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Adventures Down Under take on the World!!!!!!!!! A Pre Trip Report Jan 2008
Hi Everyone! My name is Jess and i am from Sydney Australia. I am very nervous because this is my first ever Pre Trip Report! I am only new to the boards and i have spent many hours thus far reading some amazingly funny pre trip reports. I am not sure i have what it takes but i figured i need to give it a go.
I have so much information and advice that i want to share with you all.
Firstly, I’ll begin with what is already booked.
We will be at WDW from the 2nd of January till the 13th of January staying at Pop! I am so excited i have read lots of great things about this resort.
We are then going on the Disney Cruise Line from the 13th -17th of January!!! i think i am even more excited about this!!!
Me Jess (26)
I am a primary school teacher, i think that is called elementary teacher in the states. I absolutely adore teaching children and knowing that I am creating wonderful learning opportunities for them. I enjoy my job and i love seeing their happy smiling faces. I am 26 years old and i will be married for 4 years by the time I aarrive in the world. I am married to a wonderful man, my high school sweetheart.
I am completely obsessed with anything disney!! (More on that Later)
DH Murray (26)
Murray is also a primary school teacher. He is not as disney obsessed as i am but he is definately a fan. His main passions in life are animals, especially frogs, snakes and turtles.
Previous Trips
I am very fortunate to have travelled to many disney parks. Coming from Australia, it is pretty expensive to get anywhere. It is costing us $6000 just to get to Orlando in January.
I have been to DL, WDW, Tokyo Disney and Hongkong Disney as well.
I was last in WDW in 2000. I came over as part of an international exchange program. I worked as a cast member for three months and i lived on property. I worked in AK. (Ill tell more details about this in a later post if people are interested).
My husband thinks i am crazy. He doesn't understand how i could spend hours planning for something that is so far away. When I told him that we had to plan our ADR's 180 days in advance he nearly had a heart attack. He thinks i am nuts!!!!
I on the otherhand, have had a ball searching through reviews and menus. I am so excited to try all of these wonderful resturants when I am there.
We decided to do the Disney Dining Plan (Yummy!!!!)
We have decided to go with the dining plan. I worked out that it will save me roughly $300. My husband is a coeliac (he cant eat gluten). Gluten is found in foods such as bread, pizza, pasta, cakes etc. :scared: As these foods are such a big part of the whole disney experience ie hot dogs, pizza and hamburgers, we figured that at least on the DP there is food he can eat.
180 Days ADR's here I come!!!! (well so i though so)
I have been waiting for today since i booked in April. I guess when you book a trip so far out, all the little milestones and events seem really big. Today is 180 days until we hit the world. I stayed up till 11pm and made sure that I called at exactly 7am orlando time. I have all of my ADR's ready and I am about to burst. After counting down from hours, to mins, to secs to go I finally dialled the number. When i spoke to the cast member she informed me that i was one day early. I got the days muddle because it is 180 days in Australia but you guys are 1/2 a day behind us in America. My husband was on the floor in a fit of laughter. He thought it was so hilarious. He later comforted me and reminded me that now i get to get excited tomorrow ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, here are the proposed ADR's
01/02 Spoodles @ 7pm
01/03 Chef Mickey's @ 6pm
01/04 Le Cellier 7pm
01/05 Sci Fi @ 6pm
01/06 1900 Park Fare @ 7pm
01/07 Mama Melrose @ 6:30pm
01/08 Crystal Palace 8am
01/08 Tony's Town Square 5pm
01/10 Boma @ 7:30pm
01/11 Chef de France (4th Wedding Anniversary Dinner)
01/12 Ohana's Breakfast 7:30am
So.......what do you think? Please let me know i hope that they are all good choices. I really researched so i feel like they are. I also had to choose resturants that catered for my husbands needs.
With all this delicious food i am dreading the amount of weight i am going to put on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 I think i better commit myself to loosing at least 10kg (not sure what that is in pounds) before i go. There you go i said it. Now all i have to do is stick to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry if i am rambling, i just love to talk......especially when it concerns disney!!!!
Ill be back tomorrow to let you know if i got the ADR's! Here's hoping!!!:
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First Welcome to the boardds!!!
Second, we would to hear the censored version of being a CM.
Third, ADR look scrumptious!
Fourth, let the planning continue!
WDW - August 1997 Off Property
WDW - January 2005 AKL
WDW - May 2006 Pop Century
WDW- november-dec 2007 pop century
WDW- dec/jan 2009/2010 pop century
WDW- oct/nov 2012 art of animation
WDW- sept 2013 port Orleans riverside
WDW- july 2015 beach club
If today is an indication of how excited i am going to be in WDW....I am scared!
After all of the mix up over these ADR's, today was finally the day for me to book. I spent all day checking and changing my mind. I think i ended up with the exact same list that i started with in the first place!!!!
Anyway, i managed to stuff it up again and once again my husband was on the floor in a fit of laughter. I kept ringing and ringing and didn't understand why the dining was say that it was closed. I was ringing at 5am Orlando time. I muddled up the conversions and called 2 hours early.
Anyway it was now 9pm Sydney time and i was on the phone to disney. The other FOUR!!!!! times i have called in the last couple of days i have gotten straight through to a cast member. Today when i called it said that there was a high number of callers and to expect a wait!!! I am away on holidays at my parents holiday house and now i am sitting on hold to AMERICA!!!! Thankfully I was only on hold for 10 mins.... singing away to the lovely disney music. (I think they whould record guest on hold and then play back there singing it would be so funny).
After all of this suspense, i guess you are dying to know if i got my reservations. I am happy to report that i got all of my reservations except for one. I even managed to get all of the times i wanted. Tony's Town Square will be under renervation from Jan 5th so i missed out on that one. I replaced it with Whispering Canyon Cafe which i am really happy about because i have heard great things about that. So here is the final list......
01/02 Spoodles @ 7pm
01/03 Chef Mickey's @ 5pm
01/04 Le Cellier 7pm
01/05 Sci Fi @ 6pm
01/06 1900 Park Fare @ 6pm
01/07 Mama Melrose @ 6pm
01/08 Crystal Palace 8:05am
01/08 Whispering Canyon Cafe 7:30pm
01/10 Boma @ 7:30pm
01/11 Chef de France 7pm(4th Wedding Anniversary Dinner)
01/12 Ohana's Breakfast 7:55am
I want to go there right now. If today was any indication of how excited i am going to be i am a little bit scared. After i got off the phone i called four people chanting "I got my ADR's". My dad and sister thought i had gone mad and the other to said"WHAT ON EARTH IS AN ADR!!!!"
I am so glad i have all of you lovely people who understand me and are interested in my disney planning.
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sounds great Jess
I wouls also love to hear about your experiences as a CM ( I was one for about 3 weeks too!)
welome to the boards and have fun planning
we can answer any questions you may have
hurry back with more
Well today i called to talk to the disney cruise line reservation centre. FIrstly my cast member was so helpful and friendly. I love when that happens. I am all booked on the 13-17th of January 2008. I was originally booked for a category 12 but today i upgraded to a category 11. She even gave me my room number. We will be staying in room 7009! i am so excited. She told me that it was a very good room and location. DOes anyone know if this is true? I also made all my arrangements on transportation and i am going to use the disney cruise line transer bus. I am so excited i can't believe i got my room number and an upgrade all in one day!
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I am very nervous because this is my first ever Pre Trip Report! I am only new to the boards and i have spent many hours thus far reading some amazingly funny pre trip reports. I am not sure i have what it takes but i figured i need to give it a go.
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Gluten is found in foods such as bread, pizza, pasta, cakes etc. :scared: As these foods are such a big part of the whole disney experience ie hot dogs, pizza and hamburgers, we figured that at least on the DP there is food he can eat. 
I think your ADRs look great.......I hope you were able to get them all 
to hear the censored version of being a CM.
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