Tinkerbellarella
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Yesterday's rather exciting 
change in resort/date plans meant only one thing:
(cue Charleston Princess' Indiana Jones Temple of Doom soundtrack)
ITINERARY CHANGES!!!
I was simply dreading having to play around and make changes in my 7-tab Disney planning Excel spreadsheets.
...
Welcome to SARC101: Introduction to Sarcasm-Of Course That’s What I Meant
My name is Professor Tinkerbellarella and you have just experienced sarcasm.
Paper due next week.
However, even though I didn't mind having to play around with my itinerary to help accommodate the resort-holiness that is a stay at the Poly, I was a wee (!) bit worried about messing with my ADRs. See, one of the things that I had been totally excited about was that I had gotten every single restaurant and time I was hoping for BEFORE the crush of the Free Dining promo. I really wasn’t looking forward to having to hold for 80 minutes just to get Carson and be told the only place I can have dinner on 9/24/08 is at the Taco Bell outside of Downtown Disney at 11:25 p.m. because I can no longer make it to my ADR at the San Angel Inn that evening.
But really, what choice did I have? In retrospect, the changes weren’t huge ones; I really only had to swap a couple of days around, and thankfully, none of them included my coveted Kona or Le Cellier ressies.
And so, my honored Disney-planning colleagues, I present to you the updated itinerary, including more detailed dining plans. To be truthful, I don’t have any intention to change this again prior to our arrival in the World. As obsessed as I might be with planning this vacation, too much change gives me anxiety.
I’m working on that. My therapist appreciates the copays.
A thought before I begin on the itinerary – I would love to be able to show you the actual, color-coded, 8pt., Arial font, day-by-day spreadsheet in all its glory. It’s ridiculously organized. The BF would probably call it nuts. Which would be smart on his part. Because his only other option would be to call ME nuts (and that’s yours truly, not Magical Express – sometimes the abbreviations on here get to be a bit much). And the BF knows what happens when he calls me nuts. Namely, I prove his point.
I’m sorry! I’m Alice, this must be Wonderland and was that a rabbit hole I just fell into?
The whole point of that was, if I can get a print screen of the spreadsheet uploaded to Photobucket, I’ll try to share it with you.
(cue the trumpets)
The Itinerary Version 2.1 (Now with added Bonus Features!)
Saturday – 9/20/08
This is still our arrival day, however, instead of flying into Tampa and spending the night with Missy’s sister, we’re flying into MCO and heading straight to the World. I was toying with the idea of ME (this time I DO mean Magical Express), but I think I’m going to just use a car service. I used Tiffany Towncar a few years back and they were great. And they’re affordable. Depending on the cash flow situation closer to arrival, I may try to surprise Missy and spoil us rotten with a limo.
But even if it’s just a sedan, it beats sitting on top of each other on ME watching a movie without sound with a bus driver who welcomes us to Disneyland.
We’re hoping to snag a flight that will have us checking in late morning/early afternoon. We’ll leave the bag with Bell Services if the room’s not ready and then we’re going to head over to the Nikki Bryan spa at the GF for pedicures.
Oh yes, my friends, we are going to be QUEENS this trip.
We have a 6:35 p.m. ressie for O’hana that I’m looking forward to. I’ve never eaten here but have heard great things (sans comments on the noise level). It sounds a lot like a Brazilian-Rodizian restaurant. And we’re totally starting the night off with a pair Lapu Lapu’s to celebrate the fact that we survived the months approaching this much-needed vacation.
After dinner, we’ll either take turns rolling each other back to the room or make a short trip to Downtown Disney to extend our purses further to the Mouse.
Sunday, 9/21/08
After breakfast in the room, we’ll be spending our first full day at Epicot.
Aaah. Epicot. The park whose retail stores have probably received more of my yearly earnings than Tarjay.
…
Okay, that’s a blatant lie. But my love for Epicot (and the shopping wonders offered by the WS) is strong. The MK will always hold the most precious place in my Disney heart, but Epicot has secured second place.
We’ll likely grab a counter service lunch. I’d like to possibly try to hit up the newly refurbbed counter service in The Land since we’ve got three separate TS ressies in the WS. Gotta show Future World some food love, no?
We have a 6:00 p.m. ressie at the San Angel Inn. I heart me some Mexican food and have wanted to eat in this restaurant forever, if for naught but the atmosphere. I’ve read the bad reviews and I don’t care. Worse case scenario I figure we can request a table by the water and toss things at the people on the boat ride.
Kidding. Mostly.
A big event that got rescheduled for this even is the “Drinkin’ ‘Round the World (Showcase)’ Tour, starring Nikki and Missy. We figured starting in Mexico with slushy margaritas and some sangria would be a nice way to kick things off.
I hope I can still see when Illuminations starts.
Kidding. Definitely. My responsible “mother” side, as my friends used to call it, won’t allow me to get that trashed. And besides, being hungover in the World is not on my To Do list.
Monday, 9/22/08
Today is the day.
Monday, 9/22/08 is Tonga Toast Day.
I REFUSE to cancel or reschedule this ADR. I WILL have some Tonga Toast. So help me. Because if I have to see another picture of said deep-fried, banana-stuft breakfast sweetness without being able to have shared in its delectable delights, I WILL throw something. Hard.
After stuffing ourselves past what would be prudent with breakfast foods, we’ll head directly over to MGM (NODisneyHollywoodStudios) and pitch ourselves onto the ToT and Rock n’ Roller Coaster. Or get Fast Passes. It all depends on our gastroenterological status.
Lunch will be at another CS and then we have a 5:55 ADR for the 50’s Prime Time Café.
There are evening EMHs for MGM, so depending on how we’re feeling, we’ll either catch the late showing and enjoy more leisurely touring or catch the early show and head back to the hotel to get a good night’s sleep to prepare for MNSSHP the next day.
If I know us the way I think I know us, we’ll burn the candle at both ends.
Ok, I hate to keep you hanging, but this took longer than I thought (likely because I go on and on and on and on) and I need to take a break and actually do some work so I don’t fail my Research Methods final. Maybe I’ll be able to post the rest tonight but if not, tomorrow.
More to come!
change in resort/date plans meant only one thing:(cue Charleston Princess' Indiana Jones Temple of Doom soundtrack)
ITINERARY CHANGES!!!
I was simply dreading having to play around and make changes in my 7-tab Disney planning Excel spreadsheets.
...
Welcome to SARC101: Introduction to Sarcasm-Of Course That’s What I Meant
My name is Professor Tinkerbellarella and you have just experienced sarcasm.
Paper due next week.
However, even though I didn't mind having to play around with my itinerary to help accommodate the resort-holiness that is a stay at the Poly, I was a wee (!) bit worried about messing with my ADRs. See, one of the things that I had been totally excited about was that I had gotten every single restaurant and time I was hoping for BEFORE the crush of the Free Dining promo. I really wasn’t looking forward to having to hold for 80 minutes just to get Carson and be told the only place I can have dinner on 9/24/08 is at the Taco Bell outside of Downtown Disney at 11:25 p.m. because I can no longer make it to my ADR at the San Angel Inn that evening.
But really, what choice did I have? In retrospect, the changes weren’t huge ones; I really only had to swap a couple of days around, and thankfully, none of them included my coveted Kona or Le Cellier ressies.
And so, my honored Disney-planning colleagues, I present to you the updated itinerary, including more detailed dining plans. To be truthful, I don’t have any intention to change this again prior to our arrival in the World. As obsessed as I might be with planning this vacation, too much change gives me anxiety.
I’m working on that. My therapist appreciates the copays.
A thought before I begin on the itinerary – I would love to be able to show you the actual, color-coded, 8pt., Arial font, day-by-day spreadsheet in all its glory. It’s ridiculously organized. The BF would probably call it nuts. Which would be smart on his part. Because his only other option would be to call ME nuts (and that’s yours truly, not Magical Express – sometimes the abbreviations on here get to be a bit much). And the BF knows what happens when he calls me nuts. Namely, I prove his point.
I’m sorry! I’m Alice, this must be Wonderland and was that a rabbit hole I just fell into?
The whole point of that was, if I can get a print screen of the spreadsheet uploaded to Photobucket, I’ll try to share it with you.
(cue the trumpets)
The Itinerary Version 2.1 (Now with added Bonus Features!)
Saturday – 9/20/08
This is still our arrival day, however, instead of flying into Tampa and spending the night with Missy’s sister, we’re flying into MCO and heading straight to the World. I was toying with the idea of ME (this time I DO mean Magical Express), but I think I’m going to just use a car service. I used Tiffany Towncar a few years back and they were great. And they’re affordable. Depending on the cash flow situation closer to arrival, I may try to surprise Missy and spoil us rotten with a limo.
But even if it’s just a sedan, it beats sitting on top of each other on ME watching a movie without sound with a bus driver who welcomes us to Disneyland.
We’re hoping to snag a flight that will have us checking in late morning/early afternoon. We’ll leave the bag with Bell Services if the room’s not ready and then we’re going to head over to the Nikki Bryan spa at the GF for pedicures.
Oh yes, my friends, we are going to be QUEENS this trip.
We have a 6:35 p.m. ressie for O’hana that I’m looking forward to. I’ve never eaten here but have heard great things (sans comments on the noise level). It sounds a lot like a Brazilian-Rodizian restaurant. And we’re totally starting the night off with a pair Lapu Lapu’s to celebrate the fact that we survived the months approaching this much-needed vacation.
After dinner, we’ll either take turns rolling each other back to the room or make a short trip to Downtown Disney to extend our purses further to the Mouse.
Sunday, 9/21/08
After breakfast in the room, we’ll be spending our first full day at Epicot.
Aaah. Epicot. The park whose retail stores have probably received more of my yearly earnings than Tarjay.
…
Okay, that’s a blatant lie. But my love for Epicot (and the shopping wonders offered by the WS) is strong. The MK will always hold the most precious place in my Disney heart, but Epicot has secured second place.
We’ll likely grab a counter service lunch. I’d like to possibly try to hit up the newly refurbbed counter service in The Land since we’ve got three separate TS ressies in the WS. Gotta show Future World some food love, no?
We have a 6:00 p.m. ressie at the San Angel Inn. I heart me some Mexican food and have wanted to eat in this restaurant forever, if for naught but the atmosphere. I’ve read the bad reviews and I don’t care. Worse case scenario I figure we can request a table by the water and toss things at the people on the boat ride.
Kidding. Mostly.
A big event that got rescheduled for this even is the “Drinkin’ ‘Round the World (Showcase)’ Tour, starring Nikki and Missy. We figured starting in Mexico with slushy margaritas and some sangria would be a nice way to kick things off.
I hope I can still see when Illuminations starts.
Kidding. Definitely. My responsible “mother” side, as my friends used to call it, won’t allow me to get that trashed. And besides, being hungover in the World is not on my To Do list.
Monday, 9/22/08
Today is the day.
Monday, 9/22/08 is Tonga Toast Day.
I REFUSE to cancel or reschedule this ADR. I WILL have some Tonga Toast. So help me. Because if I have to see another picture of said deep-fried, banana-stuft breakfast sweetness without being able to have shared in its delectable delights, I WILL throw something. Hard.
After stuffing ourselves past what would be prudent with breakfast foods, we’ll head directly over to MGM (NODisneyHollywoodStudios) and pitch ourselves onto the ToT and Rock n’ Roller Coaster. Or get Fast Passes. It all depends on our gastroenterological status.
Lunch will be at another CS and then we have a 5:55 ADR for the 50’s Prime Time Café.
There are evening EMHs for MGM, so depending on how we’re feeling, we’ll either catch the late showing and enjoy more leisurely touring or catch the early show and head back to the hotel to get a good night’s sleep to prepare for MNSSHP the next day.
If I know us the way I think I know us, we’ll burn the candle at both ends.
Ok, I hate to keep you hanging, but this took longer than I thought (likely because I go on and on and on and on) and I need to take a break and actually do some work so I don’t fail my Research Methods final. Maybe I’ll be able to post the rest tonight but if not, tomorrow.
More to come!
