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Look forward to the next update. How fun to plan another trip!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful trip. I'm headed to DL for the first time and I'll be by myself, so I'm absorbing as much as I can before 4/20. Great posts and pics.
You're welcome. How exciting! The park should be low crowds too and the weather should be pleasant too. How many days will you be staying for? Are you doing a trip report?
I'm heading to San Diego for a software conference from4/15-4/20 and couldn't loose the chance to go to DL. I'm staying at the Carousel Inn 4/20-23 and leaving out of LAX at 9pm. I'm beyond excited, but a bit nervous. I've never done any parks by myself. I got my tickets and confirmations in the mail last week and I just keep looking at them. The park hopper has Luigi and the other french car from Cars on the front.
I've never written a trip report. Usually it's 10 days at WDW and that would be a huge report. I'm not really good at keeping details of my time. I always start good and then droop off as the days go by.
Happy Easter!!
Finally caught up! Great TR Michele. I am glad you had so much fun and that WBG did too. It looks like you did lots of things you hadn't before as well as lots of fun new things. I will take note of sitting on that bench to people watch, it looked like a great view to do that. I am glad to have followed along, and I am heading over to your new one as soon as I can.
Now for my closing thoughts, this was a great trip. It was our best. This is the trip where WBG discovered the love of Disneyland and DCA. He used to go on the trips because he knew how much I loved it but he never truly understood the love. I am glad to say that he now has that love. Since we have come home from our trip he has looked at pictures of DLR online. This is huge. Now we both have APs and that is huge because it was his idea.
I realize that the Ayres Hotel is a long way from the actual resort but I loved it and it is the only place I will stay at. We didn't hear any of our neighbors, we didn't hear kids running down the hallway either. It wasn't because there weren't kids in the hotel either. There was a high school band staying there at the time we were and I didn't even realize it until the morning we left. I love a quiet hotel. Sitting downstairs in the lobby was a pleasure. There was a fire in the fireplace and it is just a cozy place to be. I cannot say enough good things about the hotel.
We visited more characters than we have since the kids we little, and you know what I love, love, loved it!! Next trip we will do the same thing. Maybe I can even get the kids to join in a few. It was great fun to be a kid. I can hardly wait to go to DCA with the walls down. The changes that are coming are going to be great. I have begrudgingly fallen in love with DCA. The first time or two I went I was kind of meh about the park. I was part of the "it's just not Disneyland" group of people. Now I am part of the "I'm glad it's not Disneyland" group now. Yes there are the Disney touches every where but it is it's own park. Yay!!
Thank you for joining me on this trip and I hope that you join me on our next trip report. I plan on starting that pre-trip soon, but first I need to ask SherryE about a word I was going to put in the title. I don't remember it.
Ciao for now!!
I liked the pictures of Mickey's house! I hadn't seen them before.
How cute, that they have Mickey's Baby shoes, too.
I like your disney bag, by the way.
Wow -- that Lily Belle is beautiful -- what a better choice than wicker furniture.
So glad that WBG developed a love for Disney on this trip! And that you guys got AP -- so much nicer to go in and out the parks as you wish ... and more importantly, to plan another vacation before it expires!!
Just finished reading your TR. I'm glad you came back and finished it! Thanks for including a Lilly Belle ticket. I don't remember ever seeing a picture of that before. I'm glad you had such a great trip. Have fun planning the next one.
I think the theming in Mickey's house is wonderful. The baby shoes are a really nice touch.
Oh thank you! It is great for shopping too. I am planning to take it next trip too.
I love the Lily Belle. And I agree the wicker wouldn't have been nearly as nice. I think that the car is so rich looking. It was so nice to sit and listen to the stories. The CM we had truly loves trains and is so knowledgeable that it made the ride that much more fun.
I couldn't be more thrilled that WBG finally gets it. He finally is excited about going and doesn't just say, "whatever you want honey." That just drove me nuts.
Have you started a new pre trip report for your mommy daughter trip?