Renfroe family returns to WDW for first time in 5 years!

[englishrose47]

Alan I have had breakfast at Olivia's and it was wonderful, a hidden GEM!! Went to BOG for supper in December and enjoyed it , the lemon cupcake is to die for . I had the Shrimp and scallop dish and really liked it . Haven't tried the other 2 .

 

[CRdisMom]

Pom fries!!' Drooollling right now over the Garlic aoloi. Yummy!

 

[alan_renfroe]

Great job on the spreadsheet! I start out thinking that I'm going to do one for our trips but never get around to it.

I see that you said you were trying a few new restaurants. We are too. Olivia's, Kona and Trails' End are our new ones for next trip.

I created a template for the spreadsheet! If you're interested, I can send it to you and you can just plug in your information! Just let me know.

Oh, and I hope you'll love Kona as much as we do! That's a GREAT restaurant! The NY strip and the coffee-rubbed pork chop are amazing!

Alan I have had breakfast at Olivia's and it was wonderful, a hidden GEM!! Went to BOG for supper in December and enjoyed it , the lemon cupcake is to die for . I had the Shrimp and scallop dish and really liked it . Haven't tried the other 2 .

We have read some great reviews on Olivia's and since we are staying at POR, it's a very short distance for us to travel. We're excited about that one! Also, we hope to get a FP+ for lunch at BoG. I think the atmosphere alone is simply amazing!

Pom fries!!' Drooollling right now over the Garlic aoloi. Yummy!

Hey Laura! I know right! I'm happy with our ADRs for this trip!

 

[anniebabymu]

Hi Andrea! Hahahaha....I wonder if people like us, you know the planning types....I wonder if we drive T.A.s crazy or if they love us for our obsessive organization?

Ha ha!!! I wonder that all the time! Our T.A. is my daughter's dance teacher, so I'm sure she braces herself every Tuesday to see me. Lol! Although, I do think that she likes that she doesn't really have to "work" that hard for us. I had everything all planned out for her!

 

[alan_renfroe]

Ha ha!!! I wonder that all the time! Our T.A. is my daughter's dance teacher, so I'm sure she braces herself every Tuesday to see me. Lol! Although, I do think that she likes that she doesn't really have to "work" that hard for us. I had everything all planned out for her!

She's probably nervous that you may better at her job than she is!

 

[alan_renfroe]

142 days to go! I expect our welcome packet with flash drive any day now. (We booked officially six days ago.)

 

[AlohaAnnie]

142 days to go! I expect our welcome packet with flash drive any day now. (We booked officially six days ago.)

Yay!

 

[KatMark]

142 days to go! I expect our welcome packet with flash drive any day now. (We booked officially six days ago.)

141 days for Mary, the girls and I

 

[blueangel2]

142 days to go! I expect our welcome packet with flash drive any day now. (We booked officially six days ago.)

it's 116 for us...cant wait until we get to the double digits.

 

[anniebabymu]

142 days to go! I expect our welcome packet with flash drive any day now. (We booked officially six days ago.)

133 for us!!! We never got a flash drive We just got the little booklet with the reminder magnet on back. We booked with a TA though, so I'm thinking that's why we just got the booklet! Bummer because I wanted one!

 

[pixleyyy]

133 for us!!! We never got a flash drive We just got the little booklet with the reminder magnet on back. We booked with a TA though, so I'm thinking that's why we just got the booklet! Bummer because I wanted one!

We didn't get the flash drive either! I got the booklet with the reminder magnet but that's it. We booked directly through WD Travel though. So bummed!

 

[Mysteria]

I'm in for the new adventures of Team Renfroe! Can't believe it's been almost 5 years since the MMM.

 

[alan_renfroe]

Yay!

140 now! Tomorrow we'll be in the 130s!

141 days for Mary, the girls and I

I KNOW you all are excited! So you'll be arriving the day before we do. We are actually leaving home on May 29th after I get off work and driving down to Valdosta, GA.

it's 116 for us...cant wait until we get to the double digits.

Getting closer and closer to double digits now for you guys! Just 2 weeks!

133 for us!!! We never got a flash drive We just got the little booklet with the reminder magnet on back. We booked with a TA though, so I'm thinking that's why we just got the booklet! Bummer because I wanted one!

We haven't gotten one yet either! I keep checking the mail box every day. Of course, we just officially booked our trip 8 days ago, but we haven't received anything in the mail yet. I want that flash drive also! I don't even care what's on it....it will just be cool to see the green Mickey light up when you put it in!

We didn't get the flash drive either! I got the booklet with the reminder magnet but that's it. We booked directly through WD Travel though. So bummed!

We haven't even gotten a booklet or magnet yet. Should I be concerned? Oh well....hopefully today.

I'm in for the new adventures of Team Renfroe! Can't believe it's been almost 5 years since the MMM.

Mysteria!!!!!! Hello my friend! So glad to have you along for our adventures! Hope all is well with you and your family. It really is hard to believe that it was 5 years ago we all met!

 

[alan_renfroe]

After driving the rest of the family crazy with my obsessive Disney planning, I finally got everyone to pick a color!

 

[anniebabymu]

After driving the rest of the family crazy with my obsessive Disney planning, I finally got everyone to pick a color!

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Ha ha! We're going to be the boring family! I got both girls pink because I knew it would be an issue if one got pink and the other didn't... spoiled princesses! Then I had to get pink too because they're not the only spoiled princess . *Stomps feet* Come on Disney... where's the purple!?!

Although, maybe I should change to red since its a Minnie Mouse color and then all 3 of us girls don't have pink!

 

[blueangel2]

Ha ha! We're going to be the boring family! I got both girls pink because I knew it would be an issue if one got pink and the other didn't... spoiled princesses! Then I had to get pink too because they're not the only spoiled princess . *Stomps feet* Come on Disney... where's the purple!?!

Although, maybe I should change to red since its a Minnie Mouse color and then all 3 of us girls don't have pink!

Where is the Purple!? With disney being so princess focused you would thing they would have this color. The only "girly" color is pink...doesn't help you much if you have more than one little girl, luckily I only have one dd.

 

[anniebabymu]

Where is the Purple!? With disney being so princess focused you would thing they would have this color. The only "girly" color is pink...doesn't help you much if you have more than one little girl, luckily I only have one dd.

I know!! I most definitely wish they had more girly colors! I'll just have to keep checking back and maybe by April 21st (the day we have to customize by!) they will... hey, one can dream right?!?

 

[AlohaAnnie]

After driving the rest of the family crazy with my obsessive Disney planning, I finally got everyone to pick a color!

I was so excited to customize our MBs and the family was looking at me like I was nuts every time I said, you have to pick a color. It was like they were confused. So finally I said if you don't pick a color they give you a gray band and they finally chose a color.

My daughter and I both have pink.
My son blue and
My husband yellow

Congrats on your MBs another phase closer to your trip!

.

 

[alan_renfroe]

Ha ha! We're going to be the boring family! I got both girls pink because I knew it would be an issue if one got pink and the other didn't... spoiled princesses! Then I had to get pink too because they're not the only spoiled princess . *Stomps feet* Come on Disney... where's the purple!?!

Although, maybe I should change to red since its a Minnie Mouse color and then all 3 of us girls don't have pink!

Oh you are a wise, wise mother! Getting girls two different colors would just be asking for a fight! Well done! And yeah, what's up with no purple? I almost picked red for myself because that's my alma mater's school colors.

Where is the Purple!? With disney being so princess focused you would thing they would have this color. The only "girly" color is pink...doesn't help you much if you have more than one little girl, luckily I only have one dd.

Hi Nina! I really don't understand why purple, a seemingly basic color and certainly a princess color, wouldn't be offered. My guess is that demand will eventually be so high they will add that at some point.

I know!! I most definitely wish they had more girly colors! I'll just have to keep checking back and maybe by April 21st (the day we have to customize by!) they will... hey, one can dream right?!?

If you think about green and blue are really the only manly colors! Wonder if we could convince them to trade yellow for purple?

Oh, and here's my question....is gray going to be like "the color of shame"? As in...."hey look at that family....they all have gray magicbands....I'll bet they didn't plan ahead or that they screwed theirs up in some way!" Hahahaha!

I was so excited to customize our MBs and the family was looking at me like I was nuts every time I said, you have to pick a color. It was like they were confused. So finally I said if you don't pick a color they give you a gray band and they finally chose a color.

My daughter and I both have pink.
My son blue and
My husband yellow

Congrats on your MBs another phase closer to your trip!

.

Whew, glad I'm not the only one! I think everybody in my family was like, "it's just a color! We don't care!" But of course I wanted to make sure they were selected as soon as possible!

 

[alan_renfroe]

So after second and third guessing myself on the plan, for some reason I just wasn't comfortable with having our last day be at Magic Kingdom, then having to leave WDW by leaving MK in the afternoon. That just seemed weird to me for some reason. So, we looked at the possibilities and decided that our best option would be to basically switch Wednesday and Thursdays plans. The only thing needed to do this would be to change our ADR at Sci-Fi, originally scheduled for Wednesday, June 4, to Thursday, June 5, which I was able to do successfully. I also questioned having our dinner at 6:45pm on our last night of WDW, so I was able to move that reservation to 7:05, which I think will give us a bit more time.

All of that being said, here is the new plan:



139 days to go! And I'm about 20% of the way through re-reading The Unofficial Guide. It has been a nice refresher course to read it over again. Hope you all are staying warm and saving those dollars for your respective next Disney trips!

Alan