The BALD and the BEAUTIFUL are off to see Snow Wipe!...AGAIN!! PTR!

[mommaU4]

Yay!!! I'm so happy you found me!

How's Vegas treating you?

Yes, Reya has grown. And she FINALLY has hair!!!

I've never won anything before last week. I was shocked. It would have been $1000.00, except someone else called bingo at the same time and I needed to split the win with them.

Unfortunately I've already spent the money. It went towards xmas presents. But on a positive note all my nieces and nephews are bought and paid for now.

Vegas is great. We've been here over 3 years now and really enjoy it! We aren't jaded yet, lol, and still enjoy going out and doing things. Tons of locals deals and freebies which make it possible for us to go out without breaking the bank. And now that it's heading into winter and the weather is finally cooling down, it's even better.

Money, even $500, doesn't last long does it?? But at least you can relax knowing you have some of your shopping done.

 

[mommaU4]

More pictures from our Character Breakfast.

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Cute pic! I love this breakfast. I agree, the interaction is great there.

 

[maryr1oz]

What a great deal on the rental car and hotel!!

 

[reyasmommy]

I think I followed your last report & just stumbled across your new one!! Congrats on your upcoming 10th Anniversary!!! We did our 25th last year at Disneyland & it was our best trip ever!!! We had planned to go alone but ended up with 4 of our kids & it really did make it that much more special. Having more family with you will also make your trip more memorable!! You might be able to take turns at babysitting to give alone time for all the adults thru-out the trip. We had to do that this trip, as we took our 3 yr old autistic twins that absolutely had to get their afternoons at the motel & early bed times. This allowed everyone a chance to go off & do things they wanted & it worked out to be a fair trade off having every adult take their turn(s). Hopefully you'll be able to work something out so you & hubby can have your anniversary evening alone!!

Not sure what restaurants are your favorites, but we did Blue Bayou for our dinner & really enjoyed it.....we sat waterside & had great service & food. Other's like Napa Rose....I've never been....partly because of fear of the cost & I don't tend to take any dressy clothes.

Make sure people know you're celebrating your anniversary by getting a button & wearing all week......also mention it for all your priority seatings!!! You should get special desserts at most of the sit-down restaurants. We also told the Mark Twain CM's & we got to ride up in the wheel-house & ring the bell & blow the horn.....really quite a view from up there!! We also mentioned it to the CM's at the monorail & we got to sit up in the front with the pilot....also a great view!

I think you'll be happy with going back to the Annabelle.....you're familiar with it & knowing the layout & how things work there, just eases your mind when traveling. We've never stayed there before but always interested in seeing others reviews of places!!

Loving all the pictures!! Your kiddo's are really growing!

Congrats on winning at Bingo....haven't played in years....but those kind of wins are few & far between!! I did hit for $600 on Keno right before our trip & that was super exciting!!

Will try to remember to check back in to see how the plannings going!!

I remember you! Welcome to my new PTR!

Thanks for all the great advice. That's what I love about the disboards and I appreciate whenever someone chimes in.

I'm like you, I don't bring any dress up clothes with me whenever I go to Disney. So I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do for my anniversary dinner. Blue Bayou sounds likes a possibility, and maybe if I tell them it's our anniversary they'll seat us by the water. I don't want anything SUPER fancy, but I don't want something ordinary either. I'm not that high maintance when it comes to where I eat, but I don't want to eat at a chili's ora CS restaurant if you know what I mean.

I'll be sure to ask for an anniversary button the second we get there. I'm hoping to milk it for all it's worth.

I'm glad you're here. Stay tuned for more updates.

Vegas is great. We've been here over 3 years now and really enjoy it! We aren't jaded yet, lol, and still enjoy going out and doing things. Tons of locals deals and freebies which make it possible for us to go out without breaking the bank. And now that it's heading into winter and the weather is finally cooling down, it's even better.

Money, even $500, doesn't last long does it?? But at least you can relax knowing you have some of your shopping done.

No, $500.00 DOESN'T last long at all. But it is nice knowing that some of my shopping is done. I tallied up how many people I have to shop for including my kids and husband and it's 27 peeps. That sucks when I have a vacation to save up for too.

I love Vegas. Everytime we drive to California we like to take a two day stop there. I wish we were driving this time around, but it's actally cheaper for us to fly because we don't need to pay for the gas and extra time in vegas of course. But I also think my poor van needs a break. I've only had it a couple of years and it's already beend driven to Sacramento 3 times, Vegas, 3 times, and DLR once. I barely put any miles on it on a weekly basis, but you wouldn't think so by looking at the miles on the spedometer.

Cute pic! I love this breakfast. I agree, the interaction is great there.

SOOOOOO great. When I went to WDW this last march it was disapointing because we had such a great experience at PPH.

What a great deal on the rental car and hotel!!

Thanks

 

[reyasmommy]

OFF TOPIC​

My sweet baby boy is turning One next month. I'm planning his birthday party and wanted to share the adorable decorations and theme I'm going with for his celebration. Of course being the big disney fan I am, I had to go with SOMETHING Disney. So I decided on Winnie the Pooh. Spent $80.00 today on invitations and all the party supplies shown below plus more.

I'm SOOOOO Excited to Party..... but at the same time am so sad that a whole year has passed by already.

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[reyasmommy]

Can someone tell me if Wine Country Trattoria would be considered a romantic restaurant? Never been.​

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[Goofy_Mom]

Can someone tell me if Wine Country Trattoria would be considered a romantic restaurant? Never been.​

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I've heard it could be, I believe its a little more "classy" than the average DL resturants. I haven't eaten there myself.

Can you share your code for the budget rental car? What an awesome deal

 

[DizNee Luver]

We've never eaten there.....we've walked by it a number of times & I know they have a lot of outside seating....which wouldn't be too romantic....but have no clue what the inside looks like.
The Disneyland Hotel has a couple restaurants that might be worth looking into: Hook's Pointe & the Steakhouse(?).......the Steakhouse seems to be dim-lighted....but haven't eaten at either of them myself.

The things with WCT, is they're using that for WoC dinners now.....heard mixed reviews on the food.

 

[JustAKid]

JustAKid---- Here's some random pictures I have of the Annabella. The first couple of pictures are stock photos. The picture of the room is exactly what our room looked like. And by the way we had the conceirge room. I wouldn't recommend the extra money for that. The only thing that made it nice was the little semi private patio we had.

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I am SO sorry! I often get stuck over at the community boards and forget to come over to these parts to check what's going on. You're an angel for posting these pictures for me!! Thank you so much.

The Annabella looks beautiful! In the picture above there is a sofa, do you know if it pulls out? Or how many this room sleeps?

BTW, the Winnie the Pooh decorations for your DS's birthday. The first one is always so bittersweet.

 

[reyasmommy]

We've never eaten there.....we've walked by it a number of times & I know they have a lot of outside seating....which wouldn't be too romantic....but have no clue what the inside looks like.
The Disneyland Hotel has a couple restaurants that might be worth looking into: Hook's Pointe & the Steakhouse(?).......the Steakhouse seems to be dim-lighted....but haven't eaten at either of them myself.

The things with WCT, is they're using that for WoC dinners now.....heard mixed reviews on the food.

I'll have to check out Hook's Pointe.

I am SO sorry! I often get stuck over at the community boards and forget to come over to these parts to check what's going on. You're an angel for posting these pictures for me!! Thank you so much.

The Annabella looks beautiful! In the picture above there is a sofa, do you know if it pulls out? Or how many this room sleeps?

BTW, the Winnie the Pooh decorations for your DS's birthday. The first one is always so bittersweet.

Yes, it's a pull out couch. I would assume the room could sleep up to 5 persons. There is a king sized bed, a queen sized bed, and the pull out couch. They also have rooms that have a seperate room with a day bed.

 

[reyasmommy]

Just so you all know during my trip planning process I'm going to have two separate itineraries. I'm not 100 % positive that my Brother and his family are going to make it, and if that's the case we won't be able to do half the things we'd like to, so there will have to be some rearrangements. So when planning I'll have Plan A. ( Which includes my Brother) and Plan B. (Which does not.)

 

[reyasmommy]

MORE PICTURES>>>>>>>>>>>

Chew Chew Train time

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[DizNee Luver]

I love that ride.....so short but so cute!! Love all the smells & watching my daughter react to the watermelon juice squirting her......lol

 

[reyasmommy]

PLAN A. Day One

We have yet to purchase our airline tickets. I’m not exactly sure what to do right now. Southwest airlines has yet to post their prices and Frontier Airlines price keeps going up? As of now their price is $232.00 per person/Round Trip. The fear is that the price is going to keep rising, but at the same time what if I buy the tickets and the price ends up going down? What kind of experience have most of you had with this exact same thing?

I also have one other dilemma: If my brother doesn’t end up going with us on our trip, there is a chance that we would drive to California instead.

What to do? What to do?

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June 11th:

* Arrive in Anaheim/ Hoping to arrive anytime before noon ((which shouldn’t be a problem))

* Pick up Rental Car / Hoping they’ll give us a great deal on an upgrade like they did when we went to Orlando in March. “If” not NO biggie.

* Check into Hotel

* Decorate the room and leave gift bags from Mickey for the Kiddos. ((I’ll have the husbands take the kids to the pool to look around while we do this.

* After we’ve gotten settled in walk over to Downtown Disney.

Downtown Disney MUST’S

SIL says that Logan is saving his money up for something “special” So we were thinking he would LOVE to go to RIDEMAKERZ and design his own car. This would be a surprise being that the entire trip is a surprise for the kids.

So First stop:

* Ridemakerz

* Go to Pin Traders and let Reya pick out two new pins. ((I need to buy a new lanyard and some pins for all the kids to trade on eBay before we leave))
* Disney Vault 28 ((Never been))
* D street
* Find a new wallet at Fossil

* Go to World of Disney and look for Comfy PJ’s to wear while on my trip and/or anything else my
budget friendly self desires.

Have dinner at the Rainforest Café ((One of my favorites)) Or House of Blues ((Never been before))

After dinner walk back to the hotel to relax for the night or hang by the pool


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[DizNee Luver]

We've always loved going to Rainforest Cafe....but I will say....every trip it has gotten worse.....the food last time was not very good at all....but spendy!! We did House of Blues in 09 & the food was very good. The best thing anyone in our family got was the BBQ Chicken pizza.....delicious!!!

 

[reyasmommy]

We've always loved going to Rainforest Cafe....but I will say....every trip it has gotten worse.....the food last time was not very good at all....but spendy!! We did House of Blues in 09 & the food was very good. The best thing anyone in our family got was the BBQ Chicken pizza.....delicious!!!

I ALWAYS get the same dish when I go to the RFC. The Chicken Fried Chicken..... Mmmmm, Mmmm, Mmmmm. But I agree it's VERY pricey. I'm actually thinking strongly about trying the house of blues for the first time. This trip needs to be filled with a bunch of "Firsts" I looked at the menu online and the BBQ ribs sound delish.

 

[Rachael Q]

We're going to have dinner at House of Blues on our arrival night. It's one of those places we always say we're going to try and never do, so this time we will.

Just today I bought a $25.00 gift certificate on restaurant.com for $2.00 using a promo code (normally $10.00). We have to spend a minimum of $30.00 to use it, but that shouldn't be hard. They also had a $50.00 gift certificate for $4.00 (normally $20.00) with the promo code, but the minimum spend is $100.00 and we wont spend that much.

 

[reyasmommy]

We're going to have dinner at House of Blues on our arrival night. It's one of those places we always say we're going to try and never do, so this time we will.

Just today I bought a $25.00 gift certificate on restaurant.com for $2.00 using a promo code (normally $10.00). We have to spend a minimum of $30.00 to use it, but that shouldn't be hard. They also had a $50.00 gift certificate for $4.00 (normally $20.00) with the promo code, but the minimum spend is $100.00 and we wont spend that much.

Well, I just discovered that we have over $90.00 of cashback awards from our discover card. I'm going to use $45.00 of that to get a $50.00 gift card for Rainforest cafe'. Wooo Hooo~~~ So free dinner! I'll let you know in another post what I'm going to use the other $45.00 for.

So I'm thinking Rainforest Cafe for our first day and we'll do House of Blues on another day. Just gotta figure out what day that will be.

 

[tksbaskets]

OK, I'm starting late to the party so I may have to post a few in a row.

Page 1 comments:
First what a beautiful family!! Next, I love how you say what is everyone's favorite attraction. I've never seen that done and I love it!

I laughed at the comment about your hubby and not being able to find a hat that fits. I Soooo have that issue. My oldest son too. To fit our large and superior brains I tell him.

LOVE the Life is Good hat on the little one...you may have noticed I always wear a LIG shirt

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[tksbaskets]

I loved the picture of the little guy with Stitch! As for hotels/motels I like the Park Vue Inn but the one you chose looks much swankier!

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