The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

wdwfan4ver

Well-Known Member
My craft area smells like a high end candle shop:inlove: @StarWarsGirl please stay away;)
My mom has her own crafting area, but it is nothing to do with candles and she does it down my parents basement.

My mom does still stuff like giving Silk Flowers as gifts. One of my aunts asked my mom to make a silk flower arrangement for a class reunion with the silk flowers being some type of a gift or drawing at the reunion. My mom early this week completed it. Outside of Flowers, she has down stuff like wreaths
 
Last edited:

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
I got another Remy's preview slot, this time it's an AP slot. It's a 6-7 slot and we have an ADR at Chefs that night at 7:20.

All hail the queen.
T-Bell Queen GIF by Taco Bell
Have you ridden it now? We rode in DLP and it was a one and done for all of us. It made us all nauseated and heachachy. So dizzy!! None of us liked it, but I know a lot of people LOVE it and it's the most popular ride there. I hope you love it.
 

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
I bought a dress for longtime bestie's wedding.
View attachment 577773
That's really pretty, though is the metal thing on the side removeable? It looks like it might be uncomfortable or get in the way. I think I'd end up scratching up my arm with it or something. I have a shirt that had a big broche on the front, but it's removeable, so I just took it off and tossed it in a drawer.
 

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
Don't know why y'all think us Europeans get a 💩 ton of holidays.
Because compared to Americans, we do! At least in the Netherlands....basically 5 weeks. I know when I was working at Walmart, you had to work for a year and a half before you got any vacation time at all, and then I think it was 2 weeks per year. As a teacher, I got 2 days per semester, and then Summer break, but then there are inservice and professional days where you had to take courses or do training. I don't really know about anyone else, but I know we never got much.
 

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
One thing my family learned about going on vacation in Europe in August, is think again. Some parts of Europe take the month off to go on vacation.
That's because that's when the kids don't have school. Here in the Netherlands, you can not take your kids out of school for vacation. It's against the law for kids to be out of school when it's in session unless they are sick, or they have permission from the school, which most schools won't grant an extended amount of time. There are very few things that are mandated that they have to give you time for....a parent's wedding, you get that day, but that's it. Funeral for an immediate family member is 1 or 2 days, I think? That's about it. Kids get 6 weeks of Summer vacation, starting some time in July and ending in August. It depends on the region, and it rotates. This year, my kids have the middle vacation, meaning they started vacation in the 2nd week of July and go back at the end of August. Last year they had late vacation, so they didn't get out until July 20th. Some people have kids in 2 different regions because you don't always have a school for your needs in your town. My daughter wanted to do Gymnasium, which is the highest level of school here, plus learning Greek and Latin, and she also wanted to do a dual immersion program. There are no schools in our town that offer both dual immersion and Gymnasium, so she'd have had to take a train to Arnhem every day, which is in a different region for vacation times. So she would have had different vacations from my son. My son has autism and goes to a special school for kids on the spectrum. Kids are bussed in from all over the area because it's the only school for Autistic kids in the area. If a kid comes from Didam, Didam's vacation is a week different from ours, so any kid from there would have a different vacation period from their siblings. So parents have to wait until August when ALL the kids have vacation at the same time. That's why August is the most common vacation month here.
 

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
I wonder the reasons.. were they forced to work extra time because of random excuses?
I wonder if that takes into account only paid vacation or also people who work for hourly wages. Most non-salaried employees have built up time off, but it's not paid...you only get paid for the hours you work. When you work for an hourly rate, you can't always afford to take time off because you need that money to live. And I know here, for my job, it's an hourly wage contract, but if you have set hours (I do not. I'm technically a call-in) you have to apply for your vacation time, and have it approved by the boss. If they have too many people who apply for the same time period, they will deny some of them. Or if they are expecting it to be really busy, they can say no. One of the gals I work with was really ticked off. She had built up a ton of vacation time, but they would never let her take it. She'd put in for an afternoon and they'd tell her no, because we would be busy that day and they needed her. She had a right to the vacation days, but when you take them has to be approved. If they just never approve it, you can't take it and then I think they have to pay you for it at the end of the year.
 

Lilofan

Well-Known Member
That's because that's when the kids don't have school. Here in the Netherlands, you can not take your kids out of school for vacation. It's against the law for kids to be out of school when it's in session unless they are sick, or they have permission from the school, which most schools won't grant an extended amount of time. There are very few things that are mandated that they have to give you time for....a parent's wedding, you get that day, but that's it. Funeral for an immediate family member is 1 or 2 days, I think? That's about it. Kids get 6 weeks of Summer vacation, starting some time in July and ending in August. It depends on the region, and it rotates. This year, my kids have the middle vacation, meaning they started vacation in the 2nd week of July and go back at the end of August. Last year they had late vacation, so they didn't get out until July 20th. Some people have kids in 2 different regions because you don't always have a school for your needs in your town. My daughter wanted to do Gymnasium, which is the highest level of school here, plus learning Greek and Latin, and she also wanted to do a dual immersion program. There are no schools in our town that offer both dual immersion and Gymnasium, so she'd have had to take a train to Arnhem every day, which is in a different region for vacation times. So she would have had different vacations from my son. My son has autism and goes to a special school for kids on the spectrum. Kids are bussed in from all over the area because it's the only school for Autistic kids in the area. If a kid comes from Didam, Didam's vacation is a week different from ours, so any kid from there would have a different vacation period from their siblings. So parents have to wait until August when ALL the kids have vacation at the same time. That's why August is the most common vacation month here.
That would never fly in the USA. Some kids get taken out of school so parents and kids can vacation at WDW. I think travel agents should warn travelers or someone doing their homework should be aware of Europe is not fully open in August if one decides to go across the pond to go on vacation.
 
Last edited:

Figgy1

Well-Known Member
My mom has her own crafting area, but it is nothing to do with candles and she does it down my parents basement.

My mom does still stuff like giving Silk Flowers as gifts. One of my aunts asked my mom to make a silk flower arrangement for a class reunion with the silk flowers being some type of a gift or drawing at the reunion. My mom early this week completed it. Outside of Flowers, she has down stuff like wreaths
This year I'm making soaps and chapsticks for Christmas
 

Figgy1

Well-Known Member
That's because that's when the kids don't have school. Here in the Netherlands, you can not take your kids out of school for vacation. It's against the law for kids to be out of school when it's in session unless they are sick, or they have permission from the school, which most schools won't grant an extended amount of time. There are very few things that are mandated that they have to give you time for....a parent's wedding, you get that day, but that's it. Funeral for an immediate family member is 1 or 2 days, I think? That's about it. Kids get 6 weeks of Summer vacation, starting some time in July and ending in August. It depends on the region, and it rotates. This year, my kids have the middle vacation, meaning they started vacation in the 2nd week of July and go back at the end of August. Last year they had late vacation, so they didn't get out until July 20th. Some people have kids in 2 different regions because you don't always have a school for your needs in your town. My daughter wanted to do Gymnasium, which is the highest level of school here, plus learning Greek and Latin, and she also wanted to do a dual immersion program. There are no schools in our town that offer both dual immersion and Gymnasium, so she'd have had to take a train to Arnhem every day, which is in a different region for vacation times. So she would have had different vacations from my son. My son has autism and goes to a special school for kids on the spectrum. Kids are bussed in from all over the area because it's the only school for Autistic kids in the area. If a kid comes from Didam, Didam's vacation is a week different from ours, so any kid from there would have a different vacation period from their siblings. So parents have to wait until August when ALL the kids have vacation at the same time. That's why August is the most common vacation month here.
It's extremely difficult to pull kids out in my district for vacation. We had issues pulling the boys one year when we had gone over on snow days by over a week. I had to plead my case to prove James' education wouldn't suffer by missing a couple of half days when they were already done for the year:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
 

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
It's extremely difficult to pull kids out in my district for vacation. We had issues pulling the boys one year when we had gone over on snow days by over a week. I had to plead my case to prove James' education wouldn't suffer by missing a couple of half days when they were already done for the year:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
Well, it depends on the school here, really. You have to fill out a request and turn it in to the principal, and then it has to go to the attendance person for the district. Part of it will depend on the student. When my dad died, my kids were given as much time as they needed. Both my kids were in advanced classes in elementary school and their teachers knew they were ahead of everyone else anyway...missing time wouldn't hurt them and they'd make it up easily. But I know someone else had problems getting time off at the end of the year because they were foreign and wanted to go back to their country, but the kids were struggling as it was.

With my daughter's school, it doesn't seem to be a huge problem at the end of the school year because the last two weeks aren't really classes. They are the "broom" days for kids to finish up any incompletes, or make up tests they missed, etc, and then they turn in their books. As long as you get someone to turn in your books for you, the school seems ok with it. E's friend Rosan left for vacation after their first year in the last week of school and she arranged for E to turn in her books and pick up her report card. And she wasn't sure she had even passed the year, but it was past the time frame to turn in assignments and teachers had already submitted all the grades, so there was nothing to keep her there. And E's friend Robert arranged for their mentor to turn in his books this year and they went on vacation to Switzerland and Italy. So E's school seems ok with that in the last couple of days. A's wouldn't, I don't think. It might depend on the student, but then, with it being special education, the kids wouldn't understand why one kid can and one can't, so they might just say no. His school does classes right up until the last day, though. They have one day that they go on a class excursion, like to the movies, but the rest of it is regular class time. They were done with tests a week before school ended, but I don't know if anyone asked for an early release. But in general, you get massive fines if your kids aren't in school when it's in session. If you get caught, you're in big trouble and have to go to court and everything, so it's not worth it to try.
 

Songbird76

Well-Known Member
Haven't yet. I have two reservations for my September trip.
I forget...have you ever been to DLP? I think it will be the same ride, but if it's a bit different, I think it is at least the same system. It's one of those trackless things, and we had to wear 3D glasses as well, and it spun a bit and moved really quickly, and that combination was just not good for any of us. On the up side, once we knew that, we didn't have to waste time trying to get on it anymore. The line for it was always soooo long! We rope dropped it and it was already 25 minutes when we got there, and that was the shortest we ever saw the wait time. So since we didn't need to do that one anymore, we had lots of time for other things, and we could rope drop other attractions and ride several things before everyone else was out of Remy, so it worked out rather well for us. We didn't mind having one less ride to queue for.
 

StarWarsGirl

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
I forget...have you ever been to DLP? I think it will be the same ride, but if it's a bit different, I think it is at least the same system. It's one of those trackless things, and we had to wear 3D glasses as well, and it spun a bit and moved really quickly, and that combination was just not good for any of us. On the up side, once we knew that, we didn't have to waste time trying to get on it anymore. The line for it was always soooo long! We rope dropped it and it was already 25 minutes when we got there, and that was the shortest we ever saw the wait time. So since we didn't need to do that one anymore, we had lots of time for other things, and we could rope drop other attractions and ride several things before everyone else was out of Remy, so it worked out rather well for us. We didn't mind having one less ride to queue for.
I've never been to DLP (or Europe). I think it'll be fine. Both Rise and MMRR are trackless, so I know that doesn't bother us. Star Tours doesn't bother anyone, and the only one bothered by FOP is me. I think worst case scenario we take the glasses off.
 

Tony the Tigger

Well-Known Member
Just miss each other! Sept 5-11.
I was oh so tempted to go back then.

My bday is 8/31; our anniversary is 9/8. Sometimes we go for both. The difference in price between the 2 day ticket and the 4 day (which expires 9/17) is very little.

Ultimately, I decided one longer trip was better this time, plus Brian goes to school Tuesday through Thursday, and 9/8 falls on a Wednesday this year. He’ll be in clinicals from 7am to 5, and then class from 6-10.
 

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
Haven't yet. I have two reservations for my September trip.

Just miss each other! Sept 5-11.

I ended up getting AP reservations for a date in late September. I didn't think we would use them and I felt incredibly guilty about taking someone's spot. When I told hubs about it he said "Eh, don't worry about it". He came back an hour later and told me to look for someplace to stay because he just bought us plane tickets!

@93boomer did you get AP reservations? I can't remember if you are an AP.
 

Register on WDWMAGIC. This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.

Back
Top Bottom