Going to Disneyland....

[Kat Stokes]

We are surprising our boys with a trip to Disneyland this coming Wednesday. I have all of Julie's kits, Melissa's kits and Megan's kit. What else do I need? I think there was a Toy Story inspired kit done?

Help! Thanks!!!

[BrattyMeg]

it was by Manda and is retired :0(

Hope you have fun!! We're going to Disney World in 21 more days!

[jessica31876]

The Toy Story one I have is by Mandabean. Traci had a collab which is toy-storyish. With Dani Mogstad I think? It was called Outta This World.

[jessica31876]

We have tickets and were planning tentatively on December 1st.

I dont want to go on the weekend but also do not want to go over Winter Break either.

Originally Posted by FlirtatiousBrat

Hope you have fun!! We're going to Disney World in 21 more days!

[Kat Stokes]

Ah YES! I have that one!!! Thank you!!!

Have fun at DW Meg!

[BrattyMeg]

Originally Posted by jessica31876

We have tickets and were planning tentatively on December 1st.

I dont want to go on the weekend but also do not want to go over Winter Break either.

We get there on the 17th can't wait!!

ty Kat

[AmberK]

We get to DW on the 16th! Im soooo excited!

[jessica31876]

Amber & Meg are you guys paying the extra for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party?

[d2vasquez]

Originally Posted by FlirtatiousBrat

We get there on the 17th can't wait!!

ty Kat

wow the time flew by....you have to be excited to see the park during the holidays! Have fun - can't wait to see your pictures!

[SweetMelissa]

We were planning on going to Disney World on December 2nd but its not going to happen. Now we're thinking maybe February.

[BrattyMeg]

Originally Posted by jessica31876

Amber & Meg are you guys paying the extra for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party?

we did We are going on the last night (18th) I have my tickets for it already!

[MissKim]

Oh you guys are making me so jealous! We have 200 days to go. :P

[Andrea Gourley]

I am so jealous of you all. I've never been to Disney and would love to go - should add I have never been to America either so I would have to get there first of course

I bet it's even more magical at Christmas

[ChristyHC]

Originally Posted by FlirtatiousBrat

Hope you have fun!! We're going to Disney World in 21 more days!

We will be there the the week after. We fly to Orlando on Christmas Eve. Don't know yet what day(s) we will actually be in the park.

[Sharon Kay]

We just went to Disney in April with our robotics team for a competition ... I'm scrapping those pictures of the trip (not the robotics part) for our wall calendar right now!!

...and I am going back to Disney in January!!! ...just me and not my kids...my teens are jealous! oh well ... a mom has to have a perk once in awhile ... it's a "girls trip" ... I have a friend that owns 2 rental properties 15 minutes from the parks (it's where we stayed in April)... she needs to go down and do a few things to the houses ... nothing major, just redecorating a bit and freshening it up ... picking up a few things the houses might need, etc. and asked if I wanted to join her ... and we can go to the Parks for 3 days and shopping on another!!!

It will be great ... we can enjoy the Parks at our own pace and go shopping! ...we caught a good airline rate ... and can stay at her house and cook our meals there ... so my only real expense is the Disney parks tickets ... that's my Christmas present and birthday present (birthday is in January) from my hubby. Doesn't that sound like fun?!

Maybe Meg will be inspired to do another kit when she returns ... ??? I'm sure we could all give her suggestions ... maybe she could do some of the fun restaurants like the Prime Time Cafe, Sci Fi Drive In, etc.

Tips:

Sci Fi Drive In (Hollywood Studios) is fun ... you sit in 50's style cars in the dark watching black & white mini sci fi shows on the drive-in screen ... a waitress comes to your car to take your order (or maybe that was a car hop) ... any way if they haven't added the "hamburger" to the menu (it hadn't been added back in 2009) ... you can order it ... my boys were afraid they wouldn't want anything on the menu (they are super picky).

50's Prime Time Cafe (Hollywood Studios) is fun ... it's set back in the 50's and the decor is so much fun ... waitress demands (in a fun perky way) best table manners and there is a lot of fun acting going on ... but the best part is their pot roast!!! Oh my ... major yummy! ...accidentally my pictures got erased off my memory card ... right now I have a guy looking at it and HOPEFULLY I will be able to get my pictures back!

Now we're trying to figure out one place to eat at the parks ... I need to sit down and figure that out in hopes that we can get reservations (I'm almost as picky as my kids on food) ...

[xboxmom]

We are going to Disneyland in Jan over Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. Can't wait my kids are so excited and so am I...I bought our 200 lot of pins on Ebay to do trading! WOOT! So exciting to see how many people are doing the disney trip!

[Sharon Kay]

Originally Posted by xboxmom

We are going to Disneyland in Jan over Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. Can't wait my kids are so excited and so am I...I bought our 200 lot of pins on Ebay to do trading! WOOT! So exciting to see how many people are doing the disney trip!

I can't believe I am going again ... I went in 1984 for our honeymoon ... then didn't go back until our 25th wedding anniversary (2009) ... then in 2011 for a robotics competition ... then again in January 2012 with my friend (it will be nice not to be rushed around by kids ... but will miss that too)....

My friend, Lara, who I am going with bought 100 pins on Ebay too ... so I have 49 to trade (one was a Jiminy Cricket ... and I don't trade those!) LOL Got any Jiminy ... I'll trade with you!

[Sharon Kay]

All this talk of Disney and you all got me craving the pot roast at the Prime Time Cafe ... so I pulled out a roast to thaw ... here is the recipe ... my friend Lara changed it just a bit ...

http://allears.net/din/rec_pr2.htm

I added:
2 additional carrots
total 4 c beef fouillon
1/4 c soy sauce
whole peppercorns (remove after baking)

....it really tasted close to the real thing at the restaurant ... yum!

[xboxmom]

Originally Posted by Sharon Kay

My friend, Lara, who I am going with bought 100 pins on Ebay too ... so I have 49 to trade (one was a Jiminy Cricket ... and I don't trade those!) LOL Got any Jiminy ... I'll trade with you!

I had one last time we went... I will keep an eye out for you when we go. we have 5 kids so they each get 10 pins a day to trade.

When are you going in January? Land or world?

I wanna say we will be there from the 13th of Jan. til the 16th.

[Sharon Kay]

I'm going to Disney World ... leaving on January 10th for Florida and will be home on the 17th ... I think I am going to get a 3 day park hopper for that time.

Do you all know about the Photo Pass and if you buy it ahead of time it saves you at least $20? I love the photo pass although this time since there won't be kids going ... I doubt we will get it.

[jessica31876]

the first did not work for us I am hoping for sure to do it next week but it may end up being over school break.

[AmberK]

No- we decided not to spend the extra money on that and use it for a day at Universal Studios so we can go see Harry Potter world! YAY!

Originally Posted by jessica31876

Amber & Meg are you guys paying the extra for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party?

[AmberK]

Yep! We are definitely doing the photopass. I read that its $150 if you get it at the parks but we pre-ordered for $99!

Originally Posted by Sharon Kay

Do you all know about the Photo Pass and if you buy it ahead of time it saves you at least $20? I love the photo pass although this time since there won't be kids going ... I doubt we will get it.

[Sharon Kay]

Originally Posted by AmberK

No- we decided not to spend the extra money on that and use it for a day at Universal Studios so we can go see Harry Potter world! YAY!

I'd like to go see the Harry Potter world ... but my teenagers would hate me ... so I'm not going to do it ... they wanted to do it in April (2011) but it was just too busy with robotics and going to Magic Kingdom (not to mention expensive) ... figured it wouldn't be as busy when we go back next time hopefully.

[Sharon Kay]

Originally Posted by AmberK

Yep! We are definitely doing the photopass. I read that its $150 if you get it at the parks but we pre-ordered for $99!

It's a great deal ... be sure to hunt down every photo pass photographer you can find! I know when we went 2 years ago I found a spot on a website that gave an idea where the photographers all hang out ... that helped a lot. Just a word to the wise (2 times experience) ... plan on spending a *TON* of time editing your photos online ... you can save them at different sizes with a lot of different borders ... doesn't matter how many pictures you "save" and end up with in the end ... they will ship them all to you on DVD...but their website is slow slow slow slow ...did I mention S-L-O-W? It did not get better in 2 years ... just so ya know.

[xboxmom]

Yeah we know about the photo pass but we usually just take all our own pics. And I don't know I am not a huge fan of the "ride" pics they snap while you look all weird with your mouth hanging open and what not...So we probably wont be getting the photo pass.

[Sharon Kay]

Originally Posted by xboxmom

Yeah we know about the photo pass but we usually just take all our own pics. And I don't know I am not a huge fan of the "ride" pics they snap while you look all weird with your mouth hanging open and what not...So we probably wont be getting the photo pass.

Well I think only 2 rides allow you to put the ride pic on the photopass for FREE (Rock N Rollercoaster and Test Track) ... the rest charge you...so I wouldn't let that determine purchasing it.

Did you know that the photopass photographer will take pictures of your whole group with your own camera? No purchase necessary ... go ahead and accept the photopass card ... you don't have to buy the pics ... but you get the shots on your own camera. Just a lil hint in case you didn't know...