Will 17 days be enough??? My PTR! Lots of PICS!!*Updated 08/05-I'M BACK!!*

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Yahoo! I can finally start a PTR now and since I have been planning this trip since we returned from our trip last April, I have it pretty much finished. Although, as well all know things get changed & shifted..so we will have to wait & see!! So, for the first part of the report I'll introduce the cast!:cool1:

Firstly, there's me, Jen! I just love everything disney, from movies to the parks to the music...EVERYTHING!!!I talk about disney world all the time :cool1: I am a substitute teacher, who was lucky enough to land a long term substitute position from March until the end of the year! This is my third year of subbing and am hoping for a term next year. Interviews are next week, so wish me luck:worship: Ok back to disney... I was never one of those lucky children that was able to go to disney as a child. Although, I can always remember wishing and praying and entering every contest to win a magical trip to visit Mickey!!:wizard: BUT, no such luck :sad2: I would have to keep dreaming....

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That's me on Canada Day!

The next wonderful person that will be joining the cast is my husband Matt. He's a lawyer with legal aid and gets 3 weeks of paid vacation a year, so he is pretty flexible when it comes to dates to pick for visiting. He was one of those lucky people that was able to visit disney as a child, with both of his parents being teachers, they went every year when he was growing up!!!:eek: :yay: He enjoys disney just as much as I do!!

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That's Matt!! :)

Our History

Also joining us on our vacation will be my Inlaws (Matt's parents) Gail & F.X., both retired teachers. Although, they will not be going to disney with us...crazy, I know!!:rotfl2: They must be :sick: I do not understand how someone could be in Orlando and NOT go to disney!!! That is just silly!!

Matt & I met at university, he was in his 4th year and I was in my 1st. We met in January 2001 and have been together ever since :love: We went through school together, and when he got into law school I transfered so we could still be together! We were married on May 7th, 2005 and it was the best day of my life!!!

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It was even better when his parents told us months before our wedding that they would pay for our honeymoon or give us money and before Matt finished saying honeymoon, I was jumping (literally...yes I starting jumping!!) on the bed, screaming.."I am going to DISNEY WORLD!!!!!":dance3: I was so excited..so the countdown began and on May 8th, 2005, I was finally able to say that I have been to WALT DISNEY WORLD!!! We went for a week and the crowds weren't too bad and I was able to see a lot!

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Our next trip wouldn't be for another 2 years :( April 2007...we got a really good deal on tickets, hotel, car and flight and decided last minute that we would go for Easter! It was a lot of fun, but very busy! The trip was also only for a week, and I wasn't able to see/do everything that I wanted this time :(

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NOW...onto this trip!! We decided this year that we would go for 17 days!! Yes, over 2 wonderful weeks full of disney. We are staying offsite :( [booo] but we couldn't pass up the good deal for a 3 bedroom townhouse ($1300)!! We already booked our airline tickets, July 17-August 2nd we will be there!

We will be getting 10 day PH WP&More tickets.

Up next: ADR's, intinary, & before the trip shopping!!

Thanks for Reading :dance3: :yay: :woohoo:
 
Jen.. Im in!

We are alike in that I didnt visit WDW until I was an adult either! I absolutely love everything to do with Disney and cant get enough of it..

17 days??:scared1: :scared1: You are my hero :worship: I could only wish to visit for that long..

Cant wait to hear more..
 
Jen.. Im in!

We are alike in that I didnt visit WDW until I was an adult either! I absolutely love everything to do with Disney and cant get enough of it..

17 days??:scared1: :scared1: You are my hero :worship: I could only wish to visit for that long..

Cant wait to hear more..


Woohoo!! My first post from someone!! Yahoo, you made my day! :dance3: Thanks for joining in...
 
:wave: Hi! I'm in as well. :cool1: What a cute couple you all are.

We are planning a 12 nighter in Oct so I'm excited to read about another one being planned. 17 days WOW!

Loved the pics of you on your wedding day. So beautiful!

-Shawna
 

:wave: Hi! I'm in as well. :cool1: What a cute couple you all are.

We are planning a 12 nighter in Oct so I'm excited to read about another one being planned. 17 days WOW!

Loved the pics of you on your wedding day. So beautiful!

-Shawna

WOW! A 12 day trip in October will be fun, are you planning on writing a Pre-TR?? I would love to read it if you are :banana:

Thanks for joining in!!
 
Okay so where'd I leave off....right...

How the trip came to be

You already know that my 1st WDW trip was in 2005 for our honeymoon. We had a blast, and DH has always loved it there and well...I bet everyone can imangine how a disney crazy person would react...let's just put it this way that I cried (in a good way) when I reached WDW. So anyways, we didn't go in 2006...I really don't know why...probably the whole money thing...:confused3 :rotfl2:
So fastfoward to 2007, DH came across this awesome deal for air, hotel & car for $1300 for 2...whole trip about $2000....we grabbed that!! As soon as that trip was over, I told DH that "There is NO NO NO way I am waiting 2 years to go back, we are going next year" and he agreed. We couldn't go over a year without going to OUR favorite place in the whole world! So in October 2007 we had enough aeroplan miles to buy our flight and we did, so we booked a 2 week flight from July 5-19th. Again, fast foward past Halloween and Christmas. DH applied for a conference on Prince Edward Island and the dates were July 6th to 11th. He really wanted to go, so we decided that if he was accepted we would go and re-arrange our flight for disney. :surfweb: Well, he was accepted and I can tell you it was a scrammble to find a good flight to Orlando, :confused3 but I did find a good one and it was for an even longer period of time...July 17th to August 2nd! :cool1: 17 days, I can tell you I am okay with that!!

So if you are gonna be at WDW between those dates, we should have a dismeet!!

Up next: Intinary , pic of my countdown calendar and how the inlaws change everything!
 
So, whre was I?! Ah..yes...well it is only 17 days until we leave for disney and my in-laws changed it all! We had offered to anyone that wanted to come to Orlando when we were down there, a place to stay. We have rented a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhouse and we figured we'd have plenty of room. Well no one was bitting and I went ahead and did my intinary....had it all down to a science (as I am sure you all know how it goes...working around those ADR's and such!) Well..my lovely MIL decides they are goping to come down for a week (RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of our trip!!:scared: ) AND to make maters worse- THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DISNEY!! [are they :sick: how can one come to Orlando and not go to disney world!!] Anyways, I had to scrammble and re-arrange ADR's, re-arrange disney days because we will have to o somethings with them...and luckly it all worked out and everything is fine...here's our plans...

Jen & Matt Visit Disney World Again!!

July 17th- Arrive in Orlando at 8:30pm
July 18th- Magic Kingdom all day
July 19th-Animal Kingdom in the morning
-HWS in the afternoon
-ADR at Sci-Fi Dine Inn @ 1:30pm
July 20th-Epcot all day
-ADR at Le Cellier @ 2:10pm **Illuminations Night**
July 21st-Magic Kingdom in the morning
-Animal Kingdom afternoon
July 22nd-DTD in the morning
Meet Inlaws at townhouse
go out for dinner
July 23rd-Animal Kingdom
-Hollywood Studios
**Fantasmic Night**
July 24th-Disney
July 25th-Universal Day (not nearly as fun as disney)
July 26th-Day Shopping around Orlando w/the inlaws
ADR at BOMA for 6:35pm
July 27th- Day down in Indian Shores
July 28th- In laws leave/we do disney...;) **Wishes Night**
July 29th-disney
July 30th-DTD/mini golf/relaxin'
July 31st-disney
Aug. 1st-disney
Aug. 2nd- Leaving :(

SO that's my tenative plan....more to come later!!
 
I'm so hoppin on board your trippie, Jen!

Your itinerary looks like a blast! Sorry about the drama w/ your inlaws...but it looks like you guys are headin' over here to my neck of the woods to spend your beach day at Indian Shores. I literally grew up like a mile from there! Beautiful beaches!:thumbsup2 So if you have any Q's or need any directions/recommendations I'd be happy to help you in that dept.!

Before you know it, you'll be down here! :goodvibes
 
I'm so hoppin on board your trippie, Jen!

Your itinerary looks like a blast! Sorry about the drama w/ your inlaws...but it looks like you guys are headin' over here to my neck of the woods to spend your beach day at Indian Shores. I literally grew up like a mile from there! Beautiful beaches!:thumbsup2 So if you have any Q's or need any directions/recommendations I'd be happy to help you in that dept.!

Before you know it, you'll be down here! :goodvibes


HI Jen!! Thanks for joining in...seems no one wants to post in my pre-trippie :( **lol** Anyways, yeah my inlaws spent the month of April in Indian Shores and since they are coming down to Orlando with us for a week, we decided to head down that way. DH & I may be going to Tampa as well to go to a ball game on the 19th. Your daughter is just beautiful! I hope all is well since the last time we chatted :)
 
HI Jen!! Thanks for joining in...seems no one wants to post in my pre-trippie :( **lol** Anyways, yeah my inlaws spent the month of April in Indian Shores and since they are coming down to Orlando with us for a week, we decided to head down that way. DH & I may be going to Tampa as well to go to a ball game on the 19th. Your daughter is just beautiful! I hope all is well since the last time we chatted :)

Awwww....ya know what I say, "If you write it, they will come." Seriously. My last TR did not seem to get the same following as my first one and I almost gave up because of it..and now I look at it and see it has over 13,000 views!!! So hang in there! :thumbsup2

What game are you guys coming to see, a Bucs game?? Gosh it is crazy...you guys leave on your trip the same week I go back to work and it is just around the corner. So you will be :banana: and I will be :sad1: Ha ha ha!!!
 
SO, DH and I are on our trip before the BIG trip to the happiest place in the world! We are in Halifax now and will be heading to Prince Edward Island tomorrow for a week. Hubby surprised me and book a night before PEI in Halifax because they have a disney store and I wanted to buy some shirts for my up coming disney trip :dance3: Gosh- he surprises me sometimes!!:love: :flower3: Well, the planning for disney has been going well. I went on a major shopping trip yesterday for some last minute items, hand sanitizer, wet naps, small mini sun screen, etc (things to bring to the parks) Once we get back home, and before we leave for Orlando, I will post some of my pre-trip shopping and of my new disney tees (that I am going NOW to get) yahoo!!!:cool1:

Thanks for reading!!
 
You'll be arriving in WDW on my DD's birthday! :goodvibes And that's right around the corner!!!

You must be so excited -- 17 days is fabulous!!!

Can't wait to read more! popcorn::
 
I'm in!! Jen so excited to read your blogs and hear about everything.It's so nice that you have included a bit of background info....
 
You'll be arriving in WDW on my DD's birthday! :goodvibes And that's right around the corner!!!

You must be so excited -- 17 days is fabulous!!!

Can't wait to read more! popcorn::

Thanks for joining in! I will be adding some more info and pictures soon. Pictures will be at the end of the week, as I am not able to download them while I am on my mini-vacation..hehe..:banana:
 
I'm in!! Jen so excited to read your blogs and hear about everything.It's so nice that you have included a bit of background info....

Thanks for joining in :) This is my first ever pre-trippie, so I hope I do okay!!
 
So I am on my vacation before my BIG disney vacation!! :lovestruc I am having fun, but it's NO DISNEY!! :lmao: :goodvibes

So, I wanted to give everyone a little more info and pre-trip background!! I went shopping on Saturday at the disney store!! Well- they had 50% off the clerance items!! Tee shirts were 3.99!! It was too bad that they only had one tee that was my size. I am going to go ahead and post the pics from the disney shopping website!!

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I also got this scarf for 3.99..
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I also bought a wallet that is in the same pattern print as the scarf!! For the same price.. :) It was a great shopping trip!! I can't wait to wear them at disney!!!!:hippie:

Well I thought I'd go through my intinary in a bit more detail:

July 17th- Arrive in Orlando around 8:30pm (give or take a few minutes) Of course I would love to go to disney on this day, it'd be a waste of a days ticket. So, once we pick up the rental car, find the town house, go to the super walmart and pick up a few grocery items we'll be ready to sleep and be well rested for tomorrow!!

July 18th- On this day we will be spending the full day at the Magic Kingdom- my favorite park! This is what disney world means to me, princesses, classic characters and the castle :lovestruc We will be trying to make it to rope drop and then stay until about 2pm. After that we will try and go for a rest back at the townhouse and then go back to the Magic Kingdom and watch WISHES!!!!:hug:

July 19th- On this day we are hoping to make it to rope drop at the Animal Kingdom. Stay at the park until 1:00 and then head over to DHS for a ADR at 1:30 at Sci-Fi. Stay at the park as long as we are able to. We don't wanna push ourselves!

July 20th-This is our full Epcot day and we also have an ADR at Le Cellier for lunch @ 2:10pm. We will be trying for rope drop and then leaving the park after our ADR. We will then be heading back to Epcot for a snack and Illuminations.


I will finish this up later tonight, I have to run and pick up hubby from his conference!!!
 
July 19th- On this day we are hoping to make it to rope drop at the Animal Kingdom. Stay at the park until 1:00 and then head over to DHS for a ADR at 1:30 at Sci-Fi. Stay at the park as long as we are able to. We don't wanna push ourselves!

Hey Jen...just a 'lil tip....

Make sure you leave enough time between AK and DHS. Even with a rental car, the "tram times" in & out of the parks off peak hours take a lot longer. There are less trams running and the ones that are wait longer in the lots for people to get on. We did 1/2 day in AK to 1/2 day in DHS in December...it literally took 1 1/2 hrs for us..(we did run thru the on-property Mickey D's drive thru). Just wanted to give you a heads up!:thumbsup2
 












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