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DD and I finally made it home around 9:30. We had a super time on this trip. We met some great Passporter friends and really enjoyed ourselves.
for all the compliments on the quilts...Sheana really deserved it! She did alot of work to get plans made for this trip. She is the offical "Trip Planner" when we travel together to Disney! She handles it all
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Kris already gave you the details of them arriving in Houston. As you already know Kris and Myka made a beautiful quilt for me, which I absolutely love! K.C. (my shih tzu) is fond of it too I have to fight him for it! We finshed getting our stuff together and for those of you that guessed it I was packing at the last minute. Kris wouldn't have known what to do if I had been packed ahead of time. We finished laundry I talked to Tim one last time before bed and it was lights out.
I am not sure if Kris slept much but I know I didn't, Myka had taken some Benedryl because her throat was bothering her so she was . I moved Myka over and crawled in bed exhausted but unable to sleep. The alarm was set for 4:40 and for once I didn't hit the snooze button, I was already awake. We got ready and made it out the door by 5:50. We stopped for gas and were on the way to the airport. Normally I fly with Continental, this time we used Southwest out of Hobby. I don't think I will be doing that again unless it is just a quick weekend trip somewhere. Nothing against Southwest or Hobby, Intercontinental is just more convenient and I like having an assigned seat. Once through security they were starting to board the flight, so we grabbed a quick healthy breakfast.
Looks yummy doesn't it?!?!?!
We boarded the plane and the flight was almost empty, before landing in Orlando we had a quick stop in New Orleans and there weren't many people left so we moved all the way up to the 2nd row on the plane. The flight out of New Orleans was completely sold out.
Ready to go!!!
Before taking off I sent Monica a quick text telling her that we were in New Orleans and we were waving at Charlie! The rest of our flight was uneventful, which is the way I like it to be! We landed about 15 minutes early We walked down and I waited in line to check us in for DME, Kris and Myka made a stop on the way. The line moved quickly and before we knew it we were boarding our bus. Now if any of you remember the countdown poems Kris posted we had a bit of a problem with the DME tags, well I asked about it at the DME counter she said our pass for the bus would be fine and that we wouldn 't need a new one and that our bags would make it to the resort with no peoblems......well when they went to scan our DME passes there was a problem, the lady at the bus tried to tell us we were getting on the wrong bus After getting everything straightened out we were on our way!
Kris and Myka on DME bus
CBR was the first stop. A very nice CM by the named Rita checked us in and gave us room 1356 in Barbados and told us that our room was ready. After taking the short walk to the room our bellies were talking to us so we headed to Old Port Royale for some much needed lunch.
Another healthy meal!
While at lunch I got a message from Monica asking what the plan was. I gave her the rundown and we agreed to meet at DtD for the girl's BBB appt. We stopped by the room dropped off our mugs and headed over to DtD and caught a bus to the Dolphin to pick up our rental. We got a PT Cruiser Convertible. Which neither Kris or I managed to get a picture of. We stopped back at our resort and checked our room to see if our luggage was there yet. I needed Advil in a bad way. It was at this time that we found out that 4 of our bags had been scanned but we were waiting on the 5th bag.
So here I am reading all of this from start to finish and I am loving it!
Sheana,first, I have to say that I was unaware of the life changing events you were going through. If you posted about it, I missed it and I am sorry to hear about it. You will be in my thoughts. But, I can't think of anyone who deserves a fun trip to WDW with great friends more than you do.
Second, that quilt Kris gave you is amazing! What a wonderful gift!
Third, what a great trip you have planned. It sounds like it is off to a wonderful start! So many things planned and so many meets with fellow passporters! It doesn't get any better than that!
And fourth, I didn't know you were a fellow shih tzu lover! The picture of you with the glow in the dark necklaces looks like there is more than one of them in your life.
Nala you are correct I have 2 of them. K.C. is my 6 year old male and then there is Lacey my 4 year old female who thinks she is queen bee! I wouldn't trade them for anything.
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Sheana pretty much covered everything in her update...so I will just tell ya about a few things and show pictures
After running and picking up Sheana's apartment key and grabbing a few things at the store, I went to Sheana's and made supper. I had already thrown it together before leaving my house that morning and just needed to put it in the oven. The original plan was to eat at Earl of Sandwich...they have one in Houston, but since I knew Sheana wouldn't be packed, I wanted to cook! We had a Cheesy Chicken Casserole and salad. We then went to Cold Stone Creamery for dessert!
Then it was back to Sheana's to watch her finish packing Soon it was off to bed I slept okay, once I got to sleep, but I couldn't wait for the adventure that lay before us
Now, here are some pics for our first morning
Here we are on the plane...ready to head to our Happy Place!
My breakfast
Myka's breakfast
This was a very happy CM working hard to get people ready for the Disney magic
Myka in front of DME bus
Our home at CBR for 2 days
Lunch...I had the hotdog and Myka had the cheeseburger, we shared the fries and both out some new mugs
As Sheana said, neither of us got a pic of the rental car that Myka named "Sparky" It was a very cute PT Cruiser convertible We had tons of fun riding with the top down.
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home, Sheana! Can't wait to hear all about it!
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for all the compliments on the quilts...Sheana really deserved it! She did alot of work to get plans made for this trip. She is the offical "Trip Planner" when we travel together to Disney! She handles it all 
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Can't wait to hear all about it!!!
Kris wouldn't have known what to do if I had been packed ahead of time.
. I moved Myka over and crawled in bed exhausted but unable to sleep. The alarm was set for 4:40 and for once I didn't hit the snooze button, I was already awake. We got ready and made it out the door by 5:50. We stopped for gas and were on the way to the airport. Normally I fly with Continental, this time we used Southwest out of Hobby. I don't think I will be doing that again unless it is just a quick weekend trip somewhere. Nothing against Southwest or Hobby, Intercontinental is just more convenient and I like having an assigned seat. Once through security they were starting to board the flight, so we grabbed a quick healthy breakfast. 
The rest of our flight was uneventful, which is the way I like it to be! We landed about 15 minutes early 
We walked down and I waited in line to check us in for DME, Kris and Myka made a stop on the way. The line moved quickly and before we knew it we were boarding our bus. Now if any of you remember the countdown poems Kris posted we had a bit of a problem with the DME tags, well I asked about it at the DME counter she said our pass for the bus would be fine and that we wouldn 't need a new one and that our bags would make it to the resort with no peoblems......well when they went to scan our DME passes there was a problem, the lady at the bus tried to tell us we were getting on the wrong bus
After getting everything straightened out we were on our way! 
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