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The Overtakers are in Qahoots. FIRST WILD RIDE 15SEP2011-18SEP2011 - 01DEC2011 Updated
A cheese, a puzzle, and wolf and a mountain dew. What do they all have in common?
They are all going to their very first MNSSHP! Yup. I'm Cheeser aka Cherese (get it??? See I was always told to tell people to spell my name was Cheese with an R between the EE's...when I was little. My DBs quickly nicknamed me Cheeser). My favorite happy place back then was also Disneyland...and I towed my first Mickey mouse plushy everywhere. Puzzlewoman (aka Heather) is one of my best friends who I also met through work. Wolfhunt (aka John) is her husband and Mountain Dew is (aka Dwayne) my husband.
Mine. Mine. Mine. Not Loretta Lynn's husband...MINE MINE MINE. Much cuter and much more loveable.
So...a lot of you probably know me. Hopefully you've read my trip report from March 2011 aka Hellcation with the In-laws. It's a hoot...a thriller...and kind of a downer...but get over it. I am. It's almost September...
Well...it didn't burn us out or taint our beloved Happy Place for us...so for the second year in a row....also for the second time this year...we are going to Disney World.
You see...we all went together last year. DH and I stayed at WL with PW and WH staying at BLT. It was a blast...but we just missed MNSSHP by a week. WH has a crazy work schedule as he's in the theatre business. The rest of us...well we are in medical/pharmaceutical business and don't have prohibitive travel times throughout the year.
So...we finally found the weekend of September 15-19th. That we could all travel. WH is skipping the theatre that weekend...so the show will have to go on without him.
Now this is called TRIP #1 at our house.
Because Trip #2 is January 2012 and has us journeying from Cincinnati (home base) to the hopefully tropic climbs of AKL
Then Trip #3 takes us from AKL to the Disney dream with a few destinations...the Bahamas and Castaway Cay.
Then Trip #4 will be from Port Canaveral the Dream to....POFQ with DxDP for my Birthday at CRT (many firsts for me. My birthday at WDW, 1st CRT, 1st Brown Derby, 1st Flying Fish, 1st Yachtsman Steakhouse, 1st cruise!!!)
So...we are squeezing this little MNSSHP trip into the works...but giving it pride of place as TRIP #1.
So...we are like 37 days house now...yup you heard it right. One month and 1 week to go...and I am chomping at the bit.
So...hang on...because as you know...I like to take you on a wild ride...
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Cheeser. Maleficent of the Vacation Villians!!!
Partying with the Parrs December 5, 2015:
Well...I was kind of hoping to book GF or Poly...but DH wouldn't hear of it. He demanded and PW and WH agreed WL is the best for the price.
I can't really argue against it...because it is definitely one of my favorites.
So...we booked a bounceback when we were there in March. Great deal...I won't reveal how much...but comparison shopping shows that I've saved about $300 bucks at current pricing by booking the bounceback, which includes preferred room, 1 park ticket day and DDP for 2. We are AP holders but DH and I...but I have plans for that 1 park ticket day.
So...then we get home and WH says that his Delta visa would be the best to book our flights on...since we would get 1 free bag a piece. So we quickly booked it and I wrote them a check for our portion.
So checked off.
Flights
Hotel and Dining Plan
1 park ticket Day.
Annual passes.
Up next...what in the world can you feed a wolf that he'd be willing to share with a cheese, a puzzle and Mountain Dew...
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Cheeser. Maleficent of the Vacation Villians!!!
Partying with the Parrs December 5, 2015:
Great start and might I add you gave away the answer in prior thread you started between Hellication report and this one. One good thing no roaring kids and no out i mean inlaws this time around
Well...I was kind of hoping to book GF or Poly...but DH wouldn't hear of it. He demanded and PW and WH agreed WL is the best for the price.
I can't really argue against it...because it is definitely one of my favorites. ....
Up next...what in the world can you feed a wolf that he'd be willing to share with a cheese, a puzzle and Mountain Dew...
Congrats on WL maybe next time for us and Just toss The Wolf a Mickey Bar and tell him to get over it
So...we go out to dinner last night at this fabulous restuarant in downtown Mason Ohio.
Wildflower cafe....we had 7:15 reservations and we were done around 8:30.
Dew and I were hoping we'd have enough time to stop at the FedEx to pick up the "Mystery Package"
You see for the past 2 days we'd gotten a fedex missed delivery notice that said we had to sign for it...couldn't sign the notice and have them re-deliver. The pickup window was only 8:30-9:00 in Loveland Ohio...which was about half way home from Mason Ohio to Eastgate Ohio.
So...we hit the road...Wolfhunt navigated us with the Iphone. He said I was staying good on the blue line...ROFL...
We finally get there...with 6 minutes to spare...run in and sign for the "Mystery Package"
We didn't know who had sent it or what it was...I finally get it in my hands and tear it open.
It was my $25 dollar gift card from DVC for doing the phone tour.
Can you believe it...they spent the money to send it FedEx and ask for a confirmed with ID signature...before we could get it???
Well it's in my greedy little hands now...and so it will be going to MNSSHP party for souvenir shopping with me!
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Cheeser. Maleficent of the Vacation Villians!!!
Partying with the Parrs December 5, 2015:
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Well...I call DH Dew...his name is Dwayne and well his family is from the hills of Kentucky just like Loretta Lynn who calls her husband Dew. DH survives on Mountain Dew....so therefore he is Mountain Dew.
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Cheeser. Maleficent of the Vacation Villians!!!
Partying with the Parrs December 5, 2015:
So...I forgot to mention. When Puzzlewoman dropped me off at home yesterday. I grabbed the mail before going into the house.
What to my greedy hands appeared?
The DME tickets and luggage tags!!!
They are here...and I am ready to go...I even chased Puzzlewoman down before she could pull down the street to show her that they'd arrived. So she likely went home and was looking for her set in the mail too.
At 34 days...18 hours...I think it's time to get out a Rubbermaid bin to put all the must takes into the packing bin.
And I must meet up with my friend the Evil Queen to pick up the poodle skirts....I have to finish them up for the costumes for Puzzlewoman and myself!!!
So that is my goals for the weekend!!!
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Cheeser. Maleficent of the Vacation Villians!!!
Partying with the Parrs December 5, 2015:
LOL, I got all but the Mountain Dew in your title!
Yep, sounds like a wild ride alright, hold on let me fasten my seatbelt. Click!
Ok, ready!
Wild ride is right Jennie These people are going to be there smack dab in the middle of my trip I have to worry about not getting to see Mickey or Minnie cause they are neing lured out of cameera range by a Large Cheese woman to be kidnapped by a perpetually confused woman Who are being persued by an escapee from Ft Leavenworth half crazed from the contents of alittle brown jug in the company of a wolfman. And I don't have any silver bullets and theres going to be full moon
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Originally Posted by Cheeser
Well...I call DH Dew...his name is Dwayne and well his family is from the hills of Kentucky just like Loretta Lynn who calls her husband Dew. DH survives on Mountain Dew....so therefore he is Mountain Dew.
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Originally Posted by Cheeser
So...I forgot to mention. When Puzzlewoman dropped me off at home yesterday. I grabbed the mail before going into the house.
What to my greedy hands appeared?
The DME tickets and luggage tags!!!...
...And I must meet up with my friend the Evil Queen to pick up the poodle skirts....I have to finish them up for the costumes for Puzzlewoman and myself!!!
So that is my goals for the weekend!!!
And now she's looking to make it all look innocent saying she's getting Poodle skirts from the Evil Stepmother I know code for poison apples when I see it
Don't wear your Snow White costume Jennie she's out to get ya
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