glennbo123
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 10, 2008
Well, I think this will be my last "official" installment (as in having a chapter number and a link in my first post and all of that fanfare) before we leave. Although I know I'll check in here up until we head out the door.
But, before I say anything else, let me say this:
48 hours from now, I should be arriving on-property!!!
Little by little, we've been getting things ready. Even Judy, who's having quite a week trying to get everything squared-away at school (creating Finals, reviewing for Finals, administering Finals, grading Finals, submitting grades, creating a weeks' worth of stuff for the substitute to do with the kids next week, and packing up her room) has packed a little bit. She even made a quick run to a store last night to get.....shoes. Some new sneakers. Sorry, but I will not post a picture. Maybe you'll see them make an appearance in the TR.
I've had clothes packed for a few days, and lately have been getting some other tasks done. For a while I've had a little anxiety that I'd forget some really important things, like our annual passes.
But they were in a safe place, and I knew where they were, so I told myself not to touch them yet. I was afraid I'd make things worse if I put them with things being packed and then forgot where I put them or something. So, last night I couldn't take it anymore and I cleared some stuff out of my wallet that I won't need for the next few weeks and I'm now carrying our passes and my Tables in Wonderland card and our DVC cards in my wallet. I feel better now.
Here's the final version (I hope!) of my Master Plan spreadsheet.
The big news here is that the PChef exclusive event on Tuesday evening, which was going to be held at Animal Kingdom, has been moved to DHS, the same as it was back in 2005. I'm a little disappointed in that -- I wanted to see the Animal Kingdom at night, and I was curious what areas and rides they'd have open for an exclusive event at night. Plus, we've already done DHS (although we didn't get a lot of rides in on that particular night
). But on the other hand, AK doesn't have a lot of rides, so I'm not sure how it would have gone over. But why didn't they just plan it that way in the first place? 
I did get an unexpected upgrade to my Flashback '05 TR recently. I was talking to Lauren about Star Wars Weekends and she said, "Dad, do you remember when James was getting his 'Jedi Training', and when he fought Darth Vader he just started swinging his light saber all over, not following the 'choreography' that the trainer had given us? The trainer said 'Whoa -- he's freestylin'." I didn't remember that. I may have been too busy trying to take pictures...I may not have even heard it. But that may explain why I got more pictures of him, and why he dropped his light saber.
So, like I said, I'll be checking-in here and posting for the next couple of days. While we're in Disney I'll try to get on here via my cell phone, but reading is a whole lot easier than posting, so we'll see how that goes.
But.....it's gonna be great!
Link to next chapter
But, before I say anything else, let me say this:
48 hours from now, I should be arriving on-property!!!
Little by little, we've been getting things ready. Even Judy, who's having quite a week trying to get everything squared-away at school (creating Finals, reviewing for Finals, administering Finals, grading Finals, submitting grades, creating a weeks' worth of stuff for the substitute to do with the kids next week, and packing up her room) has packed a little bit. She even made a quick run to a store last night to get.....shoes. Some new sneakers. Sorry, but I will not post a picture. Maybe you'll see them make an appearance in the TR.
I've had clothes packed for a few days, and lately have been getting some other tasks done. For a while I've had a little anxiety that I'd forget some really important things, like our annual passes.
But they were in a safe place, and I knew where they were, so I told myself not to touch them yet. I was afraid I'd make things worse if I put them with things being packed and then forgot where I put them or something. So, last night I couldn't take it anymore and I cleared some stuff out of my wallet that I won't need for the next few weeks and I'm now carrying our passes and my Tables in Wonderland card and our DVC cards in my wallet. I feel better now.Here's the final version (I hope!) of my Master Plan spreadsheet.
The big news here is that the PChef exclusive event on Tuesday evening, which was going to be held at Animal Kingdom, has been moved to DHS, the same as it was back in 2005. I'm a little disappointed in that -- I wanted to see the Animal Kingdom at night, and I was curious what areas and rides they'd have open for an exclusive event at night. Plus, we've already done DHS (although we didn't get a lot of rides in on that particular night
). But on the other hand, AK doesn't have a lot of rides, so I'm not sure how it would have gone over. But why didn't they just plan it that way in the first place? I did get an unexpected upgrade to my Flashback '05 TR recently. I was talking to Lauren about Star Wars Weekends and she said, "Dad, do you remember when James was getting his 'Jedi Training', and when he fought Darth Vader he just started swinging his light saber all over, not following the 'choreography' that the trainer had given us? The trainer said 'Whoa -- he's freestylin'." I didn't remember that. I may have been too busy trying to take pictures...I may not have even heard it. But that may explain why I got more pictures of him, and why he dropped his light saber.
So, like I said, I'll be checking-in here and posting for the next couple of days. While we're in Disney I'll try to get on here via my cell phone, but reading is a whole lot easier than posting, so we'll see how that goes.
But.....it's gonna be great!
Link to next chapter
Love it!
'Cause if you meant everyone at Disney, I'm going to be exhausted. There's like a million people there. 
right before I hit "Submit Reply". 
How do you think she'll react if some guy (ie. me) comes running up to her yelling "Bubba!!" 
If you don't cross paths, we'll be seeing in at the end of August 
I looked at your schedule...we'll be at the Boardwalk on Wed. for Welcome Home Wed's. Maybe we'll see you then! Safe travels!
, but don't call me a stranger.
that I plan to try if I can't use them. I'll save it for the TR.
