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You know, I heard a that one of your friends who only got to spend like a minute with in Oct & another cool person who you had mojitos will be in the World April 17th & 18th too
Yep!!! Bellandmaddysmom (Ginger) asked me to tag along with her. She has a nursing conference & guess where it is this year!! Hopefully I won't get another mystery illness & we can hang out for longer then the wait in line at the bus stop!!
I just saw this. No idea how I missed before. Congratulations!! What a very special trip and a wonderful thing to do for & with your 2 oldgest princesses.
Not checking the boards for a few days(ok weeks) and WOW! Congratulations, you guys must be pretty excited. I just love the idea for a Daddy/Daughters trip. Your plans look great and what a great way to donate some extra money.
That is a wonderful idea to take the money you've saved on the room and donate it. Awesome!!! And how nice that Allie will get to spend her bday there. That Family Magic Tour sounds just perfect for you guys!! Can't wait to hear what else you have in store for them . . . . .
I just saw this. No idea how I missed before. Congratulations!! What a very special trip and a wonderful thing to do for & with your 2 oldgest princesses.
Thanks! I hope they remember I'm not too bad of a guy once I get into the "nursing home" age bracket. haha
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Not checking the boards for a few days(ok weeks) and WOW! Congratulations, you guys must be pretty excited. I just love the idea for a Daddy/Daughters trip. Your plans look great and what a great way to donate some extra money.
With Allie turning 11 on this trip, I'm starting to get kind of sappy about her becoming a teenager and not wanting to be around me. I hope she never wants to avoid her Daddy but just in case, maybe this bribery couldn't hurt. Lindsay is a Daddy's Little Girl as well and I told her she'd have to pick up the slack of Allie once she's a teenager. lol She saluted me and said "Sir, yes, sir"
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That is a wonderful idea to take the money you've saved on the room and donate it. Awesome!!! And how nice that Allie will get to spend her bday there. That Family Magic Tour sounds just perfect for you guys!! Can't wait to hear what else you have in store for them . . . . .
I hope we can work in the Family Magic Tour. I'm thinking we can!
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Congrats on being PIF
Now if only I was also "FOC" Full of Cash in the bank now haha
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Originally Posted by OhToodles!
Love the Scrooge McDuck pic! DS has recently become a fan of Duck Tales (we have the first season on DVD).
I'm not even sure Allie and Lindsay have seen Duck Tales. I will have to remedy this.
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This sounds like it's going to be an awesome trip.
I hope so! I love spending some alone time with my big girls. However, Bethany is our rock so we'll miss her and little boo Audrey!
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Just found your pre-TR. Congrats on the good news!
Thank you very much!
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Originally Posted by WeRDisneyFanatics
Congrats on moving the trip up and I think it's wonderful that you donated the difference to the disaster relief!
I realized another benefit of moving the trip up: We get to avoid Grad Nights at WDW when they close MK a bit early and you have to deal with teenagers more. BOOO. LOL
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Congrats on being PIF!
If you would like to donate to the "Refill my Bank Account Fund, please drop me a PM.
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Congrats on booking and being paid in full (all in one transaction)!
Looking forward to hearing the details as they unfold! I'm sure you will come up with something great for your dd's birthday!
My first itinerary shall be posted soon.
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ok so I will miss you by like 7 days!!!!!
This makes Matt a sad Panda.
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on paid in full!
lol the code for those little emoticons is "woot, woot, woot" I now imagine Cam, saying "woot woot woot" in her classroom when the kids do well. haha
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Originally Posted by chezp
Congrats on being paid in full!
Thank you! I bet when you make your long trips to the States you are very happy when PIF is reached as well.
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Originally Posted by ferrazalves
congrats!!
Have a magical vacation!!!!
I sure hope so! Just help me pass the word to all guests at WDW to not impede my magic gathering! lol
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Originally Posted by lazanya
Congrats on being PIF!
Thank ya thank ya. Have I ever mentioned that your user name makes me get all hungry everytime I read it? Thanks a lot! haha
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Congrats on the trip and getting it paid in full.
Thank you!
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Congrats on paying your trip in full!!! It was very nice of you to donate the difference.
It was the least I could do. I wish I could go volunteer. If Bethany wasn't due to give birth this summer, I'd be glad to go help in any capacity with the rebuilding!
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Congrats on the PIF Matt! I also vote for the Family Magic Tour, you and the girls will LOVE it!!!
I'm definitely gonna ask the girls if they are interested!
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Sounds like wonderful plans so far! Kudos for putting everything into perspective.
Thank you!
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Congrats Matt to your family on the new addition!! Hope Bethany has a very smooth Pregnancy too. Your Princess's and Daddy Trip sounds like a fun for all time. Have fun planning your daughters B Day at Disney, it maybe hard to beat her little sister Disney B Day fun last year!! LouigiAnne
Ahh you remember the surprise trip last year for Lindsay!! Yes that was a lot of fun. I hope I can do something to surprise Allie!
I know I'm not the only one who gets geeked out making plans. I just love trying to "crunch the numbers" and "avoid the crowds" by watching the crowd levels for each day. I normally just avoid the EMH days and that lessens the crowd amounts. I sat down this morning and created my first draft for our daily plans. Our arrival day is the only one that I believe I'm not set on.
I think we'll depart home on April 17th at around 3 am. I'll let the girls sleep in the car while I drive. It takes about 6 hours to get to Orlando depending on how many times we have to stop. Since it is Allie's birthday, I first thought that we could go directly to the Magic Kingdom but not arriving at opening sorta puts everything behind schedule so I'm still deciding on Day 1. Here tare the tentative plans:
Saturday April 17th- arrive in Orlando approximately 9 am. Check into the Coronado Springs Resort.
Option 1: Go to EPCOT for Allie's Birthday. Allie and Lindsay love the Kim Possible Hunt so they can do that all day plus meet characters and such.
Option 2: Go to Magic Kingdom for Allie's Birthday (Plans TBD)
Sunday April 18th- Disney's Hollywood Studios- Our only day there since we're not park hopping. Make sure to hit Toy Story InSania (Copyright Loflin Enterprises circa 2008). Lindsay wants to ride Tower of Terror. Allie has ridden it once and vows never to do it again. So if we can't get Allie to ride it, we might have to skip it. Once Lindsay hits it the first time, I'm quite certain we won't have to worry about her wanting to ride it again.
Monday April 19th-The Magic Kingdom- The crowds this day look very low so we'll spend a good amount of time here. We'll be pulling a long day but we have short days before and after.
Tuesday April 20th- Animal Kingdom- Another light day at the parks. I'm hoping to get a good amount of time in. I've decided we'll make the Animal Kingdom a "Hidden Mickey" day and break out our book!
Wednesday April 21st-EPCOT- We'll have a long day at EPCOT doing whatever the girlies want. I'm guessing "passports", pin trading, Kim Possible, and more.
Thursday April 22nd-Departure Day (BOOOO!) and Magic Kingdom- MK has EMH morning hours so I think we'll pack up the night before and head directly to MK with the car and be there at opening. That way we can get in a minimum of 4 hours at the MK before leaving. Maybe 6!
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that one of your friends who only got to spend like a minute with in Oct & another cool person who you had mojitos will be in the World April 17th & 18th too 
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Bellandmaddysmom (Ginger) asked me to tag along with her. She has a nursing conference & guess where it is this year
Can't wait to hear what else you have in store for them . . . . .
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