Good Morning!
I hope your all have a good monday!
Mondays just are awful. AND i have to work to close tonight. boo. Normally will screw up my whole week from the lack of sleep starting on a Monday!
Mine for resorts would be: Beach Club, Yacht Club, Poly CL, Poly bungalows, PORS royal rooms, Boardwalk, Grand Floridian, Contemporary. So basically anyone we haven't already stayed at...
Cinderella's Castle is a good one too!
Restaurants: That we don't already have scheduled for an upcoming trip:
Wolfgang Puck Cafe
Afternoon tea
Crt
Citricos
Victoria and Alberts
Via Napoli
Il Mulino
Chefs de France
Olivias
Raglan Road
Garden Grill
I'm sure there's more.
Stuff to do: Caring for Giants tour, Undiscovered futureworld tour, keys to the kingdom tour, marceline tour, vip tour, would kind of like to celebrate different holidays there even if it would be crowded, festival of the arts, maybe a 5k, if they ever brought back the 24 hour day I'd love to do that, disney wedding, all the different dessert parties. Basically everything
Youtube channels: gillianathome, disunplugged/the dis, ohyeahdisney. Just started watching thetimtracker too. I also just started my own channel "happiest haunt" but I won't have any disney videos till we go in may. I do have a few small things up though!
You are!
Good plan!
I didn't even mention the Poly Bungalows! YES i need that too.. Which would be on that NO KID trip... LOL
Love all your adr wants. do you have a plan to do them?
YES the 24 hour event! I would love to do that!! I can pretty much say i won't be doing any of the runs anytime soon..
I will be looking up some of your you tube people!! I am looking yours up NOW!
I love tim tracker. and Adam the woo is a nut.
If I were turning 13 and the choices were a party with friends and a road trip to GA, my teenage self would have gone for party. You throw some awesome parties, so it is your fault. And, they are probably already talking to their friends about going on a road trip. Good luck with all that.
I still NEED to do my taxes. I wish they did them by themselves. I bought our flight tickets! Direct flights and that is a first for us. So excited!
HA HA HA HA it's my fault! That cracked me up. Tough toodles no party.
Your right they probably did say something at school. No worries IF any of the parents call i will let them in on my plans! they can play along.
I am SO JEALOUS. I do want to fly! this drive is a pain in the ***.
I'm definitely leaning toward Poly. We like the QS option there vs Boardwalk, which seems to not have decent choices. Of course we'll have a car this trip because I have to have it to get to the conference. Soooo, guess we could buy stuff for breakfast at a local grocery. Boardwalk would be wonderful for popping over to Epcot for F&W.
POLY DO EEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTT
It's a tough decision isn't it? so you just plan the next one.. Like i am doing.. For the boardwalk.
So how quick/easy is it to get to Epcot from Poly? I would guess it's quicker to walk to TTC then hop the Epcot monorail? This brings up the thought of stay at the Contemporary with walk to MK and quicker monorail to Epcot? It's also less expensive, but I love the Poly theme and of course: Dole Whip! Ack, decisions.
Not bad just a short ride on the monorail as long as it's working! LOL
BUT it is my favorite way to get into Epcot! it's so pretty going around it. Comptemporary is on my bucketlist i haven't stayed there since 1978!!!
it's cheaper??? Really?
Lol at your attempt to get the kids on the road to WDW with the Atlanta trip. Have they seen pictures of that aquarium? Awesome! Also, Coca-Cola, as well as many other cool things in Hotlanta! Figures. Guess you should not have given them a choice! (Baseball game might be something to dangle in front of them, since they love sports--unless they don't care for baseball?)
I DID! those little brats were all excited about it before! birthday trip? nope.
Oh they will get in the car.. Since i will be doing the reveal before hitting the road i guess.
Taxes--ugh. I haven't even started. Got everything to accountant for my business, but I generally do the personal ones myself, which I don't enjoy.
Nope.. numbers are not fun. always room for error and scares the living poop out of me. So GOOD LUCK!
We FINALLY went for dinner on Christmas Eve....I was kind of underwhelmed
It is BEAUTIFUL inside and very cool with the nighttime MK lights through the windows, but it our waiter was icky and we could never keep track of him. We were there over an hour and had to ask to see Piglet so we could finally leave....I think I need to get back here for a pre-park opening breakfast and give it another try!
Ohhh this is sad! Christmas eve dinner not so magical in the best place ever!
YES i want a PPO yet the opening show at the castle kinda ruins that too now.
This. Was. Awesome. I wish we had done it back when Jimmy was turning 2, but I was nervous he would be too scared to interact with the characters. Did you read this part of my TR yet? Your kids would love this!!!
No?? In the new one? i am behind and hoping to catch up today since this job is kinda slow.
Yes!! I remember reading about Arianna's Wild Africa Trek with her Mom and I kept thinking, "we must do this!" Rob, Dad and I finally did it on this trip and it was so incredible, I would do it again in one second!
I have SO many things still on my Disney Bucket list, but I have to agree with you on the ultimate----a night IN THE CASTLE would top anything else!!
No kidding I know Tess did it too! so FUN! Disney is seriously the only place we travel too because of all the stuff we want to do there!
Or i just move there and call it a day
Mo!! I'm so glad your planning is underway, and going swimmingly!
Thank you! and HI there!
Glad you had such luck with ADRs! We got stuck for BoG for 11 people, just couldn't get the right combo. Super glad you had better luck!! How soon after you booked did the special team contact you? We are booked CL at AKL in September too! Funny story: we may be switching to the Poly!! Pretty sure our dates over lap a bit, so I might actually get a chance to meet you and you darling family!!
I cannot believe the luck we had with ADR's i was in total shock!
OMG NO WAY! this would be AWESOME! they contacted me about a week before my ADR's were due. if not call them!
I'm so glad you're gonna do 50s! It's really a fun meal, plus dad's bar has one or two yummy drinks. The banter there is something you guys will do so well with; hoping you'll video tape your experience cause that's some YouTube gold, I'm sure!
oh I plan on making a lot of video's my parents bought us a video camera for Christmas!! Some may not be Disney/you tube appropriate? LOL
Your bucket list is awesome! I really want to see the Spirit of Aloha. i initially tried to do it this trip, but we've since changed plans like 45 times.
and will continue to change right? LOL
I like the idea of letting the kids decide the plans on their actual birthday. There are tons of yummy QS to enjoy.
I agree... honestly i am not going to stress myself out over it. we will get there and just say "where do you all want to go." if all three have different ideas we can go to those parks. NO BIG DEAL! as long as i get some sleep in a bed i'll be happy.
Slick thinking mom! Can't believe the boys tried to foil your plans with a party! Teenagers, they don't know what's good for them. Glad Meg knew what was up, lol!
I think they know but don't want to admit it. I'll explain in a moment.
Can't wait to see as details unfold!!
It's crazy!!
Getting all caught up!
Boardwalk and Poly are my fav two resorts. You can't go wrong!
We are hoping to stay at Beach Club in May. The pools are great.
Beach club is another one i would like to stay.. ohh i think i will be vacationing at Disney until i die.
Just getting all caught up as we have recently moved. You have been through a rough couple of months. It sounds like things are finally settling down. The Poly CL looks amazing. I can't even imagine how thrilled the kids will be. A surprise trip to Disney will knock their socks off. I bet they have no idea. I cannot believe you got all those ADRs for 14 people. When we went in November I had trouble with 9. We definitely didn't get everything we had hoped for. It sounds like you are going to have a blast.
How was the move? Hope all went well?
Life is crazy never stops just roll with the punches and keep on moving right?
I don't know if they know or not.. I won't give anything away and neither will they. So this is going to be tough couple of months!
I cannot believe it was that easy to get them all! I still haven't called the signature people. I should probably do that.. Then again shouldn't they cal me?
Ahhh... My #1 resort to stay at, some day - is the Poly and Boardwalk... They both speak to me. I do have to say though - when we stay at SoG, it's *almost* like we are staying at the Poly - since we use it a lot for our transportation hub and food... So, there's that.
I do love the poly.. Next trip will be at the boardwalk for sure!
I cannot believe you've never been to CP - what is wrong with you? PPO breakfast - it's the thing that trips are made of - you know that right? It's just not possible to END a Disney trip without going there... Ahhh, wait a minute - that's the deal... Your trips never really end? Right? Maybe we should stop going there too?
Nope never been. One of these years we will get there.
And your right! trips never end!!! just keep going!!!
And taking a trip to see Ariana - with out me... ??? Sorry - better make room for another person in that vehicle... And remember - I call shotgun... Unless you want me sick?
Your going to have to fight Tom for shotgun.. Don't think he will budge LOL!
We do plan on getting to GA one of these months! I want to see the aquarium!!
Miss you my friend... Can't believe it's been so long...
I miss you too,...
Hi Mo. Got my taxes done and filed. Thinking about upgrading to Contemporary or Poly. Contemporary seems so loud though. We have never stayed at a moderate. We did a value and deluxe. I should really stick to the resort I picked.
We have never done CP either, but it is on our ADR list this year. But not for PPO, since the reason for doing CP PPO is over.
YAY for taxes done!
upgrade..
do it
it's only money... LOL!
Good i am not the only family that has never been to CP!
oh wait your going this year.
I'm getting ready to book Poly too!
YES!!!! go to the POLY!!! LOVE IT ALL!!!
I hope you all have a great night! hope to update you all tomorrow!