SURPRISE boys; get your butts out of bed because we are going to Disney today, PTR!!!!!!! - Page 2 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Great Start!! I know how it is trying to come up with a title and finding time to write. Wish you luck and can't wait to follow along!
I know between, my kids and my school work there's leaves little time from anything else but I will follow through till the end, hope you stay long for the ride.
I hope that you and your family have a magical time at the world
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Hello again, so where did I leave off oh yeah it's time to find out about the When, where and who?
So let’s get to the juicy stuff, the when, where and who details that I hope you have been waiting for.
When?
Well we will be arriving on December 11 and sadly leaving on the 18th. This will be our second time going in December; it is my all time favorite time of year to go. Everything is decorated so beautifully for the holidays, from the parks to the resorts; there is just so much to see. In fact this trip I plan to take some time just to resort hop.
Where?
The Poly baby, what can I say about the Poly except that I love it, love it, love it! We stayed there for the first time in 09 and was drawn in to its beauty, I decided that then and there we would try to stay there whenever we could and thanks to those elusive PINCODES we are lucky enough to stay there this year.
And finally the who?
There will be six people along for this surprise trip and so far all the children involved are in the dark about it and keeping fingers crossed that they will be until the day we leave. So let me introduce them to you all.
1. Me (41), the Disney freak, planner, organizer and detail checker. I love planning out every minute of our trips to the world, sometimes I plan for trips that will never happen, just for the sake of planning. I am a stay at home mom as well as a full time college student, currently pursuing my teaching degree. So you can see why finishing PP reports sometimes becomes impossible. This will be my 8th visit to my happy place.
2. Frank DH(44), not really a Disney fanatic like myself, he thinks I am crazy and go a little bit overboard when it comes to our Disney trips. That’s why I love the PassPorter boards because I know you all get me. Personally I think that he secretly likes it more than he is willing to admit because once he is there his attitude totally changes, it must be the magic of the bubble that does it. This will be his 7th trip.
3. Frank DS1(12), my first born, loves his electronic gadgets, doesn’t leave home without them. Luckily he has my love of Disney and hopefully he will never grow tired of it as he gets older. I feel bad because he just got braces and is really having a hard time adjusting to having them on, I am hoping that this doesn’t damper his spirit when it comes to eating while we are at Disney because I would really hate for him to be miserable the whole time. This will be his 5th trip.
4. Christopher DS2(7), my youngest and keeps me on my toes. He will be tall enough to ride most of the bigger rides this year, so I am hoping that I finally have a thrill ride partner. It’s amazing what a difference two years make, last time we went it all about Play House Disney now its Phinneas and Ferb. This will be his 4th trip.
5. Linda DM(61), I love my mom, she is one of my best friends and my travel buddy. She devotes her life to raising my two nephews and never does anything nice for herself, so I am planning on doing a lot of special things with her during our trip. I think she has been to the world 6 times.
6. Justin DNephew(11), he his very close with my DS1 they pretty much go and do everything together, hey cousins are important and I am glad that my boys are close to theirs. He likes to go on vacations although he doesn’t get the opportunity to do it that often, so I try to take him where ever we go some place and that makes him happy. This will be his 3rd trip.
Well there you have it, all our travelers for the surprise trip to the happiest place on earth. The picture below is of all of us from our last trip in 2009.
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Coolest beans ever. Psyched to see this. We're going to get there the 11th too. We're not at Poly (ignore the sig) but maybe we'll run into there. Two Valeries from the tri-state area at WDW at the same time...could be dangerous.
Oh boy! I can't wait to follow along with your planning process and how you managed to keep it a secret this long! I could NEVER do that!!!!
Thanks, it hasn't been easy in fact I have slipped a few times, I know my younger DS has no idea but the older one may Know but hasn't said anything.
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I hope that you and your family have a magical time at the world
Thank you, I can't wait for it to get here, I am ready to go!
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Congrats on the Poly! Great cast of characters!
Thank you, love the Poly.
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Congrats on the Poly.
Thank you!
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Great start! And congrats on keeping the trip a secret!
Thank you, I think my older DS may be catching on to the plan.
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Hey will be there at the same time! We will be there from the 10-17! Can't wait, Christmas time is our favorite time to go!
Awesome, I know holiday times at WDW are the best.
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for the Poly! Great cast of characters!
Thank you!
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Coolest beans ever. Psyched to see this. We're going to get there the 11th too. We're not at Poly (ignore the sig) but maybe we'll run into there. Two Valeries from the tri-state area at WDW at the same time...could be dangerous.
This is great double trouble at the world, hope to run into you and your family.
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Congrats on booking Poly! Great cast of characters!!
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As with any planning there are going to be ups and downs and why should planning for Disney be any different. I would just like to side track from the PTR to tell you how awesome my TA and Disney are because if it weren’t for them this trip would have been canceled. Exactly one week before I was suppose to pay off our trip, I woke up to check our bank account to find that someone had gotten a hold of one of our debit card numbers overnight and made over 50 online purchases that wiped out the money in our account, which was our Disney fund. Well I am sure you can imagine how distraught I was, so after calling the bank and arguing with them on how they could let this happen, they started their investigation but told me that it could take 2 to 3 weeks before we would get our money back. As I sat there crying, knowing there was no possible way I could pay off our trip in a week, I thought we would have to cancel and was glad that my at least boys didn’t know so they would not be disappointed. I called our TA and explained what had happened and she said she would use her powers of persuasion and talk to her contacts at Disney. Well less than 24 hours later she calls me and said she explained to Disney what had happened and that they would make the note on the reservation and not cancel it. Let me tell you how happy this made me. knowing that Disney would give us an extension and we would not have to cancel our trip. Well to make a long story short, 3 weeks of phone calls and trips to the bank, they slowly started to credit our money back. Meanwhile, we had to cancel all direct deposits and shop around for a new bank, which is time consuming and wait for new debit cards in the mail, even before I could pay for anything. Well finally 2 ½ weeks after our due date we were finally paid in full!!!!! Needless to say I cannot tell you how much I am looking for to this vacation and once again my TA and Disney are awesome!!!!
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