sheila <3 WDW
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- Joined
- Mar 18, 2011
I am finally ready to start my trip report from our trip March 6-13, 2013! We stayed at POFQ. My DH and I celebrated our 10th anniversary on 3/12/13, so this was a very special trip. It was also the first trip for our 20 month old DS.
This report will be picture heavy...I took over 3800 pictures, plus we had photopass+ and I had about 800 pictures (after boarders, etc.) from that!
First: Introductions and background!
If you read my PTR (link: The third time's the charm! A March 2013 10th anniversary PTR!) then you may remember this.
Me: I am the trip planner and main lover of WDW.
DH: He likes WDW, but doesnt love it like I do. He isnt much of a planner so as long as we have fun we basically get to do whatever I want. Suits both of us just fine!
DD: my 5 year old princess! She is in Kindergarten this year and is the best thing that has ever happened to me. Shes a bit extreme and moody, but shes so much fun! I love doing things with her. We recently signed her up for Girl Scouts and Im looking forward to doing that with her.
DS: my 1 year old prince charming! Hes such a calm and happy baby. Hes super ticklish and loves to cuddle. Hes my favorite little boy. He didnt much like the characters at first, but soon it was obvious (by the giant hugs) that Mickey and Minnie were his favorites!
Pictures from Thanksgiving, 2012:
I fell in love with WDW before/during our first trip in September, 2010. In April of that year we decided we wanted to take a family vacation. Our DD was turning 3 that August and we knew we wanted to start trying for a second child that fall, so we figured it was a great time. We talked about going to a beach or somewhere, then settled on Disney World! Thus, my research began. We had a fabulous first trip, we stayed for 5 nights and it was nowhere near long enough. After we came home I started dreaming about going back. Right around Thanksgiving I found out I was pregnant. I really wanted to try to squeeze in a second trip before the baby arrived. Finally, DH agreed.
Picture from first trip:
Our second trip was in May, 2011. I was due in July so I was about 30 weeks pregnant. This trip was fun, but unfortunately was overshadowed by some issues. First, my back was killing me and my feet were not tolerating all the walking as well as I thought they would. Second, my DD developed a huge fear of auto-flush toilets on this trip. We were at AK when it happened. She refused to go to the bathroom for like 6 hours so we finally resorted to buying pull ups at the Baby Care Center. She just used those for the rest of the trip.
Picture from second trip:
So after we came home and had our DS we discussed when we would go back. We knew it wouldnt be until DD was over her fear. I planned a trip for March, 2012 hoping DD would overcome her fear. She didnt, so I cancelled it in January before the 45 day mark. Then in April she finally started using auto-flush toilets again, even though she was still somewhat scared. (11 months after the incident where she first became scared.) So I started planning a trip for October, 2012! I was so excited. On a whim we started looking for a new house that summer and found one we absolutely fell in love with. We decided a new house was more important than a vacation so again I cancelled our trip. We bought our new house in September and since it was a foreclosure and needed a bunch of work we didnt actually move in until October.
Finally, we decided we were going to book a trip and hopefully this time we would go! It was our 3rd time scheduling our 3rd trip. We talked about May, 2013&then the spring discounts came out and I realized we could use the discount and go in March for our 10th anniversary! The only way it would work was if we stayed for 7 nights&so this would be our longest trip!
I will also be doing a dining report. I will link it after I start it.
Next up: Arrival Day and our first evening at Epcot
This report will be picture heavy...I took over 3800 pictures, plus we had photopass+ and I had about 800 pictures (after boarders, etc.) from that!
First: Introductions and background!
If you read my PTR (link: The third time's the charm! A March 2013 10th anniversary PTR!) then you may remember this.
Me: I am the trip planner and main lover of WDW.
DH: He likes WDW, but doesnt love it like I do. He isnt much of a planner so as long as we have fun we basically get to do whatever I want. Suits both of us just fine!
DD: my 5 year old princess! She is in Kindergarten this year and is the best thing that has ever happened to me. Shes a bit extreme and moody, but shes so much fun! I love doing things with her. We recently signed her up for Girl Scouts and Im looking forward to doing that with her.
DS: my 1 year old prince charming! Hes such a calm and happy baby. Hes super ticklish and loves to cuddle. Hes my favorite little boy. He didnt much like the characters at first, but soon it was obvious (by the giant hugs) that Mickey and Minnie were his favorites!
Pictures from Thanksgiving, 2012:
I fell in love with WDW before/during our first trip in September, 2010. In April of that year we decided we wanted to take a family vacation. Our DD was turning 3 that August and we knew we wanted to start trying for a second child that fall, so we figured it was a great time. We talked about going to a beach or somewhere, then settled on Disney World! Thus, my research began. We had a fabulous first trip, we stayed for 5 nights and it was nowhere near long enough. After we came home I started dreaming about going back. Right around Thanksgiving I found out I was pregnant. I really wanted to try to squeeze in a second trip before the baby arrived. Finally, DH agreed.
Picture from first trip:
Our second trip was in May, 2011. I was due in July so I was about 30 weeks pregnant. This trip was fun, but unfortunately was overshadowed by some issues. First, my back was killing me and my feet were not tolerating all the walking as well as I thought they would. Second, my DD developed a huge fear of auto-flush toilets on this trip. We were at AK when it happened. She refused to go to the bathroom for like 6 hours so we finally resorted to buying pull ups at the Baby Care Center. She just used those for the rest of the trip.
Picture from second trip:
So after we came home and had our DS we discussed when we would go back. We knew it wouldnt be until DD was over her fear. I planned a trip for March, 2012 hoping DD would overcome her fear. She didnt, so I cancelled it in January before the 45 day mark. Then in April she finally started using auto-flush toilets again, even though she was still somewhat scared. (11 months after the incident where she first became scared.) So I started planning a trip for October, 2012! I was so excited. On a whim we started looking for a new house that summer and found one we absolutely fell in love with. We decided a new house was more important than a vacation so again I cancelled our trip. We bought our new house in September and since it was a foreclosure and needed a bunch of work we didnt actually move in until October.
Finally, we decided we were going to book a trip and hopefully this time we would go! It was our 3rd time scheduling our 3rd trip. We talked about May, 2013&then the spring discounts came out and I realized we could use the discount and go in March for our 10th anniversary! The only way it would work was if we stayed for 7 nights&so this would be our longest trip!
I will also be doing a dining report. I will link it after I start it.
Next up: Arrival Day and our first evening at Epcot
Thanks for joining! Yeah, the auto-flush thing was so very difficult. Seriously, every time we went anywhere I was constantly wondering if they had auto-flush and what were we going to do if DD had to potty...I also learned which restrooms in our local mall had manual flushers. 
) that she wouldn't even go in the stall once she saw the sensor. It was really awful. She goes now, but I have to hold the sensor. I'm hoping soon she'll fully outgrow it. She's in Kindergarten now and I'm worried about things like field trips if I am not with her...luckily the one field trip she has had so far I went along.
