1st Time Mom Makes Her 1st Trip Report - Our Magical Trip with Our Miracle 7 Mo. Old!

[mrsksomeday]

Thomas is adorable, I am really enjoying your TR. We stayed at POFQ on my first visit in 2006, we really enjoyed it. We have been 6 times since then so I get the obsession . I can't wait to read more!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Just read your update and I'm glad Thomas didnt freak out at the characters That's a worry I have too, and we are staying at the Contemporary so we are for sure doing Chef Mickey's for breakfast! I would of decked that guy that almost knocked you over....what a jerk!

i think that thomas is too young to really 'get' the whole character thing. we hope to go next year and i think at 19 months it'll be a different interaction!!

Good for you for speaking up to that guy in the stroller area. How many different times i wanted to speak up to people, but my DH would always say to let it go too. GRRRR.

you are a better person than i am! i should have just not bothered saying anything. still, he was way too close!

Your son is so gorgeous and it sounds as though he's loving his first trip to WDW

aw, thanks!!! i think he really enjoyed himself!

I would have probably offered to park the stroller in a place far more convienent for me, not so much for him! I just arrived home from my first WDW trip and had my 6 month old son with me. I'm very particular about my personal space when i'm holding him as well! Especially since he was our little miracle too

Your son is VERY cute!!

Looking forward to reading about the rest of your trip! We were over at Riverside, I'm interested on how the 2 compare.

ugh! every time i think of that guy i get mad! how could you argue against me??? personal space isn't really something you can argue against! i mean, did the guy think he could get CLOSER!!??? don't mess with a new mama!

i hope you had a great time! we have stayed at POR before as well as POFQ. i love both of them. John prefers POFQ only really because he likes the new orleans motiff. i like it because it's smaller. we stayed at the farthest building away from the main one and we still could get to the food court in less than 4 minutes. POR is so beautiful. i love strolling around that resort!

Great TR so far!
I'm totally subbin'

thanks! i'm nervous since it's my first one. it's a little hard to find time to write it all down with the munchkin but i'm working on it!!

Your whole family is so cute. I would not have let that go...the rude man. lol
looking forward to more..

good, i'm glad i'm not the only one! he was such a jerk! (i have stronger words for him but this is a family friendly site!!!)

Thomas is adorable, I am really enjoying your TR. We stayed at POFQ on my first visit in 2006, we really enjoyed it. We have been 6 times since then so I get the obsession . I can't wait to read more!

it's nice to know i'm not the only disney obsessed person! that's why i come on the DIS so much!!!

 

[Goofy442]

My DS has had reflux problems from day one. We had to carry around more clothes and burp cloths. When we would go to WDW it would cost us so much money just to do laundry and have to wait in a line just to get a washer. We had him tested and they put him on meds, but it didn't work so we just dealt with it. Our Dr. says he will out gow it well he is 13 and still has reflux issues.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

My DS has had reflux problems from day one. We had to carry around more clothes and burp cloths. When we would go to WDW it would cost us so much money just to do laundry and have to wait in a line just to get a washer. We had him tested and they put him on meds, but it didn't work so we just dealt with it. Our Dr. says he will out gow it well he is 13 and still has reflux issues.

gah! we've been told thomas will outgrow it too! we were told that at 3 months! and it's not getting better. he's had the barium swallow test and all that came out just fine.

we did laundry 3 times in 8 days! luckily it was totally empty every time i went. annoying though was the fact that the change machine was broken!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Count me in for the ride. I also think your little boy is the cutest. So when are you going to have a girl? Are you going to be one of those back from a Disney trip with pixie dust and a surprise in the oven

you are too nice! and as far as having a girl...well...i don't know! the first few months with Thomas were SO tough that right now i'm happy with one. also, i'm an only child so i just don't know what it's like to be in a family with more than one kid. all that being said, it was very hard to get pregnant (and stay pregnant) with Thomas so it may be tough to make a girl.

oh, when there was any little moment free for some disney souvenier-making, we opted for sleep. lol!

Wow, nice day! Thomas is just adorable. Trust me when I say it was the DIS that alerted me to the "magical tuna" at CHH - glad your DH enjoyed it.

Sorry about the jerky guy - sigh.

Can't wait to hear more!

sigh is right. that's really all you can do when you look back on those situations. that, and just tell myself that next time I will be the bigger person!

i was going to have a bit of john's tuna sandwich but he mashed it all before i could get a bite! my hummus sandwich was SO good though (oh, and the big thing of fries that i had with it!!)

Hi I just stumbled upon your trip report and I'm hooked! Thomas is adorable, and it looks like you had a great trip. I'm looking forward to reading more! Thanks for sharing with us.

aw, thank you!! i'm glad you joined in!!!!

joining in! LOVE your report so far! And while yes, all mothers think their kid is the cutest...seroiously girl...you're little boy is ADORABLE! And that's coming from a mom of four!

Can't wait for more!

lol! wow that is a complement!!! triplets AND a newborn! you are my HERO!!!!!! thanks for joining!

I'm loving your TR. Thomas is adorable!

I'm with you, the guy would have gotten a punch, but I'm from Philly and that's how we roll

I was like you when we took our DS for the 1st time (he was 11 months then) and worried about sleeping, etc. I think they get just as tired as we do, even not doing all the walking. I thik just all the excitement and stimulation makes them tired. Although, like Thomas he still got up early

Can't wait to read more.

i think he slept so "well" for that exact reason - there was SO much going on during the day that he was totally pooped!

 

[sailors_wfe]

Wow.. I'm loving your report! We took our "miricle" DD when she was almost 5 months on her first trip... and we're taking her back at almost 11 months next month. I LOVED my Ergo on the last trip.. like your little man, my DD wouldn't sleep in the stroller, I gave up on the stroller after 2 or so days simply because I got tired of pushing around an empty stroller .
Can't wait for the rest of your TR...

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Wow.. I'm loving your report! We took our "miricle" DD when she was almost 5 months on her first trip... and we're taking her back at almost 11 months next month. I LOVED my Ergo on the last trip.. like your little man, my DD wouldn't sleep in the stroller, I gave up on the stroller after 2 or so days simply because I got tired of pushing around an empty stroller .
Can't wait for the rest of your TR...

wow! 2x in DD's first year! i am SOOO jealous!!! john was supposed to go to a convention in orlando in march but it turns out he's not going. i was hoping to tag along and go to the parks with thomas during the day while he worked. bummer.

we probably could have skipped the stroller but then how would we have carried our huge diaper bags? lol!!!

 

[sailors_wfe]

wow! 2x in DD's first year! i am SOOO jealous!!! john was supposed to go to a convention in orlando in march but it turns out he's not going. i was hoping to tag along and go to the parks with thomas during the day while he worked. bummer.

we probably could have skipped the stroller but then how would we have carried our huge diaper bags? lol!!!

LOL.. I'm lucky enough to have a wonderful DH that spoils me in my love of all things WDW A year before we managed to get pregnant we bought into DVC... then got add-on-itis and bought more then when we found out about DD we added on at Bay Lake towers and even with all those points we're still having to borrow points for our trips We're trying to average 2 trips a year... this trip was planned because DD "spoiled" my plans to run in the Disney races last year (darn ) so I "Needed" to run in the princess half marathon. It's a shame your DH's work trip got cancelled... that would have been a great excuse for a trip for you and Thomas! I envy you being able to stay at home... I never thought I'd want to be a stay at home mom, but now that I have DD I'd love to be able to quit working.... at least I'm a lucky one that gets to work from home most of the time, so she's still around, but I'd love to be able to care for her full time and not pay someone else to take care of her!

We did have DH's mom along for the trip in Sept and she's in a wheelchair, so we kinda substituted her as our stroller I have a feeling this next trip we will be using the stroller a LOT more as DD now weighs in at 25+ pounds (yep... 99th percentile for height and weight) so I'm not so sure I'll want to wear her everywhere We're still practicing the back carry possition, which I like much better then the front cary... so we'll see how that goes.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Our next day, Tuesday, started out by Thomas sleeping in! Til 6 am! Doesn’t sound that big but that’s the longest he’s slept in a looooong time! And even as I type this I’m jealous of my Disney-vacationing self for being able to sleep in! Thomas was up this morning at 3am and has only napped on top of me since then. Every time I try to get up to put him in his crib his eyes flip right open! Ok Nance, this is not the place to complain! Get onto the good stuff!

We had a breakfast reservation for 8 am at Liberty Tree Tavern. John and I had been visiting the Crystal Palace every trip we’ve taken and were sad to find out that it would be closed during our visit. We had never been to Liberty Tree Tavern so we were looking forward to it. Also, I’d never had an early enough reservation to be able to get into the park before it opens for the public.

We decided against driving to the Magic Kingdom as you really can’t get all that close to the park! The bus came with hardly any wait. There was another family on the bus that early too. I overheard them talking about how they were going to get to the Contemporary for their breakfast at Chef Mickey’s. Well, I still had that fight with the jerk from the evening before on my brain so I thought I could make up for fighting at Disney by helping them figure out how to get to their breakfast. After learning the previous day that the monorail ride from the Contemporary to the Magic Kingdom can take FOREVER, I told them it’d be faster just to walk over. They appreciated the advice and I felt like I had redeemed myself from the day before (even though it WAS HIS fault!!!).

We walked through the breakfast reservation entrance. It was AWESOME to go through and the place be essentially empty! I should also add now that on the bus ride Thomas fell asleep in the Ergo.

Here we are in front of the castle:

Hi nice CM!

And no matter how many times I visit, I will ALWAYS take this shot:

Someone woke up! Time to put the ears on!

Ok so we FINALLY made it to LTT after taking tons of photos of the empty park. We waited for about 30 seconds before our table was ready. Thomas did much better at this meal than he had at Chef Mickey’s! He even let me give him some baby food while he sat in the carriage. I think that having plenty of toys for him really helped!

Now, I’m not sure and will have to check, but I don’t think the LTT normally does breakfast. It was OUT. OF. THIS. WORLD! Delicious! And HUGE! They had your basic breakfast stuff but everything just tasted so much better than the other buffets I’d been to. Yum! John and I both agree that it was the best meal we had the whole week!

Thomas met Chip, Dale, Pluto, and Minnie Mouse:

That was so much fun! Pluto was definitely the funniest character. I have a video of this but don’t know how to get it on here. Pluto was playing with Thomas and even took off his sock and shoe and put it in his mouth. LOL! Funny doggie. I then told Pluto that he had to put it back on. Haha. You could tell the CM underneath was like, “yeah right lady.”

Well by the end of breakfast it was just after 9 am and the park was now open. Liberty Square must not get a lot of traffic right when the park opens because I shot this:

If only it were always like that!!!

We decided to go to the Haunted Mansion. We had the first stroller parking spot! I asked the CM standing outside if we were the first people of the day. She said no but we were no more than the 10th! Cool! Thomas really enjoyed the ride – looked around everywhere. I also caught a bunch of the Haunted Mansion CMs smiling at Thomas! And here I thought they never cracked a smile 

Since we had just been to the Magic Kingdom the day before we decided to take the bus over to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Walk to the buses only then to find out that they don’t have buses to DHS! Bah! Ugh I was really annoyed. Not that big of a deal though so we took the bus to the TTC and then transferred to DHS. Thomas slept most of the commute and woke up when we arrived.

We walked through the gates and had this photo snapped:

We got fastpasses for Tower of Terror and Rock n Roller Coaster. Since we had some time before we could get on those rides, we walked over to the Great Movie Ride. I love this ride! Thomas was awake and I was interested to see what he’d think of it!

Getting ready to see the Great Movie Ride:

Thomas is interested in the movie before the ride!

After the Great Movie Ride we headed over to the Baby Care Center. Another great one! Smaller than the Magic Kingdom’s but the nursing rooms were private. That was nice. Spent a good amount of time there and Thomas probably needed it to shut down a bit. Afterwards we walked over to the RNRC. I rode first while John stayed outside with Thomas and then we switched. Thomas was in the stroller and only FINALLY fell asleep while John was watching him so I could ride Tower of Terror! Oh, on RNRC I got to sit up front with this pre-teen kid! LOL! He told me not to be nervous! I can’t believe I looked nervous! I used to ride these rollercoasters with no problems! But I swear ever since I had Thomas I’m a wuss! Oh well. After I went on ToT John decided he didn’t want to ride (talk about wuss! LOL!). Thomas had a little nap in the stroller (emphasis on LITTLE!) and John and I decided we’d have our PB&J sandwiches that I had made earlier. They were good but we needed more! Off to Gerties:

John talks about Gertie’s all the time! He loves it! We were really excited for our ice cream cones. Then…..BARF! It was horrible! There was no CREAM in the ice cream! Blech! We were so sad about it (ok, not THAT sad, but we were bummed). Of course, we STILL ate the whole thing!

Afterwards we just walked around and around enjoying all the scenery. We saw a bit of the Block Party Bash but I didn’t want to get too close because I thought it’d be too loud for the little guy. We went back to the Baby Center for a diaper change and feed and then decided to head home. The wait for the bus back to POFQ was a long one. Once we got home, we changed and threw in a load of laundry. Thomas had pretty much demolished all of the clothes he’d worn from his spitting up.

We drove over to the Beach Club to make our reservation for the Cape May Café. We were there in March 2009 when I was pregnant. LOVED IT! We were looking forward to going back!

I absolutely adore this resort and hope to one day be able to stay there. For now, paying an extra $1000 for the upgrade to deluxe resort just doesn’t make sense to us. Still, maybe for an anniversary trip or something! Aaaah, it’s so beautiful, isn’t it?

Well, the Cape May Café was delicious but we didn’t really get to enjoy it. Thomas was DONE for the night. Done done done! I tried feeding him, tried putting him in the Ergo and jiggling him around….nothing seemed to help. I think he may have had some gas. Poor kid. After a while he calmed down but really the dinner was a bit of a waste because I never got to sit down and John was trying his best to help. Still, a bad night at Disney is still a night at Disney  We got back in the car, drove home, got him in the bath and he was happy again. Fed him one more time and he was out in two seconds flat! We too were exhausted and were asleep by 8 pm!!!!

Magic Kingdom opening is planned for the next day! Stay tuned! And thanks for reading!

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Great update
Wow, I've never seen the parks so empty (even if it is first thing in the morning)
The Beach Club looks beautiful

 

[dumbo_buddy]

LOL.. I'm lucky enough to have a wonderful DH that spoils me in my love of all things WDW A year before we managed to get pregnant we bought into DVC... then got add-on-itis and bought more then when we found out about DD we added on at Bay Lake towers and even with all those points we're still having to borrow points for our trips We're trying to average 2 trips a year... this trip was planned because DD "spoiled" my plans to run in the Disney races last year (darn ) so I "Needed" to run in the princess half marathon. It's a shame your DH's work trip got cancelled... that would have been a great excuse for a trip for you and Thomas! I envy you being able to stay at home... I never thought I'd want to be a stay at home mom, but now that I have DD I'd love to be able to quit working.... at least I'm a lucky one that gets to work from home most of the time, so she's still around, but I'd love to be able to care for her full time and not pay someone else to take care of her!

We did have DH's mom along for the trip in Sept and she's in a wheelchair, so we kinda substituted her as our stroller I have a feeling this next trip we will be using the stroller a LOT more as DD now weighs in at 25+ pounds (yep... 99th percentile for height and weight) so I'm not so sure I'll want to wear her everywhere We're still practicing the back carry possition, which I like much better then the front cary... so we'll see how that goes.

i love your hubby and i don't even know him! good for you for doing DVC! DH and i always talk about it but since we don't really stay in the deluxe resorts we thought that it wouldn't be worth the $$ to buy in. still, i'd always like to do it one day!

your DD is so much bigger than my guy! he's barely in the 15th percentile and that's up from all his previous checkups where he was in the THIRD!!! he was less than 6 lbs when he was born so i'm ok with him being small since he started off so small. haha.

i like the back carry on the ergo and so does thomas. i can't do it on my own though. need help to get him in and out. or i need a bed or couch!

Great update
Wow, I've never seen the parks so empty (even if it is first thing in the morning)
The Beach Club looks beautiful

thanks!!!

by the way i just saw the quotes under your name. john and i were bummed when we went on TTC and there was no mention of mr. tom morrow. now he'll never know where he's supposed to go!!!

 

[cmp1111]

Wow, nice day (except maybe for dinner!) The empty park is so cool.

We stay at AKL, which is cheapish for a deluxe - but then, it isn't the BC, either.

 

[DVCRon]

Really love your trip report so far. We are leaving in 5 days and staying at the Boardwalk Villas and can't wait. I grew up in the Bronx so I can relate to cynical and sarcastic. Don't mess with us Bronxites! My younger daughter has had reflux since she was born so I can relate to that as well.

We took my older daughter for her first time when she was 10 months and have been back pretty much every year since (she is 15!)

I remember those days when they were younger and feeling like a pack mule carrying all the baby stuff. It get's better.

Looking forward to reading more.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Wow, nice day (except maybe for dinner!) The empty park is so cool.

We stay at AKL, which is cheapish for a deluxe - but then, it isn't the BC, either.

a few visits ago we took a ride over to the AKL. ahhhh, so beautiful! a safari in kenya is on my bucket list - maybe i'll have to edit it to a stay at AKL. lol!

really, i can't complain too much about dinner. if i were a baby abd had just spent a full day at the parks, i'd have a meltdown too!! next time we will just have to book less expensive meals. even though cape may cafe is a buffet, it's not cheap!

Really love your trip report so far. We are leaving in 5 days and staying at the Boardwalk Villas and can't wait. I grew up in the Bronx so I can relate to cynical and sarcastic. Don't mess with us Bronxites! My younger daughter has had reflux since she was born so I can relate to that as well.

We took my older daughter for her first time when she was 10 months and have been back pretty much every year since (she is 15!)

I remember those days when they were younger and feeling like a pack mule carrying all the baby stuff. It get's better.

Looking forward to reading more.

thanks! i'm having fun writing it!

where in the bronx?? i'm in throggs neck

the boardwalk!!! awesome!! have so much fun!

how old is your youngest? does she take meds? watch her diet? thomas is on prevacid. hasn't stopped the puking but it doesn't seem to bother him as much anymore.

 

[DVCRon]

a few visits ago we took a ride over to the AKL. ahhhh, so beautiful! a safari in kenya is on my bucket list - maybe i'll have to edit it to a stay at AKL. lol!

really, i can't complain too much about dinner. if i were a baby abd had just spent a full day at the parks, i'd have a meltdown too!! next time we will just have to book less expensive meals. even though cape may cafe is a buffet, it's not cheap!



thanks! i'm having fun writing it!



where in the bronx?? i'm in throggs neck

I always liked the Throggs Neck area. I grew up near Lehman College.

the boardwalk!!! awesome!! have so much fun! We will, can't wait.

how old is your youngest? does she take meds? watch her diet? thomas is on prevacid. hasn't stopped the puking but it doesn't seem to bother him as much anymore.

She is 12. When she was a baby they put her on a medication that was later recalled as it causes cardiac problems. Fortunately she was only on it for a short time. She seemed to outgrow it and we thought it was gone. Then when she was about 7 she started puking again and coughing all the time; not all the time, usually at night when she was in bed (lying down). She never told us she had pain until we were at the doctor's office and he pressed on her tummy in a certain spot and said to her it hurts there doesn't it and she said yes.They put her on prevacid and it cleared up quickly. She has had 1 or two minor episodes since then but nothing major. She hasn't taken any prevacid for years. Once in awhile if she eats a lot of trigger foods (tomatoes, fried food, etc) she will get sick but it's rare these days.

The doc told us that although the general thinking used to be you outgrow it, now they are thinking it might be a life long illness. So far she has been okay controlling it with her diet and to tell the truth she isn't really that good about doing that

 

[Goofy442]

Love that the park is empty, but I thinking when we get there it is going to be crowded. The Beach Club is my favorite resort, it reminds me of home. I love the location it is close to DHS and Epcot. Will be there in four days and I hope we can get out with the snow storm coming.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Love that the park is empty, but I thinking when we get there it is going to be crowded. The Beach Club is my favorite resort, it reminds me of home. I love the location it is close to DHS and Epcot. Will be there in four days and I hope we can get out with the snow storm coming.

the snow is "supposed" to come tonight (probably tomorrow where you are) and i hope it leaves quickly for you! i bet by then they'll be able to clear the snow. it's not like you're in the south where they just aren't as prepared as we northerners are!

have fun at the beach club. john and i usually walk to/from DHS and epcot. it'd be so nice to stay at one of those resorts!

 

[DisneyJo]

I love the photos of your son with the characters at LTT, I especially like your husbands expressions in them, so sweet

 

[dumbo_buddy]

I love the photos of your son with the characters at LTT, I especially like your husbands expressions in them, so sweet

i really caught him at a good time in those pics! john looked so excited and thomas looks so inquisitive! he's too young to be afraid of any of the characters. i'm sure the next visit won't go as smoothly with them! there's a little girl in our mommy & me class who is two. when the priest came in (mommy & me is through the catholic school) to bless our throats on the feast of st. blaise the other day, the girl saw the priest in his robes and FREAKED OUT! i guess some kids are just not fans of anyone dressed up!

 

[lexmas]

Subbing! You had me hooked when you were nursing in the Ergo...I've done that with DS on 3 disney trips and umm...pretty much every day of her life with DD. Well, some kind of sling, anyway. The Ergo is great for Disney trips, I love the hood. Do you like the sucking pads? I've thought about getting them. And isn't having them napping on you the sweetest thing ever? It's the only way my kids napped (they're horrible sleepers, I hear you on 6 am is sleeping in) and I know those are memories I'll cherish when I'm old and grey. Snuggly sleeping babies

Sounds like a great trip so far! Can't wait to read more!