Family of Bears

I hate what had become of my beloved Downtown Disney. But I am choosing to have a positive attitude that it will be even better than before.

Gosh. I'm exhausted just reading about it. And that says a lot. I haven't slept in about 10 months. Good work CP letting you crash and taking care of W. That's teamwork at its finest.

Can't wait to hear about the cruise. With a baby. You guys are rock stars.

I bet whatever happens, it's the bar nuts fault. Never ever eat the bar nuts.

If it falls after the movie, she's gonna have short brown hair, right? How are they going to work this? The hair is kind of a big part of it.... No way they slap the long blonde hair back on her and act like it didn't happen.

I googled. I'm so ashamed

This is amazing. Awesome report so far.

Well now you are just messing with us. Crocketts tavern and a bike barn? Don't make me start googling

Trading post?!?! I couldn't be more excited. I can almost hear the music...

Awesome

Start planning now!

Hmm, wedding photo. I'll have to see if I can find one.

Honeymoon baby.

Seriously. Emma was born exactly 9 months after our wedding.

Ha! Sounds like my parents. "How long have you guys been married?" "I don't know, how old is your sister?"

Doug, you're funny. And you're sweet to your wife. Keep up the good work.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, you are a great dad. Good work.

One time we had an emergency the day of departure and had to cancel. I called up and told them to just bump the reservation for literally any day in the future and I would deal with it later. That way I didn't forfeit my deposit. I then hung up on the agent ce it was an emergency. A real one.

I then used that reservation (modified) later on. But...when we got there there was no reservation. It had been booted. Canceled. Too bad. We never paid the 2 dollars extra so the system cancelled us. It all turned out in the end. And if I hadn't been in such a hurry in the original call, I'm sure the agent would have secured the extra deposit. But it is definitely is something to be aware of.

Wonder if he had trouble adjusting his reservation dates?

Well done

Whenever I have run into that extra deposit required, they have always asked for it right then when I call to modify. That's on them. They should have taken care of that when you modified, or given you a heads up at the very least.

Aww man. I'm embarrassed to say I clicked for the water slide again...darn you water slide

If they do this I wish they would connect the Lodge to the Fort with a frontier town with shops, entertainment, and restaurants. And plenty of golf cart parking at each place.

That is literally the best idea ever

And here I was all excited about a new water slide. Gets me every time.

Enjoying the report!!!

I saw a pic of your beautiful girl in Gwens report. Please tell her how amazing her hair is! She is a natural beauty, but also seems to have a good eye for fashion :)

This is all very helpful info. Thank you!

Just wanted to add, I've been playing with it. The whole 5 day minimum thing does not seem to be a thing.

The wife reminded me last night that I left something out of the report from the first day, and it was a major major thing that I left out.

She forgot her hair dryer :o

Apparently this is as big of a deal as forgetting the camper when you have 3 females in the house.

Remember the guy/hero at the gate? We asked him if there were any of these on site to purchase or "borrow". I thought maybe the cabins had them.

They do not. Walmart did. They also had an extra hose and some really cheap and cool disney things that we bought for grandmother and papaw.

Loved this.

The whole "if you forget anything you can just buy it when you get there" rule does not apply to the ladies. Sometimes it's just not the same. Glad it worked out for you this time. May you always be this lucky :)

I can't believe how much she has grown since we last saw you guys at the Fort! Awesome pix. I think that was 2012.

I know! She grew up a ton this year. And compared to the baby now, she looks even bigger to me.

Awesome...how did you pull that off? My youngest runs around the house singing Wild Rover and would die if she could get all dolled up with the dancers and get on stage.

She was already dolled up, that's her dress and hair from her competition (feis) that day. The dancers will always let the kids dance, dressed up or not. In fact, that's how we started. Dancing in the aisles when she was 3. One of the dancers said, "You should take lessons!". DD said "Okay, sure!". And here we are. We owe it all to Raglan :). Take your daughter and introduce her to the girls. They will be sweet to her. And come back and let us know how it goes. Sounds like a dream come true for your dd.

(I did that ^ on my phone, don't know if sizing, etc is right)

DD last visit after she danced at Raglan pictured with the dancers.