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The I CAN NOW TALK about my trip TR 8-15 to 8-21,2010 COMPLETED
I finally got to make reservations today for our August trip!!! I'm not a good writer but here goes....
The travelers:
Dawn- that's ME!!! 47(48 in disney), I love Eeyore, Disney, puzzles and music.
Dave-my Husband. Just turned 40!!! likes Pluto, video games and is a big kid. Also wishes I wouldn't talk about disney so much.
Katie-my one and only. She's 14, is attached to her cell phone, is boy crazy, and an awesome softball player.
When: August 14th to August 21, 2010
Where:POP century, 70s building
Why?: Katie's graduating middle school and I'm GOING TO DISNEY!!!
We are starting out at Universal, because my DH insists on going there and I want to getHarry Potter out of the way.
We check into POP on Sunday Aug 15th.
I have booked the following dining reservations:
8-15 ESPN club-Dave picked that one (no reservations accepted)
8-16 Le Cellier for Lunch
8-17 Kona Cafe for dinner
8-18 Tutto Italia for dinner
8-19 Sci Fi for Lunch
8-20 Raglan Road for dinner
8-21 HOME
All except for Sci-Fi are new to us. We have never done the dining plan before, so I am really excited. I was told to book whatever I wanted as long as there was something Dave (meat and potatoes) would eat.
Dave told me to plan our vacation, but not to talk about it. This has been going on for 2 years now!!! He would roll his eyes if I mentioned it. I went home sick from work today at 6:30am to get on that phone to book the trip. He called and asked how I did. "are you happy now?" I said YES!! Now with 100ish days left...I need new clothes, a new figure, and a new bathing suit!!!
That's all I have for now. I hope it's not too boring...I'll keep you posted!!!
Next up....I'm NOT driving this year, never again.....
Great start Dawn! You have a great writing style. I'm so excited to read all about your plans and your trip. I have about 65 days to get a new figure too. More please.
The last time we went to WDW, we decided to drive. We left at about 5pm from Worcester, MA and decided to take turns driving until we were tired. We got to the NJ turnpike. It was dark. I noticed that a lot of cars were on the side of the rode with their hazards on. That didn't look good. We couldn't figure out why...until BOOM! What was that? Dave pulled in at the rest area and looked at our Jeep. The entire section where the wheel well was was now gone. It seems that some big 18 wheeler had lost a tire and us and about 15 other cars had hit the pieces. We don't know what happened to the piece of our car. It was driveable so we continued on our way. We stopped in North Carolina and hung out at the big mall for a while. Then we continued on our way to Georgia. We got a hotel room and Katie and I went to visit her best friend that moved down there. The next morning we arrived at WDW. We checked in and Dave took the car to the nearest dealer, which was about 20 miles away. He took a cab back. The entire Disney World experience was ruined. Dave spent most of his time with our insurance co and the dealer while Katie and I went on the rides. It was sad.
This time we are flying, renting a car for a few days, then we are having our best vacation yet!!!
There will be a few firsts for us:
1. the dining plan and all those new reservations.
2. Katie's first time on TOT(that's still a maybe)
3. seeing light, motors action since we missed it the first time.
4. our first time on mission space.
5.Our first time visiting boardwalk instead of our first day going to DTD.
Next up...what do you mean you want to spend TWO days at Universal???
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Great start to the trip! Your writing seems to be getting quite a bit of attention and it is keeping me interested so it must be good. To bad about the accident last trip but, this is a new trip and its going to be great
Yay, another trip report to follow! Thanks for sharing all the deets (details) with us . Sorry about your car! Just one more reason why flying is better.
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at 6:30am to get on that phone to book the trip. He called and asked how I did. "are you happy now?" I said YES!! Now with 100ish days left...I need new clothes, a new figure, and a new bathing suit!!!
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Great list of firsts! 
If you find a good deal on a new figure let me know where you got it cause I am in desperate need of one too!!! 
Liz 
. Sorry about your car! Just one more reason why flying is better.
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