Confessions of a WDW Addict (Pre-Trip Report) - Page 16 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Nice shirt designs!!!! And nice score on the Mickey tee for you!!!
Thanks, I hope they wash well.
I have never received actual luggage tags......only the yellow ones for DME, so maybe it is a DVC thing?
We will see I guess.
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Great find on the t-shirt! I'm not sure DME has ever had luggage tags, but then we've been DVC members since before DME. So I'm not sure. Hope the Magic Bands come soon!
I hope the Magic Bands come soon.
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I logged on to the WDW site today and guess what it said. 30 Days - Yea!
No longer is there an option for me to customize my Magic Bands. I have had that done for months, but I am excited becasue I assume that mean they will be on their way soon.
I am so pumped to leave, and now the next few weeks will be such a struggle. I am not sure what to do now.
I did make a couple Amazon purchases this monring in anticipation. I bought a spare battery and charger pack for the camera I purchased a few weeks ago. I also bought a couple of those cooling neck wraps made with the Frogg Cloth material, and a small mister fan. Finally I ordered a Body Glide Anti-Friction stick. That may be TMI for some, but it is necessary for me. Nothing worse that chaffing on day 1 of an 8-day trip.
Then cam my daily Groupon post and there was one for a hard-back picture book. I pre-bought the 8.5x11 with 20 pages for $14.99. My wife will be able to use that when we return to make our memory book.
Tonight I am going to drag out the new suitcase and make sure it meets the size restrictions for American Airline. It is large, and assuming it meets the regualtions, will mean we only have to take one bag.
Finally to that point in the planning that I can begin to talk to my wife about the plans. She thinks I am obsessed, which I am. So I just do all the planning and post about it here to be able to talk about it. Now we are close enough that she is willing to talk about it, Yea!
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Cute shirts - warning...I'm not sure if those were a print out of the designs or the actual transfers - just a reminder that the lettering on the transfer needs to be backwards so it comes out facing forward when ironed on.
Cute shirts - warning...I'm not sure if those were a print out of the designs or the actual transfers - just a reminder that the lettering on the transfer needs to be backwards so it comes out facing forward when ironed on.
That was not not transfer paper, I still need to do that. I always waste a sheet or two trying to get it right.
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for only 30 days left to go! Great purchases! Hope the suitcase works.
Me to, I did not get to measure it yet.
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My wife surprised me yesterday, on Mother's Day. Against my better jusgment, I followed her diection and did not get her anything for Mother's Day. She said she had bought herself something and that she wanted, and not to get her anything.
I know, I was scared, but did it anyway. Afterall, we are headed to WDW in 4 weeks, and trying to save evey penny.
On Saturday I ran to the Post Office and there was a package there. It was for her, though she was not expecting it until this week. I took the package to my mom's and asked her to wrap it. Mind you, I do not even know what is in it.
So, Sunday morning my wife is actually upset with me. "I told you NOT to get me anything!" Oh well, I say. She opens the package as I am laughing. Then when I saw what it was I laughed even harder -- and she with me. This is what was inside the package -- mind you this box was inside another plain brown box, so I had not idea.
And to think, I thought I was the big Disney fan. I guess she wanted them for the upcoming trip. June 8 can't come soon enough!
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The funny this is this, my wife had the nerve to ask, "What are these for?" Guess it just goes to show who out of the planning loop she really is. Oh well, she has me. I'll fill her in in the plane ride down. LOL
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