MeghanEmily
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- Apr 21, 2016
Wow, everyone! Where do the days go? I did get back to the Dis yesterday and got mostly caught up, but I didn't quite make it back here for an update. As you may have also read on my May TR, last night at the diner we had some unfortunate plumbing troubles, and it ended up being a wild night! I'm going back there tonight...and I really hope my shoes don't end up soggy again...enough said.
I just got back a couple of days ago from a little road trip back to my hometown to visit some family, and get a few things sorted. I also went to the dollar store there and found the fancy $10 shampoo I like was there for $4 a bottle. Score! We also had lots of campfires, including one where we made s'mores for breakfast. We did a little day trip to a seaside tourist town that we love, and ate lobster, bought chocolates at a chocolate museum/factory, and went to the aquarium. Good weekend.
I promised you'd all get to meet the newest member of the family when it arrived, so I'm proud to formally introduce:
Caesar! The 2012 Nissan Juke!
Naturally, Caesar is short for Jukelius Caesar. Technically for Jukelius T. Caesar...the "T" stands for Turbo. There's a little more cargo space than my old vehicle with the hatchback and the seats that fold down, and he sits much higher off the ground...both things I'm going to appreciate very soon... We all have high hopes for Caesar and his ability to get us down to Central Florida and back in just over two weeks...
Which reminds me...
TODAY MARKS 3 WEEKS UNTIL WEDDING DAY!
That also means that my road tripping will begin in just over two weeks. This is starting to feel crazy and not at all like a real thing that is about to happen.
We also got all our outstanding balances for the wedding and our Florida hotel ressies all paid off!! Now we're just finishing putting away the last of the money for things like our gas/food/road-trip-hotel budget, and beginning to gather things together and pack. We have a "wedding shelf" in our linen closet...which has really expanded into an entire "wedding closet."
I also just ordered a GoPro because my mom decided that she wanted one for the wedding...but then that she'd just gift it to us after the wedding for filming things from our trip! Yay!
I'm hoping that all of this productivity will carry over into the updating of all my old disappeared photobucket photos in all my TRs...fingers crossed for the next few days...
We've also decided that it looks like N's parents will be driving down to Boston(ish) with me to pick up N from the show he'll be working at, and they'll drive his truck back home to Canada, while he hops in with me and continues to trek to Florida. I'm incredibly grateful to them for doing us this favour, and for having some company for the drive in case I get tired, etc. ...but as lovely as they are...we've hardly spent any time together, we're very different people, and I have a feeling it's going to be a very long 6+ hours. Hope they're cool with my Disney playlist!
So in my last update I'd left off at the end of the wedding day, which means it's time to share our plans for the day after the wedding...
AUG. 18
This is going to be a Family Day for my side of the family!
Or...at least it was going to be. Now it's going to be a Most-of-the-Family Day.
That same infamous aunt and uncle you probably recognize by now...yeah, they've decided to make other plans that day and take my little cousin with them. In their defence, we shouldn't have made plans just assuming that they would take part, but when my mom got them a vacation package we kind of expected that they would. Honestly, we just figured they'd want to. How foolish of us all!!
So my grandmother and other aunt bought park tickets expecting that we'd all get to do the park as a family and experience the little cousin's Disney "firsts." Now that doesn't look like it'll be the case, but que sera, I guess!
So everyone else (consisting of me, N, my mom and her husband, my grandmother, and my youngest aunt) (are you shocked to hear that I'm an only child??
) will have the following itinerary this day:
(N and I, having had such an early night after the wedding, may chose to wake up early and hit MK for EMH...but we'll see how exhausted we are...)
We've instructed my family that the earlier they get to the park, the more likely they are to have short waits for things. Then we'll meet them at...
10:25am: Brunch at Crystal Palace with Winnie the Pooh and friends! Yay!
This is one of my favourites for some reason, even though the breakfast is pretty carb-heavy, and my mom and I have some good memories here.
From 11:25-2:15: we all have FP+ for Peter Pan, Splash Mountain, and 7DMT!!
I had chosen these FP with my little cousin in mind, but fortunately I think they still will appeal to almost the whole group anyway. My mom has also never been on 7DMT since our last trip together was just before it opened, so I'm very excited for her to go on it! I've already asked N's permission, even though we'll be newly married, to sit with my mom and share some of these experiences with her too off and on throughout the day. Of course, he's awesome, and he agreed.
The afternoon we've left pretty open. I've still never seen the Festival of Fantasy Parade, so if we can brave the heat I might suggest this. I'm expecting that there will also be a lot of indoor attractions this afternoon. And we may even split up and take breaks for the afternoon at our various hotels before returning for...
6:55pm: dinner ADR at Ohana!
N loved Ohana when we went in December and has been itching to go back, but I found it an overwhelming meal for only two people since it's designed to be served family-style. I'm really looking forward to taking my family, and I think they'll really enjoy it.
Back when I planned this day, Wishes was still in existence, and I'd planned to take our time at dinner and see Wishes from the Poly beach. Now that HEA is instated, I know I will want to see the projections and have a good view, so if we have time after dinner and everyone is interested, we'll all go back to MK to see HEA for the first time! If not, we can disperse, and N and I will go watch, or we can do it another night of our trip.
N and I both agreed that we'll have lots of time for the two of us on our honeymoon, but we're both excited to share a little Disney magic with our families while they're there. While it might be a little unconventional to spend the first day after your wedding with your whole immediate family, I wouldn't want to plan it any differently.
Hopefully my next update will come much more quickly than this one. I need to finish the PTR before the "T" actually happens, after all! It very well may contain the rest of our plans, since they're less detailed, but I'll see what happens once I start writing.
I just got back a couple of days ago from a little road trip back to my hometown to visit some family, and get a few things sorted. I also went to the dollar store there and found the fancy $10 shampoo I like was there for $4 a bottle. Score! We also had lots of campfires, including one where we made s'mores for breakfast. We did a little day trip to a seaside tourist town that we love, and ate lobster, bought chocolates at a chocolate museum/factory, and went to the aquarium. Good weekend.
I promised you'd all get to meet the newest member of the family when it arrived, so I'm proud to formally introduce:
Caesar! The 2012 Nissan Juke!
Naturally, Caesar is short for Jukelius Caesar. Technically for Jukelius T. Caesar...the "T" stands for Turbo. There's a little more cargo space than my old vehicle with the hatchback and the seats that fold down, and he sits much higher off the ground...both things I'm going to appreciate very soon... We all have high hopes for Caesar and his ability to get us down to Central Florida and back in just over two weeks...
Which reminds me...
TODAY MARKS 3 WEEKS UNTIL WEDDING DAY!
That also means that my road tripping will begin in just over two weeks. This is starting to feel crazy and not at all like a real thing that is about to happen.
We also got all our outstanding balances for the wedding and our Florida hotel ressies all paid off!! Now we're just finishing putting away the last of the money for things like our gas/food/road-trip-hotel budget, and beginning to gather things together and pack. We have a "wedding shelf" in our linen closet...which has really expanded into an entire "wedding closet."
I also just ordered a GoPro because my mom decided that she wanted one for the wedding...but then that she'd just gift it to us after the wedding for filming things from our trip! Yay!
I'm hoping that all of this productivity will carry over into the updating of all my old disappeared photobucket photos in all my TRs...fingers crossed for the next few days...
We've also decided that it looks like N's parents will be driving down to Boston(ish) with me to pick up N from the show he'll be working at, and they'll drive his truck back home to Canada, while he hops in with me and continues to trek to Florida. I'm incredibly grateful to them for doing us this favour, and for having some company for the drive in case I get tired, etc. ...but as lovely as they are...we've hardly spent any time together, we're very different people, and I have a feeling it's going to be a very long 6+ hours. Hope they're cool with my Disney playlist!
So in my last update I'd left off at the end of the wedding day, which means it's time to share our plans for the day after the wedding...
AUG. 18
This is going to be a Family Day for my side of the family!
Or...at least it was going to be. Now it's going to be a Most-of-the-Family Day.
That same infamous aunt and uncle you probably recognize by now...yeah, they've decided to make other plans that day and take my little cousin with them. In their defence, we shouldn't have made plans just assuming that they would take part, but when my mom got them a vacation package we kind of expected that they would. Honestly, we just figured they'd want to. How foolish of us all!!
So my grandmother and other aunt bought park tickets expecting that we'd all get to do the park as a family and experience the little cousin's Disney "firsts." Now that doesn't look like it'll be the case, but que sera, I guess! So everyone else (consisting of me, N, my mom and her husband, my grandmother, and my youngest aunt) (are you shocked to hear that I'm an only child??
) will have the following itinerary this day:(N and I, having had such an early night after the wedding, may chose to wake up early and hit MK for EMH...but we'll see how exhausted we are...)
We've instructed my family that the earlier they get to the park, the more likely they are to have short waits for things. Then we'll meet them at...
10:25am: Brunch at Crystal Palace with Winnie the Pooh and friends! Yay!
This is one of my favourites for some reason, even though the breakfast is pretty carb-heavy, and my mom and I have some good memories here.
From 11:25-2:15: we all have FP+ for Peter Pan, Splash Mountain, and 7DMT!!
I had chosen these FP with my little cousin in mind, but fortunately I think they still will appeal to almost the whole group anyway. My mom has also never been on 7DMT since our last trip together was just before it opened, so I'm very excited for her to go on it! I've already asked N's permission, even though we'll be newly married, to sit with my mom and share some of these experiences with her too off and on throughout the day. Of course, he's awesome, and he agreed.
The afternoon we've left pretty open. I've still never seen the Festival of Fantasy Parade, so if we can brave the heat I might suggest this. I'm expecting that there will also be a lot of indoor attractions this afternoon. And we may even split up and take breaks for the afternoon at our various hotels before returning for...
6:55pm: dinner ADR at Ohana!
N loved Ohana when we went in December and has been itching to go back, but I found it an overwhelming meal for only two people since it's designed to be served family-style. I'm really looking forward to taking my family, and I think they'll really enjoy it.
Back when I planned this day, Wishes was still in existence, and I'd planned to take our time at dinner and see Wishes from the Poly beach. Now that HEA is instated, I know I will want to see the projections and have a good view, so if we have time after dinner and everyone is interested, we'll all go back to MK to see HEA for the first time! If not, we can disperse, and N and I will go watch, or we can do it another night of our trip.
N and I both agreed that we'll have lots of time for the two of us on our honeymoon, but we're both excited to share a little Disney magic with our families while they're there. While it might be a little unconventional to spend the first day after your wedding with your whole immediate family, I wouldn't want to plan it any differently.
Hopefully my next update will come much more quickly than this one. I need to finish the PTR before the "T" actually happens, after all! It very well may contain the rest of our plans, since they're less detailed, but I'll see what happens once I start writing.
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But sounds like you have a wonderful day planned with your family and 2 awesome ADRs lined up!
Thanks so much for coming over and joining in!!
I've known my MIL over 20 years and I try not to be alone in the car with her for more than 20 minutes!
You have many years ahead of you to ride together so I think it's great you'll ride with mom. I'm sure you'll be in Disney more often with N than her in the future!
Here's what we've done since my 15yo macho man still stops to watch it every trip lol. Around 2:15 we go to the Shootin' Arcade in Frontierland; there's usually lots of open spots in front of there at that time. The boys shoot while Steve and I watch for crowds to form. If they get heavy (which the last couple years they haven't until just before the parade starts) one of the kids will grab a spot; otherwise they don't go down until the music starts. Steve and I stay on the steps of the arcade because really, the only thing you don't have a great view of from up there are the characters that walk on the ground. That way we're in the shade, and even the kids are until shortly before it starts. 
Fortunately I still have 2.5 weeks for the colour to fade from my hands! I also completed our hats today, which I sewed and glue-gunned from felt.
I'm hoping to catch Illuminations this night since it'll be so meaningful after our wedding ceremony.
