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Our party of 2 is now a party of 11 - UPDATED 8/19/11
Dates:
Friday August 5th - Tuesday August 9th Pop Century
Tuesday August 9th - Sunday August 14th Coronado Springs Resort Cast of Characters:
Me: Kris age 44 Disney lover (6 trips under my belt)
DD: Kelsey age 16 Disney lover too (also 6 trips under her belt
Then we got to talking to the mom of the goalie on dd's hockey team who goes every summer and she decided to go down at the same time Added Characters:
Kathie, Bob, Chelsea, Kasey, Skyler, Jake, Steven & Matt (Chelsea & Kasey's boyfriends but I don't know how goes to which???) Kate (who is a friend of either Chelsea or Kasey not sure) so if your keeping score that is an additional 9 characters These characters will be down from August 5th thru August 9th (they leave on August 10th to drive home) and will also be staying at Pop Century
I would love to go to WDW every summer but it's not always possible financially. Then family stuff gets in the way too and messes up your plans. As you can see down the bottom we have gone a few times before. In 2009 we had been down for 3 yrs in a row and we wanted to keep the streak going. In 2007 we celebrated my 40th bday. On that trip dd asked if we could go back in 2008 to celebrate her 13th so of course we did and then in 2009 we just threw a trip in to celebrate nothing but family time. Then my mother's health took a turn for the worse. Well it was more like a slow bend. She was very stubborn and wouldn't go to the doctors no matter what we tried and me and my 2 brothers were ganging up on her. We were thinking about another trip in summer of 2010 but didn't know what was going to happen with my mom so I really couldn't plan anything. As it turned out my mom entered the hospital on May 25 2010 and died of cancer on June 11 2010. The rest of the summer I think dd & I walked around in a fog but started planning a trip for Summer 2011 as planning a trip makes us very happy. We were so many days out we were just counting down months out not days but we were happy to be planning. DD is in high school and with her advanced classes missing school is not a possiblility so we go in the summer. I took some money that was left in a checking account of my mom's and bought AP's as I was determined to go more than once in a 12 month period. Our initial plans were:
August 2011 week vacation
October 2011 long weekend for MNSSHP & F&WF
April 2012 to celebrate my 45th bday which falls on Easter Sunday again like it my 40th did in 2007
July/August 2012 week vacation.
Well then life got in the way again. DD & I decided to move her to a different hockey team. A team which will take up way more of my vacation time and all of my money so the April 2012 trip to celebrate my 45th bday is out. Airfare is now thru the roof and over Easter our chances of an AP discount are slim. But we are still planning on all the other ones so I guess the AP's will still get a workout.
On to other details FOOD. The party we are traving with will have 3 day basic tickets. They also have the free dining which I couldn't get because of my AP's. DD & I decided to get the Basic Dining plan for the first part of our trip since we had one TS meal planned and decided to eat with our friends for 2 other meals and then we have the Quick Service Dining plan for the second half of the trip. The bad part about the way this falls is we won't have our mugs until the second half of the trip but in the words of every teen on the planet WHATEVER!!!!!
Eating is a sport to the family we are hanging out with at the World (although you would never know it from the skinny girls in that family) so meal plans were very important to them and lets be honest us too.
Dining looks like this:
8/5 - no plans as we don't land until around 6:30 pm
8/6 - Epcot with our friends and an ADR for Teppon Edu - I don't think you can even get 11 around one of the habachi grills so I have no idea how that will work.
8/7 - MK with our friends and an ADR at Crystal Palace.
8/8 - Epcot for just dd & I as we are scheduled to do the Segway Around the World Tour as you have to be 16 to do the tour and dd turned 16 in June and we have an ADR set for my dd's favorite restaurant in all the World Cape May Cafe Clam Bake. Three words for you Oreo Bon Bon's.
8/9 - DHS with our friends but they have an ADR at Hollywood and Vine but dd wanted to try dinner at Chef Mickey as we have only done breakfast so we are going to split for a bit and then meet up for Fantasmic.
8/10 our friends leave for the long drive north and we head into our QSDP portion of the trip.
Some CS meals I know we will hit are:
Pepper Market
Wolfgang Puck Express
Cosmic Rays
Casey's Hot Dogs
Toy Story Pizza Planet
La Cantina De San Angel
I would also love to try Pinnochio Haus as we have never been there.
I have been viewing the food pictures on the other section and I honestly think I get fatter just looking at the pictures but I can't wait to eat all my favorites while down there. And yes I will be getting on my treadmill again tonight to prep for this vacation.
I have been viewing the food pictures on the other section and I honestly think I get fatter just looking at the pictures but I can't wait to eat all my favorites while down there.
I think I've actually begun salivating at the sight of some of those meals....
Great plans! I'm sorry the planning has been so hectic, at least you have this trip to look forward to. I really want to try Pinocchio Village Haus too, it looks so cute inside. We tried Cantina de San Angel QS on our last trip, it was so pretty inside and the food was so good.
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Great start Kris! Sounds like yáll have a great vaca planned out. Sorry about your mom as you still recover. But I do see how planning a disney trip can lift your spirts. I hope your able to make great use of your AP's!
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so the April 2012 trip to celebrate my 45th bday is out. Airfare is now thru the roof and over Easter our chances of an AP discount are slim. But we are still planning on all the other ones so I guess the AP's will still get a workout.
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I think I've actually begun salivating at the sight of some of those meals....
you Kris and I am 100% sure mom would be so happy for you and Kelsey! She always was. 
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as you still recover. But I do see how planning a disney trip can lift your spirts. I hope your able to make great use of your AP's!
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