Timandlesley's ROAD TRIP TO DISNEY!! ARE WE THERE YET!?!6/28 TR is up, link on pg.47!

[jeremysdisneymom]

Hope you had a nice weekend downtown. Tom and I have done that before for our anniversary and it was very nice.

Erika

 

[Happydog]

Somehow I missed that you had started this PTR way back a month ago!! I so enjoyed the last one! February was a busy month for me, and I was looking and wondering when you were going to start this summer's PTR ... SO I am glad I happened to see your link on Diane's PTR! I just read through these 13 pages and I am so excited for you -- this trip sounds just as wonderful as the last! Your plans for dining sound great, and I agree that the basic plan will suit your needs and help you do other great things, too! We have driven a couple times now, and you will notice the benefits of having the car with you. Can't wait for more updates!

 

[Tinkergurl20]

Wow...spring break has allowed me to catch up on all the great reports...I love to follow your family and can't wait to read more!!!

 

[Wicket's Mom]

I found your report & hopped on as I enjoy your adventures. I live just up the road from you & I was lucky enough to miss the snow. I did cheat because I was in south Florida for all of Feb.

Loved your pics of Gatlinburg. We have been there over 35 times & had a blast everytime. The place has changed so much over the years.

 

[timandlesley]

That is GREAT Lesley! YAY for you and Tim and tomorrow night, I'm jealous! We have ANOTHER snow day today....AHHHH togetherness!

Hi Diane!!! Snow Snow GO AWAY!!!!

Lesley I have a suggestion for your title. One trip, two families, and many Tokyo Sunsets.

LOVE IT!!! Diane loved it too, Tim said "sure you love it, you guys are the one's who get to drink the sunsets"

That's a terrific deal for your first night in Orlando.

Have a wonderful weekend

Thanks!

Have a fabulous weekend, sounds romantic!

Thanks, it truly was!

Sounds like things are really coming together!! So happy the two of you get to spend a lovely evening together... enjoy!

I promise I'll update my PTR this weekend... but I have to share... I booked Hoop-Dee-Do tonight!! We were waiting on the results of our taxes to see if we could splurge on it.. and we could!! Jumping up and down with excitement!!!

Yes, they are, we had a wonderful getaway, pics to come tonight. Awesome about Hoop Dee Doo, we had a great time, Luke was up on stage (don't know if you remember that), great memories!

How neat you get to stay at same hotel again.

Enjoy your night away with Tim

Thanks!

I hope you guys have a wonderful weekend....enjoy.....

We did, thank you!

Have a great weekend, Leslie! When you are thinking of a place to stay in southern Georgia, you might want to stop in Valdosta. It is right at the state line and about three and a half hours from Disney.

Thank you! Valdosta is a wonderful suggestion, THANKS!

SO nice to hear you are planning atrip to NYC have a ball at the American girl store I love that place however very expensive.. When ever I take my daughter there we always have grandma with us if you get what I mean LOL!!!! Enjoy all of your trips this summer

Can't wait to get to the American girl store for Lauren, I told her "doll only!", I know they are expensive, this will be her first one. Wish we had a gma and gpa like that : )

Have a great weekend! Great Valentine's gift!

Thanks!

Have a great weekend.

Thank you!!!

Hope you are having a wonderfully romantic weekend, Tim & Lesley!!

What a great rate that was for your extra night's stay - I may consider that for the tail end of our trip. I rented points for 5 nights but I hate to leave on a Friday!! I was trying to think of a place for at least one more night that wouldn't cost a fortune (plus I don't think I could rent points this late for 12/3 and/or 12/4/10).

Thanks, it really was WONDERFUL! Sure, Buena vista is great, they had the rate through a mousesavers.com code.

Hope you had a nice weekend downtown. Tom and I have done that before for our anniversary and it was very nice.

Erika

Thanks Erika.

Somehow I missed that you had started this PTR way back a month ago!! I so enjoyed the last one! February was a busy month for me, and I was looking and wondering when you were going to start this summer's PTR ... SO I am glad I happened to see your link on Diane's PTR! I just read through these 13 pages and I am so excited for you -- this trip sounds just as wonderful as the last! Your plans for dining sound great, and I agree that the basic plan will suit your needs and help you do other great things, too! We have driven a couple times now, and you will notice the benefits of having the car with you. Can't wait for more updates!

Well, I'm glad you found us! Welcome!!!

Wow...spring break has allowed me to catch up on all the great reports...I love to follow your family and can't wait to read more!!!

Early spring break for you guys!?! Glad you found us again, welcome back!

 

[timandlesley]

Hi guys! Posting from my lunch break at work. I'll do an update tonight on our weekend away, it was SO nice!!!! Took a few pics for you. I also need to post dining plans and talk a little about our Give a Day Get a Day (need some suggestions for meal prep.).
Look for an update tonight, hope everyone is having a great day!
Lesley

 

[iamtheprincess]

Lesley,
I have been reading your trip reports for the past several years. I see that last year we missed each other by a few days and this year we will overlap at the end of your trip. our dates are 6/23-7/1. We live in Cincinnati and are also in love with Disney! I love reading about your plans and seeing your pictures!
I look forward to this trip report!
Kim

 

[Sooze]

Of COURSE I remember that Luke got on the stage!! I also will be looking for the Voices of Liberty lady that you guys saw at HDD! We made sure to get category 1 seating so we could be in the middle of the action!

I'll be waiting for that update... you hooked me with the fact that TIM took pictures for us.... THIS oughtta be goooooooood....

 

[timandlesley]

Hi guys. So........ Tim wanted to keep our weekend photo's private But suffice it to say we had a wonderful getaway, the room was wonderful, overlooking the Downtown Skyline. We enjoyed seeing the movie Valentine's Day and had a great dinner at Mitchell's Fish Market, YUM!!!

Back to Disney Planning!

As I said before, we have decided on Regular Dining. Here is what we have planned:
Kona
LeCellier
Biergarten (with the Diane, Bryan, Matthew and Eric)
Out of Pocket for Crystal Palace breakfast with Diane and crew
Dinner at Teppan Edu with Diane, Bryan Matthew and Eric
Boma
OHana's with Diane and family
DATE NIGHT at Jiko (with Diane and Bryan, putting the kids in Simba's Clubhouse together)
Tuttio Italia
Last day, no sit down, head home
-I also plan on eating at Boma for breakfast one morning and eating out of pocket, just LOVE Boma breakfast!

So............. What do you think?? I think we are eating at some yummy places and we saved BIG money by moving from Deluxe to Regular Dining.

STAY TUNED.............. Coming Up:
I need your help with our Disney Give a Day Get a Disney Day Meal Preparation...... I'll post that soon so you can help me before this upcoming weekend
Thanks guys!
-Lesley

 

[tiggrbaby]

Glad to hear you had a good weekend. Dining sounds great!

 

[Sooze]

So........ Tim wanted to keep our weekend photo's private

Great... first all the build up, now we can't even see them?! Now I'm even MORE curious....

But suffice it to say we had a wonderful getaway, the room was wonderful, overlooking the Downtown Skyline. We enjoyed seeing the movie Valentine's Day and had a great dinner at Mitchell's Fish Market, YUM!!!

So glad you got to have a special day!!

All of your ressies look great! O'Hana with Diane and her gang will be SO much fun... along with all the other 'joint' meals you have planned. I'm getting excited thinking about it for you guys!

 

[Native NYer]

Great dining choices!

Glad you had a great weekend.

 

[Nicole786]

Great choices! I'm a big fan of the Boma breakfast myself! I especially the love the part where you just go right downstairs when you are staying at the lodge!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Great dining choices! Some of our favorites are on there -- Tutto, Boma, Teppan Edo, Kona, and Crystal Palace. Looking forward to hearing what your think of Jiko's -- one day we will make it there.

 

[Trentmom]

Glad you had a nice weekend


Dining plans looks great. Boma Breakfast is so yummy

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Hi guys!
Well, I found a GREAT rate for Buena Vista Suites for the 15th of June (my birthday), it was only 89.99 for the night. The suite includes a refrigerator so we can put all of our food we buy in it.
This is the same hotel Tim and I stayed on our honeymoon 11 1/2 years ago, it includes a free breakfast.
So the plan will be, hoping in the car early on the 14th and driving as far as we can go (probably to the southern most point of Georgia or Northern Floriday), then finding a hotel to stay in. Then on the 15th (my b-day) we'll head to Orlando, stock up on food/staples (yes wine is included on the staples list) and spend the night at Buena Vista suites. We will check into Animal Kingdom Lodge on the 16th. If we want to hit the park on the 15th for a bit we can (I anticipate we probably will, can't imagine us staying away).
I'll post our dining plans this coming week.
I'm so excited for tomorrow night. My Valentine's Day gift to Tim was a reservation at a nice hotel in the Downtown Cincinnati area, I arranged for his mom to watch the kids - so we head out tomorrow afternoon for a getaway just the two of us, CAN'T WAIT!
Hope you all have great weekends!
-Lesley

We stayed at Buena Vista suites for a couple of days last March. The rooms were really nice!

I'm glad you had a nice weekend!

 

[mylag1rl]

Sounds like you guys really enjoyed your couples weekend. Glad you could get away for the weekend. Dining plans look great ... my mouth is watering just thinking about all those great meals.

 

[RinkyTinkyTinky]

Your ADRs sound great. I am very interested to hear about Kona, Jiko, and Tutto Italia. They are places we would like to try in the future but I don't hear too much about them, especially Jiko.

 

[timandlesley]

Lesley,
I have been reading your trip reports for the past several years. I see that last year we missed each other by a few days and this year we will overlap at the end of your trip. our dates are 6/23-7/1. We live in Cincinnati and are also in love with Disney! I love reading about your plans and seeing your pictures!
I look forward to this trip report!
Kim

Welcome back, glad you found us again. If you run into us be sure to say hello!

Of COURSE I remember that Luke got on the stage!! I also will be looking for the Voices of Liberty lady that you guys saw at HDD! We made sure to get category 1 seating so we could be in the middle of the action!

I'll be waiting for that update... you hooked me with the fact that TIM took pictures for us.... THIS oughtta be goooooooood....

Yeah, she plays Dolly in the show, she is hysterical. We were category 2 seating and had a GREAT seat and Luke was chosen, hope you love it.

Glad to hear you had a good weekend. Dining sounds great!

Yes, the weekend was wonderful, thanks!

Great dining choices!

Glad you had a great weekend.

Thank you!

Great choices! I'm a big fan of the Boma breakfast myself! I especially the love the part where you just go right downstairs when you are staying at the lodge!

Boma is great, can taste that awesome juice now

Great dining choices! Some of our favorites are on there -- Tutto, Boma, Teppan Edo, Kona, and Crystal Palace. Looking forward to hearing what your think of Jiko's -- one day we will make it there.

Thanks, I can taste it all now. We LOVED Jiko's last year, see last years TR for ton's of pics and a review.

Glad you had a nice weekend


Dining plans looks great. Boma Breakfast is so yummy

Thanks!

We stayed at Buena Vista suites for a couple of days last March. The rooms were really nice!

I'm glad you had a nice weekend!

Glad to hear, can't wait to see the updates there.

Sounds like you guys really enjoyed your couples weekend. Glad you could get away for the weekend. Dining plans look great ... my mouth is watering just thinking about all those great meals.

We really did, it was very nice. Can't wait, June just needs to get here already!

Your ADRs sound great. I am very interested to hear about Kona, Jiko, and Tutto Italia. They are places we would like to try in the future but I don't hear too much about them, especially Jiko.

Thanks. We LOVED Jiko this past summer, Tim and I had a date night there, check my TR from last year (in my signature) for the detailed review from last year with pics. CAn't wait to try it with Diane and Bryan, they've never been.

 

[cdotla]

Great ADRs...especially date nite at Jiko!!!