Who knew choking each other would earn us fastpasses?

[racefanof88]

Nope...not me. I'm not afraid of heights, but I'm not climbing that...nope, nope, nope. Another $49 for the zip? That is crazy.

I'm with you Kathy. I am deathly afraid of heights.

 

[francis6306]

STINK! I thought Mama would do the zipline! I love the ropes course pictures- but I can't do those things!

 

[jenseib]

That looks neat, but I doubt i could do it either. My body and gravity are no longer friends.

 

[teedee]

There's no way I could do that. I got dizzy just looking at your pictures!

Terri

 

[ScotsMinnie]

That looked great fun! Can't believe that they would charge an extra $49 per person to do a zip line! Surely they are joking??? Why would anyone pay that amount of money to do that? They must be needing extra money to try to bleed their customers dry like that. A little extra maybe but that is over the top!

Can't wait to see more though! x

 

[MHTeacher]

Enjoying your Dollywood pictures, Lisa! I haven't been there in almost 10 years, but I remember the eagles. They're magnificent creatures.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Lisa, I miss a couple of weeks and look at all that's happening!

That is great news about Lacey and Jesse, they are such a wise young couple! This will be really nice for you and John to have that last bit of time with her being at home. Do they know what resort they'll stay at on their honeymoon?

As for your Pop thing, I think you made a great choice. We love Pop, have stayed there four times and doing our fifth stay for one night next month before moving over to CBR. I think the new rooms look great, we don't actually find the bedroom part of the room to be that much smaller than a mod and the bathroom works fine if you bring an over the door shoe hanger for all your "stuff". No nice big double sink area like CBR! I have gotten all four of us in a Pop room for ten nights and done just fine. Its my favorite value (have stayed at all of them) with Music being a very close second. It has an awesome food court too!

Love the Dollywood updates, that is the only theme park besides Disney I really want to visit!

Can't wait to read about all the wedding plans. Have they set a date? I may have missed that somehow.

 

[deedeew80]

Hi Lisa! I'm enjoying your Dollywood trip report! I can't believe it was that much more for the zipline!! I wouldn't have paid it either! Funny thing...the other night I was in bed flipping through the channels & came across David Letterman, Dolly was on there and she was talking about Dollywood's 25th year!!! I was cracking up!! So weird, reading about Dollywood on here and then seeing her on TV talking all about it! Too funny! Anyway. Hope you have fun dress shopping with Lacie! It's so much fun!!! However, once she does find "the one" I advise her to stop looking! LOL! I had found my dress & then hadn't looked again for awhile....then as my wedding day was approaching....I started looking at them again!!! Bad idea!!! Don't get me wrong...I loved my dress! But it's just not a good idea to look once you have definitely found that one!!!!! Good Luck!!!! Oh, and take lots of pictures in all the dresses she does try on!

 

[laashley]

Glad you have included your trip to Dollywood. It has been atleast 10 years since I have been. Plus, we have been looking at a non-disney vacation for next year and Dollywood is on the short list. The zip-line would have been neat, but not for $49 a person!

Hope you and John had a Happy Anniversary!

 

[charming23]

I agree with everyone that the price to do the zipline is ridiculous. You pay a ton to get into the park and then want even more money. I think you all were smart by passing it up.

Hope you had a great anniversary.

BTW I started my PTR over on the PTR board, there is a link in my signature if you are interested.

 

[deedeew80]

Good Morning Lisa! Hope you had a great weekend!!! Just wanted to let you know, if you didn't know already, that Mousesavers put out some discounts for WDW for 2011!!!! Unfortunately, not for when I am going yet! I'm keeping my fingers crossed! We are going I think around Oct. 18th 2011. Hope to get either free dining or a 40% off room deal!!!

 

[Bridora]

Too bad that stinkin' zip line was an extra $49!

But that Adventure Mountain looks like scary fun!

I hope you guys had a great weekend!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Just have a minute.....boss is in a bad mood. His vehicle wouldn't start and I had to go pick him up. Don't blame him on the bad mood because I had to shut down the office to go get him. And, it's already in the 90s. Just the temperature is enough to put somebody in a bad mood.

But I ain't in no bad mood. Yes, I know ain't ain't a word but I was just being silly. 'Cause I ain't in no bad mood. I'm in a fantastic mood!

I was able to take advantage of the new free dining promo Disney came out with today. I booked a stay at the Caribbean Beach for less than what we were going to pay at Pop Century! The promo didn't start until the day after we arrive but I will just book a room only reservation for that first night. We won't get free dining that night but we don't use a table service credit that night anyway...we usually eat in the resort food court.

The savings? Even with us paying for the room only reservation and an out of pocket meal for our first night AND paying for the package, we are saving about $1,300.00! I am super duper pooper scooper excited!

I am going to call Disney on my lunch hour as it said I successfully booked the package (and they took the $200 out of my checking account) but my confirmation number says "null". When I tried calling, it said that all circuits were busy. Hopefully, the computers were just overloaded and that's why I got the "null" confirmation number.

Once I get my boss in a better mood and busy with clients and such, I'll come back and post the last bit of Dollywood.

 

[Believeinfairytales]

Just have a minute.....boss is in a bad mood. His vehicle wouldn't start and I had to go pick him up. Don't blame him on the bad mood because I had to shut down the office to go get him. And, it's already in the 90s. Just the temperature is enough to put somebody in a bad mood.

But I ain't in no bad mood. Yes, I know ain't ain't a word but I was just being silly. 'Cause I ain't in no bad mood. I'm in a fantastic mood!

I was able to take advantage of the new free dining promo Disney came out with today. I booked a stay at the Caribbean Beach for less than what we were going to pay at Pop Century! The promo didn't start until the day after we arrive but I will just book a room only reservation for that first night. We won't get free dining that night but we don't use a table service credit that night anyway...we usually eat in the resort food court.

The savings? Even with us paying for the room only reservation and an out of pocket meal for our first night AND paying for the package, we are saving about $1,300.00! I am super duper pooper scooper excited!

I am going to call Disney on my lunch hour as it said I successfully booked the package (and they took the $200 out of my checking account) but my confirmation number says "null". When I tried calling, it said that all circuits were busy. Hopefully, the computers were just overloaded and that's why I got the "null" confirmation number.

Once I get my boss in a better mood and busy with clients and such, I'll come back and post the last bit of Dollywood.

Wonderful news about booking CBR and saving, too!

 

[deedeew80]

YAY!!! Well, I guess you did take advantage of the discounts!!!!! That is super!!! As we speak, my mom, stepdad, and two brothers are on their way to Disney! I want to go!!! They are driving. 16 hrs. NJ to Florida. They will stop for one night though. They left this morning. Already have hit some random traffic jams. DH, DD, and I will be going to NC on Thursday. We will be visiting my cousin. On the weekend we will be going to Myrtle Beach. I have never been so I'm looking forward to it. My cousin, her husband & their 2 daughters go all the time, so they know where to go and what to do. I'd rather be going to Disney, but at least we're going somewhere! The drive is about 7 hrs, she lives around the Raleigh area. I HATE driving!!! I drove to Disney once & don't ever want to do it again. Unless of course it's the only way I can get there! Definitely going to Disney next year though!!! So excited to take my baby for her first time! She will be almost 2 by then! WOW!!! After our Disney trip next year we will be trying to add to our family again!!! Excited about that also!! Well, before I write an even longer book here.....I will go! Talk to you soon!!

 

[dismagiclover]

for getting the free dining upgrade! I know how you love CBR!

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Wow! All caught up on the Dollywood installments. Looks like you guys are having a great time!

I was at the pic of John on the phone ON the ride! That man and his phone....too funny!

Hunter's soul mate, my Isaiah, can also spend HOURS in the bathroom! It's a running joke in our house! Those two would be such good buddies!

Love the picture of your serene and genteel Lacey!

I am so glad you were able to take advantage of the INCREDIBLE free dining deals that came out today! I so wish we could, but it looks like there is no Disney trip for us in 2011....maybe 2012 for our 20th anniversary. We'll see. I'm sad for me, but happy for you! I know how much you love CBR!

 

[Angies1274]

Hi Lisa! I'm all caught up again!!

I've loved reading about your Dollywood trip! It sounds like you had a lot of fun!

You got some great Eagle pictures...wow!! I can definitely understand why Lacey was so fascinated with them.

Aww....too bad the zip line cost more. That seems an awful lot more to pay on top of what you already paid to get in!

And...YAY!! for Free Dining and booking CBR!!! You were able to save a ton of money and get to stay at the resort you love so much!! I'm so happy for you!!!

 

[Mommy2LittleVols]

Hi Lisa! I've seen you on a few other threads that I follow and have been lurking on your TR for a while. I'm all caught up, so I thought I'd post and say "Hi!" and that I'm really enjoying your report!

We live in TN and have season passes to Dollywood (and Splash Country) this year. It's been really fun to read about your first visit there! My kids love the train, but I *hate* trying to get all the cinders off afterwards. We spend a lot of time in the Country Fair area and watching shows when we have the kids with us, but occasionally DH and I will find a babysitter and just go ride all the rollercoasters. I hope you guys were able to ride Mystery Mine. It's a trip!

Congrats to Lacey and Jesse on their engagement! Looking forward to reading more!

ETA: WOOHOO for being able to take advantage of Free Dining!! We're going in March (first stay at CBR! ) and were able to book FD, too, after we changed our dates a little.

 

[KatMark]

Yay at your being able to get a better deal and going back to your "home." I know you would have been fine at Pop. But you are like me...you have found your "home" resort and that is where we truly want to stay.