NuttyDisneyMom
Born and raised in WDW for 23 years:) Now we visi
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- Apr 8, 2009
Hi everyone!
I'm starting early as I'm just so excited!!!! But who isn't excited about going to the greatest place on earth??? I also have a PTR going. It has everything I've been buying for our trip. I think I should take out stock in Disney online! If you want to take a look at it too, the link is in my siggy below.
I hope you all will join me as I write my first dining review of our trip November 21-29. We have 8 days of dining to explore and cannot wait
We are on the basic DDP this trip, but will also be paying a few meals OOP. I have also ordered a custom cake, which I'll explain further in, and will be reviewing that entire experience as well. So let me get started by introducing the participants for this trip....
Me, NuttyDisneyMom
- I was born and raised an hour west of Mickey. I consider myself a WDW Native. I have been to Disney more times than I can count, at least for the first 23 years of my life when I lived in FL. I have only been back 4 times in the last 10 years, but have DH convinced we need to go down 2 times a year now. That was easy...he loves the FOOD! I love food, all kinds of food, especially new foods I haven't tried before. The only thing I will not eat and cannot stand are NUTS, any kind of nuts. They absoutely make me gag, even talking about them
It's my weird food fear, I guess
I must say, we have not been to many WDW restaurants the last 4 times, because each time someone gets sick and we have to cancel our ressies. This time tho...IT'S NOT HAPPENING! I've been beefing up the kids with vitamins already
DM, aka Nana
- The woman who raised me to love WDW
She has only been to DHS and MK. So this trip is going to be so new and exciting for her. She hasn't been since 2007. She has a bad hip and will be scootin' around the World this trip. We found a GREAT scooter place, thank goodness, and she's really rarin' to go! I'm tellin' ya...if you're there when we are...watch your toes if you see her! She'll have the BIG lime green Mickey head on the back of her scooter too...you won't be able to miss her. She is also diabetic, and a cheating one at that!!! But I've got her number and have told all the restaurants this in advance so that the chef(s) will speak to her prior to her ordering her meals. She really is trying to be better about it since she's started to have kidney problems
She love ALL food, like mother like daughter
, except for cantaloupe!!! That's her food fear.
DS18, aka Charming
- My baby boy who freely admits he's a mama's boy. I adore my son, (I adore all my angels, but he's my only son...you mom's know how that goes) he is the best son I could ever have asked for!
He's a huge help when Dad is away for months and months on business trips. So he deserves to go to WDW and pick some of the places we eat at. The boy eats anything and everything, and he does this ALL the time. He is 6'2" and only 140 pounds! I pray every night for just a drop of his metabolsim
His favorite foods are steak, BBQ, CHOCOLATE, salmon, DESSERT, peanut butter, and Italian food (I'm half Italian and cook it from scratch often, so you'd expect nothing less right?). The only thing he's not crazy about is shellfish. He is in his senior year of high school and can't wait to flirt with the princesses at WDW. Hence the aka of Charming!
DS14, aka Alice
- Oh, my middle child who is definitely in the full-blown teeange girl years. I love her to pieces, but I must say...she is the child your mother always warns you about when you were a teenager saying "You'll have one just like you! Just wait and see!". Well, I did She's the most kind hearted child on the face of the earth, but boy can she push some buttons. Don't all teenage girls do this tho???
She adores WDW and everything about it! Loves food and is adventurous in what she is willing to try. (Get's if from her momma) Favorite foods are, desserts and I mean ALL desserts, pastas, breads, cheeses, chicken, and breakfast! The only thing she won't eat is...well...nothing! We are celebrating her 15th birthday while we're in WDW this trip. She is a Christmas baby and we really don't ever get to celebrate in a big way for her birthday, so this is it for her this time. The best part, SHE HAS NO IDEA I'm doing it! I have ordered her a custom cake that I'll tell you all about, as well as a few other surprises! I told you I adore my kiddos!
DD7, aka Stitch - My baby, my little girl on the outside, little boy on the inside. Eminates Stitch in every way! Right down to the hat and claws she got on our last trip in April that she still wears EVERYWHERE!!! Even in the car on the way to school so that people will see the antennae on the hat and think Stitch is in the car She's very tiny for her age, more like an average 4 year old, but is very healthy. She is a very picky, non-adventurous eater. I do know though, that she will be happy with her choices at the meals Her favorite foods are ham, celery with peanut butter, well peanut butter in general, cheese pizza, chicken of any kind, steak, green beans, corn, chocoalte, raw baby carrots, pocorn, and ice cream. She RARELY tries new foods, so I'm not hopeful she'll be trying anything new this trip.
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Ok, that is the cast for this trip. I should mention that DH is away for the next 11 months and 3 weeks in Afghanistan on business. He is an electronics contractor for a HUGE nationally know government contracpr with a HQ here in VA. He will be home for 2 weeks in April, and then home for good in October of 2010. The longest he's ever been away was 9 months and that was 2 years ago. I tell him he retired from the Navy to deploy(Which he did retire July of this year). So I've got us 2 WDW trips planned so that we have other things to think about besides him being gone
When he gets home in October, we are doing Xmas at the world for 2 whole weeks with the kiddos and we all can't wait. We're going to do Deluxe dining on that trip
And he is taking me on DCL Alaskan cruise for our 10th Anniversary in 2010....I can't wait....
Next post...ADR's a plenty!
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Thought I'd post a pic of us....
Nana, Me, Alice, and Stitch @ Disney on Ice a few weeks ago...
And here's Charming on our April trip...
I'm starting early as I'm just so excited!!!! But who isn't excited about going to the greatest place on earth??? I also have a PTR going. It has everything I've been buying for our trip. I think I should take out stock in Disney online! If you want to take a look at it too, the link is in my siggy below.
I hope you all will join me as I write my first dining review of our trip November 21-29. We have 8 days of dining to explore and cannot wait
We are on the basic DDP this trip, but will also be paying a few meals OOP. I have also ordered a custom cake, which I'll explain further in, and will be reviewing that entire experience as well. So let me get started by introducing the participants for this trip....Me, NuttyDisneyMom
- I was born and raised an hour west of Mickey. I consider myself a WDW Native. I have been to Disney more times than I can count, at least for the first 23 years of my life when I lived in FL. I have only been back 4 times in the last 10 years, but have DH convinced we need to go down 2 times a year now. That was easy...he loves the FOOD! I love food, all kinds of food, especially new foods I haven't tried before. The only thing I will not eat and cannot stand are NUTS, any kind of nuts. They absoutely make me gag, even talking about them It's my weird food fear, I guess I must say, we have not been to many WDW restaurants the last 4 times, because each time someone gets sick and we have to cancel our ressies. This time tho...IT'S NOT HAPPENING! I've been beefing up the kids with vitamins alreadyDM, aka Nana
- The woman who raised me to love WDW She has only been to DHS and MK. So this trip is going to be so new and exciting for her. She hasn't been since 2007. She has a bad hip and will be scootin' around the World this trip. We found a GREAT scooter place, thank goodness, and she's really rarin' to go! I'm tellin' ya...if you're there when we are...watch your toes if you see her! She'll have the BIG lime green Mickey head on the back of her scooter too...you won't be able to miss her. She is also diabetic, and a cheating one at that!!! But I've got her number and have told all the restaurants this in advance so that the chef(s) will speak to her prior to her ordering her meals. She really is trying to be better about it since she's started to have kidney problems She love ALL food, like mother like daughter, except for cantaloupe!!! That's her food fear.DS18, aka Charming
- My baby boy who freely admits he's a mama's boy. I adore my son, (I adore all my angels, but he's my only son...you mom's know how that goes) he is the best son I could ever have asked for! He's a huge help when Dad is away for months and months on business trips. So he deserves to go to WDW and pick some of the places we eat at. The boy eats anything and everything, and he does this ALL the time. He is 6'2" and only 140 pounds! I pray every night for just a drop of his metabolsim His favorite foods are steak, BBQ, CHOCOLATE, salmon, DESSERT, peanut butter, and Italian food (I'm half Italian and cook it from scratch often, so you'd expect nothing less right?). The only thing he's not crazy about is shellfish. He is in his senior year of high school and can't wait to flirt with the princesses at WDW. Hence the aka of Charming!DS14, aka Alice
- Oh, my middle child who is definitely in the full-blown teeange girl years. I love her to pieces, but I must say...she is the child your mother always warns you about when you were a teenager saying "You'll have one just like you! Just wait and see!". Well, I did She's the most kind hearted child on the face of the earth, but boy can she push some buttons. Don't all teenage girls do this tho??? She adores WDW and everything about it! Loves food and is adventurous in what she is willing to try. (Get's if from her momma) Favorite foods are, desserts and I mean ALL desserts, pastas, breads, cheeses, chicken, and breakfast! The only thing she won't eat is...well...nothing! We are celebrating her 15th birthday while we're in WDW this trip. She is a Christmas baby and we really don't ever get to celebrate in a big way for her birthday, so this is it for her this time. The best part, SHE HAS NO IDEA I'm doing it! I have ordered her a custom cake that I'll tell you all about, as well as a few other surprises! I told you I adore my kiddos!DD7, aka Stitch - My baby, my little girl on the outside, little boy on the inside. Eminates Stitch in every way! Right down to the hat and claws she got on our last trip in April that she still wears EVERYWHERE!!! Even in the car on the way to school so that people will see the antennae on the hat and think Stitch is in the car
She's very tiny for her age, more like an average 4 year old, but is very healthy. She is a very picky, non-adventurous eater. I do know though, that she will be happy with her choices at the meals Her favorite foods are ham, celery with peanut butter, well peanut butter in general, cheese pizza, chicken of any kind, steak, green beans, corn, chocoalte, raw baby carrots, pocorn, and ice cream. She RARELY tries new foods, so I'm not hopeful she'll be trying anything new this trip.--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ok, that is the cast for this trip. I should mention that DH is away for the next 11 months and 3 weeks in Afghanistan on business. He is an electronics contractor for a HUGE nationally know government contracpr with a HQ here in VA. He will be home for 2 weeks in April, and then home for good in October of 2010. The longest he's ever been away was 9 months and that was 2 years ago. I tell him he retired from the Navy to deploy
(Which he did retire July of this year). So I've got us 2 WDW trips planned so that we have other things to think about besides him being gone When he gets home in October, we are doing Xmas at the world for 2 whole weeks with the kiddos and we all can't wait. We're going to do Deluxe dining on that trip And he is taking me on DCL Alaskan cruise for our 10th Anniversary in 2010....I can't wait.... Next post...ADR's a plenty!
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Thought I'd post a pic of us....
Nana, Me, Alice, and Stitch @ Disney on Ice a few weeks ago...
And here's Charming on our April trip...
My first reader!!!!
Thanks for the kind words about my family too!
Looked online religiously and couldn't find a thing, so I took a chance and called...and....I got it at 6:05pm on a Saturday night
Even the CM was surpised! I told him it's the first time I've had some pixie dust returned to me in all my years of pixie dusting others
I hemmed and hawed about going to the Wave, Charming wanted to eat at O'Hana twice (but I gave hime a choice to make, which I'll note below in the list), Nana wanted at least one good seafood dinner and one good steak dinner, Alice really just wanted the Wave after reading the menu on allears, and me...I just wanted to eat
. Any opinions are welcomed!!!
Hopefully Nana and her wisdom will make the right choice. I'm putting it in her hands now.
Ah...teenage girls and their drama, wait that's DRAMA!
Alice is a HUGE Jack Skellington nut and that is what this cake will be based on. Thanks to the DIS and the cake gallery thread
, I've gotten some awesome ideas and have jumbled them together to come up with, what I think, is the perfect birthday cake
