Princess Caitlin pre trip August '10 costarring dawnbu40

[dawnbu40]

Congrats on the flight deal and the extra day! Good luck deciding on ADRs. I haven't been to WDW before and I can't even decide on all the choices. I need more trips to plan to fit them all in.

Thanks Melissa. Glad to see you're back! We mailed the girls a little pxie dust yesterday!

Congrats on the extra day!
As for restaurants, you already know our favs.
Which Dining Plan (if any) are you guys going with?

Thanks! We have free dining and we won't be upgrading since we'll be going off property to US/IOA at least one day. That also gives us a little extra in case we want to do a signature meal.

 

[Queenofallthings]

So happy about the airfare, I love it!!!!

Our favorites...let me see... Liberty Tree Tavern, it just reminds me of a true homemade meal, which I crave when I'm there. Second would have to be Boma, breakfast, lunch or dinner, we love it there. Third....Kona for dinner!! Kona was our favorite meal when we were there in August!!

Can't wait to hear and how great that you get to book the day before your March trip!

 

[LilAnn]

What a pleasant surprise to get to add on an extra day at WDW!

Two of our fave places to eat are at the Poly - Kona for dinner (the bread they give you while you are waiting with the macadamia nut butter is just heaven) and Ohana's (hubby is obsessed with the bread pudding). We also like Wolfgang Puck Express (when it's not too busy).

We also have fun just trying out new places. There are a lot of yummy snack places though.

 

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Jumping in to say the one restaurant that we HAVE to visit each trip in the Biergarten in Germany. Its a buffet so you get to pick and choose. It's the only place that I get spatzle (always say that I'm going to try and make it myself someday).

Congratulations on the extra day - can't wait to hear about the D23 party!

 

[MyMuse]

Yesterday we got a cool email from Disney. It was sort of like a newsletter welcoming our family on the upcoming trip and had a lot of suggestions on things to see and do in WDW. (we got something similar for the first time just before our Sept.2009 trip) This email also included a link to the offer to pre-order the PP cd for $99. A couple TRs I'm reading right now (the capells and MyMuse) have so many great pp pics that they pretty much sold me on the cd! So I pre-ordered and I'm pretty excited about it! Now I just have to make sure we stake out every PP photographer on property

In other planning news.....since we got our tax return yesterday dance3 I've been checking on flight prices for Sept. Right now they are actually pretty good and running $200 less then March cost us. So the question is, do we book our flights 7months in advance or hope that the price either drops or at least doesn't rise?

Love love love Photopass! Especially if they do magic shots! I was a bit of a nut on my trip, so I'm sure my behavior was not the norm.

Airfare is a total pain. I'm glad you have found a great airfare and non-stop.

So I told you I was tracking airfare and I'm really pleased with the price I found so I will be booking tomorrow with Delta What's really cool is not only is the price good but they are non-stops!
When I orginally booked our Bounceback, I booked a Wed-Tues because AirTran and Spirit are always cheaper mid-week. Well Delta offers the same prices everyday so I decided to switch our reservation. We are now booked Sun. August 29 through Sun. Sept.5. (yep I added an extra night ) This will make it easier for Dale to get a solid week off work and get Caitlin home for Labor Day, which is a big kickoff day for the university's student orgs.

Yay! for an extra day!

 

[yinyanggirls]

Thanks Melissa. Glad to see you're back! We mailed the girls a little pxie dust yesterday!

Aw, thanks guys! I can't believe how close we are (finally).

 

[dawnbu40]

So happy about the airfare, I love it!!!!

Our favorites...let me see... Liberty Tree Tavern, it just reminds me of a true homemade meal, which I crave when I'm there. Second would have to be Boma, breakfast, lunch or dinner, we love it there. Third....Kona for dinner!! Kona was our favorite meal when we were there in August!!

Can't wait to hear and how great that you get to book the day before your March trip!

Thank you! I am so glad that we will have non-stops in Sept! I'm dreading that on the March trip! We try to do new places each trip and since you and LilAnn both suggested Kona (which we've never done) that is under serious consideration now! What do you recommend there?

What a pleasant surprise to get to add on an extra day at WDW!

Two of our fave places to eat are at the Poly - Kona for dinner (the bread they give you while you are waiting with the macadamia nut butter is just heaven) and Ohana's (hubby is obsessed with the bread pudding). We also like Wolfgang Puck Express (when it's not too busy).

We also have fun just trying out new places. There are a lot of yummy snack places though.

You actually recommended a couple of our favorites! Dale and I love Ohana and ate there in Sept. Caitlin's not too big a fan though she's not a big meat eater and all that meat kind of grosses her out Her favorite cs in WPE so I am sure we will be stopping there at some point. So what's your favorite at Kona?

 

[dawnbu40]

Jumping in to say the one restaurant that we HAVE to visit each trip in the Biergarten in Germany. Its a buffet so you get to pick and choose. It's the only place that I get spatzle (always say that I'm going to try and make it myself someday).

Congratulations on the extra day - can't wait to hear about the D23 party!

Hi 2Eagle Mom! We are trying the Biergarten on our March trip so I'm glad to hear you give it the !
Thank you!

Love love love Photopass! Especially if they do magic shots! I was a bit of a nut on my trip, so I'm sure my behavior was not the norm.

Airfare is a total pain. I'm glad you have found a great airfare and non-stop.



Yay! for an extra day!

I will probably become a PP stalker just to make sure we get all the pics possible Thanks Michele!

Aw, thanks guys! I can't believe how close we are (finally).

You're welcome With two little princesses I'm sure you are kept very busy and the time will fly by!

 

[MyMuse]

Hmm..I didn't make any eating suggestions, because I can't think properly at 1am, waiting for snow. LOL!


I really really enjoyed Garden Grill; food all from The Land and the character meets are very relaxed and they are so cute. You are pratically guaranteed to see them all at least 3 times.

Though, Kona is on the top of the list for resorts.

 

[praisehisname]

Tell us your favorite restaurant on property and what you'd order....Looking forward to hearing your suggestions!

If you can spare the extra dining credit, do Narcoossee's! So worth it! 4 out of 5 of us got the surf and turf; youngest DD had to choose from kids menu. We were so impressed with the service and the food!

Denise

 

[Queenofallthings]

Miso glazed mahi mahi at Kona is probably the top meal we had in August. It was pure heaven!! I've had the steak and it was really good too, the desserts are wonderful...save room!!!

 

[WrightFamily06]

Congrats on booking an extra day & a non-stop flight !

ADR Suggestions : Kona Cafe Lunch , Love there Kona Club Sandwich
Donald's Safari Breakfast , Yummy Crepes & Huge Buffet
Hollywood & Vine Dinner, Love there Cornbread Pudding

These are my top fav's out of all the places we have ever eaten at

 

[dawnbu40]

Hmm..I didn't make any eating suggestions, because I can't think properly at 1am, waiting for snow. LOL!


I really really enjoyed Garden Grill; food all from The Land and the character meets are very relaxed and they are so cute. You are pratically guaranteed to see them all at least 3 times.

Though, Kona is on the top of the list for resorts.

We've never been to either the GG or Kona so they both sound good! We aren't planning to do any character breakfasts in Sept so a dinner might be a nice change!

If you can spare the extra dining credit, do Narcoossee's! So worth it! 4 out of 5 of us got the surf and turf; youngest DD had to choose from kids menu. We were so impressed with the service and the food!

Denise

Isn't Narcossee's nice?! We ate there last May and in Sept and enjoyed it both times! Since we always try to visit new places I don't think we'll do it again in Sept. We do have another signature place in mind tho...

Miso glazed mahi mahi at Kona is probably the top meal we had in August. It was pure heaven!! I've had the steak and it was really good too, the desserts are wonderful...save room!!!

After all the rave reviews of Kona it is on the adr list. I will make a note about the fish and steak

Congrats on booking an extra day & a non-stop flight !

ADR Suggestions : Kona Cafe Lunch , Love there Kona Club Sandwich
Donald's Safari Breakfast , Yummy Crepes & Huge Buffet
Hollywood & Vine Dinner, Love there Cornbread Pudding

These are my top fav's out of all the places we have ever eaten at

Thank you! Everyone seems to love Kona! That is now on our must do list.
We are doing the Safari breakfast in March so I'm glad to hear you liked it!

I'll have to take a look at the H&V menu. I remember from your TR how much you liked it!

 

[LilAnn]

I can't remember exactly what I had at Kona, but I have eaten there a few times for dinner. I think the shrimp and scallops were good, so was the pork chop, and the miso glazed mahi mahi. Actually, I think it's all good!

 

[dawnbu40]

I can't remember exactly what I had at Kona, but I have eaten there a few times for dinner. I think the shrimp and scallops were good, so was the pork chop, and the miso glazed mahi mahi. Actually, I think it's all good!

Glad to hear everything you've had there was good! We're thinking of going there twice in September. Once for breakfast and once for dinner

 

[dawnbu40]

March Info...I know you all know that Caitlin,Dale and I made blankets for Project Linus, well grandma ended up making one too She made a Tinkerbell blanket that came out really cute! I did all her registering for her and her GAD voucher came today I am pretty sure we are going to use her voucher for the FP option on our DHS day. Since we are going there on a Fantasmic day I am pretty sure it will be busy! Hopefully having the FP will help us see more with minimal waits!

August/September...I just bought our plane tickets ( Makes it seem more real somehow!) I know I told you I was happy with the price and the fact it's non-stop. I am also very happy that they let you choose your seats for free (ok not really free since we had to pay for the ticket but you know what I mean) I am used to airlines that charge you extra for your seat so that was some added savings

I'm sure most of you heard yesterday's announcement that the Electrical Light Parade is replacing Spectromagic this summer! I am so excited! I love my old-school Disney and I'm really hoping the "new" parade will still be there for our trip! I'm hoping they keep it until Labor Day anyway! There are also going to be some changes made to TOT that Caitlin's looking forward to! I guess over the next few weeks they will be making more announcements about what's going to be new in the coming months, so I'm anxious to hear all about it!

 

[Queenofallthings]

I agree, when you actually start paying for things, it gets very real!! I have to agree, nothing like a great price and non-stop!! We had non stop on the way home and it was wonderful. We used to have non stop flights all the time to Orlando from Winnipeg before 9/11, but that charter, Canada 3000, unfortunately went out of business.

I didn't hear about the Electric Parade, that is so cool...I have to see what the changes are to ToT too....clearly I'm not keeping up here

 

[dawnbu40]

I've never been a big fan of carrying a lot of cash on vacation so for our Disney visits I always get gift cards +/or Disney Dollars. Well with the closing of the Disney stores Disney Dollars have gotten hard to come by so this trip it is all Disney gift cards with some cash for cabs etc. I used to always order our gc online from Disneyland's website because they had the greatest variety but now the Disney Store online has topped them! They have tons of designs! Here are most of our gcs for March...

The gift cards now come inside a card in case it is a gift...

and our Disney money...

Aren't they cute?! It was so hard to choose from all the designs that I ordered based on where we'd be eating or which park we'd be at

 

[praisehisname]

I was excited to hear about the parade, too! I saw it in Disneyland, but never in Disney World. I wonder what the chances are that they will keep it on longer than just summer?

Any idea what the changes are for ToT?

Love all your gift cards!!!

Denise

 

[thecapells]

I love the themed gift card idea!
So the Lilo & Stitch are for Kona or 'Ohana and Remy is for Chefs de France?
What did you theme 101 Dalmations for?
I guess Snow White could be for Biergarten, Jungle Book would work for Animal Kingdom, and Monsters Inc would suffice for anything at DHS...