Pre-trip – February 9th
It was a cold, snowy day in Duluth, GA. I was on my lunch break, surfing around FB when I saw this:
“Yea, I can definitely use some Disney therapy right about now.” I hit share. A few minutes later, I have a comment from my sister. “I’m off this weekend, maybe Steve (her boyfriend) and I will go.”
What. No way. “Not without me!” I say, only half kidding.
Quick search of the weather shows that President’s Day weekend in FL will be beautiful. Hmm… how do I pull this off? I tag DH in this post and say “Keira and I may take a trip this weekend.”
Now, let me pause for a moment. I have President’s Day off. DH just got promoted at work a few weeks prior and had a big project he was working on and couldn’t take any time off. Much to his dismay, he was not joining us on this trip.
He replies back to my comment “Go ahead!”
You don’t have to tell me twice!
Later that evening, I’m looking at available character breakfast reservations for Saturday morning. There’s an 8:05am ADR open at Crystal Palace. I book it.
Okay, so we’re really going to Disney World this weekend? How are we getting there? Where are we staying? What are we doing?!
It’s too expensive to fly last minute. It’s only a 7 hour drive, I can do it. I’ll take off Friday and we’ll drive during the day.
Where are we going to stay? Well… we can stay off property – ehh. I don’t want to pay $20/day to park at the parks (I also didn’t know my sister had an annual pass at this point). Coronado Springs is the only non-deluxe available for the weekend. Hmm… it’s not really in my last minute budget. I’ll think about it.
The next day, I tried playing with the dates to see if that made a difference in availability. Pop Century shows up, it’s available Friday-Sunday. We book it! I’ll figure out the extra day later.
Park tickets purchased, FP+ secured, we’re all set! We leave in 2 days!
After work Thursday, I’m a mad woman. I have to pack, get gas, go to the store – AHH!! Stressed!
I stop at the
Disney Store on my way home. Keira was given a lanyard for opening the store last Sunday. She took it to school and it vanished. They were nice enough to replace it for me, so we can bring it with us on our trip! While there, I saw these really cute t-shirts. Yup, we’re all getting one. Matching t-shirts for all!
(Keira cheesing it up with her lanyard)
I pick K up from school, go home and get to packing. I took a break after dinner to run across the street to Target. Gotta stock up on snacks! Get home, get K to bed, and finish packing.
DH was in charge of making sure her tablet was loaded with all the movies and games to keep her from freaking out in the car. Thank God for that tablet!
I think I finished up with everything around 11, and was asleep by 12. Tomorrow is Disney day!!