How great that you and Josh are doing stuff just the two of you. It's important to things together just the two of you.
I agree - we always used to, and then recently - life just became busy - and we haven't done a lot together recently. It was a lot of fun and we look forward to doing more together.
I just wanted to stop in and say hi. I've been reading along for a while now. I'm so excited to hear about the rest of the trip. Have a nice day!
-Heather
Welcome Heather! It's nice to meet you! I look forward to sharing the rest of our trip with you all!
Your nails are awesome! I am a polkadot lover myself
Thanks!!! I am a nut when it comes to polka-dots! LOL Rarely do I leave them behind, and I am always on the look out for them.
I love the day before and day of travel and arrival as everything finally comes together and anticipation builds. So exciting!
Glad you were assigned room 207! Great room and view.
Those nachos at Poly have been on my list for quite awhile and now seeing them again I am trying to figure out how to fit them in during our Feb trip!
Congrats to A for choosing cosmetology - she will do great!!
I need that pretzel Josh had at the diner. Well, I don't actually need it you know but I sure do LOVE pretzels.
Thank you for continuing to update your healthy living section. I do the same weekly on FB after my WW weigh-ins and I have had an incredible response publicly and privately from friends and family that have been movitated to take on the same healthy habits and activity I have discovered over the past 18 months. I'm with you, if this helps me and helps even one other person then it's all worth it. And yes, it is an incredibly difficult, emotional, and endless journey but we're on it and there isn't a deadline. Let's continue moving forward. Always.
I know - me too! It's just the best. Let's face it - I just love travel in general. LOL
Yes - we were very happy with that room location.
I hope you can - they are really good - not very good for you, however. LOL
Yes - she starts tomorrow, I am very excited for her!
Did you hear that Disney brought back the sweet cream cheese pretzels in MK at the Lunching Pad? We were very excited about that - until we ate them after we were already sick of Disney food - which didn't help our situation at all. LOL
Thank you... It's been so rough - and sometimes I just feel like I am spinning my wheels for no reason... Though the alternative scares me more - so I just keep trying.
Great start to your trip, D! I love the pork nachos at Capt. Cook's. I need to get them every trip and since we usually stay at the Poly, I end up getting them several times. They are so good!
Thanks!!! Yes - they are so good... Just the thought of them now though makes me a little sick. LOL Still too close to our Disney trip for me to crave Disney food. LOL I still have a slight aversion to ice cream due to the whole "Kitchen Sink Fiasco" in January. LOL
I saw this last night too...liked it as well. Man, I don't want to spoil it for anyone so hopefully you will know what I'm talking about...crazy eyes on someone huh???
Uh yah... LOL It was pretty good though - I really enjoyed the books - however, I don't remember reading this one?
I am late to the party, but I am here!! Can't wait to read all about the rest of the trip!!
No such thing here! LOL Welcome!!! Super glad to have you here and reading along!
Hello,
This is my first post...but a fellow Minnesotoan joining in for this report. I have read all your previous ones, and love reading the reports as well as your daily updates. I can't wait to hear about this trip, we've always wanted to go for Halloween, so excited to see/hear all about it- good to hear you guys arrived easily and safe and can't wait for the adventure to continue! Just a quick note- you inspired me- both with exercise and diet...I just completed my first Whole 30. It was tough but doable, and amazing how different food tastes once you eat it again- that was the one part I wasn't expecting.
Welcome! I love it when my neighbors read my TRs - it's so much fun!
We love Halloween in Disney - now that I've done both Halloween and Christmas in recent years, I can honestly say that I love Halloween in Disney more. LOL
Thank you! I love hearing that I've inspired someone - this is great! Whole30 is amazing, and very much a discovery/eye opening experience... It's almost as if you can taste all of the weird chemical stuff that you couldn't taste before... It's so strange that they sneak it in there without us realizing it - and once you eat real food for a while - you try to go back and it's like "whoa!"... At least, that was my experience. LOL It's scary! And congrats on completing your first W30!!! It's an amazing accomplishment!
The bathrooms are a bit better in the Palm wing, but the view isn't as nice!
Hahaha... Even in the newer parts of the Magnolia section, the bathrooms are much better - I think, since this is the oldest part of this resort, the bathrooms are the worst configuration... I hope that one day they decide to update the layout.
Oh man, 1:30, I would just be finishing up packing Love to see your smile at that time of the morning.
I cannot stand going to the restroom on a plane, but I have had to bite the bullet and climb over people as I have made a vow to increase my water intake; ugh; it makes for some pretty bad headaches when you don't drink enough.
Would love some more input on DS; it seems like a lot of people are on the fence; too many upscale shops?
Your room at SOG looks huge; yay for the perfect location! I cannot for the life of me remember the history of SOG and how it came to be; has it always been for military and their families?
I am headed over to read your healthy update! You helped me a lot this week re-think my meals. Feeling much better this weekend.
Looking forward to the week ahead and reading your TR!
Prayers and hugs always
Hahaha... I have a love/hate relationship with getting up that early... How can a person NOT be happy going to Disney? LOL So much fun! And I just love traveling anyways.
Yes - this trip was especially rough for the first few days... I don't know why I don't like using the restroom on planes - it's really not that terrible. I just prefer not to, I guess. LOL
I am not sure - it's very nice, don't get me wrong there... I guess, it's just not "Disney" ya know? Where it used to always be Disney - it's now more mall like, with a nice
Disney store thrown in there. And we didn't spend enough time there to ever figure out the layout. I dunno... I was very surprised though that the shops there honored my 20% AP discount - that was a nice bonus I wasn't expecting.
Yes - we love SoG... No, SoG was originally the Club House for the Palm and Magnolia golf courses... Then in the 70's, they added on a wing of rooms, because WDW needed another resort quickly and this was easy... So the Club House became the main lobby and the resort was named The Golf Resort... This is a very little advertised resort in Disney history - even now, there is very little to be found about it - pictures are very rare. In the 80's, 1 more room expansion happened, and the resort was given a slight Snow White theme, it was renamed The Disney Inn. Then, in the 90's, Disney offered to lease this resort to the DoD as an Armed Forces Recreation Center, so the DoD took this opportunity, the only remodeling done at this time was the name - changing it officially to Shades of Green... The resort was always full and in the early 2000's, the DoD purchased SoG from Disney. In 2002, the resort closed for an extensive remodel/expansion and the addition of hundreds of rooms... As the ownership of the resort sits right now, the DoD owns the entire resort... However, Disney owns the land it sits on. Here's the color coded map I created last year - it shows the expansions a little bit better - and I think it's a little easier (visually) to understand the progression of the resort.
I am happy to hear that you are feeling better. What did you end up doing differently?
I am looking forward to sharing updates this week!
Thanks Carol - Big hugs!!!
In love with your trip reports. Victoria reminds me a lot of myself, as I am also a Disney-loving 17 year old
We are going back in March and I love reading your TRs to get excited! I can't wait to read the rest! Also curious as to if you have an easy shop for your bags? I'd love to have one for our trip. We are going on a girl's trip (my aunt, mom, and grandma) for my 18th birthday
Thanks!!! And welcome! It's great to have you here and reading along! How exciting that you have a trip coming up and with such great people in your life! That must be so exciting?
What are you most excited about?
Thanks for the compliments on my bags... Sadly - I am not allowed to talk about my business at all here on The Dis. I hope you understand and will continue to follow along on my TR.
We have had our kitchen and bathroom gutted starting about ten days ago. The plumber and carpenters have been putting in new plumbing and stuff. The kitchen ceiling is gone and we can see up to the roof. I spent 6 hours on Saturday sweeping, dusting and washing all the gritty dirt away. And we have been eating out a lot.
My daughter in law made a blanket for me that looks just like that, except the color is a light blue. I love that blanket.
We are planning to eat here on our arrival day. I love the pork nachos. We'll probably walk over from the GF rather than take a boat or monorail.
I am like that, too.
I am so excited for you Sue!!!
I sure hope they are done quickly and you are able to resume living/eating in your home soon. I know all too well how hard that can be. Best of luck and keep me updated! I cannot wait to see after pictures!
Yes - V takes that blanket everywhere. She forgot it at the lake this last summer and it was going to be several weeks before she got it back, so she made herself another one - and it just wasn't the same. LOL
Great plan!!!
It will be such a wonderful trip!
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We had a really nice day yesterday...
I had planned to take Allison shopping for a few new clothes to start Cosmetology School with... Seeing as she needs an all black wardrobe now.
Josh decided he wanted to come with us - which was cool - it's not often that he "braves" shopping with us girls. LOL
Once we got to the mall - Josh went off and did his own thing - which was OK, as Allison and I had a mission of Starbucks anyways. LOL
We shopped a few stores and ended up at Old Navy - with a PILE of clothes for her to try on... As we were sitting there, my phone went nuts... It was V and she was locked out of the house. Grrrrr... In a T-shirt (no coat) and it was about 43° yesterday. The mall is about 30 minutes from home, and we were nowhere near done. We quickly tried to finish up - which took us about 30 minutes... Then we had to drive home and let V in. Luckily - Allison's car was open, so she could at least sit inside... Allison also had plenty of clothes in there, V could have worn - however she never did... I had a feeling that she was trying to be a little bit dramatic.
Anways... We let her in, and then we all left again - as we had other things we needed to get... I also wanted to look at new shoes for Josh - the ones he got this spring are already in terrible condition - really bad quality - and he doesn't wear tennis shoes all that often, so they should last longer than a few months, IMO. We never did find him anything.
We came home and Allison made us a really nice dinner that she used to make BMTL in The Netherlands - so that was fun.
Again - we were all in bed early.
Today - it's HALLOWEEN!!!
I have no plans to dress up - but I do plan to wear my new Hocus Pocus tee shirt that I got at
MNSSHP... I honestly don't think I am working today either, as Allison and I have a few last minute things we need to get done before she starts school tomorrow.
I will work out this morning though... My eating was really good over the weekend, and I plan to continue that today - despite the fact that it's Halloween.
I am looking forward to seeing all of the cute ghouls and goblins tonight!
I hope you all have a great day and a fun evening tonight!
Sending prayers and pixie dust out to all of you!
D~