TR - A Gregarious Ghostly Gallivant - Final Thoughts Finally Posted!

[mnmrmustard]

Exactly!

Oh this is when the trip becomes real. You actually are holding everything in yours hands. How wonderful!!

 

[Trentmom]

Yay for travel documents

Love the luggage tags...they are super cute

 

[Leger13]

omg those luggage tags are SO cute and I'm SO jealous!! I actually grumbled out loud when you said your agent said the ones for DLR are much cooler for DLR this year than WDW. I just don't understand why the do that and it makes me angry!! But on the other hand I'm glad you got cute ones (just jealous )

 

[mnmrmustard]

Yay for travel documents

Love the luggage tags...they are super cute

Thank you Sharky! We're pretty excited. The luggage tags will be a nice addition to the lime green pom poms the ladies made for out last trip. I still highly recommend those to be able to see your bags at baggage claim

omg those luggage tags are SO cute and I'm SO jealous!! I actually grumbled out loud when you said your agent said the ones for DLR are much cooler for DLR this year than WDW. I just don't understand why the do that and it makes me angry!! But on the other hand I'm glad you got cute ones (just jealous )

It is weird that they wouldn't do similar styles for both WDW and DLR I still want to see what yours look like though

 

[Leger13]

Thank you Sharky! We're pretty excited. The luggage tags will be a nice addition to the lime green pom poms the ladies made for out last trip. I still highly recommend those to be able to see your bags at baggage claim



It is weird that they wouldn't do similar styles for both WDW and DLR I still want to see what yours look like though

I totally agree I'll for sure post pictures of them when we get them. Still a couple more months until my trip so it will be a while still before I get them.

 

[JennisSilly]

It's been so long since I booked a vacation through the Disney Travel Companies, that I forgot all the super cool things you get with it (Priority Seating, Magic Morning, etc). Don't get me wrong, I love my AP and love my DVC, but I totally miss the "extra awesome perks book" that the Walt Disney Travel Company throws in!

Have a great trip! Can't wait to hear all about the new Halloween fireworks show + Space Mountain!!

 

[mnmrmustard]

I totally agree I'll for sure post pictures of them when we get them. Still a couple more months until my trip so it will be a while still before I get them.

Okeydoke ...and I may see them from someone else before then, but I'll still say "yay!" when yours come in

It's been so long since I booked a vacation through the Disney Travel Companies, that I forgot all the super cool things you get with it (Priority Seating, Magic Morning, etc). Don't get me wrong, I love my AP and love my DVC, but I totally miss the "extra awesome perks book" that the Walt Disney Travel Company throws in!

Have a great trip! Can't wait to hear all about the new Halloween fireworks show + Space Mountain!!

Well I've never done it before, so it was a new and very cool experience for me. The past couple of trips I put together myself and although I saved a few bucks I do think I was missing out on something. Of course the long range goal would be to be where you are with DVC

Oh yes, I'll have some good stories and LOTS of pics from everything I can manage while we're there!

 

[Leger13]

Okeydoke ...and I may see them from someone else before then, but I'll still say "yay!" when yours come in

oooo a sneak peak! (not that my trip is at the beginning of the year or anything ) You'll have to let me know if I should be excited or disappointed when you see them. I'm only on one other's ptr that's going before me and she has DVC so I doubt she'll be getting all that fun paperwork and luggage tags. I guess I should hop aboard someone else's ptr at some point huh?

 

[mnmrmustard]

oooo a sneak peak! (not that my trip is at the beginning of the year or anything ) You'll have to let me know if I should be excited or disappointed when you see them. I'm only on one other's ptr that's going before me and she has DVC so I doubt she'll be getting all that fun paperwork and luggage tags. I guess I should hop aboard someone else's ptr at some point huh?

I'll let ya know if I come across one. And yes, there's always room for one more TR notice in ye ole inbox, right?

 

[bumbershoot]

Delurking....

Thank you Sharky! We're pretty excited. The luggage tags will be a nice addition to the lime green pom poms the ladies made for out last trip. I still highly recommend those to be able to see your bags at baggage claim

Adorable luggage tags!

Our tag from our '07 Costco package still adorns the disney-purpose stroller.

They've confirmed that the Disney Wonder cruise ship will be doing the Alaska cruise route starting in 2011 ...we hope to book a cruise on it for sometime in 2012!!!

Nice! We had an Alaskan cruise honeymoon, so lovely.


Where was your thread or post offering templates? I saw it but can't remember now...I made the mistake of showing some tees to DS, and talking about it to hubby, and THEY are all about it! What did I do to myself????

 

[bumbershoot]

OH, and we've stayed in a yurt too...at a beachy campground in Oct '05. They are so cute.

 

[Leger13]

I'll let ya know if I come across one. And yes, there's always room for one more TR notice in ye ole inbox, right?

awesome. yeah yeah....just hard enough to keep up with the ones I'm already on

 

[mnmrmustard]

Delurking....



Adorable luggage tags!

Our tag from our '07 Costco package still adorns the disney-purpose stroller.



Nice! We had an Alaskan cruise honeymoon, so lovely.


Where was your thread or post offering templates? I saw it but can't remember now...I made the mistake of showing some tees to DS, and talking about it to hubby, and THEY are all about it! What did I do to myself????

Thank you! We still have the tags from our '08 WDW trip on our bags

My DW isn't much for tropical climates so we've never taken a cruise at all so this will be our first!

Oh yes, you can find them in the new October thread: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2292773&goto=newpost

Just send me a PM with the design(s) you want and what names you want on 'em!

OH, and we've stayed in a yurt too...at a beachy campground in Oct '05. They are so cute.

They are pretty fun. We have a big pop-up tent trailer now, so mostly stay in it. But we still have friends who use the Yurts. It is amazing how roomy they are.

awesome. yeah yeah....just hard enough to keep up with the ones I'm already on

Too much is never enough with the DIS!

 

[Trentmom]

So close now!!!!!

How is everyone feeling? Hope Bean is better

 

[mnmrmustard]

So close now!!!!!

How is everyone feeling? Hope Bean is better

Yessirreee! We're getting pretty jazzed and everyone is pretty much well. Kyra is the last, just finishing off symptoms from the swine flu - just has a bit of cough and congestion

Six days and a wake-up!!!!

 

[Trentmom]

Yessirreee! We're getting pretty jazzed and everyone is pretty much well. Kyra is the last, just finishing off symptoms from the swine flu - just has a bit of cough and congestion

Six days and a wake-up!!!!

Oh good....glad everyone is feeling almost all better


You guys all packed ?

 

[Leger13]

Yessirreee! We're getting pretty jazzed and everyone is pretty much well. Kyra is the last, just finishing off symptoms from the swine flu - just has a bit of cough and congestion

Six days and a wake-up!!!!

So glad to hear that Kyra is feeling better.

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Hoping on now *just* in time before you leave! I'm fashionably late!

 

[mnmrmustard]

Oh good....glad everyone is feeling almost all better


You guys all packed ?

Oh I know - I was worried but now everyone is well!!!! Just gotta keep 'em that way for another week and a half so we can enjoy the vacation.

Packed??? Uhhh, I've brought the suitcases in We have to do a BUNCH of laundry and make 1 or 2 (or 12) runs to the store to get last minute stuff.

I have a reasonably refined list and Friday - Sunday to get it all done. Here's to hoping it doesn't end up being the last-minute blitz that it usually ends up being

So glad to hear that Kyra is feeling better.

Thank you - we're so very happy that she has bounced back so well. She's even pretty much caught up on her homework already

And all 3 kids have their list of assignments to do while at DLR ...all 3 have to do a journal. The kicker is that they all know what a fanatical TR maker I am so I think they plan on leaning heavily on my notes to fill in their stories

Hoping on now *just* in time before you leave! I'm fashionably late!

Whoohoo! Welcome aboard!!! You're here just in time for the really fun part

 

[mnmrmustard]

Okay, it is time for that last sprint to the finish! I can hear the chuckle of the Hitchhiking Ghosts and taste the yummy Halloween Treats

I have to work tomorrow, but have Friday off. By coincidence all 3 kids also have Friday off as a clerical day so I get to put them to work too

All the prep work is done and I have my packet from AAA with the plane tickets, ME vouchers, DLH reservations, park tickets, MToTP tickets, and other miscellaneous fluff.

All the costume stuff is in except my Barbossa hat. But Roxy is on the ball and found the cell number for the guy who runs the company and left a voicemail (something that I hadn't been able to find since it isn't on their website). Yay Roxy

The suitcases are inside but so far nothing in them. As I remarked above there is laundry to be done. But I have a good comprehensive packing list so I'm not worried.

Basically here's what we have left to do:

- Buy T-Shirts for cutsom Ts (already have the designs and the decal paper)
- Do the T-Shirts
- Dye a shirt and a sash for Kris's pirate costume
- Pack
- Drop dogs at dog sitters on Sunday
- Log in to airline website and choose seat assignments (can't do it until Sunday)
- Load up the suburban
- hopefully get some sort of sleep Sunday night

On Monday we're up at 4am and stumbling out the door by 4:30am. Arrive at the airport at 5am and check in. Flight leaves at 7am for LAX - 2hr flight.

Hopefully we'll have enough time to get our bags and get to the ME bus by 9:30am, otherwise we're stuck in LAX until 10:30am. I'm figuring that will be wishful thinking but stranger things have happened.

Get to DLH by either 10:30am or 11:30am depending on ME and stow the bags at the front desk. Then we're off to a Rainforest Cafe lunch and on to the Magic Kindgom!!!!!

One minor bummer is that they just announced that the steam trains will be down for maintenance starting on the 13th, so that first day will be our only chance to ride it. Still, we're luckier than some who are traveling in October who won't get to ride it at all

But all else is well and we're ready to experience some Disney Halloween Magic on what should be a reasonably easy-paced trip to the land that Walt made

...and so saying, Mike jinxes the entire trip