Shhhh ... A Very Merry Surprise! ~ PTR for 11/4 - 11/12 2011 - Page 8 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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I agree...the trip will be here soon enough and we want to enjoy our summer as well.
I did t-shirts a couple of trips ago and also jammies. We still wear them.
Jammies, that's a great idea! I might have to steal that idea
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Don't blame you for celebrating summer!
I'll be in Edison on Friday & Saturday!!
That's right! Good luck with your move! Say hello if you see me
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Happy Summer to you!
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Happy Summer---hope you are able to get your t shirts done!
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LOVE to see all the cute t-shirts people come up with to wear to WDW! I have enjoyed reading your PTR and I'd love to be able & pull off a surprise like you're doing, hang in there! We love MVMCP & the Osborne Lights, they are so much fun, especially the parade! One of my favorite MK memories is riding Dumbo in the rain with the kids during MVMCP, we have found that the lines for some of the more popular rides are much shorter during the first parade.
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Jenn - just found this, and I'm so excited for you! We're also planning a surprise trip (couldn't put the real countdown on my sig in case the kids saw it), and I'm having such a tough time not talking about it. We love to plan together as a family, but we did two trips (2008 & 2009), so the kids know what to expect. But that doesn't help me when I want to chatter about everything, and have the kids start saving spending money, and make ADRs, and, and, and... DH doesn't have the stamina to discuss it all with me - and he doesn't think I'll keep the secret. That just gives me more strength. Secret Sisters Unite!
We're also looking forward to our first time with the MVCP and Osborne Lights - it's gonna be great!
Jenn, just wanted to tell you - WOW! WAS IT HOT IN EDISON!!!! Add to that an un-air conditioned storage unit on the second floor - it was madness. Hope the heat lets up soon.
ps, we ate at Pasquale's on Oak Tree Road and it was amazing!! If you haven't been, make a trip over there. Our server was Sasha (owner's daughter) and she was great. Tell her the folks from SC say hi!!
LOVE to see all the cute t-shirts people come up with to wear to WDW! I have enjoyed reading your PTR and I'd love to be able & pull off a surprise like you're doing, hang in there! We love MVMCP & the Osborne Lights, they are so much fun, especially the parade! One of my favorite MK memories is riding Dumbo in the rain with the kids during MVMCP, we have found that the lines for some of the more popular rides are much shorter during the first parade.
Thanks for reading along! I am really looking forward to all of the Christmas festivities at the parks, I can't wait! I'll definitely post some pics of the tshirts when I'm done with them, but I can't take credit for the designs. Someone else from the boards is helping me with them!
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Jenn - just found this, and I'm so excited for you! We're also planning a surprise trip (couldn't put the real countdown on my sig in case the kids saw it), and I'm having such a tough time not talking about it. We love to plan together as a family, but we did two trips (2008 & 2009), so the kids know what to expect. But that doesn't help me when I want to chatter about everything, and have the kids start saving spending money, and make ADRs, and, and, and... DH doesn't have the stamina to discuss it all with me - and he doesn't think I'll keep the secret. That just gives me more strength. Secret Sisters Unite!
We're also looking forward to our first time with the MVCP and Osborne Lights - it's gonna be great!
Good luck with keeping your surprise! It is so hard, but being able to talk about it on the message boards has helped a lot!! I get to vent my excitement with out yacking away to my friends or family who don't always get my disney "obsession"
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Jenn, just wanted to tell you - WOW! WAS IT HOT IN EDISON!!!! Add to that an un-air conditioned storage unit on the second floor - it was madness. Hope the heat lets up soon.
ps, we ate at Pasquale's on Oak Tree Road and it was amazing!! If you haven't been, make a trip over there. Our server was Sasha (owner's daughter) and she was great. Tell her the folks from SC say hi!!
Finally, we've gotten a break from the heat, it was brutal this weekend! I was thinking of you on Saturday, hoping that you weren't melting away while you were at the storage unit I have not heard of Pasquale's, I'm not usually in the area of Oak Tree Road. Sounds like I might have to make a trip up there one of these days
I've been racking my brain trying to come up with a way to reveal the surprise to my DDs. I knew that I wanted to do it either the morning of our departure, or sometime that day during the drive, and have decided to do it that morning before we leave. We've taken many road trips, but really the only ones of long distance where the car has been packed full were our previous Disney trips, so I know they will probably be thinking Disney when they see the car and roof rack full of stuff. Plus, I've mentioned it before, but we walk to school in the morning, so they will be really thrown for a loop when we hop into the car I found a mickey waffle maker on sale, so I got it and plan on making them for breakfast that morning, and I'll serve it on some Disney plates that we have, making a nice theme. After they are done, I'll give them some goodie bags, filled with some Disney items, as well as one of the Tshirts that I'm making up for each of them. I've asked Shadowryter to help me with the designs, she has some awesome ones! One of the designs I chose is a Mickey Bubble that has the Fab Five inside of it, and above it will say "I'm going to Disney World". (I'll post pics once I've got them done, I promise!) Hopefully, after seeing the shirts, there will be some screams of excitement from the girls, and we'll pack into the car and be on our way!
Jammies, that's a great idea! I might have to steal that idea
Steal away!! I didn't tell anyone, including DH and I just got simple white t-shirts and light gray cotton boxers and put a Mickey on the front of the t-shirt (logo area) and on the bottom of one leg of the boxers and packed them in my carry-on. For the girls, you could get cute shorts pj's.
I LOVE the Mickey waffle idea for breakfast. I'm envious of the surprise trip and the reactions you're going to get. I just can't not talk about it with my boys though. Maybe a SECOND trip in a year will be the only way I can surprise them...now...convincing Craig
Steal away!! I didn't tell anyone, including DH and I just got simple white t-shirts and light gray cotton boxers and put a Mickey on the front of the t-shirt (logo area) and on the bottom of one leg of the boxers and packed them in my carry-on. For the girls, you could get cute shorts pj's.
I LOVE the Mickey waffle idea for breakfast. I'm envious of the surprise trip and the reactions you're going to get. I just can't not talk about it with my boys though. Maybe a SECOND trip in a year will be the only way I can surprise them...now...convincing Craig
Sounds so cute! I'd love a pair of Mickey PJs And, I can't say that we don't talk Disney at all with the girls, that would be pure torture We do talk about things they would like to do on our next trip, and we watch you tube videos, etc. They know we will make a trip eventually, they just don't realize it's this year
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So, thanks to Shadowryter and her great design ability, I'm now one step closer to getting my shirts done! I've just got to get the transfer paper, and I'll be set. Here are the images that I will be using: (sorry, but I'm still getting the hang of inserting the images into my posts, apparently I still can't do it Not sure what I'm doing wrong )
So, thanks to Shadowryter and her great design ability, I'm now one step closer to getting my shirts done! I've just got to get the transfer paper, and I'll be set. Here are the images that I will be using: (sorry, but I'm still getting the hang of inserting the images into my posts, apparently I still can't do it Not sure what I'm doing wrong )
I can see them - I love it!! They look great!! How did you add them on your post? I have been trying to figure out how too!!
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We love MVMCP & the Osborne Lights, they are so much fun, especially the parade! 
One of my favorite MK memories is riding Dumbo in the rain with the kids during MVMCP, we have found that the lines for some of the more popular rides are much shorter during the first parade.
I have not heard of Pasquale's, I'm not usually in the area of Oak Tree Road. Sounds like I might have to make a trip up there one of these days 
Maybe a SECOND trip in a year will be the only way I can surprise them...now...convincing Craig 
I've just got to get the transfer paper, and I'll be set. Here are the images that I will be using: (sorry, but I'm still getting the hang of inserting the images into my posts, apparently I still can't do it 
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