I am early on this pretrippie. I realize. I mean we arent going until September for gosh sakes! But I wanted to get a home base for our trip and let yall in on our planning fun. I love lurking about the pre-trip boards reading all of yours! So.. here we go.
I love reading about your "cast of characters" and getting to know your families. Here is ours!
Cast of Characters
ME! Michele-33 I am a SAHM homeschooler and I love Disney and traveling and planning trips and DETAILS. I am SUPER detail oriented. I think a LOT. My family teases me a little about it. But they are never sad when I have remembered details that make thier trip or holiday extra special. I love my husband very much... but I have a huge crush on Mickey Mouse. I also collect Lilo and Stitch figures.
DH- Steven -37 My sweet husband. Doesnt ride thrill rides AT ALL. Hates heights and totally humors my trip planning and lists and just lets me have my way. He loves his girls and works hard as a Septic Tank Truck driver. He loves photoagraphy, turkey legs and Piglet.
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DD15- Jasmin- Our silly and fun teenager. Jasmin is our honor student who will be missing FOUR days of public school to go to WDW. So, she will have a ton of work to do in our "downtime" and after we return. She is finally past the "Im too cool" stage, and is a teensy bit dense at times. She is brilliant but sometimes misses the more obvious common sense answers. She is looking forward to riding Expidition Everest for the first time. I gave each child a Table Service Dinner choice and she chose Whispering Canyon Cafe.
DD9- Caitlin- My fashionista in training. She is the consumate girlie girl. Loves pink, sparkle, bling, and is an adrenaline junkie. She is homeschooled and wont worry a bit about school work the entire trip. She is finally tall enough to ride EVERYTHING. In past trips she was our little princess. But is smack dab in the middle of the "Im too cool" stage I spoke of. But Im hoping she will let lose and be a "kid" while we are at WDW. Her Table service choice was Le Celier at EPCOT.
DN15- Patience- Not REALLY my niece.. but we call her that. She is actually my cousin's daughter and Jasmin's BFF. She and her mama live next door to us and is a constant fixture at our house. She has had a rough couple years. Her Daddy died in May 09 and has dealt with it so well. We love her so much and are SO excited to take her with us on her VERY FIRST trip to WDW! I cant wait to see it through her eyes. She is SO excited. She will be missing school too.. but she isnt really to worried about it. She is a "live now, pay later" kind of person. LOL. I guess when you lose your Father at that young an age, you learn to enjoy life as it comes. Her Table Service choice was Ohana.
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So thats us.. everyone who's going. now the details.
We will be leaving Dillon SC Wednesday night/thursday morning September 17, 2010. As we only live 8 hrs from Mickey's doorstep. We have always driven. We find that if Daddy goes to bed really early and then we leave home at or around 2:30 am. (and having a trip nazi on board you KNOW we will be leaving ON TIME thankyouverymuch) We arrive at Jacksonville FL at or around 8 am. Just in time to get everyone dressed (yeah. Im one of THOSE mothers who lets her kids travel in pajamas and then scurries them into restraunt bathrooms to change) and enjoy a nice breakfast before finishing our trip. The kids and I sleep and I dont bother my DH while he is trying to drive
That allows us to miss the rush hour in Jacksonville and to arrive at Disney refreshed and ready to explore.
We will be staying at Port Orleans Riverside and will have the Disney Dining plan. (Im REALLY hoping for Free Dining. RRRREAAALLY!!) I love the idea of not having to think about a food budget on this trip. but I will get into that in a FOOD post
I love reading about your "cast of characters" and getting to know your families. Here is ours!
Cast of Characters
ME! Michele-33 I am a SAHM homeschooler and I love Disney and traveling and planning trips and DETAILS. I am SUPER detail oriented. I think a LOT. My family teases me a little about it. But they are never sad when I have remembered details that make thier trip or holiday extra special. I love my husband very much... but I have a huge crush on Mickey Mouse. I also collect Lilo and Stitch figures.
DH- Steven -37 My sweet husband. Doesnt ride thrill rides AT ALL. Hates heights and totally humors my trip planning and lists and just lets me have my way. He loves his girls and works hard as a Septic Tank Truck driver. He loves photoagraphy, turkey legs and Piglet.
DD15- Jasmin- Our silly and fun teenager. Jasmin is our honor student who will be missing FOUR days of public school to go to WDW. So, she will have a ton of work to do in our "downtime" and after we return. She is finally past the "Im too cool" stage, and is a teensy bit dense at times. She is brilliant but sometimes misses the more obvious common sense answers. She is looking forward to riding Expidition Everest for the first time. I gave each child a Table Service Dinner choice and she chose Whispering Canyon Cafe.
DD9- Caitlin- My fashionista in training. She is the consumate girlie girl. Loves pink, sparkle, bling, and is an adrenaline junkie. She is homeschooled and wont worry a bit about school work the entire trip. She is finally tall enough to ride EVERYTHING. In past trips she was our little princess. But is smack dab in the middle of the "Im too cool" stage I spoke of. But Im hoping she will let lose and be a "kid" while we are at WDW. Her Table service choice was Le Celier at EPCOT.
DN15- Patience- Not REALLY my niece.. but we call her that. She is actually my cousin's daughter and Jasmin's BFF. She and her mama live next door to us and is a constant fixture at our house. She has had a rough couple years. Her Daddy died in May 09 and has dealt with it so well. We love her so much and are SO excited to take her with us on her VERY FIRST trip to WDW! I cant wait to see it through her eyes. She is SO excited. She will be missing school too.. but she isnt really to worried about it. She is a "live now, pay later" kind of person. LOL. I guess when you lose your Father at that young an age, you learn to enjoy life as it comes. Her Table Service choice was Ohana.
So thats us.. everyone who's going. now the details.
We will be leaving Dillon SC Wednesday night/thursday morning September 17, 2010. As we only live 8 hrs from Mickey's doorstep. We have always driven. We find that if Daddy goes to bed really early and then we leave home at or around 2:30 am. (and having a trip nazi on board you KNOW we will be leaving ON TIME thankyouverymuch) We arrive at Jacksonville FL at or around 8 am. Just in time to get everyone dressed (yeah. Im one of THOSE mothers who lets her kids travel in pajamas and then scurries them into restraunt bathrooms to change) and enjoy a nice breakfast before finishing our trip. The kids and I sleep and I dont bother my DH while he is trying to drive
That allows us to miss the rush hour in Jacksonville and to arrive at Disney refreshed and ready to explore. We will be staying at Port Orleans Riverside and will have the Disney Dining plan. (Im REALLY hoping for Free Dining. RRRREAAALLY!!) I love the idea of not having to think about a food budget on this trip. but I will get into that in a FOOD post
Im hoping for a later ADR here so we can take our time getting cleaned up from the day at the park and getting over to Wilderness Lodge.
I dont think I am allowed to plug her name here.. but Id probably be willing to tell you her name and agency if you asked me 
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cloud9:can you say dole whip? )
