RocketCityMama
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Big news this morning...........we're going to MNSSHP!!!!!
Tickets are bought (for Friday, October 16th....our last night before we fly home, to end our vacation on a really high note!), and Steve-o is even super excited about dressing up . I think we've decided on going as pirates: it seems to work well for a couples costume.
We haven't been to MK since 2009. I always said I wanted to try out a Disney party if we ever managed to travel at the right time, so this is a huge yay for me!! I have so much to learn between now and then!!!
Happy Saturday everyone . I hope you are all enjoying a wonderful weekend. Its been a few days since I last updated, so while Steve and I are sitting in the rec room watching Pirates of the Caribbean, I thought I'd post a little of what's new.
We've spent the last couple of days devoting some serious time to costume research for MNSSHP. Just by fluke, a brand new costume store opened up right in our neighbourhood just 7 weeks ago, so we popped in to see the owner yesterday afternoon. She had some great stuff in there for Steve's pirate vision, and even better....it was in his size (BIG!) so we got a good start on his costume elements in particular. A couple more stops around town and some research on the internet also yielded some good results, and the balance of the major requirements (Steve's pants, specifically, and my Pirate Maiden dress) are now on order. Steve is absolutely having a ball with this part of the planning, more so than I had ever thought he would (including speaking in his best pirate accent for most of the weekend ) and has even suggested that maybe we do two parties that week instead of one.
His rationale? We always take a tidy sum of money with us for souvenirs and shopping, but after so many trips to Orlando.....we very rarely spend much of it. Photos are really the only souvenirs we're keen on getting. So he thinks we should re-allocate $150 of the shopping budget to MNSSHP tickets for a second night, and go for an extra experience versus extra stuff. It's a good theory .... so we're still discussing it. I am trying to find reasons to say no, but it is very, very tempting (especially when we have spent a decent amount on the costumes.....seems like a good way to get our money out of them. Then I think, dear God, that rationale sounds a lot like what ArwenMarie coined as "AP math"!! )
After a little digging on another Disney forum, I have managed to find a Memory Maker Share Group for our dates. Whether we do one party or two, we would be able to get all of our Photopass pics....or, at least, I *think* that would be the case .... not having Magic Bands, I'm not sure how that's going to work. Right now, the share group has 5 participants so its going to be about $34 per family. They are hoping for two more to make it 7 families total and bring the cost down to about $25 each. Either way, its a decent deal when one digital download from Disney is $15 plus tax and surely we will get a few good shots over the course of the evening.
In the midst of it all, it seems I have finally caught Jake's germs from a couple of weeks back and I've got one heck of a head cold . I was just thinking that Steve and I were out of the woods and whamo!, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I am drinking lots of OJ and hoping that it passes quickly. Summer colds are really the pits.
Oh yeah, we are officially at the 9 week point! 9 weeks from this very moment, I hope to be enjoying a leisurely soak in one of the hot tubs at the Vistana . But.....here at home, the trees will all have turned colours (and half of them or more already fallen to the ground) and we'll be well on our way to winter. Time is going very quickly. Summer will be over before we know it!!
Well, we did it. We added a second party : Tuesday, October 13th. It's ranked as much lower crowds (on Touringplans' "least crowded" projections, its ranked 9th of 25 parties) than our Friday, October 16th party (which is 22nd out of 25....though I wonder about the accuracy of that list when Halloween is already sold out and ranked as lower crowds). At any rate, its super exciting to know we should be able to fully enjoy every moment of the parties, not having to rush to try and get it all in.
We'll modify the other plans a tiny bit to offset our latest splurge. We'll probably forego some of the little things like the surrey bike rental at the Vistana (with three late nights for 2 MNSSHP's and HHN, its probably best we just relax and enjoy the pools and hot tubs if we get some down time) and we will reduce our shopping budget a tad. But otherwise, we're all set to go .
I am super excited, but feeling a little guilty for this latest trip addition . I'm not normally this frivolous. So while it feels very thrilling I'm also feeling kind of indulgent. I swear .... no more additions to this trip from here on out!!!!
If the NBA releases their 2015-2016 schedule this week as rumoured, and the Raptors are playing the Magic in Orlando during our Christmas trip, I'm going to faint. 'Cause I guarantee you my two guys will be clamouring for tickets to that game. If that happens, my vacation budget will officially self implode .
Playing catch up! Wow, 2 parties, soo FUN! I am so jealous, one day we're going to make it to one of them at Disney! I love the costumes you guys picked out, you will HAVE to share pics once you're there and dressed! I've been out of pocket, lots of craziness here at my house and more medical bills coming to add to all the house repairs we had :/ Anyway, trying to take my mind off, so excited to read the rest of your report!