Snow Days...

Is it November yet? It seems silly for me to be wishing for Alaska winter when it isn't even over yet - and it IS Iditarod month so I can't complain to badly - but seeing as how my truck is firmly stuck in a foot of snow in my driveway, I'm ready for some Florida fun!

Right now it's just a wait to plan stage. We have the ADRs picked out, but can't reserve anyhing until May. May is also when it's suggested that tickets for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party will go out. Hopefully we'll get to snag a night for that!

Nothing really substantial to report, just wanted to update this thing so it didn't look abandoned.

Passporter is in hand

My copy of the 2010 Passporter came in the mail last week (finally)! I am so excited as it is so much easier to keep everything together and I can keep up with any changes. Though it is already a tad outdated with the planned changes in the parks, but that's just fine by me!

Still checking in everyday on the Walt Disney World website to see if more rooms with queen beds have become available, but no such luck. Bummer!

Nothing much is really going on with it, though. In a holding pattern until the calendar for November is up on their site so I can see the park hours. And we have until probably May before we find out when the Christmas Parties in the Magic Kingdom will be!

Just wanted to post something in here so it doesn't look dead. ha ha!

Happy New Year, I'm Sick.

So we're still planning our trip. Still drooling over the fantastic menus from the restaurants we would like to dine at. Still counting down. Not much has changed.

Erin has informed me that she will sleep on the floor if need be to keep our reservation at Coronado Springs. So King Bed or not we're staying there (We're still holding out hope for NOT, we need two beds, yo!).

Just waiting for time to book our ADRs (not till May! *sob*)

I'm sick today, again, so I stayed home... it's what keeps my mind off of feeling crappy.

Itinerary & Dining Plan...

here's how it's gonna look, tentative as I have yet to see the November Disney calendar, as it doesn't come out for a little while yet...

November 08 - Seattle, WA to Bakersfield, CA
November 09 - Bakersfield, CA to Amarillo, TX
November 10 - Amarillo, TX to Hattiesburg, MS (or Jacksonville, MS)
November 11 - Hattiesburg, MS (or Jacksonville, MS) to CORONADO SPRINGS RESORT!

On the road we'll be eating outta the car, Erin's gonna stock up on food stuffs at Costco before we head out.

onto the Disney itinerary (subject to a bit of changing once we get the times calendar from Disney).

November 11 - Check in around 6pm, Dinner at Maya Grill Animal Kingdom Lodge's BOMA!
November 12 - Magic Kingdom Day 1 - Breakfast Dinner @ Chef Mickey's
November 13 - Disney's Hollywood Studios - Lunch @ 50's Prime Time Cafe
November 14 - EPCOT Day 1 - Breakfast or Lunch @ Akerhaus
November 15 - Disney's Animal Kingdom - Breakfast @ Tusker House
November 16 - Magic Kingdom Day 2 - Dinner @ California Grill (During the Fireworks)
November 17 - Freebie day/Downtown Disney/Mini Golf - Lunch @ T-Rex
November 18 - EPCOT Day 2 - Dinner @ 1900 Park Fare
November 19 - Disney's Animal Kingdom & Hollywood Studios - Dinner @ The Hoop Dee Do Review
November 20 - Magic Kingdom Day 3 - Counter Service lol (no changing of park day)
November 21 - Check out in the morning and go home :'(


no itinerary for the road trip back... yet.

Couldn't Wait 'Til Tonight

Tried to book LAST night, but their phoneline was closed for the evening by the time I called. No biggie. Woke up ON TIME for a change this morning and got ready for work with enough time to spare a call down to Disney. Got the resort we wanted, though not the room type. So far we're stuck with a King bed, hopefully that can be changed (keep your fingers crossed). I've been riding a high ever since!

WDW here we come!

Booking on Wednesday

As soon as I get home from work on Wednesday, barring any unforseen expenses between now and then, I will be calling down to Walt Disney World and *trumpet fanfare* BOOKING OUR NOVEMBER TRIP!

Score!

New Plans...

Still doing Disney, still doing Disney in November...

STILL DOING A ROAD TRIP! Just going in a different direction. Instead of me flying to Montana and going through the mid-west we are now going to drive from Seattle down I-5 down to LA then across the southern states to Disney...

Call us crazy, but we're counting down the days; ha ha!

Dates are November 8 - 24, 2010. Yes, that's right, I fly home the day before thanksgiving lol.

This should give us 10 nights and 9 days in the World. We're going to try out the Dining Plan as we want to do a couple of the "signature dining" spots and this would probably be cheapest. California Grill during Wishes, here we come! <3

So everything is back on and almost as good as planned. Can't wait to book the trip, I might just do it this weekend! ha ha!

Holiday Travels

So Erin spent the week here in Alaska with me. She got in last Saturday and we immediately headed for Kenai. It was my parents' wedding anniversary so we surprised them with a "FedEx" package that was "late in arrival". Mom was so surprised she screamed, through her purse across the room and proceeded to squeeze teh life out of Erin. Hysterical.

Mom was voiceless for three days after.

Spent most of the week down there and travelled back to Anchorage this past Saturday. Roads were good till we dropped down into Portage. Fishtailed quite a bit, but survived (though to hear Erin tell it we nearly died. Whatev.)

Yesterday we saw Disney's A Christmas Carol which was FAB! go see it! and then came back to try to put our Disney vids onto disk and I couldn't find my DVD recorder's remote. We tore my room apart, still no remote, so at 10pm last night we drove all over Anchorage trying to find a replacement DVD recorder... no such luck! So we bought tapes instead and were just going to do that until I could find a DVD recorder... we sit down get halfway through the first tape and out of no where the remote appeared between us! Seriously! the weirdest thing!

So we had a good laugh.

Now we're just transferring the stuff to DVD and sitting on our bums. We didn't go to bed until after 1am last night. Crazy stuff.

erin leaves today and I am sooooooooooo bummed.