Turning 28 at DLR! A 6/12 solo/Dismeet PTR! -- On hold until 2012; 3/14

[DisneyFirefly]

That sounds nice I've never been to DLR before, so I'm really lookng forward to this

 

[kaoden39]

That sounds nice I've never been to DLR before, so I'm really lookng forward to this

Oh I hope you enjoy your trip.

 

[franandaj]

Alison mentioned possibly going to Steakhouse 55 possibly for my birthday, but I looked at the menu for that one and it's pretty pricey for me I might go anyway, since, really, when am I going to DLR again? Plus, it's my birthday. So there.

We'll make the reservation and we can always change our minds! That and Carnation Cafe one day. I'm still trying to figure out what to cook in the room. I'd rather make something that you might possibly like rather than something you have told me that you dislike.

Do you like spaghetti? I'll make it sans mushrooms! You like Chicken Parm... You said you don't like bacon "with" things so bacon wrapped flank steaks on the grill would be out. What about Sloppy Joes, Jambalaya or Asian Chicken and rice?

Often times we have meatloaf, but I know you hate that. I just looked through my menu plans over the last year and almost half the things I make are with mushroom sauce, or mushrooms are a huge part of the dish!

 

[kaoden39]

I had to learn how to cook without mushrooms when I got with my DH(WBG as I call him), he absolutely hates them. I did not realize how much I used them until I had to stop using them.

 

[stephielela]

all this food talk is making me hungry!! you are going to have an excellent trip!

 

[DisneyFirefly]

We'll make the reservation and we can always change our minds! That and Carnation Cafe one day. I'm still trying to figure out what to cook in the room. I'd rather make something that you might possibly like rather than something you have told me that you dislike.

Do you like spaghetti? I'll make it sans mushrooms! You like Chicken Parm... You said you don't like bacon "with" things so bacon wrapped flank steaks on the grill would be out. What about Sloppy Joes, Jambalaya or Asian Chicken and rice?

Often times we have meatloaf, but I know you hate that. I just looked through my menu plans over the last year and almost half the things I make are with mushroom sauce, or mushrooms are a huge part of the dish!

Works for me And yes, I do like spaghetti, and if you like, I can make my mom's meatballs I like sloppy joes, but not jambalaya... Not sure what you mean by Asian chicken, though. I make a sort of chicken and broccoli, but it's nowhere near what it would be at a Chinese restaurant. But like I said, feel free to make things that you guys will like If I don't like it, I have no problem going to grab something in the park, especially considering that I'm going to be in the park most of the day anyway

I had to learn how to cook without mushrooms when I got with my DH(WBG as I call him), he absolutely hates them. I did not realize how much I used them until I had to stop using them.

If mushrooms are in something I'm eating, I either eat around them or pick them out. I don't see the point in eating fungus, to be honest, but that's just me.

all this food talk is making me hungry!! you are going to have an excellent trip!

I know, right? All I had for dinner was hamburger helper, so that's nothing compared to some of the food at Disney parks

 

[PrincessInOz]

I've just had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and we brought a cheesecake back to the room for dessert....which we have already eaten.

All the dining chatter is making me hungry!....and I'm so full I could burst!


Your plans sound great. And I would definitely take the 3 day pass option. It gives you the flexibility on the Tuesday to go visit the parks. Given that it will be summer, you should have later closing times. Plus I think the 3 day pass gives you the early entry on Thursday.

 

[kaoden39]

Oh boy!! What type of cheesecake?

 

[PrincessInOz]

It was a vanilla bean with vanilla cream cheesecake. Sad to say, I forgot to take a picture of the cheesecake before we demolished about 80% of it.

Oh well, the remaining 20% will have to suffice. It might make a showing in my TR when I get round to it (after I get home)...

 

[kaoden39]

It was a vanilla bean with vanilla cream cheesecake. Sad to say, I forgot to take a picture of the cheesecake before we demolished about 80% of it.

Oh well, the remaining 20% will have to suffice. It might make a showing in my TR when I get round to it (after I get home)...

Oh that sounds so good. Yummy.

 

[franandaj]

PIO...

I guess you internet is working better than you expected!

Dana,

So we'll plan on spaghetti, if you want to make meatballs that would be awesome, but if you want to be in the parks, I'll make a meat sauce, we can figure it out as we get closer. I'll give you my asian chicken recipe later and see if you like it, but I'm thinking that we can really save some $$$$'s by having a few meals in the room and then splurge on Steakhouse 55. You will be amazed by the difference in space between DLR and WDW. Everything is a few minutes walk. If you're in DL you can be in our room within 10 minutes (well not if you're at Pooh Corner). If you're in DCA you can be in the room in 5 min, it's nothing like WDW. It's way more compact even more so if you're staying at the BC or BW and walking to Epcot. That's about as far as you would walk if you were at the DLH, but GCV is waaaay closer.

I think for the money you'd save coming back to the room for a bit will not take away from you park experience, especially since I hope we'll have a theme park view! We'll see how it develops!

 

[stephielela]

Dana, Fran are totally right about the distance. I hate leaving the parks in the afternoons or for meals at WDW even if we have a car because it always adds 10-30 minutes of travel time, but DLR (for better or worse) is much more compact! Eating meals in you fabulous villa is a great way to save money!

 

[DisneyFirefly]

I've just had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and we brought a cheesecake back to the room for dessert....which we have already eaten.

All the dining chatter is making me hungry!....and I'm so full I could burst!


Your plans sound great. And I would definitely take the 3 day pass option. It gives you the flexibility on the Tuesday to go visit the parks. Given that it will be summer, you should have later closing times. Plus I think the 3 day pass gives you the early entry on Thursday.

I think I'm the only person on the planet who doesn't like cheesecake!

I will be, especially since it's only $8 more than the two day pass. It makes sense financially as well as park-time wise I don't know about the early entry thing, I'd have to look at it again on the website and see.

PIO...

I guess you internet is working better than you expected!

Dana,

So we'll plan on spaghetti, if you want to make meatballs that would be awesome, but if you want to be in the parks, I'll make a meat sauce, we can figure it out as we get closer. I'll give you my asian chicken recipe later and see if you like it, but I'm thinking that we can really save some $$$$'s by having a few meals in the room and then splurge on Steakhouse 55. You will be amazed by the difference in space between DLR and WDW. Everything is a few minutes walk. If you're in DL you can be in our room within 10 minutes (well not if you're at Pooh Corner). If you're in DCA you can be in the room in 5 min, it's nothing like WDW. It's way more compact even more so if you're staying at the BC or BW and walking to Epcot. That's about as far as you would walk if you were at the DLH, but GCV is waaaay closer.

I think for the money you'd save coming back to the room for a bit will not take away from you park experience, especially since I hope we'll have a theme park view! We'll see how it develops!

I know, I just know how I am about the parks and having never been to DLR before, I'm just really excited about it and want to spend as much time in the parks as possible On my spreadsheet, I do have a couple meals blocked out for in the room with you guys, though But yeah, we'll see how it works out

Dana, Fran are totally right about the distance. I hate leaving the parks in the afternoons or for meals at WDW even if we have a car because it always adds 10-30 minutes of travel time, but DLR (for better or worse) is much more compact! Eating meals in you fabulous villa is a great way to save money!

I know, I'm just really excited about going to the original park, since I've never been there and would like to spend as much time in the parks as possible. Like I told Alison, I do have a couple of meals blocked out for in the room with her and Fran

 

[franandaj]

We'll just play it by ear. I won't make anything that doesn't make good leftovers. Heck maybe we'll just have chicken & baked potatoes.

Think this is funny, I have my WDW trip better planned and it's twice as far away!

 

[DisneyFirefly]

Not my fault But yeah, playing it by ear sounds good at the moment, because I really have no idea if I'm going to want to leave the park

 

[franandaj]

Not my fault But yeah, playing it by ear sounds good at the moment, because I really have no idea if I'm going to want to leave the park

Not saying it is your fault! It's just I don't think about Disneyland with such a planning mind like I do WDW, we don't have to make ressies 180 days out. In fact I will be making my WDW ressies before I make ours for DLR! Also since it's 10 days and three different resorts, I have to know exactly what we plan to do since I have lots of goals to accomplish like F&W, Harry Potter, and oh yeah, relaxing!

 

[DisneyFirefly]

Not saying it is your fault! It's just I don't think about Disneyland with such a planning mind like I do WDW, we don't have to make ressies 180 days out. In fact I will be making my WDW ressies before I make ours for DLR! Also since it's 10 days and three different resorts, I have to know exactly what we plan to do since I have lots of goals to accomplish like F&W, Harry Potter, and oh yeah, relaxing!

I know! Just saying! But yeah, our WDW trip is taking a fair bit of planning, even though we're still not 100% certain it's going to happen. We're about 90% certain, though One of our ADRs will have to be made right when the window opens up, since it's for CRT.

 

[DisneyFirefly]

So, um... I may have to cancel this trip.

I've been job searching for a while in hopes of changing careers. I've recently come to the conclusion that I'm burning out fast and can't watch another favorite resident die, and no one ever taught me how not to get attached to the people I care for every day. We've had two residents die just in the last week, both men that I really cared about. I don't want to stick around and watch the ones I'm close to pass away, because it's hard enough when it's a resident I'm not close to.

Well, I have a job interview today, in a couple hours. They told me to bring my IDs and be ready to fill out paperwork and do a drug test, so I think I'll be getting a new job today. If I do, I don't think I'll be able to take time off so soon for a trip. I'm going to bring it up at the interview and if they say that's fine, then I'll continue planning. If not, then I'd honestly rather have a job I don't dread going to than a trip to Disneyland So, I'll keep you guys posted, but just to give you all a head's up that this PTR may be canceled. I'm hoping I'll still be able to go on my WDW trip, since that's not until December.

 

[kaoden39]

So, um... I may have to cancel this trip.

I've been job searching for a while in hopes of changing careers. I've recently come to the conclusion that I'm burning out fast and can't watch another favorite resident die, and no one ever taught me how not to get attached to the people I care for every day. We've had two residents die just in the last week, both men that I really cared about. I don't want to stick around and watch the ones I'm close to pass away, because it's hard enough when it's a resident I'm not close to.

Well, I have a job interview today, in a couple hours. They told me to bring my IDs and be ready to fill out paperwork and do a drug test, so I think I'll be getting a new job today. If I do, I don't think I'll be able to take time off so soon for a trip. I'm going to bring it up at the interview and if they say that's fine, then I'll continue planning. If not, then I'd honestly rather have a job I don't dread going to than a trip to Disneyland So, I'll keep you guys posted, but just to give you all a head's up that this PTR may be canceled. I'm hoping I'll still be able to go on my WDW trip, since that's not until December.

I don't think that there is a way to teach a person to be detached and not care. And I think that it is a show of your humanity and compassion that you care. I hope you get your new job. I will say a little prayer for you.

 

[franandaj]

Well I'll be bummed if you can't make it out here, becuase I was looking forward to meeting you and hanging out. But I will understand. I can see where that would be a tough job, and with the economy as it is, better to have a job than not.

Keep us posted!