disneydreaminA115
Long time lurker - coming out to play!
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Hi there!!
Some of you might recognize me from my still-in-progress TR "Eating and Napping Our Way Through The World" from LAST December (I know, yikes.) But if you don't, let me introduce myself.
HI!
I'm Ashley! 25 year old wife, twin mama, aspiring writer, and of COURSE Disney-holic! 
And this is my sweet wonderful DH, Marcus! Previously blind to the beauty that is Disney, but slowly and SURELY coming around!
A little about us!
This is technically our Honeymoon and 3rd anniversary trip all in one. After our wedding we went away to a local hotel for a night, planning on taking a real honeymoon a few months later. But then...
We are the proud parents of 2 year old twin girls! (Ya see what I did there?) They are the joy in our lives, and I can't imagine life without them. This will be our first time spending more than 12 hours away from them, and I am terrified.
Last year we was all of our first times to Disney. We stayed for a week at the POFQ. It was initially going to be our honeymoon, with the twins staying with my mom (Nana) for half the week, and with DH's parents the other half. However, we found out that his family was planning on bouncing them around between my brother and sister in laws houses all week, and the idea of putting my girls in that many unfamiliar situations upset me. So instead, we booked a flight for Nana and it became a family vacation. We learned a lot. A lot of tough lessons, but a lot of sweet memories, and I am glad it worked out the way it did.
This time, the girls are staying with just Nana (who we live with for now during our house search!) and I think they might actually prefer her to us sometimes
so they'll all be great! We are huge, huge foodies! We love really good food (and me, especially) and we love trying new foods.
We are both Juniors in college, and hopefully we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel!
About The Trip:
4 Days, 3 Nights at the Grand Floridian in a Theme Park View Room (possible concierge upgrade pending finances. We shall see!)
An adults only honeymoon!
No dining plan this time (we did last time, and it was almost too much food!) we want the freedom to go wherever we want and order whatever we want. We'll see if this works out financially.
Special events planned: Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party and Wishes. Possibly a super romantic surprise dinner, but still undecided.
Itinerary and ADR's:
Day 1:
Arrive around 11, check in and get situated
MK for the day
Dinner at Artist Point
Wishes Dessert Party and MCMCP!
Day 2:
Kona for breakfast
Originally WWOHP, but I think we're skipping that based on time constraints
If so, Epcot in the morning
DHS after lunch until Osborne lights
Jiko for dinner (possibly the surprise date mentioned before!)
Day 3:
Boma for breakfast
Downtown Disney/Shopping day
Lunch at Paradiso in DD with friends
Epcot all night
Le Cellier @ 6:30
Day 4:
Sleep in day, Check out
Back to DD for EoS to go
Head to airport by noon
Updates:
We booked our flights!!!!!! I don't know about everyone else, but to me a trip never feels real until the flights are bought and paid for. Until that point, we can still cancel, so the trip is pretty abstract. Now that we've purchased our flights though, it's non-refundable! This IS going to happen!
I won't lie, it makes me a little anxious because I know there's no turning back. I am really going to leave my babies behind for 4 whole days. As a stay at home mom, this separation might be harder on me than it is them. At least I hope so.
We're flying out of Buffalo at 9am on the 13th, arriving in Orlando around 11.
We fly back out of Orlando at 3pm on the 16th.
58 DAYS!!
11/10:
Woohoo!! We're down to 33 days now!! A few small changes so far.
Day 1:
Arrive around 11, check in and get situated
MK for the day
Dinner at Artist Point
Wishes Dessert Party and MCMCP!
Day 2:
Kona for breakfast -- Now BOMA for breakfast
Originally WWOHP, but I think we're skipping that based on time constraints -- NO WWOHP this time
EPCOT, some kind of counter/quick service for lunch
DHS after lunch
Jiko for dinner
Day 3:
Boma for breakfast -- Now Kona
Downtown Disney/Shopping day
Lunch at Paradiso in DD with friends
Epcot all night
Le Cellier @ 7:30
Day 4:
Back to DD for breakfast and to grab EoS to go
Head to airport by noon
