CP was one we threw out early on. For a while I was excited about it, but then after thinking about it, it just didn't make sense for us. I am simply NOT hungry until around 10:30, then POW! I want real food- BIG food. Also, if you do EMH AM, there's plenty of "empty park" to bask in. I didn't want to pay $20 to get a shot of the castle and not eat breakfast. Just me though.
Nowadays I'm not hungry that early in the morning either. Hence the switch in ADR times.Hey! I've finally caught up. Whew! Your "April" PTR took on a life of its own, huh? It's so great that you've been able to go on so many WDW trips!
So glad to have you.
Yes, indeed my April PTR turning into a November PTR and now a Feb PTR. Sooner or later it will JUST be my April trip.
Hope I'm not confusing anyone!
I have a small confession - that makes me look like a big doofus, but here goes.It took me most of your report to figure out what TA really stood for. The whole time I was wondering, why would a Teacher's Assistant get Disney discounts?
Then suddenly, this huge lightbulb went off & I finally realized you're a Travel Agent!
Duh!
I blame the chemo brain, I really do.
Oh no! I was worried that confusion would happen when I just said I was a TA.I guess I should've made it more clear. I'm glad you eventually figured it out though. Don't worry. You're not a big doofus for thinking that way. If you got confused, others might have too and just not said so. Perhaps I will skip the short form and fully write it out to avoid anymore confusion.
I haven't been over to your Nov. TR yet, but hope to get to it. My dream resort is the WL. I'm hoping to be able to swing a Christmas-time trip there this or next year.
Here's a little help to make that happenWL is even better at christmas time.
Your Feb plans sound great! I'm sorry to hear about Bubba not getting the extension she wanted. Why does drama always have to ruin things, hmm? At least the Great American Roadtrip sounds like a lot of fun! Get your kicks on Rte 66!
Let's just say whining and crying never gets you anywhere. And it's not Bubba who was doing the whining and crying....Stupid drama! It's going to be a trip of a lifetime for her, for sure. I just wish I could join her
You get a free cruise?!? Lucky Ducky! I'm so jealous. I've not been on a cruise yet, but it's on my list of things to accomplish soon. Be sure to post a TR so we can all live vicariously through your trip!
One of the perks being in the travel business. Like I said (or at least I think I did) this will be my first cruise ever. I'm going with a bunch of people from my company so at least I'll feel comfortable. I'm definitely going to write a TR about my cruise. Stay tuned for that
Your April trip sounds like it's coming together, too. You & your mom will have lots of fun. It's the time of year Somer & I go each year & you just can't beat the weather, low crowds, and F&G Festival. We stayed at the Poly last year - I think you'll really like it! We had a Garden View room on the 3rd floor outside corner of Tahiti - really nice!
Right! I forgot about the F&G festival. It's so refreshing to go to Disney at that time after enduring a long, cold Canadian winter. Brrrr! Thanks for the pic from Poly. I can't wait to stay there. My mom just might pee her pants when she finds out
This weekend, we made HUGE progress on the basement, where I'll be sleeping. I actually have a bed (before I was sleeping on a couch) , a desk for my spoiled Mac, and pictures of my favourite animal in the world, horses, have been hung. I'm so happy to be home 
With all the blood, guts, and gore, my stomach was doing somersaults by the end 
This is Mission: TSM day. I want to try and ride it as much as we can. Maybe not quite a million times but at least as many as we can manage. I have to beat Glen's score at least
Your day is totally do-able!! I don't think there's going to be ANY speed walking at all here. Unless you oversleep or something, and even then no biggie! You'll just fewer times to beat Glenn's score!
Not to butt in too much, but I think it's a good move moving in back home. If you felt in your heart it wasn't going well, then you definitely needed a break! So glad you are feeling "at home" there again.
You're not butting in. I appreciate any advice, especially from trusty DIS friends
Definitely NOT feeling the need to see the Mel movie. I hate blood guts and gore movies.
Me too. Seriously, is it really necessary to have blood spewing all over the place? Is that even realistic? I understand it's the movies but really, come on. Don't be so overdramatic Mr. (insert director's names here who consistently make gorey movies i.e. 300, Gladiator, Sweeney Todd, etc.)
Your day is totally do-able!! I don't think there's going to be ANY speed walking at all here. Unless you oversleep or something, and even then no biggie! You'll just fewer times to beat Glenn's score!
Oh, I like that thought. No sleeping in allowed! There's no question, I will beat Glen. Period.
I'm calling Campbells toll free number right now, Missy!
Uh oh! I'm in trouble... Truly, your honor, I'm innocent
Ice wine is spendy stuff! Good thing you have the TIW card!! You'd be paying out the nose for it otherwise- esp at Disney!
I know, I know. Bubba was the one who introduced it to me! The bugger. Now I can't help myself every time I'm at Le Cellier. I just gotta end my meal with a glass of Inniskillin Ice wine
Sorry to hear about your life issues. Sounds like you're doing the right thing though.
I sure hope I amIt feels like the right thing to do anyway.
I didn't realize your trip was so close! That's great; I'll soon have TR material to read! (right?)
Of course! I'll post the link here (well not here, but on this thread) for the TR.
Hey, I saw that! Well, you better beat it by a lot because I'm going back in June and intend to improve!
Aw, crap. I'm going to need to put my game face on. Bubba is gonna think I'm nuts. There's no room for error!
To decorate your room?
Heyyyyyyy, I never thought of that. Good idea, Glen!
Oh, one more comment. I see you have an early dinner at Le Cellier and so are just planning a snack for lunch. I think that's a good idea -- go good and hungry!
I will make a note of that right now so I don't forget. You can count on me to get those prices for ya
Day 3 plans look great! YAY for only 19 days!
It was MGM Studios, not Hollywood Studios. The Backlot Tour took you onto the streets in New York. Character greetings = pandamonium. There were no CM "guards" (as I like to call them) back then. In the video, it's all my parents can do to get us in for a picture. Living with the Land had an actual CM narrating. Its surprising to see that our ways of growing crops hasn't changed since then And the biggest thing, my parents were still together. I wonder how many more times we would've gone if they had stayed together? 
Random update:
I've been spending most of my day today transferring old home videos onto my computer. Through this process, I have discovered two Disney trips that I went on in '89 and '90. It's amazing how much has changed, and even how much has not. There was still the Skyway thingy in MK, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Dumbo was smaller and less extravagant, IASW was....still IASW
Okay, I made it over! Now back to do some reading.... it might take me a while to get caught up
If it gets too overwhelming, just jump in at the Feb updates. Only 18 more days until I go 
So, you were like, 4 years old?
Yup, the ripe, innocent age of 4
That must have been fun to watch.
It amazes me how I was. To put it frankly, very VERY shy. I can tell my favourite ride was Cinderella's Carousel, since we rode it twice in one day.
All of our home movies from when I was that age are of Christmas morning, and we're all squinting because the bank of lights that my dad put on the movie camera could have lit up a stadium.
Gotta love those old cameras. I found out that the video camera my dad was using to record all these movies cost $1049CAD. Guess that was the going rate for technology back then. How times have changed.
There's no doubt in my mind that our room won't be ready at this hour in the morning. If it is, I'll be rather surprised. At least I do not want to end up in another situation like last time at AKL (read my November TR if you don't already know) If the room is not ready, that's fine. I'd much rather a clean room. If I've done my math correctly, we should have enough credits for this dinner 
I haven't even had a chance to look at the menu on AllEars, nor read any reviews here on the DIS. Can anyone steer me in the right direction for a good review? But for now, it's supposed to be spent at the resort. We shall see....
if your room is ready at that early hour. You're paying cash though, so the check-in times may be different. For DVC, check-in time is not until 4:00 pm! (Although they quite often get you in earlier.) Are you planning on taking your bags yourself, or having bell services deliver them? If you want to shepherd them, then by all means, go there first and they can store them until your room is ready. But if you're having bell services do it (which I did last time, it worked great), I'd just go directly to AK, enjoy the day, and come check-in at Kidani later in the day.
I would be shocked
Since we'll have a car, if our room isn't ready, we'll just keep it all in the car. It'll save time unloading the luggage. Plus we won't need to worry what Bell services is doing with it.
Nemo...haven't seen it yet. Looked like something down on the priority list for me last time. But I've recently read a couple of trip reports that were really complimentary of this show. So, I think we'll have to catch it (no fish pun intended) this year.
That's what I've been reading too. We'll probably end up going. I'm really interested to see just how good this show is.
Haven't eaten at Narcoosee's either. I'm just not a lot of help here. I don't think this is the first time I've posted that on your PTR.
Don't beat yourself up
And the camera. It looks way cool, I'll have to check it out in a store sometime. I say "yes" (but then again, I don't have to pay for it).
I'm leaning more and more towards getting it. I wonder if I order it in the next couple of days, it'll come in time for my trip I made it all the way through, finally! Now I can keep up with ya, I think.
You think? No, no. You will
Well, first of all, I just wanted to say that I think its wonderful you have such a close relationship with your sister. I only have brothers, and they are much younger than me, so we've never been extremely close. I always longed for a sister. Were you two close growing up, or did you fight a lot? I watch my daughters now fighting with each other, but they have so much fun together too, that I have a feeling they will be close friends as they grow up.
My sister and I have been close all our lives. Most likely due to our parents getting divorced. We only had each other to turn to at times. Our friends didn't understand because they weren't going through what we were. There was a period (teenage years) when her and I didn't talk much. Those were the worst years of my life. I went through the rebellous stage when she never really did. I guess there was just a misunderstanding between us. Now, we're like two peas in a pod. Now that we're both in our 20s, we've really come to an understanding of each other; more importantly an appreciation of one another. I love my sister wholeheartedly. I'm sure your daughters will grow to appreciate one another too.
Boy, you just keep adding trips all over the place! When I first started reading, it was just a PTR for April. Then, surprise, a trip in November. Then, surprise, another trip in February. And now you are going on a cruise in early April? Girl, you've got it made! Maybe I should look into becoming a travel agent, right? I hope you will give us a mini-TR (or heck, a full one) on your April cruise, even though it isn't a Disney cruise. I've never been on Norwegian, but I've heard very good things. And hey, free is free.
Oh, and I really like your spreadsheets for planning - very easy to read and keep track of everything.
It seems to be the best format for me. I tried changing it but nope! Why change a good thing?I say go for the camcorder! But, I never say no to new camera equipment for Somer, so maybe I'm a bit biased.
Okay, now I'm REALLY leaning towards getting it. Talk about peer pressure
I liked the Finding Nemo musical when we saw 2 years ago. I enjoyed the costuming & the music & the "flow" of the show. But everyone is different. If you think you won't like it, I wouldn't waste the time on it. There's so many other ways to enjoy yourself in AK.
I still don't feel like I gave it a decent chance the first time I saw it. My step-dad and older step-sister (I have two step-sisters, one older, one younger, both from different sides of the family. Not to confuse you or anything) was with us and they seem to have... how to put this... short attention spans. Plus they're beach people. They were more interested in running through the parks, getting as much done in as little time as possible so they could get some sun. Neither my mom, myself, or my sister were very impressed. But I guess that's how you learn who to travel with and who NOT to travel with. Wow, that was quite the ramble
Your relaxing day at Kidani Village sounds good!
