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The I Can't Stand the Wait Honeymoon Pre-TR--Updated 8/8
I swear time has slowed to a crawl and the wait is starting to get to me! I decided to pass some time by doing a Pre-Tr. We’ve only got about another 3 weeks to go until our wedding, then a honeymoon at Disney!
The players:
Me
I’ve been a lover of all things Disney since I was a kid. I did Mousercise in my playroom. I listened to the picture discs on end. From Bedknobs and Broomsticks to Cinderella to The Little Mermaid and Lion King, Beauty and the Beast to Wall-E. What can I say? I’m a fan. This will be my fifth trip to the world – the first time just to MK during a dance competition in high school. I convinced DH2B to go to Disney 2 years ago and he loved it too. He proposed after dinner in T-Rex Café last December. I never thought then we’d be headed back so soon.
DH2B
I suspect he’s been a closet Disney fan for years. He loves the movies, Monster’s Inc being his favorite. He thought I was kind of nuts for suggesting a Disney World get away a couple of years ago. This will be our third trip together since that first one in Aug 2007. DH2B's mother is nice enough to watch his DS so we could take a honeymoon.
When: August 9th – August 14th
Where: Our first stay at POFQ. I've stayed offsite once, ASMu once, and twice at CBR. I'm excited about trying someplace new!
The wedding is 5:00pm Saturday with a simple buffet reception. Our flight leaves Sunday at 8:30am so we’ll be up bright and early about 5:30am. We’re trying Midway Park, Ride, and Fly this time. It’s a secure lot less than 5 minutes from the airport. I paid about $55 after using a 10% off code where parking at the airport is $80 something. They have a shuttle that takes you to the airport and picks you up on your return. I'm hoping it works out well. If so we'll use them from now on. I actually prefer O'Hare but Southwest flies out of Midway, so Midway it is.
Things are starting to pick up around here and all of a sudden there’s so much to do after months of waiting. Now I’ve got to fit wedding stuff into the Disney pre-trip schedule. I have list after list of things to do. I'll come back soon with our trip schedule and ADR's!
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I can't believe it is almost here. I remember reading your last TR. Hope everything goes smoothly for you and for you to be landing soon in Orlando.
Can't wait to hear all of your plans.
I was all set to post our schedule. Then Disney went and made the park hours at MK and DHS later. We didn't think we'd be able to see Fantasmic this time. I was kind of bummed out since we didn't see it in December either. It's my favorite show. Now I'm thinking we can probably fit it in. (happy dance, happy dance) Originally it was scheduled to show 3 nights that week. They've added a second show to all of those nights.
DH2B is asleep and it's killing me he doesn't know. He'll be as excited as I am. The worst hours at DHS were 9am-7:00pm with pm EMH 7pm-10pm. Now they've become 9am-9pm with pm EMH 9pm-12am! We were planning on going to DHS for EMH that night around 6:00pm. Now we get 2 more hours to play! Now I just have to figure out where to fit Fantasmic.
I can't believe it is almost here. I remember reading your last TR. Hope everything goes smoothly for you and for you to be landing soon in Orlando.
Can't wait to hear all of your plans.
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This will be my fifth trip to the world – the first time just to MK during a dance competition in high school. I convinced DH2B to go to Disney 2 years ago and he loved it too. He proposed after dinner in T-Rex Café last December. I never thought then we’d be headed back so soon.
DH2B's mother is nice enough to watch his DS so we could take a honeymoon.
I have list after list of things to do. I'll come back soon with our trip schedule and ADR's!
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Congrats on your upcoming wedding and honeymoon. 
Liz 
Now I just have to figure out where to fit Fantasmic.
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