Something About Nothing ... #12

[macraven]

I was about to call out the doggies to go find you !

2 jobs, kids, chickens, trip planning etc

It is good you multi task it all

 

[tinydancer09]

We have two areas we rent homes in Fl, LGI and IRB. ADORE is not a strong enough word for both!

LGI and IRB? What do those stand for? I do rentals in Cape San Blas which is a little old peninsula an hour away from Panama City.
Also I HATE that they don't put the prices for certain tours online. Then I have to get on the phone with them.. their call waiting music gets stuck in my head... then they try to talk me into things.

Well, I had booked a H&V Fantasmic meal, so I thought it was nice to have a fastpass for the reserved area. Seems if I only have dinner and not a Fantasmic one, it is $8 cheaper. That is what the internal WDW says. I am going to call, and see if that is really the price for October, I am going to cancel and just try for a fastpass and eat somewhere else. No other of the 2 Fantasmic restaurants have any price difference. Crazy if it is only because H&V is a buffet.

Hope I get a better response than you Sharky.

I reserved this for my sister's trip and then prices when up over $10 per meal. My sister and I decided we didn't want to do that. There's usually a fast pass available for Fantasmic after we use our FP for the day anyways. Not sure how being able to do the 4th FP on your phone will effect the availability though. IDK why but I love eating at the backlot there. It's just chicken and burgers but.. idk it's good to me haha!


@tink1957 thanks to you and others for well wishes. I think I'm well on my way to getting rid of my chronic tension headaches. A little sore right now, but she said she went pretty deep into my muscles and focused really heavy on stretching my neck today. It's a work in progress. Two 90 minute sessions down.... not sure how many more to go. But we've made really good progress

Was updating my information on Universal because it seems people are getting mailers I'm not getting.... Apparently you can sign up for text message alerts about certain things? Harry Potter, HHN, and Rock The Universe. Sounds right up some of you guys alley who cannot wait on ticket to go on sale. It was under my annual passholder account settings under "subscriptions."

 

[SharkyGoddess]

Welcome back Carole, sounds like you had a good break. I love mini trips.

Hope your head feels better soon tinyd, I woke up with a headache this morning...ahem...afternoon since I slept for over 11 hours last night..my body was crying for caffeine. It went away after a few cups of coffee, thank goodness.

Sharky....don't you just love corporate form letters? Sheesh...just answer the question it would take less words

Had a nice day off today after sleeping in, got caught up on the laundry had a nice chat with mac and brushed Sasha who's blowing her coat and looked like Fawkes on a burning day after a few minutes ...10 lbs of hair later she looks much better.

I better go put my fruit tree spikes out since it's supposed to rain the next few days...later homies.
Have a wonderful Wednesday night

Ain't that the truth!

 

[SharkyGoddess]

LGI and IRB? What do those stand for? I do rentals in Cape San Blas which is a little old peninsula an hour away from Panama City.
Also I HATE that they don't put the prices for certain tours online. Then I have to get on the phone with them.. their call waiting music gets stuck in my head... then they try to talk me into things.

LGI - Little Gaspirilla Island
IRB - Indian Rocks Beach

Both areas were perftly less traveled

 

[SharkyGoddess]

Wickliffe are river rats
That is where my gma lived
We always said the family had river rat accents, especially my mom

So you've got a little Bluegrass in ya!

 

[tinydancer09]

LGI - Little Gaspirilla Island
IRB - Indian Rocks Beach

Both areas were perftly less traveled

Huh... Never heard of them. I lived in punta gorda, but we moved back to GA when I was 9.

Cape San Blas is well less traveled, but those places look lovely! CSB is 25 minutes from a grocery store... 45-1hour away from a walmart. Do you have to take a boat to those like you to do Captiva? We're not quite THAT away from everything.. yet. Mother nature is toying with our road.

 

[tinydancer09]

LGI - Little Gaspirilla Island

Oh wait. Is that Boca Grande? I went on a field trip there to the light house. Just recognized it in a picture. I loved light houses as a kid and Florida school always had the best field trips! We learned so much on those trips. Hope they still have the funding to take the kids to do that stuff. Know the schools up in GA don't.

 

[SharkyGoddess]

Oh wait. Is that Boca Grande? I went on a field trip there to the light house. Just recognized it in a picture. I loved light houses as a kid and Florida school always had the best field trips! We learned so much on those trips. Hope they still have the funding to take the kids to do that stuff. Know the schools up in GA don't.

LGI is Gulf side. It's just a tiny island with a bird reserve on one end. There's no cars or streets, so it's very much roughing it unless you find a great water taxi and shop before heading out. For this shark it was heaven!

 

[SharkyGoddess]

Huh... Never heard of them. I lived in punta gorda, but we moved back to GA when I was 9.

Cape San Blas is well less traveled, but those places look lovely! CSB is 25 minutes from a grocery store... 45-1hour away from a walmart. Do you have to take a boat to those like you to do Captiva? We're not quite THAT away from everything.. yet. Mother nature is toying with our road.

I will have to look at CSB for our next beach trip! I love the quiet beaches.

 

[tinydancer09]

I will have to look at CSB for our next beach trip! I love the quiet beaches.

The fall is really nice and so is late April early May. We do all weekly rentals. CSB has 275 permanent residents and I can't remember how many rental properties. At our widest point we're less than 1/2 mile wide. It's a lovely place. As pretty as PCB without the crowd. Not as far south either! Lots of people drive in from Louisville. You can probably find me by searching my name (Terri) and Cape San Blas.

 

[buckeev]

Well, I had booked a H&V Fantasmic meal, so I thought it was nice to have a fastpass for the reserved area. Seems if I only have dinner and not a Fantasmic one, it is $8 cheaper. That is what the internal WDW says. I am going to call, and see if that is really the price for October, I am going to cancel and just try for a fastpass and eat somewhere else. No other of the 2 Fantasmic restaurants have any price difference. Crazy if it is only because H&V is a buffet.

Hope I get a better response than you Sharky.

Yo Lynn! I believe it's because the H-n-V Dinner is now the "Minnie's Seasonal Thingie"...Characters and such, (not the Diz Jr guys), plus the meal comes with an appetizer in addition to the Pref Seating voucher.

 

[Lynne G]

8:01am, called Disney to ask about prices of H&V. 60 minute wait. Umm, no. hung up. And Buckeev, since H&V is a buffet, why would I pay extra for an appetizer? And to boot, both Momma's and the Derby are the same prices. Fishy?


7:05am, booked flights. Oh my god, the prices. All return sold out by the time I checked out. Thankfully, we got the flights, but leaving before dawn both ways. I am hoping SW opens some more reasonably priced times for our return at some point. I will keep checking. Did not know so many wanted to travel same as me. Oh well.

So, good morning. It's Thursday,

So raise a glass (well, it's a hot cup of tea for me) and having a smashing great Thursday!

 

[macraven]

Is Thursday the new Saturday here?
Kind of like the sleep in day

 

[Lynne G]

Is Thursday the new Saturday here?
Kind of like the sleep in day

Some days I wish it was Mac. DS has decided he can hitch a ride to school when I leave, so I have to be out the door 10 minutes earlier. In the scheme of things, my head just tells me to get up before the alarm sounds. Then I listen to the news channel on the radio for 10 minutes before getting ready. I am so used to being up while still dark. Early day routine will be for about 10 more years. Then I hope to say, sleep in whenever I want.

Give those kitties a hug. I bet they had their breakfasts already.

And no rest for me on Saturday either. DD is doing a charity 24 hour thing, and needs to be dropped off early on Saturday morning, then retrieved early on Sunday morning, then straight to a soccer game over an hour away. I will have a busy week-end. That's why I have warned the other teen, that he will be taking his driving test after we drop DD off. I need another taxi driver. LOL

 

[SharkyGoddess]

The fall is really nice and so is late April early May. We do all weekly rentals. CSB has 275 permanent residents and I can't remember how many rental properties. At our widest point we're less than 1/2 mile wide. It's a lovely place. As pretty as PCB without the crowd. Not as far south either! Lots of people drive in from Louisville. You can probably find me by searching my name (Terri) and Cape San Blas.

I will add you to my beach list! Thanks Terri!

 

[SharkyGoddess]

We're flying this time for the first time and yes, the prices are SKEERY! When I first checked prices I was happy, but I had to wait for vacations to get approved before booking flights so when I checked back they more than doubled. *insert foul language here*

This has definitely been the most stressful planning I have done. 3 work schedules to work around and get vacations approved for, 2 parks, 1 extra traveler, and the agonizing wait to make dinner reservations and purchase HHN fix. I may just plan a Shark only getaway to destress!

 

[macraven]

i didn't know that her name was terri

 

[schumigirl]

Is Thursday the new Saturday here?
Kind of like the sleep in day

Well, you already know how my day has gone............


Busy, busy, busy..........finally sitting down.......although I did get a couple of emails off.........priorities!

Beautiful day, now rain.

 

[Lynne G]

TinyD, my Dsis just returned from a visit with her friends that live near Boca Grande. We like the Gulf side, and vacationed on Sanibel and Captiva for several years when my kids were young. Now, we tend to be more looking for thrill rides than spending time on the beach. Fun memory: When my DH was stationed in Jacksonville, my friend had her BF stationed there too, so we spent many days at the beach when she came to visit. Learned to shuffle feet when in shallow water. Was always scared I'd step and anger a ray.

Just not happy with SW right now. Crack of dawn fight down is okay. Fight back before crack of dawn is not, but was the only decently priced flight, and now has been sold out at the get away price all day, right after I guess we took the last tickets at that price. Was more than I was hoping for round trip, so I will be stalking and hoping to reduce my airfare. I think we actually spent not much more to fly to California last year.

Still hoping to see a better discount on my USO hotel. Seems like the standard is already sold out. Still happy that the TA rate I have for the motherland is the best by far and I really like the hotel. And, broke down and bought my party ticket. Next year, I may go at the end of September and try to take advantage of a discounted ticket. Kills me that it was almost the price of a one day ticket.

Okay, some good news, before the storm coming on Saturday morning, we actually have a partially sunny day. Everyone has been saying it's nice to see the sun. Yes it is, even though I still have a jacket on. Sweater on too. Still cool.

And Shark, October is my getaway from stress trip. Just do it! Also waiting to see HHN prices.

Just be happy y'all!

 

[buckeev]

8:01am, called Disney to ask about prices of H&V. 60 minute wait. Umm, no. hung up. And Buckeev, since H&V is a buffet, why would I pay extra for an appetizer? And to boot, both Momma's and the Derby are the same prices. Fishy?


7:05am, booked flights. Oh my god, the prices. All return sold out by the time I checked out. Thankfully, we got the flights, but leaving before dawn both ways. I am hoping SW opens some more reasonably priced times for our return at some point. I will keep checking. Did not know so many wanted to travel same as me. Oh well.

So, good morning. ...

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Ga-DOI! Sorry...I had Momma M's on my mind...I had just booked a Phantasmic Pckg there and had forgot about the appetizer.
I spent another two hours on the phone booking Diz meals for some friends that are going in Nov. They asked if they should just skip Universal?! Pffff...BLASPHEMY!

Yeah...These flights $ are reedonkulous! Triple what we paid last Christmas trip. I won't pay over $400 per leg, at least not for the whole crew. I thought when I budgeted about $2800 for the 7 of us going on this trip, I had a decent amount of wiggle room...Hah! Almost 5K based on these prices. Guess we'll hope for some sale prices! Or somebody will be driving 942 miles each way with me!