The Trip That Almost Wasn't - December '09 (We are BACK!!!! TR to start soon)

[Trentmom]

Changes look great girl

That is nice you can spend the night and most of the day with your gradnparents. They will love that


One question..I see you have meals listed for the 5th, but do not list what u are doing that day

So what are you doing?

 

[Leger13]

Changes look great girl

That is nice you can spend the night and most of the day with your gradnparents. They will love that


One question..I see you have meals listed for the 5th, but do not list what u are doing that day

So what are you doing?

Thanks

Yeah I think that will be nice. My Grandfather's health isn't that great so i want to see them as much as I can while I'm down there.

I noticed that too and I have no idea what we will do during the day. Possibly go resort hopping or play putt putt since the weather will be nice and not hot. Any suggestions??

 

[Trentmom]

Thanks

Yeah I think that will be nice. My Grandfather's health isn't that great so i want to see them as much as I can while I'm down there.

I noticed that too and I have no idea what we will do during the day. Possibly go resort hopping or play putt putt since the weather will be nice and not hot. Any suggestions??

Thats a great idea

Maybe u could rent bikes at POR since you will be right there or take a carriage ride. Rent a boat.

Lot of nice stuff to do at that resort..on POR side is most of the stuff

 

[Leger13]

Thats a great idea

Maybe u could rent bikes at POR since you will be right there or take a carriage ride. Rent a boat.

Lot of nice stuff to do at that resort..on POR side is most of the stuff

that's a good idea. Dunno if Chris will want to do that stuff. I'll have to have a list of things we could do and see what he decides on. I was actually thinking of surprising him with Richard Petty driving experience so maybe I could plug that into that day. Hmmmmmmm.......

 

[Trentmom]

that's a good idea. Dunno if Chris will want to do that stuff. I'll have to have a list of things we could do and see what he decides on. I was actually thinking of surprising him with Richard Petty driving experience so maybe I could plug that into that day. Hmmmmmmm.......

Oh awesome

I like your idea

I think he would love that

 

[Marshay]

Thanks

I noticed that too and I have no idea what we will do during the day. Possibly go resort hopping or play putt putt since the weather will be nice and not hot. Any suggestions??

Shopping. Massages. Explore your resort or other resorts for where you want to spend next vacation. Do DVC tour.

See the resort Christmas decorations on teh monorail loop. Watch EWP and fireworks from monorail resorts. Schedule one of the tours of the World (Segway one is cool!!)

 

[Leger13]

Shopping. Massages. Explore your resort or other resorts for where you want to spend next vacation. Do DVC tour.

See the resort Christmas decorations on teh monorail loop. Watch EWP and fireworks from monorail resorts. Schedule one of the tours of the World (Segway one is cool!!)

Was considering a spa treatment but I really do think I'm leaning towards surprising Chris with the Richard Petty experience.

 

[Leger13]

Oh awesome

I like your idea

I think he would love that

Thanks girl, I think so too and the ride along is not too expensive. Granted it's a short experience but it's a once in a lifetime kind of thing and maybe when we have more $ coming in he can do the driving experience. This can just get him the opportunity to say "I've been in a stock racing car for NASCAR" LOL

 

[Trentmom]

Thanks girl, I think so too and the ride along is not too expensive. Granted it's a short experience but it's a once in a lifetime kind of thing and maybe when we have more $ coming in he can do the driving experience. This can just get him the opportunity to say "I've been in a stock racing car for NASCAR" LOL

It will be worth it for sure

Sometime down the road, like you said, you can save up money for actual driving experience

 

[cherbear]

That's awesome Carla. Good plan!

 

[Marshay]

Was considering a spa treatment but I really do think I'm leaning towards surprising Chris with the Richard Petty experience.

Thanks girl, I think so too and the ride along is not too expensive. Granted it's a short experience but it's a once in a lifetime kind of thing and maybe when we have more $ coming in he can do the driving experience. This can just get him the opportunity to say "I've been in a stock racing car for NASCAR" LOL

Oooh, that's so very cool!! I'd love to do the actual driving part of it!!

 

[Leger13]

It will be worth it for sure

Sometime down the road, like you said, you can save up money for actual driving experience

Thanks girl. It's gonna be great. I think he's gonna love it. And it probably won't take up much time so we can hit an early lunch and still go and play putt putt or something like that.

That's awesome Carla. Good plan!

Thanks girl! I can't wait to see his face when he finds out where we are going

Oooh, that's so very cool!! I'd love to do the actual driving part of it!!

Yeah I would too but I just don't have $500 to drop on something like that right now. Maybe in another few years we'll be able to afford that. But for now just a ride along will have to do

 

[cherbear]

Carla, let us know when you book the RPDE!

And you should videotape Chris' reaction when you tell him.

 

[Leger13]

Carla, let us know when you book the RPDE!

And you should videotape Chris' reaction when you tell him.

Oh I for sure will! I think I'm going to try and book it this weekend or possibly next week while we still have some extra cash around.

That's a great idea!

 

[cherbear]

Oh I for sure will! I think I'm going to try and book it this weekend or possibly next week while we still have some extra cash around.

That's a great idea!

which brings me to my next question...are you gonna tell him before the trip or wait til you get there, or even that day of the experience?

 

[Leger13]

which brings me to my next question...are you gonna tell him before the trip or wait til you get there, or even that day of the experience?

haha well, that all depends on whether or not I can keep it a secret. In previous experiances, I'm horrible, absolutely horrible at keeping secrets from Chris.

 

[cherbear]

haha well, that all depends on whether or not I can keep it a secret. In previous experiances, I'm horrible, absolutely horrible at keeping secrets from Chris.

I think you can do it!

 

[Leger13]

I think that since our trip has changed dates and certain plans have changed, this requires a whole new introduction to the trip. Don't you? (If you said no here, tough, you have no choice)

The When: December 3rd - December 12th

The Where: Pop Century Resort (only our favorite of all the values)

The Why: *Because it will be close to my BFF Becca's 30th B-Day so we will celebrate that.
*Because it has always been a dream of mine to see WDW decorated for Christmas
*Because last year's trip in September was filled with arguing and tears so we need a do-over.

The Who: (will only give names and ages of everyone here since I did bigger introduction on my first post already)
*Of course there's me, Carla. I'll be 28 by the time of this trip.
*Chris, my DH. He will be 29 on this trip. His last trip to take in his 20's to WDW.
*Becca, my BFF. She will have just turned 30 in November so we will celebrate her Birthday while we are in town.
*James, Becca's DH. Not sure how old he is....26 I think. He will be happy to have someone to ride the thrill rides with (as will I) since Becca doesn't ride them (and neither does Chris).

Our original dates for this trip were supposed to be November 28th - December 5th. First thing that happened, our dog sitters up and moved to Texas and no matter who we asked we could not find anyone to dog sit for us. Then, I planned on going to Thanksgiving with my parents in PA for a few days and then fly to meet Chris in Orlando. Well, my Dad went ahead and booked my flight with theirs which has me coming back on December 1st . It would have been way too expensive to get a flight on a Saturday to Orlando so we just opted to change our dates and now everything is falling into place very nicely. I'm almost glad our dog sitters moved now and my dad goofed on my flight because things are turning out WAY better for this trip than they would have originally. We now have a dog sitter lined up (my cousin) and we get free dining on this trip to boot. I'm really really looking forward to this trip! I want to thank everyone for following along and for commenting on my ramblings. I really hope I'm not being too boring or confusing with all my changes (already). And to any lurkers out there, please don't be shy. Come and say hi and join in on the fun! I promise, I don't bite!

 

[Leger13]

I think you can do it!

thanks for the vote of confidence girl. We'll see how long I last

 

[Leger13]

So, I know quite a few people that live in Florida. I grew up in south Florida so I still know people down there. I also still have family that live down in Florida so a lot of these people are going to be making appearances on this trip. I figured that since you will be seeing pictures of them and hearing about them in the trip plans and also in my TR that I better introduce them now so as not to make anyone too confused when those parts come up. Are you with me? Good. I will try to include pictures when I have one.

So the first people we will see when we get down there are my Grandparents. They live in Lake Placid, FL which is only 2 hours south of Orlando so every time we have a trip to WDW, we drive the rest of the way down to see them. I love my grandparents dearly! Their names are Aureale and Beatrice (they are French Canadian....everyone remembers my grandfather from our wedding as "the crazy french man" even after living in Florida for the last 45 years he still has a very thick accent).
Here's a picture of me with them when we visited them in 2007

We are going to drive down after I get off from work on December 3rd and spend the night with them. We'll be spending the next day with them as well. I can't wait to see them! My aunt is living with them too so you will see her in the pictures as well. Her name is Lucy. It's been a long time since I've spent any amount of time with her so it will be a little strange but I'm looking fwd it it still.

The next people that will be in my report is Becca and James of course. And they need no introduction since I've introduced them twice here already. I hope you all realize what they look like by now since they were in my May Mini TR
Well, since I found a picture, I have changed my mind and am going to post it. Here, memorize there faces better!!

Up next is my other BFF Tiffany and her family. I have known Tiffany since we were both 3 years old. She moved to NY when we were 8 years old and we have kept in touch ever since then. She is now married with 3 beautiful little girls and a little boy on the way which should be here any day now
I don't have a picture of all of Tiffany's clan together but I do have one of the 3 girls so I will post that. This is right after the 3rd baby was born last March. We will probably either meet them at DTD like we normally do or have dinner with them at a resort or something of that sort.

Next up is Tiffany's brother Tim. I haven't seen him since Tiffany's wedding which was in 2003 so I asked him to come and have a dinner or something with us while we are in town. I for sure don't have any pictures of him. Sorry!

Then there is my friend, Katie. I have known her ever since I was in elementary school. I met her after Tiffany moved so we've probably known eachother since 3rd or 4th grade. I haven't gotten to see her since......uhhhh.......1998 quite possibly!? Wow!! I didn't realize it had been that long. Anywho, here's a picture of her. I can't wait to see her again!! She said she would come to Orlando and spend a few days with some friends there in town and go to a few parks with us and such. Will be great!

The others that will make an appearance on my PTR are all DISers that I have known for the last couple of years (and quite possibly a new one....depending on whether or not we can work out a DIS meet). First up, there's Sharky. We will be meeting and stalking eachother throughout our trips for sure! Can't wait! Then there's Love. Getting to meet her on December 4th at the DIS meet. Can't wait for that either! Then there's UJ. Also meeting him at the DIS meet on December 4th!! It's going to be a great time!! (I refrained from posting pictures of these DISers just in case they didn't want their picture posted now.....but they WILL have pictures posted on my TR!!)

So there you have it folks. This is another reason why I'm so excited for this trip. Getting to see family, old friends and new friends all in one week. All at WDW!! It's going to be a FANTASTIC week!!!!