Momof2Disneyboys
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- Mar 5, 2007
Hello!
It's that time again....Time for another PTR! We are about to embark on our 10th trip to Walt Disney World!!! Hard to believe. But what can I say, we started going in 2005 and it was love at first site!!!
First let's get the intros out of the way, and then we will move into the trip details!!
I am the mom, the wife, the Disney lover! I have been married to my DH for 15 years and we have 2 wonderful boys. I work part time at my kids' school as a Teaching Assistant. And I am now also an Authorized Disney Travel Agent! I started doing this in March and it is going well so far and I am loving it! In my spare time I enjoy being with my boys, shopping, photography, and of course everything Disney!
DH has become quite the Disney fan himself! He works a lot of hours as a Quality Assurance Inspector, so he really looks forward to our family vacations to the sunshine state! In his spare time he enjoys spending time with the boys and being outdoors.
DS14 is our oldest. Hard to believe he's a teenager already. Heading to HS in the fall. He enjoys reading, being with his friends, playing video games, riding his 4-wheeler, archery, and loves roller coasters! He still enjoys Disney very much and I hope that doesn't change anytime soon. DS14 is very out-going and hilarious and is always the star of the show!
DS11 ½ is our little guy. But not so little anymore, heading to MS in the fall. He enjoys playing soccer, being outside, playing video games, and Legos!! He loves Disney very much and I can always count on him if I want to talk about Disney! DS11 is very laid back and easy-going and doesn't have a care in the world.
We almost made this 10th Disney trip a DisneyLAND trip. But in the end we decided to go to Disney World as usual. Since this year is special for several reasons I had a certain big number birthday in April, we celebrated our 15th anniversary in May, this year marks our 10th trip to Disney, in the fall DS11 will start middle school, and DS14 will start high school we wanted to do something different! We just weren't sure exactly what. We pondered many things. Disneyland, like I said. We still do want to do that. We just decided that we will do that on a shorter trip. So we put that aside for a bit. We considered a Disney Cruise. DS11 and I were really into this idea, but DS14 & DH not as much. I did price it out and just wasn't sure it would be worth it and if we would all enjoy it. We would have had to shorten the trip because of the price. Didn't really want to do that. So we decided to put that trip aside for the time being as well. Our next thought was Universal. DS14 was the most into this idea. I did the research and even had a resort picked out there and then we decided to save that for another year or so down the road. DS11 still isn't all that much into thrill rides, plus we figured it is going to be so hot when we go that we didn't know if doing all the Disney parks and Universal parks was going to be such a great idea. So, what did we decide???
We are doing 2 nights at Clearwater Beach before we go to Disney World!! The kids have never been to the ocean and we are very excited!!
So, it will be 2 nights at Clearwater and 7 nights at WDW!
Up Next: Resorts!
It's that time again....Time for another PTR! We are about to embark on our 10th trip to Walt Disney World!!! Hard to believe. But what can I say, we started going in 2005 and it was love at first site!!!
First let's get the intros out of the way, and then we will move into the trip details!!
I am the mom, the wife, the Disney lover! I have been married to my DH for 15 years and we have 2 wonderful boys. I work part time at my kids' school as a Teaching Assistant. And I am now also an Authorized Disney Travel Agent! I started doing this in March and it is going well so far and I am loving it! In my spare time I enjoy being with my boys, shopping, photography, and of course everything Disney!
DH has become quite the Disney fan himself! He works a lot of hours as a Quality Assurance Inspector, so he really looks forward to our family vacations to the sunshine state! In his spare time he enjoys spending time with the boys and being outdoors.
DS14 is our oldest. Hard to believe he's a teenager already. Heading to HS in the fall. He enjoys reading, being with his friends, playing video games, riding his 4-wheeler, archery, and loves roller coasters! He still enjoys Disney very much and I hope that doesn't change anytime soon. DS14 is very out-going and hilarious and is always the star of the show!
DS11 ½ is our little guy. But not so little anymore, heading to MS in the fall. He enjoys playing soccer, being outside, playing video games, and Legos!! He loves Disney very much and I can always count on him if I want to talk about Disney! DS11 is very laid back and easy-going and doesn't have a care in the world.
We almost made this 10th Disney trip a DisneyLAND trip. But in the end we decided to go to Disney World as usual. Since this year is special for several reasons I had a certain big number birthday in April, we celebrated our 15th anniversary in May, this year marks our 10th trip to Disney, in the fall DS11 will start middle school, and DS14 will start high school we wanted to do something different! We just weren't sure exactly what. We pondered many things. Disneyland, like I said. We still do want to do that. We just decided that we will do that on a shorter trip. So we put that aside for a bit. We considered a Disney Cruise. DS11 and I were really into this idea, but DS14 & DH not as much. I did price it out and just wasn't sure it would be worth it and if we would all enjoy it. We would have had to shorten the trip because of the price. Didn't really want to do that. So we decided to put that trip aside for the time being as well. Our next thought was Universal. DS14 was the most into this idea. I did the research and even had a resort picked out there and then we decided to save that for another year or so down the road. DS11 still isn't all that much into thrill rides, plus we figured it is going to be so hot when we go that we didn't know if doing all the Disney parks and Universal parks was going to be such a great idea. So, what did we decide???
We are doing 2 nights at Clearwater Beach before we go to Disney World!! The kids have never been to the ocean and we are very excited!!
So, it will be 2 nights at Clearwater and 7 nights at WDW!
Up Next: Resorts!
I always enjoy reading your TR's although I must have missed trip #9 so I'll have to go back, find that one and read it.
everyone ~ so glad to have you here! 
I totally meant to tell you last night, but I forgot. Too many other things to talk about I guess!! 
There are some good rides, but not a ton. I don't really remember the names of them, but the ones that stick out to me are a dragon coaster, a wooden coaster, a flying school coaster, and make sure the boys do the driver training thing! There is a pretty neat pirate water stunt show and a very cool 4D Lego show too. Visit the Cypress Gardens, it is beautiful. And get some Apple Fries, very yummy!
About $800 for 2 nights in a Gulf Front room. 
So I booked!! 
