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01-20-2005, 10:35 PM
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| Community Rank: Adventurer  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hudson Valley, NY
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| Nautical Nonsense - AKA Travel Agents in the World Cast of Characters Jeannine, 31 – wife and mother of a two year old, whose main goal of this trip is to break in her new baby – the Canon Digital Rebel.  Courtney, 24 – wife and currently 5 months pregnant, whose main goal is to eat her way around the world. Literally.  And, Courtney’s baby, in utero (does that count as a character?)  When will we be there? Arriving: Tuesday, January 25 (for Courtney), Wednesday, January 26 (for Jeannine) Departing: Monday, January 31 Where are we staying? All-Star Music (for Courtney’s first night), Yacht Club, and Coronado Springs Why did we pick these resorts? Since Courtney can’t fly into Orlando any earlier than 3pm on the airline she’s using, she needed to fly in a day before the travel agent program began. (Which may also help with her jet lag, so she doesn’t sleep through the first four hours of the travel agent program.  Because that would be embarrassing.) Since All-Star Music is her favorite value resort, and she will only be sleeping there for one night (and will only be sleeping, or will be up half the night watching infomercials since she can’t fall asleep) it seemed like a perfect choice.We both decided we wanted to stay an extra day after the travel agent program was over, and Jeannine is a value resort snob (Courtney’s convinced she needs a slide in the swimming pool to be happy), we chose Coronado Springs, a resort Jeannine hasn’t tried yet, and Courtney wishes she could live in. And besides, Jeannine will need a strong margarita by then,  after she spends a week with a pregnant woman. Disney chose the Yacht Club  for our lodging during the travel agent program, and we decided not to argue with them about that. Stormalong Bay’s slide will be closed, but the rest of the pool will be open, and we have been told we will be allowed to use the Keister Coaster at the Boardwalk Inn, should we feel the strong urge to slide at any point during our stay.How are we getting there? Courtney will be using a credit from a previously booked Southwest trip to fly to Orlando, connecting in Albuquerque. Southwest decided that it would be intelligent to have only a 40 minute “layover” (can they even call it that? Like Courtney will have time to “lay” anywhere?) between flights. It’s a good thing Albuquerque isn’t a big airport. Courtney will be arriving at Walt Disney World on Tuesday afternoon at 3pm (which of course means she has to leave San Diego bright eyed and bushy tailed at 6:30am). Jeannine, keeping in the Music theme (and in case you missed it, the music theme being that Courtney is spending the first night at All-Star Music…pay attention people!), will be flying on Delta Song arriving Wednesday afternoon. Both of us are using the Mears shuttle to get into Walt Disney World, as provided by the travel agent program. Courtney will be using Mears on the way out as well, while Jeannine, who will be tired of Courtney by the 31st, has an early flight, and will be using Quicksilver for her escape. Gregory at Quicksilver has chosen to charge Jeannine a special travel agent rate of one million dollars.  He also mentioned that gratuity is not included. Thanks Gregory!  Courtney will also be using Quicksilver for a side trip on Wednesday morning…more about that later. (And since she is a better tipper, her rate was not nearly as high as Jeannine’s.  Why are we going? Disney Travel Agent Graduate Program (and a little fun on the side, since the hubsters aren’t coming!) Who will we see there? Besides the usual folks: Mickey, Cinderella, and Winnie-the-Pooh, we’re hoping to meet up with Kristin (lkmom) and her family, and run into Kelley (MegglesMom). We probably won’t REALLY run into her,  because we don’t want to knock her down. It’s her birthday. That wouldn’t be nice.What will we be doing while we’re there? Most of the time, we will be occupied with the travel agent program, but in our spare time, our tentative plans include a trip to Pleasure Island (where Courtney will be the designated driver…er…designated walker) to visit the Adventurer’s Club, extra magic hours at Disney-MGM Studios, miniature golf (we’ll be flipping a coin to decide which course), a visit to Beaches N Cream  (is any trip to WDW complete without it?) lots of buffets for Courtney, and at least one character breakfast. Must-do rides include Aladdin’s Magic Carpets, Stitch’s Great Escape, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, and Peter Pan. And Jeannine will be attacking the mountains of the Magic Kingdom, while Courtney eats ice cream/French fries/turkey legs/hot dogs. Maybe we’ll find some time to sleep and go to the bathroom.Stay tuned  because you won't want to miss the fun filled trip report when we get back... Jeannine and Courtney |
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01-21-2005, 08:14 AM
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 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tulsa, OK
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| Re: Nautical Nonsense - AKA Travel Agents in the World I hope you have a great trip (Courtney--I'm sure you will take a lot of restroom breaks, lol) and come back with a lot of great new wisdom for all of us who depend upon your super travel agency. Looking forward to reading about your trip.......have fun!!!!!! |
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01-21-2005, 09:08 AM
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| Community Rank: Trekker   Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 1,592
| Re: Nautical Nonsense - AKA Travel Agents in the World Ummm, Courtney and Jeannine, you forgot the Tonga Toast! Can't wait to see you! PS: I'm sure Courtney will eat more than what is listed and Jeannine will be taking lots of pictures of it to prove it! |
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01-21-2005, 01:34 PM
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| Community Rank: Sightseer  Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 69
| Re: Nautical Nonsense - AKA Travel Agents in the World Seeing as I'm both a graduated member of the travel agent C.D.K AND pregnant, I can't wait to read this!! Plus, I'll be going to WDW as a 6 month prego, so this report will be great to get me geared up to eat...ah, I mean, tour around WDW! |
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01-21-2005, 01:49 PM
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 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Columbia, SC
Posts: 5,258
| Re: Nautical Nonsense - AKA Travel Agents in the World If your pre trip report is any indication, you two are going to have a blast. I can't wait to read this trip report! We'll be down at WDW next weekend also so I'll look for a pregnant woman and woman holding a margarita!  Jill |
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01-21-2005, 08:08 PM
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| Community Rank: Passenger  Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 47
| Re: Nautical Nonsense - AKA Travel Agents in the World Sounds like you guys are going to have a really good time. After talking to you today, I felt really bad that you and Courtney are going to be working while down in Disney but maybe being on property will bring you some luck in getting discounts and priority seatings. Looking forward to hearing all about it. |
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01-22-2005, 07:48 AM
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| Living Seas wannabe  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 25,319
| Re: Nautical Nonsense - AKA Travel Agents in the World Sounds like you are going to have a great trip ladies!!!! ENJOY (and Courtney - ABQ is a small airport - all the SW gates are within 5 minutes of each other - you should be fine).   |
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01-23-2005, 08:52 PM
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| Community Rank: Jetsetter   Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Berwick, PA
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| Re: Nautical Nonsense - AKA Travel Agents in the World Sounds like a great time! I was  reading this!Paula  |
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Jeannine, 31 – wife and mother of a two year old, whose main goal of this trip is ...
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