At least the kitchen is mostly done. Backsplash needs to be tiled and a few little things. Nice to have a kitchen again. Never again. Some pics.
Before
After
No hidden Mickeys yet, maybe in the backslash.
That looks like a fantastic update to the kitchen. Well done!
Eating lunch trying to come up with how to pull off 2 WDW trips next year
So far I got
- 5 days worth of Park Hoppers for 2 adults
- In laws time share for whatever week we want
- by then a est. $300 -$400 on the Dis rewards card to put toward dinner
I'm looking into some Amtrak promos, if they do the Credit Card one again that gives you 30,000 pts, the van is 16,000 each way this would be like 1/2 price of the fare
Also have several Gift Auctions coming up that I already have tickets for (if they don't have some sort of a prize for WDW, we will not even think about going
) the one's I got tickets for do indeed have WDW items
If you have a Disney Rewards Visa and you have any large purchases/bills/tax liabilities, you could charge those to the card. When my DW went from being an employee to an independent contractor, we ended up with a... nontrivial tax bill due to some underestimation. Anyway, we ended up putting the taxes on the Disney Visa, and then paying it off within the same month. It provided some extra dollars on the rewards card. The more you can churn money through the card (and avoid interest charges if at all possible), the more Disney money you have. It sounds like you are already doing some business on the card if you're anticipating $400. The taxes thing was, I thought, a nice way to get that number up for us.
OK Dads - I get to make my ADR's on Monday and I need some advice/confirmation on my choices!
Saturday March 31st - Dinner at Il Mulino - thanks Aaron!
Sunday April 1 - EPCOT - Lunch at Le Cellier
Monday April 2 - DHS - Dinner at O'Hana
Tuesday April 3 - MK - Lunch at CRT
Wednesday April 4 - MK - Breakfast at Chef Mickey's
Thursday April 5 - AK/EPCOT Split Day - Dinner in EPCOT - Rose and Crown? I need suggestions on this one.
Friday April 6 - MK - Also need suggestions here - would be open to a resort dinner location but we're trying to stay close to MK since it's our last day.
What do ya'll think?
EPCOT has many good places; even the CS restaurants have a lot to offer. I like Chefs de France, Via Napoli, and Hacienda de San Angel for the TS restaurants.
For the last day, would you want to go out with a bang and hit one of the signature restaurants like California Grill or Citricos? Are you doing
DDP?
so I've been mulling a couple of disney trip planning things around in my head and hoped maybe you guys have some answers. In case you want to skip the rambling explanation the questions are bolded.
For our
Disneyland trip in Dec their don't really seem to be many specials. I know that DL does less than WDW in terms of offers but this year seems to be less than what has been offered historically. If we don't find a pretty decent special at DLR or GC we'll probably just use my hotel points/miles and stay of property for free. We don't want to book using the miles until we are sure that there won't be a special.
How long would you wait to see if they release a special for DLR like the ones they have offered in recent years for this timeframe?
We are thinking about taking some family to WDW next year in either early December or September. Their kids will be 2.75 and 3.75 in September. September will probably have less crowds and could be less expensive but by December both kids will likely be potty trained. At that age even a couple months seem to make a big difference.
Would you risk slightly greater crowds in exchange for potty trained kids?
Potty training, especially in the early days of it, is what you might call a probabilistic thing. Both my daughters have had some backsliding after they were "potty-trained" and ended up with around a week or two of frequent accidents. Before and after, though, the accidents were very infrequent, almost nonexistent. So, on a go-go-go, stand in line, full of excitement trip like WDW, even if they've been out of diapers for a while, the reassurance of diapers or pull-ups may not be such a bad thing.
That said, the day they are both out of diapers for good? Fabulous day.
Hi there, hey there, my name is Jim. After reading your qualifications list for DisDads, I think probably over three quarters of your descriptions fit me. Im what you might call a true lifetime Disney enthusiastic. When I am not at one of our familys annual pilgrimages to the Disney World (next one in just over a month (second week of November), I work as an active duty military (Navy) member. I grew up anticipating the Wonderful World of Disney every weekend and have always loved all the classic Disney movies. Not willing to give up my passion for Disney when I grew up (which only grew itself) my wife and I not only celebrated our honeymoon at the Magic Kingdom (it was her first trip to any Disney Park, which also launched a long term fixation with the magic only Disney can create for her), but we also recently celebrated our 20th anniversary (with the help of some true Disney magic and some incredible cast members). Luckily (and perhaps with a little positive parental influence), all of our three boys seems to have inherited our passion for all things Disney.
Welcome, Jim. I would also like to thank you for your service, and congratulations on 20 years of marriage.
You know, we didn't even think of it...
I felt bad for Dave, he looked exhausted
The Cisco is closed (he was cheating gas customers, pumping .75 gallons even though charging for 1.0 gallons--and then he committed suicide right before Federal Trial)...the Hess is still open though.
This pic is from the Florida Welcome Center...home of the free fruit juice
I had no idea that the gas stations in that area were so rife with corruption and soap-opera-like plots.
Also, Fed, I think I found your next fishing boat:
Here
