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Glad you got your airfare!
Sounds like you have a great mom!
Is the laughter a symbol that only a fool would believe your are going to finish those TR's in this century?; lol.
Me too! LOL
She IS great! Everyone loves her! Even me! (Except for when she's driving me nuts! LOL...but seriously, sometimes I think she's the coolest and sometimes she's so freaking cute, she cracks me up!
ummm...no. I swear I WILL finish them!! Really, I will.
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Glad your back around. Don't worry, I still haven't finished my Sept TR either.
Glad you got the cheap tickets booked.
Thanks Liz! Thanks for the Thanksgiving Turkey jumpy thing! I couldn't get it to work in my siggie though for some reason! The Halloween one worked just fine! Weird. When's your next trip planned? I would love to hang out with you and the girls again! Tell them I saw "Hi!"
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Congrats on the tickets!
Thanks!
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Good deal. You went for the airfare!
Yep, I'm glad to say we did!
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Ok, so I have some news!! For those of you reading the DVC sub-forums, you might know this already but....
We added on at AKV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know we really should have bought into there, not BLT. It's really just so much more "us".
Anyway, I watched the webcast and knew they were offering incentive discounts to add-on, so I called our sales guy and he walked me through the whole thing and broke it down for me cost-wise etc.
We decided to go for it. It's not that much more a month (we are financing) and it would really help us out on future travel (I don't know, I'm just trying to rationalize maybe!)
So, after I made the first part of our deposit, I was able to book AKV!!! AND I got us Concierge!!! Now, I had to be waitlisted for one night, but as of now, we have AKV Concierge level for 2 nights, Savannah View 1 night and then resort hop over to BLT for 2 nights with an MK view (switched from Lake View).
I'm sooooooooooo excited!!!! I can't wait to stay at AKV with my mom!! She'll LOVE the whole concierge thing too!
We have also decided to just stay at BLT for the 5 nights in OCT (second leg after the cruise). It turns out my college friend will be there with her family and I gave the choice to our travelling partners and it seems BLT would be their first choice anyway.
Whew! So nice to have the flights and accomodations all figured out! Now it's on to the meals!
I already have what and when done for the "mom leg", let me know what you think! None of these are new for me and DH but most will be new experiences for mom! Breakfasts: Akershus, BOMA, Chef Mickey (all new for mom) and Crystal Palace (a tradition, all 3 of us love it here). Lunches: Not doing lunch every day, but I wanted to take my mom to Kona (she's never been), so we're doing lunch there one day-we love it there, one of our new faves. Dinners: BOMA, Sanaa, 1900 Park Fare, Artist Point and we'll do the Wanyama Safari one night so we'll eat at Jiko with that. We've done the Wanyama Safari, I know Mom will love it, she's been to Jiko twice now and has really enjoyed it.
I am only starting to throw together the list of ADR's for the second leg. This is what we're thinking as of now: Breakfasts: Tusker House, KONA, O'hana
Lunches: Biergarten, Rose and Crown (new for us), Brown Derby, Teppan Edo (new for us) , Nine Dragons (new for us) and the counter service in Norway (only eaten snacks here before)... Dinners: San Angel Inn, Marakkesh, Bluezoo (new for us), Les Chefs de France (new for us, though I ate here back in '87) and California Grill (finally going to try it!).
We also have decided to go with the TIW card instead of DDP (Deluxe). We think we'll come out better $-wise, so we'll see. I really do like the convenience of the DDP though and the fact that snacks are included!
Also, I am starting to look into renting an ECV for my mom. Though she has always totally not wanted to get one ever, I think this time she would let me get it for her. Just thinking of her walking/standin and not being able to get up the ramps to the monorail stations has me worrying, worst comes to worst, we rent it for a couple of days and then if she doesn't end up using it like I think she would, we can return it early. I know that you can always park it though and still walk around, right? So, that's a nice option I think she'll like.
I think that's it for now! Stay tuned for more news and updates!
Thanks for reading!
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The trip sounds great. You have some great choices for restaurants. We love Teppan Edo. I think you will too.
Lauren just walked up as I was reading this and I told her you said HI and she got all excited. Then she saw your pic and asked if you got married in WDW. I told her yes, that she knew that. She sait to tell you she is jealous.
I am hoping to go back in Nov or Dec. I was supposed to graduate from grad school on Dec 7 2010, but I had to drop a class so I won't finish until Jan 2011. The trip was supposed to be my graduation present. We will see. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I may have to move it up, so we can coincide with you two and have a visit!
Love your dining choices! Congrats on buying point at AKV. It is my absolute favorite home!
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Congrats on AKV! And great dining choices!
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Congrats on AKV!
Thanks!
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The trip sounds great. You have some great choices for restaurants. We love Teppan Edo. I think you will too.
Lauren just walked up as I was reading this and I told her you said HI and she got all excited. Then she saw your pic and asked if you got married in WDW. I told her yes, that she knew that. She sait to tell you she is jealous.
I am hoping to go back in Nov or Dec. I was supposed to graduate from grad school on Dec 7 2010, but I had to drop a class so I won't finish until Jan 2011. The trip was supposed to be my graduation present. We will see. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I may have to move it up, so we can coincide with you two and have a visit!
Liz-LOL....we had so much fun with you and the girls! We both hope to see you again at some point! You know....we also have a trip planned for Jan. 5-12, 2011! Maybe you can come during that time!
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Congrats on AKV! Great dining choices!
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Congrats on adding on! Nice dining choices.
Thanks!
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Congrats on AKV. Nice ADRs. Anymore updates?
Thanks! No more big updates as of now, only that we (well, I really! LOL) decided to not stay concierge at AKV now because since Savannah View is not guaranteed and I can't imagine showing up at AKLV with my mom and going up to the room only to not have a Savannah View we decided to go just with Savannah View and not Concierge. It's totally ok too, because I called the concierge to ask about the Wanyama Safari and was told that it's the same price for everyone now anyway, so that's all good too!
I'll update more when I have something! Thanks again everyone for reading! Hopefully you'll all still be reading when I have questions about DCL!
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Liz-LOL....we had so much fun with you and the girls! We both hope to see you again at some point! You know....we also have a trip planned for Jan. 5-12, 2011! Maybe you can come during that time!
That may be a possibility as well! Maybe that will work out if my other plans don't. That would be a great birthday trip, since my birthday is the 9th!
Liz-Cool! You'll have to keep me posted with plans as this year goes on...
Ok, all, so how crazy am I? How early do you all plan what parks on what days/ADR's etc.?
I just basically figured out both legs of the trip! Of course, there might be some massaging but most likely will stick with plans as they are. I decided we'll also take my mom to MNSSHP as well! Tee hee. She'll definitely need a nap that day, I'll have to work that in to the schedule that day. I was thinking we might go again just us the next week, but now I don't see that working into our schedule.
I'll post the parks and days etc. soon, I'm just glad I got another thing done! Now I really don't have anything else to do I don't think until the end of March when I can make the first ADR's!
However, I have to start to re-read my DCL Passporter and start posting questions! I need to find my purple highliter! LOL (I use it for my travel books!) Man, this post makes me seem incredibly dorky!
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The Halloween one worked just fine! Weird. When's your next trip planned? 
I would love to hang out with you and the girls again! Tell them I saw "Hi!"
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