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Yay for the surprise Dessert Party!!! That's going to be so much fun!!

Your drink on New Years looks REALLY good!!! :thumbsup2

Your trip is coming up SO fast!! That's so exciting!!! :banana::banana::banana:
 
Sometimes it's great to just wing it! I plan but it doesn't always happen that way, which is fine for me as long as everyone is having a good time, it doesn't matter if we go on which ride first.

Yah for first park day...MK! Love love love MK!

Hopefully we have great weather to be able to swim.

Sounds like a great day with your daughter!
 
your plans so far sound wonderful! Did you mean Savanah likes Test Track?? I kept re-reading it, but you didn't say it, so I wanted to make sure. I love your spread for New Year's Eve! It looked so fun and isn't Sapphire the most beautiful girl in the world?? Awe. So sweet!! So, you are planning on more tshirts for this trip? I cannot wait to see them! :cool1:[/B]
 
Yay for the surprise Dessert Party!!! That's going to be so much fun!!

Your drink on New Years looks REALLY good!!! :thumbsup2

Your trip is coming up SO fast!! That's so exciting!!! :banana::banana::banana:

I'm getting super excited!!! Oh that drink on NYE was so good...ice cream, cake vodka, & Baileys. I made a few of them, I don't even want to know the calorie content! :hyper:

Sometimes it's great to just wing it! I plan but it doesn't always happen that way, which is fine for me as long as everyone is having a good time, it doesn't matter if we go on which ride first.

Yah for first park day...MK! Love love love MK!

Hopefully we have great weather to be able to swim.

Sounds like a great day with your daughter!

I'm really hoping for some swimming weather. I can lay out in nearly any weather, it was 65 one of the days on my trip with Rey and I laid in the sun for over an hour...BUT...Savannah won't be happy about that, she'll want me to get in the water with her, so I'm hoping for warm enough weather to get in!

I'm waffling on the laid back planning, I may ask my BFF, Hope, to go over my park plans and come up with a loose plan for hitting the rides we want. I don't want to be rigid, but don't want to crisscross the park a hundred times either!


your plans so far sound wonderful! Did you mean Savanah likes Test Track?? I kept re-reading it, but you didn't say it, so I wanted to make sure. I love your spread for New Year's Eve! It looked so fun and isn't Sapphire the most beautiful girl in the world?? Awe. So sweet!! So, you are planning on more tshirts for this trip? I cannot wait to see them! :cool1:[/B]

YES! I will have to go back and fix that. Test Track is really the only thing she likes about Epcot! :eek: So, I'm thinking we will go through the regular line at least once so we can design our own car and also do FP! Not sure when the best time to do the regular line is...well, I do...it would be RD, but we are not doing RD at Epcot b/c the other parks take precedent for RD on our three mornings.
 

Shew! In the 20s! 29 Days and counting! I'm still waffling on our laid back touring plans, I may sit down with Hope (my BFF) and chat about a loose plan to follow. I just don't want to be too rigid...but don't want to crisscross all over the park either (which I have a tendency to do when grabbing FPs)

Thursday, February 7th-
Our 2nd park day! This morning we will grab a snack/refill our mugs for breakfast and then head over to DHS for rope drop! Savannah LOVES DHS and we have no problems figuring out just where to go when we get there.

from our 2009 trip:
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TSM is our first stop! and likely our 2nd and 3rd! ;) On the list I gave Savannah to circle the rides she wanted to go on, she not only circled TSM but put about 20 check-marks next to it as well. She said this meant MULTIPLE rides! :laughing:

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So, I think we will jump right in line and grab a FP when we get off. This will ensure 2 rides. Hmmmm...maybe I should grab a FP first and THEN ride standby. WHY am I so wishy-washy about this?!?!? I have never been this way before...I think REY RUINED me with his LEISURELY Disney ways! :rotfl:

We do not have a huge list at DHS, I'm hoping we can leave mid-day again for the pool, but I need to figure out what order we will do the other things we want to do there. RnRc is another must, possibly multiple rides, so we may have to go back and forth between RnRc and TSM.
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Savannah also said she wants to do the Animation class again. The LAST time (Jan 2012) when we did this, she was being a perfectionist and since she couldn't make it look just like she wanted, she gave up and REFUSED to draw at all. She said she wants to try it again, so we'll be sure to pop over there!
The muppets are also a must on our list. Can you believe that's it for our must-dos? I totally think we can get those done by lunch. I would PREFER to go back to POP for lunch, I never have any luck at DHS eating as a vegetarian, Savannah either!

Hopefully we will get more good weather, I would love more pooltime after lunch! Then we head back to MK for the rest of the evening. This will give us time to hit a few things we didn't do the previous day, I think a plan for that is in order b/c it will be a busier day at MK, so maybe things that normally don't have a huge line. I'm not going to bet on any FPs being available by the time we get there. (it's a morning EMH that day).

The REASON I am going back to MK, however, on a busy day, is that I have the dessert party scheduled! AND, we cannot go to WDW and just hit MK once. That's just wrong. ;) So, we will do some rides, have dinner at CHH probably, and then head to the dessert party at 7pm! At this point I'm going to see what Savannah wants to do. We can get a couple desserts and leave the dessert party to watch the parade if we want and then head back for Wishes at 8pm. It's up to her. I'm SO looking forward to watching Wishes again with my girl. :love:

I already told most of you that I can't watch it without her, I made Rey leave in November b/c I started to tear up trying to watch it without her. It was just that moment on our first trip where I realized the magic this place held for us and ever since it's something I feel like I share with her...or maybe not necessarily WITH...but FOR her. Our first trip with Rey there, I caught this magical shot of her and Rey watching it, right as my battery died on my camera. I'll never forget the moment and there's just something about watching your child's eyes light up that you just cannot describe!
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After Wishes, I suspect we'll head back to POP. I would love to plan an hour or two at DTD, but I know I always get carried away thinking I'm going to do these 16 hour days at WDW and by 8-9pm, I'm whooped! :rolleyes:

That will conclude our 2nd magical day! Just ONE MORE day left! *sob* This trip is not going to be long enough!



 
Great day planned!!! I'm a big, huge DHS person, so anytime spent in that park is great to me!! I really want to do the Wishes dessert party too! We'll see......I really shouldn't do the party being a diabetic, but then again, there's lots of things I shouldn't do being a diabetic that I still do.....:duck:
 
Great day planned!!! I'm a big, huge DHS person, so anytime spent in that park is great to me!! I really want to do the Wishes dessert party too! We'll see......I really shouldn't do the party being a diabetic, but then again, there's lots of things I shouldn't do being a diabetic that I still do.....:duck:

Well, All bets are off for me at WDW...it's a magical place where I can do things I normally cannot! That's how I look at it Ann! It's the coming home and getting back on track that's always hard for me after eating tons of junk at WDW!
 
Last planned day for us will be Friday.

Friday, February 8th-
This morning we will be headed to Savannah's favorite park! Animal Kingdom!
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Savannah is an animal lover...some might say OBSESSIVELY. She was annoyed that we waited until Friday to do AK, in fact, but I felt like it would be a fun way to end the trip since she loves it so much. I suspect we will spend the whole here with no pool break this time. I guess it will depend on how much we get done, but the list of things she wants to do (including Nemo) is large AND I know from experience that AK is the one park that takes forever even if you only have a short list. Maybe this is b/c we mosey along and enjoy it so much or b/c we crisscross across the park. I'm unsure.

I know we will ride EE a few times! It's my favorite!
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We'll have our CS lunch there and maybe we will leave after the afternoon parade. This is where it gets wishy-washy again. We wanted to leave DTD for our last evening so we could get souvenirs and such, so that is where we will be headed for dinner/shooping...BUT...Epcot has EMH, so I have us going to ride Test Track once more, watch Illuminations, and enjoy a couple last hours. I'm just unsure if that is realistic. I do think that last day we usually get a push to keep going b/c it's the last day, but I'm not sure we will make it, so we'll have to wing it! Watching Illuminations would be a magical finish...but DTD is a magical place for us as well so either will be fine!

The next morning our FLIGHT LEAVES at 7:30 in the morning, so I'm guessing they will make us leave at some insanely early time for ME and we will be sitting in the empty and probably not even open airport??? We will fly home and even with a 2 hour drive, we should be home by Noon on Saturday the 9th. That will be a sad, sad day b/c I'm not sure what to do with myself when I do not have a trip planned! With Rey wanting to go to Germany, we won't be able to go anywhere for quite a while, and Disney will have to wait.

I'll just have to focus on this trip and enjoying every single moment with my girl! :lovestruc
 
Very nice day planned. I like to mosey around AK, too and look at everything! I just can't imagine not having a Disney trip in the works. My deepest sympathy is with you.... :lmao: BUT, Germany?? WOW!!! That will be some trip!!! :goodvibes
 
Whew! I'm here and I just read your January TR aaaand you PTR with your DD so far! Needless to say, I'm enjoying your posts and all of your pics- you have a great eye. :goodvibes I will still need to go back and read your trip with your DH from November however... :thumbsup2 :surfweb:

Your plans sound great so far... I'm going with my 2 kids in less than 2 weeks and I know how you feel trying to squeeze it all in to 3 days!! :scared1:

Can't wait to hear more, and then read your TR when you're back! Looks like so much fun, and some great quality time with your girl! :lovestruc

Carla
 
Sounds like an awesome trip with your DD! I think that is an amazing thing that you are able to do just with you and your daughter! Enjoy, have a wonderful trip. We will be there the same time so maybe we will run into each other....if not I will love to read all about your trip when you get back!!
 
Very nice day planned. I like to mosey around AK, too and look at everything! I just can't imagine not having a Disney trip in the works. My deepest sympathy is with you.... :lmao: BUT, Germany?? WOW!!! That will be some trip!!! :goodvibes

I know, right?!?! Well, I'm exaggerating a bit...there is a trip in the future b/c I told Savannah that I would take her and her friends (and Hope...MY BFF!) to WDW for her 16th bday...but that is 3 3/4 years off! Can you imagine me making a PTR for THAT trip?!?! :lmao:

Whew! I'm here and I just read your January TR aaaand you PTR with your DD so far! Needless to say, I'm enjoying your posts and all of your pics- you have a great eye. :goodvibes I will still need to go back and read your trip with your DH from November however... :thumbsup2 :surfweb:

Your plans sound great so far... I'm going with my 2 kids in less than 2 weeks and I know how you feel trying to squeeze it all in to 3 days!! :scared1:

Can't wait to hear more, and then read your TR when you're back! Looks like so much fun, and some great quality time with your girl! :lovestruc

Carla

Hi Carla!! I hope you have a fabulous trip too! Will you be doing a TR?!?! Let me know if you do! I'm getting SO excited to have this time alone with my girl! :lovestruc

Sounds like an awesome trip with your DD! I think that is an amazing thing that you are able to do just with you and your daughter! Enjoy, have a wonderful trip. We will be there the same time so maybe we will run into each other....if not I will love to read all about your trip when you get back!!

Yep, I'm realizing just how special this is for us to go alone. I'll look for you! I'm super shy though, as is Savannah, so if you see me, come up to ME! You can't miss me with the camera around my neck stopping to take photos of every darn thing. :laughing:
 
26 DAYS!!!!!!!! I'm getting VERY VERY excited, but it's still very surreal and doesn't seem like we'll actually be there in 26 days. A bit of denial on my part, I think!

Yesterday we had a Disney Day with my BFF Hope & her daughter Kya! We haven't had one in a while and I wanted to make sure we did Little Mermaid b/c of the new ride in FLE. BUT we still didn't actually watch LM yesterday...they didn't have it on netflix.

Also, in Savannah-news...we colored her hair all one color. Shocking, I know! :lmao: The purple had faded to pink and blond, and so we did it all one color (close to her natural color) to fill it all back in. She may or may not do some more color strips before the trip, but it looks really cute all one color after having rainbow hair for so long. :p

Here are a couple pics:
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She looks a bit like Snow White with the red lipstick and dark hair. ;)
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Our Little Mermaid day...complete with seaweed!
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The girls brushing each other's hair with forks! :p
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and general silliness, naturally!
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We'll be doing Beauty & The Beast Disney Day as well b/c I plan on doing CS lunch there and want Savannah to have some reference to it, she hasn't seen the movie in YEARS. This time I will make sure to rent the movie though!

Tshirt post still pending b/c my printer ran out of ink and I had to order more, so I'm waiting for that to arrive. We are only actually doing 1 iron-on printed design, but I wanted to get those done and share them. As soon as that ink arrives!
 
Just got caught up on your touring plans- LOVE the old pics thrown in there! You guys are gonna have so much fun and make such great memories!

Can't wait for the write up on the new Be Our Guest dining. I plan on doing that in the fall when we go.

Love your Disney Days as well- you and Hope are so freakin' creative! Love it!

Happy last 30 days! I think sometimes the month leading up to the trip is just as exciting as the trip because of all the anticipation.

I'm already longing for our Fall trip.... we started putting the payments away first of year & it makes it that much more real!!!
 
Very nice Little Mermaid day! How did you make the "seaweed" --- I love it and the colors used! Are the round cookies supposed to be sanddollars, because that's what they look like. Nice job, Karen! You are so freaking creative!! :thumbsup2

I love Savannah's hair all one color. Victoria's streaks are basically orange now (as opposed to the purple they were originally). It's ok though. She's my little Merida now.
 
Just got caught up on your touring plans- LOVE the old pics thrown in there! You guys are gonna have so much fun and make such great memories!

Can't wait for the write up on the new Be Our Guest dining. I plan on doing that in the fall when we go.

Love your Disney Days as well- you and Hope are so freakin' creative! Love it!

Happy last 30 days! I think sometimes the month leading up to the trip is just as exciting as the trip because of all the anticipation.

I'm already longing for our Fall trip.... we started putting the payments away first of year & it makes it that much more real!!!

Absolutely! I will make sure to take pics and do a review on BOG for lunch, it will definitely be in my TR! Thanks, I'm not the creative one, it's mostly Hope!...well...and pinterest! ;)

Very nice Little Mermaid day! How did you make the "seaweed" --- I love it and the colors used! Are the round cookies supposed to be sanddollars, because that's what they look like. Nice job, Karen! You are so freaking creative!! :thumbsup2

I love Savannah's hair all one color. Victoria's streaks are basically orange now (as opposed to the purple they were originally). It's ok though. She's my little Merida now.

Hee! Totally Merida!

The seaweed is just tissue paper, you cut it a certain way (hard to explain in type, I found it on pinterest once for a decoration...not seaweed) and I thought it would work perfectly for seaweed! AND, it was supercheap and made it look like we had really done a lot when we didn't! :thumbsup2
 
Your Little Mermaid day looks just awesome~you are so creative! :goodvibes And Savannah's hair looks great! ;)

How exciting that you are only 26 days away... it goes so terribly fast... I'm only looking at 11 and starting to FREAK OUT that I have forgotten something!! :scared1: I doubt I will do a TR though since I have recently started back to school, and I work full-time. But I'll let you know if I do! :thumbsup2

Side note: I went back to read your November TR, and I got to the part where you said you bought a case of water for your DH. I soooo understand how important water is in Disney, as I also drink water like a fish all day myself. A hint is to buy a Brita water bottle with the built in filter. I used it on our last trip and was able to fill up water all day at the water fountains in the parks. Endless, cold, filtered water. And it was only about $10. Amazing! :worship:

Ok, now I'm rambling lol- I'll be back to catch up again soon!
Carla
 
Your Little Mermaid day looks just awesome~you are so creative! :goodvibes And Savannah's hair looks great! ;)

How exciting that you are only 26 days away... it goes so terribly fast... I'm only looking at 11 and starting to FREAK OUT that I have forgotten something!! :scared1: I doubt I will do a TR though since I have recently started back to school, and I work full-time. But I'll let you know if I do! :thumbsup2

Side note: I went back to read your November TR, and I got to the part where you said you bought a case of water for your DH. I soooo understand how important water is in Disney, as I also drink water like a fish all day myself. A hint is to buy a Brita water bottle with the built in filter. I used it on our last trip and was able to fill up water all day at the water fountains in the parks. Endless, cold, filtered water. And it was only about $10. Amazing! :worship:

Ok, now I'm rambling lol- I'll be back to catch up again soon!
Carla

That is a GREAT idea Carla, thanks! I will look into that the next time I bring Rey. I drink only water but at WDW I can get by with just water at meals and then diet coke or whatever in my refillable mug. Since we rented points on our Anniversary trip, we didn't have mugs, so that made it more difficult! This trip with Savannah we'll have not only mugs but drinks at every CS meal, so I think we can stockpile them when we have meals at Pop and then have something to drink later!

11 days!!!!! I would be freaking too! I WILL BE! :lmao:
 
Your party tables all look amazing, from Christmas, kids party, NYE and now your LM! Are you a party decorator/planner? ;)

Looks like fun!
 
Yahoo, just booked the dessert party for Feb 8th for my DH's birthday surprise. Hope you enjoy ours on the 7th!
 




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