shuflemstr
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We leave tomorrow morning. No where near ready. I just got my suitcase out and still doing laundry to get ready. I hope I can get everything done in time
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ParentsOf4
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Stay calm, remain focused, and remember that no matter what you forget, Disney's dealt with it before and has you covered.
Oh, and have an awesome vacation!!!!
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Oh we will. It's a surprise trip for my mom. The only thing she knows it to pack a suitcase for about 5 days
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copcarguyp71
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Seriously???? You booked the day before you leave! That is pretty cool....and gutsy!
Keep a cool head but be sure to allow extra budget to buy things you forget to pack. Have a safe trip and let us know how your mom likes it.
Keep a cool head but be sure to allow extra budget to buy things you forget to pack. Have a safe trip and let us know how your mom likes it.
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lilclerk
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Even if I book a trip months out, I still can't bring myself to pack until a day or two before I leave. I didn't even learn my lesson that time I forgot to pack shirts... yup. Thank goodness I had a car that trip and could run to Target for some cheap t-shirts.
I'm the ultimate procrastinator.
I'm the ultimate procrastinator.
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disneygirl1
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Good luck! Have so much fun! Focus!!! You will get it all done! It's amazing how stressfull getting ready for vacation is! We leave on Wednesday and I have nothing done! I guess I should probably start the wash tonight and start packing tomorrow. We'll see if that happens.
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Having a great trip so far. Mom and I were upgraded to a two bedroom villa, thank you Stephanie. I left my AP at home along with my TIW card. Thankfully they can reprint those and waived the $50 reprint charge for the TIW card. Now on our way to Downtown Disney
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Frank Rizzo
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I cannot imagine booking the trip and seeing the website countdown at one day. That would blow my mind.
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My mom is having the time of her life. This has always been her absolute most favorite time to come, and since I started working in retail 18 years we had to stop coming during this time of year. My mom did something today that amazed me and several cast members at Kona Cafe.
I have to get a little sappy and tell a quick story as to why she did what she did. My grandma started coming on all our vacations to WDW back when I was in the sixth grade. I'm 36 now, so you please do the math its too depressing for me and we came 3-4 times a year. Sadly, 5 years ago on Thanksgiving morning my grandma died. My grandma was so special to mom and I that we still talk about her everytime we come.
So fast forward to today. We ate breakfast at Kona Cafe and it was awesome as usual. The hostess seated a couple next to us and mom tapped her on the shoulder and said, "You remind me so much of my mother that I wanted to give you this." The hostess graciously declined mom's offer. I told mom that in order for her to take it, she had to decline the offer three times per Disney policy. Mom asker her if I was right and the lady seemed embarrassed to say yes. So mom takes her hand and kinda wipes the lady's hand and says, "ok once, twice, three times. Here I wanted you to have this because you remind me of my mother."
We get back to OKW and I asked mom what she gave her and she told me $50 because it's what Mema (my grandma) told her to do. I looked at moms lanyard and tell her that she still has her $50 bill and mom realized she only gave her $5, so we go back to Kona where we found her, her name is Ruth, and told her we gave her the wrong one. Mom took it folded up and laid it in Ruth's hand then closed her hand. When she opened the tears started coming all three of our faces. She had already told her manager what we did prior, we didn't want her to get in any trouble. She told us her birthday is December 31 and this will be her birthday dinner money. And why? Because she reminded my mom of her mom.
Sorry the story was so long. I just had to share.
I have to get a little sappy and tell a quick story as to why she did what she did. My grandma started coming on all our vacations to WDW back when I was in the sixth grade. I'm 36 now, so you please do the math its too depressing for me and we came 3-4 times a year. Sadly, 5 years ago on Thanksgiving morning my grandma died. My grandma was so special to mom and I that we still talk about her everytime we come.
So fast forward to today. We ate breakfast at Kona Cafe and it was awesome as usual. The hostess seated a couple next to us and mom tapped her on the shoulder and said, "You remind me so much of my mother that I wanted to give you this." The hostess graciously declined mom's offer. I told mom that in order for her to take it, she had to decline the offer three times per Disney policy. Mom asker her if I was right and the lady seemed embarrassed to say yes. So mom takes her hand and kinda wipes the lady's hand and says, "ok once, twice, three times. Here I wanted you to have this because you remind me of my mother."
We get back to OKW and I asked mom what she gave her and she told me $50 because it's what Mema (my grandma) told her to do. I looked at moms lanyard and tell her that she still has her $50 bill and mom realized she only gave her $5, so we go back to Kona where we found her, her name is Ruth, and told her we gave her the wrong one. Mom took it folded up and laid it in Ruth's hand then closed her hand. When she opened the tears started coming all three of our faces. She had already told her manager what we did prior, we didn't want her to get in any trouble. She told us her birthday is December 31 and this will be her birthday dinner money. And why? Because she reminded my mom of her mom.
Sorry the story was so long. I just had to share.
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foreverbelle
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What a fabulous story of your mother, and it totally made me want to break down in the middle of my office and just cry...thank you so much for sharing. People like that are so special. Never forget.
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There has been a change in our vacation plans. Before I surprised mom with the vacation, I went to her boss to ask him for the time off for her and with me being on disability for two months now this would have been the only time to go. Her boss agreed but said she had to be back to go to the Christmas party, which she tries to avoid every year. Well, I have us coming back Wednesday but she tells me yesterday that she needs to come home on Tuesday to finish getting speech typed up and everyone's bonus checks ready. So she changed our flights to come home Tuesday, or so I thought. She only changed her plane reservations and not mine. She wanted me to stay the extra day and ride all the rides. I didn't ride anything because thus trip was all about her. It didn't bother me at all that I didn't ride any rides because this was our fourth trip this year. I keep telling her to let me change mine too, but all attempts have been unsuccessful. She's nervous about getting lost in Atlanta which is why I really want to change my reservations but she is being stubborn. What to do.......
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Well I did it again. I just booked a solo trip and I leave tomorrow. When will I learn to not wait til the last minute.
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