And no, it is not my birthday. 
Our trip to WDW will start this coming Thursday. It will be a short one this time, but still, very much welcomed. It all started last Thanksgiving.
One of our closest friend turns 60 on March 2nd. We have been trying to figure out what to do for the special day, and then it strikes us that that should take her and her husband on an all-expense 4-day trip to WDW. They both haven't been there since June 2003 and have been dying to go back. But because they are on a tight budget, they haven't been able to do so.
Now we did thought about taking them along during one of our many trips before, but the expense of all 4 of us going there for 8 or 9 days (our typical length of WDW visit) was just way too much. Then one day, something changed that.
During the opening of the Disney's Doorway to Dreams store here at the Woodfield Mall outside of Chicago, we attended the special presentation to DVC members. One of the special offers they had was that if we add 110 points to our current existing DVC membership, we'll get a one-time bonus of 110 points to be used within a year. So we bought another 110 points, plus that extra 110 points that we must use by August. That's when I hatched the idea that maybe now we can use those bonus points to bring them with us for 4-days, 3 nights. Not only that, we were planning on staying at the DVC villas at Animal Kingdom Lodge in Savannah View rooms!
We hatched the plan around Thanksgiving last year but kept it secret to both of them. It was early in December when we were over at their place that she mentioned that one of her friends was thinking of hosting a birthday party for her on her birthday. That's when I had to tell her the surprise of us taking them to WDW during her birthday weekend so that she didn't commit to any plans. You can just imagine the surprise look on her face and needless to say, she wept. Even her husband, who is normally a cool, calm person, got very excited.
Over the next few days, she called us several times thanking us and already planning on things to do and see while we're there. She even starting thinking of what to bring and wear, and this was still in December last year!
We made all the reservations and arrangements. But she still doesn't know all the details. We told her that we'll have dinner at Boma on Thursday evening, and then dinner at Marrakesh on Friday night. But she has no clue on where we will be having her birthday dinner on March 1st (we are flying home on March 2nd, her birthday, so that's why her birthday dinner is a day earlier). We are keeping that as a secret. But since she doesn't read WDWMagic, I can reveal the full secret to you since I feel like I can trust you not to spill the beans. Her birthday dinner will be at the Liberty Tree Tavern, complete with a specially-ordered chocolate cake, which I believe is the same type of cake that *I* had for my birthday a couple of years ago there. I know that both of them have never had dinner at Liberty Tree, so this should be fun.
But that's not the end of the surprise. They also do not know that that evening, we will be attending the Pirates and Princess party at MK! I'm going to buy pirate hats for all of us to wear and will give them their hats after dinner! This ought to be fun. I just hope she doesn't start wailing in tears in front of everybody!
I will report from WDW as we go along. I'm looking forward to this because of the couple of surprise elements that they are not expecting or don't know.
Now remember, don't breath a word of this!
Zz.
Our trip to WDW will start this coming Thursday. It will be a short one this time, but still, very much welcomed. It all started last Thanksgiving.
One of our closest friend turns 60 on March 2nd. We have been trying to figure out what to do for the special day, and then it strikes us that that should take her and her husband on an all-expense 4-day trip to WDW. They both haven't been there since June 2003 and have been dying to go back. But because they are on a tight budget, they haven't been able to do so.
Now we did thought about taking them along during one of our many trips before, but the expense of all 4 of us going there for 8 or 9 days (our typical length of WDW visit) was just way too much. Then one day, something changed that.
During the opening of the Disney's Doorway to Dreams store here at the Woodfield Mall outside of Chicago, we attended the special presentation to DVC members. One of the special offers they had was that if we add 110 points to our current existing DVC membership, we'll get a one-time bonus of 110 points to be used within a year. So we bought another 110 points, plus that extra 110 points that we must use by August. That's when I hatched the idea that maybe now we can use those bonus points to bring them with us for 4-days, 3 nights. Not only that, we were planning on staying at the DVC villas at Animal Kingdom Lodge in Savannah View rooms!
We hatched the plan around Thanksgiving last year but kept it secret to both of them. It was early in December when we were over at their place that she mentioned that one of her friends was thinking of hosting a birthday party for her on her birthday. That's when I had to tell her the surprise of us taking them to WDW during her birthday weekend so that she didn't commit to any plans. You can just imagine the surprise look on her face and needless to say, she wept. Even her husband, who is normally a cool, calm person, got very excited.
Over the next few days, she called us several times thanking us and already planning on things to do and see while we're there. She even starting thinking of what to bring and wear, and this was still in December last year!
We made all the reservations and arrangements. But she still doesn't know all the details. We told her that we'll have dinner at Boma on Thursday evening, and then dinner at Marrakesh on Friday night. But she has no clue on where we will be having her birthday dinner on March 1st (we are flying home on March 2nd, her birthday, so that's why her birthday dinner is a day earlier). We are keeping that as a secret. But since she doesn't read WDWMagic, I can reveal the full secret to you since I feel like I can trust you not to spill the beans.
Her birthday dinner will be at the Liberty Tree Tavern, complete with a specially-ordered chocolate cake, which I believe is the same type of cake that *I* had for my birthday a couple of years ago there. I know that both of them have never had dinner at Liberty Tree, so this should be fun.But that's not the end of the surprise. They also do not know that that evening, we will be attending the Pirates and Princess party at MK! I'm going to buy pirate hats for all of us to wear and will give them their hats after dinner! This ought to be fun. I just hope she doesn't start wailing in tears in front of everybody!
I will report from WDW as we go along. I'm looking forward to this because of the couple of surprise elements that they are not expecting or don't know.
Now remember, don't breath a word of this!
Zz.
