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sounds like your trip is going to be AWSOME. don't think my DH would let me go without him, he enjoys it as much as me!
I am not lucky enough to know someone (outside of the PP boards) that enjoys Disney as much as me so that is probably the main reason I am going solo. I keep getting this crazy idea of inviting some friends to go with me but then I wisen up and stop myself!
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Nothing too cool to report except for what's been going on over at www.disneyfoodblog.com
Seems like everyday I find something new to add to my to do list for my upcoming trip. The F&WF is my favorite time of year at Disney.
I recall my first time stumbling upon the festival back in 2001 a few months after I had moved to Florida. My cousin and her family came down from PA and we stayed at the Poly. While wandering around Epcot we saw signs for F&WF. The kids were bored out of their minds so we headed back to the resort. My cousin's hubby suggested Kim & I return to WS and he would watch the boys for the rest of the night!! Not only did we discover what would become my favorite thing to do at WDW, we also went to dinner at Wolfgang Pucks and Pleasure Island (which would become a ritual my girlfriends and I would repeat every six to eight weeks for the next two years). We posed as entrants in the Quest for the Best Int'l Bartending Competition at Motion nightclub as well!
Since 2001, I've attended seven more F&WFs, visited Wolfgang Puck's so many times that we actually were introduced to the man himself on two of his visits and made PI (especially Adventurer's Club) our home right up until it's closing in September 2008.
So, to be able to attend this year's festival solo is making me more excited than a kid on Christmas!! And my friends over at the Food Blog are helping me every step of the way! They recently filled me in on the Chocolate Seminars being introduced this year. Of course, only select Sundays - so if October 9th is one of those days, I might have to cancel Le Cellier again!!
They've also announced Mixology seminars being held DAILY at 6pm!!! Since I plan on getting to rope drop everyday at a park then leaving midday to relax at the resort, a mixology seminar will be the perfect daily happy hour to my dinners planned sampling food around WS. Can you say Heaven???
Any other foodies going Oct 7th -12th that would like to join me for dinner?? Hit me up!
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I so want to go to the F&WF some day! I am a foodie! (and wino! ) but I think I'll need to wait until the kids are in college for that.
I didn't get to my first F&WF until I was 30. I glad because I appreciated it much more than I would have if I had gone in my early 20s when I thought fast food was gourmet and the only wine I had tasted was Church wine!!
I am not lucky enough to know someone (outside of the PP boards) that enjoys Disney as much as me so that is probably the main reason I am going solo. I keep getting this crazy idea of inviting some friends to go with me but then I wisen up and stop myself!
That is too bad as I think most of the time it is more fun to share it with someone. But I guess you never know, I've never gone by myself!
That is too bad as I think most of the time it is more fun to share it with someone. But I guess you never know, I've never gone by myself!
I actually have a wee part of me that is scared going to WDW alone might fall short of a vakay with friends and/or family. However, I've done MK & AK solo and really enjoyed it. I do have a few FL residents stopping by to hang with me (wouldn't be a FL trip without that!) over the weekend but my last three days are all me, me, me!!! "What do you want to do today Jennie??" "Whatever I want!" Oh, that's nice to hear!
Besides, I think my friends were gonna crack me a shot on our last trip if I begged to go on Snow White's Scary Adventures one more time!!
Side note: I've got DisRadio on this morning because I'm all alone in the office til 11am and the soundtrack to Soarin' came on. Gotta tell ya, I caught myself lifting my feet off the floor like I was gliding over CA. Total goob.
I've been enjoying your responses on other TRs and thought I'd catch up on yours. I'm just signing in now and plan to catch up here at work...I mean as soon as I get home . I'd love to do a solo trip someday, so for now I'll live through yours and Sharon's.
I've been enjoying your responses on other TRs and thought I'd catch up on yours. I'm just signing in now and plan to catch up here at work...I mean as soon as I get home . I'd love to do a solo trip someday, so for now I'll live through yours and Sharon's.
Thank you for getting on board!
I never thought I'd have the guts (or time) to go it alone. I can't believe it's a wee bit over 100 days until I leave!!
Side note: I've got DisRadio on this morning because I'm all alone in the office til 11am and the soundtrack to Soarin' came on. Gotta tell ya, I caught myself lifting my feet off the floor like I was gliding over CA.
Total goob.
Well, if that makes you a goob, I'm a goob too. I have pictures from Disney playing as a side show on my screen. When the Pixar Parade pics come up, I start bouncing to the beat of the song in my head. We all need a little something to distract us from the mundane of day to day.
I actually have a wee part of me that is scared going to WDW alone might fall short of a vakay with friends and/or family. However, I've done MK & AK solo and really enjoyed it. I do have a few FL residents stopping by to hang with me (wouldn't be a FL trip without that!) over the weekend but my last three days are all me, me, me!!! "What do you want to do today Jennie??" "Whatever I want!" Oh, that's nice to hear!
Besides, I think my friends were gonna crack me a shot on our last trip if I begged to go on Snow White's Scary Adventures one more time!!
Side note: I've got DisRadio on this morning because I'm all alone in the office til 11am and the soundtrack to Soarin' came on. Gotta tell ya, I caught myself lifting my feet off the floor like I was gliding over CA. Total goob.
I LOVE the fact that the music made you want to lift your feet.
The only time I had to myself was when my DH took a nap the first couple of days but that was only for a couple of hours and yes have to admit it was pretty nice!
[QUOTE=jennie622;3690176] Edison (where my storage unit is) is so crowded and has nothing really to look at besides traffic and convention centers.
Aww, c'mon, we've got more than that here. We've got the new Sams Club, new traffic lights and more banks & drug stores than we'll ever need Seriously, if they build anything else I'm going to scream
All caught up!
LOVE the Flo costume!! Fab!!
We LOVE MNSSHP!! We've been twice so far during Jersey week. The first trip we went as Daisy, Donald, Huey, Dewey and Louie. (that was my fave) Then in 2009 as Peter, Wendy, Michael and John (our oldest couldn't make it) but we were joined by 8 others (friends and their families) and they came as the Croc, Captain, Mr. Smee, Tinker bell and a bunch of pirates! It was great!!
Excellent that you've extended your trip. Disney math is the best!!
I've been away for a few days and finally getting a chance to catch up with everyone's reports.
Your trip to Edison is a bit northern for me, but I hope you have a safe trip. Congrats on the lower trailer rental and the reduces airfare costs. Your family drama sounds like they should be on the Real Housewives show.
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