Scott's January trip...A photographic magical trip. UPDATED 3/16 - Final thoughts

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Hi all,
Ok well I said I was going to start a pre tr and here it is. Nothing exciting just my basic info for the upcoming trip.

Let me first do the back story (the readers of my other thread know this but it may get more in depth).
I was at WDW in July of this year and loved it. I went with 7 others and it was a blast.

so anyway I had the most wonderful trip but it was way too short. No one wanted to go next year. 2009 they all say, but I cannot wait that long.
So now it is August and I go to West Virginia and visit family. I had an idea of taking my younger cousins with me. There mother stops by my Uncle's and while on the porch with the kids inside I ask her if it is ok. She says yes. I say I will pay most of it and she needs to pay so and so. All agree. As we are talking the kids keep coming out the door and we yell at them to go inside. They looked so confused, they must have thought they were in trouble. :rotfl2: So the plan was in motion. We go inside and sit the kids down. I wish I had a pic of there faces. I explain to them that in April I will be taking them to Disney for a week. (where did this plan go ) :confused3 They were shocked and excited. There faces were to funny.
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So here are the kids Jake, Sissy and Tiny. That is what we will call them on the trip. So I finish my trip and go home and start planning.
Now September comes. I am planning away and my sister in law mentions going down during spring break. :yay: more grown ups. Ok so I start researching how crowded it will be. Not to bad. So I talk to P about getting the days of the kids break.
Now I have to input here that I decided to go to school for a certificate in paralegal. This was originally going to be from 10/2 till 3/28. Perfect. The trip will be from 4/5 - 4/12 and my brother and dsil and dnephew will be coming.
Oh the horrors of a school. Now it is about a week before I am to start and I call and they inform me that my info packet was mailed in August and returned. They had the wrong address and I even called about this a month ago and asked them to fix this. Now school is not happening so I transfer to another school here in NYC. Ok now wait a minute I am not going full 6 months anymore, it is now broken up.
So I start playing with the idea of going in January. I notice it is a little cheaper so I ask P if they can go in January for a week. She said yes. :woohoo: So I now inform my Dsil that I am probably going in January. I go to AAA and inquire after checking the rates on the Disney site. I book.
Now after inquiring with P I do not book the 7 day vacation. After getting approval from their schools I book a 10 day 9 night vacation. 1/19 - 1/28.
We are staying at POR and I requested AB section. Hope I get it.
Ok so I just wanted to get this started, I will post itinerary in a little while.

Ok so here r the pages to jump to so you don't need to read the entire pre trip part.

The traveling to Orlando.
Page 68 Post 1012
Page 71 Post 1051


Page 72 Post 1068 - Day 1: Pt. I
Page 75 Post 1120 - Jake's POR pics.
Page 75 Post 1122 - Day 1: Pt. II
Page 76 Post 1127 - Day 1: Pt. III MK Parade
Page 76 Post 1130 - Day 1: Pt. IV Parade concluded
Page 76 Post 1135 - Jake's parade pics
Page 78 Post 1157 - Day 1: Pt. V Mk Con't.
Page 79 Post 1172 - Jake's pics
Page 80 Post 1188 - Day 1: Pt. VI MK Con't.
Page 80 Post 1199 - Day 1: Pt. VII End of day 1

Page 83 Post 1233 - Day 2: Pt. I Donald's Breakfast Safari
Page 83 Post 1241 - Day 2: Pt. II Pangini Forest
Page 83 Post 1244 - Jake's pics
Page 85 Post 1275 - Day 2: Pt. III Safari
Page 86 Post 1284 - Jakes pics
Page 87 Post 1294 - Day 2: Pt. IV Raifiki's Planet Watch
Page 87 Post 1303 - Jakes pics
Page 90 Post 1340 - Day 2: Pt. V - Maharajah Jungle Trek
Page 91 Post 1362 - Day 2: Pt. VI - Everest and the award for worst cousin
Page 95 Post 1415 - Day 2: Pt. VII - Dinoland
Page 97 Post 1450 - Day 2: Pt. VIII - It's Tough to be a Bug
Page 100 Post 1488 - Day 2: Pt. IX - Rose & Crown and end of day 2

Page 103 Post 1538 - Day 3: Pt. I - DHS, no wait a change of plans
Page 105 Post 1569 - Day 3: Pt. II - Meeting Mickey
Page 108 Post 1606 - Day 3: Pt. III - Meeting Minnie and Barnstormer
Page 109 Post 1625 - Day 3: Pt. IV - Speedway
Page 111 Post 1658 - Day 3: Pt. V - Tomorrowland Transit Authority
Page 112 Post 1669 - Day 3: Pt. VI - Stitch and lunch
Page 114 Post 1708 - Day 3: Pt. VII - Epcot Bound
Page 115 Post 1717 - Day 3: Pt. VIII - Off to Mars
Page 115 Post 1720 - Day 3: Pt. IX - O' Canada
Page 117 Post 1753 - Day 3: Pt. X - World Showcase tour continues
Page 118 Post 1766 - Day 3: Pt. XI - America and Italy
Page 119 Post 1782 - Jakes pics
Page 120 Post 1786 - Photopass pics
Page 120 Post 1787 - More photopass pics
Page 120 Post 1788 - Photopass concluded
Page 122 Post 1820 - Germany
Page 123 Post 1845 - Showcase concluded
Page 124 Post 1851 - Spoodles and day ends

Page 127 Post 1892 - Day 4: Pt. I - Main Street
Page 127 Post 1897 - Day 4: Pt. II - Breakfast with Pooh
Page 128 Post 1915 - Day 4: Pt. III - Boat ride
Page 130 Post 1949 - Day 4: Pt. IV - Wilderness Lodge
Page 132 Post 1974 - Day 4: Pt. V - Disney's Hollywood Studios
Page 133 Post 1987 - Day 4: Pt. VI - Great Movie Ride
Page 134 Post 2010 - Day 4: Pt. VII - Animation, TOT and a migraine
Page 136 Post 2034 - Day 4: Pt. VIII - Back to DHS
Page 138 Post 2065 - Day 4: Pt. IX - Streets of America and a Piggy
Page 139 Post 2082 - Day 4: Pt. X - Going under the sea
Page 141 Post 2113 - Day 4: Pt. XI - Elbows off the table. Day 4 ends

Page 144 Post 2155 - Day 5: Pt. I - Laundry and animals.
Page 147 Post 2197 - Day 5: Pt. II - Dino-land
Page 147 Post 2198 - Day 5: Jake's pics
Page 148 Post 2209 - Day 5: Pt. III - Dinosaur
Page 150 Post 2247 - Day 5: Pt. IV - Let's whirl
Page 152 Post 2272 - Day 5: Pt. V - Tree of Life Garden
Page 153 Post 2284 - Day 5: Pt. VI - We met an alien
Page 155 Post 2313 - Day 5: Pt. VII - Festival of the Lion King
Page 156 Post 2328 - Day 5: Pt. VIII - Lunch
Page 159 Post 2375 - Day 5: Pt. XI - Lapu Lapu
Page 160 Post 2398 - Day 5: Pt. X - Downtown Disney
Page 160 Post 2399 - Day 5: Pt. XI - DTD con't. & day 5 ends

Page 162 Post 2419 - Day 6: Pt. I - Breakfast with an alien
Page 164 Post 2455 - Day 6: Pt. II - Living with the Land
Page 166 Post 2477 - Day 6: Pt. III - Mine, Mine, Mine
Page 168 Post 2515 - Day 6: Pt. IV - Test Track
Page 169 Post 2527 - Day 6: Pt. V - Mission:Space and Soarin'
Page 171 Post 2552 - Day 6: Pt. VI - Turtle Talk and looking at fish
Page 173 Post 2581 - Day 6: Pt. VII - Jake's debut
Page 174 Post 2606 - Day 6: Pt. VIII - M:S, TT and touring with a duck
Page 176 Post 2640 - Day 6: Pt: IX - The worst meal ever....
Page 178 Post 2663 - Day 6: Pt. X - Maelstrom and SE. End of day.

Page 181 Post 2702 - Day 7: Pt. I - TOT revisited
Page 182 Post 2724 - Day 7: Pt. II - Beauty and the Beast
Page 182 Post 2725 - Day 7: Pt. II - Beauty con't.
Page 182 Post 2729 - Day 7: Pt. II - Beauty con't.
Page 182 Post 2730 - Day 7: Pt. II - Beauty concluded
Page 186 Post 2779 - Day 7: Pt. III - Snacks and RNRC, Vader and lunch at Sci-fi
Page 188 Post 2808 - Day 7: Pt. IV - Backlot Tour
Page 188 Post 2809 - Day 7: Pt. IV - Tour con't.
Page 188 Post 2811 - Day 7: Pt. IV - Tour concluded
Page 191 Post 2856 - Day 7: Pt. VI - LMA
Page 191 Post 2858 - Day 7: Pt. VI - LMA con't.
Page 191 Post 2862 - Day 7: Pt. VI - LMA concluded
Page 192 Post 2869 - Day 7: Photopass pics
Page 193 Post 2888 - Day 7: Pt. VII - end of our DHS day

Page 196 Post 2926 - Day 8: Pt. I - Tour of Riverside and FQ
Page 196 Post 2927 - Day 8: Pt. II - tour continued
Page 196 Post 2930 - Day 8: Pt. III - resort tour concluded
Page 198 Post 2958 - Day 8: Pt. IV - Chef Mickey's
Page 200 Post 2989 - Day 8: Pt. V - Grand Floridian
Page 200 Post 2990 - Day 8: Pt. VI - GF concluded
Page 201 Post 3009 - Day 8: pt. VII - BBB
Page 204 Post 3057 - Day 8: Pt. VIII - Dinner and rides
Page 206 Post 3082 - Day 8: Pt. IX - P&PP starts
Page 209 Post 3122 - Day 8: Pt. X - Parade
Page 210 Post 3140 - Day 8: Pt. XI - Parade concluded
Page 212 Post 3178 - Day 8: Pt. XII - Meeting Mr. Sparrow
Page 213 Post 3194 - Day 8: Pt. XIII - BTMRR and fireworks
Page 213 Post 3195 - Day 8: Pt. XIIIB - Fireworks concluded
Page 216 Post 3230 - Day 8: Pt. XIV - Rides and more rides
Page 217 Post 3253 - Day 8: Pt. XV - more rides
Page 220 Post 3298 - Day 8: Pt. XVI - Toon Town
Page 222 Post 3323 - Day 8: Pt. XVII - End of the party

Page 224 Post 3346 - Day 9: Pt. I - Last full day, MK
Page 225 Post 3367 - Day 9: Pt. II - More rides
Page 228 Post 3407 - Day 9: Pt. III - Cinderella
Page 230 Post 3446 - Day 9: Pt. IV - Lunch please
Page 233 Post 3482 - Day 9: Pt. V - Back at POR
Page 235 Post 3512 - Day 9: Pt. VI - Dinner at Epcot
Page 236 Post 3531 - Day 9: Pt. VII - a movie and ice cream
Page 238 Post 3564 - Day 9: Pt. VIII - Illuminations

Page 240 Post 3586 - Day 10: Pt. I - Going to airport
Page 242 Post 3619 - Day 10: Pt. II - Airport and home
Page 246 Post 3681 - Final thoughts
 
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how exciting I am under 2 months now.
 


Just noticed the link ...so I scurried on over! Yay for Jan trips Boo for missing you by one day! LOL.
 


Just noticed the link ...so I scurried on over! Yay for Jan trips Boo for missing you by one day! LOL.

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Boo that we miss each other. First time in January for me. Hope it is nice.
 
Hi Scott
Im here too!!
Just saw the new link and hopped over. How nice to take the kids with you:goodvibes
Cant wait to hear more
Theresa
 
I think it's GREAT that you are taking the kids along for the fun! And how fantastic that they got the approval from school to be out for that long:thumbsup2
 
I'll be arriving at POP on 1/19... :banana: :banana: :banana:
Be on the look out for a lime green backpack with a mickey head that reads DIS ROCKS! Summersalt and crowd...
 
boysmom5150 - "Hi Scott Im here too!!
Just saw the new link and hopped over. How nice to take the kids with you
Cant wait to hear more
Theresa"

Tat2ddisneymom - "I'm here, too."

crgfsu1 - "Yea! I'm here! Cant wait to start reading. Cathy"

sharkB8HooHaHa - "I think it's GREAT that you are taking the kids along for the fun! And how fantastic that they got the approval from school to be out for that long"

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Theresa - it is great to have u here. Yes I spoke to Tiny tonight and she is so excited.

TAT - So glad u found this. hope u enjoy it.

Cathy - Hi, glad u stopped by. Hope u like it

shark - Glad u r onboard. I was surprised they let them go for that amount of time but they all got permission from 2 different schools. :woohoo:

Thank you all. I will try to keep it up but I go back to school next week till December 18th.

Ok next post coming up soon.
 
I'll be arriving at POP on 1/19... :banana: :banana: :banana:
Be on the look out for a lime green backpack with a mickey head that reads DIS ROCKS! Summersalt and crowd...

i will look. I will have my lg mickey head on my camera bag. I also have a shirt that advertises my name but it has not come yet. When it does I will post a pic.
 
well if u read my other thread you know I change my mind alot. Right now this is our itinerary.

Before I start I had a problem with photobucket today and lots of pics were gone. If u look at my thread and see red boxes that is why.

Ok so here we go. The kids I am taking live in West Virginia so I have to get there from NYC. Drive, well I was going to but then thought about the possible snow there might be. So I looked for flights. To expensive to fly directly in so I chose Jetblue into Columbus Ohio and then I will drive to WV. So booked the air and car. :yay:
Now 2 weeks later I get an email. Jetblue has canceled my flight cause it is no longer flying into Columbus. :eek: It says I can get a refund or they will book me on Delta. I think it over and decide I will take the Delta flight. Ok problem resolved.
Now we come to last week and I decide that I do not want to fly into Columbus. I look and see that Delta flies into the area I need in WV so I call. I have to talk to someone in a special department because of the ticketing was originally from Jetblue. So for $200 more I can fly directly. I did it. It is just easier.

Now the flight to Orlando we are flying on Southwest from Louisville Kentucky. It is a straight drive there so it should be easy to get to.

Ok that is all for now.

Coming up, the resort, the adr's and more.

Thanks for stopping by.
 
sounds good so far...lot of traveling before you get there - hope you can rest up :)

Cathy
 
the flight to WV is a flight from LaGuardia to Atlanta with a 50 minute layover then I fly to WV. :scared1: :eek: :sad2:
 
Glad the flights a taken care of
I presume the flt from atl to wv is a prop again???
I hate those. I hold on for dear life and dont let go till we land. Especially in the caribbean:scared1:
 
Glad the flights a taken care of
I presume the flt from atl to wv is a prop again???
I hate those. I hold on for dear life and dont let go till we land. Especially in the caribbean:scared1:

I would think so it is only 14 rows.
 
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