pogo
03-30-2007, 07:32 AM
Cast:
Pogo: 10 year old mind in a 56 year old body.
DW: Kicking and screaming all the way !
Reason: Celebrating our Fifth anniversary !
This has been an extremely tough year for the family and friends of Pogo and Patti. We hadn’t planned to go to WDW this year. However we realized that we may never get the chance to do this if we put it off. Let me explain.
First, we had a very good friend die from cancer at the age of 53. Two days later I find out my 83 year old Uncle George has died from Leukemia. One week later my Aunt Bobby, 73 years old died from Liver Cancer. Another week goes by and I get a call from my Father that his brother, my Uncle Louie, also 73 years old, just died from a heart attack. And then I learned about another friend also died from a heart attack a couple of days after that. Five deaths in a four week span. I said to my DW, “we NEED a trip to WDW”, so we booked it.
We will be staying at POFQ for the first time. During the last day of our trip last year, we visited three different resorts to see which one we’d like the best and POFQ won hands down over AKL and POP. AKL was too dark and we didn’t care for the smell of the grounds. POP seemed too busy for us. POFQ was very quiet and seemed to ooze a very relaxed atmosphere that we seek while on vacation. It was a similar feeling that we had while staying at the Poly.
Day One: Our first day is an early, non stop flight, via Air Tran Airways departing Rochester, N.Y. at 8:00 AM and arriving in Orlando at 10:30. After our ME ride to POFQ, we hope to be checked in by noon and off the Epcot. We have ADR’s for Rose & Crown at 5:00 PM and we are looking forward to seeing The Flower Power Concert with “The Turtles with Flo and Eddy” at 7:15. We may or may not stay to see “Reflections of Earth”; depending on how tired we are, because we will return later in the trip.
Day Two: AK is planned for an early start for us because this year we are riding EE and we need to be there early to get fast passes. We also plan to ITTBAB, Nemo, Dinosaur, FotLK. If we have time we will do the Safari thing before we leave for the resort.
We are meeting Jennifer ( Mickey’sGirl ), Brian ( CanadainWDWFan ) and family at the POFQ pool bar at 7:00 PM and they have included us in their ADR at Boatwrights that evening. It will be fun to finally meet the friends we’ve made on Intercot. ( I'm really excited about this ! )
:secret: After dinner I have a little surprise for DW, seeing it is our fifth anniversary.;)
Day Three: MGM, here we come. We will probably sleep in today and I’m sure we won’t be in any hurry to get to MGM as I think we’ve seen and done all that there is to do there. We might even skip going to the park today because we have an ADR for HDDR for the 5:00 PM dinner show. We are looking forward to seeing Wilderness Lodge for the first time. We plan on stopping there either before or after the show to see what the buzz is all about.
We do plan to go to MGM after that to see Fantasmic again.
Day Four: I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time ! MK at the opening and fun all day long ! This will be an all day affair. We plan to do it all so I’m not going to list it by name.
But we do have to leave the park for another special occasion. Today, we are meeting Jym ( Natazu ) and Rachel ( Sargesa ) for cocktails at Citricos and joining us will be Brian, Jennifer and family. I can’t wait.
Then it is back to MK for some more fun. We have an Intercot Meet scheduled for the evening and about four or five families said they wanted to be there.:grouphug: What fun ! Lynne ( Marlyn ) had planned on being there and even said we were going to have Dole Whips. I sure hope she is feeling better. I can have a Dole Whip on my own, but it will be so much more special with Marlyn and family by our side during “Wishes” and “Spectromagic”. I hope you are getting better, Lynne ! Also Niecyboo & family and disneydawniebeth & family said they might show up.
Day Five: Epcot and the Flower and Garden Festival. Our plans include Soarin’, Test Track, Spaceship Earth, and we are looking forward to all the seminars on gardening.
Another reason we will be there on this day is another Flower Power Concert Series Show with “The Box Tops” ! I’m sure they will help bring back many memories. If I can remember that is. After all….. it was the sixties ! :D
Day Six: :( Bad news................. it’s departure Day. :blush: Good news.............. our flight doesn’t leave until 5:30 PM so we’ve got the whole day. Today we will go to any park we want, based on what we missed out on earlier.
So there you have it....... this is our plans for our wonderful trip to Walt Disney World in April. We will file a full trip report, complete with pictures upon our return. In the meantime, if you have any suggestions, we’d love to hear them. :D
Pogo: 10 year old mind in a 56 year old body.
DW: Kicking and screaming all the way !
Reason: Celebrating our Fifth anniversary !
This has been an extremely tough year for the family and friends of Pogo and Patti. We hadn’t planned to go to WDW this year. However we realized that we may never get the chance to do this if we put it off. Let me explain.
First, we had a very good friend die from cancer at the age of 53. Two days later I find out my 83 year old Uncle George has died from Leukemia. One week later my Aunt Bobby, 73 years old died from Liver Cancer. Another week goes by and I get a call from my Father that his brother, my Uncle Louie, also 73 years old, just died from a heart attack. And then I learned about another friend also died from a heart attack a couple of days after that. Five deaths in a four week span. I said to my DW, “we NEED a trip to WDW”, so we booked it.
We will be staying at POFQ for the first time. During the last day of our trip last year, we visited three different resorts to see which one we’d like the best and POFQ won hands down over AKL and POP. AKL was too dark and we didn’t care for the smell of the grounds. POP seemed too busy for us. POFQ was very quiet and seemed to ooze a very relaxed atmosphere that we seek while on vacation. It was a similar feeling that we had while staying at the Poly.
Day One: Our first day is an early, non stop flight, via Air Tran Airways departing Rochester, N.Y. at 8:00 AM and arriving in Orlando at 10:30. After our ME ride to POFQ, we hope to be checked in by noon and off the Epcot. We have ADR’s for Rose & Crown at 5:00 PM and we are looking forward to seeing The Flower Power Concert with “The Turtles with Flo and Eddy” at 7:15. We may or may not stay to see “Reflections of Earth”; depending on how tired we are, because we will return later in the trip.
Day Two: AK is planned for an early start for us because this year we are riding EE and we need to be there early to get fast passes. We also plan to ITTBAB, Nemo, Dinosaur, FotLK. If we have time we will do the Safari thing before we leave for the resort.
We are meeting Jennifer ( Mickey’sGirl ), Brian ( CanadainWDWFan ) and family at the POFQ pool bar at 7:00 PM and they have included us in their ADR at Boatwrights that evening. It will be fun to finally meet the friends we’ve made on Intercot. ( I'm really excited about this ! )
:secret: After dinner I have a little surprise for DW, seeing it is our fifth anniversary.;)
Day Three: MGM, here we come. We will probably sleep in today and I’m sure we won’t be in any hurry to get to MGM as I think we’ve seen and done all that there is to do there. We might even skip going to the park today because we have an ADR for HDDR for the 5:00 PM dinner show. We are looking forward to seeing Wilderness Lodge for the first time. We plan on stopping there either before or after the show to see what the buzz is all about.
We do plan to go to MGM after that to see Fantasmic again.
Day Four: I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time ! MK at the opening and fun all day long ! This will be an all day affair. We plan to do it all so I’m not going to list it by name.
But we do have to leave the park for another special occasion. Today, we are meeting Jym ( Natazu ) and Rachel ( Sargesa ) for cocktails at Citricos and joining us will be Brian, Jennifer and family. I can’t wait.
Then it is back to MK for some more fun. We have an Intercot Meet scheduled for the evening and about four or five families said they wanted to be there.:grouphug: What fun ! Lynne ( Marlyn ) had planned on being there and even said we were going to have Dole Whips. I sure hope she is feeling better. I can have a Dole Whip on my own, but it will be so much more special with Marlyn and family by our side during “Wishes” and “Spectromagic”. I hope you are getting better, Lynne ! Also Niecyboo & family and disneydawniebeth & family said they might show up.
Day Five: Epcot and the Flower and Garden Festival. Our plans include Soarin’, Test Track, Spaceship Earth, and we are looking forward to all the seminars on gardening.
Another reason we will be there on this day is another Flower Power Concert Series Show with “The Box Tops” ! I’m sure they will help bring back many memories. If I can remember that is. After all….. it was the sixties ! :D
Day Six: :( Bad news................. it’s departure Day. :blush: Good news.............. our flight doesn’t leave until 5:30 PM so we’ve got the whole day. Today we will go to any park we want, based on what we missed out on earlier.
So there you have it....... this is our plans for our wonderful trip to Walt Disney World in April. We will file a full trip report, complete with pictures upon our return. In the meantime, if you have any suggestions, we’d love to hear them. :D