WISH team WDW Marathon weekend meets

[keenercam]

I don't know how to get a countdown ticker, but it is 232 days until the half, and 233 to the full!!

Oh, great, Pat! I think I just felt my heart come up into my throat. What in the world am I thinking signing up for the full? I think I am the one that is goofy, not DH, all things considered.

 

[WDWFAN9]

Oh, great, Pat! I think I just felt my heart come up into my throat. What in the world am I thinking signing up for the full? I think I am the one that is goofy, not DH, all things considered.

I know what you mean Cam! As soon as I hit the enter key for registering for the full, my heart just about What have I gotten myself into?? I think it must be all YOUR fault! I have to admit that I was giving the full serious thought after talking to a couple of full walkers in January, but when you registered it really got me thinking....and the next thing I know I am committed to the full (I probably should be committed ) I'm telling people I'm not Goofy, but I sure must be Dopey.

I am walking the Chicago half in August and the DL half in Sept, and I figure that should be a good lead-in into the full. At least that is what I am telling myself! I just keep thinking of that Mickey medal calling my name! It is going to be so cool!

 

[chimera]

Sounds like the POR food court is the leading candidate for our Friday dinner meet. We can plan to meet around 4pm again and eat around 4:30. I'll be at WDW in a couple weeks so I can check into it a little further, but they have pontoon boat rentals that might be fun for a pre-dinner outing. There's also a really cool playground near the food court and a big swimming area for those of you that can swim in January

Here's the menu at the POR food court, courtesy of allears:
http://www.allearsnet.com/menu/men-ccld.htm

I think Boardwalk Bakery is a good idea again for the Monday morning breakfast, but is that the consensus with everyone?

 

[wtpclc]

MOnday BW Bakery works for me!

 

[Honeibee]

I think we are leaving late Sunday night, but maybe not. So I can't commit to Monday morning but we are staying at POR so I'll ceratinly be there!


Judy

 

[akasleepingbeauty]

Is anyone interested in doing an Illuminations Dessert Party one night? I organized one of these a couple of years ago for our family and a bunch of DISers and it was GREAT. It was fairly expensive (I think it ended up being about $30 a person) but a wonderful experience with yummy desserts, drinks (coffee, hot chocolate, lemonade etc.) and the BEST view of the show. I know it will be hard to schedule with the WISH dinner Friday night and having to retire early for those of us running the full on Sunday but if we could come up with a night after the races when enough interested people were still around I'd be happy to do the planning etc.

So, if you'd be interested, let me know how many people and which night(s) would work best for you!

 

[WDWFAN9]

me, me, me.....I am definitely interested in the dessert party! Also my 21 yr old DD, and perhaps a co-worker who is considering the marathon. That would be awesome!

 

[TEK224]

Count me in for both Fri. dinner and Mon. breakfast at the BW Bakery. (I missed breakfast after this year's race, but since I hope to be staying at the BW, I'll have no excuses.

I was also in Home Depot today and I picked up my lime green Mickey Ears

Terri

 

[ohMom]

hey can i ask what happend at TE this year that is drawing us away? just curious as that is where we met in 2005 and it seemed to work out well. i'm game whereever though and monday morning BW bakerys is a definate -- no trip to WDW is complete for me with out one stop (minimum ) at the bakery

 

[WDWFAN9]

hey can i ask what happend at TE this year that is drawing us away? just curious as that is where we met in 2005 and it seemed to work out well. i'm game whereever though and monday morning BW bakerys is a definate -- no trip to WDW is complete for me with out one stop (minimum ) at the bakery

The TE manager didn't seem very happy to have a large group arrive at the same time; even though there were several separate reservations and we knew that we wouldn't all be seated together. I think a food court might work out better because if some people arrive late or want to linger it wouldn't be a big deal.

 

[keenercam]

I know what you mean Cam! As soon as I hit the enter key for registering for the full, my heart just about What have I gotten myself into?? I think it must be all YOUR fault! I have to admit that I was giving the full serious thought after talking to a couple of full walkers in January, but when you registered it really got me thinking....and the next thing I know I am committed to the full (I probably should be committed ) I'm telling people I'm not Goofy, but I sure must be Dopey.

I am walking the Chicago half in August and the DL half in Sept, and I figure that should be a good lead-in into the full. At least that is what I am telling myself! I just keep thinking of that Mickey medal calling my name! It is going to be so cool!

Pat -- I am not going to make it to Chicago but will be at the DL 1/2 and am hoping to gain some confidence by finishing that well ahead of pace. However, after seeing DH (Howard) struggle so much during the full marathon he did Sunday, I am very intimidated and am doing a lot of positive-talk therapy to try to convince myself that a well-trained body will guarantee a timely finish come January. I have to tell you, the only reason big enough to motivate me right now is the Mickey medal. Soon, I will be telling everyone I know that I am training for a full marathon, in the hopes that the fear of embarassment will compel a disciplined training and weight loss plan!

 

[jodistar]

So were there any decisions made? Are we doing the Friday get together? I just wanted to get some kind of idea of what day to leave open for the meet with the WISH team.

The POR get together on Friday sounds great.....but then again so did the dessert get together .

As you all know, I will be giving a surprise trip to my husband.....not to mention I want to try and get together with my friend who lives in the area .

 

[skfulkers]

I think the Illuminations dessert meet would be great. Krista and I both enjoyed the TE Friday night dinner last year and we'll be able to meet everyone again Friday night this year, wherever we all end up.
But this dessert party--that sounds great! If someone is coordinating that and we have enough people, we'd definitely be in (and probably my in-laws too, although I should probably check with them first ).

Steve

 

[chimera]

Yes, the Friday night dinner is a WISH team tradition, so we'll definitely do it, just a matter of the when and the where.

I do have info on the Illuminations dessert party (Rhonda if you PM me with your IRL email, I'll forward it to you).

We wandered over to POFQ for some beignets on Monday...found out they take DDE there (maybe since they don't have a sit-down restaurant?). I'm going to try to check and see if POR does also!

 

[andromedaslove]

I kinda just wanted to bump this back up to the main page, so that maybe we could try to start nailing some things down. It seems (from reading another thread) that POFQ or POR is a definite for Friday Night WISH Get Together?! What about Saturday night for those of us running the Full, have we talked about a dinner for all of us, or maybe just a Illuminations desert for everyone on Sunday? In order to get some more precise opinions someone might wanna start a poll. Just a suggestion. At least then we could get a better idea of who is going to be there when.

Dana

 

[chimera]

Thanks for finding it Dana!

Just a thought...if y'all wanna carb load before the full on Sat, what about Spoodles at Boardwalk? I've never been there. Is the big carb meal supposed to be the night before the race or a couple days before? I didn't do anything special for the half at TE...I think I was too nervous to really eat.

 

[WDWFAN9]

DD and I are definites for Friday at POR and Monday morning at Boardwalk for breakfast (well, at least I am a definite for breakfast, DD might want to sleep in!!). We have ADRs for Sunday night at the Grand Floridian Cafe. And we would definitely be interested in the Illuminations Dessert party depending on when. And maybe something Sat evening, depending on when and where.

 

[andromedaslove]

I voted my opinion, but just wanted to throw it out in writing too. I am definately in for the POR/POFQ dinner on Friday Night, and would love to get together with everyone for an Illuminations Dessert on Sunday. I think that would be amazing. It seems that I am gonna have quite a bit of family with me for the trip, so that is probably all of the plans I would be able to make other than ditching the in-laws to go cheer on all of you running the half that's always been part of the plan!!

 

[wtpclc]

I just voted for b-fast Monday, as it looks like my family will be here and I don't know how many plans I can make. Plus, I don't think I'll be there in time on Friday for dinner.

 

[keenercam]

Howard and I will be there Friday night for the POR dinner and Monday am at Boardwalk for breakfast. Beyond that, we don't have much planned. We are doing our celebration dinner Sunday night at LeCellier (assuming we can both walk at that point) since that is our favorite restaurant and we ate there last year to celebrate.