ºoº My krewes 3rd annual free dining trip 14 days @ pop more photos!

[bentleygirl22]

Trip report here...
http://www.disboards.com/showthread....3#post33856083







Hello Everyone .. We are Back ...

What time is it... YEP.. Its Disney Time ..

For those of you that have read my 2007 pre trip & trip report Plus My 2008 pre trip & trip report, Its good to see you all again ...


for those new .. thanks for joining us ... let me tell you alittle about My krewe that is going to disney. It will be Myself (Amanda), my DH (Jason) and our two little ones - James 8 years old and Alexis is 6 years old ( but she will be 7 when we go).


Heres is a fast run down about us ..
Let’s see where do I start …

My hubby Jason and I have been married for going on 9 years in May, we are both Disney NUTS. from our Disney honeymoon to us moving to the orlando area & living 5 Mins from Walt Disney World for 5 1/2 years. along the way we had two Great kids. James & Alexis !! They love Disney just as much as we do. James’ 1st trip to Disney world was at 6 months old & Alexis’ was only 4/5 weeks old when she started going. Back then we would go aleast once a week because we had APs tickets, With us living only 5 mins away, we had it made back then , But we have moved back home to GA, Now we take a trip to orlando aleast once a year, Because we miss disney so much.


Our Disney trips are magical...

So now its time to plan our next trip...........

Updated on June 18, 2009....
We are going Sept 11-23, 2009 . Yep a 13 day trip.. We will be staying in the Disney World resort Again, at POP resort...
Once Again this year we got FREE dining... What can i say ...
13 days at Disney & Free Disney Food ….

It doesn't get any better then that...


This year My hubby Jason is joining me on writing our pre trip & trip report ...
So look out for the P.I Squirrel He will be pop in now & then to give his Input...

Its going to be another great trip & We are looking forward to sharing all our trip planning with you...

So thanks for joining us...



In this Pre Trip Report you will see our plans for our....

ADRs
mousekeeping envelopes
Family thank you cards
Clothes /Outfits
Parks & More




So let the planning start…. Woo hoo!!!



You can see our 2007 trip report here.
You can see our 2008 trip report here.

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Loving page one!!! Since you crazy plan like me I was wondering if you keep the binders. (I make one for every trip and they are slowly consuming my house.) Anyway, WDW.com now has the menus in PDF online. Sidney printed all of these for me and I stuck them in the planning binder. That one has all of my resort maps, menus, and stuff you'd plan with inside. I LOVE it! I used to depend on AllEars for those menus but Disney outdid themselves this time. They don't have every single menu but most are on there. We upgraded to deluxe this time (meaning 39 table service meals!) I want to try out a bunch of different places.

You don't want to do a Pirate room over at CBR? I wonder what they did to those bathrooms? They didn't redo the Nemo bathrooms! The place they could have done so much with the theme and they skipped it! The kids are going to love those pools. The old one was just refurbed and the new one rocks!

Can you make me a new one of those stick families for 2009? I wish I could find the one you made me from 2008. I'd like to put it in my book.

Can't wait to see the plans!

[shordiebecka]

Hey! I'm subbing....I love when fellow Disney Planning Addicts post their ideas & planning...too bad DBF would NEVER let me decorate like that..

[hlrababy]

I'm heeeerrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[bentleygirl22]

Originally Posted by hlrababy

I'm heeeerrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Hey girl....
thanks for coming along for the ride on my pre trip report...
~Amanda

[bentleygirl22]

Well after talking to my Pal Tammy ( OneTreeHillAddict) and her giving me the best idea...

We are going to become AP holders again..

So now because we are buying AP's this trip. we need to change our booking...


Looking Back at past trips...
the kids last year..

James & Alexis

James 1st trip to disney

Alexis birthday at garden grill

Alexis 1st trip to disney..



I leave you with this..
“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
–Walt Disney

till next time everyone..
~Amanda

[bentleygirl22]

Originally Posted by shordiebecka

Hey! I'm subbing....I love when fellow Disney Planning Addicts post their ideas & planning...too bad DBF would NEVER let me decorate like that..

thanks for joining us...
What?? why?? My window just had a few things...HAHAHAAha
thanks again for coming along for the ride on my pre trip report...
~Amanda

[bentleygirl22]

Originally Posted by OneTreeHillAddict

Loving page one!!! Since you crazy plan like me I was wondering if you keep the binders. (I make one for every trip and they are slowly consuming my house.) Anyway, WDW.com now has the menus in PDF online. Sidney printed all of these for me and I stuck them in the planning binder. That one has all of my resort maps, menus, and stuff you'd plan with inside. I LOVE it! I used to depend on AllEars for those menus but Disney outdid themselves this time. They don't have every single menu but most are on there. We upgraded to deluxe this time (meaning 39 table service meals!) I want to try out a bunch of different places.

You don't want to do a Pirate room over at CBR? I wonder what they did to those bathrooms? They didn't redo the Nemo bathrooms! The place they could have done so much with the theme and they skipped it! The kids are going to love those pools. The old one was just refurbed and the new one rocks!

Can you make me a new one of those stick families for 2009? I wish I could find the one you made me from 2008. I'd like to put it in my book.

Can't wait to see the plans!

Hey girl thanks for join me here.. No i don't make binders, I should but i don't , Yep i'm a big planner.. I plan everything about our disney trip..
We don't really want to do the pirate rooms Mostly due to where they are at.. plus the kids love nemo... and the pool area looks like a little water park from the photos.. so the kids are going to love it ..
I think i still have your stick family from 2008 . i'll get it off my other computer. and yes i will make you a 2009 one.
thanks again for coming along for the ride on my pre trip report...
~amanda

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Originally Posted by bentleygirl22

Hey girl thanks for join me here.. No i don't make binders, I should but i don't , Yep i'm a big planner.. I plan everything about our disney trip..
We don't really want to do the pirate rooms Mostly due to where they are at.. plus the kids love nemo... and the pool area looks like a little water park from the photos.. so the kids are going to love it ..
I think i still have your stick family from 2008 . i'll get it off my other computer. and yes i will make you a 2009 one.
thanks again for coming along for the ride on my pre trip report...
~amanda

I bought a big huge pack of them at Costco or Sams...can't remember now. One of them, Costco I think has a pack of 250 sheet protectors for like $11. I have to go get me some more! It's $4 for 50 at WM. I hope you still have it!

Make sure when you get there to take your ticket off the "package". Do this at one of the guest services in the park. All you need is your ID's and from there they do your AP's. You probably know that already but just in case. I'm so happy things will work out. Now we'll be hanging out a lot more often! Wanna go the same time next May? If there's a bounceback this time I am so going to do it again! Probably the first 10 days it's offered. Then Christmas in 2010 again.

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

Amanda!

So glad to see that you have started another report. I will have to come back and read through it. I just wanted to say "hi" and that I am soooo bummed. Saw your dates and you are leaving one week exactly before we arrive....and at the same resort even We have never stayed on site before and it woud've been so cool to have a friend around, would've loved to have met you and your family. Talk to you soon.

[meghanlea]

we will miss you by a week! We are staying at CBR too, but we aren't arriving till sept 27th. Can't wait to hear about your planning.

[bentleygirl22]

Originally Posted by Dylan_&_Blake's_mom

Amanda!

So glad to see that you have started another report. I will have to come back and read through it. I just wanted to say "hi" and that I am soooo bummed. Saw your dates and you are leaving one week exactly before we arrive....and at the same resort even We have never stayed on site before and it woud've been so cool to have a friend around, would've loved to have met you and your family. Talk to you soon.

hey girlie, its great to see you again thanks for joining me on this years trip..
That sinks that we will miss each other by a week... That seems to be happening alot this year.. I know!! It would have been great to meet you too.. maybe next trip..
So your staying at CBR.. How cool is that... I wanted to do WL but after seeing the photos of the CBR's new pool I changed my mind.. Plus we are going on a 2nd disney trip this year in Dec and i wanted to stay at WL at christmas time so it worked out great CBR for free dining and Wl at christmas...

keep reading...
~Amanda

[bentleygirl22]

Originally Posted by OneTreeHillAddict

I bought a big huge pack of them at Costco or Sams...can't remember now. One of them, Costco I think has a pack of 250 sheet protectors for like $11. I have to go get me some more! It's $4 for 50 at WM. I hope you still have it!

Make sure when you get there to take your ticket off the "package". Do this at one of the guest services in the park. All you need is your ID's and from there they do your AP's. You probably know that already but just in case. I'm so happy things will work out. Now we'll be hanging out a lot more often! Wanna go the same time next May? If there's a bounceback this time I am so going to do it again! Probably the first 10 days it's offered. Then Christmas in 2010 again.

I do have it but its upstairs on my reg computer , i'm on the laptop i will post it for you tomorrow ...

Yea , We have upgrade our ticket to Ap back in 2007 so we know how to do it .. I can't wait to be a AP member again...
Is that when you guys are goingagain... May.. Well besides when we all go in Dec too...

[OneTreeHillAddict]

Originally Posted by bentleygirl22

I do have it but its upstairs on my reg computer , i'm on the laptop i will post it for you tomorrow ...

Yea , We have upgrade our ticket to Ap back in 2007 so we know how to do it .. I can't wait to be a AP member again...
Is that when you guys are goingagain... May.. Well besides when we all go in Dec too...

Don't do that. I don't want the kids names on Dis. Email it, k? Sidney wants to go this May. The only two definite trips paid on right now are the two weeks in August/September and the 7 nights in November/December. We hope to make that one a 10 day if they offer a nice AP rate. The code I had was only good for seven nights. Your ADR's look good.

[bentleygirl22]

Hello .... I hope your having a great weekend...

More Planning......

Ok I was thinking last night...

I told you last time that we plan on driving up a day early to do somethings around town and plan on staying at the cheap hotel that we always stay at for one night and plan on paying out of pocket for dinner at Beaches & cream.

Well I was thinking..

The hotel cost around $34. plus tax
the out of pocket for beaches & cream will be about $30-$50
well......

I was thinking maybe we should just add a day onto our Disney ressy and just stay at the CBR and get the free dining for that day also
that way we will not have to pay out of pocket for beaches and cream plus we will get an extra cs and snack to use for the week..

so what do you guys think....
Should we just stick with the old plans or add a day on to CBR and get a extra day of free dining , its only a $60-$80 difference.. plus we will have an extra cs & snack to use sometime that week. so that extra stuff is worth about $45+..

So tell me what you guys would do

i'm sitting here waiting to see what you guys pick...
till next time
~Amanda