thornton0511
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- Jan 23, 2011
Okay I'm a little late but I'm here now Jenny! So excited to follow along!!!
Oh I don't know.
A lot (and I mean... a lot) of people have called me names.
I'm exactly the same!
Started with POR, then stayed in ASMu.
We could be twins.
Non-identical, differently aged twins...
Yup, sounds about right.
Haha, well, I guess she's excited. I can't wait to see the upcoming reactions.
Aww, I love the idea that everything was mostly a secret and you had reveal envelopes.
I'm sure she was wondering if you all were staying at Grand Floridian from the get go! But since there are 4 resorts there's still a chance, LOL.
Can't wait to see the reveal for that.
Sisters have sooo much fun together!!
I'm sooo looking forward to the rest!
So... you did all this impressive, highly detailed, top secret planning for months.
Yet mere hours before leaving for the trip, you still hadn't packed?
After seeing the first video, I think this will work out to be a good strategy.
I liked the sense of confusion and the look on her face that was basically asking why in the heck are we doing this.
Little does she know...
Wow. Your sister is so lucky to have such a thoughtful and generous sister! I can't wait to read the rest of you trip report.
Actually the first post (well I guess the second one...the picture one...)was VERY EXCITING!...that is what makes us want more!
The video is adorable! And yes, I see that glimmer of hope when she reads the word "grand". Bad teasing sister! LOL! I can't wait to see what she does when she learns that she really is staying there!
I understand getting things done on the weekend...hopefully you will have more by Sunday afternoon, when I will have time to read them. As I need to go back to work at the mortgage paying job for the day right now, and Saturday, I work at the fun job, and Sunday morning I am doing a dog transport for a rescue group helping get a puppy to her forever home! So I will come back and check on Sunday afternoon! (I'm not pushy or anything, am I?)
Lynn
She is great! Daddy gets plenty of sleep... Mommy not so much
Okay, he may not get *plenty* of sleep, but he gets more than I do! It's funny how my body has gotten used to lots of interrupted sleep and I really don't feel like a zombie anymore, so yay!
I'm super duper excited for these reveals and I wasn't even there!
Yup!
I can't wait to see her reaction to the Universal hotel. More updates please!
By the way, I couldn't see the picture of the fancy reveal paper? Is that an issue on my end? I'm going to try reading this on a different computer and see if it works there.
Okay I used a different browser and it worked!
Okay I'm a little late but I'm here now Jenny! So excited to follow along!!!
It's funny how reluctant she is to open the envelope. I'm so glad you got these on video
That is so so awesome...that you planned everything and all she had to do is show up. But it's especially great because you knew all that she would want to do!! I can't wait to hear more!
No, people have called you names?!
I'm shocked!!!
I can pack for work trips in fifteen minutes flat... why is it that packing for a two week trip takes hours?!
good read. following ...
You're shocked... you should hear what some of those names were!
Now that's shocking!
Because you're terrified that you'll forget something when you're on vacation... and you could care less when it's work.
"Whoops! Forgot to pack my toothbrush. Sorry, I'll have to miss the meeting."
Yay! New TR!
Short night.I would’ve had more enthusiasm when I woke up at 3:15 in the morning if only I’d had a bit more sleep…
I'm fine with that. FoodDid I get a picture of my tasty breakfast sandwich for the trip report? No. Trip report FAIL.
In my opinion, it is worth it to get to sit together. I mean, why sit next to a stranger when your sister is on the plane with you somewhere else, right?We boarded on time for our 6:20 flight. We were flying on Southwest and I paid the extra fee for the early-bird check-in so we could get board in the A group. It probably isn’t necessary as we don't often use the overhead bins and could easily sit apart on the plane, but it’s nice to get settled early and guarantee spots to close the front.
That's probably going to work against that idea of getting a little bit of extra sleep.Anika went beverage-free for our first flight as she already had her coffee, but I got a tasty cup of tea:
Cool!!!I wanted a chance to spot Disney World from the air! And I did!
Don't you feel sorry for them? They're going the wrong way!(Do you see the family with the Disney World bags? SO CLOSE!!!)
Yeah... and that's what matters. You're there. We've all seen the sign!Do you remember our not-so-great location on the bus? Yes, this is the best I could do!
No matter, as WE WERE IN DISNEY WORLD!!!
I'm coming around to it too. I mean, we did online check in and still got an upgrade.I’d done online check-in for Pop Century and received the text with our room number while we were on the bus, so we were able to bypass the desk and go straight to our room. I was never an online check-in person for prior trips, but I ended up doing early check-in for all three of our Disney resorts and I LOVED it. It was fantastic to be able to troop right past the lobby and straight to the room via our handy text message – consider me converted!
Well, if that's all you forgot in a late night scramble, I don't think you did too bad.well, one of did – Jenny in her late-night packing state forgot to add shorts to her carry-on!
After months of planning,
and scheming
and planning
(and lying? )…
Departure day for the grand graduation celebration!
I would’ve had more enthusiasm when I woke up at 3:15 in the morning if only I’d had a bit more sleep…
and me checking to MAKE SURE that I had our magic bands and stack of gift cards for the 452nd time.
He drove around for more than ten minutes to find us before he saw me. Thank goodness I spotted him!
It’s always nice to run across a chipper person that early in the morning.
Did I get a picture of my tasty breakfast sandwich for the trip report? No. Trip report FAIL.
It was egg, cheese, and bacon on a bagel – I’m sure you can figure out what it looked like.)
Here we are at 5:55 in morning:
You can see that she confiscated my neck pillow at the beginning of the flight. I did manage to wrangle it away from her shortly after we took the picture – I was SO TIRED and wanted the extra sleep!
We found this super-cute spot in our terminal:
I made a deal with Anika that we would split the window seat for our two flights
I wanted a chance to spot Disney World from the air! And I did! )
I love looking out the window during a flight.
Someone was excited to be in Florida:
Do you see the family with the Disney World bags?
We’d put on our magic bands on the plane (and we were certainly not the only ones!)
Spoiler alert: it worked!
We only waited ten minutes (!) before we were loaded on our bus:
We ended up on the right side about halfway back on the bus – not exactly prime seats for taking pictures of the welcome sign.
I LOVED the prior video while I lost interest in the new one in less than five minutes.
I love the little girl in the princess dress!
It was fantastic to be able to troop right past the lobby and straight to the room via our handy text message – consider me converted!
we were on the fourth floor of building five of the 60’s section (straight ahead and to the left in this picture):
Here’s the opposite view of the room (including one of its inhabitants!):
This was our view from our room:
Jenny in her late-night packing state forgot to add shorts to her carry-on!
Did I get a picture of my tasty breakfast sandwich for the trip report? No. Trip report FAIL.
I wanted a chance to spot Disney World from the air! And I did!
What can I say? We walk pretty fast.
I was not excited about seeing the new Magical Express welcome video – all the reviews I’d read ran from fair to very poor. Now that I’ve (kind-of) watched the video I can see why people were baffled by it – it’s just BAD.
It was really exciting to step into our first resort lobby of the week.
I don't think I could be cheery at that hour no matter how much sleep I'd gotten. I'd probably do better just to stay up until then.I would’ve had more enthusiasm when I woke up at 3:15 in the morning if only I’d had a bit more sleep…
Isn't it handy to just get the room number and go straight there? I really liked that too (well, when it worked ).I was never an online check-in person for prior trips, but I ended up doing early check-in for all three of our Disney resorts and I LOVED it. It was fantastic to be able to troop right past the lobby and straight to the room via our handy text message – consider me converted!
Awesome! One of the coveted standard/lake view rooms! Very nice!Although our room location wasn’t what I’d requested (I’d asked for the 50’s section), our room location was AWESOME. This was our view from our room: