W minus 15
The mega giant oversize
“Special School Bus” masquerading as a limo is confirmed and ready to whisk us
to the airport at Stupid O’clock in the morning.
October 21, 2016
W minus 14
I assemble all the menus
for known meals in a word file and send it to everyone. Yeah, this is pointless
and silly since they could more easily look at the grid, go to the
allears.net list I got them from and get updated listings with occasional
pictures.
But I get to throw in a
couple of jokes this way.
TRUE WEATHER FORECASTS FOR
TRIP NOW VISIBLE!!!
October 22, 2016
W minus 13
Grandma is excited to
read the menus as it helps with anticipation, and Anabelle reads them next to
me with a highlighter and laughs at my jokes.
Yay!
October 23, 2016
W minus 12
Packed all my pills for
the trip…gosh there’s a lot of them.
In other news: I’m still old.
Allears.net continues to
fall down in the “Refurbishment” listings.
They never indicated Dinosaur was closed, and now its closing is
extended throughout and beyond our trip. With the parade also gone from Animal
Kingdom, maybe we’ll finally see the Nemo show.
October 24, 2016
W minus 11
Bus to Universal Booked.
Anabelle and I
constantly playing both, “I’m thinking of something in Disney World.” And “Where
will we be in two weeks?”
October 25, 2016
W minus 10
Rosa and I celebrated
getting our pre Disney sinus infections well before the trip, so we wouldn’t be
medicated while travelling a little too soon…as we both have relapses that
require prescription refills.
Called the Pop as
instructed ten days prior to arrival to confirm our small horde’s requests, and
learned that ten days before is when you can call to make requests, but if you
already made them online, you have to call three days before. I think they just
like talking to me.
October 26, 2016
W minus 9
Our fifteenth wedding
anniversary is celebrated on the Disney Calendar with a snuggling Dalmatian
couple. Aww….
Saw a clickbait kind of
article talking about how huge the “off season” fall crowds have grown due to
various factors. It instills some panic,
but I think it may just be the drunken food and wine festival throng, and Magic
Kingdom concentration on non-party days.
Hope I’m right.
October 27, 2016
W minus 8
Disney World announces a
massive welcome to celebrate our arrival…
Or perhaps it’s a
coincidence that the “Once Upon a Time” new Castle projection show premiers the
day we arrive.
Kim measured her kids.
The littlest is at 42 inches, opening up just about every ride worth while.
October 28, 2016
W minus 7
I think Disney is trying
to kill us. Magic Kingdom opening moved
back to 8AM. Which means our later in the trip Extra Magic Morning starts at
7AM.
The way work is piling
up the only thing keeping me sane is the mantra, “In one week I’ll be in the
Magic Kingdom thinking, ‘In one week I’ll be in the Magic Kingdom.’”
October 29, 2016
W Minus 6
Hey, the EPCOT Disney
Visa photo isn’t gone after all! And it
may be in Imagination by the time we get there this week. (YAY!) The gods of Kodak will be pleased.
Moved the first day
Jungle Cruise fast pass when I realized it would put us across the street from
the Plaza meal scheduled at Parade time.
I guess I banked too hard on being able to shift that meal.
October 30, 2016
W Minus 5
Helped Mom order the
Universal tickets. Took a bit of doing
as it kept crashing. Turns out her credit card was blocking a big purchase in
Florida that didn’t match her normal activities. Luckily the Disney credit card people were
already aware of the trip and it went through.
She didn’t use it at first since she felt wrong buying Universal tickets
with the Disney card. She’s also planning on wearing black when we go to mourn
not being in Disney. The level of her
Harry Potter fandom must be reaaaaally high.
October 31, 2016
W minus 4
Work continues to throw
rotted vegetables, bricks, and other impediments at me to prevent me focusing
on this vacation.
A few days ago, the
flight home departure time bumped out a bit. I threw in an “as we’re leaving”
Buzz Lightyear FastPass, to see how booked it was after noting Peter Pan had
most of the day gone when I tried to switch it.
The whole Sunday was still available, increasing the odds of signing up
for Buzz after we finish our other FastPasses.
At least that’s what I tell myself to help me sleep nights.
November 1, 2016
W minus 3
Called the POP three
days before to insure our requests for room placement and location were
logged. They were, and now they are
again. It worked last time. Here’s hoping…
Anabelle and I have
taken to e-mailing each other “WOO!” a lot.
November 2, 2016
W minus 2
Called the POP again,
because I’m a doofus and forgot to check on the celebrations. All set now! Kim’s family still hasn’t sent me a shirt
list…except for her: every day Maleficent, with a reminder to wear the one with
the stepmother the day we eat with her.
Mom likes to choose on
the fly, so she’s not listing. Maybe it
is me after all.
Grids printed for the
trip, any updates now are hand written, old school like my folks used to.
November 3, 2016
W minus 1
Pirate hat found!
Insane amounts of
training and battening down the hatches to allow leaving work behind.
Bags all packed, Grandma
does the online airline check in.
Having thrown away
anything perishable with the trash in the morning, we get creative on how to
not waste the time eating out; yet still generate as little garbage as
possible.
Holy crap! It’s really
really real!
November 4, 2016
We have reached “W!”
It is revealed to be:
Whoopee!!!
Woo-hoo!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
MADE IT!!!!!
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