I'm glad to hear it went well with your Dad in the end with the ice outside Arby's. It must have been a scary experience for you all. Here they aren't good at keeping the Handicap Parking maintained during winter so they are usable. They also often have their snow depot on the Handicap parking spaces. It's so frustrating.
That is just terrible! It is truly something that I never even thought of until Friday when we were trying to get dad out of the car.
I am really behind on trip reports. It seems like every time I sit down to read them I never have time to do the replies.
I must admit that I am super surprised that you could get FoP. That is impossible for people to get at 60 days out, and you are less than that. I am also thrilled that you did get it, since it is not to be missed. And it has the longest standby lines ever. Maybe the availability of the fp 's means that the parks won't be crowded.
I hope an earlier time opens up for you. We often are able to get really good ADR's a few days ahead of time. I don't even stress out about them anymore, unless, of course, we are traveling with family and we don't want to leave anything to chance.
You are right about the crowds all being at FoP first thing in the morning. I've never seen such a short standby line at the safari ride as we did in July.
You might be able to get a 4th fp for Na'vi River journey. I've seen some long standby lines for it and if you are only going to AK once this trip than you'll want to ride it.
I love AK at night. We would often eat dinner at Yak & Yeti and it would be dark when we got out. The park at night makes you feel like you aren't in Disney anymore. It is really cool. You'll have to check out Pandora at night. It is very pretty.
The Festival of the Arts will be going on in January and it might be interesting to check out. I always enjoy finding new things to do at WDW.
Whoa - that is a huge pile of presents!
I love - love love the minky lined pockets and the minky lined cuffs in my Eddie Bauer parka. I've worn that coat to work every day this week and it was great at keeping me warm. I love that coat.
Now that the Magical Express picks up four hours early instead of three hours, the town car is looking even better.
We had a wonderful time in Disney. We were there from Nov 25th to Dec 1st, which was a longer trip than usual, and we loved all the Christmas stuff. I think it is now my favorite time to go to Disney.
Wow Sue! Thank you for doing so many replies! That must have taken you a long time!
My thought on FoP... I truly had UNLIMITED time options for every single day of our trip - somehow, I think they may have "saved some" for us? I'd been reading on one of my trip groups that people were not finding anything and having to rearrange days - not here - I don't think my FoP PF times started until about 11 am, but after that, every time slot was available.
I think we are keeping the 'Ohana ADR time - we are in no real hurry to get to DHS, and it will do V some good to sleep in a bit later.
And it sure will be nice just to walk over to the Poly to have breakfast... I still LOVE SoG's location so much!
That's awesome! Typically when we tour the way we do - we literally step out of Tusker House within minutes of park opening, and we end up on the first vehicles leaving the Safari - so that works really well for us... I also love the location of TH to this ride - it makes this strategy nice.
I am definitely going to try for a 4th FP for NRJ... I am hoping to get back to AK for some of the night time stuff - but I am still unsure of which day we will do that?
I've heard good things about the festival of arts - I admittedly haven't done ANY research on it at all, and i really should - I am sure that V would love it! I think I will add that to my day today.
Hahahaa - it is, I probably should have captioned that picture to say that it wasn't my tree - LOL... It was just a random picture that V found on Pinterest.
See??? I was starting to think I was nuts that the minky cuffs/pockets were so great! LOL I've had extra cuffs and lined pockets in my jackets before - but NEVER with minky, it just makes me want to stick my hands in my pockets all the time. LOL! I am loving my shorter jacket for sure... And I definitely know that the white is not good for every occasion... Quite honestly - I think I want it in black too... Next year. I've spent enough on jackets this year.
Typically - I have the town car pick us up about 2.5 hours before our flight... I've been watching the MCO app every morning, around the time we'd get there for our flight, and the security lines are averaging about 25-40 minutes at that time of day... So, I think if we were to get there exactly 2 hours before our flight, we'd be OK??? So, I think I will have the town car pick us up about 3 hours before our flight?
I am so happy to hear that you had a great trip Sue!!! Personally - Halloween is my favorite time to go - but I honestly wouldn't turn down a trip at any time of the year. LOL
Thanks for stopping by - it was great to see you!
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Our FP Day was Wednesday and I was due to give report to dayshift during the 7am window lol. Luckily the nurse I was handing off to is a Disney lover too and she gave me a few minutes to jump on
MDE and look for FOP. I ended up have to switch 2 of my park days around but I was able to get A FOP which was on everyone must ride list.
Adulting def is not what it’s made out to be. I keep telling my son not to grow up too fast. He’s12.
Keto does seem to be all the rage and your right, people come up with some doozy things to be able to eat. I think I I could paleo low carb. We eat a lot of veggies, fruits and meats. The hardest part is working night shift bc my eating time is screwed up.
We are 61 Days out of our Disney trip and it’s on my mind more than Christmas lol.
Awesome! If you are interested in the blank budget document, I can email it to you - just PM me your email address.
Yay!!! Glad you were able to get FoP... That is what a lot of people are saying - that there isn't a lot of availability at 60 days... That's why I was shocked when I got on last week - I was well under 60 days and I had almost wide open time slots on every day of my trip for it... Some how, I think Disney sectioned some off for us??? I am not sure? I just found that strange. I am so happy to hear that you were able to get your must do though!
Hahaha - that is true! It's not always easy to be an adult!
That is pretty much what I do... Paleo/Primal low carb - though I do still eat potatoes and bananas in moderation, and I also throw a lot of Intermittent Fasting in there too.
I cannot imagine working during the night like that - it would mess up your eating clock big time.
Wahoo!!! That's how we are too! The girls and I are so excited about Christmas - but then we are like "ooooh Disney"... Hehehehe... I keep telling them that I will be so sad to come home without a trip to plan, and then they remind me that I have Europe in the spring - though I am not sure that planning for that will be quite as fun?
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I had a really nice day yesterday... I did absolutely nothing, other than work on my own trip stuff.
I was upstairs by 7am, despite my family all still sleeping up there... I was quiet.
I had my applique all ready to go, so it was just a matter of getting everything put together. I managed to finish the bag after lunch and my ears after dinner - I am so happy with how SBW II turned out!
And some detail pictures for you all... It's kind of hard to tell in pictures, but the fabric for SBW kind of gives the bag a 3D effect, it's pretty cool.
V found this shirt at Target... Ahhhh... I almost told her to get it for me - as it would be so cute with my SBW set... but in the end - I talked myself out of it... I have a bazillion tops in black/gray/white that would coordinate perfectly with it - I do NOT need another shirt.
Phew! That was a close one! LOL
So, that was my final set for the trip... If you are keeping track - I have 5 new bag sets for this trip, when I wasn't going to have any. LOL I have the Aqua Mickey * Pluto, Dumbo, Carl & Ellie, Toy Story and SBW... We will be there for 7 full days... I will also be bringing my Red Mickey & Pluto bag set, so I can either leave it at that and carry one bag set twice on one of our days off - or I can bring with one of my others? I was thinking Goofy? I"ll see what the luggage situation looks like - as it is, it's not looking good at all. LOL
I finished V's first bag request the other day, but I am waiting for her to finish her Ears before I post it.
Then I have one more bag to make for her, and I am done with our own bags.
Though I am still tempted to make myself a new Donald bag - I've had that on a perpetual back burner for several trips now.
Today - I am doing nothing. I haven't had a legit day off in weeks... I plan to clean the house a little and relax. I'll probably get bored at some point and end up working anyways. That's usually how my days off go.
I hope you all have a nice weekend! Sending prayers and pixie dust out to all!
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