Surfinpiratee
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- Jul 11, 2013
So glad I found this TR!!! I'm most likely going this New Years, so I gotta study up on how others 'do' New Years!! Loved reading your TR!
I, for one, am happy for the delay ending because I don't want your TR to end!
The pics around the World Showcase at night are so pretty. That's my favorite time to be in the WS.
So sorry you didn't feel well though!! It's never any fun being sick like that but especially on vacation and then on your last night. Glad you did feel better in the morning at least. That would have made a long, miserable trip home.
ETA: I know you had to be bummed about the 4 parks, 1 day streak coming to a halt. But, that's just one more reason to go back again. Got to get the streak back going! LOL!
Oh No!!!!!! I have to admit (thankfully) to never having to rewrite a post. I'd be way to scared of that happening so I always write everything in Word and copy/paste.
This is what I normally do for my TRs. I started doing it because the Dis would lock up on me so much. This TR I have just been posting as I go and until this last time, I'd had luck...well luck ran out!!
Wow, Epcot did have a pretty cool looking vibe that night.
Very cool vibe!
All I can say is thank goodness for Martin Short. We could not ask for a better ambassador.
Agree!!
Double oh no at getting sick. So sorry you didn't make the 4 parks 1 day. I know this is pretty much tradition.
So glad I found this TR!!! I'm most likely going this New Years, so I gotta study up on how others 'do' New Years!! Loved reading your TR!
My mouth is watering looking at those beignets! Others have tried but nobody beats the ones at Cafe du Monde!!
WHO DAT!! I am SOOOOOO ready for the season to start!!
If you don't do anything else during the Christmas season at WDW, those are the things to do. If CP doesn't get you in the holiday spirit, you better check your pulse!! I just realized it has been 4 years since we were there at Christmas so we've started planning for Dec2015 already!!But we also were able to experience some amazing new things like Candlelight Processional, the MK Christmas parade, The Osborne Dancing Lights and all of the holiday decorations!
Awww....I'm so sad it's over!
Glad y'all had safe travels home. And that's fun that you got to stop in NOLA before going straight home.
I can't believe you got such an awesome hotel rate on the night of the Sugar Bowl. WOW!
Loved seeing all your pics of NOLA. I really love your purchase you made there. I need one for my home!!
And yeah, the NO airport is awful as far as food options go. It's pitiful. Especially for an "international" airport in a major US city.
Thank you for sharing another vacation filled with your wonderful family memories with us!
Oh God... seeing that POP sign (my home away from home) and then "See Ya Real Soon". So heart-warming and heartbreaking at the same time.
So interesting to see a TR about this period in particular given the horror stories that usually come from that week. But, there really is so much special stuff for the holidays, that even if you don't ride a thing, it can still be pretty darn magical.
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing!!!
I didn't realize that I had missed the update before this last one. So sorry to hear that you were feeling so bad. It's a bummer to be sick anytime much less on vacation.
Aww, it's departure day! At least you were feeling better and were able to eat a good breakfast before getting on the road. Speaking of on the road...I'm with you on the cost of flying vs. cost of driving. I tallied up what it cost us to drive and it was about $300 including our hotel for one night. I saw recently that Southwest no longer flies from Jackson and they always had the cheapest airfare. Guess flying is totally out of the cards for us in the future.
It looks like you all enjoyed yourselves in New Orleans even if it was for a short time and to send Chris off again.
Sooooo, when are you going back to "the world" again?
We love ACME Oyster out in Metairie...never tried the one in the Quarter...but if Deanie's Seafood is as good or better...Deanie's here we come!!
We probably should have tried a different dish but as far as the platter...Deannie's is so much better!! But Acme is good so I definitely wasn't taking too much away from them! We were at the one in Metairie! After Saints games Bobby and Deke do their show at the FQ Deannie's...we have sat next to them and listened several times!! SO COOL!!!
My mouth is watering looking at those beignets! Others have tried but nobody beats the ones at Cafe du Monde!!
Nope, no one does! I pretty much only get beignets from Cafe du Monde! POFQ tries and even though others love them...I found them extremely disappointing. I am either a beignet snob or spoiled (or both)!
WHO DAT!! I am SOOOOOO ready for the season to start!!
Let the Training Camps begin! Two weeks and we will be looking right into the first pre-season game!!
If you don't do anything else during the Christmas season at WDW, those are the things to do. If CP doesn't get you in the holiday spirit, you better check your pulse!! I just realized it has been 4 years since we were there at Christmas so we've started planning for Dec2015 already!!
Great TR Tinks!! I always love reading your reports...finding new things to add to my bucket list to do...read about other things that remind me of our trips...these TR's are a pure pleasure for me. It takes a lot of time and effort and I appreciate it so much!
But the question is....when is the next trip?!?!?!
Well now...ask and ye shall receive...a lot of answers you probably regret asking for! I have the solution for you...change your trip to Oct 5-11 and then whatever Keith does not want to do, you can do with DW and I!!! Easy enough...right?Hey all! So one more post...I just can't leave it alone! But a few asked about my next trip and so I shall share my latest conundrum!
So planning a next trip should be easy and a no brainer...right!? Well...maybe not! Even for a Disney lover like me! I have a trip booked and pretty much paid off for September 21-27. Keith mentioned going back to Food and Wine many months ago and I jumped on it! I had one hotel booked and then changed to POR when I lucked out receiving a PIN for free dining that allowed POR since the regular one did not. We were using military discounts prior but with FD the cost was the same plus we got POR.
I have some pretty great ADRs and pretty much when I hoped to get them. And tonight is the night to book FPP! Also I have the magic bands all ready...this trip is all but set to go!
Except for one minor issue...I am having second thoughts! Crazy huh!? Why you may ask? Well:
1. I have many things I want to do and Keith has no desire...AT ALL. This means going by myself if it gets done, which I'm okay with but how much will we do separately?!
2. I really would like to do MNSSHP...Keith says NO WAY! Even after seeing the videos...
3. And this seems to be a hot topic every where I read "Is Disney out pricing themselves?" We have discussed going to the east coast which is an area we love! I have priced hotels, mock food orders, gas, and tickets/admissions to various activities...the total is almost $1000 less than Disney! This has just added to me being torn! After researching I really want to do some old favorites and some new things in the Virginia area.
BUT I want to go to Food and Wine and eat at some of the restaurants I painstakingly made ADRs for and at times stalked to ADR site to get it just right! Plus I'd love to lay around by the pool, relaxing and having fun at POR. And I want to see the new MK parade and 7DMT...and maybe catching a few things for possibly the last time.
I know I'll be back...Disney just released the military extension so surely we will find a way to use that! We plan to go to New York City and Boston next summer. That means a Disney trip will have to be using military discounts ifin the cards at all!
Oh the decisions!!!! But I have until August 6th to make up my mind! Sorry y'all asked now!?!?!
Well now...ask and ye shall receive...a lot of answers you probably regret asking for! I have the solution for you...change your trip to Oct 5-11 and then whatever Keith does not want to do, you can do with DW and I!!! Easy enough...right?
Yep, we asked for it and you dished it! Seriously, I fully understand your dilema. I'd like to go to Disney more often so that we could see some of the holiday happenings but it's just getting so expensive. Guess we'll just have to stick to our once a year trips.
As far as your upcoming trip, well, that's a tough one. If you're going to end up doing a lot of stuff alone, then, it may not be quite as fun as if you had a partner in crime...I mean...someone to partake in ALL of the fun with you. It sure would be tough for me to be right there knowing that MNSSHP was going on and I wasn't there to see it though.
Buuuuuut, we are talking about a trip to Disney and it's better than no trip to Disney.
Didn't help much did I?
You have quite the conundrum, don't you! I don't know if I'll be of any help here. I think it ultimately comes down to how you feel about doing a lot of things solo. I, personally, would love it. But, I've also been secretly desiring a solo trip to WDW. Shhhh.....don't tell my family! I would even go to MNSSHP by myself because I love it that much. But, if you're not keen on doing these things by yourself (and there's certainly nothing wrong with feeling that way), then maybe the other trip would be better this year for y'all.
Well now...ask and ye shall receive...a lot of answers you probably regret asking for! I have the solution for you...change your trip to Oct 5-11 and then whatever Keith does not want to do, you can do with DW and I!!! Easy enough...right?
I second this! And for another backup, my family would be there at the same time. You'd have LOTS of friends to hang with!
WE ARE GOING TO WALT DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!
I knew Keith would come along...maybe with some resistance at times but he's getting there!! I assume this trip will be just the two of you? It's a whole different trip when there aren't any kids, regardless of their age. Don't get me wrong, I love it when we take our adult children every other year but there's a lot to be said for when it is just DW and I!WE ARE GOING TO WALT DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!
I think y'all are going to have a great trip and I'm already looking forward to the TR!
I knew Keith would come along...maybe with some resistance at times but he's getting there!! I assume this trip will be just the two of you? It's a whole different trip when there aren't any kids, regardless of their age. Don't get me wrong, I love it when we take our adult children every other year but there's a lot to be said for when it is just DW and I!
Look at it this way...after 4 games USM will be 2-2 and that's double the wins from last year!My poor planning on the timing means we miss two home games for Southern...if we wanted to go. I'm afraid how beat up they'll be after State and Bama though!
Look at it this way...after 4 games USM will be 2-2 and that's double the wins from last year!