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[DawnDenise]

Ditching the Hubbies for Mousefest

Welcome one and all to the pre-trip of the Ditching the Hubbies for the Mousefest: Hoosier Girls Invade the World, Part Deux. This will be the first in three trip reports over the next 6 months. I feel a little like that Crazy Chick. The title of the trip report was hard to come by after spending many sleepless nights agonizing (ok maybe not agonizing) over what this trip was gonna be called. One night while chatting with Tiff, her DH Eric, said it should be something about leaving the hubbies at home yet again. Well, why not???

Both Chuck and Eric have given us a hard time about going on this second trip without them. But they aren’t the angels you think they might be. : They have their own plans of male domination on each of the homefronts. You know, fast food, sports, computer games, etc.

After our successful and fun-filled trip in June 2006, we knew we would have to do another girls-only trip in the future. Even then, we talked about Mousefest 2007 but put planning on hold as we had plenty of time. After the holidays of 2006, we started talking again and decided that Mousefest 2007 was going to be a possibility. Even though she was planning her cruise in September and I was getting ready to go on the Disneyland PP Girls trip, the planning began.

Tiff and I debated on where we were going to stay for this trip. Just like our previous trip, she was going to supply the resort with her DVC points, and I would pick up the airfare for the both of us. We went back and forth about Port Orleans and Saratoga Springs. Knowing how much she loved her “home” at SSR, I picked SSR and she went into point mode to see what would be used for our stay. We knew we wanted a longer trip and wanted to be there for as much as Mousefest as possible. We decided on our dates of December 5-10, 2007.

Once we had the dates, I started pricing airfare. I was using Northwest for my trip out west and started there. I plugged in our dates and the prices that came up were really good. I wasn’t going to make the same mistake of getting that extra early flight to get us there as soon as possible considering we were both asleep by 10:30pm that first night. After pm’ing back and forth with Tiff, we got the flights ironed out. On February 13, 2007 ( a little less than 10 months prior to our trip) within a few clicks, airfare was purchased for a mere $366.60 round trip for the both of us. By March 5, 2007, we had our ressies for a studio at SSR. We were going to Mousefest!!!


Cast of Characters

Dawn (DawnDenise)—I’ll be fresh off my 36th birthday and this will be my 13th trip to a Disney park. A former (but will always be) Hoosier girl that has been displaced in Louisville, KY. Lover of all things Disney but has a special place in her heart for a gloomy gus named Eeyore. Looking forward to spending time with my Hoosier buddy and some good friends.

Tiff (tigger22)—Closing in on her 30th birthday and this will be her 9th trip to the World. A native Hoosier that takes pity on her former Hoosier pal. A huge fan of Tigger and those crazy chipmunks, Chip and Dale. A proud DVC member and lover of Disney!!


Tiff and I in our “Super” sandwich

Now even though we were going to Mousefest, there was a lot of time for everything to come together.


Coming up: Plans, Plans, Plans…did I mention Plans???

[Grammy Grumpy]

Great start! DH and I will be at SSR 12/4-11 so we are bound to run into each other! Safe travels!

[wayneava81]

Great start! Can't wait to hear more!

[lindawdw]

Great start Dawn!!! I'll be there until Dec. 6th so maybe I'll see you around.

[Colexis Mom]

Great start Dawn You guys are going to have a great time

[PrincessSharon]

Great start, Dawn! I can't wait to meet Tiff and hang out with you again. Hurry back with more.

[ilovedisney0_0]

Yay, Dawn!! I love reading your TRs! Great start!

[mestitch]

Great start! Glad to hear you two are going to get some fab gal time at the World!! And what a great deal you two do with the points and the airfare

Now, did you say something about plans???

[Lemap760]

Love it, love it, love it. I think all women should ditch their husbands at least once a year for a vacation.

[Caldercup]

Yippeeeee! You've started

Now, what I want to know is if the beds at SSR require a "running start."

Can't wait for the plans!
Eileen

[zacksmom_1993]

Originally Posted by DawnDenise

Both Chuck and Eric have given us a hard time about going on this second trip without them. But they aren’t the angels you think they might be. : They have their own plans of male domination on each of the homefronts. You know, fast food, sports, computer games, etc.

Again, why aren't I married? Fast food, check (literally, check my thighs.) Sports, check. Computer games, computer games? Could you have unlocked the one secret part of a man's heart I don't have a claim to? You may have just saved me YEARS of eHarmony fees my friend!

I seriously can't wait to see you, and to meet Tiff. If you two are friends, good enough for me! Can't wait!

[pparm]

Have a wonderful time! Looking forward to reading all about it.

Paula

[DrDolphin]

Dawn - I can't wait to see you again and get to meet Tiff!! Lesley and I will be at SSR as well!!!

[WDWfan]

Dawn - I am looking forward to seeing you again and meeting Tiff at Mousefest! Terri and I are staying at SSR, too. There sure are a lot of us there! See you soon.

[DyanKJ130]

Great start!! the SuperSandwich! Can't wait to hear more