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10-06-2009, 02:34 PM
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| Community Rank: Trekker   Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wisconsin
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| Christmas Is Comin' Early Dec 11- 19th 09 PTR~~Updated 11/19 Cast of Characters: Me (41) been to Disney 7 times DH (45) been to Disney 4 times DD Abby (6) been to Disney 2 times DS Alex (4) been to Disney 2 times My parents: Dad (68) - total Disney nut. Goes to Disney with mom every other year Mom (70) - loves Cinderella. MIL (68) this will be her 2nd Disney trip Trip: CSR Dec 11- 19th (3rd time at CSR) Here are some pics from the last trip:    I can't believe it. Disney offer after Disney offer I tried to convince DH to go back to Disney a year earlier than planned.  Nothing was working. We're selling our house, we're moving, we're building. Blah, blah blah. The deals kept coming and I kept at it. We even held a room for the free dining offer but let it expire.  Then persistency paid off! After getting a quote for the 4/7 deal and asking again if we could go, one night DH came home from work and said, "Let's do it. Let's go back to Disney!"  Thus a trip is born.  My parents were eager to get on board so when MIL heard that she got on board as well.So, we called our TA and booked 3 rooms for as early in December as we could get. Going back to CSR for a 3rd time. Not that we mind, but next time we will definitely try another resort!  Once the trip was booked DH said, well, why not add another day and come back on Saturday? Um, ok! Airfare is booked and our flights rock. The price was awesome - $200 each person on Southwest.  Friday the 11th - leave Milw at 9:30 arrive in Orl at 1:15 Saturday, the 19th - leave ORL 6:25, arrive back in Milw 8:25 So, my TA is handling ADRs and I'm in massive planning mode (as you can see from all my questions on the board!  We are sooooo excited to see Disney at Christmas! We thought we would go next year but I am thrilled to be going this year! DH wants to go back every year since the kids are only young once. Do I have a winner of a hubby or what?  Our DD says "Disney is just magical!" Yes, it is, Abby. Yes it is!Next up: What we'll be celebrating and how are we going to tell the kids?
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10-06-2009, 03:58 PM
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| Community Rank: Trailblazer   Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: new york
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| I hope that you and your family have a magical time at the world
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10-06-2009, 07:13 PM
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| Great start to your trip. It sure does sound like you have a wonderful DH.
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10-06-2009, 07:41 PM
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10-07-2009, 02:23 AM
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| Great start!  Maybe we'll see you there, as your trip coincides with the PassPorter gathering at WDW. 
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10-07-2009, 01:13 PM
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| So I got to thinking about the celebration part of the trip and I could not believe I didn't think of this sooner. December 15th is Alex's (DS 4) homecoming day. In adoption terms that means it's the day he came home with us. Some people call it "gotcha day" or "family day." Alex was adopted from Guatemala and we went to Guatemala to bring him home just two weeks before Christmas!  What a special gift! So, I told my TA to please note in our ADRs we will be celebrating that while in Disney and especially on his day! We usually do something special at home but it will be even more special at Disney! So as not to make Abby (DD) feel left out, I thought we should celebrate her adoption as well since her official day is January 22nd - so why not celebrate it a little early?  We will order a special cake for Alex on his special day and we'll just make Abby feel special whenever we can - noting in the ADRs we are celebrating our children's adoptions! Now, as far as telling the kids...it's killing us but we will tell them on St Nick's morning. I thought we could get them autograph books, pins from e-bay and stick the tickets in their stockings.  That should be fun. As long as we can all keep it quiet until then!  UP NEXT: Ummm.... when are we going to be able to get ADRs and to CP or not to CP? (Marnie, you had a role in that one! )
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10-07-2009, 04:53 PM
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| I hope you can keep the secret until early December! Can't wait to hear if you decided to do CP or not!
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10-07-2009, 07:20 PM
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| Great Start!!! Congrats on getting DH to let you book another trip! And I think DS homecoming is something wonderful to celebrate!
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10-07-2009, 09:06 PM
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| Great start!  keeping the secret!
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10-08-2009, 02:18 AM
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| with keeping the secret! 
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10-08-2009, 02:54 PM
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so I am excited to show Disney at Christmas with the kiddos!
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