The Daisee & Rlander 2008 celebrating with the Mouse TR!

Daisee · 06-08-2008

OK.. a little into....

This trip was a bit of a surprise for the whole family. We were not planning on going to WDW until after Christmas

Dec. 2008.
Around March, we started getting that Disney itch..

and the only way to scratch it was a trip to "The World".
A few years ago, we had promised our son that for his 8th grade graduation gift, we would go to WDW. Since we were planning an "After Christmas" trip, he figured our "usual" summer trip was out of the question. Rlander & I decided to surprise him. We planned everything behind both of the kids backs.

We had done this before, so we have gotten pretty good at it. We decided we wanted to rent points again, and this time stay at either AKL or WLV. We rented points from the same wonderful person

we rented from last year, and were booked for WLV.

We were able to keep our secret for several months.

We arranged ahead of time for our DD to be out of school 4 school days in advance. We already knew that DS would have graduated by the time we left.. so all was good on his end. Around the very beginning of May, we decided to let our DD in on our secret.

We thought it would be fun for her to be in on our surprise as well. Now that DS is older, it is a little harder to surprise him. We had decided to wait until his actual graduation day, and surprise him at his party with family. We were all for that idea until we noticed he was acting kind of sad.

He was saying that most of his friends were going on trips this summer, and he missed that our "usual summer" trip was not happening. Rlander & I talked about it, and decided to let him in on it.

We decided to sit down as a family, and watch the NEW Disney planning video I just happened to get in the mail that very day.

We were watching it for a while, and Rlander had planted a note on the pantry door that said.... Guess What????? We are going to WDW on May 27th. He sent DS to the pantry for some Doritos, and he came back saying we were out. Rlander & I looked at each other.. like WHAT?!?!

He didn't see the note?!?!

So Rlander sent him back for popcorn, and he was like.. what's this

We were like SURPRISE!!! DD was so excited jumping up and down cause she was already in on it. Needless to say DS was pretty phyched! He was on cloud 9 after that. HE was going to the Happiest Place on EARTH!

It just so happened that on this trip Rlander & I would be celebrating our 15 year Wedding Anniversary as well. So we were off to THE WORLD to celebrate!

dznygrl · 06-08-2008

Oh what an awesome way to surprise DS!! I love it!

I bet that cheered him right up!!

I am completely cheered up by the fact that I now have this trip report to look forward to!

disneylovers5 · 06-08-2008

finally it has started

Daisee · 06-08-2008

Trip Dates: May 27 - June 5th

Resort: Wilderness Lodge Villa's (not DVC owners, rented and enjoyed the perks instead

)

Cast:
Rlander: AKA: Jeff
Daisee: AKA: Amy
DS: (almost 14)
DD: (10 1/2)

tiggerlover1971 · 06-08-2008

YAY a Daisee and Rlander report

mickeysgirlz · 06-08-2008

Wow three trs to read . . . I will NEVER get any work done!!!

tiggerlover1971 · 06-08-2008

totally cool way to have suprised DS .. Dh has noticed that I have been sad about not being able to go for even a weekend to Disney and he said guess what I want to do I my birthday ( his birthday is July 5th ) .. What ? Go to Disney for the day ... So yay we get a day trip ( right now dont have the money for more than that ...) ..

dznygrl · 06-08-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by mickeysgirlz

Wow three trs to read . . . I will NEVER get any work done!!!

Thus has been my problem so far today! I've gotten nothing done at all!

dznygrl · 06-08-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiggerlover1971

totally cool way to have suprised DS .. Dh has noticed that I have been sad about not being able to go for even a weekend to Disney and he said guess what I want to do I my birthday ( his birthday is July 5th ) .. What ? Go to Disney for the day ... So yay we get a day trip ( right now dont have the money for more than that ...) ..

Oh that's great!

A day trip is certainly better than nothing!!!

Okay sorry Daisee, back to your TR.

vlogilvie · 06-08-2008

I love the way you guys surprised your son. What a great idea!

Daisee · 06-09-2008

Day 1
May 27th

We got up super early for our 2 hr. drive to Indy airport. The drive was smooth. We hopped on a shuttle bus (waited all of 2 minutes) to the airport, and checked in our luggage with no wait. We then stopped for a small bite to eat, and off through security. Again.. no wait. Our plane departed on time (SW), we had A tickets with middle numerical numbers in the 40's. We figured we would be waiting a while to board.. wrong. We found that A 1-15 is business class. ONE person boarded. Then they called the next series of numbers.. a few boarded. Next the called 31-?, and it was our turn. We hopped right on, sat at the front of plane (where we like it), and were in the air in no time. Very smooth flight, super nice stewards, and we flew with OUR very first female pilot..... Kinda cool! We got in a few minutes early.. as that is usually our experience with SW.

Safely on the ground, we gathered our luggage, and headed for the ME check in. Yes I said gathered our luggage. We wanted to actually take our luggage with us. We didn't want to wait for it.

It was our first ME experience, and I must say, it was a GREAT one! The bus was waiting for us. They loaded our luggage, we hopped on, and we were on the road in 5 minutes. We left MCO, stopped for a couple minutes at GF & Poly, then we were at WLV in no time. I would say all total from the airport, with our 2 stops, it took about 45 minutes. It was very fast. Of course we got to watch a fun video of Mickey and the gang on our way.

Daisee · 06-09-2008

Our ME bus ride to WLV.

Daisee · 06-09-2008

We checked in at our favorite resort and our room was ready. We tossed our luggage in the room, and headed out to the boat dock. We were ready for some MAGIC KINGDOM!! When we got to the dock.. a boat was waiting, and we hopped on.

SIDE NOTE: We had a very surprising experience with Disney transportation this trip. Out of our 10 day stay. We only had to wait 2 or 3 times total for a transportation vehicle. I mean, it was eerie. It didn't matter what we were riding on, bus, boat, monorail, they always seemed to be waiting or just pulling into sight as we wanted to get on.

Daisee · 06-09-2008

Picture of inside Main Lodge.

Daisee · 06-09-2008

Some Pics of inside DVC Villa's.

06-08-2008	#1 (permalink)
Daisee taking a break Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,833	The Daisee & Rlander 2008 celebrating with the Mouse TR! OK.. a little into.... This trip was a bit of a surprise for the whole family. We were not planning on going to WDW until after Christmas Dec. 2008. Around March, we started getting that Disney itch.. and the only way to scratch it was a trip to "The World". A few years ago, we had promised our son that for his 8th grade graduation gift, we would go to WDW. Since we were planning an "After Christmas" trip, he figured our "usual" summer trip was out of the question. Rlander & I decided to surprise him. We planned everything behind both of the kids backs. We had done this before, so we have gotten pretty good at it. We decided we wanted to rent points again, and this time stay at either AKL or WLV. We rented points from the same wonderful person we rented from last year, and were booked for WLV. We were able to keep our secret for several months. We arranged ahead of time for our DD to be out of school 4 school days in advance. We already knew that DS would have graduated by the time we left.. so all was good on his end. Around the very beginning of May, we decided to let our DD in on our secret. We thought it would be fun for her to be in on our surprise as well. Now that DS is older, it is a little harder to surprise him. We had decided to wait until his actual graduation day, and surprise him at his party with family. We were all for that idea until we noticed he was acting kind of sad. He was saying that most of his friends were going on trips this summer, and he missed that our "usual summer" trip was not happening. Rlander & I talked about it, and decided to let him in on it. We decided to sit down as a family, and watch the NEW Disney planning video I just happened to get in the mail that very day. We were watching it for a while, and Rlander had planted a note on the pantry door that said.... Guess What????? We are going to WDW on May 27th. He sent DS to the pantry for some Doritos, and he came back saying we were out. Rlander & I looked at each other.. like WHAT?!?! He didn't see the note?!?! So Rlander sent him back for popcorn, and he was like.. what's this We were like SURPRISE!!! DD was so excited jumping up and down cause she was already in on it. Needless to say DS was pretty phyched! He was on cloud 9 after that. HE was going to the Happiest Place on EARTH! It just so happened that on this trip Rlander & I would be celebrating our 15 year Wedding Anniversary as well. So we were off to THE WORLD to celebrate! Last edited by Daisee; 07-26-2008 at 09:25 PM.

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dznygrl aka dizzygirl Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Beaver State Posts: 8,482	Re: The Daisee & Rlander 2008 celebrating with the Mouse TR! Oh what an awesome way to surprise DS!! I love it! I bet that cheered him right up!! I am completely cheered up by the fact that I now have this trip report to look forward to! __________________ Proud former 2-time Disneyland CM Pass the Tab and Deltaco Dizzygirl & Bella = MB BFF 2000 ~ off-site 2002 ~ Polynesian 2003 ~ All-Star Movies 2008 ~ All-Star Music

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disneylovers5 Big Cheese Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: mt.airy north carolina Posts: 722	Re: The Daisee & Rlander 2008 celebrating with the Mouse TR! finally it has started __________________ fort wilderness 2006 fort wilderness 2007 port orleans riverside Sept 6-14 2008 with FREE DINING My Disney Countdown Counting down to: to the most magical place in the world i am finally here

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Daisee taking a break Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,833	Re: The Daisee & Rlander 2008 celebrating with the Mouse TR! Trip Dates: May 27 - June 5th Resort: Wilderness Lodge Villa's (not DVC owners, rented and enjoyed the perks instead ) Cast: Rlander: AKA: Jeff Daisee: AKA: Amy DS: (almost 14) DD: (10 1/2) Last edited by Daisee; 06-09-2008 at 08:27 PM.

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mickeysgirlz Crazy 4 Disney! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: 2.5 hours South of WDW! Posts: 3,289	Re: The Daisee & Rlander 2008 celebrating with the Mouse TR! Wow three trs to read . . . I will NEVER get any work done!!! __________________ -JEN 23 trips to the Happiest Place on Earth! 10/31-11/3 MNSSHP Trip 2008 CHRISTMAS TRIP-CSR 12/21-12/25 "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." —Walt Disney My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Yippee! MNSSHP on Oct. 31st! Meeting up with Val32 and Princess Alyssa! 53 days 5 hours 40 minutes

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tiggerlover1971 Official bouncer of DC Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: 100 acre woods Posts: 4,066	Re: The Daisee & Rlander 2008 celebrating with the Mouse TR! totally cool way to have suprised DS .. Dh has noticed that I have been sad about not being able to go for even a weekend to Disney and he said guess what I want to do I my birthday ( his birthday is July 5th ) .. What ? Go to Disney for the day ... So yay we get a day trip ( right now dont have the money for more than that ...) .. __________________ Cheryl ^i^ * Postcard Pixie * ^i^ ~ Sharing the Disney magic ~ woohoo only 20 more pounds to go to goal weight

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vlogilvie Big Cheese Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Clermont, FL Posts: 686	Re: The Daisee & Rlander 2008 celebrating with the Mouse TR! I love the way you guys surprised your son. What a great idea! __________________ Valerie WDW Cast Member Guest Relations at Magic Kingdom

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Daisee taking a break Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,833	Re: The Daisee & Rlander 2008 celebrating with the Mouse TR! Day 1 May 27th We got up super early for our 2 hr. drive to Indy airport. The drive was smooth. We hopped on a shuttle bus (waited all of 2 minutes) to the airport, and checked in our luggage with no wait. We then stopped for a small bite to eat, and off through security. Again.. no wait. Our plane departed on time (SW), we had A tickets with middle numerical numbers in the 40's. We figured we would be waiting a while to board.. wrong. We found that A 1-15 is business class. ONE person boarded. Then they called the next series of numbers.. a few boarded. Next the called 31-?, and it was our turn. We hopped right on, sat at the front of plane (where we like it), and were in the air in no time. Very smooth flight, super nice stewards, and we flew with OUR very first female pilot..... Kinda cool! We got in a few minutes early.. as that is usually our experience with SW. Safely on the ground, we gathered our luggage, and headed for the ME check in. Yes I said gathered our luggage. We wanted to actually take our luggage with us. We didn't want to wait for it. It was our first ME experience, and I must say, it was a GREAT one! The bus was waiting for us. They loaded our luggage, we hopped on, and we were on the road in 5 minutes. We left MCO, stopped for a couple minutes at GF & Poly, then we were at WLV in no time. I would say all total from the airport, with our 2 stops, it took about 45 minutes. It was very fast. Of course we got to watch a fun video of Mickey and the gang on our way. Last edited by Daisee; 07-26-2008 at 09:25 PM.

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Daisee taking a break Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,833	Re: The Daisee & Rlander 2008 celebrating with the Mouse TR! Our ME bus ride to WLV. Last edited by Daisee; 07-26-2008 at 09:25 PM.

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Daisee taking a break Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,833	Re: The Daisee & Rlander 2008 celebrating with the Mouse TR! We checked in at our favorite resort and our room was ready. We tossed our luggage in the room, and headed out to the boat dock. We were ready for some MAGIC KINGDOM!! When we got to the dock.. a boat was waiting, and we hopped on. SIDE NOTE: We had a very surprising experience with Disney transportation this trip. Out of our 10 day stay. We only had to wait 2 or 3 times total for a transportation vehicle. I mean, it was eerie. It didn't matter what we were riding on, bus, boat, monorail, they always seemed to be waiting or just pulling into sight as we wanted to get on. Last edited by Daisee; 07-26-2008 at 09:25 PM.

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