jwhtewolfd
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Ok, so we don't leave til the end of Spetember, but I did wait for there to be only 6 months left before I started this pre-trip report. That's alot of self control!...Right? 
I guess we should start at the beginning again.
The cast:
Me (Jamie): 26 yr, fifth trip to WDW. Last trip 9/08 for fifth anniversary. Still Vet Tech at Cat Hospital. New Planner Extraordinaire.
Tony: 35 yr, bf/fiancee, third trip to WDW. Last trip 9/08 for fifth anniversary. Still stays home to do the house work. He is also the money for this trip too.
This is us at the end of our bonus spur-of-the-moment extra sixth day last year. Enough said.
The dates:
September 24, 2009 - October 3, 2009
The 24th and the 3rd are for driving from and to New Orleans, leaving 8 park days. Hopefully this time it will be enough and we won't have to add a day at the end like last year. That was an adventure waking up at 6am, booking bouceback at 7am, doing AK in the am, MK in the pm and starting the 10 hour drive home at 11:30pm! The 25th is our six year anniversary, so the pressure is on to plan an amazing first day.
Also, I should add this trip is indeed the 8-park-day free-dining bounceback trip I imagined last year.
The place:
Disney's Pop Century Resort. LOVE Lady and the Tramp, but not the idea of paying for a "preferred" location, so let the chips fall where they may. Don't really care what building we stay in. Just hoping for a king size bed. Last year one of the double beds became just a large desk, and it was a tight squeeze in the other one. Keeping our fingers crossed this year.
The cats:
Probably going to be asking my mom to take of them, since Louie is still on meds since his issues started last September. Jezzie is still very independent. Louie still pees on his dad's clothes if he leaves them on the ground. Louie has a (yet another) new nickname: Louis Patouis (loo-iss pah-two-iss)
Other misc. items:
We have a new bag we will be trying this year. Last year's messenger bag barely held up for the full trip. It has gone bye-bye. This year we will try one of those "half backpacks" that are kinda triangle shaped with one strap. I'll also have my small purse (that I always wear across the shoulder anyway) for the camera and cell phone.
Today standing in line at Home Depot there was an elderly gentleman that had a small portable stool. The guy in front of us made the mistake to remark that a stool like that would be really handy in Disney World. That was all Tony needed to hear. Until the guy had checked out and walked off, it was all Disney talk, all the time. Luckily there weren't too many people in front of us.
You may recall I bought a Katrina-ravaged, gutted house in the summer of '07. I didn't move in til Dec '07, so spring of '08 was all about furniture, home necessities, accents and such. This spring we finally have time for a garden and landscaping. I've gone goofy on rose bushes. All total, we ended up with 9 bushes. I was going to stop at 7, but I really wanted a white rose bush, so off we went in search of what was to be the last of the roses. But while we were at the local nursery, I found what was called a Disneyland Rose. It's the official rose bush of Disneyland. Of course I NEEDED to have this rose bush.
It's still a little baby, but it's supposed to have blooms that are copper, apricot, orange and pink. So we shall see what happens.
I decided to do a countdown chain this year. There's a tid-bit of Disney trivia/history hidden underneath each numbered day, so when the link is torn off we can read the "Disney fact of the day." I started it a few days ago. It's still REALLY LONG.
Here it is at "185 days left until our 2009 Walt Disney World Vacation!"
I can't make ADRs til late June. Luckily we're arriving in late September, so the park hours should be up well before my ADR day. Unfortunately the first 3 days of October will be a while in coming, but I figure I can wing the last three days. At least I'm not in the predicament of the poor unfortunate souls arriving the first week of a month with little to no time to plan park days before the 90 day ADR mark. That being said, the ADR's I'm gunning for are: Boma (dinner), Coral Reef (repeat), Le Cellier, Tutto Italia (repeat at Tony's request), Crystal Palace (dinner), Tony's Italian Rest (repeat at Tony's request), Kona Cafe, Garden Grill (repeat), The Wave, and hopefully OOP Fantasmic! Brown Derby package (trying at Tony's request).
I'll be packing according to last year's packing list, as it served us very well. I didn't forget anything, I had everything I needed and I didn't have anything I didn't need or use. I could probably bring a few less snacks, but last year's were left over from evacuation, not all purchased for Disney.
Ran some numbers the other day (b/c who doesn't like doing math for the fun of it?) and found out that once my car is paid off (only 3k left
) if I keep putting away what would have gone to the car note into savings, we can keep going to WDW every year! That's of course assuming value season, value resort, free-dining, and absence of incredible price hikes.
We will definately be hitting up MNSSHP, just not sure which day yet. Had some other things happen that I thought I should put in my TR, but can't remember them right now. More to come as I remember and the planning unfolds.
I guess we should start at the beginning again.
The cast:
Me (Jamie): 26 yr, fifth trip to WDW. Last trip 9/08 for fifth anniversary. Still Vet Tech at Cat Hospital. New Planner Extraordinaire.
Tony: 35 yr, bf/fiancee, third trip to WDW. Last trip 9/08 for fifth anniversary. Still stays home to do the house work. He is also the money for this trip too.
This is us at the end of our bonus spur-of-the-moment extra sixth day last year. Enough said.
The dates:
September 24, 2009 - October 3, 2009
The 24th and the 3rd are for driving from and to New Orleans, leaving 8 park days. Hopefully this time it will be enough and we won't have to add a day at the end like last year. That was an adventure waking up at 6am, booking bouceback at 7am, doing AK in the am, MK in the pm and starting the 10 hour drive home at 11:30pm! The 25th is our six year anniversary, so the pressure is on to plan an amazing first day.
Also, I should add this trip is indeed the 8-park-day free-dining bounceback trip I imagined last year.
The place:
Disney's Pop Century Resort. LOVE Lady and the Tramp, but not the idea of paying for a "preferred" location, so let the chips fall where they may. Don't really care what building we stay in. Just hoping for a king size bed. Last year one of the double beds became just a large desk, and it was a tight squeeze in the other one. Keeping our fingers crossed this year.
The cats:
Probably going to be asking my mom to take of them, since Louie is still on meds since his issues started last September. Jezzie is still very independent. Louie still pees on his dad's clothes if he leaves them on the ground. Louie has a (yet another) new nickname: Louis Patouis (loo-iss pah-two-iss)
Other misc. items:
We have a new bag we will be trying this year. Last year's messenger bag barely held up for the full trip. It has gone bye-bye. This year we will try one of those "half backpacks" that are kinda triangle shaped with one strap. I'll also have my small purse (that I always wear across the shoulder anyway) for the camera and cell phone.
Today standing in line at Home Depot there was an elderly gentleman that had a small portable stool. The guy in front of us made the mistake to remark that a stool like that would be really handy in Disney World. That was all Tony needed to hear. Until the guy had checked out and walked off, it was all Disney talk, all the time. Luckily there weren't too many people in front of us.
You may recall I bought a Katrina-ravaged, gutted house in the summer of '07. I didn't move in til Dec '07, so spring of '08 was all about furniture, home necessities, accents and such. This spring we finally have time for a garden and landscaping. I've gone goofy on rose bushes. All total, we ended up with 9 bushes. I was going to stop at 7, but I really wanted a white rose bush, so off we went in search of what was to be the last of the roses. But while we were at the local nursery, I found what was called a Disneyland Rose. It's the official rose bush of Disneyland. Of course I NEEDED to have this rose bush.
It's still a little baby, but it's supposed to have blooms that are copper, apricot, orange and pink. So we shall see what happens.
I decided to do a countdown chain this year. There's a tid-bit of Disney trivia/history hidden underneath each numbered day, so when the link is torn off we can read the "Disney fact of the day." I started it a few days ago. It's still REALLY LONG.
Here it is at "185 days left until our 2009 Walt Disney World Vacation!"
I can't make ADRs til late June. Luckily we're arriving in late September, so the park hours should be up well before my ADR day. Unfortunately the first 3 days of October will be a while in coming, but I figure I can wing the last three days. At least I'm not in the predicament of the poor unfortunate souls arriving the first week of a month with little to no time to plan park days before the 90 day ADR mark. That being said, the ADR's I'm gunning for are: Boma (dinner), Coral Reef (repeat), Le Cellier, Tutto Italia (repeat at Tony's request), Crystal Palace (dinner), Tony's Italian Rest (repeat at Tony's request), Kona Cafe, Garden Grill (repeat), The Wave, and hopefully OOP Fantasmic! Brown Derby package (trying at Tony's request).
I'll be packing according to last year's packing list, as it served us very well. I didn't forget anything, I had everything I needed and I didn't have anything I didn't need or use. I could probably bring a few less snacks, but last year's were left over from evacuation, not all purchased for Disney.
Ran some numbers the other day (b/c who doesn't like doing math for the fun of it?) and found out that once my car is paid off (only 3k left
) if I keep putting away what would have gone to the car note into savings, we can keep going to WDW every year! That's of course assuming value season, value resort, free-dining, and absence of incredible price hikes.We will definately be hitting up MNSSHP, just not sure which day yet. Had some other things happen that I thought I should put in my TR, but can't remember them right now. More to come as I remember and the planning unfolds.
oh well! suits me just fine! 
), I found an awesome pic of the most awesome villain ever. Check out my shiny new desktop:
I got a thingy in my mailbox telling me to go pick them up. What a pain. Good thing I paid for free shipping, or I'd be a little more than perturbed. I'll have pictures later, especially if I can persuade Tony to go pick them up for me. 
I'll have to look into that. 
as this was his favorite ride when he went when he was little)
OUCH. Next cleaning is scheduled the week before we leave, so I'll have a nice, clean, shiny smile for pictures with Mickey. 
