Very Merry D23 Holidaze Dec 2009 TR - 7 magical park days! updt 7/1

[jenseib]

Have fun!

 

[Happydog]

HO HO HO!

Have a wonderful time!

 

[MadilynnsMomma]

Have a blast!!! Travel safe!!! Tell Mickey Madi will be ready to meet him Sunday!!!

 

[MyMuse]

Quickly posting that I am hoping and will be posting soon-ish!

I'm back! Alive Woman Tell Many Tales! LOL!

 

[jenseib]

Welcome back. Hope you had a magical time

 

[MyMuse]

Have fun!

HO HO HO!

Have a wonderful time!

Have a blast!!! Travel safe!!! Tell Mickey Madi will be ready to meet him Sunday!!!

Welcome back. Hope you had a magical time

Thank you! I had a great time and exhausted with total of 7 park days, plus a couple of non-park days. I hope to pull together my pics and start posting a trip report soon.

I tweeted all the way through, so if you want to check out the link above, you can get an idea of the trip. I also posted a few photos as well.

I also can't wait to start reading up on my fellow trip takers!

 

[MyMuse]

Ok, I forgot to mention that I have a total of:

Pics: 2,431
Photopass: 113
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Total: 2,544

Vids: lots!

Memories: uncountable!

Be prepared, my peoples!

I'm going to have to find another online service to accomodate all my pic, yet still allow me to post individual pics.

 

[jenseib]

Can't wait to hear about it. I'm not a tweeter!

 

[MomsOf2boys]

Glad you are back safely!

 

[MyMuse]

Can't wait to hear about it. I'm not a tweeter!

You don't have to tweet; the website lists all my tweets I made. You don't have to join, just visit if you want.

Glad you are back safely!

Thank you!

I was hoping to start uploading pics tonight, but the nephew guilt-tripped me into going to see his basketball pratice tonight. I have plans for saturday too, but I made have them canceled due to an impending snowstorm.

 

[disneygirlinnj]

ohhhhhh I have SOOOOO much catching up to doooooooo!

 

[MyMuse]

ohhhhhh I have SOOOOO much catching up to doooooooo!

Not so much; all the trips I was following haven't updated yet either.

Thankfully, I did download all my pictures onto my laptop, just have to start actual writing.

I need to find another photosharing service that does what Photobucket does. Does Flickr do indivual posting?

 

[scoot241]

Not so much; all the trips I was following haven't updated yet either.

Thankfully, I did download all my pictures onto my laptop, just have to start actual writing.

I need to find another photosharing service that does what Photobucket does. Does Flickr do indivual posting?

Flickr will let you post photos individually. All my photos are on Flickr.

 

[MyMuse]

I wanted to wish you all a Very Merry Disney Christmas!!!

And most importantly....

I will be doing my TR after Christmas! Sorry for the delay!


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[dawnbu40]

Merry Christmas to you too!

 

[MyMuse]

Hello, my peoples!

My TR got re-opened and that is all I care about.

I am planning to update with Day 1 as soon as I can; I've been waiting for day & a half for this thing to re-open but my internet connection at home is very dicey. Either my cable co sucks or my router/modem is close to being fried. I switched to wireless for tonight & hopefully it stays until I can get a new modem/router.

Keep an eye here!!!

 

[MyMuse]

I'm *finally* going to start the Trip Report with the day before. I want to say that this trip was amazing and I loved every moment of it. It's such a joy to be reliving it with all of you! Thank you!

In this TR, I'm going to include my tweets in black, include monies spent and try to give times as I go along.

The day before was just these tweets:

is 24 hours away from her vacation!! *dance of joy* but first she must get thru her dr's appt this morning. *groan*
7:53 AM Dec 3rd

pls @continental be on time; @staralerts pls decent food; @TSABlogTeam I promise to be correctly packed; @WestgateResorts pls quick check-in
7:56 AM Dec 3rd

For the Disney peeps: online check-in for POR was super-easy! Even got a $100 credit since I finally broke down and got their credit card.
11:03 AM Dec 3rd

at salon gettin' pretty for trip, then running like a chicken w/o my head for rest of night.
5:49 PM Dec 3rd

So all the night before, I was doing all kinds of last minute stuff, packing, computer stuff and trying to calm my excited self down. I finally get my tired backside to bed at 1:45am for my car service pick-up at 5:45am.

 

[MyMuse]

Disney Day has arrived!

I went to bed at 1:45am! I was up at 4:45am, finished final packing and last minute stuff for my car service at 5:45am.

Tweet:
holy buckets, it's early! off to the airport & car service taking me on a scenic tour! lol
5:54 AM Dec 4th

After my somewhat of a scenic tour, got to airport, did bagdrop since I signed in online. No lines! Did kiosk, got myself a new boarding pass since gate changed, drop bag in a matter of minutes. Go upstairs for security and just as a I get there, a new line opens! I go through quickly and off I go to the Gate.

Tweet:
did bag drop & thru security! all in 20 minutes...go @EWR & @TSABlogTeam!! don't let me down @continental!
6:38 AM Dec 4th

It was probably more like 25-30 minutes, but it seemed like 20! Stopped at couple of bookstores, bought one at 6:46am for $7.48. Stopped at Nathan’s for breakfast & coffee at 6:50am for $6.40.

After finished eating (didn’t finish sandwhich) & restroom run, I decided to check out the gate and discovered they were boarding the flight! So, it was 7:10am and I was on my flight that is scheduled to leave at 7:55am.

Tweets:
did a breakfast & restroom run. already boarded flight 50 minutes early at 7:10am! wow @continental! can i hope 4 @staralerts blessing?
7:21 AM Dec 4th

3.5 hrs until I land in lovely Orlando & get my Disney on!!
7:26 AM Dec 4th

It was a very busy flight & bumpy at end. It was raining buckets when landed late at 11:10am & taxi’d around the airport for another 15 minutes.

Tweet:
Holy Buckets Orlando! you r raining LOTS of it!
11:28 AM Dec 4th

After de-planing, I headed for baggage claim, then rental car at Alamo. I joined the their program, so I skipped the somewhat long line and checked in at the kiosk. The kiosk was a little slow and didn’t explain things well, but it sure was a lot faster than waiting in line. After a little frustration, got the receipt and headed outside to go to the garage across street. I didn’t have to stop at agent in garage either, just went straight to the car line, where indicated. I picked a Chevy Cobalt, which rode great! I took some time in the car to get used to it, set up my GPS, reread the receipt. I was correct at $188.08, using Costco code and $30 coupon.

The longest line was at the exit since they were selling the pre-payment gas & toll program. Total rip-off! And made the line looong.

It was raining, raining, raining! On the road and first toll says 12:36pm & second is 12:52 for a total of $2.50. Arrived at Westgate Blue Tree and was able to check-in early at around 1pm; a 2bedroom deluxe villas – very pretty! Nicely layed out and decorated.

While checking in, some idiot decides to swing open her mini-van door and hit the rental car! No damage, but I found her and expressed my displeasure.

I settled in a bit, unpack, call Jennifer to meet up at my first ADR at Raglan Road Pub at Downtown Disney.

Here are some pics of Westgate Blue Tree:

Nice decor

Living Room

Dining Room

Kitchen/Dining Room

Second bedroom

Master bedroom

Master bath

Master closet

Papillion Spa products

 

[ladybugmom]

Hi Michele!! I just found your TR and I'm so excited to read it as we're planning a trip to WDW this December!! I'm sooo excited b/c we've never been to WDW at Christmastime!! I'm interested to hear what you thought of the crowds the week you went and if you would recommend your dates? I also noticed that you were going to be attending a D23 event--I received a D23 charter membership from my DH for Christmas!! I'd love to hear about this event!!

 

[dawnbu40]

You're off to a great start! I can't wait for more!