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11-20-2005, 07:58 PM
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| My happy place is the WS  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Mooresville, NC
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- UPDATE!!!! Glad you got everything you wanted!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] Little kicks [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img]       |
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11-20-2005, 08:11 PM
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| Always Planning 4 Disney  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- PART TWO!!!! Wooooohooooo!!! Congrats on gettng Le Cellier and all three of you for Crystal Palace!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]  |
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11-20-2005, 10:46 PM
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| PassPorter and WDW Addict  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Central Texas
Posts: 11,966
| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- PART TWO!!!! I just caught up on your Pre-TR! I have so been looking forward to this! I can't wait to hear all about your trip! More please! |
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11-21-2005, 10:32 AM
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| Disney Cruise Addict  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 10 miles or 4 exits from WDW
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- PART TWO!!!! Yay! You got Le Cellier! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] Amy      |
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11-21-2005, 12:30 PM
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| RED SOX NATION!!  Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Connecticut
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- PART TWO!!!! Glad you got Le Cellier [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img]  |
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11-22-2005, 12:48 AM
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| I'd rather be at DL!  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Currently - Oregon . . . normally, Virginia Beach, VA.
Posts: 19,446
| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- PART THREE!!!! <u>Pre-Trip . . . Part 3 . . . “The Pitch” . . . </u> <font color="darkgreen">Well, we’ve made “plans”, but who knows how well we’ll stick to them, especially with so many PassPorters being there, we’ll probably end up making some impromptu plans! But . . . these are the plans I’ve pitched to Mike so far (and he’s so far agreed to everything), the only day that is definite is the first day . . . the rest are subject to change a little here and there!!! </font> <u>Tuesday, November 29th</u> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Mike gets up for work at 5am, Emilie and I get up at 7am</font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Emilie goes to school from 8-11am, so I get to finish packing!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> 11am = I pick Emilie up from school. We go to the bank, get lunch and get gas in the car . . . since we get gas cheaper on the base and the base is the opposite direction from the interstate, I am getting it while I am running errands so we can just GO!!! </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> 12pm = Emilie takes a nap and I pack the car! </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> 1:30pm = Mike gets home from work . . . changes out of uniform and into vacation clothes!!! </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> 2:00-2:30pm central time, we LEAVE . . . stopping to fill up the gas tank and get dinner in Live Oak, FL . . . which is just past our “halfway” point, but where we ALWAYS stop on our drives down! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> 10-11pm eastern time, we arrive and check in for the night at the Days Inn Maingate East (near Old Town Kissimmee on 192)</font> <u>Wednesday, November 30th</u> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Get up in the morning around 8am, get neat and pretty then check out . . . we have to be checked out of the Days Inn by 11am, but we’ll be out of there LONG before! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Go straight to Pop Century and check in . . . hopefully our room will be ready! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Whether we have a room yet or not, we’re heading to MGM as soon as we’re able ---- we have to go to Guest Relations and get our renewed APs activated, and of course, Playhouse Disney will be calling Emilie’s name! She hasn’t seen it since they replaced Rolie Polie Olie with JoJo’s Circus and she REALLY wants to see it! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> 4:10pm – “Surprise” ADR at 50’s Prime Time Café . . . Mike has wanted to eat there for so long, and we’ve not been able to yet . . . I am NOT telling him about this one! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> 6:00pm – Wander over near the big honkin' Hat and mill around by Mickey’s hand! We’re doing the Osborne Lights with PassPorter friends!!! </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> If we’re still feeling up to it, we might try to swing over by the MK for evening EMH . . . Magic Kingdom at night is my very favorite!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img]</font> <u>Thursday, December 1st</u> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Get up and moving early . . . we’ve got to be at the MK turnstiles by 9am to make it on time for our . . . </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> 9:25am ADR at Crystal Palace (which appears to be a very popular place and time frame that morning)!!! </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> We haven’t nailed down exactly which park we’d like to spend the day in, but we’re thinking it might be an Animal Kingdom afternoon . . . then around 3:00 or 4:00 we’ll head back to the room, grab some sweatshirts (if we don’t already have them) and head back to . . . </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Magic Kingdom for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party and our . . . </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> 6:05pm ADR at Liberty Tree Tavern ---- Since I made it for myself and Emilie WAY before Mike decided to come along, we’re going to see if they can fit 3 of us in. I called a couple of days ago and Disney Dining said they have ZERO availability for ANYTHING that night!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] Mike said if they can’t take all 3 of us, then Emilie and I can go on and eat while he goes to Casey’s and gets a Dog and rides Space Mountain a bunch of times! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] We’ll be there towards the END of the big PassPorter dinner rush at LTT! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] </font> <font color="firebrick">***</font> <font color="indigo"> 7:15-7:30pm We’ll be standing around the Liberty Bell meeting up with some PassPorters to try and go ride the Frontierland mountains (and who knows what else, if we have time!) </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> 8:45pm is the OFFICIAL PassPorter MVMCP meet . . . and we’ll be there with bells on . . . OK, so maybe not LITERALLY! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I will be looking out for the blinking Christmas tree hat of one certain Brit . . . [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> We plan on hanging out at MK until they kick us out!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]</font> <u>Friday, December 2nd</u> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> It’s Morning EMH day at the Magic Kingdom and I am going to ATTEMPT to make it there as early as possible since the parade starts taping that day for the Christmas Day broadcast and it is BOUND to be a MADHOUSE!!! At this point I am figuring that if I get there at 8am, I have a pretty good chance of making it to the Hub by 10am!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] Mike has said he probably won’t join us until later though, but I don’t think he is aware of the potentially horrible crowds that will be there . . . methinks he will change his tune! </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> We’ve got a 10:10am ADR at CINDERELLA’S ROYAL TABLE!!! This has been LONG sought after for us and we FINALLY got it!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] We shall be there with bells on with our mini-Cinderella!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Not sure where we’ll head for the rest of the day, but I am not sure we are going to hang ANYWHERE near MK . . . UNLESS everyone and their brother are on Main Street and the crowds in the park itself are low then we will hit some rides! If it’s a complete madhouse, then this may very well end up being our “resort hopping” day! Either way, we’ve got to be in the MK area around 1pm! </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> We have to check Emilie in at 1900 Park Fare at the Grand Floridian between 1:00-1:30pm for the Wonderland Tea Party!!! Mike and I will have a whole hour to ourselves, so we are thinking about grabbing some lunch and sitting on the beach until we have to pick her up!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> At around 5-6pm, we have to be back at the Polynesian to drop Emilie off at the Neverland Club for the evening . . . not sure where we might head after that, but all signs are pointing to Epcot so far . . . then it’s off to . . . </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Pleasure Island for the OFFICIAL PassPorter Adventurer’s Club meet!!! </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> We can’t stay TOO long though . . . Emilie has to be picked up from the NC before midnight or she’ll turn into a pumpkin (and we’ll get in BIG trouble for not picking her up before they close)!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]</font> CONTINUED IN NEXT POST . . . |
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11-22-2005, 01:09 AM
| #55 (permalink) |
| I'd rather be at DL! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Currently - Oregon . . . normally, Virginia Beach, VA.
Posts: 19,446
| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- PART THREE!!!! . . . CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST <u>Saturday, December 3rd</u> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> We’ve got a 9:30am ADR at Chef Mickey’s (hmmmm . . . will Mike eat with us?) so we don’t have to get up QUITE so early, but I bet someone is anyways . . . darn that Emilie! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Methinks we are going to spend some time park and resort hopping, but I don’t know . . . other than the morning, our day is pretty well open! We might pop over to MK in the evening though, since I am not sure I want to chance the “Christmas Parade Taping” crowds during the day again . . . and the park is open until 11pm! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]</font> <u>Sunday, December 4th</u> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Can you believe I have NOTHING planned for this day?! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] We’re going to try as much as we can to get into Le Cellier for dinner though . . . Mike’s request! When I called (60 days out, because Mike didn’t mention anything until then [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] Didn’t seem to think it’d be a big deal to wait.) they had NOTHING, so we’re gonna keep checking!!! He also mentioned Shula’s but they don’t have a kid’s menu and you have to dress “business casual” . . . and I am NOT packing anything but jeans and t-shirts! SORRY!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> We’ve been talking about hitting MGM in the evening for EMH . . . Mike’s gotta get in a bunch of rides on ToT and RnRC, and I am itching to get some good night shots of the park (and ride Star Tours a couple more times)!!! Also, there is an 8:30 Fantasmic! that night (after the park has closed to regular guests . . . I’d like to try and get in for that one, since I HATE sitting there for an hour or more waiting! Emilie isn’t the best when it comes to waiting either! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img]</font> <u>Monday, December 5th</u> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> We can <u>never</u> see Eeyore enough, so we’ve got a 9:30 ADR at 1900 Park Fare!!! Will they have room for 3 of us? We shall see!!! </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Who knows where we will end up after that . . . I haven’t planned anything, but we’ll probably try and hit everything we missed or want to do one last time.</font> <u>Tuesday, December 6th</u> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> We’ve got a breakfast date with Lilo & Stitch at 10am!!! The plan . . . well, MINE anyways . . . is to drive to the TTC and park, then ride the monorail to the Poly . . . have breakfast, then ride the monorail over to the MK for one last ride on WHATEVER and that one last glimpse of the castle!!! </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> I want to be on the road no later than 2:30pm, which should get us home around 8pm (central) . . . then I can unpack some, and everyone can go to bed at a decent hour, since Mike has to work at 6am the next morning and Emilie has to go to school!!!</font> <u>Wednesday, December 7th</u> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Mike goes to work . . . </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Emilie goes to school . . . </font> <font color="red">***</font> <font color="indigo"> Sarah sits at home, feeling a little weepy, saying “MAN . . . this stinks that I CAN’T plan another Disney trip until we know where we’re moving to!”</font> <font color="darkgreen">Let me tell ya . . . these next 8 days just can’t go by fast enough!!! I am ready to go NOW!!!!!</font> COMING UP NEXT: Pre-Trip . . . Part 4 . . . “The Wait Out” . . . |
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11-22-2005, 07:31 AM
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| Community Rank: Legend   Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Newtown Square, PA
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- PART THREE!!!! Sarah your plans look wonderful and I can't wait to see you guys!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img] |
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11-22-2005, 10:03 AM
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| But why is the rum gone?  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Needville, Texas
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| Re: A Gargantuan Gathering of Passporter Peoples . . . PRE-TRIP -- PART THREE!!!! Great update Sarah!! |
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