Costume Change and Waggin' Tails

I'm just curious...how soon is too soon after the previous blog post to add a new one? I'm claiming ignorance until someone tells me otherwise.....

Last night, after writing my first post, I got even more excited. I bought and began to read two books on the secrets and hidden magic of Walt Disney World. I agree with the authors that the magic of this place is in the details! There are so many wonderful things I'm sure we would have missed if we hadn't been filled in! Did you know that the pavement that lines Main Street are a particular shade of red based on Kodak's recommendation for great photos?! I love all that I'm learning.

 

These are my Minnie Ears complete with fabulous bows! I've got 4 adorable options to make sure I'm appropriately outfitted each day that we are at WDW. I still haven't got a commitment from Chris if he will wear anything as dedicated...

So now I'm down to just 14 days away. I like to think of it as not next week but the week after... :) Not sure why I think that sounds better.

 

This is our dog, Toby. While we are enjoying Disney World, Toby will be enjoying a vacation of sorts also! Toby will be staying and playing at The Waggin' Tails Ranch here in Katy. They have him booked for the entirety of our trip to Florida. There is a swimming pool shaped like a bone, a huge yard to play in and lots of other doggie friends! We really love our pup, but we are definitely ready for a break from our Toby-chores! He's going to get a BATH the day we pick him up! Toby loves baths and we LOVE not having to be the one's to give it to him! I'm sure he will have a great time there and not even notice that we are gone!

I heard that some folks were having trouble commenting on the first post. My lovely Mother-In-Law discovered that you need to have a gmail account to be able to comment on the blog page. It's ok if you don't want to set one up just for this (if you don't already have one), so I'll be sure that I also share this on facebook whenever I post.

Mickey and Minnie are coming closer and closer into focus. 14 days and counting. I fall asleep thinking about the trip hoping that I will dream about it. WDW, we're coming for YOU! TwoMadigans, OUT!!

And so it begins....

Wowwww....So this is blogging, huh? Seems pretty easy so far. I decided to start this blog so that I could document our upcoming trip to Disney World! My best friend told me that she wanted to know every detail of the trip and I think this will be a neat way for Chris and I to remember everything too.

I guess "normal" folks would say that we are 17 days away from D(W)-Day. These two Madigans have a little different logic. I say that since today is half over, it doesn't count and also the day we get there shouldn't count because even if we get there at 11:30pm, D(W)-Day has technically arrived. So you see, I've shaved a massive 2 days off and now I only have to wait 15 to jump on the fun train! (that's right, I said 'fun train'...and I meant it!)

Since booking our Disney Your Way vacation, we have received little bits and pieces of information regarding our trip from the Disney Cast Members. They are such teases! A letter here, a small booklet there...for MONTHS! Still, Chris and I drop everything to go over every microscopic detail of each page together. The latest little booklet they sent us included our very own luggage tags! You would have thought they sent us gold bars the way I squealed. :)

We also started making our dinner reservations! We got a great dining package through Disney that gives us one quick-service meal, one sit-down meal and one snack per person per day. So that just leaves one meal every day that we have to fend for ourselves. The sit-down meals can be at any restaurant in any park or resort area. Some of the fancier restaurants and dinner shows would require more than one of our allotted credits, but overall it's a great set up. We made a reservation at the 50's Prime Time Cafe which looks adorable! There are old school TV's at each table playing 1950's re-runs and the staff are supposedly loads of fun. We looked at The Brown Derby because is came recommended in the Disney World morsels that they have sent us, but we couldn't pronounce a lot of things on the menu and I think I heard someone say once that you shouldn't eat what you can't say.

Our room at the Disney's Art of Animation Resort was the least expensive room we could find. Much to Chris' demise, it just so happens to be the Little Mermaid room! There are starfish everywhere! Ariel is singing and dancing faithfully on the shower curtain. The headboard to the bed is made to look like a giant seashell!  I'm in Disney heaven and so lucky that Chris will put up with it for 8 days straight!

I'm really not sure how long blog posts are supposed to be and since I'm almost positive I could write a dissertation before we even get there, I'll spare you here. More to come. I hope you all will enjoy reading this as much as we will enjoy experiencing it! TwoMadigans, OUT!