sept 2010 PTR- -- because this is how we roll to disney:)

[deslynnpatterson]

so today is DHS day! We got to DHS around 10:00am again if it was up to me it would have been a lot earlier LOL!!, But it was my mom;s and brothers trip too I think i am just so used to going with Josh when we are at the parks so early in the morning-- buts its okay really-- i I am going in back in 3 in a half months LOL!!! The crowds were like non existent!!! Compared to the day before in MK-- there were no crowds!! nothing had wait! my theory is everyone was at MK the day before and was too worn out to do anything the next day LOL!!!! we started out with going on the great movie ride first, then we did little mermaid, muppets, then we had lunch at Pizza Planet-- it was soo good i love pizza planet! I love the personal pan pizza - pepperoni with a salad-- chips for the dessert-- and a large diet coke i enjoyed it so much after lunch we went on TSM! only 30 mins wait!!! WOW!! i was shocked with that! my brother beat me LOL he had a decent score of 119,500 thats great for his first time but my accuracy score was better LOL!! It was very hot in DHS-- after we did some other rides, and attaractions and digested our lunch we got a mickey premium bar-- my brother got a strawberry fruit bar! It was so good! the heat was starting to get to us-- and since we pretty much finished everything in DHS by 3pm we decided the few things we didn't see we could skip till next trip... we just wanted to go back to the resort to swim-- but my mom mentioned we should maybe go check out CSR since we had time-- we wanted to check it our because SSR was so spread out we were hoping CSR was not this way-- so we left hollywood studios and as soon as we walked out the CSR was waiting-- how lucky were we! Plus i heard there buses are always awesome anyways we decided to get off the bus stop at the cabanas section since that is the section we requested and hope to stay in, then we walked over to the main pool, and through the cabanas section-- so let me just say this much about CSR-- i haven't even stayed there yet but--- I believe this is already my new favorite resort it was absolutely breathe taking with its beauty-- tons of palm trees, love the main pool, and how they can fill your mugs up right at the pool, the pepper market was HUGE, gift shop HUGE-- i love how we could get breakfast in the peppermarket and sit along the water and eat breakfast-- there was nothing we didnt' love about this resort!! its perfect and we are thrilled to be going in Sept i am also very excited to eat at maya grill, and go to rix lounge!! I didn't want to leave the resort and we just stopped by LOL so i can imagine my sept trip there will be perfect i can't wait!!!

after we walked around the resort a little more we got the DTD bus and then went back to SSR we then went to the rock springs pool-- had a pina colava by the pool-- and got some swimming time in

after we swam we showered and got ready for DTD for some shopping! First we decided to have dinner at earls-- i got the earls club this time so good! and then we got the kettle chip for dessert which we ate later-- and shopped by ghiradelli for the piece of chocolate sample they give you for dessert-- then it was shopping time! We had a lot of luck in the Team mickey store-- i found Josh a Alabama hat that he has been looking for-- when i gave it to him last night he was in shock-- and then my brother found a really nice ESPN zip up hoodie-- it was so nice! he got that. Then i went to the world of disney-- and got one of the relaly soft big donal stuffed animals LOL i collect them-- and will get goofy my next trip and will have them all! we also went to Basin and i was looking for those little sample bags of the pieces of soaps but they didn't have any so i skipped buying soaps till my next trip-- after our shopping was done we headed back to the resort to pack-- and get to bed so we could get to AK early the next day and checkout or our resort

up next AK day and departure day

 

[DisneyFaeriePrincess]

Hey you're home!! Sounds like you had a great trip! Seems like it was pretty relaxing trip!

 

[deslynnpatterson]

Hey you're home!! Sounds like you had a great trip! Seems like it was pretty relaxing trip!

hey girl the trip was amazing!! I loved every second of it I love going in may now!! the humidity was so low compared to sept-- it was beautiful!! how has your trip planning going?

 

[KatMark]

we just wanted to go back to the resort to swim-- but my mom mentioned we should maybe go check out CSR since we had time-- we wanted to check it our because SSR was so spread out we were hoping CSR was not this way-- so we left hollywood studios and as soon as we walked out the CSR was waiting-- how lucky were we! Plus i heard there buses are always awesome anyways we decided to get off the bus stop at the cabanas section since that is the section we requested and hope to stay in, then we walked over to the main pool, and through the cabanas section-- so let me just say this much about CSR-- i haven't even stayed there yet but--- I believe this is already my new favorite resort it was absolutely breathe taking with its beauty-- tons of palm trees, love the main pool, and how they can fill your mugs up right at the pool, the pepper market was HUGE, gift shop HUGE-- i love how we could get breakfast in the peppermarket and sit along the water and eat breakfast-- there was nothing we didnt' love about this resort!! its perfect and we are thrilled to be going in Sept i am also very excited to eat at maya grill, and go to rix lounge!! I didn't want to leave the resort and we just stopped by LOL so i can imagine my sept trip there will be perfect i can't wait!!!

Okay....after sitting on pins and needles -- does she/doesn't she??? -- I can breathe now because you already LOVE the CSR.
I am so happy. I really think you are going to like staying there and we walked around Saratoga last September and we found it much more confusing and bigger than CSR.

 

[DisneyFaeriePrincess]

hey girl the trip was amazing!! I loved every second of it I love going in may now!! the humidity was so low compared to sept-- it was beautiful!! how has your trip planning going?

I'm so glad you had a great time! I remember going on my band trip in high school in may and it was great! Were you there for the flower and garden show? My parents went in april and took some pics for me, they look amazing! It's going so well!! I got the free dinning and we're going to to mnsshp!! I'm planning much less this trip, ian has definitely said he wants a little more relaxed trip this time!

 

[racefanof88]

Love the TR, it sounds like so much fun . I can't wait to be there experiencing the Magic.

 

[deslynnpatterson]

Love the TR, it sounds like so much fun . I can't wait to be there experiencing the Magic.

thanks Dana i loved going in May so much!!! its much cooler in the evenings than sept and less humidity it was wonderful!! i am so excited for you you are going to have a blast

 

[BabyEeyore]

I'm really enjoying reading your TR. I needed a little extra Disney fix!

 

[deslynnpatterson]

I'm really enjoying reading your TR. I needed a little extra Disney fix!

thanks i am glad you are enjoying it I am going to get ready to write the last day of my trip and then move on with some sept trip stuff I already cannot wait to do back LOL im nutts!

 

[deslynnpatterson]

may 19th: I got up early again-- and got ready for the day-- let my mom and brother sleep a little LOL!! Then we got everything packed up and went up to the lobby area for airline check-in-- that morning our boarding passes were already on our door-- and we called the night before to pay for our luggage so everything went smooth and airline check-in was so easy! After we checked our bags we took our carry on bags to bell services for them to hold till our flight, and we went to fill up our cups If anyone else has stayed at SSR before-- the whole lobby area, pool area, and Artist Palette-- smells like lavender!!! I love the smell!! It was so relaxing!!! after we filled up our cups-- we went to wait for the aK bus-- one thing with SSR is that the bus service is really slow-- we had to wait a long time for our AK bus, we finally got on the bus a little before 10am and were off to AK!

Our first attraction was its a bug lifes-- i love it!! my brother really liked it and was shocked at how it feels like the bugs are really on you LOL!!! next we went to Expedition everest-- i warned my brother that this ride was a little rough-- has everyone ever felt like ther brian was going to the back of there head on this ride when you go backwards? LOL i do!! its a crazy feeling -- well my brother thought the feeling was really crazy too ( my mom didnt ride EE)-- after we got off the ride he had a little dizzy spell but he was okay-- thankfully and we decided to get some lunch! We always eat at Flame tree but decided to try something different so we went to Yak and yeti counter service-- my brother and I both got the honey chicken with rice-- and my mom got the sweet and sour chicken-- my mom and I got the triple chocolate cake for dessert, my brother got the mango pie. Everything from here was very good!!! After lunch we decided to get a fast pass for the safari-- and head to rafiki's planet watch. I was dissapointed no animals were at the vet i wanted to see one-- but again thankful that no animals needed a vet we spend a little time there-- and then it was almost time for our safari. We got a few good pics-- but since we went on later in the afternoon most of the animals were sleeping and weren't out and about. My brother really enjoyed the safari- he really felt like he was in Africa!

after the Safari we walked over to camp minnie mickey for the lion king show! we just made the 2:L15 showing-- and had crappy seats! It was hard to see in our seats-- but oh well the show was still really amazing!!! After the show we were all dying for something to drink-- so we got diet cokes -- and at this time it was around 3 and we decided we would go back to the resort-- and lay by the pool for awhile before our flight. First we went into Artist palette and cashed in the rest of our snack credits-- then we found a sunny spot by the pool-- and relaxed for awhile and ate some cheetos my brother and my mom had a beer at the pool bar-- i just had my diet coke. Around 5:30 we took our stuff and went up to the lobby and went to get freshed up before our flight-- LOL after walking around AK all day that can make someone pretty sweaty!

After we got fixed up we waited for our MME and it came at 6pm on the dot!! It was perfect timing!! It took about 30 mins to get to the Airport-- and the security are the airport went really smoothly! Then we just sat and relaxed and waited for our flight!!!

I had a great time!! I really enjoyed going in May and it might be one of my new favorites times to go-- i love sept-- but May has about the same crowds and way less humidity! I also had a great experience at SSR and with renting points! We also loved the QS dinning plan-- this was totally different to how we normally do any of our trips and it was great!!! If anyone has any questions about SSR or renting points or the QSR dinning plan-- ask away it was all a great experience!


up next-- maybe some TS changes for our sept dinning plans? and how do you eat all of this food?

 

[deslynnpatterson]

okay so i have a question for everyone who does the regular DDP-- how in the heck do you eat all of the food? LOL we have been struggling with this for years-- we try spacing out our meals-- doing early luches for our dinner-- nothing seems to work and we end up stuffed to the giles LOL!!! We were even so full constantly when we were just on the QSDP -- we got 2 snacks a day and couldn't even use the snacks up!! I am a light eater-- i like to eat like 5 small meals a day with going Weight watchers-- so when i eat big heavy meals in the hot summer sun-- it fills me up so much-- so my question is what is everyone's trick? Should i not eat a TS meal everyday and trade some of the ADR's in for 2 credit meals? Or should my mom and i share a breakfast, share a lunch, and then eat our TS meal? maybe if we shared meals it would be smalle portions and more of what i am used too-- i just don't feel like gaining weight-- or feeling so full and boated on my trip-- i did pretty good this past trip-- but we spaced out meals out very well-- ate lunch about 11:30 each day-- since we skipped breakfast-- maybe a snack later afternoon-- and dinner around 9 or later. I just need to figure our a way to make this work better-- i can never finish any of my food at disney! They really do give a lot of portions! So i would love to hear everyone tricks of the trade when is comes to disney eating! Also i am second guessing a lot of my ADRS now!! GRR!! i hate when i do that!! before i make changes though i want to see what everyone thinks about how to figure out my meals LOL

second-- before i went on my may trip i ordered a few shirts for my sept trip

i got both shirts from the store express and they came in the mail today!! I love them-- and plus side they are both a size small!!!!!

I also got a dressy black and purple shirt for rix lounge at CSR and cannot find a pic of the wesbite-- and i got a pretty blue one from express too for my may trip that i can also take on my sept trip

I used a coupon online for express and got a good deal now this weekend i want to go back to New york and company my other favorite store and use my city cash coupons and get more shorts for my sept trip-- i got a few brand new pairs for my may trip and they were soo comfy i have to get more!!

Also i really need to get back on track on my diet this weekend starting tomorrow! This week was so off with being in disney-- so the workout and healthy food start again tomorrow i have about 15 more weeks to lose more nad get in shape-- so stay tuned for a lot of healthy summer meal ideas coming up!

well i am off to watch some TV with the hubby-- let me know how everyone else plans out there meals with the meal plan!! thanks~

 

[princessallegra]

YAY!! Your trip sounds great!!!!!!!! I'm so happy for you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[princessallegra]

The way we work the dining plans is to eat breakfast really early (yogurt, fruit, cereal, split a bagel) because we do morning EMH or rope drop as often as we can. By noon we are hungry because we ate breakfast at like 7 am. We eat lunch. Then we eat a late dinner, anywhere from 7-8:30 pm. It works for us that way.

 

[KatMark]

Love the shirts and the dress sounds great for Rix Lounge. It's not too far away now (although you did just get back).

 

[princess_momma]

Your quick trip sounds like it was so nice. I loved reading all your fb statuses about it! I was sooooo envious!! You deserved it though, girl!!

Love those shirts from Express! They are hot!!! And will keep you cool!!

 

[deslynnpatterson]

YAY!! Your trip sounds great!!!!!!!! I'm so happy for you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you!!!

 

[deslynnpatterson]

The way we work the dining plans is to eat breakfast really early (yogurt, fruit, cereal, split a bagel) because we do morning EMH or rope drop as often as we can. By noon we are hungry because we ate breakfast at like 7 am. We eat lunch. Then we eat a late dinner, anywhere from 7-8:30 pm. It works for us that way.

we do have some late dinners this year so i hope it might work better and sharing breakfast is a very good idea! I think we are going to try sharing a breakfast early, share a lunch and then eat our late dinners-- i am curious how it will work! I can't stand that filling full feeling ugh-- but for some reason in the hot florida weather i get full so fast maybe I will burn it all off with the walking and be hungry this time

 

[deslynnpatterson]

Love the shirts and the dress sounds great for Rix Lounge. It's not too far away now (although you did just get back).

thanks so much I know i did just get back LOL but i am ready to go again I don't think i could ever have too much disney LOL

 

[deslynnpatterson]

Your quick trip sounds like it was so nice. I loved reading all your fb statuses about it! I was sooooo envious!! You deserved it though, girl!!

Love those shirts from Express! They are hot!!! And will keep you cool!!

hey girl!! I am glad you enjoyed the fb updates express is one of my new favorites stores! I love cute tops that will keep me cool! especially in that florida heat!! my short little trip was great-- and will tide me over till my big sept trip!

 

[deslynnpatterson]

hey everyone!! First of all i want to say i promise tonight i will go and catch up on everyone's PTRs -- please don't think i forgot about you-- i didn't just been busy and catching up on sleep from my short 5 day trip.

So i found out they changed our departure flight into orlando again UGH!! but i am getting a little worried-- our flight lands in orlando at 2:55pm-- and we have a dinner ressie at Liberty Tree Tavern at 6:00pm-- do you think this is pushing it? Should we try to change the LTT ressie to later? Or do you think getting to a park this late in the day is a waste of day? my other option is trying to get the 8:55pm Ohana ressie that is open that day-- and skip the parks the first day-- and change a ressie later in the week and add LTT-- or just stay at the resort this day and eat dinner at Maya Grill which is on the CSR property! WOW why is it so confusing to plan a disney trip sometimes? LOL my other option is to call the airline and get out flight changed but-- right now we have a straight thru flight-- if we changed it we would have to have a layover in atlanta-- UGH -- i am not sure what the right thing to do it! Any advice is greatly appreciated

I am also going to try to upload pics of my may trip over the long weekend-- if my computer works with me!

Today i starting applying for new jobs at work within my company-- i am trying to make a lot of positive changes in my life-- i got the eating healthy and working out down, now im going to therapy for my anxiety, and now i want to make work changes-- i feel that i am not going anywhere with my current job, and i feel that i am used there because i have a lot of experience, and will do anything and its very draining!! So I posted out for a few jobs in my company-- keep your fingers crossed i get a interview !!

i made a very delicious recipe over the weekend-- Taco Soup MMM!! it was a Weight watchers recipe and 2 points per cup! I will also post the recipe later for the soup ! I highly recommend it! My working out is back on track after being off for a week -- it feels good to be back on routine-- but yet again i miss disney already LOL~

I am going to catch up on everyone's PTRS now-- and then workout, and then i will post the recipe!