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Finally...got my parents to take a vacation...POR 9/20-9/29 - UPDATED 10/6
So, my parents haven't been to WDW since 1994. I finally talked them into taking a vacation to Disney with us. We all went to DisneyLand in 2005 and did NOT like it...hmmm...Could it have been that it was GOOD FRIDAY?? It was soooo crowded that we stayed for 4 hours and left-we didn't do anything!!!
So here is the cast...
Diana-31, me(D-Ana--Puerto Rican father wanted to make my life difficult by having everyone call me DI-Ana). I run a daycare from home. Went to DL in 2005 and have gone to WDW at least 7 times!
Corey-33, DH is a police officer. DL in 2005 and was sooo nervous when we went to WDW in 2006(his first trip) that he would regret it. Now, he hates to sit here and wait for our vacation!!
Kaelan-5, DD has just started kindergarten! She has been to DL and WDW once.
Brenna-3, DD went to DL in my tummy and has been to WDW once. She can't wait to go again. She thinks she will be riding the BIG rollercoasters with her sister and I.
Marsha-52, DM has been to DL once and WDW at least 5 times. She bailed on us last time so I am SHOCKED she is still coming!!
Ernie-58, DStepF has been to DL once and WDW 2 times. He can't wait to see Epcot again!!
Here are some pictures of us...
DH and I at Fenway...I am a BIG...HUGE Red Sox Fan!!
Brenna & Kaelan on her first day of school!
My DM-Marsha hates to get her picture taken. Hopefully we will get some nice ones.
Brenna & Ernie with Corey and his mom at Kaelan's dance recital.
So, that is everyone.
There is a lot to celebrate this trip. The trip is mainly a Birthday present to the girls. We are also celebrating my mom's Birthday-she turns 53 the day after we come back. It is also her and Ernie's 19th Wedding Anniversary. Corey and I are also celebrating our 6th Wedding Anniversary.
OMG!! I the Red Sox!! You might like to check out this thread Red Sox Nation 2008. There are a bunch of us here!! Great start on your TR! Can't wait to hear more
I hope that you and your family have a magical time at the world
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So, I haven't been able to find time to write a PTR but Thursday night our pump in the well died. So, I thought what a perfect time to start. It was an expensive fix and to top it off my DH's truck has been acting a little funny and we took it in to get looked at and wouldn't you know it needs a new fuel pump...geesh...$3100 spent in one day and we haven't even been to Disney yet! Of course the guy had said that I could sell him my Disney tickets, but I told him NO THANKS!!! He then said well it is gonna cost you $5400 then. I guess he knows how valuable Disney is!
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We leave on Saturday September 20th from Manchester, NH flying SW. We are staying at my DM's house because they are on the way to the airport and we won't have to get up super early!! We leave at 7:50am and we will arrive in Orlando at 10:55am. Where we will take the DME to our home at POR!
We love this resort, we stayed here in 2006 and fell in love. We were going to try POP to save a little money but since we have free dining and we didn't know how we would like POP, we decided to stay at POR. We are going to try to make it over and see the resort. I also want to try and do a tour of the DVC's...keep trying to talk DH in to it.
When we arrive we will check in...hopefully they will have our room ready like last time. Then we will be off to MK for a little while, we have a BBB ressie before dinner at 1900 Park Fare. We have never eaten here and from all the reviews I know we will enjoy it! We will be celebrating the girls' Birthday here!
On Sunday(AK) we have an ADR at Tusker House(another first) for breakfast. We will spend the day at Animal Kingdom. This is also our(DH & I's anniversary).
On Monday(Epcot) we have ADR's at Akershus for Breakfast this meal! we are also going to WCC for dinner...I am bummed that they do not do the ketchup thing at dinner. This is a first also and my DStepF love ketchup on everything so, I was looking forward to him asking for it I am sure we will have a blast. I think we are going to celebrate all of our(DM&DSF,DH&mine) anniversaries here.
On Tuesday(MK) we have a dinner ADR at Chef Mickey's. We have never eaten dinner here but have done breakfast a few times.
On Wednesday(MK) we have breakfast ADR at CRT, a must for our DD's. I know some people don't like to spend the money but I always wanted to eat here and we could never get in. In a way it is for me as much as for them. we also have dinner ressies at Boma's...this is a first and I am hoping to be at AKL for the nighttime animal feeding. We will see.
On Thursday(DHS) we have a dinner ressie at Sci-Fi...this is for my step father, he Sci-Fi stuff and I think the girls will really enjoy the car. I am going to have a Shake I heard so much about. It is also a first for us.
On Friday(Epcot) we have a breakfast ressie at Ohana's. This is another first for us. The girls want to eat with Stitch. We are going to try to stay for EMH tonight at Epcot.
On Saturday we have a ressie for breakfast at Chef Mickeys. We have done a couple of times. This was our original day to leave but flights were so expensive we decided to extend our trip 2 days!DH dad and wife are coming to visit us, so we are probably not heading in to any parks today. They are spending the night and will leave sometime tomorrow. We will spend the day by the pool and shopping in DtD. I also scored dinner for 8 at Raglan Road I am shocked and I just called yesterday to make the ressies. I figured I would give 4 different restaurants a try and I got it on the first one for the time I wanted!For a PARTY of *8*!!
On Sunday we will spending the day around the pool or shopping. Same as Saturday until my In-Laws leave then we will venture into the parks.
On Monday we leaveand we have a super early flight. I know we will have to get DME at about 4:30am or sooner our flight leaves at 7:20am. I hate coming home early but the flight was only $84 and I couldn't pass that up!
We normally do not do a whole lot of EMH's because we usually see everything that we want to see. With 2 small children we see everything we want to see and a few extras or go on rides a million times, like Goofy's barnstormer last time. We will take it by ear like always and with everyone saying the crowds are high we may have to do a few EMH's.
Oh my gosh! to hear about your well pump and DH's vehicle! Your mechanic sounds like a real hoot! Your plans and ADRs look YUMMO! We POR too and found it really hard to pull ourselves away from there to experience other resorts. There is something special about that resort. Can't wait to hear more
I feel your pain with you well issue. We had to put in a whole new well last month and it cost us a shade over $6,000 Not to mention that my my husband had just remodeled our bathroom to the tune of $2,000 before the lovely well surprise. Gotta love the way life works sometimes My husband considered canceling his father son trip to help cushion the blow $$$$ but he decided otherwise and he is in full Disney mode now
Your plans look great! Can't wait to hear more!
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I guess he knows how valuable Disney is!
We will be celebrating the girls' Birthday here!
I am sure we will have a blast. I think we are going to celebrate all of our(DM&DSF,DH&mine) anniversaries here.
we also have dinner ressies at Boma's...this is a first and I am hoping to be at AKL for the nighttime animal feeding. We will see.
I am shocked and I just called yesterday to make the ressies. I figured I would give 4 different restaurants a try and I got it on the first one for the time I wanted!
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and we have a super early flight. I know we will have to get DME at about 4:30am or sooner our flight leaves at 7:20am.
to hear about your well pump and DH's vehicle! 
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