timandlesley
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O.K. ladies and gentleman, get ready for the Disney ride of your life, the timandlesley crew just returned from 18 days- yes you heard that right 18 DAYS IN DISNEY!!!!! We had the time of our lives, experienced Disney in a whole new way DVC style and saw and did so many things we just cant wait to share all of our great times with you.
So, buckle up your seat belts, move over and fill in all available spaces and keep your hands and legs inside the vehicle at all times, its gonna be a GREAT RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(If you are JUST joining us, better late than never .. you can find out more about our trip by checking out our pre trip report here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2010967
Introduction-/Day before our Disney Adventure:
We purchased DVC this past year at Animal Kingdom Lodge. Traveling are myself (Lesley), my husband Tim, Luke (8) and Lauren (5). We stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge Jambo House booked for 7 nights/8 days with deluxe dining and Saratoga Springs resort (with our developer points) for 9 nights/10 days
So our adventure begins on June 20th 2009. Luke had spent the night at his grandmas house, our beloved Golden retriever Mickey was dropped off at my parents house, house was locked up and we hit the road to Indianapolis where we would be spending the night- our flight left Indianapolis on June 21st so we did park and fly at a hotel there.
We stopped and picked Luke up on the way to Indy (he sure would have been upset with us had we left him behind)! We grabbed a quick lunch at Wendys and completed the 2 hour ride to Indianapolis. We were already on a Disney high. Thank God for the iPhone on the way we were able to check in for our Southwest flight got section A boarding WOO HOO!
We checked in, relaxed, checked out the pool and just had fun being in a hotel knowing our adventure was beginning:
We had plans for a Dis meet with Susie (Sooze on the boards). I called her to let her know we had arrived and were excited to meet her and the kids for dinner at Red Robin.
We met her for dinner around 5:30- we got a bit turned around thanks to our GPS so ended up running late for dinner I felt bad but we made it there as fast as we could. Dis meets are so strange because you already feel like you are best friends with someone you have never even met. We instantly hugged one another and were excited to finally meet one another face to face.
Here are Susie and I:
Tyson and Shae were there and were as cute as their pictures. Luke and Tyson hit it off quickly and started being silly together:
And Lauren and Shae became fast friends:
Shae was so adorable talking about Illuminations, I wish I could have videotaped it but in her cute little voice and hand motions she made a ball and said there is the earfff (earth) and it opens up and then THERE IS FIRE!!! ADORABLE!!
We started talking about how we wish we could be going together and the kids were joking asking if we had room in our suitcases and I said sure, wed love to take you along we could poke airholes in the bags or something and then Susie said Oh, so you want to take them with you??? and she gave us a FLAT TYSON and a FLAT SHAE!!! YEAH!! Such fun. Here they are posing with their flats:
Tim and the boys had fun talking Yankees and iPhone applications at dinner:
Here is a group photo of us:
What a great family we had such fun meeting them and were excited to take Shae and Tyson with us to Disney (well the flat versions anywayJ ) It was great meeting Susie, cant wait to meet her other half (hi Matt) someday and hopefully well experience Disney together one day now that we both own DVC.
Well, after we said our goodbyes we headed back to the hotel on a Disney high. The kids were in rare form, here they are sprinting up and down the halls around 11pm in their underwear (dont ask/dont judge : )
Then we experienced one of those you try to get a great night sleep sleeps before Disney but your so excited you have a hard time sleeping sleeps you know what I mean??? Well, it was that kind. What was nice this year is that we didnt have to get up super early since our flight wasnt until 2 oclock. We woke up at our leisure it was Fathers day so we wished Tim a happy Fathers Day (we had given him his gifts before we left Cincinnati due to the largeness of the items for his Yankee room, etc.- and his begging to get them early : ) We enjoyed the nice free breakfast buffet in the lobby and called our fathers to wish them a happy Fathers day too. Here are the kids in the lobby ready to head to the airport:
Does she look excited to go to Disney or what!?!
We got to the airport with tons of time to spare. We enjoyed lunch in the beautiful new Indianapolis airport it really is nice now- WOW!
When we were waiting for our plane I got a call from my grandparents nursing home- for some reason they mixed up the emergency contact information and had my cell number down instead of my dads (its my dads parents). Well, my grandmother had been rushed to the hospital and they didnt know if she would make it I had to track down my parents to tell them who in turn rushed to the hospital. It wasnt a good way to start things off and I couldnt help but worry what would happen if she did pass away, fortunately that did not happen though.
Here is a happy Lauren when our plane arrived:
Lauren and I sat behind Tim and Luke on the plane:
Shae and Tyson really enjoyed sitting with Lauren on the plane:
Lauren enjoyed having someone to talk too : )
It was a smooth flight, I just love the Southwest flight attendants, the songs the lady was singing about if we were to crash and hold onto your neighbor for a floatation device, etc. was HALARIOUS! She also had quite a ditty when we landed about Orlando- she had everyone rolling such fun- I just love Southwest (there, plug over : )
We landed in Orlando and were SO EXCITED TO FINALLY BE THERE. We landed at 4:30 and breezed through the Magical Express (lack of) line:
And we were on the bus and gone by 5:00
We pulled into Animal Kingdom Lodge and we were all just giddy, couldnt wait to be welcomed home for the first time, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL RESORT. Every picture I have seen of this place has been beautiful but honestly not one single picture I have seen could do this gorgeous resort justice, it is AMAZING and I am so thrilled to call it home.
Tim and Luke were so excited to be there, they instantly fell to their knees chanting Disney!!! and kissed the ground:
Funny,funny boys hey, Disney does that to us, Im not gonna lie : )
Our first view of the lobby:
I had checked in online so our check in was quick and easy. Here is the check in desk:
Before we knew it we were on our way to our room.
Here it was!!!!
I LOVE how in this resort with DVC you stay in the same resort as everyone else, just the DVC logo on the door separates you but you get the same amenities as everyone else, LOVE IT!!! We booked a standard view savannah in Jambo House- standard view is a pool view and it was beautiful!
(continued in the next post)
So, buckle up your seat belts, move over and fill in all available spaces and keep your hands and legs inside the vehicle at all times, its gonna be a GREAT RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(If you are JUST joining us, better late than never .. you can find out more about our trip by checking out our pre trip report here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2010967
Introduction-/Day before our Disney Adventure:
We purchased DVC this past year at Animal Kingdom Lodge. Traveling are myself (Lesley), my husband Tim, Luke (8) and Lauren (5). We stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge Jambo House booked for 7 nights/8 days with deluxe dining and Saratoga Springs resort (with our developer points) for 9 nights/10 days
So our adventure begins on June 20th 2009. Luke had spent the night at his grandmas house, our beloved Golden retriever Mickey was dropped off at my parents house, house was locked up and we hit the road to Indianapolis where we would be spending the night- our flight left Indianapolis on June 21st so we did park and fly at a hotel there.
We stopped and picked Luke up on the way to Indy (he sure would have been upset with us had we left him behind)! We grabbed a quick lunch at Wendys and completed the 2 hour ride to Indianapolis. We were already on a Disney high. Thank God for the iPhone on the way we were able to check in for our Southwest flight got section A boarding WOO HOO!
We checked in, relaxed, checked out the pool and just had fun being in a hotel knowing our adventure was beginning:
We had plans for a Dis meet with Susie (Sooze on the boards). I called her to let her know we had arrived and were excited to meet her and the kids for dinner at Red Robin.
We met her for dinner around 5:30- we got a bit turned around thanks to our GPS so ended up running late for dinner I felt bad but we made it there as fast as we could. Dis meets are so strange because you already feel like you are best friends with someone you have never even met. We instantly hugged one another and were excited to finally meet one another face to face.
Here are Susie and I:
Tyson and Shae were there and were as cute as their pictures. Luke and Tyson hit it off quickly and started being silly together:
And Lauren and Shae became fast friends:
Shae was so adorable talking about Illuminations, I wish I could have videotaped it but in her cute little voice and hand motions she made a ball and said there is the earfff (earth) and it opens up and then THERE IS FIRE!!! ADORABLE!!
We started talking about how we wish we could be going together and the kids were joking asking if we had room in our suitcases and I said sure, wed love to take you along we could poke airholes in the bags or something and then Susie said Oh, so you want to take them with you??? and she gave us a FLAT TYSON and a FLAT SHAE!!! YEAH!! Such fun. Here they are posing with their flats:
Tim and the boys had fun talking Yankees and iPhone applications at dinner:
Here is a group photo of us:
What a great family we had such fun meeting them and were excited to take Shae and Tyson with us to Disney (well the flat versions anywayJ ) It was great meeting Susie, cant wait to meet her other half (hi Matt) someday and hopefully well experience Disney together one day now that we both own DVC.
Well, after we said our goodbyes we headed back to the hotel on a Disney high. The kids were in rare form, here they are sprinting up and down the halls around 11pm in their underwear (dont ask/dont judge : )
Then we experienced one of those you try to get a great night sleep sleeps before Disney but your so excited you have a hard time sleeping sleeps you know what I mean??? Well, it was that kind. What was nice this year is that we didnt have to get up super early since our flight wasnt until 2 oclock. We woke up at our leisure it was Fathers day so we wished Tim a happy Fathers Day (we had given him his gifts before we left Cincinnati due to the largeness of the items for his Yankee room, etc.- and his begging to get them early : ) We enjoyed the nice free breakfast buffet in the lobby and called our fathers to wish them a happy Fathers day too. Here are the kids in the lobby ready to head to the airport:
Does she look excited to go to Disney or what!?!
We got to the airport with tons of time to spare. We enjoyed lunch in the beautiful new Indianapolis airport it really is nice now- WOW!
When we were waiting for our plane I got a call from my grandparents nursing home- for some reason they mixed up the emergency contact information and had my cell number down instead of my dads (its my dads parents). Well, my grandmother had been rushed to the hospital and they didnt know if she would make it I had to track down my parents to tell them who in turn rushed to the hospital. It wasnt a good way to start things off and I couldnt help but worry what would happen if she did pass away, fortunately that did not happen though.
Here is a happy Lauren when our plane arrived:
Lauren and I sat behind Tim and Luke on the plane:
Shae and Tyson really enjoyed sitting with Lauren on the plane:
Lauren enjoyed having someone to talk too : )
It was a smooth flight, I just love the Southwest flight attendants, the songs the lady was singing about if we were to crash and hold onto your neighbor for a floatation device, etc. was HALARIOUS! She also had quite a ditty when we landed about Orlando- she had everyone rolling such fun- I just love Southwest (there, plug over : )
We landed in Orlando and were SO EXCITED TO FINALLY BE THERE. We landed at 4:30 and breezed through the Magical Express (lack of) line:
And we were on the bus and gone by 5:00
We pulled into Animal Kingdom Lodge and we were all just giddy, couldnt wait to be welcomed home for the first time, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL RESORT. Every picture I have seen of this place has been beautiful but honestly not one single picture I have seen could do this gorgeous resort justice, it is AMAZING and I am so thrilled to call it home.
Tim and Luke were so excited to be there, they instantly fell to their knees chanting Disney!!! and kissed the ground:
Funny,funny boys hey, Disney does that to us, Im not gonna lie : )
Our first view of the lobby:
I had checked in online so our check in was quick and easy. Here is the check in desk:
Before we knew it we were on our way to our room.
Here it was!!!!
I LOVE how in this resort with DVC you stay in the same resort as everyone else, just the DVC logo on the door separates you but you get the same amenities as everyone else, LOVE IT!!! We booked a standard view savannah in Jambo House- standard view is a pool view and it was beautiful!
(continued in the next post)