PTR: Our First Family Trip to Meet the MOUSE!! *Finished Mini TR 8/26*

[Mommy2LittleVols]

Well, this has absolutely nothing to do with our upcoming trip, but they're so cute that I just have to share. We had some pictures made a couple of weeks ago, and these are a few of my favs. (Sorry they are so large...)

 

[MRYPPNS]

Beautiful family pictures!

 

[Mommy2LittleVols]

Beautiful family pictures!

Thanks!

 

[Bashful in TN]

Another East Tennessean here! We live in Knoxville and love The Mouse. DH and I went to WDW 3 times before DS(1) was born. We just took our first Disney Cruise a couple of weeks ago and loved it. No WDW trips in the works right now, but hope to go in September 2010.

I wanted to suggest another great planning book, Passporter. It has a lot of great information and I love the pockets in the back of the book to help keep up with daily plans and receipts.

PS-Your kids are adorable!

 

[ladybugmom]

Oh Julia!! Your pictures are BEAUTIFUL!!! I just love your dd's bowband!! My girls wore them when they were little. Precious--what a sweet family you have!!

 

[Mommy2LittleVols]

Another East Tennessean here! We live in Knoxville and love The Mouse. DH and I went to WDW 3 times before DS(1) was born. We just took our first Disney Cruise a couple of weeks ago and loved it. No WDW trips in the works right now, but hope to go in September 2010.

I wanted to suggest another great planning book, Passporter. It has a lot of great information and I love the pockets in the back of the book to help keep up with daily plans and receipts.

PS-Your kids are adorable!

Thanks for the tip! I will have to check it out. How neat that we are both in Knoxville! It's a small world after all..... Did your DS go on the Cruise with you? We're considering one in a couple years when the kids are bigger.

Oh Julia!! Your pictures are BEAUTIFUL!!! I just love your dd's bowband!! My girls wore them when they were little. Precious--what a sweet family you have!!

Thank you!! I LOVE putting bows on her. DH hates them, but I win. Happy wife, happy life.

 

[Mommy2LittleVols]

So.....this online ADR thing is really dangerous for obsessive planners such as myself. Makes it way too easy to change them. I've spent the past 4 days endlessly going back and forth trying to "perfect" the places/times, and here is how it is looking.

9/26/09 - Chef Mickey's - 7:00 am
9/26/09 - Tony's Town Square - 12:35 pm
9/27/09 - Biergarten - 12:00 pm
9/27/09 - Teppan Edo - 5:20 pm
9/28/09 - Fulton's Crab House - 6:30 pm
9/30/09 - The Crystal Palace - 8:15 am
10/1/09 - Le Cellier - 1:30 pm
10/1/09 - Chef Mickey's 6:20 pm

I switched out Tusker House for CP - I'm dying to get a shot of the castle without crowds on Main Street! I also pushed our Fulton's ADR back an hour and a half, bumped Le Cellier up 40 mins, cut Liberty Tree Tavern, and added Chef Mickey's on our last night. I wanted DS's last Disney experience to be dinner with Mickey.

For counter service, I'm thinking Casey's Corner and/or Cosmic Ray's at MK, Sunshine Seasons at Epcot, Pizzafari and/or Flame Tree at AK, Pizza Planet and/or Backlot Express(?) at DHS, and I'd like to fit in Beaches and Cream at some point. These are mostly just places that I remember I liked on my previous trip, so suggestions are appreciated!

 

[that's nice]

Your pics are great!!!!! Your little one is soooooooo cute! (so is your son )

 

[Mommy2LittleVols]

Your pics are great!!!!! Your little one is soooooooo cute! (so is your son )

Thanks!

 

[Bashful in TN]

Did your DS go on the Cruise with you? We're considering one in a couple years when the kids are bigger.

Yes he went with us and had a great time! He loved the characters and Flounder's Nursery. We will definitely cruise again but will wait until DS is potty trained so he can swim in the pool and go to the kids club. My brother and his family went with us and their DDs (7 & 1) enjoyed it too.

We've had early morning breakfasts at Crystal Palace before the park opened and loved it. Great photo opportunities!

 

[mrsksomeday]

Hi! I just got done catching up. So many changes back and forth about who is coming, that would have my head spinning. I know what you mean about rethinking ADR's, that is me this week .

I am loving the "Master Schedule". You "borrowed it" and I think I am "borrowing it" from you. I do love Heidi !! She is wonderful. I had forgotten all about the schedule, thanks for posting it.

Goodness $44 flights ? I need to know how you did that.

Oh my goodness your family is gorgeous. Those children are absolutely adorable. Thanks so much for sharing the pictures.

Your ADR's look great! The online ADR system will be horrible for me, I will be wanting to tinker with things constantly and that is not a good thing .

Bill and I love Tennessee, we get to drive to the Pigeon Forge area in August, going to his parents vacation home there. It is just beautiful in that area.

 

[nu2wdisneyw]

Well, this has absolutely nothing to do with our upcoming trip, but they're so cute that I just have to share. We had some pictures made a couple of weeks ago, and these are a few of my favs. (Sorry they are so large...)

Well I decided to check you out...your plans look GREAT . I am so glad that you got all the ADR's you wanted!! We were going to fly, but the cost for the 4 of us was too much! Your family pictures are BEAUTIFUL...I love the closeups of the baby!

 

[Mommy2LittleVols]

Yes he went with us and had a great time! He loved the characters and Flounder's Nursery. We will definitely cruise again but will wait until DS is potty trained so he can swim in the pool and go to the kids club. My brother and his family went with us and their DDs (7 & 1) enjoyed it too.

We've had early morning breakfasts at Crystal Palace before the park opened and loved it. Great photo opportunities!

That is our thought process, too - no diapers on the boat!

Hi! I just got done catching up. So many changes back and forth about who is coming, that would have my head spinning. I know what you mean about rethinking ADR's, that is me this week .

I am loving the "Master Schedule". You "borrowed it" and I think I am "borrowing it" from you. I do love Heidi !! She is wonderful. I had forgotten all about the schedule, thanks for posting it.

Goodness $44 flights ? I need to know how you did that.

Oh my goodness your family is gorgeous. Those children are absolutely adorable. Thanks so much for sharing the pictures.

Your ADR's look great! The online ADR system will be horrible for me, I will be wanting to tinker with things constantly and that is not a good thing .

Bill and I love Tennessee, we get to drive to the Pigeon Forge area in August, going to his parents vacation home there. It is just beautiful in that area.

Thank you for the sweet comments about my family and kiddos! Heidi is awesome! I think hers was the first PTR that I ever read. She's one of my PTR inspirations! Check www.airtran.com for the $44 flights. We are flying out of Knoxville - non-stop even! They only fly in/out on certain days, though. Pigeon Forge is so beautiful! We live not too far from there, so we get up there pretty often. Love it!

Well I decided to check you out...your plans look GREAT . I am so glad that you got all the ADR's you wanted!! We were going to fly, but the cost for the 4 of us was too much! Your family pictures are BEAUTIFUL...I love the closeups of the baby!

Welcome! Thanks for the compliments! Airfare is crazy expensive. If we hadn't found such a great deal, we would definitely be driving.

 

[MRYPPNS]

Heidi is awesome! I think hers was the first PTR that I ever read. She's one of my PTR inspirations!

My head is gonna get big if you keep that up Thanks for the nice words. My PTR got way bigger than I ever thought it would.

 

[KathyRN137]

Julia!

Just popping in to say hello and that I'm joining in!

Now, back to page one...


Kathy

 

[KathyRN137]

The day is finally here! I got to make my ADR's this morning and.........I GOT EVERYTHING I WANTED!!!!!
So, here are our CONFIRMED ADR's!!!

9/26/09 - Chef Mickey's - 7:00 am
9/26/09 - Tony's Town Square - 12:35 pm
9/27/09 - Biergarten - 12:00 pm
9/27/09 - Teppan Edo - 5:20 pm
9/28/09 - Tusker House - 8:10 am
9/28/09 - Fulton's Crab House - 5:00 pm
9/30/09 - Liberty Tree Tavern - 11:30 am
10/1/09 - Le Cellier - 2:10 pm

Nice!!


Kathy

 

[Mommy2LittleVols]

My head is gonna get big if you keep that up Thanks for the nice words. My PTR got way bigger than I ever thought it would.

LOL It's the truth. Your PTR rocked (still does)!

Julia!

Just popping in to say hello and that I'm joining in!

Now, back to page one...


Kathy

Hi Kathy! Thanks for stopping by!


I hope everyone is having a good 4th of July weekend! Ours has gotten off to a rough start. My son woke up Wednesday night around midnight with a 105 degree temperature (he had already been on antibiotics for 4 days for an ear infection). Tylenol couldn't break it - the lowest it got all day on Thursday was 101.8. We spent a good deal of the afternoon on Thursday at the pediatrician's office trying to figure out what was causing it. They did blood tests, a chest x-ray, a sinus x-ray.....the only thing that came back abnormal was an elevated WBC count. His ears even looked better. The doctor couldn't pinpoint the cause of the fever, so he gave him a shot of antibiotics hoping that a more aggressive approach would help.....IT DID!!! His fever broke around 9 pm last night. He's still been running a slight temp today, but nowhere near as high as yesterday, thank goodness! We saw the ped again this afternoon and his WBC count had gone down a bit, too. THANK THE LORD!!! Nothing is worse than having a sick baby and not knowing what is causing it. We are so thankful that he now seems to be on the mend! We're hoping that he will feel well enough for 4th festivities tomorrow.

Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend!!

 

[MRYPPNS]

Sick kiddos are no fun ...hope he's on the mend soon.

 

[mrsksomeday]

Thank goodness the fever is going down. We feel so helpless when we can't fix it.

 

[Mommy2LittleVols]

Once again, I must apologize for my absence. I've been so busy reading other people's PTR's and TR's that I didn't even realize that it had been almost 3 weeks since I updated!

Thank you, Heidi and Tracy, for your well wishes!!

Okay, off to update about the craziness that ensues when Disney starts issuing PIN codes.....