IluvXU
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2005
Welcome to our pretrip report! I am excited to be back to share the planning (which is half if not more of the fun) and all the adventures that we will have this summer at WDW!
Here is a picture of my family during our trip in June of 2008
Our family consist of:
Me, Laura, is the planner and dreamer of WDW trips. I cry everytime we leave, knowing it is the happiest place on earth. I love helping others get ready for trips (although a tad bit of envy does occur). I am a teacher, a really lucky one that job shares and therefore only works half day. It has been a great thing for me and my family because I have more time with the kids, yet I get to still teach which I love!
DH has tolerated my love of WDW (or so I thought) and usually wants nothing to do with the planning. He reviews menus and has thrown some curveballs in regards to meals. He cannot believe that ADRs are as essential I say until he decides weeks before that I need to get one. He works hard to take great care of our family and enjoys his princesses!
Hannah is our oldest, she is Snow White in her mind. Lately though she is really into the Disney Fairies and on the top of her Santa List was Tinkerbell's Pixie Hollow Playset. That girl could plan trips... she remembers so much of our previous trips and listens to Disney CDs everynight, probably dreaming of WDW! Right now she is obsessed with writing down the names of what she wants to do at WDW and drawing maps. Her favorite rides include Splash Mountain.
Then there is Emily, our middle child. She is the most determined child I know and she too loves the princesses, probably mostly because her sister makes her play with them. Jasmine is typically who she says she likes the most. Dumbo is her favorite ride!
Then we have our baby, Luke. He has no idea what is in store for him!
Here is a couple more trip pictures!
It was a fantastic trip, our last as a family of four since I was due in August. We lived it up with lots of princess time and visits... and I believe I visited every restroom in WDW due to the amounts of water I drank so that the baby and I would be okay!
Then in August Luke arrived
So how did this trip come to be
We wont be going to WDW in 2009 a direct quote from last years trip report. I told this to everyone and most importantly I told myself this and I believed it. So what happened to change this mantra that I had spoken for over 6 months and said almost daily to our two daughters who love WDW!
one might wonder ...
. I had never believed that we would go to WDW every year, especially since I returned to teaching part time after the birth of our second daughter. I feel very lucky to have been to the world many times, including the five trips my oldest daughter has been during her short five years of life. The last two trips have been especially wonderful, our girls love WDW and really make each moment, big or small so special. I am sure that I will always consider our vacations to WDW some of my best memories of when my kids were young.
But after our last trip when I was 30 plus weeks pregnant with our son, I thought two things: one we would not return until Luke could walk (a rule I stuck to with our second daughter, she was almost 18 months old and had been walking about two months when she first went to WDW) and two I was terribly afraid of what a trip to WDW would be like outnumbered by your kids, especially when they were little. With all this in mind I convienced myself it would be okay, that we could vacation elsewhere and aim to go back in summer of 2010 when Luke was almost two.
But we are indeed headed to WDW in less than sixth months... so stay tuned to just how I convinced to go this year! We have lots of new things planned for this trip and will have fun planning it along the way.
Index
How did this all start
Our Resort of Choice
How will we get to WDW?
Getting an extra night-yeah!
Adding the dining- mini update
7 Days of Park Fun
ADR Ideas
To hop or not
Planning thoughts
ADR time is coming
A Touch of WDW
A weekend update
Called for ADRs #1
Here is the ADRs
A Change in plans
A schedule?
Days 1 and 2- Relaxing at WDW????
Animal Kingdom Plans
Recent pics
EPCOT plans
Coundown Calendar
HS plans
Day 5- MK/EPCOT visit again
A post of last year's top ten
Day-6 Choices
Our Plan...
Good Bye!
Trip Report!
Headed to WDW
Our pixie dust hotel
Our room
Pool Time
Off to DTD
Early morning at the Contemporary
O'Hana's Best Friend Breakfast
The rest of our lazy day
EPCOT -Part 1
EPCOT - Part 2/CSR
2010 plans???
Animal Kingdom
The Rest of AK/CSR
MK morning
Photopass Pictures #1
Photopass Pictures #2
MK continued
Chef Mickey's
Our evening at MK/Bus Ride
DHS Part 1a
DHS Part 1b
DHS Part 2
DTD
Early morning MK/CP
MK continued
EPCOT night
DVC tour
DHS and AKL/AKV
MK morning
the rest of the day
Departure
Here is a picture of my family during our trip in June of 2008
Our family consist of:
Me, Laura, is the planner and dreamer of WDW trips. I cry everytime we leave, knowing it is the happiest place on earth. I love helping others get ready for trips (although a tad bit of envy does occur). I am a teacher, a really lucky one that job shares and therefore only works half day. It has been a great thing for me and my family because I have more time with the kids, yet I get to still teach which I love!
DH has tolerated my love of WDW (or so I thought) and usually wants nothing to do with the planning. He reviews menus and has thrown some curveballs in regards to meals. He cannot believe that ADRs are as essential I say until he decides weeks before that I need to get one. He works hard to take great care of our family and enjoys his princesses!
Hannah is our oldest, she is Snow White in her mind. Lately though she is really into the Disney Fairies and on the top of her Santa List was Tinkerbell's Pixie Hollow Playset. That girl could plan trips... she remembers so much of our previous trips and listens to Disney CDs everynight, probably dreaming of WDW! Right now she is obsessed with writing down the names of what she wants to do at WDW and drawing maps. Her favorite rides include Splash Mountain.
Then there is Emily, our middle child. She is the most determined child I know and she too loves the princesses, probably mostly because her sister makes her play with them. Jasmine is typically who she says she likes the most. Dumbo is her favorite ride!
Then we have our baby, Luke. He has no idea what is in store for him!
Here is a couple more trip pictures!
It was a fantastic trip, our last as a family of four since I was due in August. We lived it up with lots of princess time and visits... and I believe I visited every restroom in WDW due to the amounts of water I drank so that the baby and I would be okay!
Then in August Luke arrived
So how did this trip come to be
We wont be going to WDW in 2009 a direct quote from last years trip report. I told this to everyone and most importantly I told myself this and I believed it. So what happened to change this mantra that I had spoken for over 6 months and said almost daily to our two daughters who love WDW!
one might wonder ...
. I had never believed that we would go to WDW every year, especially since I returned to teaching part time after the birth of our second daughter. I feel very lucky to have been to the world many times, including the five trips my oldest daughter has been during her short five years of life. The last two trips have been especially wonderful, our girls love WDW and really make each moment, big or small so special. I am sure that I will always consider our vacations to WDW some of my best memories of when my kids were young.
But after our last trip when I was 30 plus weeks pregnant with our son, I thought two things: one we would not return until Luke could walk (a rule I stuck to with our second daughter, she was almost 18 months old and had been walking about two months when she first went to WDW) and two I was terribly afraid of what a trip to WDW would be like outnumbered by your kids, especially when they were little. With all this in mind I convienced myself it would be okay, that we could vacation elsewhere and aim to go back in summer of 2010 when Luke was almost two.
But we are indeed headed to WDW in less than sixth months... so stay tuned to just how I convinced to go this year! We have lots of new things planned for this trip and will have fun planning it along the way.
Index
How did this all start
Our Resort of Choice
How will we get to WDW?
Getting an extra night-yeah!
Adding the dining- mini update
7 Days of Park Fun
ADR Ideas
To hop or not
Planning thoughts
ADR time is coming
A Touch of WDW
A weekend update
Called for ADRs #1
Here is the ADRs
A Change in plans
A schedule?
Days 1 and 2- Relaxing at WDW????
Animal Kingdom Plans
Recent pics
EPCOT plans
Coundown Calendar
HS plans
Day 5- MK/EPCOT visit again
A post of last year's top ten
Day-6 Choices
Our Plan...
Good Bye!
Trip Report!
Headed to WDW
Our pixie dust hotel
Our room
Pool Time
Off to DTD
Early morning at the Contemporary
O'Hana's Best Friend Breakfast
The rest of our lazy day
EPCOT -Part 1
EPCOT - Part 2/CSR
2010 plans???
Animal Kingdom
The Rest of AK/CSR
MK morning
Photopass Pictures #1
Photopass Pictures #2
MK continued
Chef Mickey's
Our evening at MK/Bus Ride
DHS Part 1a
DHS Part 1b
DHS Part 2
DTD
Early morning MK/CP
MK continued
EPCOT night
DVC tour
DHS and AKL/AKV
MK morning
the rest of the day
Departure