We're Going to Disney World Today!
Well today is the big day. We were headed to the happiest place on Earth. We live about 3 hours from the airport, so my husband and I decided to spend the night before near the airport. We're not morning people, but on this day we couldn't wait to get up. We had to say goodbye to our sweet dog before heading off to the airport, which is never easy for me. I always feel so guilty leaving him behind when we go on vacation. How could I not with a face like that?!
After we said goodbye to our doggy, we were off to the airport. We met my parents, Jeffrey, and Bekah there. Our flight was leaving at 10:15am, so we got to the airport around 8:00am. Once we got through security we headed straight to Jamba Juice for breakfast. Everyone got a smoothie and then we were on our way to the gate.
To be completely honest, I am not the best at flying. I am terrified of it really. I can’t explain why, but every time I have to fly I get super nervous. So by this point in the morning I was a nervous wreck. I just kept thinking that as soon as I get the flight over and done with, we’ll be in Disney.
We flew on Southwest. I absolutely love flying with them. They are always so friendly and it helps put me at ease about flying. Our flight was a little over 3 hours long. I watched Tangled and Frozen on my iPad to pass the time.
We landed around 3:40pm and I could not wait to get to the Magical Express area. I had been listening to the Magical Express music loop on YouTube for months to get pumped up about the trip. So I was excited to hear it in person again. By the time we got to the Magical Express area it was about 4:20pm.
It did not take long at all for us to board a Magical Express bus. It was about 5 minutes.
I was so excited to be on that bus. I couldn’t believe we were going back to Disney and I was going with my family that had never been before. We grabbed a seat and watched the Disney cartoons that were playing on the TV’s. Then we waited and waited and waited some more. I was starting to get a little nervous about the time because we had an ADR to get to at Downtown Disney.
I think we waited around 20 minutes until the bus finally left. I don’t think I looked out the window the entire drive. I was too focused on the video they were playing on the bus. It just makes me so excited to just get to Disney and see everything for myself.
We stopped at Yacht Club, Beach Club, and Boardwalk before stopping at Caribbean Beach. I was really starting to stress about the time. When we finally got to Caribbean Beach, it was around 5:45pm. I was really hoping we could be at a bus stop to go to Downtown Disney by 6:00pm. We were cutting it really close.
We arrived to the Customs House and checked in. The CM’s were super friendly. We had booked a room only reservation for our first night. I booked the package to start on December 12th. It was the only way to get the free dining. So I was really hoping that they wouldn’t make us switch rooms the next morning and luckily we were not going to have to. I requested to be in the Jamaica area and close to transportation. They met all of my requests. So I was really happy about that. After checking in, we went straight to our room to drop off our carryon bags. We didn’t even get a chance to really explore before we were off to dinner.