Ms. Shuttergirl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2009
Well amazingly we are now just over 4 months away from our first visit to Europe and to say we are blessed would be an understatement. With our big 5 week US/Canadian adventure 2 1/2 weeks away it feels very greedy that we also have this Europe trip coming along so quickly.
Of course, 1 year ago when I started planning both of these trips it seemed like such a great idea having 2 major holidays a mere 9 weeks apart. The reality has been a little different . Lots of organising, a little stress, lots of saving but mostly lots of excitement.
As you know the players on this little journey are (I stole this blurb from my other PTR ) -
ME - 41 (cough cough), planner extraordinaire, pretty "pitcha" taker, stresser, food porn loving Disney-oholic, travel obsessed, proud mumma
DH - 40 (going on 60, old man lol) shopaholic, reluctant Disney visitor, sports mad, music mad, food loving, highly strung, hard working, proud dadda
DD14 - Diva-licous dancing queen, loves Disney as much as her mumma, loves desserts so free dining is her favourite thing in the whole world, stunning, super smart, super sweet, wants to be an interior designer, living in a fancy NYC apartment (a girl's gotta dream )
DS10 - Sports mad feral beast, makes me laugh, makes me cry, is slowly evolving out of being a fussy eater (thanks to our last WDW trip), very OCD like his mumma and pappa, still young enough to be "cute" at Disney, super smart, mummy's little man.
Grandma - nurse for 42 years, recently very sadly widowed, very social and fit, lawn bowler extraordinaire, great mother-in-law most of the time, loves her grandchildren
Of course, 1 year ago when I started planning both of these trips it seemed like such a great idea having 2 major holidays a mere 9 weeks apart. The reality has been a little different . Lots of organising, a little stress, lots of saving but mostly lots of excitement.
As you know the players on this little journey are (I stole this blurb from my other PTR ) -
ME - 41 (cough cough), planner extraordinaire, pretty "pitcha" taker, stresser, food porn loving Disney-oholic, travel obsessed, proud mumma
DH - 40 (going on 60, old man lol) shopaholic, reluctant Disney visitor, sports mad, music mad, food loving, highly strung, hard working, proud dadda
DD14 - Diva-licous dancing queen, loves Disney as much as her mumma, loves desserts so free dining is her favourite thing in the whole world, stunning, super smart, super sweet, wants to be an interior designer, living in a fancy NYC apartment (a girl's gotta dream )
DS10 - Sports mad feral beast, makes me laugh, makes me cry, is slowly evolving out of being a fussy eater (thanks to our last WDW trip), very OCD like his mumma and pappa, still young enough to be "cute" at Disney, super smart, mummy's little man.
and introducing
Grandma - nurse for 42 years, recently very sadly widowed, very social and fit, lawn bowler extraordinaire, great mother-in-law most of the time, loves her grandchildren
Okay that's us - now here's the plan:-
24 March - fly to London, 9 nights
3 April - train to Edinburgh, Scotland, 4 nights
7 April - fly to Dublin, Ireland, 6 nights
13 April - fly to Paris, France, 7 nights
20 April - transfer over to Disneyland Paris, 2 nights
22 April - fly home to Australia