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Some nice changes to your plans and looks like it will all work well for this long Disney vacation! Glad all went well in court with Abby's guardianship hearing. A lot less stress for you now to tie this thing up!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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I love your dinner change for AK! That sounds fun. Disney is the only place I will rise and shine to enjoy the rides at 630 am. I'm glad WDW is accommodating the onsite guests.
Congrats on everything going smoothly at the custody hearing!
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Wow...your trip plans look amazing. I remember when you announced your trip, we were just going on our first trip with JB and I thought - there is a lot of time bw our trip and Darlene's. And with a blink of an eye, it is time for your incredible summer adventure. Safe travels and much pixie dust for a magical journey!
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Those sound like some good changes! I hope you have great luck riding the new rides in TSL at 6:30 am! I haven’t heard about the new family style dinner at Pizzafari, but that sounds like fun!
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Now you just have to wait.... "Anticipation"... and the waiting drives me crazy!
No more changes, unless Disney does first!
No more changes, hmmm??? Really Kate. And yes, at this point in time the waiting is driving me crazy (9 days and hours, but I'm not really counting )
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Some nice changes to your plans and looks like it will all work well for this long Disney vacation! Glad all went well in court with Abby's guardianship hearing. A lot less stress for you now to tie this thing up!
Thanks Dave. Yes, less stress now that court is out of the way and I'm feeling confident we're going to have a great trip this year.
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Nice tweaks to your plan. Now you can start packing!
Already started a few weeks ago - it's the finishing I have to do .
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I love your dinner change for AK! That sounds fun. Disney is the only place I will rise and shine to enjoy the rides at 630 am. I'm glad WDW is accommodating the onsite guests.
Congrats on everything going smoothly at the custody hearing!
Me too - or actually I should say Lenny. It took me what, 7 trips to convince him to be at the park for opening and this year (for his trip number 9) he said he's actually looking forward to getting in the park at 6:30 am. Keep in mind, this is the guy that with his problems takes 2 hours here at home to get ready for the day. Disney he seems to get ready quicker (but we won't let him go slow either).
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Love how your changes and tweaking are working out so well.
Thanks Cam, me too. I love when the changes go smoothly.
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Wow...your trip plans look amazing. I remember when you announced your trip, we were just going on our first trip with JB and I thought - there is a lot of time bw our trip and Darlene's. And with a blink of an eye, it is time for your incredible summer adventure. Safe travels and much pixie dust for a magical journey!
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Thanks Denise. You're right. Things always seem to be so far away and then we look back and say 'where did the time go?'
Great job with the changes! Sounds like a great trip with some new experiences.
And it will be here before you know it!
It will be - just a few more days now Donna. I'm looking forward to the new experiences too.
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Looks like everything is falling into place.
It is, and it helps to get me excited when it does.
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Those sound like some good changes! I hope you have great luck riding the new rides in TSL at 6:30 am! I haven’t heard about the new family style dinner at Pizzafari, but that sounds like fun!
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I think they're good changes. I've been "stalking" the MDE app for the past few weeks so I think we'll have luck riding at least one of the rides if Disney still opens the park at 6:30 when we go. If they don't then we'll just go with my original plans for the day. We're looking forward to the Pizzafari dinner too actually. I had read months ago about something similar they were suppose to do at Pinocchio Village Haus. It makes me wonder if they people got their information wrong. I'll let everyone know how it goes though in my TR.
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That sounds like some great plans. Keeping my fingers crossed for you that everything works out as you wish with no meltdowns, especially.
Thank you very much. I too always hope for no meltdowns but in the back of my mind I always know they can happen. It's just all in how much I can prevent Abby from going into one full blown.
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Your plans sound "Incredible" and I know y'all will have a most excellent adventure! Can't wait to hear all about it! It won't be long now!
No, not long at all. And you guys will hear all about it when I get home and start my TR.
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You’ve made some great changes! Glad everything went well at court!
Thanks Marnie. I'm happy with the changes I made and think they were good too.
Just when I thought I was all set for this trip, something happened that had me making changes again. Kate (lovewdw2 here on the boards), invited herself to join us on our vacation. How rude!! :wink: Yes, I am totally kidding in that. We met back in 2013 when she was on a solo trip and we just clicked. We met in the MK and then rode the train together - twice - then went over to ride IASW together. We rode that around 3 times (we were in the wheelchair accessible boat and the CM's offered it, we didn't ask). We talked like we were old friends and I don't think we've really stopped talking since. Well maybe I do most of the "talking" but we still stay in contact almost daily via emails and texting.
So on Saturday July 21st - just about two weeks out from our vacation, Kate told me about this crazy idea she had. She wanted to go to Florida for the weekend and spend time with us in Disney. After convincing me it was something she could do and really wanted to do, I was on board with it. Lenny and Abby were too - and if truth be told, Lenny had actually said months ago "it's too bad we won't be seeing Kate again this year." Now that he knows we will be, he's looking forward to it just like I am. After Kate decided which days she actually would in Disney, it didn't really involve too many changes on my part. She'll arrive on Friday August 10th and leave on Tuesday August 14th. Friday is our late day in the MK with the dessert party so we won't see her at all. Saturday is our down day and we'll get together at some point in time. Nothing is quite finalized yet but since we like Trails End and she likes Trails End, it just makes sense to eat together there. Sunday is another MK day and again, nothing is finalized but Kate will join us at the park and at her suggestion, I've added an ADR to our day. We will all eat together at the Plaza for an early dinner. We haven't been here in years and I could never really ever seem to fit it in to go back. This is the perfect opportunity to - and only as I wrote this did it dawn on me how easily I was able to get an ADR for it two weeks out for 4 people (must have been meant to be). Monday is an Epcot day that we are going to spend a majority of the time in WS. This is the day I also added in an ADR at Teppan Edo because of Kate (she's the one who kept sending me pictures of her meal). Not only does Kate enjoy WS, she also loves Teppan Edo. What better way to end her weekend than at a park she enjoys that includes having a meal she loves with friends? I can't think of a better way. Just like with the Plaza, luck was with me and I had no problem whatsoever adding her to my ADR for lunch.
And not to leave anyone out, we also have plans to meet up with Ginger (GingerJ here on the boards) while on vacation as well. I added her to my Friends and family list and I know she's gotten quite a few matching FP with ours but she's going to play it by ear on those days. We each have cell phones so it should be easy enough to keep in touch (as long as my phone works - it has a tendency to not always behave, and not just at Disney either now).
We're now into single digits and I'm getting more excited. It's not so far away now and other than all the "small" things I mentioned before, there's not a lot I have to do between now and then. Good thing as three of those days I work both jobs so nothing will get done here. So yeah, it's still turning out to be an Incredible Summer.
I think it's wonderful that Kate is going to be able to join you for several days. It sounds like you will have a great day together. Also fun to meet up with Ginger. PP meet and greets are always fun.
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