The Smiths are Heading Back...For 10 Days of Disney Magic! (Updated 8/16)

[Tnkrbelle565]

Ok ok I checked in! *fingers crossed*

You are arriving early now?! Hmmm we will have time to meet up! We weren't planning on checking out of SSR until 11am. We can swing by the Boardwalk and/or BC! What do you think?


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Sounds like a fabulous plan! You have my number!!!!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Day 2!!!! (9 Sleeps Left )

The plan for Day 2 is...

That's right! All Mickey- All day! We will have breakfast in the hotel and then head out to MK. Highly unlikely we'll be at rope drop but we'll be there kinda early. We will hang out until lunch time and then head back to BCV for a swim/nap.

After that, we will head back out for a 7pm dinner at...

After some napkin twirling, it will be back over to MK if Aisling hasn't dropped from pure exhaustion...which is as unlikely as us making rope drop

 

[Lady Lallie]

Your plans look great so far!!

Aisling looks so little in that Chef Mickey's picture!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Your plans look great so far!!

Aisling looks so little in that Chef Mickey's picture!

That pic is from her 6th bday trip. She does look so young My baby is growing up too fast!!! I want this Aisling back! Although I'm glad she can now at least leave Puppy in the room

 

[Lady Lallie]

That pic is from her 6th bday trip. She does look so young My baby is growing up too fast!!! I want this Aisling back! Although I'm glad she can now at least leave Puppy in the room

Awww, that is such a sweet picture. I miss Puppy stories though!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

oh and all checked in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Lady Lallie]

oh and all checked in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Awww, that is such a sweet picture. I miss Puppy stories though!

oh he's sitting right next to me right now! No worries!

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

What a fun day 2! I agree - the picture of Aisling is too cute! And yay for being checked in!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

What a fun day 2! I agree - the picture of Aisling is too cute! And yay for being checked in!

thank you

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Who is ready for my "8 more sleeps/Day 3" plans????????????


On Day 3, we will finally be giving MK a little break and heading to.....

And this day we will need to be at rope drop because it's our goal to actually ride a certain insanely packed attraction more than once

We are truly hoping that on Day 3 Aisling will be able to cross a ride off her "never ridden" list!!! That's if she can get over the "upside down" thing!

Per usual, we will be taking a break after lunch (will Starring Rolls win out over Pizza Planet??????????????????) for swimming/napping and then will be heading back out that evening to

Where I believe Erin (eecteacher82) and her DD will be joining us for dinner.


After dinner is the super exciting part for Aisling because 1) she gets to wear her birthday outfit early and 2) because weather-permitting this might be FINALLY the night where she gets to see Fantasmic. Can you believe that in all our trips to WDW, Aisling has never seen Fantasmic????? So hopefully Day 3 proves to be a day of firsts for Aisling


Today I will also share a little story. If you have read my previous TRs, you might remember a tragic thing that happened to me at DHS during Aisling's surprise birthday trip. Anyone remember this?????????

Well, I never replaced that lens....and several THINGS have gone by (including 3 vacations) where I wished I had a new one. And then I got my new camera. And my new flash. And then Randy got that unexpected bonus. So last week I decided that it NEEDED to be replaced before our trip. And it may have arrived yesterday. And I may have picked up the box and put in on my kitchen island. And I also may then have knocked said box OFF the island Luckily because the good people at Amazon package things to well, it didn't break. But seriously???? i think that lens is cursed!!!!

 

[eecteacher82]

Plans sound great! We will definitely be joining you guys for dinner! Just FYI, Olivia has made her own plans to ride TSM and Tot with Aisling. I keep trying to explain that this is your FAMILY vacation and since we are not part of your family, we cannot spend every single second with you guys! Livy's only other plan for DHS is to see BatB and get picked to get the rose! I keep telling her that just because she wants to, doesn't mean she will be picked. She is also dying to meet Phineas and Ferb. I bet Ash will love Fantasmic. It is one of Olivia's favorites, but then again, anything at Disney with any type of characters and pyrotechnic element is her favorite....

 

[jenb1023]

Sorry to be MIA this week!

I can't believe you went that long without replacing the lens and then it almost broke! I bet you had about five heart attacks opening that box!

Puppy! So sweet seeing baby Ash and puppy. Can you believe our babies will be turning 8 soon?

Plans look great! I hope you guys make it to Fantasmic - Jordan really enjoys it.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Plans sound great! We will definitely be joining you guys for dinner! Just FYI, Olivia has made her own plans to ride TSM and Tot with Aisling. I keep trying to explain that this is your FAMILY vacation and since we are not part of your family, we cannot spend every single second with you guys! Livy's only other plan for DHS is to see BatB and get picked to get the rose! I keep telling her that just because she wants to, doesn't mean she will be picked. She is also dying to meet Phineas and Ferb. I bet Ash will love Fantasmic. It is one of Olivia's favorites, but then again, anything at Disney with any type of characters and pyrotechnic element is her favorite....

Well i would say that I would have Aisling teach her the trick to getting picked at Beauty and the Beast but I don't feel like dealing with that meltdown.

Sorry to be MIA this week!

I can't believe you went that long without replacing the lens and then it almost broke! I bet you had about five heart attacks opening that box!

Puppy! So sweet seeing baby Ash and puppy. Can you believe our babies will be turning 8 soon?

Plans look great! I hope you guys make it to Fantasmic - Jordan really enjoys it.

5 heart attacks pretty much summed it up! I actually shook the box to make sure it didn't sound broken before I looked!

What is Jordan doing for her bday? Aisling is having a Villains Party.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

So I guess Erin is the only one who noticed i skipped a day I ended up taking Aisling to see Glee 3D after work last night and have been running around all day (cleaning, packing, and then we had a cookout). SO I owe you 2 days


So...Day 4 (Monday) is

Epcot Day! We will head over to Epcot in the AM and do Future World (or what we actually do of it which isn't much: TT, Soarin, Living with the Land, and Nemo/Crush) Aisling has been asking about doing the Behind the Seeds Tour so we may do that one too.

We have a late lunch ADR at Le Cellier and will play the rest of the day by ear. Maybe we'll stay at the hotel...maybe will go back to Epcot and do some Kim Possible Missions. (Love that we are going to be to able to just walk there for the record!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)


Day 5 (Tuesday) is

We have a breakfast ADR at Tusker House before the park opens. Then we will see how much of the park we can bang out until Lunch time. Because we have to get back to the room early on Tuesday because it's also...


PICTURE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (please pray for good weather ) We will all go back and get prettied up. I'm having my hair professionally done since Florida humidity and I are not friends (even with my fabulous straightened hair). And then we are off to the BW for our session with David and Vicki! http://www.davidandvickiarndtphoto.com/

Photos end at 7pm. If for some reason we didn't get to see Fantasmic on Sunday, tonight is the backup night.

And there you go! You are all caught up and I no longer am in debt with updates! 6 more sleeps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

I hope Aisling decides to do RnRC! Can you believe I went on it two times in a row on the honeymoon and I'm...actually starting to like it?! I hope you make it to Fantasmic, too! I've never seen it either!

I can't wait to see how your family photos turn out!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

I hope Aisling decides to do RnRC! Can you believe I went on it two times in a row on the honeymoon and I'm...actually starting to like it?! I hope you make it to Fantasmic, too! I've never seen it either!

I can't wait to see how your family photos turn out!

You never been to Fantasmic???? I find that very surprising. Especially since you took such a long honeymoon. Hope you were relaxing back at the hotel instead

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

So who is ready for our next daily plan? seriously, I know like 2 people are still reading this who may be interested However, they won't be because this day is going to be pretty boring

That's because Day 6 is RELAXING DAY!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone want to bet that we'll actually be able to relax? Somehow I never manage to get a full day of relaxing because Randy and Aisling have such issues sitting still when they know there are RIDES out there. Sooooo, since I can't plan an entire relaxing day, I threw them a bone and made a couple of plans

First up (5 more sleeps) is a late breakfast at Cape May. Then we'll hit up SAB for the rest of the morning (5 more sleeps), Lunch will be at Beaches and Cream and by "Lunch" i'm saying this in the loosest of terms. Because Lunch this day (5 more sleeps) will actually be the Kitchen Sink Aisling won the reading contest fair and square so Daddy needs to pay up

Next up we will be traveling to:

DTD for an early dinner somewhere. We had 6pm ADRs at TRex (5 more sleeps) but since I have heard awful things lately, we decided to go there for yummy adult drinks and dessert. So backing up a bit- this is why we will do a late breakfast and minimal lunch as we need to be eating dessert (5 more sleeps) by 6pm. After dessert Aisling and Randy will be throwing their dancing shoes on and I will be behind the camera documenting it all for future generations

Have I mentioned that we only have 5 more sleeps???

 

[Lady Lallie]

I'm still reading, just haven't been on the computer a lot. It's hard to get up off the couch with my bum foot.

WOO HOO! 5 more sleeps but I think that is 4 more sleeps now.

 

[jenb1023]

Woo-hoo for four more sleeps!

Ash's villains party sounds like fun! We are doing the first official birthday party/sleepover with makeovers, movie watching, etc.

We all enjoyed the Behind the Seeds tour and it is definitely offers a lot of good photo-taking opportunities.

I think your rest day sounds great! It will be fun to take advantage of SAB! I told Jason we should order the kitchen sink some time and he said how are the three of us going to eat that!