We have been so blessed this Christmas to receive some gift cards and money to use for our trip. Our food budget is pretty much ready and the kids have plenty of spending money for their extra little things. I have, though, again....changed the touring plans. This is to fit in some extra things we wanted to do on certain days and with the days that are best for each park. I got a travel book with my Barnes and Noble gift certificate I got for Christmas, so I have had fun transferring all my "digital" plans and reservation numbers to our paper and pencil book. Here are the modified plans....with 40 days and counting!
Friday 2/6: Depart at some point in the day. Drive to Valdosta, GA, to visit with friends overnight.
Saturday 2/7: Arrive in Orlando, pm, visit Magic Kingdom to see fireworks and ride a few rides, see characters maybe?
Sunday 2/8: Animal Kingdom! Character Breakfast at Tusker House, 10:30am
Monday 2/9: Epcot!
Tuesday 2/10: OFF day. Relax at Resort. Downtown Disney 4:40pm reservation at Boma for Corey and me. Perhaps visit park for a few hours that first thing in the morning.
Wednesday 2/11: Magic Kingdom, 8:40am reservation for Katie at BBB
Thursday 2/12: Magic Kingdom
Friday 2/13: Hollywood Studios
Saturday 2/14: Head home, maybe revisit a park in the morning because we can? ha.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
WOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!
How awesome is it that in the "post-Christmas letdown" we will just be starting our final countdown for our trip?!
A gift update:
For Katie and Noah's "something they need" gift for Christmas, we got them big nice Disney storybook collections to use for autographs. We also have small autograph books in case the big books end up being too much of a hassle to carry around. I do hope to do the books though because it will be a nice collectible item they can keep for years that won't get messed up. We also got them each a t-shirt for the "something they need" box. Who doesn't need a new t-shirt when they go on a vacation?
HERE is the book we got for Katie, and HERE is the book we got for Noah. Pretty cool!
A gift update:
For Katie and Noah's "something they need" gift for Christmas, we got them big nice Disney storybook collections to use for autographs. We also have small autograph books in case the big books end up being too much of a hassle to carry around. I do hope to do the books though because it will be a nice collectible item they can keep for years that won't get messed up. We also got them each a t-shirt for the "something they need" box. Who doesn't need a new t-shirt when they go on a vacation?
HERE is the book we got for Katie, and HERE is the book we got for Noah. Pretty cool!
Monday, December 8, 2008
Tickets!!!!
Our tickets arrived in the mail today!
I am going to wrap them up and put them under the tree!
YAY!
We ordered from:
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Rental: PAID IN FULL!
Woo hoo!!!! We PAID the balance on the rental yesterday....so if nothing else we have a 3 bedroom/2 bath, full kitchen, with a private pool paid for 7 nights!!!!
Next: ordering tickets! 73 days, 22 hours to go!
On the same topic...we actually decided to skip getting park hoppers and just go for a longer, regular ticket. For the price of a 3 day park hopper we can get 7 day regular passes and save $200 by not getting the park hopper option! So, this means we can only visit one park per day, but the money we save can help us do more for the donations we wanted to do for Christmas gifts. If we happen to have an extra $200 after we get down there, we can add park hopper if we want (maybe even just for me and Corey so we can park hop some at night and do some things we wanted to do) or just take the chance to rest after seeing the stuff we want.
Anyway, because of this change in ticket plan, we are going to have to slightly alter the itenirary somewhat. Here's what I propose:
Saturday 2/7: Arrive in Orlando, pm, visit Magic Kingdom to see fireworks and ride a few rides, see characters maybe?
Sunday 2/8: Animal Kingdom! Character Breakfast at Tusker House, 10:30am
Monday 2/9: Hollywood Studios (hopefully adding an ADR for 50's Prime Time Cafe)
Tuesday 2/10: OFF day. Relax at Resort. Downtown Disney 4:40pm reservation at Boma for Corey and me. Perhaps visit park for a few hours?
Wednesday 2/11: Magic Kingdom, 8:40am reservation for Katie at BBB
Thursday 2/12: Epcot
Friday 2/13: Revisit a park?
Saturday 2/14: Head home, maybe revisit a park in the morning because we can? ha.
Next: ordering tickets! 73 days, 22 hours to go!
On the same topic...we actually decided to skip getting park hoppers and just go for a longer, regular ticket. For the price of a 3 day park hopper we can get 7 day regular passes and save $200 by not getting the park hopper option! So, this means we can only visit one park per day, but the money we save can help us do more for the donations we wanted to do for Christmas gifts. If we happen to have an extra $200 after we get down there, we can add park hopper if we want (maybe even just for me and Corey so we can park hop some at night and do some things we wanted to do) or just take the chance to rest after seeing the stuff we want.
Anyway, because of this change in ticket plan, we are going to have to slightly alter the itenirary somewhat. Here's what I propose:
Saturday 2/7: Arrive in Orlando, pm, visit Magic Kingdom to see fireworks and ride a few rides, see characters maybe?
Sunday 2/8: Animal Kingdom! Character Breakfast at Tusker House, 10:30am
Monday 2/9: Hollywood Studios (hopefully adding an ADR for 50's Prime Time Cafe)
Tuesday 2/10: OFF day. Relax at Resort. Downtown Disney 4:40pm reservation at Boma for Corey and me. Perhaps visit park for a few hours?
Wednesday 2/11: Magic Kingdom, 8:40am reservation for Katie at BBB
Thursday 2/12: Epcot
Friday 2/13: Revisit a park?
Saturday 2/14: Head home, maybe revisit a park in the morning because we can? ha.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Double Digit Countdown!!!
We are now down to 100 days until our trip! Woo hoo!!!!
I made our dining reservations today....we only have 2, but maybe if it gets closer and we have done well on saving up money we can add another in...but I wanted to at least get these two in. I have also devised a tentative plan for what parks for which days. I also made a reservation for Katie's Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique Makeover. I chose the boutique located in Cinderella's castle!!! Won't that be awesome?! So, here is our plan so far:
Saturday 2/7: Arrive in Orlando, pm
Sunday 2/8: Animal Kingdom! Character Breakfast at Tusker House, 10:30am
Monday 2/9: Hollywood Studios (hopefully adding an ADR for 50's Prime Time Cafe)
Tuesday 2/10: OFF day. Relax at Resort. 4:40pm reservation at Boma for Corey and me.
Wednesday 2/11: Magic Kingdom, 8:40am reservation for Katie at BBB
Thursday 2/12: Epcot
Friday 2/13: Split up between anything we didn't get done that we want to do.
Saturday 2/14: Head home
I am so excited! If you haven't heard of the boutique for little girls you should click on that link and see the video. Katie is going to LOVE it!! I just wish there was something comparable for boys to do. I guess he can go build a lightsaber or two. ha ha. I am also VERY excited about eating at Boma. Click on the link to check it out, but the food is supposed to be awesome! Corey and I plan to do that just the two of us because I am not sure it would be worth paying for the kids for adventurous type food, plus my parents aren't the most adventurous when it comes to food either, plus, hey, date night on vacation! woo hoo! It is located at the Animal Kingdom Lodge which I would love to see also! We chose the Tusker House character meal because our friends just visited with free dining and did pretty much every character meal and said for the money this was one of the nicest and Animal Kingdom is a pretty low key park so we don't have to worry about using our time eating there. We got the latest breakfast time available so it can be brunch!
Even though I only listed one park each day, we will have park hoppers, so any given day we may end up at Magic Kingdom watching the fireworks! I have also planned around the fact that Sundays and Mondays are the worst days for visiting Magic Kingdom so that is why it iw Wednesday before we end up going there. I have also taken into account which parks have morning and evening extra magic hours, since resort guests will take advantage of that and it may be more crowded at a park at that time. So, we will see...it is fun to at least be planning a bit more.
I made our dining reservations today....we only have 2, but maybe if it gets closer and we have done well on saving up money we can add another in...but I wanted to at least get these two in. I have also devised a tentative plan for what parks for which days. I also made a reservation for Katie's Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique Makeover. I chose the boutique located in Cinderella's castle!!! Won't that be awesome?! So, here is our plan so far:
Saturday 2/7: Arrive in Orlando, pm
Sunday 2/8: Animal Kingdom! Character Breakfast at Tusker House, 10:30am
Monday 2/9: Hollywood Studios (hopefully adding an ADR for 50's Prime Time Cafe)
Tuesday 2/10: OFF day. Relax at Resort. 4:40pm reservation at Boma for Corey and me.
Wednesday 2/11: Magic Kingdom, 8:40am reservation for Katie at BBB
Thursday 2/12: Epcot
Friday 2/13: Split up between anything we didn't get done that we want to do.
Saturday 2/14: Head home
I am so excited! If you haven't heard of the boutique for little girls you should click on that link and see the video. Katie is going to LOVE it!! I just wish there was something comparable for boys to do. I guess he can go build a lightsaber or two. ha ha. I am also VERY excited about eating at Boma. Click on the link to check it out, but the food is supposed to be awesome! Corey and I plan to do that just the two of us because I am not sure it would be worth paying for the kids for adventurous type food, plus my parents aren't the most adventurous when it comes to food either, plus, hey, date night on vacation! woo hoo! It is located at the Animal Kingdom Lodge which I would love to see also! We chose the Tusker House character meal because our friends just visited with free dining and did pretty much every character meal and said for the money this was one of the nicest and Animal Kingdom is a pretty low key park so we don't have to worry about using our time eating there. We got the latest breakfast time available so it can be brunch!
Even though I only listed one park each day, we will have park hoppers, so any given day we may end up at Magic Kingdom watching the fireworks! I have also planned around the fact that Sundays and Mondays are the worst days for visiting Magic Kingdom so that is why it iw Wednesday before we end up going there. I have also taken into account which parks have morning and evening extra magic hours, since resort guests will take advantage of that and it may be more crowded at a park at that time. So, we will see...it is fun to at least be planning a bit more.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Change of plans!
So, if you are reading this blog, you probably read my other blog where I posted our Superbowl interruption! BAH!
We had to postpone. But I am glad we are going to avoid the crowds!
We had to postpone. But I am glad we are going to avoid the crowds!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Countdown...
I downloaded a countdown clock for my desktop. We currently have 309 days, 15 hours, and 30 minutes, 25, 24, 23, 22,...etc seconds until our next trip.
I can't decide whether the countdown clock is fun....or annoying!
By the way, this is where we are staying next time. Same owners, different townhouse. This one had a bigger dining table which will come in handy one way or another. Everything else is basically the same except the children's room is a little different decor.
I can't decide whether the countdown clock is fun....or annoying!
By the way, this is where we are staying next time. Same owners, different townhouse. This one had a bigger dining table which will come in handy one way or another. Everything else is basically the same except the children's room is a little different decor.
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