The Murphys Are Live Again!!! Okw ~ Akl ~ Poly ~ 7/27-8/1

TigrLvsPooh · Jul 24, 2008

The Murphys are LIVE AGAIN
10th Wedding Anniversary at WDW
OKW ~ AKL ~ POLY
July 27 - August 1, 2008

From 1998.....

To 2008........

Welcome everyone to our soon to be LIVE trip report from WDW! :woohoo:

For those of you who haven't seen our Pre-Trip Report, here is a link so you can find out more about us, and read about our planning...... http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1890170

DH and I are celebrating 10 years of marriage and 10 years of magical trips to WDW!!

I wanted to post this thread a couple of days early because we are actually leaving tomorrow to take the kids down to grandma's house and we'll be away from our computer until Sunday when we arrive at WDW. So over the next couple of days feel free to post any questions you might have... I love to investigate things going on at the resorts and ask lots of questions, so if you have an upcoming trip to OKW, AKL, or the Poly and need some info I am ready and willing to help! :goodvibes

6 days of vacation without the kids seems hard to imagine right now... as a stay-at-home mom I've been with the boys 24/7 since school let out in May. So I'm anxious to have some more grown-up fun! :cool1:

I hope everyone enjoys our report.

There will be a LOT of pictures!!! I actually quit doing reports for a couple of years (didn't do any in 2006 or in 2007) but have recently got really into it again. If you haven't read one of our reports before here are some links to check them out! :thumbsup2

And I'll see you all again soon from the WORLD!!! :lovestruc

Dina · Jul 24, 2008

Can't wait to read about your trip!!!!!

Me&3 · Jul 24, 2008

I love your wedding photo what a cute start to your TR. I will read this when I get back. Again have a Happy Anniversary :lovestruc

HockeyMomR · Jul 25, 2008

Looking forward to reading your report!

Mrs Grumpy · Jul 25, 2008

Can't wait to read more!!! We are celebrating our 10th anniversary this year also but it won't be in WDW :sad1:

Instead we will be celebrating our 11th year there instead.

ADP · Jul 25, 2008

Hi Erika,

Have a great trip! Looking forward to reading more.

mickey2minnie1 · Jul 25, 2008

I'm hooked... popcorn::

Amy&Dan · Jul 25, 2008

Okay Erika, hurry up and get there so we can read all about it!

Amy

P.S. I extended my October trip an extra day, aren't you proud of me?? Again, thank goodness for Southwest!

PixieDustandEeyore · Jul 26, 2008

Can't wait to read your live TR hope you have loads of fun!!!!!

GalDisney · Jul 27, 2008

Have a wonderful time!

TigrLvsPooh · Jul 27, 2008

WE ARE HERE!!!!!!!!! :cool1:

We had a smooth flight and made it here on time. We had about a 30-45 minute wait for the ME bus to OKW, but I guess that's to be expected. We shared with SSR, POR, POFQ, and Fort Wilderness, but we were the first stop, so we lucked out with that.

We are in the Old Turtle Pond section in a one bedroom villa on the 3rd floor... overlooking a nice pond area with the golf course right behind that. It's a nice area. We're pretty far from the HH but we are very close to the bus stop.

WeGoShop was just here and delivered our groceries and drinks! She was right on time and brought everything we orderd. She also provided us with a receipt from Walmart... plus a $17 delivery charge and tip. Not a bad deal for us since we don't have a car.

We're just kind of hanging out right now.... we'll be heading to MK tonight for EMHs and dinner at the GF Cafe.

So far so good! Oh, and we also got our Happy Anniversary buttons at check-in. :lovestruc

Steamboat Girlie · Jul 27, 2008

Erika,
We are leaving for WDW to celebrate our 15th anniversary two weeks from today. We have two little boys, age 4 and 18 months, that we are leaving with their "Mimi". I have to admit, I was starting to have serious second thoughts about going without the boys. But your trip report is making me feel much better! Thanks for posting.

TigrLvsPooh · Jul 27, 2008

Well, we are prisoners in our room and starving!!! LOL :laughing:

We are having a horrible storm right now, lightning and wind are insane. :eek:

So I don't know when we'll get a chance to get out of here... according to weather.com we're past the middle of it, so maybe it's about half over. Our ADR is at 8:30, so we'll try to get there by then. Right now we hear sirens... must be an ambulance or fire truck nearby. :scared1:

TigrLvsPooh · Jul 27, 2008

Steamboat Girlie said:
Erika,
We are leaving for WDW to celebrate our 15th anniversary two weeks from today. We have two little boys, age 4 and 18 months, that we are leaving with their "Mimi". I have to admit, I was starting to have serious second thoughts about going without the boys. But your trip report is making me feel much better! Thanks for posting.

I miss my boys like crazy right now.

But I'm going to do some shopping and bring them lots of surprises.

And I know they are having fun with their "maw" right now. So that helps. We'll still call them every night at tuck-in time... but their faces at the door when we left this morning was hard to take. My babies!!!! :sad1:

mazdabug · Jul 27, 2008

TigrLvsPooh · Jul 27, 2008

While we're waiting for the thunder to quit here are some pictures from our balcony.

Before the storm hit!

TigrLvsPooh · Jul 27, 2008

I wanted to get a pic of this really cool bird, but I didn't get a chance before the storm hit... I think it was a black swan.

TigrLvsPooh · Jul 27, 2008

Ok, the storm is over and it's just rain now so we're outta here!

We're off to the GF Cafe for dinner and then EMH at MK until 2:00 AM!!! WOOHOOO! :cool1:

HockeyMomR · Jul 27, 2008

Erika,
Glad the storm ended in time for dinner. Have a nice evening

thesupersmartguy · Jul 27, 2008

Hi Erika, nice to see you here on the Dis. I have the Travel Channel show on DVD to watch tonight, it's one of my favorite Disney shows. Hope you are having a great trip, we will be leaving in a week or so for our next WDW adventure (our 2nd this year with a 3rd coming up in December).

Hope everyone is doing well,

Super.

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