Jaina
Actually, my name is Sara. It's a long, VMK story.
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2005
Complete!
Actual trip report starts on page 5! (Also, sorry some of the pictures are huge. I was still figuring out imgur when I uploaded some of them...)
Day 0 - Traveling
Day 1 - Disneyland! (on very little sleep)
Day 1 - Toontown, Mickey and Tiny Meltdowns
Day 1 - Tomorrowland and Tiredness
Day 0 and 1 - Video links
Day 2 - A chilly Magic Morning
Day 2 - Beignets, Babies, and Burgers
Day 2 - A Little Too Much Screamin'
Day 2 - Video
Day 3 - A Sudden Change in Plans
Day 3 - A Little Magic
Day 3 - Boardwalks and Splashdowns
Day 3 - Video
Day 4 - A California Morning
Day 4 - Divide and Conquer
Day 4 - An Overpacked Parade
Day 4 - All the Lights
Day 4 - Video
This seems so far out to me, but I'm already super excited about it, and I just wanted somewhere to collect my thoughts, since between then and now I'll be having a baby, and who knows what shape my mind will be in.
I have tentatively planning this trip (for like 6 months) for the first week of November, since low crowds are important to us with our band of small children. But the other day DH told me if we were going that close to Christmas, he'd rather us go when all the decor was up, (which none of us have seen) and enjoy the seasonal stuff even if it's more crowded. So I settled on the week after Thankgsgiving as our best bet for "lesser" crowds, haha, and already have reservations at like 3 motels.
So if anyone knows of any trip reports here that happened the week after Thanksgiving in the last few years, please link them for me!!
Our cast of characters will include me (34), DH (33), DS10 (he will be a "Disney adult" at 10, haha), DD8 (almost 9), DD6 (6), DS2 (almost 3), and our new baby DD0 , due the first of August. She will be 4 months. The closest I've come to taking a baby to Disney is when DS2 was 9 months, and I took a single-day trip with just him and some girlfriends, with their little ones. (Trip report in my sig) SO not the same thing just being responsible for him vs taking my whole entourage!
Trip preparation posts will include how our last (only, so far) family trip went, me being crazy and trying to put together matching shirts and stuff, figuring out which hotel will be the best fit for us (and mostly, our budget, which really enters into it with lots of us!), and deciding how many days we're going to spend, what our priorities will be, etc. A lot of that might depend on if I have another c-section in August (hoping not!) and if this new baby is an easy one or not.
Actual trip report starts on page 5! (Also, sorry some of the pictures are huge. I was still figuring out imgur when I uploaded some of them...)
Day 0 - Traveling
Day 1 - Disneyland! (on very little sleep)
Day 1 - Toontown, Mickey and Tiny Meltdowns
Day 1 - Tomorrowland and Tiredness
Day 0 and 1 - Video links
Day 2 - A chilly Magic Morning
Day 2 - Beignets, Babies, and Burgers
Day 2 - A Little Too Much Screamin'
Day 2 - Video
Day 3 - A Sudden Change in Plans
Day 3 - A Little Magic
Day 3 - Boardwalks and Splashdowns
Day 3 - Video
Day 4 - A California Morning
Day 4 - Divide and Conquer
Day 4 - An Overpacked Parade
Day 4 - All the Lights
Day 4 - Video
This seems so far out to me, but I'm already super excited about it, and I just wanted somewhere to collect my thoughts, since between then and now I'll be having a baby, and who knows what shape my mind will be in.
I have tentatively planning this trip (for like 6 months) for the first week of November, since low crowds are important to us with our band of small children. But the other day DH told me if we were going that close to Christmas, he'd rather us go when all the decor was up, (which none of us have seen) and enjoy the seasonal stuff even if it's more crowded. So I settled on the week after Thankgsgiving as our best bet for "lesser" crowds, haha, and already have reservations at like 3 motels.
So if anyone knows of any trip reports here that happened the week after Thanksgiving in the last few years, please link them for me!!
Our cast of characters will include me (34), DH (33), DS10 (he will be a "Disney adult" at 10, haha), DD8 (almost 9), DD6 (6), DS2 (almost 3), and our new baby DD0 , due the first of August. She will be 4 months. The closest I've come to taking a baby to Disney is when DS2 was 9 months, and I took a single-day trip with just him and some girlfriends, with their little ones. (Trip report in my sig) SO not the same thing just being responsible for him vs taking my whole entourage!
Trip preparation posts will include how our last (only, so far) family trip went, me being crazy and trying to put together matching shirts and stuff, figuring out which hotel will be the best fit for us (and mostly, our budget, which really enters into it with lots of us!), and deciding how many days we're going to spend, what our priorities will be, etc. A lot of that might depend on if I have another c-section in August (hoping not!) and if this new baby is an easy one or not.
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