OurLuce
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- Nov 19, 2015
Hi there,
I've been lurking since we booked the holiday, way back in June '15. We aren't going till May '16. So I finally joined up and decided to write a pre-trip report to share my excitement with people who understand
(hopefully someone will read this!).
So about us:
I'm in my late 40's (so when exactly did that happen?), and live in the UK. I have been to Disney several times, mainly back in the 90's with my Dad and various friends and hangers on. We stayed off site (at vistana) so only spent a few days in the parks each time. Last time I went to Florida was in June 2005, I dragged other half (OH) around, he hated MK and liked Epcot. We also had a small surprise as I found out I was pregnant when we were on holiday. So no alcohol for me and half the rides where out.
So this will be the OH's 2nd time, DD's (who will be 10!) first(ish), she was a well traveled bump (who also went on a far east trip as we though it would be the last big holiday for a long while) and DS who is and will be 8.
We've been over to Portugal, France and Italy a few times as a family but finally have decided that DS could sit still long enough to do a long haul flight, so I get to take them to Disney (Yah!). It's one of my dream holidays (apart from going back to Mauritius and travelling to Vietnam) and one I wanted to do when the kids were young enough to get the magic and not be grumpy teenagers or tired toddlers. Hopefully we have made it at the right time.
The Holiday:
We fly out on the 26th May and I get to spend 10 nights, on site for the first time, at the AKL.
DS is mad about animals so he will be heaven watching them. (Hey if you are going all that way and spending that much to get there why not go deluxe?), and we get DDP and memory maker thrown in.
The plan (at the moment) is to spend a couple of days at universal (particularly in the harry potter bits as obviously you fly several thousand miles to end up back at kings cross which is only an hour by train from home). I thinking about going over to the space centre too, I've been a couple of times, OH has been once and we both love it over there and the kids are both pretty nerdy and would like it too, but it is quite a long drive especially for the boy. The rest will be DISNEY.
We are still trying to work out if we hire the car straight from the airport, or use the ME to get to the park and then hire a car. So what do you lot think?
I've got the ADR's to book on Saturday morning (11 am GMT, isn't that civilised?), and I've almost decided were we are going. I was fine 'till I asked the kids if they wanted to eat with the characters and was surprised to get a yes so a couple of changes might have to be made but so far:
My restaurant list includes 'Ohana, BOG, Jiko, coral reef ('cause of the fishes) and OH wants to go to Morimito's (which I am very happy with).
More details when I have finalised the ADRs.
OurLuce
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I've been lurking since we booked the holiday, way back in June '15. We aren't going till May '16. So I finally joined up and decided to write a pre-trip report to share my excitement with people who understand
(hopefully someone will read this!).So about us:
I'm in my late 40's (so when exactly did that happen?), and live in the UK. I have been to Disney several times, mainly back in the 90's with my Dad and various friends and hangers on. We stayed off site (at vistana) so only spent a few days in the parks each time. Last time I went to Florida was in June 2005, I dragged other half (OH) around, he hated MK and liked Epcot. We also had a small surprise as I found out I was pregnant when we were on holiday. So no alcohol for me and half the rides where out.
So this will be the OH's 2nd time, DD's (who will be 10!) first(ish), she was a well traveled bump (who also went on a far east trip as we though it would be the last big holiday for a long while) and DS who is and will be 8.
We've been over to Portugal, France and Italy a few times as a family but finally have decided that DS could sit still long enough to do a long haul flight, so I get to take them to Disney (Yah!). It's one of my dream holidays (apart from going back to Mauritius and travelling to Vietnam) and one I wanted to do when the kids were young enough to get the magic and not be grumpy teenagers or tired toddlers. Hopefully we have made it at the right time.
The Holiday:
We fly out on the 26th May and I get to spend 10 nights, on site for the first time, at the AKL.
DS is mad about animals so he will be heaven watching them. (Hey if you are going all that way and spending that much to get there why not go deluxe?), and we get DDP and memory maker thrown in.
The plan (at the moment) is to spend a couple of days at universal (particularly in the harry potter bits as obviously you fly several thousand miles to end up back at kings cross which is only an hour by train from home). I thinking about going over to the space centre too, I've been a couple of times, OH has been once and we both love it over there and the kids are both pretty nerdy and would like it too, but it is quite a long drive especially for the boy. The rest will be DISNEY.
We are still trying to work out if we hire the car straight from the airport, or use the ME to get to the park and then hire a car. So what do you lot think?
I've got the ADR's to book on Saturday morning (11 am GMT, isn't that civilised?), and I've almost decided were we are going. I was fine 'till I asked the kids if they wanted to eat with the characters and was surprised to get a yes so a couple of changes might have to be made but so far:
My restaurant list includes 'Ohana, BOG, Jiko, coral reef ('cause of the fishes) and OH wants to go to Morimito's (which I am very happy with).
More details when I have finalised the ADRs.
OurLuce
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