elizablake
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2008
7 months, 4 weeks, 1 day, 20 hours, 10 minutes and 15 seconds ……to be exact.
How did I get myself in this predicament? Well…we spent a bit too much money going to Disney twice this year. And it was worth every penny! The crazy part is that last year at this time I was hardly in the Disney spirit. We were going through a cruise phase at the time and DH and I weren’t too excited about the Jan Disney trip we had planned. We felt like it was a right of passage for DD and we wanted to go before she started “real school”. Don’t get me wrong, I have wanted to take DD to Disney since she was born, we just having trouble getting excited about meeting princesses, ridding kiddie rides and walking 100 miles a day. Boy, were we wrong! We had the time of our lives! We camped at Fort Wilderness for 9 nights in January. The weather was beautiful, the lines were short, and we fell in love with Disney World. Plus, we love to camp, so bringing the RV was icing on the cake. Here’s a link to our trip report:
Trip Report: Disney World and Fort Wilderness for the first time 1/09
And a few photos:
Once we got back we fell into a post-Disney depression. That is until I suggested canceling on Beach trip in June and going to Disney instead. We knew it would be crowded, we knew it would be hot, but we didn’t care a bit. Luckily, Fort Wilderness had availability, so we booked 7 nights for the three of us.
About a month before the trip, DH mentioned that he wished we could bring our nieces and nephew since they had never been. We took a look at our budget and realized that if we canceled all the extras (character meals, BBB, park hoppers and water parks) we could swing it.
So we surprised our niece (7), niece (11) and nephew (10) with “tickets” to Disney at my niece’s birthday
Here’s a link to that trip report:
Trip Report: Disney with 4 kids and a dog and we only lost one of them! 6/09
And a few photos from the trip:
The trip was great. All the kids had a blast and we were so glad that we got to share Disney with our nieces and nephew. We did have one small crisis..OK, huge crisis. We lost our dog Scooter, aka Scoot-meister, aka Scooty-booty. It was a scary 36 hours but we found him safe and sound. Here’s a photo of the run-away putting my Great Dane in a headlock:
All together we were lucky enough to spend 16 nights at Fort Wilderness, 3 days at AK, 3 days at HS, 3 days at EPCOT, and 7 days at MK in 2009.
Which leaves me here, broke, and nothing to look forward to except our trip 7 months, 4 weeks, 1 day, 19 hours, 30 minutes and 45 seconds away. I desperately need to find a way to pass the time and I’m not above begging…so, please, please, pleeeeeeease read my pre-trip report. Keep me busy with advice and tips so the next 7 months will fly by.
Links to my posts:
Trip Background
Trip Summary
Photos of the Rental House
Things We Can't Miss
Things We Have Never Done
Vacation Planning Challenges
Possible ADRs
Princess Costumes!
Official itinerary
There's an app for that!
Official change to the official itinerary
My out of control autograph book
DD's autograph book arrives
R.I.P Stroller
How do we surprise DD?
The plan: Arrival Day
The plan: MK Day 1
The plan: Fantasmic! day
How did I get myself in this predicament? Well…we spent a bit too much money going to Disney twice this year. And it was worth every penny! The crazy part is that last year at this time I was hardly in the Disney spirit. We were going through a cruise phase at the time and DH and I weren’t too excited about the Jan Disney trip we had planned. We felt like it was a right of passage for DD and we wanted to go before she started “real school”. Don’t get me wrong, I have wanted to take DD to Disney since she was born, we just having trouble getting excited about meeting princesses, ridding kiddie rides and walking 100 miles a day. Boy, were we wrong! We had the time of our lives! We camped at Fort Wilderness for 9 nights in January. The weather was beautiful, the lines were short, and we fell in love with Disney World. Plus, we love to camp, so bringing the RV was icing on the cake. Here’s a link to our trip report:
Trip Report: Disney World and Fort Wilderness for the first time 1/09
And a few photos:
Once we got back we fell into a post-Disney depression. That is until I suggested canceling on Beach trip in June and going to Disney instead. We knew it would be crowded, we knew it would be hot, but we didn’t care a bit. Luckily, Fort Wilderness had availability, so we booked 7 nights for the three of us.
About a month before the trip, DH mentioned that he wished we could bring our nieces and nephew since they had never been. We took a look at our budget and realized that if we canceled all the extras (character meals, BBB, park hoppers and water parks) we could swing it.
So we surprised our niece (7), niece (11) and nephew (10) with “tickets” to Disney at my niece’s birthday
Here’s a link to that trip report:
Trip Report: Disney with 4 kids and a dog and we only lost one of them! 6/09
And a few photos from the trip:
The trip was great. All the kids had a blast and we were so glad that we got to share Disney with our nieces and nephew. We did have one small crisis..OK, huge crisis. We lost our dog Scooter, aka Scoot-meister, aka Scooty-booty. It was a scary 36 hours but we found him safe and sound. Here’s a photo of the run-away putting my Great Dane in a headlock:
All together we were lucky enough to spend 16 nights at Fort Wilderness, 3 days at AK, 3 days at HS, 3 days at EPCOT, and 7 days at MK in 2009.
Which leaves me here, broke, and nothing to look forward to except our trip 7 months, 4 weeks, 1 day, 19 hours, 30 minutes and 45 seconds away. I desperately need to find a way to pass the time and I’m not above begging…so, please, please, pleeeeeeease read my pre-trip report. Keep me busy with advice and tips so the next 7 months will fly by.
Links to my posts:
Trip Background
Trip Summary
Photos of the Rental House
Things We Can't Miss
Things We Have Never Done
Vacation Planning Challenges
Possible ADRs
Princess Costumes!
Official itinerary
There's an app for that!
Official change to the official itinerary
My out of control autograph book
DD's autograph book arrives
R.I.P Stroller
How do we surprise DD?
The plan: Arrival Day
The plan: MK Day 1
The plan: Fantasmic! day