PTR WDW Christmas Trip

[amazingact21]

OMG that's such a breakthrough! I've been asking my family which rides they're excited for and they can't think of a one. What a triumph on your part!! And my sister and I are totally doing MK until 3am (well, maybe not quite, but hopefully close!). I don't think I've ever been out in public at 3am! I wonder how many people will be there?

I've only been out that late on nights that I went to midnight releases for movies (so maybe 5 times total). I am a complete early bird, so I'm sure I will not know what to do with myself that late.

I'm thinking that the later it gets, the less crowded it'll be. Especially since families with babies probably won't want to keep their children up until dawn. Here's to hoping for short lines and plenty of walking space!

Wow! you've had so much good luck this week

and i'm sure your school situation will work out, i know how difficult that can be.

Thanks! Luck is normally not on my side, so I am taking advantage of it while it's here!

 

[Nemo32]

We just got back yesterday and also had to deal with extended hours. Make sure to get lots of rest or else you won't enjoy the trip. I think we pushed ourselves too much and now I'm sick. Hope you're feeling better!

 

[amazingact21]

We just got back yesterday and also had to deal with extended hours. Make sure to get lots of rest or else you won't enjoy the trip. I think we pushed ourselves too much and now I'm sick. Hope you're feeling better!

Great advice! I hope you had a fantastic time. Are you going to do a TR? I'd like to hear how your trip went, especially after reading all your planning posts.

 

[amazingact21]

Longest day ever!!!

I made sure to plan lots of things to do today, because "day before's" are always the hardest. I can't stop thinking about how my vacation is just about to begin.

I did laundry last night. And did some more laundry late last night. and what do you know, did some more this morning. I'm the kind of person who just lets it pile up until I have five or six loads to do. Bleck, I need to get better about that. I am also the sort of person who puts clothes in the washer and forgets about them. I threw in my first load about 3 o'clock. Then, at 5:30, you see me running through the living room and into the laundry room, yelling, "Crap, crap, crap! Next load I'm going to remember." Then four or five hours later you see me running through the kitchen going, "Crap, crap, crap, I forgot my clothes again!"

Needless to say, doing laundry takes a long time for me. But I managed to get everything nice and clean and folded and by about 8ish this morning, I was all packed up!

This is all for an 8 day trip. The backpack has all our Disney info, books for me to read on the ride, phone chargers, and our park bag is inside of it. The pink bag is my "overnight" bag. I decided since I'll only be at DBF's family's house for that one night, I might as well through my clothes, flat iron, makeup and toiletry bag into one place and not worry about lugging in my suitcase. I plan on using it to throw dirty clothes in when we're done.

I sent DBF a pic of all my stuff, asking if he thinks it'll all fit in his car and his response was, "Well, I don't have that much junk, but I guess it'll work." I politely replied with "All right."

Last night (between running back and forth to the laundry room) I took the advice of fellow DISers and made index cards with our ADRs and show times. I meant to take a photo of them, but I forgot to and the camera battery is charging. Hmmph.
But just believe me when I say that they are pretty cool. I made sure that on each of our EMH days (the 19th and 20th) we had three to four hours to go back to the room and rest. Luckily, DBF and I don't absolutely have to see the parades in the afternoon, which is going to give us a great oppurtunity to take a break from the madness.


In addition to packing this morning, I baked a cake! Now, you must know, I am NOT a baker. Or a cook. Or any form of culinary genius. I am the dishwasher. The busboy. The waitress. Anything that doesn't involve food preparation.
(Except microwaving stuff. I'm a master at that.)

I felt bad, though, about going to DBF's parent's house without something to give them. So with my mother supervising, I made a butternut pound cake....from scratch!!! And it actually turned out great. Of course, I ended up wearing half the flour and dropping an egg on the floor, but besides that, everything went smoothly.

Later today, my mom is treating me to a manicure/pedicure as a gift for getting A's in all my classes this semester. Yay! The last time I got pampered was when DBF came home from his deployment back at the end of June. The people we normally go to are fantastic with designs, so I am going to see if I can get either a really Christmas-y or a really Disney-ish design. By Disney-ish, I mean swirls and sparkles and firework appearances.
I think I'm most excited about this because it'll give me a chance to relax and enjoy myself. These past few days have been nuts with finals, packing, calling DBF every five seconds to make sure he's getting ready.

Speaking of DBF, I suppose I should mention that he's doing great about not procrastinating. He cleaned out his car last Thursday, got an oil change and money transferred yesterday, did laundry Sunday, and all he has left to do today is get a haircut (when you're in military, you can't have your hair touching your collar or your ear, so DBF has to get it cut every other week.) and pack.
Even better news, he convinced someone to let him get off work early tonight! Normally, he gets off at 12, and since he's the shift leader I didn't think he'd be able to sneak out before then. Thankfully, the guy taking over his shift while he's at WDW was amiable and agreed to start one day earlier.

This all means that he gets to go to sleep sooner, wake up earlier, and we get to leave ahead of schedule. Yay!

I'm sure I will post one more time before we leave, so I'll go ahead and end this post. I'll leave you with a picture of my bulletin board with my countdown down to one!!!

 

[DisneyAsh32]

Wow! you got A LOT done. I'm so jealous that you get to leave tomorrow. I hope you have a great trip!

and I had to laugh when you were talking about your laundry because I am the exact same way. I'm horrible about letting my laundry pile up, but my justification is that I can just do it all at once and be done.

 

[Nemo32]

YAY! You're almost on your way! And great that you're using the index card idea! Congrats on baking a cake - I'm a baker, but not a cooker.

 

[amazingact21]

Well, bags are sitting by the door, the cat is in hiding because she knows I'm about to leave her, and all that's left is DBF picking me up!

As much as I want to hit the road, I promised DBF I wouldn't wake him up. He worked late and legally, he's supposed to be off work for at least 8 hours before he can travel. So, I am sitting at my computer waiting for the much-anticipated text message that say DBF is on the way. Whoo-hoo!

Since I have so much wait time, I took some pics of my index cards. Here are three of them:

I don't know what I would've done without the DIS boards giving me such helpful trips. I'm going into this vacation competent about how to do everything, whereas without it I'd probably be freaking out and disappointed with my lack of pre-planning. So thanks again to everyone who helped me.

I don't know if I'll get on the computer at DBF's parent's house, so this will probably be my last post before my trip. Thanks for reading my PTR!!!

 

[amazingact21]

Whew, DBF and I are back from our WDW vacation. We had an absolute blast with only two sour moments. Once I get all our photos edited and organized, I'll begin my trip report. We took 6 GBs worth of pictures!!!

 

[DisneyAsh32]

Whew, DBF and I are back from our WDW vacation. We had an absolute blast with only two sour moments. Once I get all our photos edited and organized, I'll begin my trip report. We took 6 GBs worth of pictures!!!

Hope You had a great trip! I can't wait to hear about it.