The Skeptical First-Timers made it back home, here's the TR! Completed!

[FosterA]

Ok....am I supposed to ask a mod to move this to the "completed trip report" section or does it matter?

 

[skier_pete]

Ok....am I supposed to ask a mod to move this to the "completed trip report" section or does it matter?

You can edit the title and add "Completed" and they will probably move it for you. It'll also probably get locked also. If your gonna do that, you better start your next PTR else you won't have anyplace to go for your Disney fix.

 

[BridgetR3]

Please start a PTR first and put the link here so we can follow you. C'mon you know you want to go back!!!

 

[FosterA]

Please start a PTR first and put the link here so we can follow you. C'mon you know you want to go back!!!

I know!!! I definitely want to go back and I feel like when this TR closes, that I wont have my own little "home" on the Dis anymore. boo hoo. I'd hate to start a PTR just yet though because it just seems so far away. I just know that we wont go in 2012 so it would be 2013 and that seems FOREVER away. boo hoo.

 

[skier_pete]

Oh I say start that ptr right now. It gives all your friends a place to subscribe to...thus when you do firm something up we will know. I always start a new one before wrapping the old.

 

[Fjobe]

Thank you for sharing your trip report! I've spent last night and this morning reading the whole thing. Your family dynamics remind me of my own, so that made it very fun to read. I can't wait to follow along on your next trip!

 

[FosterA]

Thank you for sharing your trip report! I've spent last night and this morning reading the whole thing. Your family dynamics remind me of my own, so that made it very fun to read. I can't wait to follow along on your next trip!

Thanks for reading along
I sure hope I have a next trip! I'm letting David recover a little more before I kick my hounding into second gear

 

[joy13]

Gosh - you are done and I haven't even updated our first day yet! I got so behind on the Dis in December - time to catch up!

 

[joy13]

Ok - all caught up! Sounds like your last day was perfect I love that you all got to relax the last day and then had such a nice time at Hoop and on the beach.

It sounds to me like someday you and your daughter could have a nice Mother/daughter trip to Disney

 

[FosterA]

Gosh - you are done and I haven't even updated our first day yet! I got so behind on the Dis in December - time to catch up!

No...you are not behind. I'm just a nerd that's all. I wanted to get my TR done so I can start my scrapbook and I can't have two "projects" at once so I had motivation to keep plugging away on my TR

Ok - all caught up! Sounds like your last day was perfect I love that you all got to relax the last day and then had such a nice time at Hoop and on the beach.

It sounds to me like someday you and your daughter could have a nice Mother/daughter trip to Disney

I agree....I really liked our last day to sort of relax and then end on a good note! Allison wants to bring a friend and then I bring a friend so we can do 4 girls one day. That would be cool but we're trying to figure out which friend she'd bring that's parents could afford to send some money! eek. We always pay for her friends when we do stuff like movies, eating out, maybe a beach trip but we can't afford for another kid's plane tix or Disney tix!

 

[disneylovin24]

I haven't been on in so long and I can't believe your finished! I have a lot to catch up on Im going to have to go back and see where I last read and start from there (I think it was around the time of my trip which was a month ago already)

I noticed your talking about FW for your next trip. My family has stayed there A LOT (as you can tell in my signiture) so if you have any questiones feel free to ask

 

[FosterA]

I haven't been on in so long and I can't believe your finished! I have a lot to catch up on Im going to have to go back and see where I last read and start from there (I think it was around the time of my trip which was a month ago already)

I noticed your talking about FW for your next trip. My family has stayed there A LOT (as you can tell in my signiture) so if you have any questiones feel free to ask

Well hello there! Yep, I sort of whipped through my report and left everybody in the dust. Sorry. I got on a roll and couldn't stop I guess

We certainly loved FW, but the more I think about it, the more I think we'll do Port Orleans. I'd love to do FW if we had more time and could drive so we'd have our car for groceries and getting around. But when we go again, we'll take the kids out of school so we can't spend THAT much time to drive and will need to fly. Really leaning toward POR but if I sway back to FW, I'll be sure to ask you for any advice

 

[suzieQ36]

I absolutely loved reading your TR. You are so funny and I hope you use writing as part of your career, because you're great at it! I love your honesty, too. We went to Disney in 2009 and my husband & kids had never been. They had no idea what to expect. My husband was just like yours - his planning involved asking for the days off. I, on the other hand, was obsessed with planning and I never knew that about myself, but it paid off in the end and made for a wonderful trip.
I remember getting angry with my husband when we got in the car to leave and he wasn't as excited as I was...bummer. He did get better and I did like you & lowered my expectations a little on his response to everything.
We are now planning to go for our 2nd trip this November during the same time you all went. That is what drew me to your report. You had some great advice and tips that I will use as I plan our next visit!!

 

[FosterA]

I absolutely loved reading your TR. You are so funny and I hope you use writing as part of your career, because you're great at it! I love your honesty, too. We went to Disney in 2009 and my husband & kids had never been. They had no idea what to expect. My husband was just like yours - his planning involved asking for the days off. I, on the other hand, was obsessed with planning and I never knew that about myself, but it paid off in the end and made for a wonderful trip.
I remember getting angry with my husband when we got in the car to leave and he wasn't as excited as I was...bummer. He did get better and I did like you & lowered my expectations a little on his response to everything.
We are now planning to go for our 2nd trip this November during the same time you all went. That is what drew me to your report. You had some great advice and tips that I will use as I plan our next visit!!

Was your first trip also in November? You will LOVE this time of year. I would not hesitate one tiny bit to do the same exact week next time we go. As a matter of fact, David told me that when we do actual "plan" a second trip that he only wants to do it if it's the same week. Beautiful weather and low crowds!
I hope you guys have a fabulous time!!
p.s. No I don't write in my career, but thanks!!! I own a hair salon and am a hairdresser I thought about writing a book sort of like "the help" but all about the crazy things client's say. I'd have to be anonymous though!

 

[suzieQ36]

Was your first trip also in November? You will LOVE this time of year. I would not hesitate one tiny bit to do the same exact week next time we go. As a matter of fact, David told me that when we do actual "plan" a second trip that he only wants to do it if it's the same week. Beautiful weather and low crowds!
I hope you guys have a fabulous time!!
p.s. No I don't write in my career, but thanks!!! I own a hair salon and am a hairdresser I thought about writing a book sort of like "the help" but all about the crazy things client's say. I'd have to be anonymous though!

We went the 2nd week in February, had very low crowds and perfect weather. We wanted to try mid-Nov for the Christmas decorations without the crowds! I loved "The Help". You should definitely write a book about being a hair dresser and some of the funny stories you've heard. You would either have to make it anonymous or move!!

 

[FosterA]

Hey Everybody

I'm still kicking around. Nothing too exciting to share but I did want to throw a couple of my scrapbook pages on here to show ya'll. The photos are probably not anything you haven't seen before since most of them were in my TR. Anyway...I just love to scrapbook and the Disney album will be about 48 12x12 pages when I'm done. I digital scrap versus the paper kind but then I have Costco print the entire 12x12 page that I design from scratch (well, using a program) and I simply slip the entire page right into the plastic sleeves of my scrapbooks that are on our shelf.

anyhoo....here's a couple samples of what I've been working on
oh....one of the pluses of scrappin' digital is that if you find you are missing a certain photo, you can just steal one off the internet. Is that illegal? I think I snatched a few here and there of signs/landmarks etc that I wished I had taken a photo of. Don't be surprised if you see any of YOUR photos in my scrapbook

 

[Chicago Mo]

I LOVE THEM!!!!
hope you post more??? I scrap but i do the paper ones... I'm old fashioned!!!

 

[solana131]

Love your pages! I used to be really into scrapbooking, but I just got tired of dragging 5 cases of instruments and embellishments and papers out everytime I wanted to work on them. If I had a room I could set up for just scrapping I would get back into it. Now I see a few of my friends suing these digital things and it looks awesome! You said you don't use a program? Thats even more impressive. I don't think I'm quite at that speed, but I would love to try out one of the digital programs.

Anyhoo....they look great!

 

[Moodyzblu]

Love your scrapbook pages ! They came out great.

 

[swwake]

I love your pages! I hope one day I have time to do my scrapbooks. I have almost 20 years of boxes of stuff to scrap for Katie.