Bridora
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2009
Vacation Potpourri
Vacation Potpourri???
Yes, but not the smell-good kind, the miscellaneous collection kind! Because thats what our Disney trip was this year - all little bit of this and a little bit of that!
Here we are:
Allison (12), Davis (42), Bridget (me-32), Luke (10)
Weve been going to Disney since 2003 as a family, with the exception of 2007 when Davis & I left the kids at home (well, with Grandparents!) and went by ourselves.
This years trip included our very first cruise ever: 3 nights aboard the Disney Dream!
We stayed at Kidani Village (another first!) after the cruise and did our fair share of theme-parking during that time, however, it wasnt all Disney&
Those kids of ours wanted to do two days at Universal Studios this year. Last year we went to Islands of Adventure for the very first time to experience the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The kids loved it, of course and felt the urge to go back and do more!
Another thing we wanted to do while Luke was still fairly young and into Legos was to visit Legoland. But could we survive without a visit to a Disney park on our vacation?
Of course not!
We decided to throw in a Disney day, too. Preferably one with Magic Kingdom Evening Extra Magic Hours, so that we could get Park Hoppers and visit Epcot in the morning, and Magic Kingdom in the evening. It just so happened to work out that the only day that was possible was May 27 - the day we disembarked the Dream.
Crazy? Maybe!
Our travel dates were May 21 - June 2, 2012. We cruised May 24 - 27, checked in at Kidani Village May 27 and out on June 1.
I hope youll read along with me!
I'll be posting chapter links in this area as I add them.
Chapter 1: Highway Man
Chapter 2: Fish N' Chips N' Vinegar
Chapter 3: A1A - Beachfront Avenue
Chapter 4: Southern Cross
Chapter 5: Back in Time
Chapter 6: I don't know any songs about staterooms
Chapter 7: Sail Away, Sail Away, Sail Away
Chapter 8: Secret Agent Man
Chapter 9: The End of Embarkation Day
Chapter 10: Bermuda, Bahama.....
Chapter 11: Nassau
Chapter 12: I Wanna Know, Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Chapter 13: I Would Walk 500 Miles
Chapter 14: On an Island in the Sun...
Chapter 15: Castaway Continued
Chapter 16: It's the Best Day Ever!
Chapter 17: Epcot, in a blur
Chapter 18: Kidani Village
Chapter 19: Magic Kingdom, at last!
Chapter 20: A Rainy Universal Studios
Chapter 21: More Universal Monday
Chapter 22: Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head
Chapter 23: Pool Day begins.
Chapter 24: Pool Day continues.
Chapter 25: Off to Neverland -- I mean Legoland!
Chapter 26: Cypress Gardens
Chapter 27: Making the rounds
Vacation Wrap-Up