September 2011 - The Planning Has Started!!!

[mickeymouseclubhouse]

seadd67- Congrats on all the great ADR's!

You'll be eating good in the World!

 

[MikellaCinderella]

I love the idea of getting money from the country for show and tell! Very neat idea!

Luckily for DD, her school never gives her homework that has to be made up for vacation but I do like having her keep a journal just to keep her thinking, writing, etc! Looking forward to thinking of something for us to do this trip too. I love your ideas!

One year, we did our annual SC beach trip in May instead of June. My son's teachers had some really cool homework assignments for him. For one, he kept a journal of each state we drove through and did a little research on each one along the way, and also had some atlas work to do and turn in. For another (his art class), he had to sketch a landscape or something, so he sat down by the ocean and drew the gorgeous view that we had looking back at our beach house, the dunes, palm trees, sun on the horizon, etc. Turned out fantastic!

On our cruise we got coins and paper money from Mexico, Cayman Islands, and the Bahamas.

 

[mickeymouseclubhouse]

Nothing is booked yet, but I think we might do a short trip from 9/28-10/2. The kids have off two days for Rosh Hashanah and maybe we can even get in on one day of the Food and Wine Festival.

We usually go in Jan, so this will be a whole new experience for us. What should we expect?

Thanks,
Heather

Welcome!

Late September is still very Hot and humid, may have short periods of rain, lovebugs, restaurants are crowded (free dining) but parks are low crowds!

We love going in September!

 

[mickeymouseclubhouse]

One year, we did our annual SC beach trip in May instead of June. My son's teachers had some really cool homework assignments for him. For one, he kept a journal of each state we drove through and did a little research on each one along the way, and also had some atlas work to do and turn in. For another (his art class), he had to sketch a landscape or something, so he sat down by the ocean and drew the gorgeous view that we had looking back at our beach house, the dunes, palm trees, sun on the horizon, etc. Turned out fantastic!

On our cruise we got coins and paper money from Mexico, Cayman Islands, and the Bahamas.

That does sound great! Now you have my wheels turning, LOL

I might have to incorporate some of your ideas into a project for DD to do

 

[mickeymouseclubhouse]

Here is a copy of the list for MNSSHP


Tue 9/13
KellyWasHere
dizziedupbaby0127
Microcell(?)
meachell13
tukogirl
lesabrowning
MikellaCinderella(?)
Mrs Grumpy

Fri 9/16
mickeymouseclubhouse
Microcell(?)
Wendy31

Tue 9/20
KELLY
haven_alise1997
DisneyLifer87
BorkBorkBork
TinyDancer
#1Disfann
MissLiz
Smile4Me
seadd67
tippytail1

Fri 9/23
Caretames1
MikeandSulley
jpaxton1118
disneydreamin247

Tue 9/27
peachydreamyxx
MamaJessie(?)
Stephiela
ForTheLoveOfDCL
disneydiva16
DaniB
basketkat
heatherbynum
Tinkermom76
brightvalleyjrts
lindap1
brookmey

Fri 9/30
Tinkermom76
Branan5

Thur 10/6
lemonsours

 

[pinkle]

Is anyone else going to order from beerrun.biz, gardengrocer.com, or weshop.com for their trips?

I have seen a lot of Dissers say that they are going to order bottled water. As soon as we found out that you can get free ice water from any CS-we almost completely stopped with bottled water altogether! We may bring one or two reusable water bottles to have in the room or carry with us and keep in line...
is that why others still do bottled water too or maybe not everyone knows about the free water yet! No excuse September thread! Eliminate that cost from your trip!

I didn't know that...i considered gardengrocer but all I really need is water and the delivery is costly Did the water taste okay....I brought filtered, refillable bottles last year

 

[Microcell]

I am one of the people that thinks the water tastes bad, I think it tastes so badly of sulfur I think I would rather eat matchsticks! It may depend on where you are from in the country, but I live in the midwest and our water is not match flavored, so yuuuccckk!

 

[peachydreamyxx]

Are you going to call in for any of them or are you doing them all online?

I want to try and do all of them online. We're on the DDP but will be paying OOP for CRT and using those two credits to do two character breakfasts. Im just hoping I have no computer issues and the site isnt having any trouble because I want to make my ADRs then try and get a little more sleep! Heres hoping!

 

[peachydreamyxx]

I just did all of our ADR's,we are doing the DxDP,so we are instore for a yummy trip


Tues, Sept 20th, MNSSHP night
Lunch at Rose and crown 12 noon
Dinnier at Crystal palace 6:05
Maybe a late night snack at Pecos Bill

Wens, Sept 21st
Breakfast at Tuskerhouse,Donalds Breakfast 8:35
Lunch at Yak and yeti 2pm
Dinnier atHoop de doo 9:30 pm 3rd tier seatting

Thur, Sept 22
Lunch La Cellar for 1:05
Dinnier Brown derby 7:00
late night snack after fantasmic, Planet Hollywood(15.00 voucher)

Fri, Sept 23 2nd MNSSHP night
Lunch#1 La france 1pm
Lunch#2 San Angel 3:30pm
Dinnier Cali Grill 7:50pm

Sat, Sept 24th
Breakfast Chef Mickeys
Lunch Hard rock(oop) 2pm
Dinnier Margarittavile 10 or 11 pm(oop)

Sun, Sept 25th
Break at Crystal Palace
Lunch 9 Draggons
Dinnier at Yachtsman steak house

Mon, sept the 26th
Lunch Coral reef 4:15
Late Dinnier at ESPN cafe, after Illumnation

Tues, Sept 27th,departure day( catching ME at around 3pm,flight is at 6:20pm)
Break Kona cafe 7:30am
Lunch at Biergarten 12:30
Break, Kona cafe
I also I am doing golf on Thur,Fri and Monday morinings!!
I am a golfing nut so I will have plenty of golfeing adventures to keep my busy. Plus othere summer weekend trips. Dis will also be there to keep me In WDW all summer long.

Im so jealous, I really want to try the DxDDP one of these days! Everything youve picked looks awesome! My only question is on your 2nd MNSSHP night. If youre only having dinner at 750, wont you miss a huge chunk of the party?

 

[BorkBorkBork]

I love the maps...you're right, they are big! But I do enjoy ordering them and keeping them as souvenirs from the trip!

I'm sorry the ones you ordered previously didn't turn out as expected but like you said you can always order another set

I keep telling myself I should laminate a set and use them as (large )placemats or just make them more durable for the kids and they could use a dry-erase marker on them to circle their favorite attractions, etc. My 7 year old loves looking at all the small maps of the parks and it's great for her to try and navigate when we're in the parks. Who says Disney isn't educational, lol

Great ideas!! I have a set from 2009 that I did the "antique" option, whatever that is called. You know, with the goldish background? This year we did the Character option and the maps look pretty different. I ordered them in March and unfortunately ToonTown is still on there which I was hoping to avoid but oh well! We just use them as souvenirs and laminating them would be great!

I had a really nice Disney day today. Tangled came early from the Disney Movie Club, which was a nice change from the 3 weeks late Bambi. We watched that and when we saw my inlaws, my MIL gave me one of those Disney Tasty Bakers! Woohoo! I'm excited to use that during our 100 day countdown especially.

I hope everyone's having a good weekend!

 

[Princess/es19]

I love the maps...you're right, they are big! But I do enjoy ordering them and keeping them as souvenirs from the trip!

I'm sorry the ones you ordered previously didn't turn out as expected but like you said you can always order another set

I keep telling myself I should laminate a set and use them as (large )placemats or just make them more durable for the kids and they could use a dry-erase marker on them to circle their favorite attractions, etc. My 7 year old loves looking at all the small maps of the parks and it's great for her to try and navigate when we're in the parks. Who says Disney isn't educational, lol

oh thanks! I think my computer was acting up when i was adding my favorites. when I got them I was all like, I definitely don't remember marking Aladdin's carpet ride as a favorite!
and your lamination idea is fantastic! Those would make awesome place mats!


How many of have been to both Mickey's Halloween party and MNSSHP? I want to do MNSSHP but last year I went to Mickey's Halloween Party, and want to know if its different than that.

 

[heatherbynum]

I am up and ready to make my ADR. Come on 6 am.

 

[heatherbynum]

oh thanks! I think my computer was acting up when i was adding my favorites. when I got them I was all like, I definitely don't remember marking Aladdin's carpet ride as a favorite!
and your lamination idea is fantastic! Those would make awesome place mats!


How many of have been to both Mickey's Halloween party and MNSSHP? I want to do MNSSHP but last year I went to Mickey's Halloween Party, and want to know if its different than that.

The halloween party is MNSSHP.

 

[peachydreamyxx]

I am up and ready to make my ADR. Come on 6 am.

Im here too! I was tempted to sleep in a little late, but I knew I would kick myself in the butt if I missed out on CRT and Ohanas. Those are our must do's! 6am better get here soon I wanna try and get back to sleep before DS notices someone is up and wants to play!

 

[peachydreamyxx]

It is 6:16am and I am done withmy ADR's (for now anyways haha). So glad I dragged myself out of bed, I was able to get everything I wanted within a 30 minute range. Heres what I was able to snag!

9/23 arrival day. no ADR since we have an afternoon flight.
9/24 Crystal Place 8:20am
9/24 Chef Mickeys 5:05pm
9/25 Tusker House 8:15am
9/25 Ohanas 5:15pm
9/26 Chefs D' France 5:00 (hoping to see Remy, but wont be disappointed if we dont!)
9/27 Liberty Tree Tavern 5:10pm (MNSSHP)
9/28 T-Rex 12:00pm
9/28 Tutto Italy 6:10pm
9/29 Le Cellier 11:45am
9/30 La Hacienda 5:15 pm
10/1 CRT!! 5:15pm

So excited, I now feel like its offical! Last year I ended up changing my ADR'S more times than I want to admit, but this year DH made a lot of these requests and since we werent supposed to do a Disney trip this year... I have to let the guy have what he wants sometimes!

 

[heatherbynum]

Boy that was fun lol
I got everything I wanted and the times except for Planet Hollywood and T-Rex.
I originally wanted T-Rex on Sept 24th but there were no times, so I switched Planet Hollywood for that day. I didn't get the time I wanted for Planet Hollywood, ended up having to take an 815 time.
I switched T-Rex to September 28th, wanted to do supper here but didnt want to do early or late supper. The only time I got was for 5 pm so then I just decided we could do lunch and ended up getting 12 pm, which I wanted.

Update I changed Planet Hollywood To WCC and swapped the dates for The Plaza, Chef Mickeys and 50's Prime Time. Now I think I am set. The reason I changed those is because we plan on doing the Halloween Party on September 30th too and wanted to be in MK that day

Chef Mickey's
Date: Friday, September 30, 2011
Time: 7:30 a.m

50's Prime Time Café
Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011
Time: 6:20 p.m.

The Plaza Restaurant
Date: Friday, September 30, 2011
Time: 5:25 p.m.

T-REX
Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Time: 12 pm

Via Napoli
Date: Sunday, September 25, 2011
Time: 5:45 p.m.

Le Cellier Steakhouse
Date: Sunday, September 25, 2011
Time: 11:35 a.m.

Akershus
Date: Sunday, September 25, 2011
Time: 8:15 a.m.

Whispering Canyon Cafe
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011
Time: 6:45 p.m.

Tusker House Restaurant
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011
Time: 8:05 a.m.

 

[basketkat]

Got everything we wanted as well!!!!

9/24
Chef Mickey 6:35 PM

9/25
Ohana 9:30 AM

9/26
Garden Grill 6:35 PM

9/27
Liberty Tree Tavern 5:10 (MNSSHP)

9/28
50's PTC 5:50 PM

9/29
1900 Park Fare 6:25 PM

9/30
Crystal Palace 12:45 PM

10/1
CRT 10:30 AM (hoping I get BBB before hand)

9 minutes til I call for BBB...can't wait to go back to sleep...ha!!!

 

[basketkat]

It is 6:16am and I am done withmy ADR's (for now anyways haha). So glad I dragged myself out of bed, I was able to get everything I wanted within a 30 minute range. Heres what I was able to snag!

9/23 arrival day. no ADR since we have an afternoon flight.
9/24 Crystal Place 8:20am
9/24 Chef Mickeys 5:05pm
9/25 Tusker House 8:15am
9/25 Ohanas 5:15pm
9/26 Chefs D' France 5:00 (hoping to see Remy, but wont be disappointed if we dont!)
9/27 Liberty Tree Tavern 5:10pm (MNSSHP)
9/28 T-Rex 12:00pm
9/28 Tutto Italy 6:10pm
9/29 Le Cellier 11:45am
9/30 La Hacienda 5:15 pm
10/1 CRT!! 5:15pm

So excited, I now feel like its offical! Last year I ended up changing my ADR'S more times than I want to admit, but this year DH made a lot of these requests and since we werent supposed to do a Disney trip this year... I have to let the guy have what he wants sometimes!

We have the same time ressie for L.T.T. See ya there!!!!

 

[heatherbynum]

It is 6:16am and I am done withmy ADR's (for now anyways haha). So glad I dragged myself out of bed, I was able to get everything I wanted within a 30 minute range. Heres what I was able to snag!

9/23 arrival day. no ADR since we have an afternoon flight.
9/24 Crystal Place 8:20am
9/24 Chef Mickeys 5:05pm
9/25 Tusker House 8:15am
9/25 Ohanas 5:15pm
9/26 Chefs D' France 5:00 (hoping to see Remy, but wont be disappointed if we dont!)
9/27 Liberty Tree Tavern 5:10pm (MNSSHP)
9/28 T-Rex 12:00pm
9/28 Tutto Italy 6:10pm
9/29 Le Cellier 11:45am
9/30 La Hacienda 5:15 pm
10/1 CRT!! 5:15pm

So excited, I now feel like its offical! Last year I ended up changing my ADR'S more times than I want to admit, but this year DH made a lot of these requests and since we werent supposed to do a Disney trip this year... I have to let the guy have what he wants sometimes!

We will be at T-Rex on the same day, same time

 

[basketkat]

Yeah thanks to everyone who said BBB was also 180+10...got an early ressie so she will be all set for our late breakfast at CRT! I'm SOOO excited!!!

Okay...back to Zzzzzzz........