"...you are getting SLEE-E-E-EPY......Disney is GOO-O-O-O-OD......you WANT to go to WDW....Mickey is your friend...."
...the driver was only 21 years old....like my DS's age......so sad really...
...the "Broken Foot/Kitchen Fire" story:
we used to have a 3-tiered deck directly off our back [kitchen] door, which were painted all in the same color. The 'slats' or boards ran horizontally (or, that's what it looked like when you looked out our back door's window) so you couldn't easily tell where one decking ended and another began. I love to light candles throughout the house and I am always vigilant about them. I never leave a room for longer than a minute with a burning candle, or, if I do, I have that candle in view. Ths particular evening I had a night class at the college, so I was busy clearing the dishes from the table and cleaning the kitchen. My DH, who had been the head coach of his football team [at the time] was having his assistant coaches and team come over to our house to watch the previous week's game for, what he calls a 'skull session' on our big-screen tv. Our guests were told by my DH to use to back door when arriving at our home - no big deal, except that the door was constantly opening and closing from all the entering guests. No biggie, except for the fact that there was a lit candle on the shelf on the wall right next to that back door, and, one of the players opened the door a little too much, making the curtain on the door's window catch fire!!As he closed the door, I immediately noticed that the curtain was burning, so I ran to the door, removed the curtain, rod and all, from the door, and proceeded to hurry out the door to throw the burning curtain into the pile of snow in my backyard. Unfortunately, I didn't see where one deck ended and the next one began, so I fell, twisting my ankle HARD and coming down on my foot in a not-so-good position! My foot IMMEDIATELY ballooned to about 3 sizes larger and turned colors that I didn't know even existed....stupid me went off to my night class anyway - my foot just about BURST out of my sneaker.....talk about 'taking one for the team'!!
I'm so sorry you had to go through that though!!!So the more I thought about it, the more I realized I don't want to deal with moving 5 and 6 year olds from one resort to another. It would be one thing if we were staying a few nights at one and then a week at another (that's next year!). So I sent an email to my TA asking her to switch the whole thing to AKL, so we'll be there for 6 nights and not do the split stay with the WL. I kept getting hung up on the buses. Not sure why. I think in terms of time, we'd spend less time on the bus than on the monorail or trying to get from WL to epcot.
Besides, the bus was Jeckle's favorite part of the trip the last time.
I'm not a big fan of moving in a trip either-it's added hassle. It's fun to try a couple resorts, but like you said-next year!! The bus service from AKL is traditionally very good, so I think you won't be disappointed a bit.
"...you are getting SLEE-E-E-EPY......Disney is GOO-O-O-O-OD......you WANT to go to WDW....Mickey is your friend...."
I'm sorry to hear more about how your November trip won't be happening, I've been holding out in hope that it would somehow happen for you!!
I've been holding out hope too - which is why I had not deleted the ticker yet. But, all is not lost! My girlfriends and I are taking a trip for our 40th birthdays in Nov. 2010. I tried to convince them to go to DW, but they are not all big fans. Then one of them was able to get an offer from a relative to use his condo on the beach in Tampa for free. So that's where we are going. Now, I can't be that close to DW and not go, at least for a day. So I was planning to drive up for a day, just me, myself and I, and have a nice relaxing solo mini-trip. Which would, of course, include eating at Boma!
One of my girlfriend's and I went for a walk this morning and starting talking about the 40th birthday trip. Side note: she is planning a trip to DW in Jan with her family and I've gotten her hooked on the DIS and TourGuide Mike! Anyway, as I started telling her about my plan to drive up to DW for a day, she said she would love to go with me. Then we got all excited and the one-day mini trip morphed into this plan: fly into Orlando, stay at a Disney resort, go to Epcot for the Food and Wine festival, stay again that night (because who wants to drive to Tampa after drinking and eating our way around the World all day?), then drive to Tampa the next day. Very good plan, IMHO!!!
So, what do you all think? If you had one day at DW, which park would you go to? Or would you try to get to them all? What would be on your to-do list? I'm just so happy that I will get my "fix" - even if it's just one day!
I've been holding out hope too - which is why I had not deleted the ticker yet. But, all is not lost! My girlfriends and I are taking a trip for our 40th birthdays in Nov. 2010. I tried to convince them to go to DW, but they are not all big fans. Then one of them was able to get an offer from a relative to use his condo on the beach in Tampa for free. So that's where we are going. Now, I can't be that close to DW and not go, at least for a day. So I was planning to drive up for a day, just me, myself and I, and have a nice relaxing solo mini-trip. Which would, of course, include eating at Boma!
One of my girlfriend's and I went for a walk this morning and starting talking about the 40th birthday trip. Side note: she is planning a trip to DW in Jan with her family and I've gotten her hooked on the DIS and TourGuide Mike! Anyway, as I started telling her about my plan to drive up to DW for a day, she said she would love to go with me. Then we got all excited and the one-day mini trip morphed into this plan: fly into Orlando, stay at a Disney resort, go to Epcot for the Food and Wine festival, stay again that night (because who wants to drive to Tampa after drinking and eating our way around the World all day?), then drive to Tampa the next day. Very good plan, IMHO!!!
So, what do you all think? If you had one day at DW, which park would you go to? Or would you try to get to them all? What would be on your to-do list? I'm just so happy that I will get my "fix" - even if it's just one day!
...the "Broken Foot/Kitchen Fire" story:
we used to have a 3-tiered deck directly off our back [kitchen] door, which were painted all in the same color. The 'slats' or boards ran horizontally (or, that's what it looked like when you looked out our back door's window) so you couldn't easily tell where one decking ended and another began. I love to light candles throughout the house and I am always vigilant about them. I never leave a room for longer than a minute with a burning candle, or, if I do, I have that candle in view. Ths particular evening I had a night class at the college, so I was busy clearing the dishes from the table and cleaning the kitchen. My DH, who had been the head coach of his football team [at the time] was having his assistant coaches and team come over to our house to watch the previous week's game for, what he calls a 'skull session' on our big-screen tv. Our guests were told by my DH to use to back door when arriving at our home - no big deal, except that the door was constantly opening and closing from all the entering guests. No biggie, except for the fact that there was a lit candle on the shelf on the wall right next to that back door, and, one of the players opened the door a little too much, making the curtain on the door's window catch fire!!
Kimmar-that sounds horrible! It must have been very difficult to get around
...I love candles too-and DH is always running around putting them out the minute I walk out of the room-maybe that's not such a bad thing-especially since I'm the one likely to light things on fire including myself..
Humans have learned to utilize and enjoy fire effectively but it can be very dangerous too...So the more I thought about it, the more I realized I don't want to deal with moving 5 and 6 year olds from one resort to another. It would be one thing if we were staying a few nights at one and then a week at another (that's next year!). So I sent an email to my TA asking her to switch the whole thing to AKL, so we'll be there for 6 nights and not do the split stay with the WL. I kept getting hung up on the buses. Not sure why. I think in terms of time, we'd spend less time on the bus than on the monorail or trying to get from WL to epcot.
Besides, the bus was Jeckle's favorite part of the trip the last time.
and it's a fun area to stay---Hmm I've always wanted to go to the Halloween party in October and DH's & DD's birthday plus our anniversary are in October and since DH is feeling all this DVC love lately-hmmm I'm feeling an idea brewing...
-they are really great and everytime we use them we remember where we will be in 38 Days....
Focusing on the upcoming trip-DD and I were just in Starbucks this week getting our regular Americano and Ice Tea when we excitedly spotted and bought two travel mugs that have African cloth in/on them (they have a whole fair trade African line-travel mugs, lunch sacks, coffee) I will have to take photos of them-I'd like to actually do a trip report this time round...
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
I've been holding out hope too - which is why I had not deleted the ticker yet. But, all is not lost! My girlfriends and I are taking a trip for our 40th birthdays in Nov. 2010. I tried to convince them to go to DW, but they are not all big fans. Then one of them was able to get an offer from a relative to use his condo on the beach in Tampa for free. So that's where we are going. Now, I can't be that close to DW and not go, at least for a day. So I was planning to drive up for a day, just me, myself and I, and have a nice relaxing solo mini-trip. Which would, of course, include eating at Boma!
One of my girlfriend's and I went for a walk this morning and starting talking about the 40th birthday trip. Side note: she is planning a trip to DW in Jan with her family and I've gotten her hooked on the DIS and TourGuide Mike! Anyway, as I started telling her about my plan to drive up to DW for a day, she said she would love to go with me. Then we got all excited and the one-day mini trip morphed into this plan: fly into Orlando, stay at a Disney resort, go to Epcot for the Food and Wine festival, stay again that night (because who wants to drive to Tampa after drinking and eating our way around the World all day?), then drive to Tampa the next day. Very good plan, IMHO!!!
So, what do you all think? If you had one day at DW, which park would you go to? Or would you try to get to them all? What would be on your to-do list? I'm just so happy that I will get my "fix" - even if it's just one day!
