We want the Drama so we're bringing the Mama dec 2011 PTR

[veggiemama]

Finally getting caught up on your PTR....

Serioulsy? It was bad enough when we were kids but once again I get your hand me downs? What if I want my own PTR? This one is old, I want the newest and coolest PTR, everybody has already seen this one.

Fine, I'll just bedazzle this one, jazz it up a bit and make it more my style.

I had a bedazzler when I was younger! LOL the things I did to my jeans and jackets... it should have been outlawed!!!!

I have read in my passporter that tickets for MVMCP go on sale around the first of May. That means I am getting closer to being able to make some real plans.

did you see, did you see?!! On All ears they have posted the dates for MVMCP and booking date is May 8!!!

In years past I have always planned MVMCP for a day that I would already be at MK, but then it dawned on me, since I don't buy the park hopper planning the party for an MK day is kind of a waste. So this years plan is to try and do MVMCP on an AK day, that park closes earlier than the others and then I can still go back to the resort for a nap and a freshen up before heading out to MK to get my jingle on. It's kind of like a one day park hopper. I am so smart. All I have to do is wait and see if they are offering MVMCP on my planned AK day, if not then Bo and I will have to do some rethinking and some rejuggling of our park days, now worries though this is all part of the process that makes it fun.
I think I will 'steal' this idea too! It will be our one and only kind of park hop day!

I have friends who go to Disney every other year, they book the trip and go. No ADR's, no park plans. no touring plans, no buckets list. How is that any fun?
I can't even imagine. I think if I went without plans I would never even get off main street, let alone actually DO anything!

I love the entire planning thing even though it stresses me till my eyes cross and they don't uncross until I step onto Disney property. I love laying awake at night wondering which decade of Pop Century our room will be in.
Me too!! Love to plan and I come from a family of planners so it's hilarious when we all get together. My mom is happy but upset that she is not coming along this time. She is insistent that she helps me plan anyways!

ADR's stresses me the most, one those are made I am good as gold, all we really want this year is Crystal Palace which I have never had any trouble getting, and Cinderellas Royal table. That is the one that has me stressed. I tried for 3 years to get an ADR there, finally last year I was able to nab one. I really hope I can get one this year. On the day I am allowed to make my ADR's I will actually request that day off work and set my alarm for 30 minutes before they open for calls. I will have the pot of coffee ready and my passporter with all my park days in front of me. At one minute to open I will dial the number and then start counting down from 60, 5, 4, 3, 2...this is when I hit "Call" the phone will ring and hopefully I won't be put on hold for too long.

I remember planning ADR's for my 09 trip. I over slept by 20 minutes and then when I called they said my wait time was 40 minutes, I have free long distance so for 40 minutes I listened to "Clang Clang Clang went the trolley." That stayed in my head for days. It would just start to fade and then something would happen to bring it back, like my husband would be cooking and the pots would clang as he was taking them out of the cuboard, that's all I needed to hear and then "Clang clang clang went the trolley" would start spinning in my head again.
I think this is what is starting to stress me out most right now. It is so important for us to get ADR's since I need to talk to chef's ahead of time for food allergies. And seriously, I do not have time to wait 40 minutes on the phone!!

I had to work yesterday. Our store hours on any Sunday are is 10-6. Corporate said they wanted to let their employees spend time with their families on Easter so they made the store hours 11-6. Woot woot! yeah! (that was sarcasm)

I know Easter is past, but still, totally sucks to work that day!

My Managers and front end sup's were awesome though. They brought in a huge Easter basket filled with candy, they also brought in little baskets and hid them in the store for the employees to find during their shift.
How great that they did that for all of you!

It was a slow day, I rang up maybe 15 people all day. One guy came in for a nose hair trimmer. Any other day I wouldn't give it a second thought, but running out on Easter sunday for a nose hair trimmer just struck me as funny.

I don't know if I would have kept a straight face while helping him!

 

[disneyaddicted]

Hi everyone, sorry I have been MIA. It's full on bridal season at the store, we have 132 weddings this month and even though my hours are still the same I come home and just flop on the couch cause I am run ragged all day. But I will try and get on here in the next couple of days and post an update plus respond to ya'll.

 

[Monknmom]

WOW that's a lot of weddings! Good luck! I hope that you don't have too many bridzillas!

 

[disneyaddicted]

That sucks that you had to work! Oh, yes.... but I am forgetting you didn't have to work a full day. I am sure you relished your hour off.
I did relish that one hour of extra sleep.


A nose hair trimmer? On Easter Sunday... that is funny!

still puzzles me. It's like the guy who drove out in a blizzard last year to our store and bought a spatula. Really? you couldn't find anything else to flip your eggs with?

OMG! I think I do this too. Course, I have only been able to rope my mom into going... but I am ALWAYS encouraging people around me to go...and secretly wanting to go with them.


I have been successful every year in getting a newbie to go, I am so close to having another newbie lined up for next year.

I love it. "nurturing her Disney development" If there is such a thing...I think that some of us have an overdeveloped side while others neglected to develop it at all.
Shame on those neglectful people, they don't even know what they are missing.



those darn errands taking us away from dis.... Hopefully you got your errands ran and are all set to post your list.

If I could I would Dis all day. I still need to post that list, I actually keep changing my mind about what I am excited for BO to see and do, she'll say one thing and then I'll be excited for Soarin, then she'l say something else and then I'll be excited for Sum of all thrills. I guess I'm just excited for her to see and do it all.

Joining in. I'm going to be there same time as yee

Thanks for joining in and whoot whoot for being there at the same time.

It stinks that you had to work on Easter! I did too (I had to help DH with the brakes), but at least your boss gave you a baskets! Mine gave me the key to pick up something for him to eat! And a whole hour off? They are VERY generous!

It wasn't so bad working on Easter, we were slow and the day was fun. IT still would of been nice to have stayed home but I gotta pay for Disney some how.

Finally getting caught up on your PTR....
I'm so far behind on everybodies PTR's, I need a whole day to catch up, soon...I hope.

I had a bedazzler when I was younger! LOL the things I did to my jeans and jackets... it should have been outlawed!!!!

Bo and I went through some crazy fashion phases, I'm glad they don't punish for fashion crimes.

WOW that's a lot of weddings! Good luck! I hope that you don't have too many bridzillas!

Too many weddings if you ask me, I am so sick of printing out registrys and presenting them, it's too much talking and explaining but it's store policy. We usually don't have a problem with the brides until after their wedding when they come and return the majority of what they got as gifts. For the most parts it's the mother of the bride or groom shopping off the registry that causes the most trouble.



Anouncement.!!!!!!
I purchased our tickets for MVMCP. We will be partying it up with Mickey and friends, downing free hotchocolate and eating delicious (and just as free) cookies on the night of December 6th.

So that day is inked into the planner, no changing anything there. We will be going to AK in the morning and then back to the resort for a quick rest before heading to MK for the party.

Also I can make my ADR's June 4th. So let's do some exciting Disney math.
only 30 days until then, I will be taking that day off work and calling it my designated Disney Day. Once my ADR's are secured the rest of the plans can get inked into the passporter.

Also in 30 days that will mean I am only 180 days away from departure. That is a tiny 6 months. It being the summer before Reese's senior year I have to get her Senior pictures out of the way and it's never too early to start planning for the graduation party. I love summer, it always goes by too fast, sometimes that's a good thing cause then next thing you know it's fall and Disney is just around the corner.

My friend Lo who went on my last trip with me is taking her family down to Disney for Christmas. They are renting a house. Her kids don't know about it she's working on a way to surprise them, but in the mean time her and I are going to start our Disney thursdays this fall. She plans to get the passporter when we go out next week and start some planning now but she can't have too much Disney around the house right now for fear of the kids finding out.

On a non Disney note. Reese got her drivers licence today. Her road test was at 9:00am, we got their at 7:00am so we could practice parallel parking before the DMV opened. FOr her it was hit or miss, some times she could do it and sometimes she couldn't, then it just all of a sudden made sense to her and she could probably parallel park with her eyes closed now.

Today is also Jim's 19th birthday, I feel really old. That's why I need to keep going to Disney world, it keeps me young, it's like indulging from the fountain of youth every year, it starts to wear off around 9 months after the trip but I can stretch it out a whole year if I have a trip planned. Really it only works for the inner youth, if it worked for my outer appearance I would find a way to go every season. Right now the only time the girls get a "lift" is whn I'm on a roller coaster.

 

[petals]

I'm going to MVMCP same night as yee

 

[disneyaddicted]

I'm going to MVMCP same night as yee

That's so exciting. Maybe we'll bump into eachother, that would be so cool. Are you doing anything special for MVMCP like dressing up in Christmas colors or something?

Bo and I have been tossing ideas around but nothing has really stuck yet.

 

[disneyaddicted]

I made another Disney purchase las night, it was a small one but still just as exciting because it's for Disney. I got a Disney beach ball for the pool at Pop Century.

I have only swam in the pools at Pop once and that was my first trip in April 2006. I layed and tanned pool side on my second trip. My 3rd trip I sat by the pool at night in my jammies while talking to Kent on the phone and then last year it was just too cold to even look at the pool. So this year I am not only hoping for warmer weather but I also hope to once again take advantage of the pool. Bo and I become children again every time we are in a pool, buying this beach ball is only going to help us.

At this point I have so much stuff collected for the trip I think I am going to have to send a box of it down ahead of time, that is something I need to look into, I have heard of people doing it but I'm not sure of how it works, if anybody here has any info on that I would greatly appreciate you sharing it.

 

[veggiemama]

Anouncement.!!!!!![/SIZE][/COLOR]
I purchased our tickets for MVMCP. We will be partying it up with Mickey and friends, downing free hotchocolate and eating delicious (and just as free) cookies on the night of December 6th.
I booked ours this week too! so exciting!! It is starting to feel more real

So that day is inked into the planner, no changing anything there. We will be going to AK in the morning and then back to the resort for a quick rest before heading to MK for the party.
I am debating on doing the same thing. AK in the morning than MVMCP at night. we will be there on a Wed and crowds for both parks are projected as low. So either way we will be fine.

Also I can make my ADR's June 4th. So let's do some exciting Disney math.
only 30 days until then, I will be taking that day off work and calling it my designated Disney Day. Once my ADR's are secured the rest of the plans can get inked into the passporter.
My date is June 13 and I'm just starting to think and plan where to make ADR's. Biggest problem... there are so many great places I want to try we could end up spending all our time going from one ADR to the next!


Also in 30 days that will mean I am only 180 days away from departure. That is a tiny 6 months. It being the summer before Reese's senior year I have to get her Senior pictures out of the way and it's never too early to start planning for the graduation party. I love summer, it always goes by too fast, sometimes that's a good thing cause then next thing you know it's fall and Disney is just around the corner.
Exactly! Summer goes fast with birthdays and holidays and prepping for next year, by the time I get to planning again I will be booking flights and hard copying my stuff!

My friend Lo who went on my last trip with me is taking her family down to Disney for Christmas. They are renting a house. Her kids don't know about it she's working on a way to surprise them, but in the mean time her and I are going to start our Disney thursdays this fall. She plans to get the passporter when we go out next week and start some planning now but she can't have too much Disney around the house right now for fear of the kids finding out.Oooo so much fun for Lo. I read you TR and you girls certainly had a good time!


On a non Disney note. Reese got her drivers licence today. Her road test was at 9:00am, we got their at 7:00am so we could practice parallel parking before the DMV opened. FOr her it was hit or miss, some times she could do it and sometimes she couldn't, then it just all of a sudden made sense to her and she could probably parallel park with her eyes closed now.
Good for her! Another driver in the family.

Today is also Jim's 19th birthday, I feel really old. That's why I need to keep going to Disney world, it keeps me young, it's like indulging from the fountain of youth every year, it starts to wear off around 9 months after the trip but I can stretch it out a whole year if I have a trip planned. Really it only works for the inner youth, if it worked for my outer appearance I would find a way to go every season. Right now the only time the girls get a "lift" is whn I'm on a roller coaster.[/QUOTE]

Happy Birthday! This is why we do Disney, can't allow ourselves to grow up completely.... it's too boring!

 

[annmarieda]

Hi everyone, sorry I have been MIA. It's full on bridal season at the store, we have 132 weddings this month and even though my hours are still the same I come home and just flop on the couch cause I am run ragged all day. But I will try and get on here in the next couple of days and post an update plus respond to ya'll.

Wow... that is a lot of weddings! What kind of shop is it? I know all I tend to be shopping for lately is wedding stuff... last minute stuff. UG

If I could I would Dis all day.

Wouldn't that be a nice day?

It wasn't so bad working on Easter, we were slow and the day was fun. IT still would of been nice to have stayed home but I gotta pay for Disney some how.

That is what I keep telling myself too.

Too many weddings if you ask me, I am so sick of printing out registrys and presenting them, it's too much talking and explaining but it's store policy. We usually don't have a problem with the brides until after their wedding when they come and return the majority of what they got as gifts. For the most parts it's the mother of the bride or groom shopping off the registry that causes the most trouble.

That is funny! Please know that this MOTB has not even taken a peak at her dd's registry. She tries to get me to look...but I haven't felt the need.

Anouncement.!!!!!![/SIZE][/COLOR]
I purchased our tickets for MVMCP. We will be partying it up with Mickey and friends, downing free hotchocolate and eating delicious (and just as free) cookies on the night of December 6th.

So that day is inked into the planner, no changing anything there. We will be going to AK in the morning and then back to the resort for a quick rest before heading to MK for the party.

Also I can make my ADR's June 4th. So let's do some exciting Disney math.
only 30 days until then, I will be taking that day off work and calling it my designated Disney Day. Once my ADR's are secured the rest of the plans can get inked into the passporter.

Congrats

Also in 30 days that will mean I am only 180 days away from departure. That is a tiny 6 months. It being the summer before Reese's senior year I have to get her Senior pictures out of the way and it's never too early to start planning for the graduation party. I love summer, it always goes by too fast, sometimes that's a good thing cause then next thing you know it's fall and Disney is just around the corner.

It will go by quick that is for sure! Congrats on the coming years graduation!

On a non Disney note. Reese got her drivers licence today. Her road test was at 9:00am, we got their at 7:00am so we could practice parallel parking before the DMV opened. FOr her it was hit or miss, some times she could do it and sometimes she couldn't, then it just all of a sudden made sense to her and she could probably parallel park with her eyes closed now.

Congrats!!!

Today is also Jim's 19th birthday, I feel really old. That's why I need to keep going to Disney world, it keeps me young, it's like indulging from the fountain of youth every year, it starts to wear off around 9 months after the trip but I can stretch it out a whole year if I have a trip planned. Really it only works for the inner youth, if it worked for my outer appearance I would find a way to go every season. Right now the only time the girls get a "lift" is whn I'm on a roller coaster.

First, a happy Birthday to Jim! Second... I like how you think. "Once a year you indulge for the fountain of youth" AWESOME!!!

I made another Disney purchase las night, it was a small one but still just as exciting because it's for Disney. I got a Disney beach ball for the pool at Pop Century.

I have only swam in the pools at Pop once and that was my first trip in April 2006. I layed and tanned pool side on my second trip. My 3rd trip I sat by the pool at night in my jammies while talking to Kent on the phone and then last year it was just too cold to even look at the pool. So this year I am not only hoping for warmer weather but I also hope to once again take advantage of the pool. Bo and I become children again every time we are in a pool, buying this beach ball is only going to help us.

At this point I have so much stuff collected for the trip I think I am going to have to send a box of it down ahead of time, that is something I need to look into, I have heard of people doing it but I'm not sure of how it works, if anybody here has any info on that I would greatly appreciate you sharing it.

The beach ball should be fun. I too hope next December is a nice one. I really would like to be able to play at the pools a bit.

I have my red box... pretty stuffed now. I was thinking the same thing, that I am going to have to ship things down. Not entirely sure how it works, but I think you have to put your reservation number on it??? I think...

 

[Monknmom]

Hey I don't have time to read and won't get on until Monday again, but I hope that you have a VERY happy mother's day!

 

[disneyaddicted]

My Christmas party tickets came in the mail a few days ago. It kind of makes the whole thing a little more real now. All I have to do is get the ADR's I want and life will be good. Life will be even better if Disney comes out with a free dining promo for the public. But we are making plans to pay OOP for all of our meals just in case disney doesn't offer the free dining again. I have always gotten free dining so I am a bit spoiled there, I know the offers could stop at any time so I won't hold my breath or set myself up for disapointment.

I had to work on Mothers day, it wasn't so bad, I worked with Ally and that is always a blast, she listens to my fanatic Disney talk. But anyway working at BBB I come across some cool stuff for my disney trips all the time, usually it's the "A seen on TV" stuff. Can you imagine my excitment when I saw the pocket chair. First thing I tried to do is put it in my pocket, the name of the chair is a bit misleading as it does not fit into my pocket. I am sure it fits into somebodies pocket but it's got to be a pretty danged big pocket which makes me think if you can fit it in your pocket then you might be too big for the chair. It will however fit into my park bag.
Second I had to try the chair out, it is a small chair after all I had to make sure that it would hold me, it says it holds up to 250 pounds, no worries there, It will hold more than one of me. I unfolded the chair and gave it a test, I practiced sitting in it and pretending to watch a parade. I had Ally act like Minnie Mouse and wave to me. Yup, this pocket chair will do nicely. I had to text Bo and tell her all about it.

Bo has gone and tested out the chair since then, she does not like it, it sits to low to the ground and her knees were in her arms pits. So I have decided that I won't get the chair either, it would be akward sitting on my little chair and Bo standing next to me, I would be holding a conversation with her butt.

I am 196 days away from Disney. Not that I have a countdown calendar going. But my excitement is growing, I think I am most excited for Bo to see Disney world and finally know first hand why I love it so much. We talk Disney daily and I call her to tell her of my Disney purchases, which I have scored some great ones this past week. I got gray jammies that look and feel like yoga pnats, it has Mickey in black valore on the hip and a matching zip up hoodie, the whole outfit was 18 dollars. I am thinking this will be great for relaxing at the resort or even the late plane ride home, they don't look like jammies at all, I will have to post a pic soon. I also got a gray and pink striped tinkerbell hoodie for 3 dollars. I giggled loud at that find. Walmart also has Disney socks.

I will try and get on here as often as I can, but with full Bridal going on at work and Back t ocollege starting in a month I will be busy.

Tonight I am going out to the club with my friend Ally from work. We need to let our hair down and get our dance on. We practice our dance moves all the time at customer service, we have them perfected so now it's time to show them off. I will defintely be doing this dance, and of course this one, it only seems appropriate to do the dancing bananna since the club we are going to is called Bananna Max.

Of all my friends Ally reminds me of my sister the most, she's not afraid to have fun. We usually go to Chuckie Cheese

I totally kicked her butt at this game.

Anywhoo, latley at work I have been finding hidden mickey drawings around customer service, Ally confessed to doing it when we work opposit shifts, she said she likes to think of my discovering them and hopefully makes me smile for the rest of the day. Doesn't she sound like a Disney kindred spirit? She is going to make a great Disney addict. I can't wait to fully corrupt her. First I need to concentrate on Bo, but it's always good to have your next project lined up.

 

[annmarieda]

My Christmas party tickets came in the mail a few days ago. It kind of makes the whole thing a little more real now. All I have to do is get the ADR's I want and life will be good. Life will be even better if Disney comes out with a free dining promo for the public. But we are making plans to pay OOP for all of our meals just in case disney doesn't offer the free dining again. I have always gotten free dining so I am a bit spoiled there, I know the offers could stop at any time so I won't hold my breath or set myself up for disapointment.

I had to work on Mothers day, it wasn't so bad, I worked with Ally and that is always a blast, she listens to my fanatic Disney talk. But anyway working at BBB I come across some cool stuff for my disney trips all the time, usually it's the "A seen on TV" stuff. Can you imagine my excitment when I saw the pocket chair. First thing I tried to do is put it in my pocket, the name of the chair is a bit misleading as it does not fit into my pocket. I am sure it fits into somebodies pocket but it's got to be a pretty danged big pocket which makes me think if you can fit it in your pocket then you might be too big for the chair. It will however fit into my park bag.
Second I had to try the chair out, it is a small chair after all I had to make sure that it would hold me, it says it holds up to 250 pounds, no worries there, It will hold more than one of me. I unfolded the chair and gave it a test, I practiced sitting in it and pretending to watch a parade. I had Ally act like Minnie Mouse and wave to me. Yup, this pocket chair will do nicely. I had to text Bo and tell her all about it.

Bo has gone and tested out the chair since then, she does not like it, it sits to low to the ground and her knees were in her arms pits. So I have decided that I won't get the chair either, it would be akward sitting on my little chair and Bo standing next to me, I would be holding a conversation with her butt.

I am 196 days away from Disney. Not that I have a countdown calendar going. But my excitement is growing, I think I am most excited for Bo to see Disney world and finally know first hand why I love it so much. We talk Disney daily and I call her to tell her of my Disney purchases, which I have scored some great ones this past week. I got gray jammies that look and feel like yoga pnats, it has Mickey in black valore on the hip and a matching zip up hoodie, the whole outfit was 18 dollars. I am thinking this will be great for relaxing at the resort or even the late plane ride home, they don't look like jammies at all, I will have to post a pic soon. I also got a gray and pink striped tinkerbell hoodie for 3 dollars. I giggled loud at that find. Walmart also has Disney socks.

I will try and get on here as often as I can, but with full Bridal going on at work and Back t ocollege starting in a month I will be busy.

Tonight I am going out to the club with my friend Ally from work. We need to let our hair down and get our dance on. We practice our dance moves all the time at customer service, we have them perfected so now it's time to show them off. I will defintely be doing this dance, and of course this one, it only seems appropriate to do the dancing bananna since the club we are going to is called Bananna Max.

Of all my friends Ally reminds me of my sister the most, she's not afraid to have fun. We usually go to Chuckie Cheese

Anywhoo, latley at work I have been finding hidden mickey drawings around customer service, Ally confessed to doing it when we work opposit shifts, she said she likes to think of my discovering them and hopefully makes me smile for the rest of the day. Doesn't she sound like a Disney kindred spirit? She is going to make a great Disney addict. I can't wait to fully corrupt her. First I need to concentrate on Bo, but it's always good to have your next project lined up.

'Your post gave me some giggles.... "conversation with Bo's but" and "have your next project lined up"

Neat finds though, even if you are not going to use the chair.

Kinda hoping for fd too... although, I think I save more with my pin. I would have to have them price it out. Usually it would be fd all the way, but since we are staying at WL... the room discount might be better.


Love that you are finding hidden mickeys at work. I think that is super sweet of her to do for you!

 

[petals]

That's so exciting. Maybe we'll bump into eachother, that would be so cool. Are you doing anything special for MVMCP like dressing up in Christmas colors or something?

Bo and I have been tossing ideas around but nothing has really stuck yet.

Dunno. I got t-shirt transfer paper so thinking of making a christmas Mikcey Mouse T-shirt and getting santa mouse ears over there to wear.

 

[Monknmom]

You are too funny "having a conversation with her butt"! My son is just like you (funny wise) and it's hard to punish him when he's been bad! I wonder how your mom did it because your a bit funnier than him!

WOW you got some good deals! I have been glancing for Disney stuff on my trips to stores too and harassing the disney store online and in the mall!

 

[disneyaddicted]

'Your post gave me some giggles.... "conversation with Bo's but" and "have your next project lined up"

Neat finds though, even if you are not going to use the chair.

Kinda hoping for fd too... although, I think I save more with my pin. I would have to have them price it out. Usually it would be fd all the way, but since we are staying at WL... the room discount might be better.


Love that you are finding hidden mickeys at work. I think that is super sweet of her to do for you!

Bo said she would prefer I not converse with her butt either

Last year I think they anounced FD for December sometime in July but I still frequent the discount and codes forum in search of any news. FDwould be such a life saver, it means I will be getting dessert with each meal no FD means no dessert for me plus those free snack credits allow me to afford my dole whip habit.

No hidden mickeys at work for a while now, Ally is in Vegas, I'm hoping she won't come back all about Vegas now and forget all the Disney conditioning I have been doing to her..eeer I mean for her. My other friend Lequetta wants to got to Disney with us, so I kind of have twofer going right now, it's my double project.

Dunno. I got t-shirt transfer paper so thinking of making a christmas Mikcey Mouse T-shirt and getting santa mouse ears over there to wear.

I am trying to talk my fam damily into wearing matching Christmas shirts for the party, I still have all my silk screening equiptment in my shop I might just whip up a design if I can get them to commit to it so far all they have agreed to is wearing red and green.

You are too funny "having a conversation with her butt"! My son is just like you (funny wise) and it's hard to punish him when he's been bad! I wonder how your mom did it because your a bit funnier than him!

WOW you got some good deals! I have been glancing for Disney stuff on my trips to stores too and harassing the disney store online and in the mall!

My mother taught me everything I know, she never had to reprimand my toilet humor, shoot, she writes fart songs to the tune of Disney music. My favorite is fumes beyond belief set to the music of Beauty and the Beast.

I am always on the lookout for Disney stuff. Bo had me go to walmart and get her the same Mickey mouse yoga-like outfit for her and while I was there I got the tinkerbell pants for myself. Walmart also has a huge selection of Disney stuff for the 4th of july, earings, bracelets, necklaces, ears, key chains. I picked up some bracelets for all of us and then some earings for me, I usually do the whole red, white and blue thing at work on the 4th of july, I have a watch with mickey dressed like uncle sam that will go with it perfectly.


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We have decided to get the park hoppers, talking with Bo we came to the realization that it was just something we needed to do in order to make sure we can see all that we want to, it takes alot fo the stress out of planning and opens us up to make last minute changes if need be.

We also decided to add another ADR, we keep saying we don't want to be held down by reservations but Bo wants to experience a little more than just QS meals, so we already hope to get CRT and Crystal Palace, and now we are going to add 50's Primetime. I like the food there and when I described the atmosphere to Bo she said it sounded like so much fun, so that is on the list too.

Mom got really sick last April and was hospitalized, she is still having issues and just isn't getting better as fast as we hoped she would, for a while we weren't sure if she was going to make the trip, even though she is on the mend we know she will never be up to the activity level she was before her hospitlization. It looks like she is going to make it but will need a wheel chair, not all the time, but we will take it with us to the parks everytime just incase she needs to rest. Mom doesn't like the idea of needing a wheelchair but understands it's for her best interest.

189 days till departure. 9 days till ADR's.

 

[Monknmom]

I am sorry about your mom! Your right though you'd rather have it and be safe!

And just keep it up with the shirts- it seems as though you have that ability to be a leader and get them to wear the shirts- plus how cute would that be? Your mom and her girls what a nice picture that would turn into!

 

[petals]

I am trying to talk my fam damily into wearing matching Christmas shirts for the party, I still have all my silk screening equiptment in my shop I might just whip up a design if I can get them to commit to it so far all they have agreed to is wearing red and green.

I cannot find red t-shirts anywhere at the moment here. It's all summer colours so yellow, pink, purple, pale green which looks very dissy but not christmassy if ya get my drift.

 

[Parla]

I would like to see a picture of you in the pocket chair. You know, for investigative purposes.

Sorry to hear about your mom. I hope she surprises everyone and really bounces back.

 

[disneyaddicted]

I set my alarm for 6:45am June 4th but I was up before the alarm. Who can sleep on the night before ADR's? Not me. I tossed and turned dreaming good and bad about getting the ADR's I needed. I had to have CRT for my sister Bo, I just had to.

I made myself a cup of capuccino and then went outside with my favorite Mickey mug to wait for the time I could call disney dining. My favorite Mickey mug says Robert on it. I bought it at a close out store a couple summers ago not seeing the name, just Mickey, days went by and I had my morning coffee in that mug still never noticing it said Robert until my family came for a visit and my Mom asked who Robert was. I felt several degrees of dumb at that point, I blamed my Disney blindness on not knowing that it was a personalized mug, no wonder they were selling for 2 bucks, I bought two that day, the other says ashley, but the robert/mickey mug is still my favorite and when people question the mug, I just tell them to call me Bobby.

I went back in and made another cup of cappuccino and got my work station ready, really all I needed was a pen and paper and my phone, but I don't go by Disney addicted just for funnzies, no I had my Mickey pen, and Disney paper, my Disney passporter and last but not least, my direct line to the mouse.

It's just like all those Washington big wigs having a direct line to the president only my phone is for much more important business, all Disney reservations and questions are made through this phone. It has never let me down.

At 6:59 and 50 seconds I hit speed dial. (Don't tell me you don't have Disney on your speed dial)
I am on the edge of my seat as the number goes through, they answered right at 7:00am, well it was a recording but not a recording telling me they were closed. I answered all the questions and then was put on hold, they estimated my wait time to be less than 3 minutes. Whaaaaaaat? I called right at 7, how could I be on hold for the next 3 minutes. Crazy, scary numbers and scenarios are now running through my head, not only is the open ADR window for all people heading to Disney on December 1st but also other people going earlier could also be making reservations, what if I don't get CRT? What if they tell me "OOooh sorry hon, we just gave away the last CRT reservation for that day 3 minutes ago.
I look down at my notes, I could switch days if I had to, and we are getting the park hopper after all so really this could still work. The music playing was the grinning ghosts song from Haunted Mansion, I liked it but would have prefered something a little more light hearted at the time. Usually it's a loop of the same song playing but grinning ghosts ended and "It's a small world." started to play. NOOOOoooooooo! I look at the clock, ok only 1 minute to go if their estimation was correct. At 4 minutes a tiny panic set in, if this is taking longer than the 3 minutes they said it would well then that means all the CM's are super busy fullfilling the dreams of others and I can just kiss CRT goodbye, I was thinking about how I would break the news to BO when CM Deondra (pretty name) came on. I answered her basic questions and then told I was hoping for CRT for lunch and first available seating for that if possible.
I could hear her clicking away at her keyboard and then she said.
"I have 11:45am on December 4th."

"I'll take it, book it now, jot us in right away before somebody else snatches it up."

Deondra gave a little laugh, "Your reservation is safe."

With that out of the way I could then relax and make the rest of the ADR's.

So we have

December 4th, lunch at Cinderellas Royal table.

December 8th lunch at 50's Primetime Cafe.

December 9th Breakfast at Crystal Palace.

Deondra told me to have a magical day and when I hung up the phone I danced around the kitchen like James Brown. Then I called Bo. I wasn't expecting her to be up that early on a Saturday especially if she had her grand girls because they sleep in, but Bo answerd on the 1st ring. I told her we got CRT and she sounded pretty excited, I don't know if she danced around like James Brown though, she wouldn't tell me even if she had. (I'm pretty sure she danced like Michael Jackson, I can totally see her moonwalking around her kitchen island.)

Now all I need to do is keep my fingers crossed for free dining to come out, having all my QS meals paid for would be so helpful, but for now I am still budgeting to pay for all food OOP.

Here is to hoping you all get the ADR's you want.

 

[disneyaddicted]

I am sorry about your mom! Your right though you'd rather have it and be safe!

And just keep it up with the shirts- it seems as though you have that ability to be a leader and get them to wear the shirts- plus how cute would that be? Your mom and her girls what a nice picture that would turn into!

My Mom is doing better now, she is gaining strength everyday.

Still no word on the matching shirts yet, I think it's because we all have different favorite characters, I am trying to figure out a way to include them all and not have it look gawdy.

I cannot find red t-shirts anywhere at the moment here. It's all summer colours so yellow, pink, purple, pale green which looks very dissy but not christmassy if ya get my drift.

Our Joanne Fabric has red all year, but usuall it's in kid sizes they get adult sizes in towards the end of summer. Good luck with that.

I would like to see a picture of you in the pocket chair. You know, for investigative purposes.

Sorry to hear about your mom. I hope she surprises everyone and really bounces back.

I will see what I can do abou that, the more I think about the pocket chair the more I realized that it wasn't such a great idea. I can only imagine the looks I would get from people, not that strange looks have ever stopped me from doing what I want, but I just don't want to end up in sombodies trip report a picture of me on that tiny chair and some silly caption under it. I mean I have got a Disney reputation to protect ya know.