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Janir

Janir

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Songbird76 said:
Ugh. So....I sent a message to my brother to remind him that fastpass day is approaching, and asking if he had made an account, or if he had any objection to me making an account and doing all our fastpasses together, and also asking if they were flying or driving, as he would need a reservation if he intended to use DME. He writes back that he has no answers for me because his husband lost his job (which he never told me) in December, so he's the sole earner for now, and they are having a hard time renting out the old house, so he's paying 2 mortgages, and they are trying to buy a restaurant, but that fell through and he's just not sure how they are getting there and who is coming, because his FIL can't get the time off approved from work, and his BIL just got a new job and might not get time off, and bla bla bla. This is typically the song and dance I get before he either cancels or tries to get me to pay for it. It will probably turn into "Gosh, I'm really sorry...We really do want to go, but we just can't afford it right now, so if you really want us to be there, you'll have to pay for such and such." Which I won't be paying for anything, and I just hope he doesn't wait until I can't cancel anymore and THEN tell me he can't make it.
Then my cousin hits me with "My dad wants to know if we can do a big family dinner like the one we did in South Dakota in 2016 on Sunday, July 21st." I sent them a list of restaurants where we were planning to make ADRs over a year ago and said to let me know if there were any they wanted to do together so I could make the reservation for the whole group. Then I sent several reminders throughout the year, including the week before I actually had to make the ADRS. I got no response. And then I sent them a list of all the ADRs we made so they could make their own if they wanted to join us after all.....I got no response. And first, it was the whole family coming, then her brother B was saying no, he wanted to go at Christmas, but brother M said he couldn't get time off at Christmas, so then it was just C and her fam and her dad and his GF. And then B was coming, but they were going to go the week before and then overlap by a day so they could see us, but C and her fam would stick around for a few days....and now she says has base tickets for the 18th-22nd, for all of them. So they are ALL coming, but we only have the one day together and they can only go to one park per day. I'm NOT canceling any of my ADRs....they had plenty of time to figure out if they wanted to go anywhere together. So I told her we had an ADR at Biergarten that day and I checked for reservations and there was a time that would accommodate her group 5 minutes before ours, so I told her we could see if we could add people to our reservation. That worked out, thank goodness, so I have a reservation for 23 people at Biergarten on that Sunday. I had made that reservation for that night on purpose because B is all about German food....Brats and such, and he hates Italian food/pizza, so I planned for Biergarten on our first Epcot day so they could eat with us if they wanted, and I planned Via Napoli for after they would be gone. Good thing I did that, or we'd have had a problem now they they suddenly decided we should do a dinner together!

I think I deserve a medal in trip planning. I am really excited to see them, and I really am glad we can do this together, but why didn't they say anything MONTHS ago when I asked?? I told them it was easier to reduce the number later than it would be to add people to an existing reservation. They are SOOOO lucky it was Biergarten and not something like 'Ohana or Be Our Guest, etc. I'd never have gotten an extra 13 people in this late at one of the harder to get ADRs. And I would have suggested breakfast or lunch outside the parks, but I also have a late breakfast ADR that morning for the Bon Voyage breakfast, hoping it would tide us over until dinner and we wouldn't need a lunch. There would be no way to get an extra 13 people in for that, and I am NOT canceling that to do something together when I carefully planned out my ADRs months in advance and gave them the option to join. So glad I didn't have to disappoint them. I did warn C that the 21st needs to be their Epcot Day, though, since they can't park hop. But since she's willing to do that so they can join us , it all works out. Now let's hope Biergarten doesn't disappoint them!
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WOW, talk about planning headaches! I salute you! I'd have given up much earlier and just made some plans for everybody and said, this is it, deal with it as you're not getting back to me in a timely manner.
 
Go.Nijntje

Go.Nijntje

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MinnieM123 said:
You're right. Yesterday, I wanted a chocolate frappe. Hadn't had one in about 6 months. So I stopped by this ice cream place (where I've gotten them in the past) and noted the price was a little higher. Then I noticed that the cup was about 1/4 smaller than last year!! :banghead: (On a positive note, the last thing I needed were all those extra calories anyway!) ;)
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I am always shocked at food portions in the States.
I remember years ago I took my mum for breakfast at a diner and suggested we share. My mum informed me she was very hungry and wanted her own plate of pancakes, eggs, bacon and potatoes. I'll never forget the look of shock on her face when she saw the size of her meal.šŸ¤£ Since then we almost always share and sometimes still can't finish the meal.
 
Go.Nijntje

Go.Nijntje

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StarWarsGirl said:
Nope. Episodes 4-6 were the originals. Episodes 1-3 were made after that. Episode 7 was made next, followed by Rogue One, then Episode 8, and then Solo, next Episode 9.

In chronological order, it's

Episodes 1-3
Solo
Rogue One
Episodes 4-6
Episodes 7-9 (9 to be released in December)

If you're interested, I also have an entire lecture on the differences between Star Wars and Star Trek, which my mother now has memorized because apparently I've given it a few times. šŸ˜›

See? Now you've learned something about Star Wars!
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I feel I learned that against my will. My head is already full of useless information. :p
Now if you want to explain to me why Star Trek is infinitely better than Star Wars I'm all ears.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MinnieM123 said:
I've also swam in Maine waters -- I recall those bluish looking lips on us kids --in AUGUST :hilarious:
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It has always been cold for as long as I can remember. I do remember one time on the 4th of July weekend we made a impulse trip to Old Orchard Beach. The first day it was like swimming next to an Iceberg. The next day, due to a minor shift in the Gulf Stream it was actually warm enough to walk into and swim. That only happened once in all the years I traveled there.
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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Rista1313 said:
Bless your heart! (and I don't mean that in the southern way)... I would have a nervous break down... I couldn't do it... trying to plan for that many people is just too much. And my family would hate me by the end because if they didn't answer me, I'd be calling them.

I'm also very selfish, and I don't want anyone crowding my vacation. So kudos to all of you who go on these big family trips... because I couldn't do it!
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I am with you on this.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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RedNoseMickey said:
I am always shocked at food portions in the States.
I remember years ago I took my mum for breakfast at a diner and suggested we share. My mum informed me she was very hungry and wanted her own plate of pancakes, eggs, bacon and potatoes. I'll never forget the look of shock on her face when she saw the size of her meal.šŸ¤£ Since then we almost always share and sometimes still can't finish the meal.
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The huge portion thing is somethin' I hope never changes (although I realize it does/has at some places, and those are places we now avoid ;)), as I always feel like I'm gettin' my money's worth and almost always take home about half to finish for another meal...I never feel that I have to finish it all in one sitting...with such large portions, I like gettin' 2 meals for the price of one...!!!!! :hungry: :)
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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Rista1313 said:
Bless your heart! (and I don't mean that in the southern way)... I would have a nervous break down... I couldn't do it... trying to plan for that many people is just too much. And my family would hate me by the end because if they didn't answer me, I'd be calling them.

I'm also very selfish, and I don't want anyone crowding my vacation. So kudos to all of you who go on these big family trips... because I couldn't do it!
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Well, I was never supposed to be doing all the planning myself. C's daughter is involved in tumbling, and she qualified for nationals last year that were held in Florida. I think she posted something on Facebook about going to Universal Studios, and I responded, or maybe she saw me respond to someone else's post about Universal....anyway, she commented on it and said they might be going while L was at nationals. Then I said we were planning to go this year in combination with Disney, and she messaged me and said they were also planning to go to Disney to celebrate her dad and step-mom quitting smoking, and we should try to coordinate our trips so we could see each other. And then since we were coordinating, we thought we should invite my brother, too. We had 3 days together in South Dakota in 2016, and had a great time, but we only did Mount Rushmore, Keystone, and Spearfish Canyon together, and a few meals. It wasn't like....the whole vacation together. But her brothers didn't go on that trip....it was her, her daughter, her dad, and her step-mom. And my brother, his husband and their daughter. This time, it's C AND her brothers' families and their dad and step-mom, and it's my brother's family and his husband's family. So twice the people, and I'm the only one with current Disney knowledge, so no one is working with me because they think they can just show up and get everything done in 4 days that they want to do without planning. But they are all supposed to be doing the planning for their groups and we are supposed to coordinate so we can do some things together. It's just turning into me doing everything because they don't realize you actually need to plan anything. Their idea of planning seems to be limited to the general dates of the trip and where they are staying. It does not include things like fastpasses, ADRs, or even having a list of "must do" attractions/shows, or even knowing what attractions and shows are available. They seem to think they will get there and just see what looks fun and do it. I tried to explain fastpass and ADRs to them, etc...but I can't do much beyond that. I have the stuff for my group planned. If they don't do their planning, then I guess we won't be doing much together.

That being said, I have to say I'm glad my brother's group is only there for the first week of our trip so that we have the 2nd week where we don't have to consider anyone else's feelings, we can just do what we want to do. Everyone else will be gone, and we won't be relegated to doing things that we're not interested in just because the others haven't experienced it. I'm excited to get to introduce my neice to all the fun stuff (if they don't end up canceling on us) But, I am glad we have a week without them, plus our universal segment and the time in between the two...so we still have more than 2 weeks of vacation without the rest of the family. I couldn't do more than a week with the big group.
 
Janir

Janir

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... and now for something completely different.

Would anyone pay/go to see a DHS where they take the Toy Story Green Army men soldiers facing off against the first order Storm troopers in some sort of crowd level fun park show?
I think it would be awesome! At some point the stormtroopers could be marched off as prisoners of the Green Army Men, or vice versa. Green Army men could be co-opted as new Resistance fighters. Just some sort of silly fun. Storm Troopers in TSL acting like toys. Stiff armed and legs like a old Kenner toys.

Just some odd musings out of my head today...
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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Songbird76 said:
Ugh. So....I sent a message to my brother to remind him that fastpass day is approaching, and asking if he had made an account, or if he had any objection to me making an account and doing all our fastpasses together, and also asking if they were flying or driving, as he would need a reservation if he intended to use DME. He writes back that he has no answers for me because his husband lost his job (which he never told me) in December, so he's the sole earner for now, and they are having a hard time renting out the old house, so he's paying 2 mortgages, and they are trying to buy a restaurant, but that fell through and he's just not sure how they are getting there and who is coming, because his FIL can't get the time off approved from work, and his BIL just got a new job and might not get time off, and bla bla bla. This is typically the song and dance I get before he either cancels or tries to get me to pay for it. It will probably turn into "Gosh, I'm really sorry...We really do want to go, but we just can't afford it right now, so if you really want us to be there, you'll have to pay for such and such." Which I won't be paying for anything, and I just hope he doesn't wait until I can't cancel anymore and THEN tell me he can't make it.
Then my cousin hits me with "My dad wants to know if we can do a big family dinner like the one we did in South Dakota in 2016 on Sunday, July 21st." I sent them a list of restaurants where we were planning to make ADRs over a year ago and said to let me know if there were any they wanted to do together so I could make the reservation for the whole group. Then I sent several reminders throughout the year, including the week before I actually had to make the ADRS. I got no response. And then I sent them a list of all the ADRs we made so they could make their own if they wanted to join us after all.....I got no response. And first, it was the whole family coming, then her brother B was saying no, he wanted to go at Christmas, but brother M said he couldn't get time off at Christmas, so then it was just C and her fam and her dad and his GF. And then B was coming, but they were going to go the week before and then overlap by a day so they could see us, but C and her fam would stick around for a few days....and now she says has base tickets for the 18th-22nd, for all of them. So they are ALL coming, but we only have the one day together and they can only go to one park per day. I'm NOT canceling any of my ADRs....they had plenty of time to figure out if they wanted to go anywhere together. So I told her we had an ADR at Biergarten that day and I checked for reservations and there was a time that would accommodate her group 5 minutes before ours, so I told her we could see if we could add people to our reservation. That worked out, thank goodness, so I have a reservation for 23 people at Biergarten on that Sunday. I had made that reservation for that night on purpose because B is all about German food....Brats and such, and he hates Italian food/pizza, so I planned for Biergarten on our first Epcot day so they could eat with us if they wanted, and I planned Via Napoli for after they would be gone. Good thing I did that, or we'd have had a problem now they they suddenly decided we should do a dinner together!

I think I deserve a medal in trip planning. I am really excited to see them, and I really am glad we can do this together, but why didn't they say anything MONTHS ago when I asked?? I told them it was easier to reduce the number later than it would be to add people to an existing reservation. They are SOOOO lucky it was Biergarten and not something like 'Ohana or Be Our Guest, etc. I'd never have gotten an extra 13 people in this late at one of the harder to get ADRs. And I would have suggested breakfast or lunch outside the parks, but I also have a late breakfast ADR that morning for the Bon Voyage breakfast, hoping it would tide us over until dinner and we wouldn't need a lunch. There would be no way to get an extra 13 people in for that, and I am NOT canceling that to do something together when I carefully planned out my ADRs months in advance and gave them the option to join. So glad I didn't have to disappoint them. I did warn C that the 21st needs to be their Epcot Day, though, since they can't park hop. But since she's willing to do that so they can join us , it all works out. Now let's hope Biergarten doesn't disappoint them!
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Sorry about your bil losing his job. I hope he will find one soon, but if he does he probably would not get vacation time with a new job. Don't stress yourself about it though. Just focus on you and your direct family enjoying a vacation that you have been planning for about 2 years. Remember, if your brother wants, it is easy for him to take a trip to WDW when finances improve, but it is not easy for you. Make sure you plan so that you and your family have a time to remember. You don't know when you will be back.

By the way, are you going to use Touring Plans to make up a plan for Uni. I am trying to figure that one out right now. We don't know the park at all and will be there for 4 days, so I am think that if we at least have a plan, we will be less stressed. I can already hear the arguing especially if it is hot.
 

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