So not sure if I mentioned it or not but Skyler ended her sophomore year with an A in Biomedical Science, Health, Spanish 2, Honors Chemistry, Honors English 2...and a B in Honors Advanced Algebra...not to shabby, although she should have gotten an A in Algebra too. She also got a job at Jewel about a mile and a half away form home...she is loving it for a few reasons. #1...she got out of the house even during quarantine! #2...she gets bored REALLY easily, like 2 days into summer vacation usually she is bored and cannot wait for school to start again. And #3...she loves making her own money and watching her bank account grow! She also FINALLY got her drivers license last Saturday!!!! It took about three and a half hours in all but she was SO excited, I cannot even tell you! Tyler couldn't care less when he was 16, in fact he did not get his until he was about 17.5. Needless to say, I didn't see her much for the first three days...she's just lucky I work at home so don't need my car most days...and that I can send a shopping list with her to work most days...haha!
We are still in limbo on our next trip, as I am sure most of you know. I wish Disney would just put the info out there so people could finalize plans! We have started pulling things together but we are not even sure where we will be so it's hard to pack and get excited. I am hearing good things about people booked in the first wave and am hoping that as soon as that wave is finalized we will be in the next wave, although I am sure there is much more involved as the parks begin to open. What I need to know to be comfortable in our plans is where we will be staying. I am good with staying at Pop. I am good with being moved at Disney's expense to ANY other hotel. I am not good with having to pay for Disney's choice of not opening everything. I understand why they are not but I think in the business they are in, their profit should not be the ONLY thing they consider and to me, that sounds like what it is...I do not buy that they are doing this out of concern for our health...it is all being done to make sure they can make a profit (they even said they would not open until they could make a profit) and the only thing it has to do with the virus is that that is what will deter people from coming! Anyway, I am ok with no fireworks or parades or character meet and greets (although I do like what Universal is doing so maybe Disney will do something similar...however, they can save money by not calling back character so...). I am ok with not all restaurants being open, although they have not said what will be open in the parks. I am ok with having to make a reservation to get into a park, but I don't like it...that is not how a Disney trip works...but again, knowing where people are on what days will allow them to cut costs. What I am not ok with is that I am hearing that an Annual Pass will not guarantee entry to a park per day. That is what made this pass worth it's crazy cost. I am not a gambling woman, I have no luck, so if the Annual Pass had block out dates or moving block out dates, I would not have bought it. Even after we move to Florida, I am not sure that we would get the cheaper resident passes because I would not want to deal with black out dates...that's how sure I am that the pass was purchased for using. I can deal without hopping too, but don't like it. The thing that is the biggest issue (next to having a hotel to stay in) is reservations. I have heard that someone was told that AP holders with a room reservation will be able to book for their whole stay...just will be subject to each park capacity...meaning that it might not be the park you want everyday, depending on when you get into the system and who else has before you. I would he fine with that. But something that will not make me happy is if we are not able to get 15 days of park reservations. I might be able to deal with "most" of our days having park reservations. But if we are limited to how many days we can book park reservations even though we are staying on sight for 14 nights, I will have to do some thinking.
Essentially, we are going to Florida no matter what. But I just need to be able to plan and be excited...that is part of a vacation! SO I need Disney to put out info on things they are requiring and doing....soon.
I did make 15 night reservations at Cabana Bay at Universal just in case. The room is cheaper and they appear to have their stuff open and in order. Staying on property gives you a head start on getting into a park...which at this time is not needed but who knows when people will start going in bulk! But the annual pass for Universal will cost us more. So, at this point we are still waiting to get excited...keep your fingers crossed for us!