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Glad you had a great time & I can't wait to read all about it. I saw your photos posted on FB, but I resisted so I could see them here.
Good news about GF!!! I'm very excited if that CM was in fact right. I think it's great that he was honest with you because our sales guy wasn't. I would have waited to buy into AKL if I had known it was going to be a DVC resort. He told us that he wasn't sure if AKL was ever going to become a DVC resort, and with that I bought into SSR. About 3 weeks later I got something in the mail announcing AKL as the new DVC resort...imagine my surprise. You can't tell me that he didn't know that was going to happen. Needless to say, I was a little happy to hear that he wasn't my rep anymore as of a couple of months ago.
Just found your PTR. Can't wait to hear about your cruise. We're talking about taking a Disney Cruise in a few years when DS is a little older. You're brave taking a 9 month old!
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Welcome back. Can't wait to hear all about your adventures. Great news about the GF and DVC! I suspect similar info will be coming out about the Poly here soon! Might temp me to buy more points!
Welcome back Linny....loved all the updates, so glad you had such a great time. Congratulations on the BB - I think holding off is a great idea, I have heard so much that points to that as well and it would be the perfect home resort for youe bunch
Yeah, I think so too. Those monorail resorts just really hold a special place in my heart. I think it was maybe being a kid and going with my family and remembering those happy times. Espically with my Dad.
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Welcome back! Glad you had a great time and I hope DVC is in your future for you - I think the Cast Member's right. If it's not DVC at the Grand Floridian, I'll be very, very surprised.
All the lurking around I have been doing seems that is in fact correct, so now we sit and wait.
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Congrats on the bb offer! The same types of things were being said when they first started building next to the Contemporary and now we have Bay Lake so I totally believe that GF is getting dvc and I would wait too if that is your resort of choice. We waited several years, putting it off in hopes that they would do something at the Contemporary and our wish came true! I am thinking that the points price and even annual dues may be around the same as Bay Lake since they don't have a huge amount of space to work with. Can't wait to hear about your trip, the ups and the downs!!!
I'm gonna have to PM you about some questions on this, hope you don't mind.
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Ha ha. My DS had that same issue. We think the pink made him into a stronger individual. Can't wait to get the whole trip report. Put a load of laundry in and dish.
I hope so too. Ok really getting ready to dish soon, I sware!!!
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I knew I'd be put in a timeout - but I couldn't help it.
Great news you'll be going back! And we'll just miss you! We're planning on going around Labor Day. Are you still going in May too?
Can't wait to hear all the details!
No, we scratched the May plans in hopes to go in the fall and see more of what the Fantasyland has opened, seems like a good idea I think.
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I wanna hear everything!! Can't wait!! Love the new sig pic! You are all so darned good looking (Now I see how the color scheme works to make such a nice picture).
I know, I take the color scheme too far......it's my thing I guess But I want to see one like that from your MVMCP!!!
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Glad you had a great time & I can't wait to read all about it. I saw your photos posted on FB, but I resisted so I could see them here.
Good news about GF!!! I'm very excited if that CM was in fact right. I think it's great that he was honest with you because our sales guy wasn't. I would have waited to buy into AKL if I had known it was going to be a DVC resort. He told us that he wasn't sure if AKL was ever going to become a DVC resort, and with that I bought into SSR. About 3 weeks later I got something in the mail announcing AKL as the new DVC resort...imagine my surprise. You can't tell me that he didn't know that was going to happen. Needless to say, I was a little happy to hear that he wasn't my rep anymore as of a couple of months ago.
OOOHHH, that would have pissed me off to no end. I guess in the end it's not terrible to be at the resort of your choice right? Just on the booking time frame?Still new to all this chatter.
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Just found your PTR. Can't wait to hear about your cruise. We're talking about taking a Disney Cruise in a few years when DS is a little older. You're brave taking a 9 month old!
Brave? Well, I just say life is going to go on, infant or not, we like to take a vaction every year, so that adorable little bugger is coming along. It was nice being on the ship and close to my room at all times though.
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Welcome back. Can't wait to hear all about your adventures. Great news about the GF and DVC! I suspect similar info will be coming out about the Poly here soon! Might temp me to buy more points!
Oh boy...............let's all drop a little more dough on Disney! Thanks for joining in.
Thank you all so much for sticking with me here. I am trying to load pics a different way this time. In the past I have just did them as an attachment, and that is super annoying. I'm going to load to photo bucket and try that? Anyone have some tips? Just trying to get this all in order so I can start blasting out my updates quickly. I do apoligize, I'm really horrible with the computer.
With a TR on a cruise, there isn't much to chat about, so I was going to do more pics. Alot of, splashing around here.........wandering around here.............laying here..............you get the point?
Photobucket is SO much easier! Once you've added all the photos to the site you can just click "copy", then paste it where you want in the TR. I usually keep the PP window and photobucket window open so I can go back and forth. If the photos need to be resized, that's easy on photobucket also.
Photobucket is SO much easier! Once you've added all the photos to the site you can just click "copy", then paste it where you want in the TR. I usually keep the PP window and photobucket window open so I can go back and forth. If the photos need to be resized, that's easy on photobucket also.
That's my experience as well - Photobucket is so simple and I love the way you can resize all the photos as they're uploaded. That cut out a lot of work.
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That's my experience as well - Photobucket is so simple and I love the way you can resize all the photos as they're uploaded. That cut out a lot of work.
Okay, taking over here for a moment. Cheryl, how do you change the size as you upload all he pics? I do each one and that takes forever.
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When you are on the upload page on Photobucket there is a small link at the bottom that says customize your upload options. From there you can choose the size your photo will upload as. Hope that helps!
When you are on the upload page on Photobucket there is a small link at the bottom that says customize your upload options. From there you can choose the size your photo will upload as. Hope that helps!
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Glad you had a great time and I hope DVC is in your future for you - I think the Cast Member's right. If it's not DVC at the Grand Floridian, I'll be very, very surprised.
Can't wait to get the whole trip report. Put a load of laundry in and dish. 
But I want to see one like that from your MVMCP!!!
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Another one here, wondering how you do it.
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