Tink-erin-belle
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- Aug 15, 2010
Hi there! For those of you who didnt read my other PTR, 
and get ready for a fun filled delve into this particular brand of crazy that we call Erin! 
For those of you who did read Guilt and the Guilty Pleasure to you guys too and again, Im sorry that PTR turned into a pipe dream! 
Ill give more details on what happened in a later post, but for those of you who just have to know right now why my PTR didnt result in a TR, please feel free to click on that hyperlink above and read along with my obsessive compulsive, sometimes neurotic and always control freakish planning! But to know me is to love me, right? 
Nah, Im not really that bad. Im hard on myself and like to poke fun at myself because I think most of us on the DISboards enjoy getting hyper-prepared for an upcoming Disney trip 
Thats all a part of the fun, right?
So, lets get to the introduction of the cast of characters! Theres me, again my name is Erin, and I am a single mom of two wonderful kids.
I recently turned 38 ( *hint* this is foreshadowing! LOL ) I work in a much more technical position in my field (which is communications) than I am used to but I am learning every day and I enjoy the challenge of this position. Although it was a promotion, I no longer received commission, so between that and the fact that I havent gotten steady or substantial child support from my ex-husband in over two years, my annual income was cut significantly. BUT even though circumstances may have been tough at times, I never let them get to me for long and I adapted. That is why I have likened myself to Tinkerbell, my absolute favorite Disney character, because she is a strong self-starter with a bit of a temper LOL
Next up are my kids. I gave them pseudonyms on my other PTR, but really, it became a pain in the you-know-what to keep it up! There were numerous times when I had to go back on a post and change their real names into fake names before I published! It was of course for the sake of privacy and security, but I have very little personally identifying info out there so here goes *takes a deep breath*
My sons name is Coy (formally known as Chip on the other PTR because he is a chip off of this old block!) and he will be 12 on our next trip to WDW. His dad named him Coy, but he is far from the definition of the word! He is extremely bright and talented (although, unfortunately, he is in a phase where he couldnt care less about his school work). He has a sharp wit and he is an all around loving little man.
My daughters name is True (formally known as Minnie because she is a mini-me) and she will be 8 on our next trip to WDW. I was the one who named her and I have to say that she doesnt quite fit her name either
No, actually, she is very kind and loving she just really knows how to bend the truth when it strikes her fancy (as do most kids her age)! She is also very bright and talented, luckily she loves school, she is a bit of a smart aleck and is able to keep up with me and Coy.
Sorry about having some recycled pictures. Although between our two previous trips to WDW I took over 3000 pictures and I constantly take countless pictures of my kids on a regular basis, I do have my favorites!
So, getting back on track, Im supposed to list our favorite characters, favorite rides, favorite parks and favorite places to stay, right? Well, my favorite Disney character is Tinkerbell for many reasons, including the ones listed above, but also because I love spreading the pixie dust
I really couldnt pick a favorite ride, I love so many of them, so it would be impossible to choose! I could tell you my least favorites but I dont want to get flamed this early in my PTR My favorite park is Magic Kingdom because it holds the most special memories for me and my kids and I believe it has the most magic! My favorite resort so far is Coronado Springs because it was the resort where the kids and I stayed on our first trip to WDW. I would like to stay at all of the resorts with my kids, just to say we did it, so Im working on the Moderates right now. I would like to start on the Deluxes soon. I was fortunate enough to stay at all of the Deluxe resorts that were there when I was younger. Only once did we stay offsite I think it was a Holiday Inn but I could be wrong and the lovebugs were everywhere, including inside the building! So the next day, my dad switched us to a different hotel. I dont know for sure, but I think that was turned my dad into a Disney Deluxe Resort snob. Oh, and we did have an unfortunate experience at Fort Wilderness. So we stayed multiple times at The Contemporary, The Polynesian and The Grand Floridian. I would love to stay at those places with the kids as well as all of the other Deluxes that have been added over the years. Id also like to take the kids to all of the Values because I really love the theming and would love to see it in person. If youre new to my PTR, youll learn very quickly that my kids and I are willing to try anything once . Thats what makes life so much fun, right? New experiences? Youll also come to see as you read along with this PTR that I am VERY prone to tangents! So lets get this back on track, shall we? 
When I asked Coy who his favorite character was, he responded, Of course its Mickey! I honestly had no idea! I thought he was going to say Captain Jack Sparrow or someone trendy like that but it turns out that my son is a Disney purist! Who woulda thunk it??? His answer for favorite park was Animal Kingdom and for favorite ride was Expedition Everest. More surprises! In 2009, he was all about Hollywood Studios, Tower of Terror and Rock n Roller Coaster but now it seems that the ride and park hes most looking forward to are completely different from two years ago!
When I asked True who her favorite character was, I was not surprised to hear her say, Tiana, Ariel, Jasmine, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty (forgive her for not knowing her real name is Aurora she is only 7
) Belle, Rapunzel
she paused and then continued, Daisy and Minnie! Naturally she picked all of the princesses she could think of off of the top of her head as well as Minnie and Daisy who are, in my opinion, two of the biggest divas especially when you look at some of their earlier cartoons! 
I love that about them and I love that about True because she is most certainly part princess and part diva! She also picked Magic Kingdom as her favorite park because of the castle and she picked Expedition Everest as her favorite ride. I mean, duh! Of course EE is her favorite ride! Just look at her Terror Face:
That is by far my favorite ride photo of all time! Thats why I recycled it from my other PTR! Backstory for any newbies: She was 5 in 2008 and was super excited to go on her first rollercoaster ride! It was the first time on EE for all of us and we LOVED it! When I saw our ride photo, I had to have it because I had never seen True make a face like that before! All three of us crack up laughing whenever we see it! If she hadnt insisted that we ride that ride over and over again after that, I wouldve thought she was scarred for life! Look at the picture! Too funny!
When I asked them about their favorite resort, they both answered Coronado Springs. My sentimental son said he liked it because it was the first place we stayed. He is such a sweetheart! My artistic daughter said that she liked it because we had a view with a fountain! Aww! Too cute! I guess she wasnt too keen on the parking lot view we had at Caribbean Beach! Personally, I liked being able to see my car!
So that brings us to the details of this trip. We are staying at:
Port Orleans Riverside!!!
October 7th through October 11th
We are still getting Annual Passes because I can sense another trip within 12 months of this one. This also means MNSSHP!!! Oh, and Hello, Food & Wine Festival!!! The kids and I love to try new food! Yum! People who came over from my now defunct PTR might wonder why I chose POR over POFQ. They are both beautiful resorts and are both places I want to stay, but I want to stay at POFQ the most. Im really looking forward to that one, but this trip is essentially a super-long weekend, so I wanted to save POFQ for a week-long trip. POR looks peaceful and I cant wait to walk around the grounds of that resort. I chose a river view since transportation wont be an issue given that we will have a car. Well take the boat to DTD one day for sure, though! So Im looking for tips for POR since Im woefully unfamiliar with this resort and didnt do any research other than looking at pictures. Victoriasmom98, Im singling you out since you stayed there most recently! LOL So why are we doing a super-long weekend this time? Well, that decision was mostly influenced by Coy. His homework and schoolwork habits havent been great recently and when we go on the trip, Hell be a 7th grader. I dont want him, or True for that matter, to miss too much school. Going over Columbus Day weekend meant they would only miss school on Friday and Tuesday. I was going to book for the week before Labor Day weekend so they wouldnt miss any school, but when I saw that my 180 day window for making ADRs had already passed, I said, Forget that! LOL See? I have *my* priorities in order! Not to mention not having MNSSHP or F&W that week. I was worried about Columbus Day weekend since it is a holiday weekend, but the crowds tend to be relatively low according to touringplans.com.
So these are the plans for our trip! Thanks in advance for joining in and for any tips you may be able to give me! I cant wait to tell you more about why theres no turning back now!
and get ready for a fun filled delve into this particular brand of crazy that we call Erin! For those of you who did read Guilt and the Guilty Pleasure to you guys too and again, Im sorry that PTR turned into a pipe dream! Ill give more details on what happened in a later post, but for those of you who just have to know right now why my PTR didnt result in a TR, please feel free to click on that hyperlink above and read along with my obsessive compulsive, sometimes neurotic and always control freakish planning! But to know me is to love me, right? Nah, Im not really that bad. Im hard on myself and like to poke fun at myself because I think most of us on the DISboards enjoy getting hyper-prepared for an upcoming Disney trip Thats all a part of the fun, right?So, lets get to the introduction of the cast of characters! Theres me, again my name is Erin, and I am a single mom of two wonderful kids.
I recently turned 38 ( *hint* this is foreshadowing! LOL ) I work in a much more technical position in my field (which is communications) than I am used to but I am learning every day and I enjoy the challenge of this position. Although it was a promotion, I no longer received commission, so between that and the fact that I havent gotten steady or substantial child support from my ex-husband in over two years, my annual income was cut significantly. BUT even though circumstances may have been tough at times, I never let them get to me for long and I adapted. That is why I have likened myself to Tinkerbell, my absolute favorite Disney character, because she is a strong self-starter with a bit of a temper
LOLNext up are my kids. I gave them pseudonyms on my other PTR, but really, it became a pain in the you-know-what to keep it up! There were numerous times when I had to go back on a post and change their real names into fake names before I published! It was of course for the sake of privacy and security, but I have very little personally identifying info out there so here goes *takes a deep breath*
My sons name is Coy (formally known as Chip on the other PTR because he is a chip off of this old block!) and he will be 12 on our next trip to WDW. His dad named him Coy, but he is far from the definition of the word!
He is extremely bright and talented (although, unfortunately, he is in a phase where he couldnt care less about his school work). He has a sharp wit and he is an all around loving little man.My daughters name is True (formally known as Minnie because she is a mini-me) and she will be 8 on our next trip to WDW. I was the one who named her and I have to say that she doesnt quite fit her name either
No, actually, she is very kind and loving she just really knows how to bend the truth when it strikes her fancy (as do most kids her age)! She is also very bright and talented, luckily she loves school, she is a bit of a smart aleck and is able to keep up with me and Coy.Sorry about having some recycled pictures. Although between our two previous trips to WDW I took over 3000 pictures and I constantly take countless pictures of my kids on a regular basis, I do have my favorites!
So, getting back on track, Im supposed to list our favorite characters, favorite rides, favorite parks and favorite places to stay, right? Well, my favorite Disney character is Tinkerbell for many reasons, including the ones listed above, but also because I love spreading the pixie dust
I really couldnt pick a favorite ride, I love so many of them, so it would be impossible to choose! I could tell you my least favorites but I dont want to get flamed this early in my PTR My favorite park is Magic Kingdom because it holds the most special memories for me and my kids and I believe it has the most magic! My favorite resort so far is Coronado Springs because it was the resort where the kids and I stayed on our first trip to WDW. I would like to stay at all of the resorts with my kids, just to say we did it, so Im working on the Moderates right now. I would like to start on the Deluxes soon. I was fortunate enough to stay at all of the Deluxe resorts that were there when I was younger. Only once did we stay offsite I think it was a Holiday Inn but I could be wrong and the lovebugs were everywhere, including inside the building! So the next day, my dad switched us to a different hotel. I dont know for sure, but I think that was turned my dad into a Disney Deluxe Resort snob. Oh, and we did have an unfortunate experience at Fort Wilderness. So we stayed multiple times at The Contemporary, The Polynesian and The Grand Floridian. I would love to stay at those places with the kids as well as all of the other Deluxes that have been added over the years. Id also like to take the kids to all of the Values because I really love the theming and would love to see it in person. If youre new to my PTR, youll learn very quickly that my kids and I are willing to try anything once . Thats what makes life so much fun, right? New experiences? Youll also come to see as you read along with this PTR that I am VERY prone to tangents! So lets get this back on track, shall we? When I asked Coy who his favorite character was, he responded, Of course its Mickey! I honestly had no idea! I thought he was going to say Captain Jack Sparrow or someone trendy like that but it turns out that my son is a Disney purist! Who woulda thunk it??? His answer for favorite park was Animal Kingdom and for favorite ride was Expedition Everest. More surprises! In 2009, he was all about Hollywood Studios, Tower of Terror and Rock n Roller Coaster but now it seems that the ride and park hes most looking forward to are completely different from two years ago!
When I asked True who her favorite character was, I was not surprised to hear her say, Tiana, Ariel, Jasmine, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty (forgive her for not knowing her real name is Aurora she is only 7
) Belle, Rapunzel
she paused and then continued, Daisy and Minnie! Naturally she picked all of the princesses she could think of off of the top of her head as well as Minnie and Daisy who are, in my opinion, two of the biggest divas especially when you look at some of their earlier cartoons! I love that about them and I love that about True because she is most certainly part princess and part diva! She also picked Magic Kingdom as her favorite park because of the castle and she picked Expedition Everest as her favorite ride. I mean, duh! Of course EE is her favorite ride! Just look at her Terror Face:That is by far my favorite ride photo of all time! Thats why I recycled it from my other PTR! Backstory for any newbies: She was 5 in 2008 and was super excited to go on her first rollercoaster ride! It was the first time on EE for all of us and we LOVED it! When I saw our ride photo, I had to have it because I had never seen True make a face like that before! All three of us crack up laughing whenever we see it! If she hadnt insisted that we ride that ride over and over again after that, I wouldve thought she was scarred for life! Look at the picture!
Too funny!When I asked them about their favorite resort, they both answered Coronado Springs. My sentimental son said he liked it because it was the first place we stayed. He is such a sweetheart! My artistic daughter said that she liked it because we had a view with a fountain! Aww! Too cute! I guess she wasnt too keen on the parking lot view we had at Caribbean Beach! Personally, I liked being able to see my car!
So that brings us to the details of this trip. We are staying at:
Port Orleans Riverside!!!
October 7th through October 11th
We are still getting Annual Passes because I can sense another trip within 12 months of this one. This also means MNSSHP!!! Oh, and Hello, Food & Wine Festival!!! The kids and I love to try new food! Yum! People who came over from my now defunct PTR might wonder why I chose POR over POFQ. They are both beautiful resorts and are both places I want to stay, but I want to stay at POFQ the most. Im really looking forward to that one, but this trip is essentially a super-long weekend, so I wanted to save POFQ for a week-long trip. POR looks peaceful and I cant wait to walk around the grounds of that resort. I chose a river view since transportation wont be an issue given that we will have a car. Well take the boat to DTD one day for sure, though! So Im looking for tips for POR since Im woefully unfamiliar with this resort and didnt do any research other than looking at pictures. Victoriasmom98, Im singling you out since you stayed there most recently! LOL So why are we doing a super-long weekend this time? Well, that decision was mostly influenced by Coy. His homework and schoolwork habits havent been great recently and when we go on the trip, Hell be a 7th grader. I dont want him, or True for that matter, to miss too much school. Going over Columbus Day weekend meant they would only miss school on Friday and Tuesday. I was going to book for the week before Labor Day weekend so they wouldnt miss any school, but when I saw that my 180 day window for making ADRs had already passed, I said, Forget that! LOL See? I have *my* priorities in order!
Not to mention not having MNSSHP or F&W that week. I was worried about Columbus Day weekend since it is a holiday weekend, but the crowds tend to be relatively low according to touringplans.com.So these are the plans for our trip! Thanks in advance for joining in and for any tips you may be able to give me! I cant wait to tell you more about why theres no turning back now!
I'm just a little sad that your trip is so close to mine and yet doesn't overlap.....when I was reading that you were changing dates I had the glimmer of hope for a dismeet, but alas, not this time. 
If there is anything you want to know about POR just ask! If I know the answer, I'd be more than happy to tell you. I'm looking forward to staying at POFQ just due to the size of the resort. I like a much more compact setting, but I did enjoy seeing rabbits every morning by the river at POR!! So cute and it made me miss the 6 bunnies I have at home! Ok, well, I'm still at work...(damn work thing gets in the way of Disney planning!!!) so I will post more later. I am really glad to hear from you and to hear that the trip is just postponed and not cancelled!! 
Im so looking forward to POR though and I will definitely make sure the kids and I visit the river a few times to see the rabbits! They will love that!
