Jackiemarie21
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 17, 2012
Hello Everyone and !
I'm so excited to share our tale of our latest Disney Adventure with you!
Just who are Pearl and Sug? Well they are my two daughters which I will formally introduce to you in my next post. You will want to stick around to meet them, they are adorable, but I'm not biased at all.
Our last trip was in July 2013 when Sug was only 2. We had a few rough patches after our last trip and life was tough for a while (there was good in there too, we added Pearl . ) So we needed a trip to a magic, happy place. We needed time to bond and enjoy ourselves as a family. We needed a goal to work for, we needed to see light at the end of the tunnel. And there is no other place that fits that bill better than WDW!
So when did we decide to take this very important family bonding vacation? Oh only the busiest time of the year Dec. 28-Jan 5!
That was the biggest reason I wanted to write this TR. There aren't a lot out there during this time frame. And yes its crowded, yes its not for the faint of heart, but it can be pretty amazing too! I wanted to share our story so if you are debating on going during this time it might help you decide if its right for you or not. I will not sugar coat things, I'm going to tell you exactly how it is, the good and bad.
Lots of factors went into the decision for this trip. It has always been a dream of mine to go during Christmas time, however, DH is a teacher so going during the "off" time will never be an option for us. However, this year his school had an extra long Holiday break with students not reporting until Jan. 9. I thought we would go right after Christmas, catch the special Holiday stuff, stay after the masses leave and enjoy some low crowd time. Did that plan work out? Well, you will have to read on to find out.
Now the title indicated there was a Christmas surprise, we did not tell the girls they were going. They were going to open a Christmas gift and inside was going to be a new suit case (my oldest had a suit case on her wish list) and inside the suitcase would be a note from Mickey telling them they were headed to WDW. How did that work out? Keep reading to find out!
So, you know the Why? and the When? How about the Where? We used our favorite "magical" TA, and got a fantastic deal on nine nights at POFQ with 8 day park tickets, no hopper, and the dining plan. We stayed at the FQ during our honeymoon and loved it! We were so excited to go back and it did not disappoint!
I'm going to get into the Who in a different post, so that is to come!
I hope that you enjoy reliving this adventure with me. But for now I'm going to leave you with my favorite pic from the trip:
I'm so excited to share our tale of our latest Disney Adventure with you!
Just who are Pearl and Sug? Well they are my two daughters which I will formally introduce to you in my next post. You will want to stick around to meet them, they are adorable, but I'm not biased at all.
Our last trip was in July 2013 when Sug was only 2. We had a few rough patches after our last trip and life was tough for a while (there was good in there too, we added Pearl . ) So we needed a trip to a magic, happy place. We needed time to bond and enjoy ourselves as a family. We needed a goal to work for, we needed to see light at the end of the tunnel. And there is no other place that fits that bill better than WDW!
So when did we decide to take this very important family bonding vacation? Oh only the busiest time of the year Dec. 28-Jan 5!
That was the biggest reason I wanted to write this TR. There aren't a lot out there during this time frame. And yes its crowded, yes its not for the faint of heart, but it can be pretty amazing too! I wanted to share our story so if you are debating on going during this time it might help you decide if its right for you or not. I will not sugar coat things, I'm going to tell you exactly how it is, the good and bad.
Lots of factors went into the decision for this trip. It has always been a dream of mine to go during Christmas time, however, DH is a teacher so going during the "off" time will never be an option for us. However, this year his school had an extra long Holiday break with students not reporting until Jan. 9. I thought we would go right after Christmas, catch the special Holiday stuff, stay after the masses leave and enjoy some low crowd time. Did that plan work out? Well, you will have to read on to find out.
Now the title indicated there was a Christmas surprise, we did not tell the girls they were going. They were going to open a Christmas gift and inside was going to be a new suit case (my oldest had a suit case on her wish list) and inside the suitcase would be a note from Mickey telling them they were headed to WDW. How did that work out? Keep reading to find out!
So, you know the Why? and the When? How about the Where? We used our favorite "magical" TA, and got a fantastic deal on nine nights at POFQ with 8 day park tickets, no hopper, and the dining plan. We stayed at the FQ during our honeymoon and loved it! We were so excited to go back and it did not disappoint!
I'm going to get into the Who in a different post, so that is to come!
I hope that you enjoy reliving this adventure with me. But for now I'm going to leave you with my favorite pic from the trip:
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