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20 days and abbrevations

Yeah! Under three weeks! I know that you Disney freaks out there know what that means? Excitement - the word doesn´t do the feeling justice. Stress? - You bet! Sooo much last minute planning left to do. As many of you know I often turn to my fellow addicts on the Dis boards for moral support help with my itinerary. How often, some of you might ask. Well...like sixthousandthreehundredandsomething times ;) And what do I ask about, someone else might ask. Oh, you non-believers wouldn´t understand anyway, would you? Last week I asked the following: CRT- DDP or OOP? If you got that (and you´re not a fellow Dis´er) I´m impressed!

My new best friend in Cyberspace

Hats off to this mom! Who cares about the white picket fence anyway? http://www.anymommyoutthere.com/ Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama....I´m ready!!!

"Last minute" reservations

Let me start by saying this:

Disneyworld is NOT just another themepark!!! Honestly, I don´t know any other themepark where you need to make table reservations 180 days out, if you want to dine at a sit-down restaurant. We LOVE our character meals at Disney and all the other fun themed dining places and so we make sure to know 6 months in advance where we want to be dining each day of our trip. Call me a compulsive planner, but my kids would be soooo MAD at me, if they wouldn´t be dining with any of their favorite characters during our upcoming trip. But, guess what? I´m not perfect. Not even at planning. And so I made the big mistake of thinking we would try some new places this year and skip dining with the princesses, since we were so privileged last year to get to dine at the castle with Cindarella and her princess friends. "What do you mean, we´re not eating with the princesses this year?", my 6 year old asked after I had told her our dining plans for this years trip, followed by a "I want to meet the princesses" from her 3 year old sister who can´t remember having visited the castle last year. And so mommy went on a guilt trip. I have tried calling Disney Dining for 2 weeks and have even gotten my Travel Agent to call for me but with no luck. All 3 princess dining experiences are booked solid for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the whole week we´re staying onsite. I´m telling you, this is NOT "just another themepark"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Introducing again: The Gang!

Yeah! We´re leaving in just under a month. I´m already packing in my head. Seems like we need to take a little bit of everything with us for this time of year. Summerdresses and t-shirts for the lovely Florida midday sun, and fleece´s and hats for those cool December nights. That is quite a lot of stuff for a family of 7!

People keep asking us whether we´re still going, considering the major bank crisis and recession we´re going through. Ever heard THE Mouse speak of stock, crisis, recession? - No? - Didn´t think so!

So off we go to Fantasyland :) We´re even going to celebrate nothing less than 3 birthdays while there. DH will turn 33 three days before we leave, DS, will turn 14 the day before we leave and DD will celebrate 12 years while there! I can´t imagine a more magical place to celebrate yet another year in this world.

Speaking of family, maybe it´s time to offer a reminder of whom the gang consists of. Here goes:

Dad: Young at heart as Peter Pan, bouncy as Sportacus Tigger and was called Bambi as a kid!

Mom: Knows that a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down, has a not so secret crush on Captain Jack Sparrow and would love to have a pair of bright yellow Minnie Mouse shoes.

DS almost 14: Parents call him Grumpy but he thinks Donald Duck is his hero. No worries people. He still won´t be going to the parks with no pants!

DD alsmost 12: Loves Eeyore and thereby proves that opposits attract.

DD 6, just started school: KNOWS that she´s a real princess. If the crown fits...

DD 3:  Sweet as Piglet and tells everyone that Mickey Mouse is our friend.

Baby Boy: He´s our Simba, working on his roar!

That´s it for now. Going to try to update our pre-trip report frequently. Keep checking in on us :)

Hakuna Matata!!!