Shhhh ... A Very Merry Surprise! ~ PTR for 11/4 - 11/12 2011 - Page 7 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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YEAH!!! You did not give in....I know it must have been so hard not to!
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Originally Posted by lexiemom
Good job not spilling the beans! It must be so hard to keep a secret like that, but you can do it!
Thanks for the support, guys! It really is helping me stay on track with keeping the secret!
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Glad to hear about the Osborne Lights, my best friend is taking her son for his 1st trip and I was so upset as they were going to miss them, I actually have it set that they were going to be at DHS on the 10th so this is great news (now to update their itinierary )
Isn't it great news?!?!?
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Originally Posted by dsteiny23
Oh, that must have been soooo hard!! But, you did it!! They are going to flip out when you do get to reveal the surprise.
I know, it is going to be so much fun when I finally get to reveal it!
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Originally Posted by DisneyKYFan
Just found your report today and loved reading it. I want to do a surprise trip for my DD and DS, but I know I could never keep it from them. with keeping the secret, it will be worth it. We are taking our next trip 2 weeks after yours. Can't wait to hear about your trip!
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Loved reading your plans!!! Great job writing it!! Your resort looks amazing - I love the pool!!!
We have eaten at Garden Grill and we love it there.
I cant believe you have kept it a secret!! Good for you!! I am a blabber mouth and cant keep a Disney secret for the life of me!! Its hard for me not to tell the boys about Joshs Bday surprises nevermind keeping the entire trip a sercret!! The girls are going to be thrilled when they realize they are going to WDW again!!!
This year will be our first MVMCP too - thanks to you - lol - that day we were talking at school and I went home and booked a trip ....Our trip is in December so you will have to let me know what we have to see!! We are moving though so Josh wont be in that school anymore so we will have to keep in touch!!
Loved reading your plans!!! Great job writing it!! Your resort looks amazing - I love the pool!!!
We have eaten at Garden Grill and we love it there.
I cant believe you have kept it a secret!! Good for you!! I am a blabber mouth and cant keep a Disney secret for the life of me!! Its hard for me not to tell the boys about Joshs Bday surprises nevermind keeping the entire trip a sercret!! The girls are going to be thrilled when they realize they are going to WDW again!!!
This year will be our first MVMCP too - thanks to you - lol - that day we were talking at school and I went home and booked a trip ....Our trip is in December so you will have to let me know what we have to see!! We are moving though so Josh wont be in that school anymore so we will have to keep in touch!!
Thanks, Jen! It has been REALLY hard to keep the secret, but I'm having fun with the challenge Josh's birthday surprise sounds awesome, he's going to love it!!! I hope you have a fabulous time on your trip! I'll definitely let you know all about MVMCP, it's so cool that you have two trips planned this year. So jealous! We'll miss you and Josh next year at school though! Good luck with your move!
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With summer in full swing, our Disney planning has been on the back burner so there is not much to update you all on We have some friends who live in Newport, RI, so we decided to take a road trip to see them for a long weekend, and we had a wonderful time. We took the opportunity to stop and explore Mystic, CT as it was on the way. It is a cute little town, my DD's had fun exploring the shops and watching the boats in the river. We visited the aquarium and did enjoy it, but for what they had I thought it was a bit overpriced.
I did manage to get a little planning done though, I brought my passporter along for the ride and started working on my packing list and some loose itineraries for our park touring. Slowly but surely I'll get everything done, and excited as I am for this trip I'm trying to not think about it too often. I don't want to "wish" the summer away daydreaming about Disney. We've got too much fun in the sun to be had now
I'll also be working on some Tshirts for my DD's soon. I was able to snag a deal on shirts at Michaels last week, they were on sale for $2 each and I had a 25% off coupon that I was able to use too. Now I've just got to get some iron on transfers and come up with a design!
I agree...the trip will be here soon enough and we want to enjoy our summer as well.
I did t-shirts a couple of trips ago and also jammies. We still wear them.
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with keeping the secret, it will be worth it. We are taking our next trip 2 weeks after yours. Can't wait to hear about your trip!
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....Our trip is in December so you will have to let me know what we have to see!! We are moving though so Josh wont be in that school anymore 
so we will have to keep in touch!!
Josh's birthday surprise sounds awesome, he's going to love it!!! I hope you have a fabulous time on your trip! I'll definitely let you know all about MVMCP, it's so cool that you have two trips planned this year. So jealous! We'll miss you and Josh next year at school though! Good luck with your move!
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