StarWarsMomofGirls!
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- Oct 16, 2015
Hello Everyone!!
I am back here, looking for advice and just someone to listen to my crazy disney planning! We are looking to plan 2 trip for next year! And I can't wait! I already have countdowns on my phone for both, even if they are fairly far off trips at this point. But it just helps me to know we have a trip coming up.
So, who are we?
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From Left to Right: Morgan (14), myself Ariella, Gwen (12), and DH Andy
We have been visiting Disney World since the girls were 3 and 5. We have loved all of our trips over the years and loved how they have evolved as the girls have grown. And these next 2 trip are just the same, they will be slightly different for us.
Trip #1:
A California / Disneyland Trip over the girls Spring Break. (early April)
The girls both have basically a week and a half off for Spring Break this year (we are entering in an era where they are in different schools and technically different school districts). It varies depending on when passover falls with Easter. And 2023 has a bit of a longer one. So, we can take a long 11 -12 Day long trip, which will help with getting used to the time change. (We are in New Jersey on the east coast)
We obviously want to go to Disneyland! We went to Disneyland back in 2018, it was a short trip. Andy had a work trip planned and we tagged along before that started. But it was a last minute thing and we were only in the park 3 days. So, we did as much as we could but we have been wanting to go back ever since.
Family Photo w/ Walt
Here is us from that trip. As you can see the girls were a bit smaller then.
Since we can go for a long period of time, we also want to do some things in California as well. We are thinking San Diego this time, as we saw some of LA already. I don't know too much about San Diego, other than the zoo is to be great. So, we will def have that on our list.
My initial questions for this trip:
Trip #2:
Disney World in July!
Again, with keeping on the not missing school front, we are regulated to summer. AND Morgan is doing Marching Band at the High School. And they have band camp practices all summer but August is 3 weeks of the main part. So, July it is!
But that also means, it's an excuse to go for Gwen and my birthday! We have gone for Morgan's and most recently Andy's. Gwen is 2 days before mine, so we can get both in one trip!
We also have been talking about this trip and how to manage the heat. We have been talking about alternating park days with rest days. Which is great in theory until you actually map out the days with a standard week trip. So, I will have to figure out what makes sense.
It also means, the hotels we decide to stay at will need to hav lots for us to do. We will probably have a few pool days in there.
I don't have as many questions for this trip, as this is my comfort zone for planning. But things I have been thinking about for this trip:
Anyone who has made it this far. Thanks for following along on my planning! I can't wait to plan both trips out!
I am back here, looking for advice and just someone to listen to my crazy disney planning! We are looking to plan 2 trip for next year! And I can't wait! I already have countdowns on my phone for both, even if they are fairly far off trips at this point. But it just helps me to know we have a trip coming up.
So, who are we?
IMG_0427 From Left to Right: Morgan (14), myself Ariella, Gwen (12), and DH Andy
We have been visiting Disney World since the girls were 3 and 5. We have loved all of our trips over the years and loved how they have evolved as the girls have grown. And these next 2 trip are just the same, they will be slightly different for us.
Trip #1:
A California / Disneyland Trip over the girls Spring Break. (early April)
The girls both have basically a week and a half off for Spring Break this year (we are entering in an era where they are in different schools and technically different school districts). It varies depending on when passover falls with Easter. And 2023 has a bit of a longer one. So, we can take a long 11 -12 Day long trip, which will help with getting used to the time change. (We are in New Jersey on the east coast)
We obviously want to go to Disneyland! We went to Disneyland back in 2018, it was a short trip. Andy had a work trip planned and we tagged along before that started. But it was a last minute thing and we were only in the park 3 days. So, we did as much as we could but we have been wanting to go back ever since.
Family Photo w/ Walt Here is us from that trip. As you can see the girls were a bit smaller then.
Since we can go for a long period of time, we also want to do some things in California as well. We are thinking San Diego this time, as we saw some of LA already. I don't know too much about San Diego, other than the zoo is to be great. So, we will def have that on our list.
My initial questions for this trip:
- Anybody know if the drive from San Diego to Disneyland is manageable? It say right now to drive is an hour and a half. Which isn't terrible. But I swore I looked before and it said 3 hours?
- What should we do in San Diego? Any recommendations, hotels, restaurants, places to see? I really have lots to research with this part of the trip.
- How many days should we plan for Disneyland? I know we want at least 4 days, 3 wasn't enough for us last time. I am thinking 5 so we can also relax in there as well.
Trip #2:
Disney World in July!
Again, with keeping on the not missing school front, we are regulated to summer. AND Morgan is doing Marching Band at the High School. And they have band camp practices all summer but August is 3 weeks of the main part. So, July it is!
But that also means, it's an excuse to go for Gwen and my birthday! We have gone for Morgan's and most recently Andy's. Gwen is 2 days before mine, so we can get both in one trip!
We also have been talking about this trip and how to manage the heat. We have been talking about alternating park days with rest days. Which is great in theory until you actually map out the days with a standard week trip. So, I will have to figure out what makes sense.
It also means, the hotels we decide to stay at will need to hav lots for us to do. We will probably have a few pool days in there.
I don't have as many questions for this trip, as this is my comfort zone for planning. But things I have been thinking about for this trip:
- Which hotels do we want to stay at. What Hotel do you think has the best pools?
- How to make each birthday special. Any thoughts? I have a few but still too new to talk out just yet.
- Things to do on the "rest days" Suggestions?
Anyone who has made it this far. Thanks for following along on my planning! I can't wait to plan both trips out!
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