Joanna71985
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- Feb 28, 2005
So exciting that it's down to 1 week!
Do you have to go to the post office to pick up a form? I have always scheduled our mail holds through their website.
I was just going to say can you schedule the hold online? That's what we've done the last few times. So easy!
Our local post office won’t let u schedule he hold only, but we are a small rural town
Yes - I am 80% packed - we had to do laundry for Sam for his army weekend which is this weekend so we did it all at once!
I. Working on putting together the travel baggies of bygone stuff - glad we will use most of that up so we don’t have to worry about it coming back!
So exciting that it's down to 1 week!
Well you are racing up to the start of your vacation.
I'm just getting FP for our December trip and our good news is that my daughter can now join us, only for the last week but I'm so pleased
So now I've had to get a decent priced flight, WDW ticket, travel insurance, airport hotel etc etc £££££
Hope you manage to get everything sorted
One week for you, two for me Two weeks from yesterday at this time I'll be getting dropped off at the airport. Getting my hair done tomorrow and I'll iron my shorts on Sunday but I won't pack anything until next week and that'll just be putting them in packing cubes. The final packing will happen the day of the flight.
What wonderful news that your DD can join in the Christmas fun! You must be absolutely THRILLED!
I hope you are able to secure all the extras that you need at a good price .
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Woohoo 6 days! Been keeping up with you on FB, as I’m so behind posting here.
I did the online checkin for Alamo for our September trip- so easy to just roll out to pick up a car.
Funny that Jaxdad is staying at Harbour Lake as that is where we stayed in September. Resort undergoing refurbishment bit they close a building at a time so didn’t bother us at all.
Since I put our suitcases away as we don’t actually have a trip planned until January I’ll be living vicariously through others trip reports again. Although I’ve almost got DH talked into the Cuba cruise next year...I’ve actually put a deposit on it already to lock in price, fully refundable until March. I always have to do this, if I waited til his last minute decison we’d never get to go anywhere!
So jealous of your fab discovery cove day! Such a fantastic price!
You are going to really enjoy the tours! Animal Ambassadors is very high on my list (right behind killer whales up-close). Sea Lions is fun too
Glad you are ticking your to do list off. Your plans sound great and i bet you can't wait to get off with all the things going off!
Yes it was great news and I managed to scrape all our miles together, and purchase a few more, and get the flight for around $570 (compared to $1641) if I didn't have the miles. So I was definitely pleased with this. Flights over Christmas are sooooo expensive
I would love it if he would get a Disboards login and contribute to our trip report, though!! I think it would be fun for you all to get the other side's perspective, right from the horse's mouth.
Hey everyone, finally back from our trip, we had a GREAT time. The crowds at Sea World and Busch Gardens were pretty low, Discovery Cove was as good as I remembered, Our first visit to Aquatica was super fun, and the surprise MNSSHP was a huge success (Too. Much. Candy.) Now to move on to our pre-thanksgiving Universal trip.
Yes that saving was definitely needed to make it more manageable.
The $99 DC is equivalent to 4 days parking at WDW or Universal. Which would you rather do?
Hey Gina! We had a great weekend in Orlando!
We spent Friday afternoon at the resort—free upgrade to a 2BR!—then Friday night at the Outta Control Comedy Magic Show. It was good. I have a vague recollection that it was better with Tony Brent, but it was still fun and well worth our discounted price.
SeaWorld was great! We rode the 3 coasters many, many times! We rode Infinity Falls twice. Great ride! I got pretty wet the first time and soaked the second. Our standby time was about 20 minutes. (The sign indicated 50 minutes after our second ride.) We did the shows we missed last time. Our only disappointment was that Journey to Atlantis was down when we planned to ride it and we didn’t make it back. Oh well.
We did more resort time Saturday afternoon and evening—it was really nice and relaxing—then the other WonderWorks stuff this morning. We had lunch at Johnny Rockets.
So, another Orlando trip is in the books! We may do another trip right before Christmas. I hope your last minute planning and packing are going well!
Hey, maybe we can work on both of our guys over dinner at Hash House? Perhaps if they each know the other would be chiming in, we could sway them into becoming the newest members of the Dis!!
I told Joe he should have a DIS account, too!! But, maybe it's better we don't let them see what we post! especially when we're in the planning stages and we haven't told them of our plans yet??
I know these last few days will be so hectic for you, but next week you'll be relaxing in the sun!
Hey everyone, finally back from our trip, we had a GREAT time. The crowds at Sea World and Busch Gardens were pretty low, Discovery Cove was as good as I remembered, Our first visit to Aquatica was super fun, and the surprise MNSSHP was a huge success (Too. Much. Candy.) Now to move on to our pre-thanksgiving Universal trip.
Yay on too much candy!
Getting closer! My October trip was awesome, met up with some DISers, and great times. No HHN for me this year, and doing the Mickey party in August, felt no need to do twice, so skipped it in October. Was so much candy, that no need to duplicate 6 weeks later.
Kids really want to cruise, but I am still getting sticker shock since the last time we sailed. Plus, three adults now. But I reminded them, we are now more like an every other holiday trip. But with APs to the Dark Side and Busch parks, with little one graduating from high school, she'll be out earlier than the end of school, an early June trip may be in the works. The joy of planning. Yep, I'm the only one who generally plots and schemes, none of the other family members give a hoot, other than suggestions once in awhile as to where. The logistics are all mine.
I think ponchos would definitely help. It is not as much of a soaker as the Popeye ride in IOA. If you're at the front of the raft when it hits a couple of the standing waves, especially the one under the pedestrian bridge, you will get water over you. There is also a part where you go under the big drop, and there is water falling from above. If you wear a poncho tucked around your legs and bottom and with the hood up, you should be okay. You still need to watch your feet though, as water sloshes around in the bottom of the rafts, and I don't recall footrests like on the Popeye ride to help keep your feet up.I am happy to hear that Infinity Falls was a hit for your fam! I have been binge watching POV videos and I'm growing more excited with each clip.....though I could do without the getting drenched part . Do you think ponchos would help at all? Or would they be pointless?
Hey, maybe we can work on both of our guys over dinner at Hash House? Perhaps if they each know the other would be chiming in, we could sway them into becoming the newest members of the Dis!!
Steve and I have been married long enough, he always knows I'm planning SOMETHING . Of course, he also knows that I'm the thriftier one of the two of us, so maybe that's why he doesn't worry so much? He is quite happy to live by the YOLO philosophy, while I have a little more trouble with being spendy!!
our standard "OMG bag"