Becky2005
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Welcome to another rambling on pre-trip report! Where I overthink all the details of the trip and then wing it when I get there.
Long Background:
I was able to take advantage of the special 250 year Military pass, so I have gone many times this year so far with my siblings. I don't do pre-trip reports for all the trips. The August trip started out as just another typical sibling trip but now my DH is going with me, so I am doing a pre-trip report for this one!
My sister is having her entire family go with her, My brother was also planning on having his entire family and I ended up being the extra kid to come along. LOL! None of my kids could afford to go as we did a big family reunion style trip last August. My siblings would have been willing to let me stay with them but sometimes personalities don't work that well for that much togetherness when it is their entire families (my siblings by themselves, sure, no problem -- add others in the mix and nah, I'm good). Plus, it seems I would be either sharing a bed or sleeping on the floor or ? just seemed like I was the one extra making things complicated for room space. This left me trying to figure out how I was going to get there by myself & where I was going to stay.
I hadn't asked my DH originally because last year's trip was rough. He went on the safari and that was a mistake! He uses a wheelchair at Disney and although, I know it's a rough ride - it doesn't feel that bad in the regular seats, it was *way* too rough with him in the wheelchair (would have been better for him to transfer). Now we know! He jokingly said next time he goes, we are going first class and he said "Mickey tried to do him in" after that ride.
I decided to be a nice wife and ask him if he wanted to go, since I already asked everyone else.
fully expecting him to say no as he isn't a big Disney fan to start with and he just went last year. To my surprise, he decided to take me up on it and of course, he was NOT joking about wanting to go first class (to a point, we do still have to fund this somehow! 
!) and prove to Mickey that he can't do him in (yes, we are weird people).
Last year we stayed at Ft. Wilderness because he wanted quiet & we also had our boys with us so needed a larger room but he missed having everything centralized. Our first trip in 2005 we stayed at the Contemporary and that is where he wants to stay again. He is a hard man sometimes to figure out what he really wants. We went round and round with the hotel as he did tell me he would be open to other hotels until I suggested some and it came back to "I'm ok staying in the concrete bunker with the train" -- Unique way to describe the Contemporary but OK, just say "this is where I want to stay". Unfortunately, I missed the special that was running earlier this year, so at the moment that would be rack rate and I'm really hoping to possibly get it as a bounce back (or if they open up some non package discounts) but we will see.
This will be the first vacation we have taken just him & I since the kids have been born and my youngest is 22!!!! I suppose technically it isn't just us as my siblings will be there too but we are all going to basically do our own things this time around vs. last year which was the group trip.
Many more changes to come because my siblings are in town and we have been discussing this August trip - some of my brother's family can't come so now we are decided if we are all going to drive down together (save some $$ that way) and other details.
Long Background:
I was able to take advantage of the special 250 year Military pass, so I have gone many times this year so far with my siblings. I don't do pre-trip reports for all the trips. The August trip started out as just another typical sibling trip but now my DH is going with me, so I am doing a pre-trip report for this one!
My sister is having her entire family go with her, My brother was also planning on having his entire family and I ended up being the extra kid to come along. LOL! None of my kids could afford to go as we did a big family reunion style trip last August. My siblings would have been willing to let me stay with them but sometimes personalities don't work that well for that much togetherness when it is their entire families (my siblings by themselves, sure, no problem -- add others in the mix and nah, I'm good). Plus, it seems I would be either sharing a bed or sleeping on the floor or ? just seemed like I was the one extra making things complicated for room space. This left me trying to figure out how I was going to get there by myself & where I was going to stay.
I hadn't asked my DH originally because last year's trip was rough. He went on the safari and that was a mistake! He uses a wheelchair at Disney and although, I know it's a rough ride - it doesn't feel that bad in the regular seats, it was *way* too rough with him in the wheelchair (would have been better for him to transfer). Now we know! He jokingly said next time he goes, we are going first class and he said "Mickey tried to do him in" after that ride.
I decided to be a nice wife and ask him if he wanted to go, since I already asked everyone else.
fully expecting him to say no as he isn't a big Disney fan to start with and he just went last year. To my surprise, he decided to take me up on it and of course, he was NOT joking about wanting to go first class (to a point, we do still have to fund this somehow! !) and prove to Mickey that he can't do him in (yes, we are weird people). Last year we stayed at Ft. Wilderness because he wanted quiet & we also had our boys with us so needed a larger room but he missed having everything centralized. Our first trip in 2005 we stayed at the Contemporary and that is where he wants to stay again. He is a hard man sometimes to figure out what he really wants. We went round and round with the hotel as he did tell me he would be open to other hotels until I suggested some and it came back to "I'm ok staying in the concrete bunker with the train" -- Unique way to describe the Contemporary but OK, just say "this is where I want to stay". Unfortunately, I missed the special that was running earlier this year, so at the moment that would be rack rate and I'm really hoping to possibly get it as a bounce back (or if they open up some non package discounts) but we will see.
This will be the first vacation we have taken just him & I since the kids have been born and my youngest is 22!!!! I suppose technically it isn't just us as my siblings will be there too but we are all going to basically do our own things this time around vs. last year which was the group trip.
Many more changes to come because my siblings are in town and we have been discussing this August trip - some of my brother's family can't come so now we are decided if we are all going to drive down together (save some $$ that way) and other details.
