Is Belle a Disney Character? September 2015 PTR - Page 13 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Have a wonderful trip with your friend!!! I love that you guys all get to do BOG for breakfast!! that's awesome! Yay for magic bands arriving!!! Can't wait to hear about your mini trip!
Have a wonderful trip with your friend!!! I love that you guys all get to do BOG for breakfast!! that's awesome! Yay for magic bands arriving!!! Can't wait to hear about your mini trip!
It was a fantastic time, and I will do a mini-TR on it, but not until after I go with Mom!!
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Playing catch-up here! Your trip with your mom is getting so close now and so much fun stuff happening before then.
It has been quite the journey along the way!! I can’t believe it’s almost here!!!!
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I cant wait until we get our Disney bands in the mail! Although its going to be awhile
It’s so exciting! I really wanted to give Mom that exciting feeling, which is why I had them sent to her. She didn’t seem as excited over the Magicbands as she did the luggage tags though But I love her anyway!
Sorry for a lack of update since my mini-weekend trip! Things have been crazy busy at work with switching over to some new software, so I’ve had my hands full lately. I was also completely EXHAUSTED from the parks, and jumped right back into my 5am workouts and nutrition meal plans, and was in bed by 8pm every night. Woof! If you want to follow along on my weight loss journey, my small blog is #TheRevolution #MyRevolution -- I try to update once a week.
I am now finally rejuvenated though, and can tell you that we have THE BEST WEEKEND EVER at Disney together. I’ve got notes from each day, but have decided that I’m not going to write my mini-TR, until after I go to Disney with Mom, and get my notes all together from that. I’ll have all my Memory Maker photos by then too, so the mini-TR will seem more “complete”
I will tell you that we are planning a trip of the 4 of us (Chryselle, her boys Keegan and Jacob, and I) for hopefully next year, if not early in 2017.
Back on track with what’s been going on Disney-wise!
I talk to Mom every morning before work. Towards the end of last week, she was telling me she was getting out some dresses to wear to our Signature Dinners! I was pretty sure there were 3, but she decided to confirm that on the spreadsheet I sent her! YAY DISNEY SPREADSHEET!!! She happened to already have 3 dresses picked out, so she was ready to go! It’s my understanding she’s started packing some other things too.
Meanwhile, I have not packed a single thing yet! I have ideas in my mind, like my workout clothes because they were SO COMFORTABLE when I wore them for the weekend getaway, or my poncho because the forecast says it’s an 80% chance of rain everyday thus far (I know, two weeks away so things could change a lot between now and then!). I’m planning on packing Monday, as I have Labor Day off and I don’t think Josh or my roommate Robin will be home. Then it will be a short 4 day work week until packing the car for Disney again!
On the changing ADRs front (what, you didn’t think I changed anything? That was just silly of you ) I was taking a look at all the menus of our restaurants, and noticed that at 1900 Park Fare, they no longer serve the Lobster Eggs Benedict, and that it has been changed to just a regular Eggs Benedict. I was not ok with this
The other thing I noticed was that nowhere in my plans, was a restaurant where I could have a burger and fries. Let me just be real – This trip is somewhat of a “reward” at the end of a couple diet challenges I’m doing. Am I going to completely splurge and go wild with food? No. I actually plan on eating somewhat healthy for the majority of the trip (ie. Getting a strawberry/banana smoothie from Pop every morning to take back to my room and mix my protein powder into, having coconut oil in my coffee, and trying to have minimal gluten and dairy products). But I do want to have SOME of my favorite things, and burgers and fries is one of them.
So I dropped 1900 PF and tried to get Sci-Fi instead. Well it wasn’t available. But 50’s Prime Time was. So I grabbed that for lunch on Friday, and dropped it from dinner on Tuesday. I was able to snag Sci-Fi for dinner on Tuesday, so all is well and I will have a Build-Your-Own-Angus Chuck Burger with Cheddar Cheese, American Cheese, Mushrooms, Bacon, Onion Rings, and Barbecue Sauce
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You sound like you are doing awesome on your program Mel!! That being said, I do the same thing. On vacation, I eat what I want. I don't pig out or overindulge, but if I want a Dole Whip, I get a Dole Whip!! Enjoy that burger!! It sounds delicious!!
You sound like you are doing awesome on your program Mel!! That being said, I do the same thing. On vacation, I eat what I want. I don't pig out or overindulge, but if I want a Dole Whip, I get a Dole Whip!! Enjoy that burger!! It sounds delicious!!
I actually think that Dole Whips might be on the "better for you" side of the scale! I'm really enjoying the program and intend to make it a lifetime change
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Nice changes to your dining! with packing. So glad your weekend trip was so much fun.
Thank you, I definitely need the luck! I've been a terrible procrastinator lately!!
Today, Mom and I are doing a single digit dance as we are just 9 days away!
I was going through my Facebook profile and came across when I was just 8 days away from the mini-trip with Chryselle. To think that it will be 8 days again tomorrow is completely un-real to me. I must say that I am grateful that I am able to go twice in such a short period of time, even if the time before was only a weekend.
I'm looking forward to going shopping this weekend for more park clothes (aka workout clothes) and some comfortable jean capris or shorts. I'm also considering a new bathing suit, as you can't have too many of those when you live in Florida anyway. Hopefully they will be on sale for the end of the summer!
Nothing else new to report. I've been trying to switch our BOG breakfast to lunch, but with no luck yet. I have a feeling it might happen as the date approaches though. Going for lunch will just work better with our nutrition schedule. If/when that change happens, you can be sure that I will post it Unless of course I'm already in Disney!
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Have so much fun this weekend with Chryselle!!
it's so nice to see that your Mom is getting excited as well!!
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) I was taking a look at all the menus of our restaurants, and noticed that at 1900 Park Fare, they no longer serve the Lobster Eggs Benedict, and that it has been changed to just a regular Eggs Benedict. I was not ok with this 
with packing. So glad your weekend trip was so much fun. 
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