41 Days and Counting

Sigh..... It seems that it will never get here! That's how many more days left before we arrive at Walt Disney World. It seems that it has been FOREVER since our last trip (which was Sept. last year).

Actually, we will be leaving Chicago a few days earlier. We're flying off on the 25th of May to Virginia to spend the Memorial Day weekend there, and then fly off to Orlando on Memorial Day itself, where we will be there till the following Sunday. We will be staying at Old Key West, which we stayed at for the first time last Sept. Our friends from LA will be joining us the day after we arrive (they'll be bringing in pins from Disneyland, we hope!). They are WDW virgins! This will be their first time ever at WDW! So you can only imagine how excited I am to play tour guide once again!

All of us will be getting the Disney Dining Plan, so we fully intend to be stuffed to the gills by the end of this trip. Other than the first day and the last day, we have made table service reservations for every single day we are there. We will be dining at Liberty Tree Tavern, Boma (my MOST favorite place to eat in all of WDW), Marrekesh, and Crystal Palace. So two of those (Liberty Tree Tavern and Crystal Palace) will be character dining.

After going to WDW on 4 separate times in 2006, we were planning on going just twice this year. We are planning to go again at the end of Sept/early Oct, mainly to coincide with Epcot's 25th Anniversary on Oct. 1st. This means that for the first time in 3 years, we will skip the yearly pin event at Epcot. However, that may change. After attending our first Windy City Pin Traders event last month, it seems that everyone was urging us to not skip the pin event this year. We haven't decided on it yet, but there's a small possibility that we may just fly in for the 3 days of the pin event. I guess it will all depends on the pins that will be released at the event. It seems that from the logo and the theme that I've seen, it will be very heavy on Figment, not something I care about nor collect. But we shall see.

Man, is it still 41 days and counting? Sheeesh!!!

Zz.