Is Belle a Disney Character? September 2015 PTR - Page 11 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Great plans! I know what you mean about opening your spread sheets and just looking at them. I do that ALL the time! Just going over it in my head helps to see how each day will flow and I find that I frequently make little changes here and there to adjust things. Plus...day dreaming about Disney is the next best thing to being there!
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Things are looking great. Love the fact you still have the Dessert party as a surprise for Mom. Hopefully she doesn't get curious & look at MDE. Congrats on your spreadsheet - love when hard work pays off. Happy dance for you both for being PIF.
Great plans! I know what you mean about opening your spread sheets and just looking at them. I do that ALL the time! Just going over it in my head helps to see how each day will flow and I find that I frequently make little changes here and there to adjust things. Plus...day dreaming about Disney is the next best thing to being there!
I have it all pretty colors and coordinated, so it makes me happy I find whenever I open it that I end up trying to change something!
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Another fan of the Disney spreadsheet!
Disney spreadsheet fans, unite!
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Originally Posted by Cam22
Your plans look great so I'm betting the spreadsheet is awesome! Congrats on PIF!
Officially PIF now that Mom paid her portion as well!
Things are looking great. Love the fact you still have the Dessert party as a surprise for Mom. Hopefully she doesn't get curious & look at MDE. Congrats on your spreadsheet - love when hard work pays off. Happy dance for you both for being PIF.
I don’t mind if she does find out! Then I wouldn’t have to hold it in any longer She went on MDE to pay for her portion but must not have explored it because she still doesn’t know!
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Great plans! Congrats on being PIF!!
Thank you!
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Your revised plans look great & it's nice you included breaks for mom, if needed! Congrats on being paid in full!!!
I’m starting to think that I may be the one that wants/needs the breaks!!
Not a lot has been happening on the Mom & Me Do Disney front. I made one change and that was from Fulton's Crab Shack to Narcoossee's. I expressed to Mom that after leaving property, I really didn't want to deal with having to drive to DTD and park there, so she was ok with me changing it. This will also put us on the monorail if we do decide to go to Epcot that evening at all.
I haven't talked about my trip with Chryselle and her boys much, probably because it's only a weekend, but it's coming up soon so we can get to that now!
First thing this past Friday, I received a text from Chryselle with the following:
They got their magic bands!! I was going to use my green magic band but for the sake of difference I think I'll switch to use my pink one instead.
It's 17 days until Disney in Chryselle's world, but I believe she is actually leaving one day before I will be coming. Her and her two boys, Keegan (15) and Jacob (11 or 12? sorry I'm terrible! ), will be driving down from Syracuse, NY. Chryselle is the only driver and she plans on going the entire way in one swoop. I'm a bit worried about her, but she's very confident in making it the whole way without an overnight stop, so I will just text her the whole time and make sure everything is going as planned.
Arrival
She plans on arriving on August 21st, and going to one of the water parks with the boys, letting them go off on their own and passing out herself on a tube in a lazy river. This is just what she tells me
I will be leaving for Orlando after work that day, so I plan on getting there around 9 or 10pm (a lot of extra cushion time in there but I don't want to rush). I'll see where they are at that time (I think she said they may be going to DTD that night?) and meet up. Our one full day will be dedicated to Epcot...
Our One Day Together - Epcot
The boys picked Epcot for our day together and Chryselle and I did not argue them one bit. Before Chryselle even had her Disney trip officially booked, we decided that if it was to happen, that I would come, and that I would buy them lunch or dinner at Teppan Edo. So our day is as follows:
I'm guessing a rope drop early morning? Most likely with these fellow DA's
Mission: SPACE FP+
Soarin' FP+
Teppan Edo Lunch
Character Spot FP+
The boys also expressed that they really want to pin trade, so after we are done with Futureworld, we have plans to pick up some margaritas from La Cava (or at least I do! ), and then make our way around the countries letting the boys pin trade!
We have no plans for dinner so it will most likely be quick service, and I'm not sure if they'll want to watch Illuminations or not, so I'm just going to go with the flow of whatever they want to do. I'm the one intruding on their vacation afterall!!
What is amazing though is that because Chryselle and I have our accounts connected on MDE, and our vacations are so close to each other, all of her Photopass photos will show on my Memory Maker. I can't wait for them to see just how many photos they will get!! Can you tell how psyched I am that I get two trips worth of photos for the price of one?! Bargain shopper here.
See Ya Real Soon
Sunday Chryselle and the boys have plans to go to MK, but I will either be doing PP meets or just heading home. I only purchased a one day Epcot ticket to meet up with them, so our time will have to end It will then be a long 4 months until I get to see my BFF and my favorite boys again
But at that time, only 3 weeks until I will get to see Mom and be back in the bubble!
On the current day-to-day front, I had to get glasses after an eye appointment I had this past weekend. They came in last night so today is my first full day with them. I really like their look and their style, but I am hoping that this slight bout of vertigo will pass sooner than later!
I've also been working out at the gym in the mornings, and eating following my brother's nutrition plan. Everything has been fantastic and I'm feeling great I've actually looked at menus for ALL the restaurants that I have booked in Disney, and all the quick service locations in Epcot for foods to have to continue following the plan. It's actually going to be very easy to stick to it!
In other news, I've renammed my car... But you'll have to wait until the package I've ordered arrives for me to tell you her new name and why...
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That one day will go so fast but it's definitely cool that you can at least meet up with Chryselle & the boys! Im sure they will love pin trading as well!
Great plans! I can't believe your friend is planning on driving from Syracuse to Orlando! It's an 18 hr drive from Buffalo. It has to be about that, or more from Syracuse! Skip the texting! Very dangerous! She should have you on speaker phone! Pixies that her trip goes well and there are no problems.
You will be happy with the change to Narcoossees!! The food is delicious and it is a very beautiful atmospherre. How fun that you get to meet up with your friend and her boys!! I hope the boys get get some great pins and you get some great margaritas!!
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Congrats on PIF! 
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She went on MDE to pay for her portion but must not have explored it because she still doesn’t know! 
Before Chryselle even had her Disney trip officially booked, we decided that if it was to happen, that I would come, and that I would buy them lunch or dinner at Teppan Edo. So our day is as follows:
Most likely with these fellow DA's 
It will then be a long 4 months until I get to see my BFF and my favorite boys again 
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