Two Castles in 24 Hours...Bring it On! A Sept 2013 PTR **NEW 10/14 w/ TR Link**

[klacey1]

Congrats on your condo being officially sold!! Love the costumes-- Oswald is very creative!

 

[Disneyluvr81]

Congrats on your condo being officially sold!! Love the costumes-- Oswald is very creative!

Thank you!!! Doing Minnie and Oswald was such an "a-ha" moment! I swear if I had a light bulb over my head is would have gone extra bright!

I hope your trip planning is going well....almost single digit dance day!!!

 

[Disneyluvr81]

IT'S SINGLE DIGIT DANCE DAY!!!!!

In 9 days and 14 hours from now we will be sitting on a plane bound for Disney (well technically Boston but then Disney!!!)

I can't believe its already been 90 days since I started this pre-trip report. I knew time was going to go by quickly but never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined it literally warp speeding ahead and just how much would have changed in those 90 days.

Today is also a day for celebrating because B and I are officially no longer "homeless". Nothing like waking up to an email from your realtor (their in Italy right now) congratulating you on closing on your new condo!!! All the nerves, the anxiety from the bumps in the road, the fear of losing the sales is all gone and replaced with nothing by excitement. Excitement for the new home, excitement for vacation (it's the first time in quite a while I am actually really truly looking forward to it)!! September 2nd can't get here fast enough!!!!!!

 

[SuperNEMOfan]

How exciting!!!! It was just a wonderful day for you. I've got 17 days left and I feel like August has been the longest month of my life

 

[Disneyluvr81]

How exciting!!!! It was just a wonderful day for you. I've got 17 days left and I feel like August has been the longest month of my life

Thank you!!! I hope the next couple weeks go by quickly for you!!


Went out shopping this morning with my mom - I had everything but shorts and haven't had much luck in finding stuff I had liked. She was my good luck charm and I now have all my outfits figured out for both DL and WDW! Such a good feeling. Just gotta finish up laundry this week and actually pack up the suitcase and we will be good to go. Was also able to find a rash guard and new board shorts for B this morning too.

Does anyone know if they will let him wear the rash guard on the body slides and Summit Plummet?

 

[blabbermouth]

Missed your last post! Oswald and Minnie are great costumes! So is your 9th day the 11th then? We're still up in the air about mnsshp but that would be the day we'd be going! I can't believe we're so close now!

Congrats on the official sold sign! Hurrah! It's nice that you don't have to worry about much before your trip now.

Don't know about summit plummet, sorry. Glad you found some shorts too! I needed one more pair and grabbed some last week, but there weren't many left.

 

[Disneyluvr81]

Missed your last post! Oswald and Minnie are great costumes! So is your 9th day the 11th then? We're still up in the air about mnsshp but that would be the day we'd be going! I can't believe we're so close now!

Congrats on the official sold sign! Hurrah! It's nice that you don't have to worry about much before your trip now.

Don't know about summit plummet, sorry. Glad you found some shorts too! I needed one more pair and grabbed some last week, but there weren't many left.

I am so excited for the Minnie outfit. Our 9th day will be on September 10th - we will be coming home on the 11th. If you guys end up doing the party and see a blond Minnie and an Oswald definitely say HI!!!

Thank you - its been so nice having that weight lifted. Anxiously waiting to get the keys later today and then surprising B with an early anniversary present to our local Symphony Orchestra doing Dark Side of the Moon for its 40th Anniversary tonight. Really intrigued on if it will be totally instrumental or if they will have singers. Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd are his 2 all time favorite bands!

Congrats on your find as well. The rash guards were really picked over but we luckily found a blue one in his size. The downside to waiting until the end of the season but the upside was everything was all discounted!!

 

[blabbermouth]

I am so excited for the Minnie outfit. Our 9th day will be on September 10th - we will be coming home on the 11th. If you guys end up doing the party and see a blond Minnie and an Oswald definitely say HI!!!

Thank you - its been so nice having that weight lifted. Anxiously waiting to get the keys later today and then surprising B with an early anniversary present to our local Symphony Orchestra doing Dark Side of the Moon for its 40th Anniversary tonight. Really intrigued on if it will be totally instrumental or if they will have singers. Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd are his 2 all time favorite bands!

Congrats on your find as well. The rash guards were really picked over but we luckily found a blue one in his size. The downside to waiting until the end of the season but the upside was everything was all discounted!!

Oops, I meant the 10th! Geez, don't even know the dates of my own trip. We're leaving on the 11th too. I should PM you our park days and we'll see if any overlap so I know to look for you.

That sounds like a fun Symphony! Haha.

Yup, and I love a discount! I'm hoping to maybe get one or two disney shirts while I'm there too, if I find some I like. They're certainly a lot "cooler" than they used to be.

 

[Disneyluvr81]

Day 10 – Now It’s Time to Say Goodbye…

Last day in the World. I would be more sad about this being our last day if we didn’t have a trip planned for February 2014. Helps to lessen the sting a little bit but it is still so depressing. I am not sure where we are going to head this morning. MK would be the easiest since it is closest and Magical Express will be picking us up around 11am-12pm. However, with being there for MNSSHP the night before and all day the day prior, B may want a change of scenery so the fall back would be Epcot for the final couple hours.
Our flight home leaves MCO at 1:45pm (was 2:15 when we originally booked...boooo for leaving earlier!!) on JetBlue with a stopover in Austin (however we don’t change planes) and we will touchdown back in California 5:40pm our time. My dad will pick us up from the airport and that will officially end our 2013 Walt Disney World vacations!!!

I can’t believe I started this PTR back on the 99 day mark and we are now just 3 days until we leave for WDW (and one more sleep til DL). As Kermit would say...time’s fun when you’re having flies (or not so fun when life and work decide to go beyond insanely crazy)!!!

Disneyland.....we'll see ya real soon!!!!

 

[blabbermouth]

Have a good sleep tonight, you'll need it! Get WDW all broken in for my arrival on Wednesday, ok?

I will ignore the last day part of this post I just bought yogurt that doesn't expire until we get home

 

[GrandCalifornian]

Yay! How exciting! Good luck this weekend and have fun! We are going to be at Disneyland tomorrow evening. I hope it's not too crowded with the race and all but either way we always find something to do. Paul is really craving the nachos from White Water snacks at the Grand Californian so that's where we'll be for dinner. Have fun at WDW too! Maybe we'll see you around. If you spot us be sure to say hi! ~ Melissa

 

[SuperNEMOfan]

Have so much fun!!! Maybe we will run into each other at WDW! Hope it's magical

 

[Disneyluvr81]

Have a good sleep tonight, you'll need it! Get WDW all broken in for my arrival on Wednesday, ok?

I will ignore the last day part of this post I just bought yogurt that doesn't expire until we get home

Finally getting to post!! The interwebs at the hotel were powered by hamsters who seemed to eat my Cell coverage.

We definitely get WDW all ready for you!! Only 3 more sleeps til your trip!!! Have safe travels and hopefully we'll see each other in the parks!

 

[Disneyluvr81]

Yay! How exciting! Good luck this weekend and have fun! We are going to be at Disneyland tomorrow evening. I hope it's not too crowded with the race and all but either way we always find something to do. Paul is really craving the nachos from White Water snacks at the Grand Californian so that's where we'll be for dinner. Have fun at WDW too! Maybe we'll see you around. If you spot us be sure to say hi! ~ Melissa

Thank you!! Fun we did have - looking forward to vacation to officially start now. Hope you had a great night at DL last night. Compared to Friday, the weather was glorious!

Safe travels and hope to bump in to you and your family!!! We'll keep any eye out for your adorable daughter and her awesome outfits!!!

Krista

 

[Disneyluvr81]

Have so much fun!!! Maybe we will run into each other at WDW! Hope it's magical

I hope you have an amazing trip too!! We'll keep any eye out for you too! Safe travels!!

 

[Disneyluvr81]

We're back and had an amazing trip. Even though I ended up having to work more than I hoped I would have needed to it was still so nice to get away! This was probably one of the most laid back trips we have ever taken and it was so hard to leave on Wednesday.

Definitely planning to do a trip report but wanted to give everyone a heads up that I probably won't start it for a couple weeks. We are doing Disneyland's Halloween Party on 10/4 with my DB and DSIL and will be holding off ordering our Photopass pics until after the party so we can include the ones from that night too!

Can't wait to relive our trip with everyone - and read everyone else reports as you all start to post them as well!!

 

[blabbermouth]

We're back and had an amazing trip. Even though I ended up having to work more than I hoped I would have needed to it was still so nice to get away! This was probably one of the most laid back trips we have ever taken and it was so hard to leave on Wednesday.

Definitely planning to do a trip report but wanted to give everyone a heads up that I probably won't start it for a couple weeks. We are doing Disneyland's Halloween Party on 10/4 with my DB and DSIL and will be holding off ordering our Photopass pics until after the party so we can include the ones from that night too!

Can't wait to relive our trip with everyone - and read everyone else reports as you all start to post them as well!!

Glad you had a lovely trip! You might have to remind me to come subscribe when you start your TR

 

[Disneyluvr81]

Hi Everybody!!

Long time, no post but I've finally been able to start my trip report!! Hopefully you will all enjoy reliving our trip with us as much as we enjoyed the trip itself!!

A Tale of Two Castles and a Dumbo Double Dare for Good Measure - a Sept 13 TR