TinkLoverSam
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- Joined
- Oct 10, 2009
Hi all! I'm mostly a lurker on the boards and I've never written a "real" trip report before, though I did do a planning journal/trip report for our wedding trip back in 2010 (link is in my signature) however I took crappy notes (read no notes) and felt I didn't have any readers so I reported the first half of our trip and then did a wrap up post, so I'm hoping to do better this time! Of course this time I won't be going to university full time while working full time when trying to write the report so that might help!
But I'm getting ahead of myself! Who are we after all?
I'm Samantha sometimes called Sam
And this is my DH Wes
I am currently 38 weeks pregnant with our first who is due two days before my 30 birthday and just under two months before our 5th anniversary and our trip to WDW!
Why would we choose to take a 2 month old baby to WDW for our anniversary? Well because I'm a Disney freak but also because my twin sister @Disney_Alli is getting married!
What's the plan, Stan? Dates August 8th to 22nd, 2015
We are flying in on Saturday, August 8th on a direct flight from Calgary (only one takeoff and landing with an infant... I'm trying to do this as smart as I can!) where we will be joined by my parents on the flight as they are connecting through Calgary from Kelowna (yay extra hands for baby... See I am trying to be smart)
We are staying the first 4 nights at the Sheraton Vistana Villages with my parents in a two bedroom villa, then moving to POR for DH, baby and I and the Swan for my parents.
Sunday the 9th is our first day in the world and our anniversary. I'm planning a slow morning as we have dinner with my sister, her soon-to-be in-laws and everyone else down for the wedding on Saturday night. Also we are not planning on flying 2 weeks worth of diapers and other baby essentials so we will have to make a Walmart or target stop that morning. I have tentative plans to hit a park around lunch time and then my parents will watch the baby while DH and I have dinner at Yachtsman's Steakhouse that night for our anniversary dinner.
Monday the 10th is an MK day and we will be touring with my parents during their (shorter) stay. We have a late lunch planned at The Plaza at 2:15pm and then we will take a break. We might try and return to the park for the evening depending on if we get any rest and how baby is doing with the heat.
Tuesday the 11th is an AK day with my parents. We have a Yak and Yeti lunch reso at 2ish and then we'll probably be done for the day.
Wednesday the 12th we all switch resorts and my parents have to return their rental car so again we may hit a park in the afternoon but we also have the rehearsal dinner for my sister's wedding at Garden Grove and then mini golf at Fantasia Gardens starting at about 6pm.
Thursday the 13th is the wedding day! My sister and her fiancé had their first date on a Friday the 13th so my sister wanted to get married on the 13th and as her inlaws are ranchers she asked them what month worked best for them and they said August so August the 13th it was! The ceremony is at 5pm at SBP on the Boardwalk with a dessert party watching Fantasmic! soon after.
Friday the 14th is either an off day or a universal studios day... My sister and her family will be going to US both Friday and Saturday but with the baby I think we will need a down day plus I don't feel US has a ton of shade but I do want to see Diagon Alley and as much as DH was against going to US at all due to lack of shade and having gone on our last 2 Disney trips I think he'll enjoy the new Simpsons' area as well.
Sunday the 16th is my parents last day in Disney. We will be going to MK and they, DH and I (and baby) along with @Disney_Alli and her DH are going to Hoop Dee Doo Revue. DH and I saw it on our honeymoon and I think it will be a great last night all together for our family.
My laptop is currently dead so I'm typing all this out on my iPad so I think that is enough for today. Stay tuned for more plans... And for baby!
But I'm getting ahead of myself! Who are we after all?
I'm Samantha sometimes called Sam
And this is my DH Wes
I am currently 38 weeks pregnant with our first who is due two days before my 30 birthday and just under two months before our 5th anniversary and our trip to WDW!
Why would we choose to take a 2 month old baby to WDW for our anniversary? Well because I'm a Disney freak but also because my twin sister @Disney_Alli is getting married!
What's the plan, Stan? Dates August 8th to 22nd, 2015
We are flying in on Saturday, August 8th on a direct flight from Calgary (only one takeoff and landing with an infant... I'm trying to do this as smart as I can!) where we will be joined by my parents on the flight as they are connecting through Calgary from Kelowna (yay extra hands for baby... See I am trying to be smart)
We are staying the first 4 nights at the Sheraton Vistana Villages with my parents in a two bedroom villa, then moving to POR for DH, baby and I and the Swan for my parents.
Sunday the 9th is our first day in the world and our anniversary. I'm planning a slow morning as we have dinner with my sister, her soon-to-be in-laws and everyone else down for the wedding on Saturday night. Also we are not planning on flying 2 weeks worth of diapers and other baby essentials so we will have to make a Walmart or target stop that morning. I have tentative plans to hit a park around lunch time and then my parents will watch the baby while DH and I have dinner at Yachtsman's Steakhouse that night for our anniversary dinner.
Monday the 10th is an MK day and we will be touring with my parents during their (shorter) stay. We have a late lunch planned at The Plaza at 2:15pm and then we will take a break. We might try and return to the park for the evening depending on if we get any rest and how baby is doing with the heat.
Tuesday the 11th is an AK day with my parents. We have a Yak and Yeti lunch reso at 2ish and then we'll probably be done for the day.
Wednesday the 12th we all switch resorts and my parents have to return their rental car so again we may hit a park in the afternoon but we also have the rehearsal dinner for my sister's wedding at Garden Grove and then mini golf at Fantasia Gardens starting at about 6pm.
Thursday the 13th is the wedding day! My sister and her fiancé had their first date on a Friday the 13th so my sister wanted to get married on the 13th and as her inlaws are ranchers she asked them what month worked best for them and they said August so August the 13th it was! The ceremony is at 5pm at SBP on the Boardwalk with a dessert party watching Fantasmic! soon after.
Friday the 14th is either an off day or a universal studios day... My sister and her family will be going to US both Friday and Saturday but with the baby I think we will need a down day plus I don't feel US has a ton of shade but I do want to see Diagon Alley and as much as DH was against going to US at all due to lack of shade and having gone on our last 2 Disney trips I think he'll enjoy the new Simpsons' area as well.
Sunday the 16th is my parents last day in Disney. We will be going to MK and they, DH and I (and baby) along with @Disney_Alli and her DH are going to Hoop Dee Doo Revue. DH and I saw it on our honeymoon and I think it will be a great last night all together for our family.
My laptop is currently dead so I'm typing all this out on my iPad so I think that is enough for today. Stay tuned for more plans... And for baby!
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