120 Years Of Birthdays- Pre Trippie

[cheekytink]

Pre-trippie for us, the cheekytinks. I always start with good intentions, and they fall apart around day 7, BUT this year we have so many added amazing things to do, I will do my very very best to keep up.

Mr and Mrs Cheekytink. With champagne.
Pretty much standard (I wish! )
I turned 40 back in April this year which led to a week in NY to celebrate, and Dan also reached that milestone in June (no week in NY!)..
Then my cousin Niki is 40 in October- exactly 6 months (to the day) younger than me.
Hence the "120years of birthdays" as a title for our trippie.
It will be my 14th visit to WDW and Dan's 8th..
And already planning 2018 before leaving on the 2017 trip!

Cheekytink kids- Morgan 14 and Millie 4.
Long suffering (but adoring) big brother to princess sister.
Millie has been to WDW 3 times but doesn't remember those trips, so it's like starting afresh this year.
Morgan- trip 6.

The other 2 joining out trip- the cousins, or 'Ohana ❤.
Niki and Simon my lovely familam who live in NY. We visited them in April this year for my 40th and plan to head back asap...
Meanwhile, a mid-way meet is nearly here..

So, heading over on 20th August to here, the glamorous PI Gatwick North...
Weirdly, a close colleague from work is heading on holiday on the 21st and also staying overnight, so we have a hot date with some glowtinis in the bar!

We booked a package deal with Virgin Holidays last year as it was actually cheaper than booking the 4 flights alone!
So that means we get V-Room access!
Very excited to try out the new refurbished facilities...

So we head off on one of these...
for the first time ever in dibber's row!
Almost as excited about that as anything else! Lol

So we are staying here- OKW.
We stayed here in 2014 and loved it. It's a fabulous resort and in a 1-bed villa with over 1000 sq.ft to share it's a great option for a family who also want the benefits of onsite and DDP.

This is the hotel we got with our VH package...
As we aren't using it, the 'Ohana from NY will be staying here when they arrive.
Win win all round! We have used this approach before and because this hotel is so close to WDW it means we can pop down Sherbeth to Perkins to meet them for breakfast easily! Yummy yummy!

So for the first time we get to do this.
Yes- Halloween in August! (Sorry Geoff!)
We have out costumes organised, but what a headache trying to plan something for us all to wear that won't kill us in 95% humidity!
I'm happy with what I have engineered, but you will have to wait for the party to see what we have organised!

We also get to do this for the first time ❤❤... in true Dibber fashion- Food and drink, yum.
We have been looking at the menus and are so pleased we have DDP and many many snack credits to use! I will really try to take photos of the foods (and drinks) we have from here as it is something I was looking for and struggled to find...
The options look so amazing and we will also be keeping a look out for Lou Mongello on the first few days... you never know when you might get a sweaty hug!

So I am an unashamed planner.
I need to feel in control before we go...
if we change things up when we are there all is fine, but in need to feel like we are going with a plan to get the most out of our time...
hence this- spreadsheet Page 1

Page 2... 😂

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New Photo Added by cheekytink - 2 Aug 17 2:49 PM.

[mossyflossy]

Hello, looking forward to reading along and can't believe how your kids have grown! We will be at MK on 24th too, so will say hello if we spot the glam new you!

[cheekytink]

Wow Ruth, that's fab we are there at the same time...
I won't look in the slightest bit glam on a park day😂😂
That photo was after hours of prep on DH's birthday! Lol