing like Piper and Gram..I love that she has that bond! Very cool that we're both going to have 3 generations of girls on the trip! I sent Caitlin a pm about meeting up, but I'll go back and copy you in..I was very excited!

 

[yinyanggirls]

How fun! It's nice to meet you, grandma. You guys are making me seriously consider a girls' trip down the line. My mom lives for my kids (well, those *other* grandkids, too) but has been busy caring for her parents this past year. Maybe in a year or two things will be less stressful and we'll take a trip. I'm excited to read about yours!

 

[LilAnn]

Congrats on booking another trip and the 4.0! That really is a major accomplishment in college. We are booked at Pop for the first half of our trip so I'll be anxiously awaiting your thoughts when you get back. We liked it the first time around, but we'll have a little one with us this time. Tie-dyed cheesecake? Sounds intriguing, but I do like cheesecake!

 

[dawnbu40]

How fun! It's nice to meet you, grandma. You guys are making me seriously consider a girls' trip down the line. My mom lives for my kids (well, those *other* grandkids, too) but has been busy caring for her parents this past year. Maybe in a year or two things will be less stressful and we'll take a trip. I'm excited to read about yours!

Girls trips are really special! I hope that this becomes a tradition and someday we take Caitlin's future (years from now ) daughter and have 4 generations!
Thats definitely something to keep in mind for when things slow down for your mom! You'd love it!

Congrats on booking another trip and the 4.0! That really is a major accomplishment in college. We are booked at Pop for the first half of our trip so I'll be anxiously awaiting your thoughts when you get back. We liked it the first time around, but we'll have a little one with us this time. Tie-dyed cheesecake? Sounds intriguing, but I do like cheesecake!

Thank you! We've never booked a trip this close before so its kind of overwhelming but in a good way

We really liked Pop in Sept so I'm hoping I feel that way again! How old is your little one? I will not be trying the cheesecake it does not appeal to me at all but Caitlin is really looking forward to it!

As for the 4.0, Caitlin has completed 4 semesters of college (she even went in the summer) and has made the Dean's List each time! And 3 of the 4 semesters she's had a 4.0 (1 darn B+ spoiled it last winter )Pretty obvious how proud we are of her, isn't it?

 

[dawnbu40]

I am so psyched about the crowd predictions that week, that was one of the reasons I gave them the date window that I did! My mom has a teacup poodle now that is just over a year old, and she's the same way, the dog is her baby! She even will cook for it..well..she was..then I got some refrigerated dog food (yes..refrigerated!) and Lil Bit loooooves it, so now the cooking doesn't happen as often, LOL. Gram is the same way with Piper and my niece, growing up we lived in VA and the grands all lived in ME, and we were close, but nothing like Piper and Gram..I love that she has that bond! Very cool that we're both going to have 3 generations of girls on the trip! I sent Caitlin a pm about meeting up, but I'll go back and copy you in..I was very excited!

Our moms have similar sounding "babies". My mom's dog is a vegetarian
Even my mom was excited to hear we're meeting up and loved that Piper's grandma would be there too

 

[praisehisname]

I'm a little late, but I'm here! So cool that you were able to add the Spring Break trip! Looking forward to hearing the details!

 

[LilAnn]

Thank you! We've never booked a trip this close before so its kind of overwhelming but in a good way

We really liked Pop in Sept so I'm hoping I feel that way again! How old is your little one? I will not be trying the cheesecake it does not appeal to me at all but Caitlin is really looking forward to it!

As for the 4.0, Caitlin has completed 4 semesters of college (she even went in the summer) and has made the Dean's List each time! And 3 of the 4 semesters she's had a 4.0 (1 darn B+ spoiled it last winter )Pretty obvious how proud we are of her, isn't it?

I think it's fantastic that Caitlin is doing so well! My parents would have been just as proud of me when I was in college. My little girl will be about 2 1/2 years old when we go in May. I think she's going to love all the larger than life objects at Pop.

 

[dawnbu40]

I'm a little late, but I'm here! So cool that you were able to add the Spring Break trip! Looking forward to hearing the details!

Hi Denise! Glad you've joined us!

I think it's fantastic that Caitlin is doing so well! My parents would have been just as proud of me when I was in college. My little girl will be about 2 1/2 years old when we go in May. I think she's going to love all the larger than life objects at Pop.

Thank you! Oh your little girl will love it! Caitlin was 2 1/2 her first visit and she had a blast.

 

[dawnbu40]

Yesterday, I had Caitlin call Disney to book her Segway tour. I figured it would be more comfortable to take it in March vs the heat of September so she called and of course got an uninformed CM. The CM told her that the class did not involve riding the Segway. So Caitlin said "thank you but no thank you" and hung up. When she told me about the conversation I told her I had read a blog about the class and the writer was told the same thing. He knew it was wrong and booked the class anyway. He was right and enjoyed his 30minute tour of the rose garden. Caitlin decided to stick with her decision to not book.

She was also told ONLY people who use AAA travel agents can get any AAA discounts on tours. I always think about doing the different tours so I was kind of mad that they took away this discount to folks who have AAA cards. I know in the past the AAAcard got you the discount regardless of how you booked the trip.
About 7 years ago we did the "Family Magic" tour and got the AAA discount. That tour by the way, is awesome! If you have kiddos it is really fun and very reasonably priced! It's basically a scavenger hunt through the MK, in search of Peter Pan, but there are lots of fun and games along the way! At the end you meet Peter and he goes on a ride with the whole group. On ours we all rode IASW and Caitlin was lucky enough to sit next to him. He chatted incessantly the whole way! He was the "real" Peter Pan I remember him asking her how old she was. When she replied "12" he told her she was "dangerously close to growing up". My mom was with us that trip and we both teared up at his statement

So the bottom line is that Simply Segway is scratched from our plans. But we will have plenty of things to do to keep us busy!

 

[LilAnn]

Thank you! Oh your little girl will love it! Caitlin was 2 1/2 her first visit and she had a blast.

I hope so! We took her in August and she was about 20 months then and still loved it, despite the scorching heat and humidity. I'm excited to take her back. Love the Peter Pan story. That's a great Disney moment. Sorry to hear the segway tour didn't work out, next time!

 

[PrincessCaitlin]

I am so excited to be going again so I decided to dive right into our plans

We aren't doing the food plan but we are taking advantage of the package with the gift card. Since we are staying at a Value resort we received the $300 card. We figured this would pay for a good portion of our food.

Wednesday March 3rd

Arrive at airport @ 4 am sad2
Our flight leaves @ 5:30 sad2: )

We arrive @ MCO @ 10 am

Check in @ Pop

Lunch in the food court!!! Yay this is when I will finally be getting some Tye Dyed Cheesecake I am also really looking forward to eating here since I have heard so many good things about Pop's food court.

Our first park will be.......... MAGIC KINGDOM

Nothing like looking at my castle to get me in the vacation mood

We will head towards Tomorrowland
Fast Pass Space Mountain I am looking forward to seeing the new additions
Ride Buzz Lightyear (will be sad riding it without my dad )
Then ride the Carousel of Progress if it's open (not my choice )

Then Adventureland
Ride Pirates

Head over to Liberty Square and ride my personal favorite The Haunted Mansion

Dinner @ Columbia Harbor House

Hit the Hall of Presidents

Once it gets dark we want to go back to Adventureland and ride the Jungle Cruise. (after seeing it on Mr. Capell's trip report we really want to try it out!)

then Wishes from the handicapped area because grandma will be in an ecv

Fun first day!!

 

[MEK]

Great plans so far Dawn. I don't believe that you can't get an AAA discount on tours. When did that change? Silly, very silly.

As far as the Segway tour, Caitlin may change her mind and could always book later. What about the tour at Fort wilderness? That sounds pretty cool. There is also a tour in Celebration. It's very reasonably priced. Wish I could remember the name of the website, but it looked pretty cool and got some good reviews. It's a lot cheaper than any of the Disney tours and I really want to do it one of these days. I'll have to goggle it and see if I can find the site.

 

[Queenofallthings]

Great first day plan. I had to laugh with your comment after Carousel Of Progress....Jasmine feels the same way as you do. I make her ride it then I sing it to her for the rest of the day

 

[pipersmom]

Boooo for the Segway and AAA complications..and hooraaaay! for the MK on your first day! LOL @ your castle, Caitlin..Ms Piper might fight you on that one.. I haven't decided if I'm going to subject Piper to the Carousel of Progress yet, will prob depend on how we're doing for time. Maybe we'll see you at Wishes