| # | Author | Message |
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| sdlovesmickey
Sun 5/11/2008 10:50p | I am feeling the urge to hop into my car and drive to the DLR right now (my trip is 43 days away)...since following through on that urge is out of the question I thought we could discuss the little rituals you and your family have to prepare for your trip/build up the excitement. I know we have discussed this at some point in time, but I am feeling nostalgic and needy so humor me!
My DD (age 7) and I like to start "practicing walking" to get our legs ready for all the walking we are going to do in DLR. Of course we usually do this in preparation of our summer trips. We try to walk a few times a week for at least a month in advance. We also listen to our Disney CD and add things to our Disney box that we want to take on the trip. I try to purchase little surprises for her for the car and/or plane trip such as sticker books, etc. I usually start that several months ahead of time and then pull them out when we start the trip. |
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| crazycroc
Mon 5/12/2008 12:38a | Yes, I have a ritual that I perform prior to my trips.
About two weeks before we go, I start to
stick a different sized needle into my eye every day, every four minutes to simulate hearing a new Hannah Montana song in the car. |
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| danyoung
Mon 5/12/2008 5:33a | sd, I do a lot of the same things you do, especially the walking! I start training about 6 weeks out, and gradually increase my duration and frequency of walks. By park time I'm in MUCH better shape than normal!
I also like to divide the week into parts, to make things seem to go by quicker. For instance, if I were planning to arrive in a Disney park 2 weeks from today (Monday), I'd call today 2 weeks out, Tuesday and Wednesday just under 2 weeks, Thursday and Friday a week & 1/2, Saturday and Sunday just over 1 week, and then Monday would be 1 week out.
I used to start counting days about 2 months out, but that would be just plain silly. |
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| kari12177
Mon 5/12/2008 8:31a | I wear in my new tennys, and i now use gel-ins by dr scholls, they really do help, i make a ton of lists for all three of us, so i dont forget anything. |
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| gottaluvdavillains
Mon 5/12/2008 9:54a | I make cancelable reservations - then about two weeks out I start bidding on priceline for a better price (never more than $51 for a three star) 4 days before I am happy with my new priceline hotel and cancel first room - I do a bit of laundry -
Night before I leave - throw clothes in suitcase throw bags in back of truck - Remind kids to charge their DS's and pick out a couple movies.
Sleep - get up next morning leave stopping off at starbucks on the way out of town!! |
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| Main Street Dad
Mon 5/12/2008 10:13a | Great topic.
I'm on LP much more often when we get close to a trip. I also watch the vacation planning dvd a few times.
Most of our "rituals" however are during the drive there. Leave early, fuel at the same places along the way. Lunch at the same restaraunt (Wendys in Evanston), admire the scenery and water falls through the canyon above Salt Lake, stop for the night in Primm.
The biggest one is breakfast at the IHOP in Barstow on the second day of travel. I'm not exactly sure why that became a must, but it sure is...
We're a strange bunch :) |
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| danyoung
Mon 5/12/2008 10:58a | >Remind kids to charge their DS's...<
???
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| mickeynewe
Mon 5/12/2008 11:18a | Nintendo DS game systems :) |
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| kari12177
Mon 5/12/2008 12:22p | Oh, I forgot, I have to get smashed before I get on the plane. I have a fear of flying, so its a big ritual. |
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| koolaidmom
Mon 5/12/2008 12:23p | about 1 week before we leave, we start a staging area. Things we don't want to forget get put into the staging area. It makes it seem like the trip is real when we get to start doing this. We are going in 97 days.yippee |
