stephielela
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2009
Am I crazy? Probably. But that should make this PTR even more entertaining!
Let me start by introducing myself! I'm Stephanie, the planner of this insane itinerary!
I love Disney more than just about anything else. I swear I go through periods where I live, breathe and sleep Disney. I went on my first trip when I was 6 and have been on a bunch of trips since. Honestly I have stopped counting because it gets a little complicatead around 11 and 12. I've done several PTR's and TR's, the links are in my signature if you are interested! I've taken a step back from the boards and didn't post really anything about our last trip because life has just gotten in the way. This is a pretty huge occasion though, so I thought I'd try my best to document this trip.
My family is a "Disney Family". I am the Disniest of them all though. All of us are going on this adventure so while I may be the crazy brains behind it, they are equally crazy for just following my lead
Here we are on our first (and last) whole family Disney trip!
We have taken other trips as a family but most of my trips are Mommy and Jack adventures with just me and my (now) 5 year old son.
Here we are after Jack's pre-K graduation this spring. The girl in the glasses is my sister
So now that we have the WHO let's move on to the WHEN!
I've had this idea in the back of my head for a few years now about how cool it would be to run a marathon. Not just any marathon would do though, it had to be the WDW Marathon. The beauty of this race is it always falls right around my birthday, so it would be easy to justify as a present to myself. This year is no exception, the race is January 12th which is the day before my birthday. And this isn't just ANY birthday we are talking about...
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I'm turning 30!
Before I turn 30, I decided I wanted to cross some items off my bucket list so this seems like the most opportune time to get that Marathon done with! So I mentioned it casually about a year ago to my dad and to my complete shock he was ALL FOR IT! He has run several marathons including a couple Marine Corps ones and the Big Sur, which is probably where I even got the idea. Unfortunately he had his hip replaced at the ripe age of 45 (poor guy, same year by son was born making him a grandpa!) so he is no longer supposed to be running. Not only was my dad intrigued, but my mom and sister were too! None of us besides my dad was in what I would call "good shape" and none of us had ever had any interest in running but suddenly, everyone wanted to jump on board... so my sister is running the full with me and my parents are doing the half. Jack is getting in on the action with the Kids Mickey Mile.
After I realized how prone to suggestion my parents were I floated another idea... We were already booked on a Disney Cruise that would have set sail in October. There was no way we could do two vacations that close together so I mentioned that maybe we should move the cruise to January and do it after the race. Again, no hesitation! We just had to wait for the itineraries to be released so we could move our sail date! We decided to do the cruise right after the races so we could recuperate and then hit the parks after the cruise. So I was finally getting my Land-Sea-Land adventure AND my parents were getting their first DCL experience AND I was getting to complete the marathon before I turned 30!
So for the WHEN:
WDW January 10-13
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DCL Magic January 13-17
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WDW January 17-19
______________________
The Best Birthday EVER!!!!
Up next: the WHERE
Let me start by introducing myself! I'm Stephanie, the planner of this insane itinerary!
I love Disney more than just about anything else. I swear I go through periods where I live, breathe and sleep Disney. I went on my first trip when I was 6 and have been on a bunch of trips since. Honestly I have stopped counting because it gets a little complicatead around 11 and 12. I've done several PTR's and TR's, the links are in my signature if you are interested! I've taken a step back from the boards and didn't post really anything about our last trip because life has just gotten in the way. This is a pretty huge occasion though, so I thought I'd try my best to document this trip.
My family is a "Disney Family". I am the Disniest of them all though. All of us are going on this adventure so while I may be the crazy brains behind it, they are equally crazy for just following my lead
Here we are on our first (and last) whole family Disney trip!
We have taken other trips as a family but most of my trips are Mommy and Jack adventures with just me and my (now) 5 year old son.
Here we are after Jack's pre-K graduation this spring. The girl in the glasses is my sister
So now that we have the WHO let's move on to the WHEN!
I've had this idea in the back of my head for a few years now about how cool it would be to run a marathon. Not just any marathon would do though, it had to be the WDW Marathon. The beauty of this race is it always falls right around my birthday, so it would be easy to justify as a present to myself. This year is no exception, the race is January 12th which is the day before my birthday. And this isn't just ANY birthday we are talking about...
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
I'm turning 30!
Before I turn 30, I decided I wanted to cross some items off my bucket list so this seems like the most opportune time to get that Marathon done with! So I mentioned it casually about a year ago to my dad and to my complete shock he was ALL FOR IT! He has run several marathons including a couple Marine Corps ones and the Big Sur, which is probably where I even got the idea. Unfortunately he had his hip replaced at the ripe age of 45 (poor guy, same year by son was born making him a grandpa!) so he is no longer supposed to be running. Not only was my dad intrigued, but my mom and sister were too! None of us besides my dad was in what I would call "good shape" and none of us had ever had any interest in running but suddenly, everyone wanted to jump on board... so my sister is running the full with me and my parents are doing the half. Jack is getting in on the action with the Kids Mickey Mile.
After I realized how prone to suggestion my parents were I floated another idea... We were already booked on a Disney Cruise that would have set sail in October. There was no way we could do two vacations that close together so I mentioned that maybe we should move the cruise to January and do it after the race. Again, no hesitation! We just had to wait for the itineraries to be released so we could move our sail date! We decided to do the cruise right after the races so we could recuperate and then hit the parks after the cruise. So I was finally getting my Land-Sea-Land adventure AND my parents were getting their first DCL experience AND I was getting to complete the marathon before I turned 30!
So for the WHEN:
WDW January 10-13
+
DCL Magic January 13-17
+
WDW January 17-19
______________________
The Best Birthday EVER!!!!
Up next: the WHERE