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Finally got onboard with your ptr. How wonderful, spending such quality time with your grandchildren. I'm impressed you're keeping it a secret. Don't know if I could, all that excitement would bubble over.
Finally got onboard with your ptr. How wonderful, spending such quality time with your grandchildren. I'm impressed you're keeping it a secret. Don't know if I could, all that excitement would bubble over.
Thanks for reading! I'm struggling, but I really want it to be a surprise. I still have over two months to go...
Just caught up - what awesome grandparents you are! Even with unexpected changes, I'm sure you will all have a memorable trip. I positively adore your t-shirts! It will definitely make a terrific photo op! Can't wait to read more!
PS - We have all the same favorite characters! Great minds from NoVA think alike! lol
Just caught up - what awesome grandparents you are! Even with unexpected changes, I'm sure you will all have a memorable trip. I positively adore your t-shirts! It will definitely make a terrific photo op! Can't wait to read more!
PS - We have all the same favorite characters! Great minds from NoVA think alike! lol
Thanks for reading! I know the trip is going to be a blast! I'm so excited to have the time with the two of them without Mom and Dad and getting to do a little spoiling! You want a Mickey bar? SURE! I can't WAIT to take that picture! It's going to be PAGE ONE of the scrapbook of this trip!
Thanks for reading! I know the trip is going to be a blast! I'm so excited to have the time with the two of them without Mom and Dad and getting to do a little spoiling! You want a Mickey bar? SURE! I can't WAIT to take that picture! It's going to be PAGE ONE of the scrapbook of this trip!
NoVA too? We are in PWC.
Yep - we're in Reston. Spoiling is definitely fun! I love spoiling my cousin's son - just waiting for him to get a little older to have some Disney fun with him, but already planning what presents I'm getting him when we go home in a few weeks. Anything and everything Dory, Buzz, and Woody!
Yep - we're in Reston. Spoiling is definitely fun! I love spoiling my cousin's son - just waiting for him to get a little older to have some Disney fun with him, but already planning what presents I'm getting him when we go home in a few weeks. Anything and everything Dory, Buzz, and Woody!
OK, not trying to derail this TR too much, but I'm in Reston, too! It's a small world, after all......
You made some great ADRs. The shirts sound awesome! I'm sure the grandkids are going to get extra spoiled
Thanks! I'm sure they will too...and not all by me, even though Papa will try to tell everyone it's MY fault!
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Yep - we're in Reston. Spoiling is definitely fun! I love spoiling my cousin's son - just waiting for him to get a little older to have some Disney fun with him, but already planning what presents I'm getting him when we go home in a few weeks. Anything and everything Dory, Buzz, and Woody!
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OK, not trying to derail this TR too much, but I'm in Reston, too! It's a small world, after all......
Goodness! The NoVA chapter of Passporters! And now I have an ear worm.....it's a small, small world!
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Goodness! The NoVA chapter of Passporters! And now I have an ear worm.....it's a small, small world!
Hey! That's not a bad idea!! Colleen, we've probably seen each other at the store or something and never even known it! lol That's the magic of Disney - friends far and near!!
Well, as I alluded to in the previous post, we all know how Disney planning goes! I don’t know if it’s because we have to do it all so far in advance and something else comes up…but as usual, our plans began to change. The first change was a biggie.
I’m flying down solo a few days before Papa and the littles, and I’m flying on United on miles. Since it was a one-way trip, it seemed a good use for them as I don’t have enough for a round-trip. I was going to drive back with them on the 30th. I WAS.
Nearly every Sunday, our family all gathers at our house for dinner and talk. All four of the littles get to play with each other and we get to love on them. We also use this time for planning our trips or adventures. This particular Sunday, about mid-May, shortly after our return from Aulani (oh I want to go back), our DDiLs both began to razz Papa about his plan to drive down with the littles…by himself. And it began to play on his mind.
The next day at work, my phone rang and it was Papa. So, he was just ‘playing around’ on line and found tickets pretty cheaply for the littles and himself to fly down on Sunday on Southwest, and return on Friday, but instead of leaving early on Friday to drive home, we could actually stay until later in the day and use that extra day on the littles’ tickets on Friday at MK. What did I think. I thought it was a GREAT IDEA!
However, he continued, it was flying out of Reagan National Airport (not our preferred airport) and he was trying to figure out how to get me back around the same time. Ummm, dear? I have a one-way ticket now out of Dulles. I don’t have to fly back to Dulles, I could just fly back on the same flight as you and the littles on a…wait for it…one way ticket.
Well, yeah! That will work! Now why didn’t I think of that! Added to the convenience, Papa works at the Pentagon and has parking privileges. So he and the littles will drive to the Pentagon, park, hop on the metro and in three stops, or less than 10 minutes, be at the airport! Coming back, the flight lands at 7:30 PM, it will be an easy hop back to the car and head for home! We should be home and have the littles tucked up in bed by 9.
But that meant some shifting of some meals. Now that we are planning to spend the day at MK, we neither felt like having a heavy breakfast starting out. There were some other things that shifted for us as well. So we began to play around with our dining reservations and consider some changes…
And this is what we ended up with:
Sunday 25th – Whispering Canyon Café—we kept this and still plan to utilize the pool at Bay Lake, perhaps go to Disney Springs…
Monday 26th - Be Our Guest, MK (dinner)—we changed this to Hollywood & Vine Minnie’s Seasonal Dinner—I wanted a character meal, but not Crystal Palace or Chef Mickey’s as we do this all the time. The menu at BoG was not going to appeal to DGS at all.
Tuesday 27th – Coral Reef, EP (dinner)—we moved Garden Grill here from Wednesday.
Wednesday 28th –Garden Grill, --this changed to Tony’s Town Square.
Thursday 29th –this changed to Liberty Tree Tavern…because we have MNSSHP tickets for this night!!!
Friday 30th Ohana, Poly, (breakfast)—canceled this and booked lunch at The Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd Skipper Canteen!
I called Member Svc and changed my DME to reflect that I would in fact be needing DME for the return trip to the airport and booked DME to and from for Papa and the littles. So excited!! While I do love to drive, the extra time in the bubble with the littles is more precious.
The changes seem to be working out and I know I always have some changes to mine!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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But that meant some shifting of some meals. Now that we are planning to spend the day at MK, we neither felt like having a heavy breakfast starting out. There were some other things that shifted for us as well. So we began to play around with our dining reservations and consider some changes…
And this is what we ended up with:
Monday 26th - Be Our Guest, MK (dinner)—we changed this to Hollywood & Vine Minnie’s Seasonal Dinner—I wanted a character meal, but not Crystal Palace or Chef Mickey’s as we do this all the time. The menu at BoG was not going to appeal to DGS at all.
Tuesday 27th – Coral Reef, EP (dinner)—we moved Garden Grill here from Wednesday.
Wednesday 28th –Garden Grill, --this changed to Tony’s Town Square.
So does this mean you have Minnie's Seasonal Dine for dinner on Monday? Because my aunt Ann (Luvsun) and I will be there that night as well?
Also does this mean you are eating breakfast at Garden Grille on Tuesday morning? Because we have a morning ADR there as well too!
So does this mean you have Minnie's Seasonal Dine for dinner on Monday? Because my aunt Ann (Luvsun) and I will be there that night as well?
Also does this mean you are eating breakfast at Garden Grille on Tuesday morning? Because we have a morning ADR there as well too!
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Yes! We have Minnie's Seasonal Dine on Monday evening at 5:15.
But our Garden Grill is dinner on Tuesday. We mostly do breakfast in our room/pick up something counter service unless it's last day...and even last day this trip!
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I can't WAIT to take that picture! It's going to be PAGE ONE of the scrapbook of this trip! 
We also use this time for planning our trips or adventures. This particular Sunday, about mid-May, shortly after our return from Aulani (oh I want to go back), our DDiLs both began to razz Papa about his plan to drive down with the littles…by himself. And it began to play on his mind. 
So, he was just ‘playing around’ on line and found tickets pretty cheaply for the littles and himself to fly down on Sunday on Southwest, and return on Friday, but instead of leaving early on Friday to drive home, we could actually stay until later in the day and use that extra day on the littles’ tickets on Friday at MK. What did I think. I thought it was a GREAT IDEA! 
I have a one-way ticket now out of Dulles. I don’t have to fly back to Dulles, I could just fly back on the same flight as you and the littles on a…wait for it…one way ticket. 
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