The unplanned Disney trip we had to take!

[Marshay]

It seems I get the pictures either too big or too small!
Along with all you have said we have found that the mister-spray fans are the best thing to keep you cool. We tried the neck cooling bandanas but the fans cooled us down better. You will need to bring spare batteries though. I just saw one in a catalog that didn't need batteries, worked by pumping up pressure. When I get home I will check the name of the catalog and let you know. I'll probably order it and give it a try before our trip.

I actually do have a small water mister that works via pumping it up. I like it a lot. Got it at Wal-Mart. We used that on our trip in Sept and May. Yes, I'll definitely have to bring that for July!

 

[IloveAKL]

Thanks! I will have to check out Wal Mart 'cuz now I can't find that catalog!
It was either Lillian Vernon or Solutions catalog.

 

[IloveAKL]

Here is a picture of my family wearing one of our sets of matching tie dye Mickey shirts:

(I tried to make it bigger but I don't think it is working!)

 

[IloveAKL]

OK so this may be a small thing, but I have put in all the addresses for our stops into the TomTom so our navigation system is ready to go!! I have downloaded a Stitch voice too. I think we will change to this when we go over the Florida border.
Next thing I need to do is get a memory card for our new digital video camera. I am also going to look into a gadget that connects to the video camera and downloads the video onto a DVD (vs doing it via the laptop). Anyone have any experience with one of these? We have a Sony Handycam.

 

[Marshay]

No experience with that but good luck!

Your TomTom with Stitch's voice sounds like a great way to enter Florida!

 

[IloveAKL]

So I'm going to WDW NEXT MONTH!!! WoooooooooHoooooooo!!!!
I love saying that.
Starting to think about all the last minute stuff, like stopping the mail, getting a tune up on the car. Anything else???

 

[Marshay]

So I'm going to WDW NEXT MONTH!!! WoooooooooHoooooooo!!!!
I love saying that.
Starting to think about all the last minute stuff, like stopping the mail, getting a tune up on the car. Anything else???

I'm very excited for you!! Got to plan the snacks you are bringing along...packing list...buy some Disney souvenirs to take along (cheaper than getting them there, esp the light up ones)

Do you have pets? I always seem to forget to make arrangements for our cats until like a week before...

 

[IloveAKL]

Thanks for the pets reminder - my sister-in-law watches our dog and I always send gallons of our tap water for him to drink (their well water smells funny and I don't want him to drink it) - yes my dog is spoiled!!

The other thing I thought of - I have to call for my Disney Rewards Card from Visa, I think if I order it the beginning of July it should be here before we leave on the 23rd. I think we will have almost $600 on there!!

It is still kind of cold here in Michigan so it really doesn't feel like our vacation is only 6 weeks away. I haven't even brought up the shorts from downstairs yet!!

I realized today that about two weeks after we get home this summer I will have to call DVC and make my reservations for next year - it just keeps going!

 

[Marshay]

Thanks for the pets reminder - my sister-in-law watches our dog and I always send gallons of our tap water for him to drink (their well water smells funny and I don't want him to drink it) - yes my dog is spoiled!!

The other thing I thought of - I have to call for my Disney Rewards Card from Visa, I think if I order it the beginning of July it should be here before we leave on the 23rd. I think we will have almost $600 on there!!

It is still kind of cold here in Michigan so it really doesn't feel like our vacation is only 6 weeks away. I haven't even brought up the shorts from downstairs yet!!

I realized today that about two weeks after we get home this summer I will have to call DVC and make my reservations for next year - it just keeps going!

Yes, that's a great VISA reward...my card only has about $200 but our trip isn't until November and I'm trying to use it all the time now.

yeah, I definitely love that the trips just keep coming. We just added on another 50 AKV pts (well, waiting for the paperwork to come) so we can stay even more now!!

 

[IloveAKL]

$500 of the Visa rewards were part of the incentives we got for buying into AKV last year. I think this should pretty much cover our food.

Yesterday my husband and I made a list of all the electronic things we will be packing and all the things that need to go with them: portable DVD player, cell phones, TomTom, camcorder,digital camera, laptop, DVD recorder, iPod touch and all the chargers, USB cables, etc. We are going to need a whole bag just for these things! We have some of them labeled but we need to do them all before we leave because they all look the same to me!

I'm going to have to buy some new shorts for my oldest daughter too!
Oh, the closer it gets the more unprepared I feel!