The NEW Official November 2010 Countdown & Planning Thread ~ Come join us! (Part 2)

[grandall]

SINGLE DIGITS TODAY PLUS THIS IS MY 100th POST!!!!!!!!!

 

[MagicMomma]

I'll be waking up in the World in a week! Can't wait!!!! Been checking the weather... it's gonna be cold! Most days in the mid-60's! Where's the warm Florida weather??? Oh well... still warmer than here!

 

[ThreeKMom]

9 more days!!!

Time to get busy!

 

[Trackey79]

Good Morning, Just wanted to tell everyone leaving soon I hope you all have safe and magical trips!! And enjoy every minute!!

We had a whole week and the time still just flew by If I wasn't already planning the next trip (just me and hubby this time ) it would be sooo depressing!

 

[OC_stacylace]

Well, we are on schedule to leave tomorrow. This is quite amazing since I and both boys have sinus infections. After being on antibiotics for 4 days,and lots of rest and sleep, I think we're past the worst of it and the coughing is almost gone. I don't know why, but it seems we always get a little cold or something before these big trips!

I'm a little nervous about flying tomorrow. After all the recent news and complaints about the security screening process, I think I'm more confused than ever.

At this time tomorrow morning, we'll be sitting in LAX and grabbing a bite to eat before our plane boards!!

P.S. I can't wait to see how Kidani is decorated for Christmas!

 

[TiggerFan3590]

10 days until we leave....11 until we arrive.... I think I might need to drag out a suitcase or two or maybe three..... Safe travels to all leaving soon....

 

[tatorswife]

Heading out today at 4pm..I have major butterflies

 

[disneyisawesome]

Thank you all for your advice for online checkin!!! I will definitley do it now!!! We leave in 6 days!!!! I can't believe it is finally here!!!! We'll be heading from Texas, so maybe I will see some of you New Orleans folks on I-10!!!! So excited!!!!!

 

[alexensmom]

It's so quiet on here. Everyone headed out for Thanksgiving week. Finally able to do online check in last night. I didnt like only having four options for the room to choose from. I will probably call the first of the week to make sure our requests (bed rails) our AAA agent made are on our reservations. DD's teachers gave her quite a few things to do while we are gone (evil laugh ), but she has been good to start some of it. She is off to watch HP tonight with friends. DS got his haircut today. Picked up dry cleaning and finished making signs for the stroller. Charged the ipods and camera batteries. Its just last minute and we are ready to roll. Hope everyone is staying healthy. Travelers and those of us trying to wait patiently to take our turn...

 

[jrasmom]

We get through one more ballet performance tomorrow then I'm going to the grocery store for Thanksgiving dinner. THEN....I'm coming home & pulling out the luggage!!!!

We leave in 7 days (well 4am next Saturday so close enough )and will arrive that evening to our hotel at Downtown Disney then on to POP on Sunday morning!!

I'm so hoping for 80's If I wanted 60's I could just stay home :/

 

[rmonty02]

Second full day at Kidani..having a GREAT time...weather has been wonderful. Probably won't be able to logon until we get back next week. But I hope everyone has a FUN time like we are

 

[Px4]

We should have been checking into the Poly about now. It hurts... bad!

 

[sjs314]

We should have been checking into the Poly about now. It hurts... bad!

I know how you feel, everyday of the week we were to originally be there I kept thinking tonight we would have been at MVMCP or today we be at Epcot etc etc, but ya know something once it was the day we were to be coming back I did not feel so bad anymore since I know we have our next trip booked and I have all the new planning to look forward to

In fact I booked our trip on the morning we would have been leaving, it was storming here with snow and ice so we decided to go in Oct instead of November, I am so afraid to fly in winter weather.

Do you have all your ADR's for next trip picked out yet so you can call soon?

 

[Px4]

Do you have all your ADR's for next trip picked out yet so you can call soon?

Not at all. A few places have been thrown around. 'Ohana dinner and breakfast, 50's Prime Time (because believe it or not, we have never ate there!), Chef Mickeys, CRT. But as of now, we can't even decide where we are going to stay. If we were going alone, it would be a no brainer - surprise the girls with The Poly like we had planned- and are currently booked. But our friends want to stay value. So, I am shooting for a mod! lol I just can't seem to get in the planning mode. Which is very odd for me. I think maybe my WDW addiction has been cured.

And the cure is.... Cancel the perfect trip! The one where everything is perfect, that has been paid off for months, that you have the money to still go on, and say its being responsible (even if it was)...

 

[niccowboys]

For those of you going the week after Turkey Day, the weather forecast seems to have improved a bit.

11/27 - 72
11/28 - 72
11/29 - 80
11/30 - 67
12/1 - 73
12/2 - 77
12/3 78
12/4 77

The night's are all mid's 50 to mid 60's. Let's hope it keeps getting warmer. This is much better then last year during Thanksgiving week, I was wearing hat's and gloves most of the week.

 

[tree320]

We just got back and had a most wonderful time!! Things went sooo smooth. The only bump was that I and DD9 had some sea sickness, mine was fixed with the seabands and she still had problems, even with the seabands, until the 3rd and last night. But she really had a great time every day! Our WDW part of the trip was perfect! Great weather, relaxed park time, 5 to 25 min wait time for most rides. Most of the time, rode the ride, kids wanted to ride again and walked right back on. My kids are so spoiled, if the time was 20 min they didn't want to wait but get a Fast Pass! The only day I really had a 'must do' was the arrival day and Fantasmic! and Osborne Dancing Lights! We did Magic Kingdom until our BLT room was ready and unloaded the rental car and headed right to Hollywood Studios and got in line for F! while the rest of the family ran around the park and got something to eat as we sat and waited. Great show to start off WDW! We have never seen it and we were impressed! Was worth the wait time. Right after the show, even though they said they were tired, I made them go over to see the lights! "Wow!" was all we could say! After that day we kind of just did what the kids wanted. I was waiting for a total melt-down from someone, but it never came! The kids were great and we all had a wonderful time. We did not do MVMCP but got to see the fireworks from our room and they were crazy big!! Used so much info from DISboards to make this trip go smooth so THANK YOU ALL!! One other thing We Loved the Dole Whips!

 

[summerlady]

So sad to be back! But, we had the best time EVER! The only rain was on Tuesday night as we were ready to hop on the boat from DTD back to POFQ, not bad at all. The weather was absolutely gorgeous! I ended up canceling our ADR at La Hacienda on Thurs night at 8, even though we really wanted to see Illuminations from the restaurant, we had such a long day and just didn't have it in us to stay. Luckily I was able to change to an ADR at Boatwrights at POR and we were pleasantly surprised at how fantastic the food was there since I've rarely read a decent review. We took the short walk along the river to the restaurant and then strolled back afterward, very nice! The DDP is just way too much food for us, we walked around positively stuffed and rarely were able to eat dessert; brought back fresh fruit from Sci Fi, pecan pie (DELICIOUS! Which I ate for breakfast on Friday morning ) from Boatwrights. We got in some pool time every day even though a couple of days it was sort of chilly, soaked in the hot tub every night. The only really crowded time was Sunday night because of F! and the Osborne lights, but it wasn't crowded enough to be horrible. Got a couple of photos of the refurbed rooms at POFQ at night, through the window blinds, it's going to be fabulous and I can't wait to start planning our next trip and staying there. Bus service was very good, we never had to wait very long and only shared with POR one afternoon. I also switched out our ADR from breakfast at 1900 Park Fare to lunch at the Crystal Palace which we all really enjoyed. I cried during Wishes, just as I always do, and the castle dressed in icicles is so, so, so beautiful. I just love WDW so much.

My LGMH turkey fell off my bag the first day at DHS, I didn't notice until we were back in the room that night.

Already have my new ticker for 2011.

 

[MagicMomma]

For those of you going the week after Turkey Day, the weather forecast seems to have improved a bit.

11/27 - 72
11/28 - 72
11/29 - 80
11/30 - 67
12/1 - 73
12/2 - 77
12/3 78
12/4 77

The night's are all mid's 50 to mid 60's. Let's hope it keeps getting warmer. This is much better then last year during Thanksgiving week, I was wearing hat's and gloves most of the week.

Thank goodness! I was really worried about the forecast! This is MUCH better!!! Thanks for posting this!!!

 

[sjs314]

Not at all. A few places have been thrown around. 'Ohana dinner and breakfast, 50's Prime Time (because believe it or not, we have never ate there!), Chef Mickeys, CRT. But as of now, we can't even decide where we are going to stay. If we were going alone, it would be a no brainer - surprise the girls with The Poly like we had planned- and are currently booked. But our friends want to stay value. So, I am shooting for a mod! lol I just can't seem to get in the planning mode. Which is very odd for me. I think maybe my WDW addiction has been cured.

And the cure is.... Cancel the perfect trip! The one where everything is perfect, that has been paid off for months, that you have the money to still go on, and say its being responsible (even if it was)...

I hear you about the cure to the addiction, after we booked and finally settled on CR I told DH I hope nothing happens next year. Cancelling that last trip after planning it for 9 months was the pits!

We were on the fence about booking BC or GF my dream resort but then I priced out the TPV's for GF, Poly, and CR and since CR seems to have the best view of MK and DH said he always wanted to stay there(surprised me since I know he complained about the noise level and how busy it was in general when we went the to CR eat) but I have wanted to stay there too so CR it is. Will save GF if we end up going some year for Christmas.

I can believe that you have never ate at 50's Prime Time, I have quite a few on our list that we have never ate at yet, Ohana's 1900 Park Fare,GF Cafe, Kona, which it seems everyone has been to.

Jess if it were me I think I would still stay at the Poly, you can meet up with your friends at the parks or for ADR's. I think it would be hard to get overly excited over a trip if not staying at a resort you really wanted to. They should understand since you had to cancel this last trip.

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

Blah I am packing to come home. Had an awesome time, I can not even begin to explain how much fun my son had!!