We're All MAD here! SPAZZ hands, cupcakes, booze, and running...GSC Feb. 2015 PTR

[Victoriasmom98]

Just stopping by to say HI!! and to make sure you don't forget me!!!!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Just stopping by to say HI!! and to make sure you don't forget me!!!!

Forget you?!?! I'm not sure that's possible Ann.

I just saw your MB's are coming! Woot!

 

[annmarieda]

189 days! That means 9 days until ADR's!

9 days? Wow! that is coming up quick. I am not going to make ours so I haven't been paying attention to when. We do have a plan though for where on what days and who is going to be eating...but I will wait to find out what time we are eating once they are made.

Thursday, February 19th, 2015
Arrival AKL
Expo!
Back to AKL pool/drinks
Walk-up Boma dinner or
DTD for dinner Wolfgang
more drinks!

I am with ya... looks good! I think we will be doing very similar things. Except we are not gong to DTD at all given how much of a mess it is right now. I would hope it is better by February but just to be safe we are skipping DTD all together.

Friday, February 20th, 2015
TweedleFourParksOneDay!
rope drop EE
DHS (FP+)
boat to Epcot
monorail to MK
CS meals all day wherever

That is awesome! I may have to copy that plan at some point. Not in February, but possibly in January. Staying at AKL makes it easy to get to AK... and then the hardest jump is going from AK to DHS.

Saturday, February 21st, 2015
Enchanted 10K!
Back to resort/clean up/swim/hot tub
MK (FP+)
Epcot for early dinner w/Cupcakes (ADR Via Napoli 4pm)
EARLY to bed!

Fun day!

Sunday, February 22nd, 2015
Princess Half Marathon!
Back to resort/clean up/hot tub
Lunch ADR at Sanaa
and more drinks!
Cupcake crawl monorail resorts
stop by MK for castle pic w/medals
Epcot afternoon/drinks
8pm Jellyrolls

There you go... like the energizer bunny. While I definitely plan to conduct business as close to normal as possible... I probably won't be going as strong as you. A drink or two and I will be done... a group of us do plan to hit the ditch.... Which will be fine if I have one. As for desserts... yeah I think I might get a bit ill if I had a bunch. Too much processed sugar after a long run makes me feel like

Monday, February 23rd, 2015
breakfast Boma??
airport/home

Sad day

 

[Trentmom]

Yay for have airfare booked


Your plans look awesome

4 parks in one days sounds like that is going be crazy fun!!!

Cupcake crawl sounds delicious

 

[Tinker326]

Yep, I think we should make an ADR. What time do you want me to make it for?

Whatever time is fine with me- I am going to try to book my air as close as humanly possible to yours so we can match up all the plans easily. I'm good with early, I'm good with late. I'm good with whatever my Tweedle wants!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Whatever time is fine with me- I am going to try to book my air as close as humanly possible to yours so we can match up all the plans easily. I'm good with early, I'm good with late. I'm good with whatever my Tweedle wants!

Are we going to try to hit DTD Monday morning? I'm not sure what time anything opens there, if it's 11am, that won't work. My flight leaves at 3:15 so I'm guessing DME will leave AKL for the airport for my flight around noon, 12:15 at the latest.

I'll make the ADR early (8ish) if we have plans to do something afterwards? Hmm....what to do from 9am-noon at WDW.

Also, I have been checking out ADR times and seeing what is available this week when things open, or a day or two later...Sanaa opens for lunch at 11:30am. When I go to make an ADR for Sunday the 8th of Feb(as far as you can right now), it only has 1pm and later available. We should talk about what we will do if this happens when I go to make our ADR's. Will you want to wait until 1pm? Should I make it anyway and we can try to get in early? Do we have a cutoff time where I shouldn't make the ADR if earlier isn't available?

As for Boma, I checked breakfast and they open at 7:30am. Pretty early when we are staying out late at Jellyrolls the night before, but I have no idea if you rise early regardless...

 

[momabaarjo]

189 days! That means 9 days until ADR's!

So, here's a rough draft of the TweedlePlans with the ADR's we have so far:

Thursday, February 19th, 2015
Arrival AKL
Expo!
Back to AKL pool/drinks
Walk-up Boma dinner or
DTD for dinner Wolfgang
more drinks!

I think we are going fancy for the evening...with a signature and wishes!

Friday, February 20th, 2015
TweedleFourParksOneDay!
rope drop EE
DHS (FP+)
boat to Epcot
monorail to MK
CS meals all day wherever

Curious about this day...and what you have planned for each park...thinking this sounds like so much fun! We plan on ending our day once again with Wishes from some place not sure yet!

Saturday, February 21st, 2015
Enchanted 10K!
Back to resort/clean up/swim/hot tub
MK (FP+)
Epcot for early dinner w/Cupcakes (ADR Via Napoli 4pm)
EARLY to bed!

I can't wait for this dinner! It is going to be so much fun...cupcakes, wine, carbs, and cute Italian boys! Oh yes and the zeppoles too!

Sunday, February 22nd, 2015
Princess Half Marathon!
Back to resort/clean up/hot tub
Lunch ADR at Sanaa
and more drinks!
Cupcake crawl monorail resorts
stop by MK for castle pic w/medals
Epcot afternoon/drinks
8pm Jellyrolls

I think our plans are just about the same for this day...loving the hot tub schedule...Sanaa for lunch...cupcakes all afternoon and of course the drinks...and then party the night away with jellyrolls!

Monday, February 23rd, 2015
breakfast Boma??
airport/home


Huh? So we only have 2 ADR's to make? Is this right Tweedle? Here I was all excited! Well, I think it leaves more room for flexibility and more money for booze and cupcakes! What do you think?

We are working on finalizing our plans right now too...can't believe that ADR is rapidly approaching!

 

[momabaarjo]

Are we going to try to hit DTD Monday morning? I'm not sure what time anything opens there, if it's 11am, that won't work. My flight leaves at 3:15 so I'm guessing DME will leave AKL for the airport for my flight around noon, 12:15 at the latest.

I'll make the ADR early (8ish) if we have plans to do something afterwards? Hmm....what to do from 9am-noon at WDW.

Also, I have been checking out ADR times and seeing what is available this week when things open, or a day or two later...Sanaa opens for lunch at 11:30am. When I go to make an ADR for Sunday the 8th of Feb(as far as you can right now), it only has 1pm and later available. We should talk about what we will do if this happens when I go to make our ADR's. Will you want to wait until 1pm? Should I make it anyway and we can try to get in early? Do we have a cutoff time where I shouldn't make the ADR if earlier isn't available?

OH NO...need for a back up plan is not good! Thanks for the heads up on this!

As for Boma, I checked breakfast and they open at 7:30am. Pretty early when we are staying out late at Jellyrolls the night before, but I have no idea if you rise early regardless...

We were thinking an early breakfast too...hoping for CP 8:05 so we can get medal pictures and the castle with few people...but then "I think to myself" if I am partying with the Tweedles (what a wonderful world) can we physically do this?

 

[Tinker326]

Are we going to try to hit DTD Monday morning? I'm not sure what time anything opens there, if it's 11am, that won't work. My flight leaves at 3:15 so I'm guessing DME will leave AKL for the airport for my flight around noon, 12:15 at the latest.

I'll make the ADR early (8ish) if we have plans to do something afterwards? Hmm....what to do from 9am-noon at WDW.

Also, I have been checking out ADR times and seeing what is available this week when things open, or a day or two later...Sanaa opens for lunch at 11:30am. When I go to make an ADR for Sunday the 8th of Feb(as far as you can right now), it only has 1pm and later available. We should talk about what we will do if this happens when I go to make our ADR's. Will you want to wait until 1pm? Should I make it anyway and we can try to get in early? Do we have a cutoff time where I shouldn't make the ADR if earlier isn't available?

As for Boma, I checked breakfast and they open at 7:30am. Pretty early when we are staying out late at Jellyrolls the night before, but I have no idea if you rise early regardless...

If we get those 4 days we were talking about I'd rather do something like early Boma breakfast and then maybe hit a park for 1/2 rides (maybe AK/EE since it's RIGHT there?). If we don't get 4 day park tickets.. then I'm game for DTD or even just more pool time...

So maybe an 8am ADR? I am a light sleeper and an early riser so I am guessing I will be up fairly early regardless of how little sleep we've had the night before.... That would allow us to be done by 8:45 probably and to a park by 9 for a few hours o' fun before unmagical express?

As for the Saana only being available at 1pm. I think that might be too late? Don't you? My thought for this would be if we can't get a fairly early Saana lunch, we go with a Saana early dinner on our arrival date instead...and then the day of the PHM- just get CS somewhere before the cupcake crawl? I dunno, what do you think?

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

If we get those 4 days we were talking about I'd rather do something like early Boma breakfast and then maybe hit a park for 1/2 rides (maybe AK/EE since it's RIGHT there?). If we don't get 4 day park tickets.. then I'm game for DTD or even just more pool time...

Not sure on the 4 day since we're getting them now discounted from that travel agent. I'm assuming they will have 4 day as well, but not sure?

So maybe an 8am ADR? I am a light sleeper and an early riser so I am guessing I will be up fairly early regardless of how little sleep we've had the night before.... That would allow us to be done by 8:45 probably and to a park by 9 for a few hours o' fun before unmagical express?

I like this plan!

As for the Saana only being available at 1pm. I think that might be too late? Don't you? My thought for this would be if we can't get a fairly early Saana lunch, we go with a Saana early dinner on our arrival date instead...and then the day of the PHM- just get CS somewhere before the cupcake crawl? I dunno, what do you think?

I will be DEAD by 1pm if I can't get a full-HUGEA$$-meal in my belly after running 13.1 miles! I'm going to shoot for 11:30 since that's opening and I think if we can't get noon or earlier then we should go with the Sanaa dinner on Thursday. I actually think this sounds good, we'll get back from the Expo and eat before heading to DTD.

 

[ARmom30]

This is how behind/confused I am, I thought you posted the haircut pictures on your TR. Lol. Your plans are all coming together!! I need to get busy on mine for PHM. My mom is probably going to travel with me and my 2 boys.

 

[Tink-erin-belle]

Hi, Karen! I just realized that I wasn't subscribed to this PTR! I know I read some of it, but I must have only commented on your TR! I'm going back now to read...

 

[Tinker326]

Yo- Tweedlemeister....



Just poppin' to say "Jazzarit". Seems like forever since we've Tweedleconnected! Crazy busy lives we lead.

You will be happy to know I got myself back in the saddle and me and my fat a$$ have run lots over the past two weeks. There is hope yet that you will not be carrying your Tweedle Dum across the finish line!

I'm gonna get on those Tweedle Bows soon and get those ordered. And I'll be collecting our Tweedle shirts next month (they are out of state currently but I'm seeing her in October and she's brining them).

Have a Jambo Tweedleastic weekend.

Tweedle Out.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Yo- Tweedlemeister....



Just poppin' to say "Jazzarit". Seems like forever since we've Tweedleconnected! Crazy busy lives we lead.

You will be happy to know I got myself back in the saddle and me and my fat a$$ have run lots over the past two weeks. There is hope yet that you will not be carrying your Tweedle Dum across the finish line!

I'm gonna get on those Tweedle Bows soon and get those ordered. And I'll be collecting our Tweedle shirts next month (they are out of state currently but I'm seeing her in October and she's brining them).

Have a Jambo Tweedleastic weekend.

Tweedle Out.

Jazzarit!!!!!!

I miss my tweedle, but such is the craziness of tweedlelife, yes? Right now it's taking all my energy to plan and stay quiet about that thing I told you about in a PM a while back.

I have a 10K a week from today that I'm sorely unprepared for, I've been running 4 miles over and over all summer long, but rarely have gotten to 5...so 6.2 is going to be pushing it!

I can't wait to see our shirts! SQUEEEE!!!! That's a supertweedlesquee too.

 

[momabaarjo]

Sure have been missing the Tweedles and all the fun they bring to the conversation...here's hoping that with fall approaching all the busy crazy lives settle down!

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[Twoboysnmygirl]

Sure have been missing the Tweedles and all the fun they bring to the conversation...here's hoping that with fall approaching all the busy crazy lives settle down!

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Those are sooooo cute Tammie!!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Uh, hello ignored Pre-Trip Report!

I have been busy! Running is going well still, I'm excited to start upping the mileage in October for GSC training!

Our world right now has been turned upside down by one ginger-guitar-playing-genius. If you don't know who Ed Sheeran is, you are missing out, just sayin'.

Anyway...last week Savannah, her friend Isabella, and I drove 4 hours to KC to see Ed perform. Savannah is a HUGE Ed Sheeran fangirl, she has all his music and knows just about everything about him. She has made friends all over the world on social media, all revolving around Ed. I have to say, at least she picked someone talented and super nice to admire.

Ready for some pics? I had TONS, so it was hard to pic, here are some of my favorites:

After our drive, we arrived at the hotel room and the girls got ready. They had made tshirts for the concert and they came out SO CUTE when we tied up the arms with ribbons!

lyrics from one of his songs that they thought would be fitting for the night!

My attempt at making a face didn't quite work out here...

Our hotel was in walking distance of the Sprint Center, so we walked to the concert and I took some pics on the way.

These are the shoes they made. They bought white canvas shoes for 6$ at walkmart and used sharpies to make Ed's Tattoo's on them.

My favorite two shots of the evening, I just adore my girl, when I look at these, I just grin b/c they are SO HER.

The night wouldn't have been complete without some silly selfies...

We had 14th row! It was really close, even if my unzoomed shots make it look farther than it was.

Jeez, I need to practice my selfies some more before the Tweedles hit WDW!

Amazing show, but we knew it would be. Ed uses only his guitar and a loop pedal to "build" in different sounds to make the song. No flashy dancers or band and he is ALL THAT. Ok, I admit, I'm a bit of a fangirl myself. I really love his music.

Ah, phones instead of lighters...Savannah says technology is safer than concerts of old.

So, even though the concert was amazing, the amazing night did not end there. We had a plan. We were going to wait outside and try to meet Ed. He is known for coming out and meeting fans, this seems unusual to me for someone that plays such large arenas, but we were determined to wait.

The story is really long and I've typed it out on FB but just can't do it again. Let's just say we ended up RUNNING down the street where we had been told he was outside a club and signing stuff and Savannah got to meet him! Not only was he super kind and sweet to her, he took her phone right out of her hand and took a selfie with her. My girl was on cloud nine and burst into tears when she turned away from him. As a mother, it was just amazing to see her so over the moon and experiencing something that was pretty much on the top of her list EVER of things to do.

It was so fast though, I had no time for camera settings, so my pics are blurry. Luckily her phone took a good shot and another girl there came up to her and said she had a shot and texted it to her.

That last picture her face is priceless. They had taken the selfie and she started to turn away and he was reaching out to HUG her! Isabella kind of pushed her back into him and I think she was in complete shock that he was hugging her. He was just really genuine and friendly and seemed to care. I liked that.

We headed back to the hotel, girls on cloud nine and in tears...

So yeah, once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing, it was fantastic! Savannah is STILL a bit blown away and yesterday all she talked about was how it had been 1 week.

That's what's been going on here! I've got some things coming up, I'll have to post about those in a week or so when I have more to share! RIGHT TweedleDum?!?!?!!

 

[Trentmom]

Love the girls shirts and shoes. They came out great

What an awesome experience for the girls

Ed sheeran seems like such a genuine guy. So neat girls got to meet him

 

[My_Pal_Pluto]

OK ... first you reeled me in with,
"... Leaves more money for booze and cupcakes:

LOL ... brilliant ... LOVE it!!

Then ... you tip the scales with the tale of Ed Sheeran and your girls (and - admittedly - your own) fandom for him ...

Years ago ... like three I think ... my wife and I went to see "Snow Patrol" at the Electric Factory in Philly ... Gary Lightbody gives a fantastic intro to his "bud" - some ginger dude from England ... Ed Sheeran ... and says, "give it two months, everyone will know who he is". By the time he'd finished we were awestruck and ... yep ... within two months from that concert he was (and is) everywhere!!

Pics of your daughter and her friend meeting him are priceless ... just awesome!!

So yea ... all that to say, looking forward to following along with your PTR and planning!!

 

[Tinker326]

I LOVE the selfie where you are supposed to be all bada$$ and you are like just smiling.... like a Tweedle should! So awesome.

That concert just sounded like such an amazing experience for your girl! She will never, ever forget it. What great memories.

Only few more days of secret keeping! Woo!!!!