shannn
If I spend my kids' college funds on DVC, can I ha
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So, here I am with another fun-filled trip report. I can't believe I went to Disney twice in 3 months. I blame it on wigd!! 
You see, I was busily planning our family's October trip when I got completely addicted to some new trip reports. In particular, wigdoutdismom's report. I started realizing that there were people who went to Disney more than once in a year. Wow!! What a realization.
Enter my friend Courtney.
This is her with my daughter Lily on the first day of school this year. She's going to kill me because she hates that picture but I think it's adorable.
She had had a rough past year and was getting ready to have her 40th birthday. This was going to be a difficult milestone for her, to say the least. You have to know something about me at this point. I kind of like milestone birthdays. For my husband's 30th? I took him skiing in Colorado (even though we didn't have 2 pennies to rub together at the time and it took me forever to pay it off). For my mom's 50th? I threw a huge surprise party. For my baby brother's 30th? I took him to NYC for a weekend (he's a huge Broadway buff) For my husband's 40th? Another huge surprise party. For my mom's 60th? Another weekend trip to NYC.
So, I wanted to do something really special for Courtney. Something that would amaze her and make her 40th birthday memorable (in a good way). So, I started planning a trip to Disney! Courtney hadn't been to Disney since she was a kid and she always talked about wanting to go. She had offered to be my nanny on our October trip, but with 2 grandmothers along that wasn't really happening!
Besides, I had always wanted to explore Disney as a grown up!! Drinks and time to stroll! No Dumbo run? That sounded like the life to me!! Courtney's birthday is in December so I talked to our friend who's a DVC member and she found me availability at Old Key West for December 20 & 21st, the beginning of our Christmas break. I figure we'd go down on Saturday, stay at a DTD hotel on Saturday night and then stay at OKW on Sunday & Monday.
Sounds like a plan, right? Stay turned to see how it really turned out!
You see, I was busily planning our family's October trip when I got completely addicted to some new trip reports. In particular, wigdoutdismom's report. I started realizing that there were people who went to Disney more than once in a year. Wow!! What a realization.
Enter my friend Courtney.
This is her with my daughter Lily on the first day of school this year. She's going to kill me because she hates that picture but I think it's adorable.
She had had a rough past year and was getting ready to have her 40th birthday. This was going to be a difficult milestone for her, to say the least. You have to know something about me at this point. I kind of like milestone birthdays. For my husband's 30th? I took him skiing in Colorado (even though we didn't have 2 pennies to rub together at the time and it took me forever to pay it off). For my mom's 50th? I threw a huge surprise party. For my baby brother's 30th? I took him to NYC for a weekend (he's a huge Broadway buff) For my husband's 40th? Another huge surprise party. For my mom's 60th? Another weekend trip to NYC.
So, I wanted to do something really special for Courtney. Something that would amaze her and make her 40th birthday memorable (in a good way). So, I started planning a trip to Disney! Courtney hadn't been to Disney since she was a kid and she always talked about wanting to go. She had offered to be my nanny on our October trip, but with 2 grandmothers along that wasn't really happening!
Besides, I had always wanted to explore Disney as a grown up!! Drinks and time to stroll! No Dumbo run? That sounded like the life to me!! Courtney's birthday is in December so I talked to our friend who's a DVC member and she found me availability at Old Key West for December 20 & 21st, the beginning of our Christmas break. I figure we'd go down on Saturday, stay at a DTD hotel on Saturday night and then stay at OKW on Sunday & Monday.
Sounds like a plan, right? Stay turned to see how it really turned out!
