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I have (what i thought was bad, until reading about your dh) motion sickness. When riding in a car, I can't look at anything like a book, magazine, or even play on my phone. I took Dramamine for our trip to Disney, and was fine.
But sounds like your dh is much more severe. Lets hope that this spray works great!
Good Luck to DH on the motion sickness trials. I hope you find something that works. Kudos for letting DH take over the afternoons. My bet would be he'll figure out real quick how much he liked having you plan it out. . Looking forward to more.
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Have you tried those bands that go around the wrist, my mom used them back in December (as she gets very motion sick) and they really worked well for her.
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Have you tried those bands that go around the wrist, my mom used them back in December (as she gets very motion sick) and they really worked well for her.
We're planning on giving those a try, too. ANYTHING that will work, we'll try.
I totally get what you are saying about control. You are really brave to let go with your husband, but beleive me have those backups available because nonWDW nuts can get overwhelmed really fast.
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Kudos for letting DH take over the afternoons. My bet would be he'll figure out real quick how much he liked having you plan it out. . Looking forward to more.
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giving up some control for you DH to plan the afternoon. I'm sure it will work out just fine
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Kudos to you for handing over control - I'm not sure this obsessive planner could do that!
Thanks for the encouraging words. I'm having a hard time doing it, believe me!
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Nice update! Kudos for letting go of the reins a bit. I am so glad my DH likes me to plan every aspect.
You lucky woman. I have a sneaking suspicion that after this trip, Kevin might appreciate my planning skills a little more.
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What is an obsessive Disney planner???? I two years ago I allowed Luke to help out in the planning, especially the how early part of the day we begin and it really has worked much better for all of us.
If I let Kevin plan how early we'd start our day, we'd all be up at 4:30am - twiddling our thumbs until the parks opened. He's definitely an early bird. I'm really going to sit him down while I'm making out our itinerary, so he can add suggestions then and there. That may be all he needs to feel more in control.
Quick update : I've given the girls strict instructions that they cannot look at this PTR unless they wish to die a slow and painful death (that scared 'em!) so I can throw out some ideas to y'all about my 'surprise' - which I have a feeling may not be a surprise much longer...
As I'm sure you've figured out by now, my Big Surprise that I'm hoping to be able to do is to take us to MNSSHP on the 15th.
We actually had tickets-in-hand last year right before we decided to cancel our trip. Grrrr - it was hard to mail those back! I sent them with the saddest note possible, with a little Sad Mickey graphic on the front, and an explanation of why we needed to cancel and asked - very nicely- if it would be possible to get a refund. (The answer was yes; they did refund my money.)
So obviously, I'm not wanting to get everyone's hopes up again.
Here's the rub - Kevin wants to wait until we get to Orlando so we know how the weather will be that week. He has a point - it's a big chunk of $$$ to spend if the parade and fireworks are rained out. I know last year (not sure what date?) but all MNSSHP guests were given free passes to MK for having their party night 'rained out', so to speak.
My idea was to be at DHS the morning of MNSSHP and by late afternoon, tell the girls I wasn't feeling very well and we'd need to go back to the resort - where they'd find their costumes and tickets awaiting them - and then off to the party we'd go.
Sounds good in theory, but I'm thinking we may have costuming issues if I get the wrong size, wrong costume, etc. So I'm thinking of ways of working around this issue right now, without them figuring out what's going on! (At 11 and almost-10, they're pretty astute at unraveling any surprises I have for them anymore. )
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giving up some control for you DH to plan the afternoon. I'm sure it will work out just fine 
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Kudos for letting go of the reins a bit. I am so glad my DH likes me to plan every aspect.
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I sent them with the saddest note possible, with a little Sad Mickey graphic on the front, and an explanation of why we needed to cancel and asked - very nicely- if it would be possible to get a refund. (The answer was yes; they did refund my money.) 
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