Tim and Lesley Year of Million Compromises/TONS pics- 8/5 help me pg. 164!!!

[Mrs. T-i-double-g-er]

OK, Mr. T says I can post pictures, and he's right! We'll start ours too.

 

[aldisneygrl]

OK, Mr. T says I can post pictures, and he's right! We'll start ours too.

Where in Atlanta do you live? I grew up in Atlanta. Love it in AL now. No traffic! Let us know when you start your pre trip. I'll be right over since I don't have a trip planned. Living through two pre trips....WooHoo!

 

[Alyssa88]

I read your TR a while ago, while I was still lurking. I loved it! You dfinitely got me hooked, can't wait to read more.

 

[T-i-double-g-err]

OK, Mr. T says I can post pictures, and he's right! We'll start ours too.

Tim & Lesley,

Y'all are just too on top of this. We could not keep away, so we started our pre-TR as well (link in signature below). We've started to document are planning thus far.

We'll have to compare notes as our plans evolve. We'll be keeping an eye over here for any thoughts that we can coopt along the way. I think we'll be particularly anxiously awaiting any WL-specific planning issues as you guys have stayed at WL before.

 

[timandlesley]

Hi everyone, it's me Tim. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who read my goofy song and enjoyed it....I had a lot of fun writing it. I will be adding more to our thread later today.....just this time not in song!


C-ya Real Soon!
Tim

 

[timandlesley]

Tim again. . . .

Here is the short version of how Lesley turned me into a Disney freak, it goes like this........

1996 - Boy Meets Girl
1998 - Boy Marries Girl
1998 - Boy and Girl go to Disney World for Honeymoon
1998 - Boy starts to realize Girl is in love with another Man
1998 - Boy does research and realizes that the other man has Gigantic ears
1998 - Boy goes on search for man with huge ears
1998 - Boy finds this man while looking at Honeymoon pictures
1998 - Boy confronts Girl about the other man...Boy realizes it is ok.
1998 - Boy realizes he also is in love with the same huge eared man.
1999 - 2003 Boy and Girl are too poor for The Magic Kingdom
2004 - Boy and Girl see ad for Disney on TV
2004 - Girl goes to computer and starts working numbers....
2004 - 5 minutes later.....we are going to Disney POP Century!
2004 - The love, passion, and obsession is reborn!
2005 - Girl discovers Disboards and discount codes.
2005 - Wilderness Lodge(due to code on Disboards)...Woo Hoo!
2006 - Wilderness Lodge...I LOVE DISNEY!!!
2007 - Wilderness Lodge...I need oxygen!!!

.....So, here we are...Boy LOVES Girl and Girl LOVES Disney...some things never change! I'll see ya'll soon.

Tim

 

[T-i-double-g-err]

Tim-

Same here, except I joined the Disney cult first. It took DW a few years to catch on and catch up.

I knew her conversion was complete when she broke down earlier this month and created her own DIS login. For the few months before, she would occasionally either use my login or contribute to a post on the fly as I was typing.

Looking forward to more from both of you.

 

[RunningthruDisney]

Great Song, Tim
Can't wait to hear more

 

[timandlesley]

I read your TR a while ago, while I was still lurking. I loved it! You dfinitely got me hooked, can't wait to read more.

Well, glad you are no longer lurking and also glad you enjoyed the TR, thanks for posting, more is soon to come.
Lesley

 

[timandlesley]

Tim-

Same here, except I joined the Disney cult first. It took DW a few years to catch on and catch up.

I knew her conversion was complete when she broke down earlier this month and created her own DIS login. For the few months before, she would occasionally either use my login or contribute to a post on the fly as I was typing.

Looking forward to more from both of you.

So funny, now the Disboard bug has got him. He's become like me and wants to check the thread daily to see if anyone has responded to what he has written. The Dis addiction continues
Lesley

 

[DisneyJo]

My DH said the other day would I pay him more attention if he wore lime green and wore Mickey ears.

He is slowly coming round to the whole Disney thing, I went 4 times as a kid whereas he only went to Scotland! So his first trip was 2005 and he really expected to hate it but hooray he loved it too. So thankfully he's agreed to many more trips. Yeah.

 

[timandlesley]

O.K., I've taken several days off to begin working on the ULTIMATE Itinerary, dining plan, and the ALMIGHTY budget!!!! I'm starting to get things in order so decided I would start sharing with you (now don't you just feel honored )

O.K. Dining plans have been changed, changed some more, and changed AGAIN AND AGAIN. I think we've finally come to conclusions.
Let me back it up first though and tell you how we decide on our park days and that in turn dictates our dining plans.
I start out by making a word document entitled "Sawhook Disney Vacation 2007". In this document I of course refer to Tour Guide Mike's best days in the parks so that does play a big factor. What also plays a big factor with me is I want to spend an equal amount of time in each park.
For us, we must have two Magic Kingdom mornings per trip (one morning is spent in Fantasyland and Adventureland, the other morning is spent in Tomorrow land and Toontown) for important moments like these:

so it is important when cramming all of this in to be in MK two mornings. To break this up with pic's, here is a pic of us our FIRST trip as a family to Magic Kingdom:

Then we must also have two mornings in Epcot. Again, we have different itineraries here as well (of course I will go into more detail with this closer to the trip). I need one morning to get in Soarin', see characters in the Character connection (our favorite place to meet the characters:

Turtle Talk, figment, etc. I need another morning to do Test Track/Mission Space and explore some of the World Showcase:

and this year we need to squeeze in the new Nemo Ride (anyone know if that is Fast Passed or not?) Of course we need to allow for time for the kids to explore in the fun areas at Epcot as well:

and more Epcot fun:

We also need two mornings in what has become our favorite park, MGM studios. There is so much fun stuff to do here that it takes us two solid mornings. Our favorites are Rockin' Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror, Ariel show, Beauty and the Beast show, Backlot Tour, Lauren has to see the Playhouse Disney show

, Stunt Car Motor Show, Luke has to see the Power Rangers:

Green is his favorite, Lauren is actually in love with the pink ranger too. And the ALMIGHTY CARS are in this park which are Luke's new obsession. He has all of the diecasts. Here is some of his collection:

We have found that Animal Kingdom is an AWESOME park, but since we go in the summer and it is HOT We take one day to explore this park.
Here's another first family photo in AK years back:

Our favorites at AK are Expedition Everest, Dinosaur, the Safari, Tough to Be a Bug, Lion King Show, CAN'T WAIT to see the new Nemo show this year. And we decided as a family to cool off and try something new this year and since Lauren is big enough we are going to try Kali River Rapids, should be fun!!!

We always enjoy the nigh attractions at least once each trip so we can see our favorite night time attractions,
SpectroMagic:

and of course WISHES at the Magic Kingdom (which, o.k. it is confession time, I've Never (GASP ) seen WISHES. We didn't stay out late for it on our honeymoon, hey we were busy at night . and with the little kiddo's we've been leaving after spectro magic to get our sleepy babies back to the hotel. WELL. . ..THIS YEAR IS THE YEAR, and I can't wait to share it with you upon our return. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

Illuminations (no pictures of this but it is an AWESOME show, I also like it because since it's at 9:00 you can get back to your room earlier and since we are at the parks at opening every morning I need my beauty rest

And my PERSONAL FAVORITE MGM's FANTASMIC show. Here is Luke waiting for it to start last year:

This one just runs chills down my back It is MY alltime favorite Disney live show attraction. LOVE IT!!! Going in the summer though we've been rained out on this one when doing the dining plan Fantasmic package. So this year we're not doing the package and I'm planning two nights at MGM to avoid the total rainout happening.
Of course we need time for relaxation by the pool (o.k. we usually don't get too much of that. We catch the Electric Boat parade on the dock of WL at least once a trip, what a cute show, the kids (o.k. WE ALL) LOVE it. We also do a DownTown Disney night to eat and shop.
Most of our evenings are catching a great dinner, then catching a show or doing shopping instead of the attractions, so we squeeze attractions in during the morning hours.

Well, Now that you know how I start the plan, the next installment will show you how I have made this happen for us this year, by where we will be and when and why. I will also show you dining plans we have made.
In a few more I will show you the almighty budget.
I'm still on the hunt for airfare, can't find a good airfare deal from Dayton (when oh WHEN will Southwest release airfare beyond May 10th - it's getting FRUSTRATING people).
Well, hope this installment got you inside my planning head a BIT, more to come, with more details, I promise.
Until next time, look at this photo I took of Luke on the Magic Kingdom train our first trip to Disney with him. It was raining cats and dogs and look at the excitement on this little guys face ( I LOVE this picture)

Until next time. . .
Lesley

 

[Blaynexox]

Great Installment! I just caught up and loved hearing the stuff from Tim! I cant wait to hear your whole itinerary!!

 

[Lauralee131]

Sounds like your planning is off (and running) to a great start!

I really enjoyed your last TR, although I can't remember if I posted in it or not...sometimes I just do fly-by's...it's hard to keep up with everyones!

We loved the WL and I'm as manic a planner as you are!!!

And LOVED the postings by your DH!! The song was awesome!

 

[natale1980]

You'll love wishes!!! It's one of my favorite things about the MK. I saw it in 2004 and felt like being Corny so I closed my eyes and 'wished' for a baby. Sure enough a month later I found out my little man was on his way .
Hey silly... SURE... but a great memory.
-nat

 

[Alyssa88]

Great Installment!!

To answer your question about the Nemo Ride I am pretty sure it is not a fast pass. I was there ealier this month and I don't recall seeing any. It was a walk-on when we went, and the way the ride goes it seems that if there was a line it would go very quickly.

 

[timandlesley]

Thanks. I am wondering for the busy summer months if they will be putting Fast Passes on the ride, guess I'll see closer to the trip, just something I need to fit into the Itinerary.
Thanks for reading.
Lesley

 

[timandlesley]

Great Installment! I just caught up and loved hearing the stuff from Tim! I cant wait to hear your whole itinerary!!

Thanks, I've been enjoying yours as well and can't wait to live vicariously through you in a few weeks when you go.
glad you enjoyed Tim's "stuff", I think he's getting hooked on the Dis now too, my plan is working
Lesley

 

[jenr812]

OK I'm here, I'm caught up, and my eyes are BURNING!!

I loved Tim's Disney rendition of Jack and Diane and his timeline Brilliant! I'm so glad everything worked out with your tax return and such. I am trying TGM for the first time this trip and have found I really like it so far. Cannot wait to put it to the test.

I'm definitely starting a pre-trip report but it will have to wait - I have to be at clinical in 6 hours

Nighty night!

 

[DisneyJo]

This is great, we're doing TGM for the first time (Best days for me coming out in a few days ) so I think my planning is going to be similar to yours. You will love Wishes, I prefer it to Fantasmic and we managed to see it twice last trip.