This Is A Poncho-Free Zone!--May 22-29, 2010 PTR (New PTR!!!! 5/31)

[ladybugmom]

Your trip is sooo close! It will be hear very soon. You have planned for this trip for almost a year and I'm sure all your planning will pay off. Really hope you have nice weather. The weather we had last year was so not very magical!
Yikes, what a Mother's day morning! Looks like things turned around for the better. Tix for B&B sounds great! Can't wait to hear all about it.
Great shopping finds! The girls are so cute in their dance costumes! Make sure you tape them at every recital! It's really fun to watch past years as they get older. Amy's recital was last weekend.
I LOVE Glee! I'm actually listening to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Love that song.

I know!! Sooo exciting!!! I hope we have nice weather, too!! Yes, we definitely will tape the girls dancing AND we buy the recital DVD!! LOVE "Total Eclipse of the Heart"!!! Can't wait to see next week's episode with Neil Patrick Harris!!

 

[SoonerGirl]

Becky - I finally started my TR, hope you'll come join me, link is in my siggy

 

[ladybugmom]

Becky - I finally started my TR, hope you'll come join me, link is in my siggy

YAY Michelle!! I am soooo there!!! Off to check it out!!

 

[leamom2princesses]

One Week To Go!!!!!

 

[aharbin88]

I just found these earrings on eBay for $47, so now they're REALLY calling out to me (I'm so glad they're still available!)

This necklace is going for $62 on eBay! Now I'm really upset that I missed out on it!

I know!! Sooo exciting!!! I hope we have nice weather, too!! Yes, we definitely will tape the girls dancing AND we buy the recital DVD!! LOVE "Total Eclipse of the Heart"!!! Can't wait to see next week's episode with Neil Patrick Harris!!

NPH is going to be on Glee???? OMGoodness! I just might explode! I just might, if Jimmy Buffett ever shows up on there!

Becky - I finally started my TR, hope you'll come join me, link is in my siggy

Yay! I'll come check it out, too!

 

[MHTeacher]

Hey Becky! I feel as if I haven't posted on your PTR in forever (though I'm sure it's not quite that long)--but I am caught up. It seems as if the closer it gets to the trip and the end of school, the crazier it gets around our house.

ONE WEEK ! I'm so excited! Will you and your family be at the Illuminations meet next Saturday night?

 

[Charleston Princess]

Hurray for one week!!!

 

[racefanof88]

ONE WEEK

 

[ladybugmom]

One Week To Go!!!!!

Whoo hoo!!!

I just found these earrings on eBay for $47, so now they're REALLY calling out to me (I'm so glad they're still available!)

This necklace is going for $62 on eBay! Now I'm really upset that I missed out on it!

NPH is going to be on Glee???? OMGoodness! I just might explode! I just might, if Jimmy Buffett ever shows up on there!

Yay! I'll come check it out, too!

I LOVE that necklace!! Sooo pretty!! YES!! NPH will be on Glee this Tuesday!!! Sooo excited!!

Hey Becky! I feel as if I haven't posted on your PTR in forever (though I'm sure it's not quite that long)--but I am caught up. It seems as if the closer it gets to the trip and the end of school, the crazier it gets around our house.

ONE WEEK ! I'm so excited! Will you and your family be at the Illuminations meet next Saturday night?

Hi Michelle!! I know what you mean! Ally has her choir program at church tomorrow night and her Kindergarten Recognition program this week! No, we don't have park tickets for Saturday but we'll probably be at the Epcot meet on Friday! Will you?! And we'll see you Wed. morning at Akershus, right?!

Hurray for one week!!!

Whoo hoo!!

ONE WEEK

YAY!! Whoo hoo!!

 

[ladybugmom]

First off--this time next week we'll be in WDW!!! ONE week, baby!! Whoo hoo!!!!

I have LOTS to update you on!!! I found out the reason those people didn't put an offer on our house. They couldn't get a loan big enough to buy our house. So it's not that they didn't like our house, they just couldn't afford it. So that makes me feel a lot better about things.


I spoke with my TA and she told me that my room requests were put on our reservation from the beginning so we are officially checked in (as are my parents and brother)!!! I was able to check us all in online on Thursday afternoon!!


Christmas ADRs: I think we've narrowed down our choices of where we want to eat in Nov/Dec. Let me know what you think!!

1) Whispering Canyon (dinner): 1st night we're there
2) Boma (dinner): AK day
3) O'hana (dinner): maybe a day we're at MK?!
4) 1900 Park Fare (breakfast): day we go to HS?!
5) Le Cellier (lunch or dinner?): book for CP package
6) CRT (dinner): day we're at MK and do BBB
7) Garden Grill (dinner): day we're at Epcot (are the characters at dinner?)

**So where should we eat the day we go to MVMCP?! I'm a little stumped--should I do a dinner or lunch that day?! Need suggestions, please!! Oh--and we'll have to pay OOP for one of the 2 point meals if we go with the list above. Which one should we pay OOP? The CP package or CRT?!


Ally had her Field Day this past Thursday at school and had a BLAST!! The weather was beautiful and after Field Day we had a picnic lunch outside! Check out these pics!!

Guess what came today?! The girls Tiana pillowcase dresses!! Check out how my friend wrapped them (the girls got a kick out of this)!!

The girls had no idea that they were getting these so they were VERY surprised!!

Oh--and I got tickets for Brent and me to go see Star Wars In Concert here on Tuesday evening (his early Father's Day present)!! He is a big Star Wars fan and was so excited when I gave him the tickets today!! His mom is coming up from Alabama for Ally's Kindergarten Recognition so she's going to watch the girls for us Tues. night!! Can't wait!!

 

[disney<333]

1) Whispering Canyon (dinner): 1st night we're there
2) Boma (dinner): AK day
3) O'hana (dinner): maybe a day we're at MK?!
4) 1900 Park Fare (breakfast): day we go to HS?!
5) Le Cellier (lunch or dinner?): book for CP package
6) CRT (dinner): day we're at MK and do BBB
7) Garden Grill (dinner): day we're at Epcot (are the characters at dinner?)
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WCC- We had a great dinner there a few years ago and I'd love to eat there again. I think this would be one of the better places to pay OOP.
1900 or maybe Chef Mickey's for breakfast?- Perfect for the day you do MVMCP you can hop on a park bus at WL and it will take you straight to GF.
Have you considered 50s Prime Time or Sci Fi? I think the girls would like that.
Yes, the characters are at GG for dinner. Beware- I haven't read the best reviews about the food there.
Hope this helps.
Looks like Ally had a blast at Field day. All the kids look like their having a blast.
The Tiana dresses are too cute. Hope you find her at MK!
1 week!!!!!!!!

 

[MaryAz]

Field Day looks fun. At first I could not tell if Ally was sweaty or it was raining-then I saw the sponge pic! Cute dresses, I like them but C would just mess with the bows all day! I think I would pay OOP for the CRT since it is a set price buffet. We do ADR's for our Dec trip on my bday in June. Not sure if we are doing the dinig plan yet.

 

[NickTim&Sami'smom]

Hey Becky... We love Whispering Canyon and I think Paying out of pocket will work. Love the updates with the girls. It's like we are neighbors About the house...We were on vacation at Sesame Place when our buyers backed out of the sale of our first home.(P&S) signed. We had signed the final paperwork on our new house before we left for vacation. So I had to be back and forth on my cell with the bank and the realtors the whole vacation!! it was tough. And I was angry...till I got home and realized the father of the woman that was buying had a stroke and they were moving in to take care of him . Still put a strain on my kids vacation but ...the day we came home someone made a offer FULL ASKING PRICE!! (then their buyers on their house backed out because of job loss) But in the end everything worked out. I hope to never sell and buy again... that was only the end of a 3 month house for sale nightmare!! (at one time we had 3 couples in a bidding war and the person who came in the highest didn't qualify for the amount, and the other 2 decided not to buy! Oh and the father of the couple that backed out....well he is doing well, in a wheel chair but still with it.

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

Aww, field day looks like so much fun! Ally looks like she had a great time!

As for the ADR's...looks like you've got a lot of great choices there! WCC is definitely on my list of places to try in the future. I think that seems like a great first night meal since you'll be at WL!

For the 2 point meals, I don't know anything about the CP package so this advice could be pointless Since CRT is a set price, I would think that would be the one not to pay OOP for. I'm not sure how pricing for the CP package works, but as long as it's not a set price, I think that would be the better OOP choice. Le Cellier is a great choice for that! What a perfect atmosphere!

For the morning of your HS day, have you thought about the Cape May breakfast? I don't think you've been there, but my memory could be failing me! It's a fun character breakfast and close to HS. We've been there for breakfast twice and loved it both times.

I also haven't heard great things about Garden Grill at EPCOT, so not sure about that one? Have you considered Coral Reef? The girls might like looking at the fish tank!

Wow...sorry that's so much advice! Hope you don't mind!

 

[Charleston Princess]

The pillowcase dresses are so cute!

Ally looks like she is having so much fun with Field Day!

I am not sure which meal you should pay out of pocket. Maybe CRT?

Star Wars in Concert sounds like a blast! Since Brent is such a huge SW fan, you should get the Star Wars pancake molds from Williams-Sonoma to make pancakes on Father's Day.

 

[MeMom]

Yay for Field Day fun!
We're having ours Thursday.

Your ADR list looks good. Boma smelled heavenly every time we walked over that way at AKL last weekend. We already had an ADR there for the summer, and now we're more ready than ever for that meal!

The Tiana dresses are cute.

What we would do on a party day would be to have lunch, then be sure to get in good long naps before party time. Your girls may be able to hold up better for longer periods of time, but ours would need late, long naps.

 

[mousescrapper]

wonderful pictures of Ally on her field day you can tell how much fun she is having....


looks like a good list for the 2nd trip ADR's...

not sure what to suggest on the MVMCP day....I'd say maybe a late lunch in MK before the party begins...that way you can just do snacks during and not miss any of the fun

paying OPP for one of the 2 credit meals... yikes Becky...those are high meals...have you priced out the CLP package...they do it like tiers and I'm posistive LC is in the highest...

my advice which ever is cheapest...or maybe do OOP for two reg TS meals if that works out cheaper than 1 of the sig/2 credit deals...

KIM you or your TA can not book the CLP thing till 90 days out...that will be after your ADR window...you may want a back up meal for that day now to cancel later if needed. that's our plan.

and YAY! for less than 1 week now...

man I hope you don't need those ponchos this trip!

J~

 

[creativeamanda]

First of all, as a teacher, I love to see kids having that kind of fun for field day! It warms my heart. I won't lie and say the teachers aren't tired at the end of the day, but the kids look so happy!

As far as the oop meals go in December, I would lean towards paying oop for CRT. It's a fairly straightforward amount unlike the CP package and then you can already have that budgeted. The prices for the two are similar, especially if you have a Tier 2 or 3 CP package.

The Tiana dresses are adorable! I hope you are plannning the Tiana and Naveen meet and greet. I think they will love it!

 

[BippityBoo]

SO many things to comment on

Love your ADRs! We have to pay OOP for two meals as well, so I am interested in seeing which ones ppl suggest. I am recommending Liberty Tree Tavern for MVMCP. There are no characters, but the meal is so warm and "holiday" (like a Thanksgiving meal).

The girl's dresses are SOOOOOO cute!! I just love the purple!

That is such good news about the people who were looking at your house It will sell soon!! Keep the faith.

How cool for Brent!! He will think you are the best wife ever

 

[Happydog]

Cute dresses, and Field Day looks fun!

RE the ADRs/ OOP -- I don't like to use Dining credits for signature restaurants, usually pay OOP here. Don't always get dessert, or split it. But I agree that CRT might be a good choice, because it is all inclusive, so it is only going to be a "set amount" -- vs. drinks, apps, dinner, etc. for everyone. We use our TIW card on signature restaurants and pay OOP. BUT eitherway, I think all your choices are great!

I would agree, though, that 1900 Park Fare is a haul from DHS, so maybe something closer that day, or switch to lunch, and do 1900 Park Fare on an MK day... Less time on the bus, or transporting yourself to the GF...