Nothing new to report...except...I made reservations for a character breakfast at Disney's Hollywood Studios (MGM with a new name). I am thinking of cancelling it though...I haven't heard great stuff about it from the yahoo group. Several of them had a bad experience there, and really I am thinking that in February, surely it won't be THAT hard to get to see some characters! Another thing, the cost is pretty high and the characters are playhouse Disney...not Mickey or Minnie or princesses. Probably going to cancel it.
12 more days to go! Not sure how to pack...which is frustrating! It is crazy that Florida seems so close, but the weather is so drastically different than here! I don't know whether to pack capris, shorts, pants and t-shirts...or what...I guess we will just layer!
Friday, January 25, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Countdown...
The countdown is 14 days to go.....
I have joined this group for people planning Disney trips on yahoo. Yeah, another yahoo group...I am crazy...
It is crazy that there is a yahoo group for EVERYTHING!
So, the group is actually pretty cool...people ask questions about the best way to plan seeing the parks, questions about current shows, how to get discounts, just all kinds of stuff. I even found someone who has stayed at the same place we are staying and she gave it VERY positive reviews, so that was good to hear!
Another thing they have is a countdown email that goes out everyday. People send in when they are going on their trip and they post it in a countdown with the person leaving first at the top of the list. For example, it would say "Kline family, 1 day", "Johnson family, 15 days," etc...
The funny thing, is that there are people on there with "360 days" and even some with more than one countdown!!! These people go to Disney A LOT! ha ha.
So...I enjoy and despise countdowns. On one hand, it is fun to do with the kids, on the other hand, it sort of makes it take longer to get here....
Noah is getting more and more excited. He is looking forward to seeing "the real lightening mcqueen" though they have always been wary of life size characters thus far.
Also, my parents are going to be going with us! We are excited about having them along, to take pictures for us and help us keep an eye out for the kids! ha ha. My mom is going for sure, and hopefully my dad will be able to work out going also.
I have joined this group for people planning Disney trips on yahoo. Yeah, another yahoo group...I am crazy...
It is crazy that there is a yahoo group for EVERYTHING!
So, the group is actually pretty cool...people ask questions about the best way to plan seeing the parks, questions about current shows, how to get discounts, just all kinds of stuff. I even found someone who has stayed at the same place we are staying and she gave it VERY positive reviews, so that was good to hear!
Another thing they have is a countdown email that goes out everyday. People send in when they are going on their trip and they post it in a countdown with the person leaving first at the top of the list. For example, it would say "Kline family, 1 day", "Johnson family, 15 days," etc...
The funny thing, is that there are people on there with "360 days" and even some with more than one countdown!!! These people go to Disney A LOT! ha ha.
So...I enjoy and despise countdowns. On one hand, it is fun to do with the kids, on the other hand, it sort of makes it take longer to get here....
Noah is getting more and more excited. He is looking forward to seeing "the real lightening mcqueen" though they have always been wary of life size characters thus far.
Also, my parents are going to be going with us! We are excited about having them along, to take pictures for us and help us keep an eye out for the kids! ha ha. My mom is going for sure, and hopefully my dad will be able to work out going also.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
We're going to Disney World!
So, it's final! We're going to Disney World!!!!
We told the kids this morning...it was fun and odd...
I gathered up some of their little Disney characters and put them in a Cars gift bag we had. Then we brought them in the living room and told them that in the bag there were clues about their "surprise." They each took turns taking out one of the characters...there was Snow White, Woody, Cinderella, Piglet, etc...
We asked "Do you know what your surprise might be?"
Blank looks....
"Well, where do you think we might go to see these characters?"
Katie's eyes got HUGE and she shouted "DISNEY! WE'RE GOING TO DISNEYWORLD!!!!!!"
She ran around and started jumping up and down! It was great!
Well...Noah...Noah is another story. He was sitting by me on the couch. He shrank down next to me....his eyes WELLED up with tears and he said very quietly "I don't want to go there."
HUGE letdown here!
"Noah....why don't you want to go?"
He said, "I just don't want to go."
Here is the difference....Katie went to three year old pre-k and has heard all the ins and outs of Disney World. On the other hand, I don't think Noah has ever heard of the place. We have avoided every talking about it really because we wanted to wait until we were actually GOING before bringing it up.
We told Noah about seeing Lightening McQueen, Woody, Captain Jack Sparrow.....he was softening a little. I said we will go on a safari, which he REALLY thought was cool. Then we told them that we were getting a place with a Mickey Mouse room for them to sleep in, and it has a BIG playground. Now THAT was what he wanted to hear: a big playground.
Here's the place we've reserved...it is so cool! And such a bargain!
http://www.themagicorlandorental.com/villa3.html
So, we're going to Disney, and Katie is thrilled. Noah wants to see the big playground. Maybe he will enjoy it after all :)
More updates to come. 15 days to go!
We told the kids this morning...it was fun and odd...
I gathered up some of their little Disney characters and put them in a Cars gift bag we had. Then we brought them in the living room and told them that in the bag there were clues about their "surprise." They each took turns taking out one of the characters...there was Snow White, Woody, Cinderella, Piglet, etc...
We asked "Do you know what your surprise might be?"
Blank looks....
"Well, where do you think we might go to see these characters?"
Katie's eyes got HUGE and she shouted "DISNEY! WE'RE GOING TO DISNEYWORLD!!!!!!"
She ran around and started jumping up and down! It was great!
Well...Noah...Noah is another story. He was sitting by me on the couch. He shrank down next to me....his eyes WELLED up with tears and he said very quietly "I don't want to go there."
HUGE letdown here!
"Noah....why don't you want to go?"
He said, "I just don't want to go."
Here is the difference....Katie went to three year old pre-k and has heard all the ins and outs of Disney World. On the other hand, I don't think Noah has ever heard of the place. We have avoided every talking about it really because we wanted to wait until we were actually GOING before bringing it up.
We told Noah about seeing Lightening McQueen, Woody, Captain Jack Sparrow.....he was softening a little. I said we will go on a safari, which he REALLY thought was cool. Then we told them that we were getting a place with a Mickey Mouse room for them to sleep in, and it has a BIG playground. Now THAT was what he wanted to hear: a big playground.
Here's the place we've reserved...it is so cool! And such a bargain!
http://www.themagicorlandorental.com/villa3.html
So, we're going to Disney, and Katie is thrilled. Noah wants to see the big playground. Maybe he will enjoy it after all :)
More updates to come. 15 days to go!
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