kittylady1972
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- Oct 20, 2003
Looks like a very solid plan. You sure put it together very quickly!
Thanks!
Looks like a very solid plan. You sure put it together very quickly!
July 4th Trip UPDATE
First of all, the transportation has changed slightly. My DH was put in charge of booking the Autotrain for all of us. Once he started looking at prices, he determined it would be worth it to "upgrade" us from Lower Level Seats to Roomettes. In Autotrain talk, that means we will have 3 small "rooms" to share. Each room has two seats that convert to bunk beds in the evening. This allows us to come a little close to "real" sleep since we'll have our own beds instead of recliner seats. We can arrive the next morning in Orlando a little more refreshed
Awesome surprise upgrade! How long is the trip down?
Let's see, what else? Oh we got a 5-day pass purchased for my FIL, but by the time I went to add him to our current FP+ plans, some of them had to change due to lack of availability. I made some changes here and there and for the most part I'm good with all of them. It isn't ideal for some of our plans to hit the parks early and leave as some of the FP+s are later in the day than I would like, but we can make it work I'm sure. Plus we have 6 days of FP+s but only have a 5-day park hopper for him, that we plan to have him upgrade on arrival to an Annual Pass (now kicking ourselves that we didn't have him do this on the last trip). Once he has an AP, we can then go ahead and add him to the last day of FP+s for us, which hopefully will all still be available.
I'm sure with your dd's FP ninja skills everything will work out!
That's the current update for us. I have yet to make some kind of preliminary plan for the Thanksgiving trip, and I am still not quite happy about it because of our extra people now, but I have a few more days to come up with a plan for how to manage that. Next week I'll need to book ADRs for that trip and I will decide how many of them to include the "extra" people in for that one.
Just keep telling yourself, "The more, the merrier."
Awesome surprise upgrade! How long is the trip down?
I'm sure with your dd's FP ninja skills everything will work out!
Just keep telling yourself, "The more, the merrier."
That's the current update for us. I have yet to make some kind of preliminary plan for the Thanksgiving trip, and I am still not quite happy about it because of our extra people now, but I have a few more days to come up with a plan for how to manage that. Next week I'll need to book ADRs for that trip and I will decide how many of them to include the "extra" people in for that one.
Well, if you "can't" get a table for all of you, you can always split the groups up into 2 reservations at the same restaurant/approx. time. This way you will get a break during the actual meal. At least you "tried" - lol!
Plan for July sounds great! Think the upgrade will be worth it since we know how teenagers need their sleep!
I think its great that you include your father in law in all your trips. In the pics, he always looks like he's having a good time and seems to mesh well with your family. I am sure he appreciates it even more since his wife passed.
Good luck with the planning for Thanksgiving trip! Hope you can get what you need for ADRs!
I call you amazing! With expectations set (and 10 years of maturing) there should be less drama than last solo trip with him.
My only concern is where we live there is a parent sponsored and chaperoned all night graduation party immediately following the ceremony. Both of my kids would have been upset to miss this event. Will he be missing anything like this that he can hold a grudge over your head for the rest of your life like only a teenager can do? Lol
I think it's awesome and I can't wait to hear all about it!
This sounds SO FUN. A fantastic restaurant combined with an amazing, special event.Dine with an Imagineer at Cítricos: July 5th
I completely understand not wanting to be home, and I think Disney is the perfect place for you all to beYes I do as well. July 4th will mark one year since the death of my mother-in-law, so we really don't want to spend it at home. Her last trip to Disney with us was July 4th week, so it seems fitting to go during that time.
Great! I've had pretty decent luck getting both for my clients so far...............Yes we have Slinky Dog Coaster and the Alien Saucers booked for two different days.
I want to do Wild Africa Trek so bad. What time of year did you do it? Wondering how disgusting it is during the summer monthsI'm wondering if we should book another tour. Those are always fun. This one at AK was probably one of our favorites:
I love that you and DS are going after he graduates, I can only hope that Ricky or Chris would want to do that with me
I completely understand not wanting to be home, and I think Disney is the perfect place for you all to be
Great! I've had pretty decent luck getting both for my clients so far...............
I want to do Wild Africa Trek so bad. What time of year did you do it? Wondering how disgusting it is during the summer months
Yay for the Room Fairy showing up! You are far more tolerant than me when it comes to changing rooms at the same resort.
We stayed at ASMu last June for a very short stay. It was fine since we were barely in room. And I REALLY liked the price!
Yay! So happy all your room ressies are working out!!!!