Helpin’ Mom and Pop move back into “Family Central” on such a glorious, sunny day...!!!!!!!
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I'm not paying for fp it'll cut into our food budget
Although people could still get fp's at the rides for free. I wonder what it will be like when DL ever reopens.
I made a lasagna too but it was a potato and spaghetti squash layered one with a butternut squash bechamel. The sliced potatoes acted like the pasta. It was delicious! The enchilada lasagna sounds yummy as well.
Happy birthday to her!
I love it! Congratulations! I am so happy for your parents.Helpin’ Mom and Pop move back into “Family Central” on such a glorious, sunny day...!!!!!!!
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I don't think even with FPs I did nearly the amount of planning some people on here do. My dad always did ADRs even before you had to because that's the way he is; he likes to have a plan, and he has never liked to do all QS in a day. We sometimes change our ADRs midweek if we can. I just always had a standard three FPs picked for the parks, so I'd pick my three and be done with it, and then sometimes we'd change parks midweek and if we didn't get exactly what we wanted, it wasn't a huge deal. I guess since I'm there so much, I have the experience of knowing what I'm doing, and I also have the attitude of "Well, I've seen it before, I'll see it again."
, so I’m always happy with the overall outcome...!!!!! 
Yeah, we've talked about that, but she wants to go on a trip with her best friend when they graduate, and I totally get that. Her best friend has never been to a Disney park....her best friend has actually never been anywhere. They don't go on big family vacations, I guess, so the furthest she's been is just across the border to a swimming pool in Germany. So E wants to take her to a Disney Park. They do go to the Efteling every year and she loves that, so E thinks she'd really like Disney. I told her maybe they should do DLP because they can take the train and not have to worry about international flights or anything, and you don't need as much time. It's not as overwhelming. Then they can do Disneyworld later, since it's a completely different experience.Sounds like a great graduation idea! I remember you having the same problems in Paris dh and ds
I think the difference is that when you make a reservation at a regular restaurant, they save a table for you at that time. You get there, and you don't have to wait. That's not the case with Disney. You make a reservation, and even though you show up at that time, you check in, you still have to wait for a table. I was rather disgruntled in 2016 when we got to Tusker House about 25 minutes early for our reservation because it was storming and everything was closed down due to lightning. So we went to dinner just a bit early, and they wouldn't let me check in for our reservation, but then let walk ups in before us. So even after we DID check in, there were people without reservations who got in before we did and we had to wait another 20 minutes in the cold and rain after our reservation time. Why even bother with offering reservations if you aren't going to hold a table for them? If you want it to be first come first served, then just don't have a reservation system at all.
Yeah, when you go as often as your family does, you don't have to fit everything into one trip because if you miss something this time, you'll catch it next time. For us, we only go once every several years. We don't get our "fix" as often, so we have to really make the most out of it when we do go....it has to last us longer. And I don't like last minute changes. If I have a FP scheduled, especially if it's for a popular attraction, I don't want to skip that, because someone else could have used that FP and it's not fair to waste it when someone else really wanted that experience and didn't get to do it because I had the FP. I don't think I'd have to do as much planning if it was just E and I, though. Is it bad to say that the best times on our last vacation were the ones where it was just the two of us? We could take our time and go into shops along the way to wherever we were going, stop and get a snack to share, etc. I can't do that with the boys because my husband doesn't like any of the same snacks, so we can't share, and he likes the thrill rides where I don't. I don't have the anxiety with E that I have to make sure she's having fun, because I know she is. With the boys, I have to try too hard. My husband isn't a Disney fan, so I feel like an overhyped camp counselor trying to make sure he has fun and gets to do things he'll like and eat food he'll enjoy, and with A I have to avoid things that will traumatize him or overstimulate him. With E, we can just relax and have fun without me worrying about everyone else.
Helpin’ Mom and Pop move back into “Family Central” on such a glorious, sunny day...!!!!!!!
Thank God your parents' house is FINALLY ready for them to move in!!! They must be thrilled, as you all are, I'm sure.
And, Mr. Crazybeard...!!!!!!!
