Chelley00
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 21, 2005
I thought I would get started on my trip report while waiting for 14 nights worth of pictures to upload. I may have a slight "take too many pictures" problem.
Anyhow, we returned Sunday night to the cold, rainy, windy Midwest after spending October 13-27th in lovely Florida. It was a great trip, full of new places, new rides, new restaurants and more downtime than we've ever had on any other trip to FL.
Who:
I'm going first. I researched, I planned, I paid (for most of it anyhow) I drove, I directed, I photographed and I took DS to CentraCare on our last night of vacation and then stayed up half the night packing to come home.......... Well, we'll get to that later.
Me:
I really had to dig to find a picture of me. Isn't that sad? Especially since I only have the first 4 days of our trip uploaded, this is the best I could do. A picture of me with DS and DD on the ferry on our way to MNSSHP
I'm a 30 something, at least for a little while longer, mom of 4, wife to one, accountant, soccer and swim team taxi driver. I love to scrapbook and read, love soccer and I obsessively plan anything and everything. I love rules and lists and spreadsheets and schedules. You will find out that a lot of my lists and schedules went out the window for this trip, and I survived, even though it was very hard to just go "Okay, we'll just go with the flow". That's so not me, and it's a mini-accomplishment! I'm such a dork!
This was my 5th trip to Disney. My favorite character is the Evil Queen (she doesn't let anything stand in her way) and I love Haunted Mansion and Tower of Terror. I'm not as dark and dreary and evil as that makes me sound! I have some health issues and multiple food allergies which come into play a little during the trip.
DD10, almost 11
It's so fluffy, I could die
DD is, well, complicated. She's a total tomboy, the joy of having 3 brothers. She loves thrill rides and spicy food, stuffed animals and Minnie Mouse and Disney. She hates dresses, princesses and getting up in the morning. This is also her 5th trip.
DS7
DS is our fun loving, never stop moving youngest son. He's also our worrier. The day we left there were storm warning at our house and he was a mess thinking DH would not take care of the cat and when he heard Hurricane Sandy was nearby it was a million questions at a time. He's the one we have to coax onto rides, while answering every question he can think of while waiting in line. Then once he rides it, he's hooked for life. He loves dinosaurs. This was his 4th trip
Mom (aka Granny)
Granny lives 3 hours from us and is a nurse (and that comes in so handy later on) This was her second trip to Disney. We took her for the first time 2 years ago and she was hooked. She has a huge fear of heights and last trip skipped a lot of things due to that, but this time braved some things I never though she would. She loves meeting characters and trying all the different restaurants.
My brother, SIL and nephew join us part way in our trip for a few days. I haven't gotten their pictures uploaded yet.
The ones we left behind:
DS19 - is currently in college a little over an hour from us. He obviously couldn't miss class for 2 weeks.
DS16 - couldn't go because he was rostered on the varsity soccer team and it was tournament time.
DH - someone had to stay home to take care of DS16. Don't feel too bad for him. He gets to go to the Bahamas in 2 weeks with his brother (notice, no kids and no wife and no mother with him! NO FAIR!)
Anyhow, we returned Sunday night to the cold, rainy, windy Midwest after spending October 13-27th in lovely Florida. It was a great trip, full of new places, new rides, new restaurants and more downtime than we've ever had on any other trip to FL.
Who:
I'm going first. I researched, I planned, I paid (for most of it anyhow) I drove, I directed, I photographed and I took DS to CentraCare on our last night of vacation and then stayed up half the night packing to come home.......... Well, we'll get to that later.
Me:
I really had to dig to find a picture of me. Isn't that sad? Especially since I only have the first 4 days of our trip uploaded, this is the best I could do. A picture of me with DS and DD on the ferry on our way to MNSSHP
I'm a 30 something, at least for a little while longer, mom of 4, wife to one, accountant, soccer and swim team taxi driver. I love to scrapbook and read, love soccer and I obsessively plan anything and everything. I love rules and lists and spreadsheets and schedules. You will find out that a lot of my lists and schedules went out the window for this trip, and I survived, even though it was very hard to just go "Okay, we'll just go with the flow". That's so not me, and it's a mini-accomplishment! I'm such a dork!
This was my 5th trip to Disney. My favorite character is the Evil Queen (she doesn't let anything stand in her way) and I love Haunted Mansion and Tower of Terror. I'm not as dark and dreary and evil as that makes me sound! I have some health issues and multiple food allergies which come into play a little during the trip.
DD10, almost 11
It's so fluffy, I could die
DD is, well, complicated. She's a total tomboy, the joy of having 3 brothers. She loves thrill rides and spicy food, stuffed animals and Minnie Mouse and Disney. She hates dresses, princesses and getting up in the morning. This is also her 5th trip.
DS7
DS is our fun loving, never stop moving youngest son. He's also our worrier. The day we left there were storm warning at our house and he was a mess thinking DH would not take care of the cat and when he heard Hurricane Sandy was nearby it was a million questions at a time. He's the one we have to coax onto rides, while answering every question he can think of while waiting in line. Then once he rides it, he's hooked for life. He loves dinosaurs. This was his 4th trip
Mom (aka Granny)
Granny lives 3 hours from us and is a nurse (and that comes in so handy later on) This was her second trip to Disney. We took her for the first time 2 years ago and she was hooked. She has a huge fear of heights and last trip skipped a lot of things due to that, but this time braved some things I never though she would. She loves meeting characters and trying all the different restaurants.
My brother, SIL and nephew join us part way in our trip for a few days. I haven't gotten their pictures uploaded yet.
The ones we left behind:
DS19 - is currently in college a little over an hour from us. He obviously couldn't miss class for 2 weeks.
DS16 - couldn't go because he was rostered on the varsity soccer team and it was tournament time.
DH - someone had to stay home to take care of DS16. Don't feel too bad for him. He gets to go to the Bahamas in 2 weeks with his brother (notice, no kids and no wife and no mother with him! NO FAIR!)