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Just joining in. Plans sound great. I'm excited for you. Congrats on the room change. I assume you were able to keep the free dining too. Sorry about your day-care. I had a problem with my son's as well. They didn't get a visit from the state but I would bet my life on the fact that they were over the teacher/child ratio. And on a regular basis.
Great plans so far!!! Can't wait to hear about AoA!!! I wanted to stay there for our next trip but DH insisted on using our DVC points
Just as an FYI.........with the flying thing - you can bring food snacks thru the security (you had mentioned purchasing after going through security) you just can't bring beverages. So fill up that carry on with yours and Abby's fav snacks! Good plan (and deal!!!) staying at airport hotel night before! This is what we always do - as we usually take the earliest flight available! More time in the bubble!!
We will miss you by 2 weeks! We will be there 10/4! (Although trying really hard to convince DH to add on a day or 2! )
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Congrats on the lil Mermaid room @ AoA!!! We'll be there some time to visit & check out the resort for our 9/2013 trip plans. Maybe we can work a PP meet when plans get closer to our vacation date.(We drive to FL & have our own truck; My DH enjoys visiting other resorts & likes being in-control of our transit/travel time.)
Awesome! I'm glad you were able to find that great CM and get everything changed. I think Abby will love that surprise!
Thanks! It is killing me not to tell her. I don't think I will ever be able to surprise her with a trip. I am really bad at keeping secrets!
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Congrats on the new room!
Thanks! I am so excited to be staying at this resort!
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Yay! I love changes for the better! Congrats on getting a Little Mermaid room!
Thanks!
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Great plans! Congrats on the Little Mermaid room!!!
Thanks! She will be so excited!
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Awesome! Congrats!
Thank you!
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I can't wait to see photos of the Art of Animation resort--congrats on the great changes!
I will definitley be taking lots of pics! Thanks!
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Just joining in and we are from South Louisiana (Lafourche Parish). Enjoying your plans, can't wait to follow more.
Hi neighbor! Thanks for following along!
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Congrats on the resort change!
Thanks! I am so excited to be staying here. The Little Mermaid section will have been open for only 3 day! I am thinking we may be the first to stay in the room!
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Awesome, I will take you up on that. Maybe y'all could join us for a lil PP meet if y'all aren't busy. I will definitely contact you a little in advance before we head that way. Probably sometime this summer. DD and I leave for Disney in 30+ days so we are busy with prepping for that.
Great plans so far! And CONGRATS on the room/resort change. Love that y'all are going to surprise Abby with it. Can't wait to hear how that goes!
Finding Nemo is my favorite movie! My Tahoe is named the "butt." I actually have a propeller thingy in the trailer hitch so really its a "boat."
Yes please contact we when you guys come! A PP meet would be great!
Have a great trip. I see it won't be long now for you!
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Just joining in. Plans sound great. I'm excited for you. Congrats on the room change. I assume you were able to keep the free dining too. Sorry about your day-care. I had a problem with my son's as well. They didn't get a visit from the state but I would bet my life on the fact that they were over the teacher/child ratio. And on a regular basis.
Hi! Thanks for reading along! Yes I was able to keep the free dining. I was really surprised and excited about that! Only two more weeks at the daycare!!
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Congrats on getting a Mermaid room at AoA! Take lots of pictures as we'll all want to see what this cool rooms look like!
I will do Cam! I can't wait to see the resort! The pictures online look great!
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Great plans so far!!! Can't wait to hear about AoA!!! I wanted to stay there for our next trip but DH insisted on using our DVC points
Just as an FYI.........with the flying thing - you can bring food snacks thru the security (you had mentioned purchasing after going through security) you just can't bring beverages. So fill up that carry on with yours and Abby's fav snacks! Good plan (and deal!!!) staying at airport hotel night before! This is what we always do - as we usually take the earliest flight available! More time in the bubble!!
We will miss you by 2 weeks! We will be there 10/4! (Although trying really hard to convince DH to add on a day or 2! )
Maybe you need to work on a girls trip for you again so you can stay there! Thanks for the tip about the snacks! That will work better for us as she is a picky eater. I wish our trips would have overlapped, I would have loved to have a PP meet.
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Congrats on the lil Mermaid room @ AoA!!! We'll be there some time to visit & check out the resort for our 9/2013 trip plans. Maybe we can work a PP meet when plans get closer to our vacation date.(We drive to FL & have our own truck; My DH enjoys visiting other resorts & likes being in-control of our transit/travel time.)
Yes I would love to set up a meet up. I do think there are some others here that have said that they will be at WDW around these dates. I think I will start a meetup thread here in a minute. Thanks for following along!
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First let me say that I am sorry for the delay. Life has been crazy, busy and hectic and I have been keeping up with the boards on my phone but just haven’t had the time to get on the computer at night.
Let’s see…what have I done Disney related that I can tell you about…I purchased our MNSSHP tickets the other day and they have already come in the mail . We are going on Friday September 21st.
Today I went to JC Penny and purchased two swimsuits and a cover-up so those will definitely be coming with me on the trip. I really think that I will be good on clothes for the trip. I have been purchasing Disney shirts when I see some I like at different stores so I have plenty of those. I do plan to request a MNSSHP desgin from Shadowryter for a shirt for the party but I don‘t think Scott will go for the matching shirts. That is about all that I have done recently related to our trip so here are my plans for Day 2.
Day 2: Our first full Disney park day.
Wednesday September 19th-
Today we will start our morning with a light breakfast in our room and then head out to Animal Kingdom. I am planning attractions as if Abby is 40 inches so with that I would like to be able to do the following:
First I would like to find out what kinds of procedures will be going on at Rafiki’s Planet Watch as I think that Abby would love to see this. She always talks about being an animal doctor (specifically a dolphin doctor). Our first trip we took the train out here but I have to admit that I didn’t really research this area and so we didn’t really know what it had to offer so we looked around a bit and got back on a train and headed out. (it was also later in the afternoon-so not sure if we would have seen any procedures anyway). Last year we didn’t even get back out there but since I have read all about lauriep’s mornings at Animal Kingdom I am inspired to head out there early and see what is going on with the animals.
Here are the other attractions/rides we are planning (again assuming Abby is 40 inches) Kilimanjaro Safaris
Pangani Forest Exploration Trail
Maharajah Jungle Trek
Lion King
Camp Minnie Mickey
Expedition Everest (just me as I know she won’t be 44 inches) Finding Nemo
Kali River Rapids
It’s Tough to Be a Bug (did this the first trip and didn’t make it through the whole show but hoping we can convince her to try it again) Dinosaur ( I know it is a bit scary but she really wants to go on this one) The Bone yard (since Abby found out about this place she has asked about it just about every day. She is so excited to be digging for dinosaurs.)
At some point in the day we will probably stop off for some lunch but it will be counter service and will probably be whatever we are closest to when we are hungry.
I would also like to watch the parade although I have a feeling Scott will complain since we have already seen it but I just love that parade. I think it is one of the prettiest parades that Disney does.
I don’t see us doing everything in one day so we will probably be back another ½ day at some point in the trip.
I plan to head back to the resort by about 3 so we can rest a bit. We may swim for a bit and then wash up and take a bus to the MK. From there we will hop on the Monorail to head over to the Poly for our 6:45 ADR at ‘Ohana! I am really excited about this reservation. Although it was not in my initial plans this trip, it is a place I have been wanting to try and I am excited that we get to go twice this trip .
After dinner we will probably take the monorail to EPCOT and see what we can get done there since it will be open until 12am on this night. I am not sure how long we will stay because we will be planning an early morning and late night at DHS the following day but knowing my comando touring husband we will stay until close to closing time.
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Thanks for the tip about the snacks! That will work better for us as she is a picky eater. I wish our trips would have overlapped, I would have loved to have a PP meet. 
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