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Love your plas so far! Your little redheaded princess is adorable!! She'll fit right in down there. I am a band nerd too...actually I was in the color guard and twirled a rifle...and my DH was the capt of the football team...go figure. (and we didn't meet until we were older) But, my HS didn't decide to try to march down mainstreet until I graduated My brother was also a band nerd though, so when he went do Disney, of course I had to tag along.
Hope all of your ADR plans work out, they look great. That's quite early...but you are right...well worth it. Good luck!!
Your daughter is absolutely beautiful!!! I'm sure she is going to have a great time!!!
My DH, DS9 & I will be staying @ ASMusic Family Suites 12/1-12/9.
DH & I were also high school sweet hearts. We met during our annual District musical (Bye, Bye Birdie to be exact). He was Albert Peterson. I was on stage crew (scared to death to speak in front of people). We actually didn't start dating until 2 years later.
We will also be at WDW but from Nov 29 - Dec 3rd. We are staying at POFQ and there are 4 of us. Myself, DMom, DS(12) and DD(11). Then Dec 3rd we are staying aboard the Disney Wonder.
We want to eat at Mama Melrose, CRT and Teppanedo too.
You have a lovely family! You're plans sound great! We saw John O'Hurley do the CP when we saw it back in 2006 - and I didn't hear any laughter. He was a great narrator!
@ all the "band nerds": I don't know what it is, but it seems to me that "band people" always seem to find each other. LOL
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You have a lovely family! You're plans sound great! We saw John O'Hurley do the CP when we saw it back in 2006 - and I didn't hear any laughter. He was a great narrator!
Glad to hear he's a good narrator. I could just picture him reading the Nativity in full J. Peterman-from-Seinfeld mode.......
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I bet John O'Hurley would be fantastic. He has such a great speaking voice. We saw a Broadway actress who starred in The Lion King when we went. I can't think of her name offhand. She was really good, too. I was hoping we'd get to hear her sing though because she has an incredible voice.
Update 8/16
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Ok, so I'm offically *really* glad we switched to Pop Century. Last week, John and I traded in the car and and the SUV for.....a new car and SUV. LOL We seriously needed it, though, so I'm not complaining. But, this means nearly double the car payments that we had before. 2 days later, I became *doubly* glad I had waited. Due to a hearing problem she had as an infant, Kate is pretty far behind in speech. We had an evaluation by a speech-language pathologist who recommended speech therapy for her, as well as a 2-mornings-a-week preschool. With these new money matters arising, I am soooo glad that WDW offers families a way to have a great vacation at an affordable price. With all these new discounts coming out for our travel time, I was just beginning to scheme about upgrading back to a mod. I'm glad I waited before making a switch. Being at a value resort allows us to have a great trip without feeling like we are overreaching ourselves financially when we're in a "crunch time".
Ok, planning update! :
DFIL has changed his mind about having Le Cellier for his b-day dinner. He decided he wants Teppan Edo instead. So, I think I will change our original Teppan Edo day to WCC, and eliminate Le Cellier entirely. This will put 4 out of our 6 ADRs in resorts rather than parks. I'm liking this plan, as we aren't tied down to a particular park, and can be more go-with-the-flow. I'm hoping we can still have a Bday cake delivered to Teppan. Counting down 16 days now, until I'm making these ADR's and I can't wait!
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My brother was also a band nerd though, so when he went do Disney, of course I had to tag along. 
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With these new money matters arising, I am soooo glad that WDW offers families a way to have a great vacation at an affordable price. With all these new discounts coming out for our travel time, I was just beginning to scheme about upgrading back to a mod. I'm glad I waited before making a switch. Being at a value resort allows us to have a great trip without feeling like we are overreaching ourselves financially when we're in a "crunch time". 
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