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Yes...I am very ready to go. I got some more work thrown at me though last night and I have been trying to do research all day and my eyes are starting to kill me.
Just a few more days!!!!
I can't wait!!
We have a new friend joining us for the whole trip. Claire is very exciting he has decided to join us.
And the best part, he's completely free!
He is "Flat Ben"!
He was sent to me by Dee, Natebenma on Dis.
Her sone Ben wanted to go to Disney very badly this year and even made a powerpoint presentation on why he should go. Sadly, they are not going, but they have traveled this year, so don't feel too sorry for Ben.
But since Ben wanted to go so badly, Dee has made a few Flat Bens and has been sending them off to travelers so Ben could still experience Disney.
I have not taken his picture ...yet. But we plan to have some fun with him.
Weather here has not been nice, but we are no where near as bad as others. We are having sleet today, but word is that Columbus is getting snow. Columbus being the airport I am flying out of. Let's hope and pray it's not much and things go smoothly. Who would've thought I would need to wrry about snow for a flight on Nov. 2.
In other news, I have read that the eye of Sandy went right through Castaway Cay. I have not heard of any damage reports at this point. I think today will have the 1st ship dock there since the hurricane. I really hope the island is not damaged too badly. Claire will really be upset if we don't make it there. She is talking about snorkeling almost daily now. But whatever happens, we will make the best of it.
Hope Castaway Cay made it through Sandy unscathed!
We got word that a few excursions on both Nassau and Castaway Cay have been canceled. It will be interesting to see how the island looks next week.
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Hope all goes well for you all!
Thanks. I am so nervous and excited all wrapped up in one big ball of energy right now.
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Just DAYS away now.
Good luck to Paige.
If I don't get back here in time- have a safe and magical trip
YES. We head down to Columbus tomorrow afternoon and wil lbe flying out early on Friday. I can't wait to get away.
Paige decided to go back with her boyfriend. I just had a feeling that she would, but I didn't want to influence her one way or the other. She has to do what her heart tells her...and sometimes absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Thanks for the well wishes.
I am not sure if I will have time to get on tomorrow. I have to type a paper tomorrow for work and have it delivered by 2:30 ...we plan to leave for my sisters around 3:30. The thing is, I can't even start it yet, as I need to make a phone call tomorrow before t oreconfimr some info that was given to me that I belive to be wrong, or explained to me better if it is right.
I also have a few lat minute things to finish up packing wise. I am to the point though that if it's forgotten, we'll live. I just need to be sure I have my cameras and chargers and medications and then I will be good. Who cares if I have to go naked for 2 weeks. LOL
We received a beautiful backsack, themed in Halloween Mickey from my wonderful Dis friend Lisa...aka Mickeystoontown.
This was such a wonderful surprise. Claire absolutely loved it and used it tonight while we trick or treated. She was a girl vampire by the way. You wouldn't have really known it though, as she was just dressed in what looked like a witch dress and she refused to put in the ever so important teeth. Not even for a picture, which sadly I only took a couple since it was misty rainy out tonight and didn't want to lug the camera out in that.
She will be bringing this wonderful backsack to the Halloween party at Disney as well.
I want to thank everyone for following along with me for the past several crazy months. I will be writing a TR for this trip as well, and once I get it started I will post a link here.
Happy Halloween Everyone!!!!
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So reality has hit. I am home and I realized I really hate being home. Disney is so much more fun!
I am faced with a stack of work to do and a house to clean.
Luckily MIL came over and did dishes and did a load of laundry for Skip while I was gone, but since then we have done a nice job of adding more laundry and making a huge mess in the house with piles of things that need to be put away. I started on it and then I faded quickly.
Pictures are loaded to the computer now though, thats a plus. I took a lot of pictures, BUT for the amount of time we were gone, it kind of is a low number for me. I took 5555 pictures between my 3 cameras. I also have some pictures form the cruise CD my sister bought. Since we often did the 3 kids together, the face recognition tended to put most of my pictures on her account. We also did photopass, and I have been trying to fight the site to get those done as well. Sadly, Claire wasn't big on character meets this year, so we didn't get a lot of photopass for the amount of time we spent there.
I have a few teaser photos edited. Not many yet done, but I wanted to post a few.
My first meet of the Trip. Carrie
A highlight at Animal Kingdom Lodge, going down the slide.
We loved the wild life at the Animal Kingdom Lodge.
View from our room.
A little new Fantasyland peek.
Off to Port Canveral.
Ready to sail.
Do NOT touch the Famingoes!!!!
The Dream in Nassau
Time for some island fun.
A couple of creatures.
What fun adventure are we going to do next?
Captain "Uncle" Geoff Sparrow.
A few wild pirates.
A visit with Daisy
A couple of Sailor girls.
Off to the world. Picked up our Tickets
Look who's coming!
And I'll leave you with that for now.
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