What are you most excited about - right now?

[2Tiggies]

They were the ones I mentioned in my text to her, but she reminded me about the ones we had from the cart at the AK entrance - was our first (WDW) park (together) that we went to so I guess they held a special memory

That makes perfect sense to me. For a similar reason I love the ones in MK. DD did her first extra late EMH last year (12 - 3 am). We had been at Epcot from 8 am and it was our first full day. We went back to the resort for a swim and slept until about 10 pm then took the bus to MK half an hour or so later. By the time we arrived the parade was just coming around Main St and we got caught in the crowds and ended up in Frontierland. The short story is we hadn't eaten since noon when we had an early lunch. Nothing was open. We ended up buying a bucket of popcorn from one of the carts and an ice cream. Balanced meal. Too much salt balanced by too much sugar! At 3 am on our way out we stopped for coffee (juice for DD) and a cinnamon roll straight out of the oven. Not a soul in sight and the whole feeling and atmosphere was absolutely unforgettable!

Yes, we seem to agree on this favourite and have similar reasons for it too!

 

[luke]

That makes perfect sense to me. For a similar reason I love the ones in MK. DD did her first extra late EMH last year (12 - 3 am). We had been at Epcot from 8 am and it was our first full day. We went back to the resort for a swim and slept until about 10 pm then took the bus to MK half an hour or so later. By the time we arrived the parade was just coming around Main St and we got caught in the crowds and ended up in Frontierland. The short story is we hadn't eaten since noon when we had an early lunch. Nothing was open. We ended up buying a bucket of popcorn from one of the carts and an ice cream. Balanced meal. Too much salt balanced by too much sugar! At 3 am on our way out we stopped for coffee (juice for DD) and a cinnamon roll straight out of the oven. Not a soul in sight and the whole feeling and atmosphere was absolutely unforgettable!

Yes, we seem to agree on this favourite and have similar reasons for it too!

That sounds brilliant!! Gonna try and do one of the extra late EMH this year just for that sort of experience - will just have to make sure it's before a day when we're not going to a park thoough

 

[2Tiggies]

That sounds brilliant!! Gonna try and do one of the extra late EMH this year just for that sort of experience - will just have to make sure it's before a day when we're not going to a park thoough

That's the only way to do it. I just make sure that any very late EMH are followed by a waterpark day or a pool morning. It's really the MK 3 am ones that get you as once we only got back to the resort around 4 am.

My outline itinerary (which parks which days and the hours, etc) has indicators for this. At the end of a very late night I insert a bold red line with an exclamation mark. An early start has a green one at the top of the cells in the table. Then it is just a matter of making sure that there is never a green and a red together.

 

[scojos]

That's the only way to do it. I just make sure that any very late EMH are followed by a waterpark day or a pool morning. It's really the MK 3 am ones that get you as once we only got back to the resort around 4 am.

My outline itinerary (which parks which days and the hours, etc) has indicators for this. At the end of a very late night I insert a bold red line with an exclamation mark. An early start has a green one at the top of the cells in the table. Then it is just a matter of making sure that there is never a green and a red together.

hey i do that
what did we do before excel????

 

[luke]

Damn yous are organised!! I didn't even bother checking EMH's, just put our preliminary park plans in a table on Word then made our ADR's

Guess I'll still try and keep some of the spontinaety we love about staying offsite this way tho

 

[StephenKay]

A cruise to Barcelona starting in 3 weeks, then six weeks later the WBTA and a trip to either Old Key West or Beach Club at Christmas and New Years.

Anything to make good use of AP's and remove the horror of 67 hours delays on last Christmas trip booked to Orlando and Virgin sent us to Barbados, no kidding.

 

[2Tiggies]

Barbados?! It sounds lovely, but certainly not when it wasn't what was planned. Wow, 67 hour delay

Let's hope the rest of this year makes up for it, and then some!

 

[howlongtillsummer?]

Love all the hi-tech planners! Mine is in biro in a hard-backed notebook!!

I have never tried EMH as I have never stayed onsite CANT WAIT!

I organised all my outfits and DDs into plastic bags and into cases today! Her wee outfits are so cute. And I am not snacking till I get there so I can look less like an elephant in mine

Two years since I was in a bikini

 

[StephenKay]

Barbados?! It sounds lovely, but certainly not when it wasn't what was planned. Wow, 67 hour delay

Let's hope the rest of this year makes up for it, and then some!

Hi there,

Don't want to bring the mood down on the thread. Although we only spent 7.5 hours in Barbados, we had to book a hotel whilst in flight at a cost of $300 and then to have to beg AA for the last 3 seats to Miami and gave up as the airline dumped us on the next day flight at Miami so I hired a car and drove, up the road to Orlando only to be pulled by the police. He took pity.

 

[paul_toria96]

I'm most excited about getting the tickets, hopefully in 10 days or so

 

[scojos]

Love all the hi-tech planners! Mine is in biro in a hard-backed notebook!!

I have never tried EMH as I have never stayed onsite CANT WAIT!

I organised all my outfits and DDs into plastic bags and into cases today! Her wee outfits are so cute. And I am not snacking till I get there so I can look less like an elephant in mine

Two years since I was in a bikini

you see, my ideas arent that bad.. now you just need to pack 3 months out and we ll be twins

 

[Rohais]

I'm excited about potentially extending our September 2011 holiday from 12 nights to 21 nights

 

[2Tiggies]

Two years since I was in a bikini

More than 10 years since I had a pair of shorts.

Hi there,

Don't want to bring the mood down on the thread. Although we only spent 7.5 hours in Barbados, we had to book a hotel whilst in flight at a cost of $300 and then to have to beg AA for the last 3 seats to Miami and gave up as the airline dumped us on the next day flight at Miami so I hired a car and drove, up the road to Orlando only to be pulled by the police. He took pity.

It sounds horrendous. Did insurance not pay out toward any of those costs? You really deserve a fab holiday this year to make up for it!

I'm excited about potentially extending our September 2011 holiday from 12 nights to 21 nights

Wow, that's nearly double! I did mention at work that I wondered what it would be like to take 3 consecutive weeks and the horrified looks answered my question

 

[Rohais]

Wow, that's nearly double! I did mention at work that I wondered what it would be like to take 3 consecutive weeks and the horrified looks answered my question

I stayed for 3 weeks in 2007 and loved it I've done a basic itinerary for September 2011 and, according to DF, its simply not long enough. Something about not enough rest days I get bored easily so rest days =

 

[2Tiggies]

I Something about not enough rest days I get bored easily so rest days =

Tell your DF you can rest on the plane on the way home You sound like me! I blame the jetlag when I struggle through the first week back but TBH it is probably a combination of that, the pace of the trip and the fact that I go back to work the morning after we get back As I was saying .....

 

[CustardTart]

Right now I'm beyond excited that my DH is actually coming on our October trip after all!!!

 

[2Tiggies]

Right now I'm beyond excited that my DH is actually coming on our October trip after all!!!

You mean he was actually NOT going to go with at some point?

 

[2Tiggies]

I bought my retractable sharpie and a pack of 10 different coloured CD markers for autographs and journals (made photobooks so needed something permanent).

I've been sifting through all my notes and putting things into my schedules, itineraries and lists on the laptop. Looks so real now! BTW, am I the only one in this day and age who seems to be swimming in tons of paper ....!

 

[Rohais]

Tell your DF you can rest on the plane on the way home You sound like me! I blame the jetlag when I struggle through the first week back but TBH it is probably a combination of that, the pace of the trip and the fact that I go back to work the morning after we get back As I was saying .....

Part of my problem is I can't do great amounts of walking or standing. So, in WDW, I have a rented wheelchair. Go anywhere else in the world and I struggle. I went to Mexico and couldn't go to 90% of the places I wanted to as I wasn't able to access it, for one reason or another. So WDW is

I bought my retractable sharpie and a pack of 10 different coloured CD markers for autographs and journals (made photobooks so needed something permanent).

I've been sifting through all my notes and putting things into my schedules, itineraries and lists on the laptop. Looks so real now! BTW, am I the only one in this day and age who seems to be swimming in tons of paper ....!

You are *definately* not the only one! Currently, cluttered around my bedroom I have 6 pads of paper, 3 A4 pukka pads, 17 A4 ringbinders, and piles of unsorted sheets of paper. I just ordered 7 more pads of paper from Rymans today, including their half price Nu pads

I have a serious stationery problem

 

[2Tiggies]

You are *definately* not the only one! Currently, cluttered around my bedroom I have 6 pads of paper, 3 A4 pukka pads, 17 A4 ringbinders, and piles of unsorted sheets of paper. I just ordered 7 more pads of paper from Rymans today, including their half price Nu pads

I have a serious stationery problem

I also love stationery. Did I mention I am referring specifically to my Disney Planning notes, papers, books, lever arches, box files, ring binders ...... If it gets any worse I may need to consider hiring off site storage. Can you tell I like to plan? I am trying to get everything I need onto the pc now. I had it all on my last one but everything went with the hard drive and thankfully I have all the notes, books, etc. But really, more than half of it is either outdated, irrelevant or not necessary and I want to clear it out before I go.