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Just joining in here and excited to hear all about this adventure! We are not campers at all either! We have had 2 hurricanes that left us without power for a week or more and we basically "camped" in our living room, and decided then we had no interest in "roughing it" for a vacation! Although someone might be able to twist my arm of it occurred in Disney!
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Won't it be funny if this is true?!
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Hope you feel better soon!
Thanks. I'm getting stronger.
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Ty.
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Hope the B-12 helps your energy level return. Everything will get done!! Relax!!! If something is undone, then it won't matter anyway. You are probably trying to overplan anyway.
Since I've decided to stop planning (lol, yeah right), I think I have started to overthink everything. I keep trying to make plans, and then I do, and then I have to go break them because I promised not to make plans.
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that you feel much better very soon!
Ty.
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Feel better! I'm on B12 injections myself!
They help. It's weird because after the first one, it rockets me back to life and then I overdo it, get tired, and have to recover.
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Sounds like it's coming together!
I think so.
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Did you check out a dollar tree type store for pinwheels? they always seem to have that kind of stuff. Or you and your son could make them. It's pretty easy.
No, I didn't. However, I plan on going to one this week to see it.
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Nice "beneift" from using the card
Sounds like everything is falling into place. You are almost there.
I know and I am so nervous.
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on earning the $200 bonus! Glad it's all coming together for you all.
Yeah, it was nice. I was totally excited, then it was a bit of a downer to learn the TIW card expired.
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Nice $200 bonus!!! It's always great to find extra money when you least expect it.
Yeah, it certainly is appreciated.
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Just joining in here and excited to hear all about this adventure! We are not campers at all either! We have had 2 hurricanes that left us without power for a week or more and we basically "camped" in our living room, and decided then we had no interest in "roughing it" for a vacation! Although someone might be able to twist my arm of it occurred in Disney!
That's the only reason I am trying this is because it's in Disney and if it doesn't work out I am sure I can find a room somewhere!
We take really luxurious vacations whenever we do go on non Disney vacation which is very often and we were all looking for something a little different. I go mods or deluxes when I go to Disney because we usually stay there for a long time, but since I work for the state in mental health I get a lot of time off. So, we do a lot of short vacations like Key West, St. Augustine, Savannah, Montreal, Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec and we'll throw our entire budget into the resort. So, we're all just looking for something a little different and it was either this or a cruise. Somehow, I lost when it came time to vote
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I fell to the bottom of the page so I guess I better get to writing!
We. started. packing.
Can you believe it? We're just over two weeks away and I already started packing our stuff. I have Tuesdays off and Monday night some more boxes from Walmart came (I swear the UPS man hates me) and I just had the need to start organizing it all to see what it would look like all packed up and how much space it would take. So, hubby and I got out the space bags and we packed our pillows and bedding. We wanted to pack Mikey's, but I have to get sheets for his air bed and I thought I had a spare comforter in our closet. When I opened the storage bin, it turns out it was two air beds and a sleeping bag. Nuts! We decided he didn't need a full comforter and would be ok with a blanket. We're going to use his blanket from his bed, I'll get a new sheet set and since he is going to be with a friend, he'll already have his pillow and blanket on him, so nothing for me to pack for Mikey. I've ordered the last little tidbits I think such as a power strip, bug zapper, and Mikey's air mattress.
I think hubby packed another space bag, but I can't remember what was in it. I just know we have two packed and ready to go. Our space bags came with this neat storage container so the bags are in there and we can fit in two more for our clothes.
I've ordered 100 pins off of Amazon... AND THE BIGGEST NEWS...
We're scheduled to take a tour of Grand Floridian to purchase DVC points!
Jennifer / Eeyore is my favorite!! OMG - He's sooooo grown up!!!! And an EAGLE SCOUT!! I can still remember my cute little Tiger Cub! 2016 Reading Goal - 75 books
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Congrats on the BOG ressie and the surprise travel money! How awesome about the potential DVC points
This was mentioned before, but I think I saw some pinwheels at the Dollar Tree earlier this month. The only other place I can think of might be a toy store or garden center.
You mentioned getting sheets for the air mattress... I thought I'd mention.... We have found that air mattresses don't do well with fitted sheets.... We use flat sheets and tuck them under.... This works best for us...
Congrats on the BOG ressie and the surprise travel money! How awesome about the potential DVC points
This was mentioned before, but I think I saw some pinwheels at the Dollar Tree earlier this month. The only other place I can think of might be a toy store or garden center.
Sending for your health.
Thanks
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You mentioned getting sheets for the air mattress... I thought I'd mention.... We have found that air mattresses don't do well with fitted sheets.... We use flat sheets and tuck them under.... This works best for us...
This air mattress says it fits fitted sheets so that's why I got it, but I think I will pack an extra flat sheet just in case. Thanks.
This trip is difficult for me in many ways. Besides the anxiety of camping, it's doing Disney in a way I've never done before. I mean, think about what most of us do. We come up with a budget, decide on a resort (with a roof), plan our park days, pick ADR's, make fastpass+ selections, and plan other odds and ends. This trip is nothing like what we or most people on this board usually plan. So, I kinda feel like a pioneer here.
I keep trying to do what I am used to doing, such as making ADR's. Jay has to come in and remind me, we're not doing a lot of dining on this trip. That forces me to cancel reservations that I struggled to get! It's my fault though, I was warned.
Dining Plans:
I said I wasn't going to plan, but I kinda have to because if I don't plan our meals then I won't know what to buy or how much to buy. So, after much consideration and advice this is what I have so far:
Aug 9: (4:00pm tour at the Red Roof Inn for DVC purchase)
Breakfast on the way to WDW. (you will learn breakfast is a must in our household for hubby)
Lunch: Publix subs which I will grab when we're out shopping
Dinner: Trails End buffet
Aug 10: (we have to stick around the resort today. Mikey will be dropped off by the family he is in Orlando with for the weekend)
Breakfast: Trails End buffet. (we usually go out on Sunday mornings)
Lunch: cheddarwurst brats
Dinner: steak cooked at Campsite with bacon potatoes
Aug 11: (Mikey has horseback riding)
breakfast: cold breakfast
lunch: open
dinner: salmon with lemon and dill butter sauce and broccoli
Aug 12 (planned MK day)
breakfast: cold breakfast
lunch: Be our Guest
dinner: counter service at either MK or DTD
Aug 13:
breakfast: trails end buffet
lunch: french bread pizzas
dinner: lemon pepper chicken in foil
Aug 14: (Guys have archery in the afternoon)
breakfast: cold breakfast
lunch: hamburgers on pretzel rolls
dinner: Raglan Road at DTD
Aug 15:
breakfast: cold breakfast
lunch: open to campsite or park
dinner: Pork tenderloin
Aug 16: (time to go home )
breakfast: Trails End
lunch/dinner: May decide on early Raglan Road ADR before the sad trip home.
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Oh forgot to tell you.... I survived our camping in the cabin this past weekend! We had a lot of fun fishing, frogging, & hanging around the campfire. I'll definitely do the cabin again!
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