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Whoo Hooo... Formal Announcement!

On Thursday, March 24, me and my 2 boys will be flying to Jacksonville to meet-up with family and driving to WDW the next day. We are staying overnight and leaving on Saturday. It looks like it will be a mini-family trip as my mom and dad, sister, brother-in-law and kids will all be going as well. It's a long story why my wife and daughter are not joining us, but it basically boils down to priorities here in Maryland. BUT, it should be a nice getaway with my boys! I have already created my ticker for this trip. They really like Toy Story, so I thought it was fitting.

Now, on to the BIG ONE...

On Thursday, August 18, we (the WHOLE family this time) will be packing up the Family Truckster (T&C Van) and will be heading to Jacksonville to see some family for a day or two. Yes mindflipper, if we could get together sometime, that would be great. Then on Sunday the 21st we drive down to WDW for a WEEK of MousekeBLISS... We are staying at the Port Orleans Riverside (sorry WWDRH) until the 27th. We went with the whole works on this one. Week of passes and even the Dining Plan for the first time. We are thinking of MK for 2 days, the rest of the parks for just 1 day. Unfortunately, no park hoppers since we will have the kids. We are planning on several restaurants that we have not tried, but seem to be child friendly. If you have any ideas, please let me know.

Another POSSIBLE trip is in the works for early September, YES only a week or two after the BIG ONE. But this would only be for the weekend and it's for the pin trading/VM trading event called The Florida Project to celebreate 40 years of WDW. Yes, it's that bad... This would be our "annual" Mother/Son trip and would just be Madre and I.

I really wanted to have 2 tickers, but I had read that subsonic frowns upon more than one and he is THE MAN. So, I'll stick with one at a time... besides, it means that I can leave up our 2010 MM picture.

Any comments/recommendations/criticisms are now requested. Thanks guys... it should be a fun year!

What restaurants have you selected so far for the big August trip?

mindflipper wrote:What restaurants have you selected so far for the big August trip?

1900 Park Fare for Dinner (Cinderella for my girl)
Mama Melrose for Dinner (my kids LOVE pasta)
Whispering Canyon Cafe (Wilderness Lodge) for Dinner (Other family members just went in January and loved it)
Boatwright's (POR) (Just because it is convenient)
Raglan Road (Heard many good things about this place)

Debating on:
Princess Dinner in Norway
Garden Grill (The Land) for Dinner
Coral Reef (the kids would love the aquariums) for Lunch/Dinner
Chef Mickey's/Tusker House Breakfast
Kona Cafe for Dinner

I LOVE Kona for dinner - that Teriyaki Steak is amazing! Highly recommend that one!

WOW! Big news NaCler! I'm so excited for you and your family. Sounds like a quick trip to whet the boys appetite, and then some quality family time in August.
Hope it works out for the third trip in September. Please tell me you had bought an AP on your previous trip in December!
I'll be interested in hearing what you think of the ADR restaurants

I know your daughter would probably love the Princess Dinner in Norway - but won't the boys be bored with that?

mindflipper wrote:I know your daughter would probably love the Princess Dinner in Norway - but won't the boys be bored with that?

If the food is more interesting than the whole theming of the place, they might not be - but in general, mindflipper is right - I'd opt for a different restaurant instead of that, unless your daughter bites your head of for not going there

Three (possible) trips to WDW make me truly wish for living in the US I am so jealous because my maximum for this year is one trip that's hopefully taking place sometime in August, too But anyway, I'm glad for you!

(Recommendation: Buy a Vinylmation for mindflipper!)

mindflipper wrote:I know your daughter would probably love the Princess Dinner in Norway - but won't the boys be bored with that?

Plus, they'll already be dining with the princesses in the castle. We ate breakfast at Norway last March and didn't care for it at all. Even the biscuits tasted funny to me...

Poly-P - My thoughts EXACTLY... We did the Princess breakfast last year and I was not impressed at all with the food. The Princesses coming to your table was definitely what we paid for with that experience. I don't know if I want to chance a dinner with it as well. Also, we're going to stop at every Princess Meet N Greet we can find and are planning on having Dinner with Cinderella @ 1900 Park Fare. That should be good enough for the Princesses I think.

Arvorenn - I am sorry. I know it must be hard for you to read about all of us and the trips we take. Is there any chance of you getting to DLP at all this year. And don't worry, I'll find the perfect vm for mindflipper.

What I was going to suggest was that if the boys didn't want to go the Princess Meal but they like the Aquarium at the Living Seas, then you could use some extortion by saying if they behaved at the Princess Meal so the daughter could have a good time, then they could eat the next day (or some day afterwards) at the Living Seas as a reward (even though it may have already been on your plans, but let them think they're driving whether or not they get to eat there if they behave).

Wow!!! OK so this is the big one, huh...
Let me first say that I am totally jealous of your hotel choice--of course!
Man--this is going to be awesome. You guys are going to have so much fun.

The only bad part, if you can even call it that...is that this is probably going to "force" me to plan another trip

Wow, dude, just wow. I am in awe of your ability to get to WDW!
Keep filling us in on the planning process--it helps to scratch my itch.

What a way to make my Tuesday!

AWESOME NaCler!!! Sounds like all kinds of fun is in store for you guys!

I can only weigh in on one of the restaurants...Garden Grill. We went in 2003 with my in-laws and we loved every minute of it! The menu was BBQ, so that makes it difficult if there are people in your party that don't care for BBQ. But I do remember them having separate choices for the kids as well. I remember "sharing" the mac-n-cheese with my niece. Since the restaurant moves, the atmosphere kept changing. (I'm not sure if it still does or not...) It was a ton of fun and we loved the characters in their country outfits.

wewantsdaredhead wrote:Wow!!! OK so this is the big one, huh...
Let me first say that I am totally jealous of your hotel choice--of course!
Man--this is going to be awesome. You guys are going to have so much fun.

The only bad part, if you can even call it that...is that this is probably going to "force" me to plan another trip

Wow, dude, just wow. I am in awe of your ability to get to WDW!
Keep filling us in on the planning process--it helps to scratch my itch.

What a way to make my Tuesday!

C'mon, H, fess up - you've already started planning your next trip, so nothing needs to "force" you to do any trip planning...

mindflipper wrote:

wewantsdaredhead wrote:Wow!!! OK so this is the big one, huh...
Let me first say that I am totally jealous of your hotel choice--of course!
Man--this is going to be awesome. You guys are going to have so much fun.

The only bad part, if you can even call it that...is that this is probably going to "force" me to plan another trip

Wow, dude, just wow. I am in awe of your ability to get to WDW!
Keep filling us in on the planning process--it helps to scratch my itch.

What a way to make my Tuesday!

C'mon, H, fess up - you've already started planning your next trip, so nothing needs to "force" you to do any trip planning...

He's probably trying to figure out an excuse that he can give to his DW!

Amy wrote:

mindflipper wrote:

wewantsdaredhead wrote:Wow!!! OK so this is the big one, huh...
Let me first say that I am totally jealous of your hotel choice--of course!
Man--this is going to be awesome. You guys are going to have so much fun.

The only bad part, if you can even call it that...is that this is probably going to "force" me to plan another trip

Wow, dude, just wow. I am in awe of your ability to get to WDW!
Keep filling us in on the planning process--it helps to scratch my itch.

What a way to make my Tuesday!

C'mon, H, fess up - you've already started planning your next trip, so nothing needs to "force" you to do any trip planning...

He's probably trying to figure out an excuse that he can give to his DW!

Silly people---part of planning the trip is coming up with a good way to "sell" the DW on it.

It's all one in the same.
There's always a trip brewing in the back of my mind...now how to put it into action