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All caught up! Congrats on the gift cards! Your room location sounds perfect! I did laundry last trip, since it was the 4 of us, and it worked out great. I will probably do it again next trip, even though it will be just the 2 of us. We will be traveling a total of 12 days, so I think it will be necessary! I am really enjoying your TR!!!
Glad the DVC meeting went well and you were able to snag a couple of gift cards
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Glad you were able to go to the DVC presentation, while know is not the time having the information does help when that right time does come up and some gift cards aren't so bad either Hope that you were able to make the Jedi tour.
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Great score with the gift cards!!! Sounds like your morning is off to a good start!!
Believe me--it did not take long to "squander" $100 at WDW! What fun!
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You didn't miskey, I made that number up, I guess. lol Crazy me!
I would love to buy into DVC too. It's a little confusing for me to wrap my head around, so maybe a tour would be good, but I know hubby would say, "no way", although, I like the idea of considering it a date. Sounds like our idea of a "date night" falls in line with yours. LOL!!
BK (before kids) this never would have cut it as a date-funny how things change!
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For future reference the absolute worst thing you can do on Mission Space is close your eyes. If you keep focused on the screen, you will not get motion sickness. When you close your eyes, you lose your focal point and even those not prone to motion sickness will get dizzy. It's like when a ballerina does pirouettes, they use a focal point to keep from getting dizzy.
I am a motion sickness sufferer and have done the non-spinning version many times without a problem.
Great tip! Thanks!
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I just got all caught up - sounds like an awesome trip.
Thankfully for us, although our DD sounds much like your DD, we are able to use Kid's Night Out, and get a few hours to ourselves each trip. I think she feels she needs a break from us and she does like to be in charge so if she can 'help' someone new with DS she feels in charge.
Can't wait for more!
We thought about using the kids' clubs but our youngest was not quite old enough. Maybe next trip--but for the price, it would be hard to justify ($10/hour X 3... eek!)
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All caught up! Congrats on the gift cards! Your room location sounds perfect! I did laundry last trip, since it was the 4 of us, and it worked out great. I will probably do it again next trip, even though it will be just the 2 of us. We will be traveling a total of 12 days, so I think it will be necessary! I am really enjoying your TR!!!
Before our first trip, I thought the idea of laundry on vacation was silly. I think I probably still feel that way for a 5-day trip, but for longer it makes a lot of sense!
We headed towards the Jedi show and were disappointed to realize that all of the trainees were picked/chosen earlier in the day (I am not clear on how that works, as DH rushed the kids to the line while I parked the stroller).
DH and the kids walked back to me sullenly, explaining the situation. Ben did not want to stick around to watch.
We decided we would head to Star Tours (which was open, but had a very short wait…hmmm…).
Just then, a woman rushed over and asked if we had a child who wanted to do the Jedi Training. Apparently, she got a spot for her 5-year-old-son, but he is now chickening out.
She said if we wanted it, we needed to hurry as the kids were to be getting dressed right then. DH scurried with Ben to the line, presented the ticket (and was called "Jared.”) I was so thankful to her, but she was gone before I could communicate our full gratitude.
The experience was even more amazing that I could have expected!
Here is Ben making friends while waiting with other trainees:
In the robes…
The introductions:
Demonstration:
Here are some of the pictures of Ben in his Jedi Training. He was using “the force!”
Recall that Ben is a gymnast as you see his lunges compared to the other kids. It was a hoot!
After each child had thie turn with Darth, the trainees worked together against Darth to stop from being recruited to the Dark Side.
Darth retreats, knowing seeing that “the force” was too strong in this group of young trainees…
This was such an amazing experience for Ben. He still talks about how he has been trained in the ways of the Jedi and how he can really use “the force.” When we got home, I made a collage poster for his room (room theme…Star Wars!). This and the Lego Store (where he made and purchased Star Wars Legos) were the highlights of his trip!
Ben was given a certificate, but we did not keep it because it had “Jared’s” name on it. Turns out he was really disappointed that we tossed it—so if anyone reading along knows how we could get/make another certificate with his name on it, I would love the feedback!
~Weather Report- Wednesday August 18: It was incredibly HOT….98 degrees. Pure sunshine. No rain, no breeze, no clouds. Humidity raised heat indexes to 116. Later that evening, there would be a slight breeze, which coupled with the set sun made things more tolerable.
From here, we headed to our 4:45 ADR at the Sci Fi Café.
How awesome that he got to do the Jedi training academy. It is so cool! Hmm... not sure how you would go about getting a certificate with his name on it. Hope you get an answer!
As far as the weather report... whew. I'm sweatin' just thinking about it!
So glad Ben got a chance to do the Jedi Training. The sign up thing must be something new since our last visit. When oldest dd did it, they picked from the kids in the audience. Glad it worked out for Ben. Some more Disney magic in play!
Oh, and I know exactly what you mean about that not cutting it as a date before kids. lol...our thought process changed in sooo many ways after having kids.
Glad Ben got a chance to do the Jedi Training! It looks like he had fun!
That day was disgustingly hot . We tried the Kim Possible mission, but only made it halfway through saving the UK - the kids were wilting and so were we!!
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