dr&momto2boys
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Welcome everyone!
Thanks for coming along on my planning adventure. I welcome any advice you have for me along the way as this trip is LOADED with new experiences for our family. I'll go into details later but this trip will include Reykjavik, Iceland; Disneyland Paris; Paris, France; Barcelona, Spain; an 11 night DCL cruise across the Atlantic Ocean with 3 ports of call; and New York City.
As you can see from all the trip reports in my signature, long trips and Disney trips are nothing new to us, but this one takes the cake. We will be gone almost the entire month of September 2016! We leave on my DH's birthday...September 2nd and plan to return September 30th if everything works out right.
Before we go too far, I will introduce our family.
The kids will be the main focus so let's start there. We have five kids and they will range in age from 3 to 11 at the time of this trip. I will list their current age below but they'll all have a birthday before this trip. We home school and this will be quite a learning experience for all of us. In fact much of our study will revolve around this trip for the next 10 months. I just love being able to do that! It makes learning real.
Jacob (10): A pretty serious kid, but also lots of fun. A planner by nature like me. He made his first trip to WDW when he was 5 months old. He plans to be CEO of Disney when he grows up. We always talk about him putting us up in Cinderella's Castle and hosting a big 50th wedding anniversary party for us when he is CEO.
Max (9): He has a very funny sense of humor and also has very intense emotions. He has been the most hesitant to go on rides of all of our kids. He goes on more now, but still won't go on most roller coasters. He is just starting to try foods that he's not familiar with. Let's hope this continues and expands as we travel to foreign countries on this trip. Both of these boys are growing fast now and eating a lot more than they used to. This will be one expensive family to feed! Max already says he will require 3 croissants per day. He LOVES bread! As long as there is some form of bread available this kid will be okay.
Ella (6): She is our sweet and easy going child, or at least was easy going. She recently broke her arm and while it's unlikely related to that, she's started complaining a lot more lately and has started to get very emotional for not much reason. We're in trouble when she reaches her teen years! Ella is delicate but brave. The wind could blow her over. But she will go on any ride,anywhere! She's also very smart but ditsy.
Zoe (4): FULL of life! Intense! She's a big "Peppa Pig" fan. She has started speaking with a British accent. She will be the toughest to keep happy on "holiday."
Zachary (2): A younger male copy of Zoe. These "baby Zs" are double trouble but super cute and seasoned travelers already.
Marc and Kyrie: We've been married 20 years! In fact this transatlantic cruise was going to be our 20th anniversary present to ourselves this year. BUT we were booked on Royal Caribbean and after taking a fun but not great cruise on RCCL earlier in the year, we canceled our 2015 plans in favor of booking on Disney Cruise Line in 2016. Now I'm glad we did for many reasons I'll go into later. Marc is a stay-at-home dad and a travel agent on the side and I am an upper cervical chiropractor in my own practice along with associates. Our hobbies are Disney and travel. I bet you never would have guessed!
Thanks for coming along on my planning adventure. I welcome any advice you have for me along the way as this trip is LOADED with new experiences for our family. I'll go into details later but this trip will include Reykjavik, Iceland; Disneyland Paris; Paris, France; Barcelona, Spain; an 11 night DCL cruise across the Atlantic Ocean with 3 ports of call; and New York City.
As you can see from all the trip reports in my signature, long trips and Disney trips are nothing new to us, but this one takes the cake. We will be gone almost the entire month of September 2016! We leave on my DH's birthday...September 2nd and plan to return September 30th if everything works out right.
Before we go too far, I will introduce our family.
The kids will be the main focus so let's start there. We have five kids and they will range in age from 3 to 11 at the time of this trip. I will list their current age below but they'll all have a birthday before this trip. We home school and this will be quite a learning experience for all of us. In fact much of our study will revolve around this trip for the next 10 months. I just love being able to do that! It makes learning real.
Jacob (10): A pretty serious kid, but also lots of fun. A planner by nature like me. He made his first trip to WDW when he was 5 months old. He plans to be CEO of Disney when he grows up. We always talk about him putting us up in Cinderella's Castle and hosting a big 50th wedding anniversary party for us when he is CEO.
Max (9): He has a very funny sense of humor and also has very intense emotions. He has been the most hesitant to go on rides of all of our kids. He goes on more now, but still won't go on most roller coasters. He is just starting to try foods that he's not familiar with. Let's hope this continues and expands as we travel to foreign countries on this trip. Both of these boys are growing fast now and eating a lot more than they used to. This will be one expensive family to feed! Max already says he will require 3 croissants per day. He LOVES bread! As long as there is some form of bread available this kid will be okay.
Ella (6): She is our sweet and easy going child, or at least was easy going. She recently broke her arm and while it's unlikely related to that, she's started complaining a lot more lately and has started to get very emotional for not much reason. We're in trouble when she reaches her teen years! Ella is delicate but brave. The wind could blow her over. But she will go on any ride,anywhere! She's also very smart but ditsy.
Zoe (4): FULL of life! Intense! She's a big "Peppa Pig" fan. She has started speaking with a British accent. She will be the toughest to keep happy on "holiday."
Zachary (2): A younger male copy of Zoe. These "baby Zs" are double trouble but super cute and seasoned travelers already.
Marc and Kyrie: We've been married 20 years! In fact this transatlantic cruise was going to be our 20th anniversary present to ourselves this year. BUT we were booked on Royal Caribbean and after taking a fun but not great cruise on RCCL earlier in the year, we canceled our 2015 plans in favor of booking on Disney Cruise Line in 2016. Now I'm glad we did for many reasons I'll go into later. Marc is a stay-at-home dad and a travel agent on the side and I am an upper cervical chiropractor in my own practice along with associates. Our hobbies are Disney and travel. I bet you never would have guessed!
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