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Monday, December 13, 2010
Tenuous Travel Related Post
Ok, so this isn’t really travel related, but I really want to post a review about this company, without having to sign up to any review sites to do so – I get enough junk mail as it is thankyou!I recently purchased my wedding dress, online through www.perfectbridal.com. It arrived yesterday and I couldn’t be happier. It’s a genuine Maggie Sottero dress, which came with an authenticity certificate, and by ordering it online through this company I got it for less then half the price I would have paid by buying it locally. I dealt with both Cherie and Denida, and both ladies were prompt with replying to most of my emails, and helped me out every step of the way. The only downside – and it’s very minimal, is that I requested a swatch, and even though it’s written on the invoice, it didn’t come...
Monday, September 6, 2010
Just a small update
I've been very busy planning a wedding, and all the things that come with that, like getting fit and the honeymoon. So I haven't had the chance to go any where special to write about.I will however give a quick update on the wedding side of things.For those familiar with Disney World, you will know that getting reservations for the restaurants you want to eat at is important. We just passed our 180 day mark, which is the magical date you can start making reservations.We are now booked in at the following restaurants;Raglan Road Irish PubYak & YetiTeppan EdoChef Mickey'sSci Fi Dine InLes Chefs De FranceFulton's Crab HouseWhispering Canyon CafeCalifornia GrillYachtsman SteakhouseThere will possibly be more added as time goes on, but they're confirmed. I will attempt to do reviews (with pics!)...
Monday, July 5, 2010
Small Updates
Just thought I'd let you all know where I'm up to when it comes to my next big holiday in Feb/March of next year.For those who don't know, we're having a Destination wedding at Walt Disney World in Florida, followed by our Honeymoon in Puerto Morelos, Mexico.Last night I booked our accommodation at the Port Orleans Riverside Resort from Feb 23rd to March 5th. Because of the wedding we get a slight discount on our rooms, but I'm hoping for a better rate to come out some time in November, this at least secures our room for us.I've contacted 3 separate travel agents to see what they can do for me when it comes to booking the Honeymoon, so far only Escape Travel has been able to get back to me... I've been waiting a couple of weeks now for a response and I don't think any more are coming...I'm...
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Getting cheap flights with V Australia
Chris and I are planning a destination wedding for March next year. If you're a follower of my blog it should come as no suprise to you when I say we're getting married at Disney World in Florida.Plans are going great, and I will make sure to post many pictures and stories of our travels while we're over there.We've just booked our flights for the trip, and we got an awesome price! From Sydney to Orlando return we're paying $1243 per person. At the moment you can't even get that price to go from Sydney to Los Angeles with V Australia, so we were very happy with it.I'm now trying to encourage my guests to book their flights with this great offer, as many have expressed an interest in taking the same flight from Sydney. However many are reporting that they are unable to find these cheap flights.So,...
Disneyland Resort 2009
Due to how cheap the flights were at the time, the fact that half of Chris' family lives over there, and I LURVE Disneyland, we decided to go back again. In May 2009 we boarded another plane back over to the US, and this time we took my 15 year old brother with us.I didn't write up a full blown trip report for this trip like I did the last one, but I did do a food report, because I know that the good folks on www.disboards.com love to see food pics. So this post is all about the food we ate at Disneyland.If you're interested in finding out more information about anything Disney, I highly recommend the disboards.So let's get started.Day 1 – Lunch at NaplesWe didn’t have a reservation, but it was early for lunch, so we were seated right away....
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Shoal Bay - August 2009
For my sister’s birthday last year, my mum and I took her for a weekend in Shoal Bay. It was August, so it was cold, so we knew we wouldn’t be spending much time by the beach. So we weren’t too fussed with our location, knowing that we’d have a car and could pretty much get anywhere.We stumbled on the Shoal Bay Beach Club Apartments, found that they were reasonably priced, could fit us comfortably and not in a bad location. We arrived quite late, and had to buzz to be let in; we were met by the owner who cheerfully checked us in, even though we possibly woke him. He ran through a few things with the hotel, and gave us our room keys.Our room was two bedrooms, with a full kitchen, large lounge/dining room, and a narrow, but long balcony. We were...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Monday 10th March. Last day!!!
No photos today, just a heck of a lot of writing...Once again we woke up today bright and early. Most of our stuff had been packed the previous night, so we finished off packing and checked out of the hotel. They stored our stuff for us for the day as well.Today wasn’t going to be a full day, because unfortunately we were flying home... It was a late flight, but we wanted to make sure we had enough time for everything.First we went into DTD to pick up a few more souveneirs, then we caught the monorail into DL.I’d brought my Mickey ears with me to get embroidered today, and I took them into the embroidery place to get them done. There were a few people lined up to purchase their ears, but there was only the CM at the embroidery counter, so I walked in through the door and up to her, and asked...
March 9th, Part 2
I really enjoyed the Napa Rose. However, both Chris and I were pretty under the weather, and not very hungry, but we knew that we had to eat something. We ended up ordering the hot rock appetiser... Between us... The waiter tried desperately to convince us that we’d want more then just that, so Chris told him that we’d just arrived in the US that day, and we were jetlagged, very tired and not hungry...That seemed to satisfy our waiter. We enjoyed the appetiser, and believe it or not, it filled us up... Well, you know, what I mean. It’s all we wanted.It was lovely, but we’ll have to go back next time, and have a proper meal there.We strolled through DTD and headed back into DL. We spent a bit of time looking around. I’m not sure what happened...
March 9th, Part 1
We woke up bright and early – compared to the rest of the trip for today. I told Chris I didn’t care what he said, we were opening and closing the park today. I jumped up to get ready and Chris asked me what the time was. I glanced at the clock and in doing so, remembered that Day Light Savings had either started or finished that night. I don’t remember which one it is, but it meant that it was an hour later then what the clock said... Damn! The park was already open!So we scrambled in to breakfast grabbed stuff quickly and headed out the door. We were almost at the crossing for the park when Chris realised he’d left something vitally important in the hotel room. I say this with sarcasm, but in reality I think he forgot to take his blood pressure...
Saturday March 8th
This was a scheduled day off. We slept in late, had a late breakfast and headed over to DTD.We had souvenier shopping in mind, because really, we’d bought nothing for anyone back home. I love the stuff I bought for everyone. It was nothing special, but it all had that special little Disney something about it.I bought a bunch of glass and crystal stuff for my mum, and was advised to take it as carryon. The lady who served me told me that I shouldn’t have any trouble with the glass stuff, but apparently you can’t see through crystal with the air port’s x-ray like things, so they may pull me aside with it... I found this really interesting...We caught a taxi down to a chemist to get some stronger cold and flu stuff for me. None of this stuff works though. Our taxi driver was a lovely bloke with...
March 7th, Part 2
I didn’t really know what to expect with Dreams and Fantasmic!, because I purposely hadn’t allowed myself to watch them on the internet before I got to see the real thing. I’m so glad that I didn’t too!I loved the fireworks!!! They were great! I couldn’t believe how much trouble they go to! Tinkerbell was all set to fly down from the Matterhorn, but must have gotten stuck, so they turned the spot light off her, and somehow pulled her back to the mountain. I’m actually watching video footage of the show as I’m typing, it’s so great!(NB: The photos without dates are screen shots from my video camera.)We then somehow made our way over and watched Fantasmic! This is also a great show, but not quite as good as the fireworks were. I really liked...
March 7th, Part 1
Back to Disneyland today!Still deemed too sick to be allowed to have an early morning... But we got there relatively early still.I was excited to discover that the Jungle Cruise was open! It wasn’t scheduled to open until the following day, so on we toddled.I love the corniness of this ride. I get a good chuckle out of the jokes. Chris wasn’t as impressed with it though.Unfortunately they hadn’t completely ironed out all the wrinkles and we got stuck just before the end of the ride. Next to the head shrinker... whatsis name... We sat there for ages. It got a little embarrassing for the poor skipper. He asked us if we had any questions after he ran out of all of his skit, a few people had questions, but it sort of ruined it for me. On the Jungle...
