Sept 2010..will need it after a graduation and a wedding

[Charlefours]

Hello! Another September 2010er I thought I was an early bird starting my PTR! It will be fun reading along as you plan your trip. I hope that you get lots of people to book Disney trips through you.

 

[magicaldisney11]

Welcome bellebookworm9 & Charlefours!!!

We went at the end of May and hit the Memorial Day weekend crowds. Couldnt be helped since I can not longer go at the beginning of May (which we have done and loved!) because of graduation at the University I work at.
The tropical storm was a freak storm according to the locals. It arrived wit us and left after we flew home..what are the chances? Well the way my year has been going 100%!!

Charlefours..when are you going in Sept? I am so psyched for free dining!!

bellebookworm...I love staying at POFQ...it is a "cozy" place. You see the same guests at the food court and at the pool and after a couple of days you get to talking to them and feel for them when they get back at night with thier kids crying or crashed or envy them if thier staying longer than you


I'm not sure about Flights of Wonder...scarey for me. I forgot about minature golf and will add that to the list, especially since if I book the Magic Your Way package I believe one free game comes with that.

My older ones are still bummed that I am going without them, even Mickey and Minnie and thier in California. But oh well, I have to do what I have to do,lol.

We went to the dollar store the other day and I got the over the door organizer for all my hair and face and teeth products so they will be out of the way.

My suitcase from the last trip (a Mickey set for me and one for Simba) still has the poncho's, sewing kit, first aid kit and reuseable lotion bottles in it so I wouldn't loose them but I think I am going to have to get a storage tub for them. Goofy is going to need the suitcases for his trip to Germany.

I was really hoping to go one year for the Christmas deco's even for a weekend (okay 4 days or so ) so that will be the next trip I plan. My boys all know if I win the lottery or at the casino (well I actually have to go to the casino and play the lottery) the first thing we do is book Christmas vacation at Disney. I am lucky that my boys are Disney Freaks like me now. they all LOVE to go but they didnt get into the planning until they all went without me at different times. Now they know that th planning and the ADR's etc are very important! and FUN!!!!


Up soon my ideas for our first day in the World.
Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!!

 

[magicaldisney11]

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! We had a quieter than normal one since some of the family members were out of town for the first time but the food and company were great and we enjoyed it.
Today I have my 3 neices that are in from Texas (they just moved there in July and we really miss them) and we are going to make dough ornaments for thier new Christmas tree. They will make great gifts from them to thier Mom and Dad (the girls are 4,7 and 15) and it is something that Simba can do with them that isn't girlie as he puts it,lol.

I am going to try to make a Mickey one and see how it goes,lol.

We picked names for the gift exchange yesterday and I totally lucked out that I got my younger sister cuz I got her a gift already when Disneystore.com had a huge sale

Instead of buying for all my neices and nephews we started years ago having them pick names and they each buy a $20 gift for that person. They LOVE doing it cuz they actually go out and pick out the gift it's not the Mom's going out and getting something and telling them what we got.

So with list in hand I am ready to complete my shopping There will be lots of Disney items and they all love them so it make my life easy.

 

[princessbee]

Surprise Disney trips are my favorite kinds. When I was 10, my mom planned a surprise trip to DL... not quite the same as a surprise trip to WDW, though, so I'm sure your son will LOVE it. I hope you guys have lots of fun--your trip already sounds fantastic!

 

[magicaldisney11]

princessbee...thanks for joining!

So what do you guys think? Should I tell him Friday night before we go to bed in someway or wake him up at 4:00 am to tell him? Also...I would love some kind of ideas on how to do it if I do it Friday night.

We have a big Christmas party/family reunion tonight and the boys are going to get all my bins of Christmas deco's out of the basement for me too. BUT somewhere in there Simba and I are going to go over at least 10 menu's (I catagorized them by park for him) so he can choose top two for each park. We will do the same thing another weekend for resorts. He asked if we could go to the same place twice and I told him I would think about it and it will depend on what place he is talking about. I'm pretty sure he means Liberty Tree Tavern...it's one of my kids favorite places to eat. They talk about it everytime we have a big meal (that isn't italian,lol).

The other thing we will do is pick two counter service places for each CS meal because this is the first time he is not a child and the kids meals are out.
He would live on grilled cheese or salads if I let him but don't want to go someplace that has NOTHING he likes.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

 

[magicaldisney11]

Hello All!!
It's 7 am on a Saturday and I was looking forward to sleeping but the changes in our home over the last couple of months have changed that. We now have 3 puppies born New Years Day...2 boys and a girl and they found thier voices a couple of days ago.
It's -1 degree outside and I am sitting here with my coffee waiting for the cabbage that is on the stove to finish cooking (making cabbage rolls for my sister in law for her birthday- her favorite and we now exchange favorite foods instead of gifts for our 2 birthday's)

Havent worked on my plans much over the last couple of months for a few reasons..I am seeing someone now so that has taken a lot of time up. He is wonderful, known him for 24 years. It was a fluke that we hooked up but I thank God every night that we have.

I am now back into WDW mode now though so I will be adding more posts as we make some choices for the trip.

 

[magicaldisney11]

Well fellow Dis'ers I am adding 2 people to our trip to Disney. My boyfriend ( we will call him Mufasa) and his younger son, Dash, (12 yrs old) (will now be coming with us. The surprise for Simba has been leaked but he is now helping us surprise Dash for the trip. Mufasa has only been to the World once and only for a few hours. Dash has never been.
We order the maps from Disney and had both our family names included on them and tee-shirts that say.."I am going to Disney World" for the surprise. Mufasa is going to put a little book mark in Dash's book that he has to read for school that tells him to go to the cabinet for a surprise and he will then find the maps and the t-shirt.
We had to shorten the trip by 2 days for financial reasons but 6 full days in the World will just have to be enough.

Donald will be doing another co-op in the fall for college this time cooking at the Brown Derby and he is totally psyched.

 

[magicaldisney11]

Morning all! Wonderful holiday and I am in total Disney Mode! I made all our ADR's for the trip...

Sunday..Le Cellelliur (spelling is bad)
Monday..Crystal Palace for breakfast and The Plaza for Dinner
Tuesday..50's Prime Time
Wed...Mama Melrose
Thurs...Coral Reef
Friday...Liberty Tree tavern

I love Disney so much as does my whole family that I am a little worried that Mufasa and Dash wont "get it" like we do. Mufasa said that he loves that I get so excited everytime someone even mentioned Disney and he is sure he will enjoy being there with us and not to worry, of course I worry!!! What if he doesnt love it? What of he says once is enough?

 

[magicaldisney11]

Well we went from French Quarters to All Star Music Family Suite when my BF and his son decided to go with us. Now with the free dining I find that none of the suites as of now are including in the free dining at the All Star Music...so they changed us over to 2 connecting rooms and one with a King. So my 6'5" BF will enjoy a good nights sleep

We upgraded to DP and thought about DxDP but havent priced it out as of yet

 

[magicaldisney11]

I'm not the only one with a big mouth,lol.Mufasa had a long talk with Dash concerning some custody problems they are having, It was a very complicated and hard conversation to have with Dash and at the end Mufasa told him about us going to Disney. He couldnt handle the sad eyes and long face on Dash so he just blurted it out. I wasnt upset but I was really hoping to do the surprise up the right way. Dash is super excited on going and really thrilled that we are flying and not driving.

Since this was told to him I have showed Dash the shirt, the Epcot passprot and the maps, etc. We will be going shopping at the dollar store for some of the lil things for the trip to keep in in the loop. He has been checking out everything he can on line about Disney and the fact that he is almost 13 doesnt seem to be effecting him on "being too cool" for Disney.

We will be having a Disney night in 2 weeks when our 2 older boys will be going to the prom (neither of these boys will be going to Disney with us so we dont want to rub it in that we are going and they aren't).
That night I will prepare a good meal, lots of snack food and each boy will get the Burnbaum Disney book 2010 version.

I will also have our agenda for the trip all done up for them in little books and areas for them to write in for pre trip, trip and post trip thoughts. Not to mention some some picture slots so they can print them out on the computer after the trip and add them to thier books.

We will go through the resort information and the menu's for the resturants, etc.

I am up later than normal tonight because Donald drove home from College on Wednesday night and flew down to Disney for 4 days (spending time with my DSis #1 and her hubby) and I am waiting for him to get home from the airport right now. He called me several times everyday to tell me all thier doing's to keep me jealous the whole time,lol.

I have also booked Mickey and Minnie's honeymoon for August for 8 days. Simba is flying down with my ex in laaws and extended family the last week of June ....I am jealous but sooo glad that I wont be going down there for either trip in that heat,lol.