September '09, 22nd anniversary at Pop. FINAL THOUGHTS DECEMBER 3RD

[bouncycat]

Good morning, glad your ADR's are made, huge sigh of relief, right? HAHA We had fun yesterday, I feel like I've been run over by a truck tho....I wore my tennies instead of my flip flops. I think I need new tennies!!! HAHAHAHA Chris wants to go fishing today....maybe I'll do a little LESS fishing and more watching!! LOL I dunno, I got crap to do here, laundry, floors, SEWING!! He leaves for miami wednesday and I still have 3 more uniforms to sew the anchors on!!! UG!

 

[racefanof88]

I was up at 5am with diet Coke in hand at my computer. The first ADR I tried was Le Cellier, with a 5 day date range at 2:45pm and there was NOTHING . So I changed the time to 12pm and I GOT ONE .

So here is my list

September 26th
Tony's 5:35 pm(I really wanted Sept 29th, oh well)

September 27th
Captain's Grille 1:25 pm

September 28th
Crystal Palace 8:20 am(I wanted Tusker House, but they only had an opening the same day we do Le Cellier)

September 29th
Grand Floridian Cafe 5:30 pm

September 30th
Sci Fi 6:50 pm

October 1st
Le Cellier 11:40 am

October 2nd
The Wave 12:00 pm

All done and finished at 5:50 am.

It was amazing to me that they did not have a Tony's on 9/29 for dinner, but they did have a CRT . I think my boys will be ok with the choices I made. I can start planning the rest of my trip now .

 

[racefanof88]

Good morning, glad your ADR's are made, huge sigh of relief, right? HAHA We had fun yesterday, I feel like I've been run over by a truck tho....I wore my tennies instead of my flip flops. I think I need new tennies!!! HAHAHAHA Chris wants to go fishing today....maybe I'll do a little LESS fishing and more watching!! LOL I dunno, I got crap to do here, laundry, floors, SEWING!! He leaves for miami wednesday and I still have 3 more uniforms to sew the anchors on!!! UG!

Good Morning. Yes, I am glad they are all made. I tried to stay up to make them, but I just couldn't stay awake so I went to bed a 2 am and got back up at 5 am. I was concerned with the Le Cellier ADR but it ended up being Tony's I should have been worried about .

Did you get lots of pix yesterday? Glad to hear that y'all had fun . Get some new tennies now so you can break them in before September. I made the mistake of buying some new tennies before our 2006 trip. I wore them around for a week or so before we went to Disney and OMG, my feet were tore up. I had blisters on top of blisters. It was horrible, I almost rented a wheelchair my feet were so messed up.

I would go fishing. Sew later, clothes will wait, floors can be done next weekend. Spend the time with Chris .

I think I am gonna kick back in the recliner and nap for a little while. Have fun fishing

 

[disneygirlinnj]

Great ADRs!! I was surprised too that there were a LOT of CRT open as 'other suggestions' every time I tried to enter anything in for the MK. Glad you got Le Cellier!! Mmm...the cheese soup makes my mouth water just thinking about it!!

Now I'm on hold with Disney Dining for one last thing (tea at the GF) and then I can go BACK TO BED! I'm exhausted! haha!

We'll be in the same parks on some days so hopefully we'll see you!

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Glad you were able to get your ADR's done. I know you have to be getting excited now!
Maybe as it gets closer you will be able to swap to the days that you wanted on certain ADR's. I understand there are lots of cx's.
Have a great day!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Hooray Dana! You go girl! It looks like your ADR bookings were successful. I love the feeling that you get after making the ADRs. Now you can move onto other planning.

 

[racefanof88]

Great ADRs!! I was surprised too that there were a LOT of CRT open as 'other suggestions' every time I tried to enter anything in for the MK. Glad you got Le Cellier!! Mmm...the cheese soup makes my mouth water just thinking about it!!

Now I'm on hold with Disney Dining for one last thing (tea at the GF) and then I can go BACK TO BED! I'm exhausted! haha!

We'll be in the same parks on some days so hopefully we'll see you!

I was going to book CRT for dinner for September 29th, but I decided it would be a stretch getting my guys to eat with Cindy . Yes, the cheese soup is AMAZING!! I will get a bowl of it and pay oop. I have a TIW card so I will get 20% off.

I got a few more ZZZZZ this morning. I hope you got the tea. Amanda and I were going to do that in May and we canceled our ADR at the last minute.

Meeting up would be fun . We had a good time at our Dis meet in May.

Glad you were able to get your ADR's done. I know you have to be getting excited now!
Maybe as it gets closer you will be able to swap to the days that you wanted on certain ADR's. I understand there are lots of cx's.
Have a great day!

Thanks, I am so glad to at least have the places we want. I am still not 100% sure about Sci Fi, the food is good, but our service in May was bad. I may change it to Mama Melrose. I will try to change them around in a few days to see if anything opens up.

Hooray Dana! You go girl! It looks like your ADR bookings were successful. I love the feeling that you get after making the ADRs. Now you can move onto other planning.

I am too happy now. It is a good feeling. I am thinking about getting the luggage out tomorrow .

 

[jwhtewolfd]

Looks to be a very tasty vacation. I was also surprised at the CRTs that showed up as alternate suggestions, but I guess it's easier to get CRT for dinner w/ no characters than breakfast or lunch w/ the princesses. I considered going for it, but Tony really isn't keen on the idea. Oh well...maybe on my January trip.

 

[Colleen27]

It was amazing to me that they did not have a Tony's on 9/29 for dinner, but they did have a CRT . I think my boys will be ok with the choices I made. I can start planning the rest of my trip now .

That is surprising! Great list, though, and on getting Le Cellier! It is such a relief to have the ADRs done, isn't it?

 

[racefanof88]

That is surprising! Great list, though, and on getting Le Cellier! It is such a relief to have the ADRs done, isn't it?

Thanks. It does feel good having all that done. Now it is time to start planning park days .

 

[racefanof88]

Well, I have started changing things up already . Dale didn't want to make an ADR for 5:30 on the day of our arrival (9/26) because he didn't want to be rushed. So I canceled the Tony's at 5:35 and booked The Plaza for 7 pm. I checked the menu at Captain's Grille again and I think Raglan Road on Sunday, (9/27) at 2:30 pm would be better. And then I kept trying Tusker House and I finally got one for Wednesday (9/30) at 8:25 am. So the new line up is as follows.

Saturday, September 26th(canceled Tony's at 5:35 pm)
The Plaza 7 pm

Sunday, September 27th(canceled Captain's Grille 1:25 pm)
Raglan Road 2:30 pm

Monday, September 28th
Crystal Palace 8:20 am

Tuesday, September 29th
Grand Floridian Cafe 5:30 pm

Wednesday, September 30th(canceled Sci Fi 6:50 pm)
Tusker House 8:25 am

Thursday, October 1st
Le Cellier 11:40 am

Friday, October 2nd
The Wave 12 pm

There is way too much time to say I will not change it again . I know I will leave Le Cellier, Tusker House and CP alone though.

 

[bouncycat]

LOL waay too funny, was it me that jinxed ya with the changes? If so, I'm sorry!! Everytime I tell my mom I wanna change something, she says no, so she's the voice of reason! LOL We just gotta get together to get the cabin menu down so I can get things slowly. With Chris's raise, it should't be too bad to get stuff, but I wanna save for spending money too..so there we go!!! I have my trip on my mind ALL the time, of course being as slow as we are at work doesn't help either!!! Have a good evening!

 

[mickeystoontown]

I understand not wanting an early dinner ADR on your arrival day. We wanted to eat at T-Rex on our arrival day but didn't want anything too early. The only time they had was 9:00 p.m. but I took it. We'll probably show up early and see if we can get in.

 

[racefanof88]

LOL waay too funny, was it me that jinxed ya with the changes? If so, I'm sorry!! Everytime I tell my mom I wanna change something, she says no, so she's the voice of reason! LOL We just gotta get together to get the cabin menu down so I can get things slowly. With Chris's raise, it should't be too bad to get stuff, but I wanna save for spending money too..so there we go!!! I have my trip on my mind ALL the time, of course being as slow as we are at work doesn't help either!!! Have a good evening!

No you didn't jinx me...... Dale not helping me plan was the problem. I kept telling him I was going to make our ADRs today and he just never offered up any help. So today, when I told him about the times he started his mess....... I am glad I got Tusker House though because I really wanted to eat there. I know what you mean. I am not going to get a fridge in our room this time, we are just gonna use our ice chest. I won't have to buy as much stuff, just some water and drinks.

I understand not wanting an early dinner ADR on your arrival day. We wanted to eat at T-Rex on our arrival day but didn't want anything too early. The only time they had was 9:00 p.m. but I took it. We'll probably show up early and see if we can get in.

WOW 9:00? I would be falling asleep in my soup . Hopefully you can get in early, we showed up at all of our ADRs early in May and with the exception of CM we got in early each time.

 

[longing2Batdisney]

Happy you were able to make some changes...really happy you were able to get Tusker breakfast...another report I'm looking forward to
Have a good evening...still need to try and transfer my pics...

 

[bouncycat]

we're doing breakfast in the cabin, even if it's just cereal. With my sister not having too much money, that'll help save. Of course I'll have the normal drinks, and snacks and booze HAHA that's one of the big reasons I like the cabin, full fridge!! I'll probably get some sandwitch stuff too, just in case. I had that last time, and dad and Chris tore it up!! Plus we're there longer....so that's MY reasoning of thinking, but of course we ALL drink something different.....so that's gonna be fun LOL Ah well, it'll work itself out!!

 

[racefanof88]

Happy you were able to make some changes...really happy you were able to get Tusker breakfast...another report I'm looking forward to
Have a good evening...still need to try and transfer my pics...

Me too. I have wanted to try it since they changed it to a TS. I am going to have my little note pad with me this trip so I can jot things down. I am also going to try and get better pictures.

Good luck with the pictures. I transferred my friends pix for her at work Friday.

we're doing breakfast in the cabin, even if it's just cereal. With my sister not having too much money, that'll help save. Of course I'll have the normal drinks, and snacks and booze HAHA that's one of the big reasons I like the cabin, full fridge!! I'll probably get some sandwitch stuff too, just in case. I had that last time, and dad and Chris tore it up!! Plus we're there longer....so that's MY reasoning of thinking, but of course we ALL drink something different.....so that's gonna be fun LOL Ah well, it'll work itself out!!

Yeah, doing breakfast in the room is much cheaper. We had Poptarts and all that kind of stuff too. We will just put some cokes, water and beer in the cooler, if we see we need more than just that we may rent a fridge, but I think we can get by without one. You watch I will be eating those words......... I have thought about buying one of those coolers you can plug in and use it for heating or cooling. Gosh, living out of an ice chest reminds me of hurricanes . I loved having the full kitchen in the cabin, just not so much the cabins . We stayed at Homewood Suites over by US in 2006 and it was great. Full kitchen, living room with a queen sofa bed and the bedroom had two queen beds. Very nice. Got the room on a site called CRShotels.com for $89 a night. It had a full breakfast buffet every morning FREE and a managers reception in the evenings with food and wine or beer FREE. That is why we stay off property a lot. I work my tail off going from site to site to site to get a good deal on a good room.

 

[longing2Batdisney]

We did the ice chest thing last trip. Danny would just add ice in the morning and by the middle of the week he was adding it every other day. We just left the chest in the bathroom. (We had a handicap room; because of the king bed--so it was real easy to drain.

 

[racefanof88]

We did the ice chest thing last trip. Danny would just add ice in the morning and by the middle of the week he was adding it every other day. We just left the chest in the bathroom. (We had a handicap room; because of the king bed--so it was real easy to drain.

We have used an ice chest before, but only when we stayed for a few days. This will be the first time we have stayed longer and not had a fridge. I know it will be fine thought because being on the DDP all we will need is drinks. Dallas is the only one of us that eats 3 meals a day and I figure we can use snack credits to get him a cinnamon roll or something on the days we are not eating breakfast. I am going to ask for a first floor room so it won't be so hard carrying everything in.

 

[mickeystoontown]

We have used an ice chest before, but only when we stayed for a few days. This will be the first time we have stayed longer and not had a fridge. I know it will be fine thought because being on the DDP all we will need is drinks. Dallas is the only one of us that eats 3 meals a day and I figure we can use snack credits to get him a cinnamon roll or something on the days we are not eating breakfast. I am going to ask for a first floor room so it won't be so hard carrying everything in.

I was a little worried about not having a refrigerator too since we are staying at Pop. I bought one at Target last September when they had all their college dorm room stuff out. I paid just $40.00 for one of those cube size ones. We measured how big it was and we could stack two six packs of coke on top of each other and had more room. So, I figured we'd bring it along since it's not any bigger than an ice chest. Now that our daughter is coming with us, we may not have room in the trunk of the car. Should we rent a fridge? Should we bring the collapsible ice chest? Decisions! Decisions!