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Whew...I know what teenage girls are like without their out of the bubble communication. Great CM saved your life there. Sounds like you guys had a great time...keep it coming!
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Hi Meg! Glad you were able to get back to Disney before scheduled. I love the "specific friend" terminology. I'm gonna use that one. I too get migraines regularly, actually I had one yesterday and I sooo fear of getting one or more than one on vacation because I am no more good when I get them and usually have a headache the day after so it would put a damper on any vacation. I hope u got better and QUICKLY. I have never done the cowboy side either...it's always been a gangster. Hmmm that'll be my new mission at DHS. I'm glad you had a great meet up with Jillybean and HER bean, Mary Devall whose trip reports I also love. Can't wait to see what happens next. I hope that knee doesn't give you any more trouble!
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Whew - teenage angst of no "specific someone" contact and yeah for the Universal charger! Glad to hear Angel got another surprise in the form of Caleigh.
I'm so glad that you averted a disaster with the phone charger. I cannot imagine the wrath of a teen with no way to contact the outside world. It sounds like the day was a great surprise for Angel and her friend!
I fear the wrath of a teenage girl without her phone! Mine's only 11, but I'm already being pestered with "Mom, can I have a phone? Mom, can I have a phone? Mom, can I have a phone?
The funniest thing is she is hardly on the phone...these kids do not talk to each other they text. Wish I could have a phone plan that just has texting..., I think she might use 40 minutes a month from our calling plan, and about 5000 text messages
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How great about the charger - now that's what I call Disney service!
Wonderful day at the Studios and how cool to be able to enjoy time with a good friend.
Donna really made the trip, she was just one of those CMs that just went above and beyond, and she was not the only one this trip (more on that later )
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
How great Caleigh was able to join in on the surprise! And how great that you're able to get a charger for the blackberry!
Angel was so surprised when she found out Caleigh was coming to spend the day with us, once she found out she was staying over she was super excited.
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Disney saves the day! And quite possibly the whole trip.
Whew!
That charger sure did save the trip...Jasmine is pretty good as she hardly ever talks on the phone, but not check her FB or get a text...one cranky teenager.
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I can only imagine what would have happened had Jasmine lost touch with the outside world for the rest of the trip. Thank goodness for Disney CMs!!
I don't even want to think about it it would not have been pretty.
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I would like to find me a specific friend....
Glad the charger situation was quickly remedied by some understanding CMs.
How fun Caleigh could come for a visit....hope you survive the extra personality when touring the next couple of days.
Danielle
The extra personality was fine, and I think two days was the perfect amount of time, the summers are hard on them becuase during the school year they are inseperatable, then in the summer they go almost three months without seeing each other. When we got back Angel had recieved a letter that Caleigh wrote to her from Antigua - 10 pages and mini print...lol guess she missed Angel a bit
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Whew...I know what teenage girls are like without their out of the bubble communication. Great CM saved your life there. Sounds like you guys had a great time...keep it coming!
It was a great trip, Jasmine is fine with leaving the friends for vacation...as long as she can see and respond to what is going on, not that I understand how they have so much to say to each other...
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All caught up! You girls have had a lot of fun - 1900PF dinner, meeting Jill & Mary Devall, Caliegh joining you.
It definitely was a friend filled trip, and tons of fun.
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Hi Meg! Glad you were able to get back to Disney before scheduled. I love the "specific friend" terminology. I'm gonna use that one. I too get migraines regularly, actually I had one yesterday and I sooo fear of getting one or more than one on vacation because I am no more good when I get them and usually have a headache the day after so it would put a damper on any vacation. I hope u got better and QUICKLY. I have never done the cowboy side either...it's always been a gangster. Hmmm that'll be my new mission at DHS. I'm glad you had a great meet up with Jillybean and HER bean, Mary Devall whose trip reports I also love. Can't wait to see what happens next. I hope that knee doesn't give you any more trouble!
So excited that you are heading back soon, really excited to hear what you think of the cabins when you get back. The migraine did last off and on for about 4 days, funny at home I would have been laying in bed in the dark, guess even with a migraine I just could not lay in bed at Disney , I think the first day was the worst...I needed to lay down after lunch for that hour, it had really gotten unbearable.
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So neat that Caleigh got to join Angel for a few days! Great save by the CM who got you hooked up to get another charger!
Caleigh is usually there every year when we are there, it just had never worked out, this year we went earlier so it worked out perfectly.
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Whew - teenage angst of no "specific someone" contact and yeah for the Universal charger! Glad to hear Angel got another surprise in the form of Caleigh.
I think if it wasn't for the "specific someone" she would have been fine without communication, funny that he had been to Disney about a month before we were and they were texting back and forth all day and night, she kept reporting back what he was doing I felt like we were actually there with the play by play.
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I'm so glad that you averted a disaster with the phone charger. I cannot imagine the wrath of a teen with no way to contact the outside world. It sounds like the day was a great surprise for Angel and her friend!
Angel was really surprised, her and Caleigh always talk about going to Disney together so I was glad that the timing worked out on this trip. Donna the CM at concierge really was an Angel, and let me tell you I would have paid more if need be to get her that charger, I was pretty happy with the price when they told me.
I got down to the pool and we were all pretty hungry as with all the excitement of Caleigh's arrival I think all we had eaten was some fruit.
Small side story - back last winter I booked a trip for a co-worker, she went in June, it was her daughter's first trip. Well she called to tell me what a wonderful trip they were having and also if I knew anything about DVC, told her that it took awhile but that I finally took the plunge, definitely worthwhile and then her husband got on the phone with some questions and the following morning she called to say they took the plunge and they used me as a referral and what luck as the day before we left what came in the mail...a $200 Disney Gift Card from DVC thanking me for my referral (easiest $200 I ever made ) so I put it too use as it covered all of our counter service / snacks for the entire trip. Funny thing is last week she already called me over to tell me she booked her next trip...she definitely got the bug.
So we headed to the Mara, Jasmine and I shared a burger, Angel only wanted fries, and Caleigh, I think she had chicken nuggets. All full we headed back to the pool.
Angel and Caleigh were busy swimming and joining in all the activities going on at the pool.
While the girls were busy Jasmine and I just soaked in the pool, Jasmine loved the whole zero entry thing...she said this is her favorite pool, this resort really one Jasmine over.
I think we were in the pool on and off for about 2 hours, and it did wonders for my knee, while it still hurt to bend the swelling went down quite a bit from all the pool time.
We had dinner at the Wave this evening at 5:15, and we needed to get to the business center so around 3:15 Jasmine went up to take a shower, I stayed down at the pool with the girls as they were doing a hula hoop contest. At 3:45 I had to almost drag them from the pool, I think Angel would have spent the whole trip there and she would have had an amazing time.
The girls showered quickly, then I jumped in and got dressed and since we had lingered at the pool longer than planned we hopped in a cab (best $17 I spent) got to the Contemporary around 4:45, found the business center, made our purchase (they had the charger there wrapped up waiting with my name on it) and then the girls wandered around outside until it was time to check in.
While the girls took a look outside, Jasmine planted herself by an outlet in the lobby so that she could at least check her messages and before long she was back to with her friends.
We checked in, waited for maybe five minutes and we were brought to our table. The restaurant was still pretty empty at this point, but by the time we left it had filled up quite a bit. The chef was wonderful and came out to discuss Angel and my allergies and we all took in the surroundings as this was our first time here.
Caleigh had the kids pasta and Angel had her trademark grilled chicken with sweet potato fries which she really enjoyed.
Now I had been going back and forth over the past couple of weeks with the menu, and a few things called out to me...but in the end I went with the pork tenderloin with bonito bread pudding and a warm spinach and bacon salad. It was really good except the bonito bread budding had this strange after taste so it was not my favorite, but the pork and the spinach salad were delicious and it came with a spicy peach jam that was really good.
Jasmine ordered the other option that was on the top of my list, the expresso-bbq short ribs with mustard slaw and applewood smoked bacon potato salad and she said everything was amazing, she was nice enough to offer me a bite but she cleared her plate clean.
Jasmine and I were going to split a dessert, but we were so full from dinner we passed. Caleigh enjoyed a sundae and Angel had some tofutti ice cream, but she was pretty full so don't think she ate much.
Meal before tax, tip & TIW discount: $76.53
Meal after tax, tip and TIW discount: $79.73
TIW discount: $14.61
Total TIW discount so far this trip: $46.85
Our rating for the Wave: 4.2
The girls wanted to take a picture to remember thier meal
Jasmine asked for a few more minutes at an outlet, she found one in the ladies room that was a bit more out of the way then standing strangly in the lobby trying to hide the fact that she was plugging her phone into the outlet.
The girls wandered back outside with me to take a few more photos.
We gathered Jasmine and headed to the bus to catch one to DHS. Now suddenly Caleigh was tired, she did not know if she wanted to go back to a park, but we were going so I told her that we could do some relaxing rides and we still had those TSMM FPs in our pocket and I knew she would love the ride.
We made it to DHS quickly and the girls stopped for a picture with their favorite delivery man.
We had plans to meet Jill and Mary Devall when they finished dinner so we headed to TSMM to pass the time.
Up Next: Would Caleigh get out of her funk and how many times can three girls ride ToT in one night.
Glad everyone is having fun! And really glad you were able to get a replacement charger for Jasmine's blackberry! Can't wait to hear about the evening!
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I love the "specific friend" terminology. I'm gonna use that one. I too get migraines regularly, actually I had one yesterday and I sooo fear of getting one or more than one on vacation because I am no more good when I get them and usually have a headache the day after so it would put a damper on any vacation. I hope u got better and QUICKLY. I have never done the cowboy side either...it's always been a gangster. Hmmm that'll be my new mission at DHS. 
Great save by the CM who got you hooked up to get another charger! 
, I think she might use 40 minutes a month from our calling plan, and about 5000 text messages 
with her friends.
and how many times can three girls ride ToT in one night.
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