A Spring Adventure: Wilderness, Flowers, and the Force (with Cam and Luke) PTR Updated 5/22 - Page 8 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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We stayed at the WL on our trip in 2005, and really enjoyed it!
My trip starts on May 31, and I'm staying at the GF for the whole week! On our trip in 2011 we only stayed one night at the GF, so I am looking forward to a week of luxury!!!
Looking forward to reading about Luke's project.
We hope to stay at the villas at GF one of these days.
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Loved the introductions. Can't wait to hear about his big project
About a year ago we had met my family in Bowling Green to celebrate both Morgan and John Paul’s birthdays. Morgan had asked to go shopping for her birthday so we eventually wound up at the mall. While waiting for them to pay for a very cute Dooney & Bourke hipster for Morgan, Luke and I wandered over to the home department. As we browsed, I discovered a giraffe shower curtain that I immediately showed to Luke, saying when I was finally ready to redo Stefanie’s bathroom I would love to start with this. Over the next 9 months, we looked at paint, fixtures, tiles, etc. But it wasn’t until early fall that I told Luke I might finally be ready.
Prior to beginning the project, Stefanie’s bathroom was covered in princesses. After one of our Disney trips quite a number of years ago, Stefanie came home requesting that we redo her bathroom to match her princess bedroom. And what Stefanie wanted, she almost always got. She chose a Behr Disney paint in the color Fairest of Them All, a shade of pink. Then she found some great Disney princess accessories at K-Mart, including a shower curtain, bath rug, and wastebasket. A few years later we purchased a cute princess stool at Toys R Us. With a Home Depot gift card she received from an aunt and uncle for her birthday one year, she bought a Disney Princess lamp. When we had purchased our Cinderella DVD, we got four lithographs that I framed for her. My Dad had made a shelf that for her when she was itty bitty that I painted white and then we added lots of princess stuff, a jewelry box, framed pictures of her with family and Disney characters, Tinker Bell, and Mickey soaps.
Stefanie loved her bathroom and enjoyed taking folks back to see both it and her bedroom. The room was truly in need of an overhaul as the paint was several years old, and pink as never been one of mine or Luke’s favorite wall colors. But then we parents often forego our desires for those of our kids. Also our cat, who was exiled to the country about a decade ago, had done a number on the woodwork. We liked our tile floors when we first moved in. But over the 12 years we’ve lived here, we’ve discovered it is not an easy tile to keep clean. It is not a smooth tile, and every little groove and crevice attracted dirt and muck that eventually had to be hand-scrubbed out. Back in the early fall, my steam mop died and we purchased a new one. In order for the new steam mop to clean our floors, I felt I must first get on my hands and knees to scrub a cleanliness back into the floors. We have tile in both bathrooms and in the front hall, which is L shaped. It took me about 4 hours, and as I later discovered, it cost me more arthritic pain. Not my knees which I had kept on a padded mat, but in my right wrist, which had taken the brunt of the scrub work. I’m hopefully we’ll be able to redo our bathroom floor in better tile, and our front halls in hardwood before I ever have to do that again. But if not, the lady who cleans for my DMiL will do it for me. I’m sure all of this factored into making me ready for change.
So here are some pictures of Stefanie's Princess bathroom.
I went away for the weekend and now have two updates for comment! Love the intros and seeing the photos of the cast. Stefanie's princess bathroom is adorable and just right for a pixie/princess. I'm looking forward to seeing the new theme in place. I agree with you about "textured" tile. I have it in my bathroom and it never feels quite clean to me.
Love the character introduction. With each of your TR's, I feel we know you a bit better.
Love that you've been able to start enjoying retirement at such a young age. I'm afraid it looks like I'll be at it until 65. I'll live vicariously through you until then!
I'm so excited that you guys will finally get to visit during the Flower and Garden Festival--it's so beautiful and the new food booths are an absolute plus! The Wilderness Lodge is my favorite place to stay--in fact I have it booked for my birthday this year!
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Cute bathroom - fit for a princess. I know the giraffe bathroom will be super cute too and remind you of Stefanie - especially if you get a picture of Stefanie giraffe in there.
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Looking forward to seeing the result of the changes you guys make.
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