Alexsandra
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Hello and welcome to first ever PTR!

The plans are set, the trip is paid, and I am beyond excited, but I have no one to share it with so decided to give this whole PTR a try! Hope I can find people to join in on my excitement.
Ok first introductions:
This is my husband and I

And this is my family, us with the two boys.

Our Travel dates: Sept 4th to the 12th, 2016.
People traveling: my husband and I (no kids)
How this whole thing started; a romantic surprise:
This June, my wonderful husband shocked me with an amazing surprise for our 12th wedding anniversary. We were up at my mom's cabin in the woods with a couple of friends and their kids. Even though it was our anniversary we hadn't planned on celebrating it. I woke up at 6:00am with the kids making a racket in the next room. They had risen before everyone and were playing loudly so I rushed over into the living room to remind them that our guests were still sleeping. As I got back into bed, I noticed a small booklet laying on my pillow case. I looked at my husband and asked him what it was. He told me to look through it. As I opened it, I realized he had made me a small album of all the trips we had taken together over the years, including the ones with the children. With every picture there was a small caption with the year of travel and the wonderful memories we made in each place. As I turned to the last page, the caption read: the next trip with my favourite girl. On the opposite page, he had pasted in a photocopy of a flight itinerary. I was a little confused so my husband encouraged me to look at the dates and destination. He had book us on a flight to Orlando this September. The ticket wasfor two people, my husband and I...no kids! I looked over at him still groggy and confused and he then began to explain that he was whisking me away on a romantic getaway to my favourite destination: WDW. He had arranged everything. His parents were going to take care of the kids while we were gone. Plus he had spoken to my boss and arranged time off for me. He had booked the tickets with his reward points and it was all set. I was in total and utter chock!

I couldn't believe it. This was so unexpected. You need to know that my husband is an amazing father and an amazing husband, but in the romance department, he fails miserably! I don't mean that in a bad way because he is loving and affectionate with me on a daily basis and would do anything for me . But he is not the "surprise me with flowers or chocolate" type if you know what I mean.
Just to put it in perspective, we've been together 18 years and married 12 years. In all the years I've known him, we've only celebrated our anniversary once and that was for our 10th wedding anniversary. And that happened only because I warned him that if he didn't do anything special for me on that day, that he would be sleeping in the doghouse.
Anyway, to get back to the subject at hand, I was in total shock. As the news sunk in, I started to get all mushy and emotional and we hugged and I cried a little.
He was so happy that I was so surprised, I could tell he was pleased with himself. It was adorable. 
The only thing he didn't plan was the accommodations 'cause he told me that he knew how much I like to plan my own trips. I think he was just scared to make a mistake. I was a little worried because now we only had two months to plan a wdw trip and I knew the longer I waited, the less chances I had to get all the ADR and FP we might want. So I got cracking as soon as we returned home.
We started discussing were we wanted to stay. At first I mentioned maybe doing a few days at Disney and then renting a car to go on a beach somewhere, but hubby wanted to stick to wdw the whole time so that we could settle in and relax.
Choosing the resort was hard. We wanted to stay at the Poly but couldn't afford the $600 a day price tag. Especially with the Canadian exchange that was killing us. So we had planned to stay at POFQ instead and maybe finishing the trip at BC for 2 nights. While discussing my dilemma on the DISboards, someone
suggested I check out this travel agency that offers regular promos.
We ended up getting an amazing deal at the Polynesian for 7 nights.
We did need to book one more night somewhere else since we could not get it in the promo, so we booked POFQ for that last night. We want to take advantage of the boat to Disney Springs. It all worked out!


Poly here I come!
18 days to go and counting.
Next, my planned schedule and ADR.

The plans are set, the trip is paid, and I am beyond excited, but I have no one to share it with so decided to give this whole PTR a try! Hope I can find people to join in on my excitement.

Ok first introductions:
This is my husband and I

And this is my family, us with the two boys.

Our Travel dates: Sept 4th to the 12th, 2016.
People traveling: my husband and I (no kids)
How this whole thing started; a romantic surprise:
This June, my wonderful husband shocked me with an amazing surprise for our 12th wedding anniversary. We were up at my mom's cabin in the woods with a couple of friends and their kids. Even though it was our anniversary we hadn't planned on celebrating it. I woke up at 6:00am with the kids making a racket in the next room. They had risen before everyone and were playing loudly so I rushed over into the living room to remind them that our guests were still sleeping. As I got back into bed, I noticed a small booklet laying on my pillow case. I looked at my husband and asked him what it was. He told me to look through it. As I opened it, I realized he had made me a small album of all the trips we had taken together over the years, including the ones with the children. With every picture there was a small caption with the year of travel and the wonderful memories we made in each place. As I turned to the last page, the caption read: the next trip with my favourite girl. On the opposite page, he had pasted in a photocopy of a flight itinerary. I was a little confused so my husband encouraged me to look at the dates and destination. He had book us on a flight to Orlando this September. The ticket wasfor two people, my husband and I...no kids! I looked over at him still groggy and confused and he then began to explain that he was whisking me away on a romantic getaway to my favourite destination: WDW. He had arranged everything. His parents were going to take care of the kids while we were gone. Plus he had spoken to my boss and arranged time off for me. He had booked the tickets with his reward points and it was all set. I was in total and utter chock!

I couldn't believe it. This was so unexpected. You need to know that my husband is an amazing father and an amazing husband, but in the romance department, he fails miserably! I don't mean that in a bad way because he is loving and affectionate with me on a daily basis and would do anything for me . But he is not the "surprise me with flowers or chocolate" type if you know what I mean.
Just to put it in perspective, we've been together 18 years and married 12 years. In all the years I've known him, we've only celebrated our anniversary once and that was for our 10th wedding anniversary. And that happened only because I warned him that if he didn't do anything special for me on that day, that he would be sleeping in the doghouse.

Anyway, to get back to the subject at hand, I was in total shock. As the news sunk in, I started to get all mushy and emotional and we hugged and I cried a little.


The only thing he didn't plan was the accommodations 'cause he told me that he knew how much I like to plan my own trips. I think he was just scared to make a mistake. I was a little worried because now we only had two months to plan a wdw trip and I knew the longer I waited, the less chances I had to get all the ADR and FP we might want. So I got cracking as soon as we returned home.
We started discussing were we wanted to stay. At first I mentioned maybe doing a few days at Disney and then renting a car to go on a beach somewhere, but hubby wanted to stick to wdw the whole time so that we could settle in and relax.
Choosing the resort was hard. We wanted to stay at the Poly but couldn't afford the $600 a day price tag. Especially with the Canadian exchange that was killing us. So we had planned to stay at POFQ instead and maybe finishing the trip at BC for 2 nights. While discussing my dilemma on the DISboards, someone
suggested I check out this travel agency that offers regular promos.
We ended up getting an amazing deal at the Polynesian for 7 nights.

We did need to book one more night somewhere else since we could not get it in the promo, so we booked POFQ for that last night. We want to take advantage of the boat to Disney Springs. It all worked out!


Poly here I come!
18 days to go and counting.
Next, my planned schedule and ADR.
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