BOO to YOU TOO!!!! Our first trip and Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party!!

[mommyof3princess27]

Okay so this is going to start off slow and I will add more tomorrow but while I am thinking about this I should write it.... I am planning my family's very first trip to Disney and our very first trip on a plan and this is my very first pre trip report!!!!!!

Lets cover the when and the cast members first..... I will get pics of them tomorrow as we are planning on going to Dave and Busters for my 10 year old's birthday!

WHEN: We are leaving on Sunday October 24th and coming back on Friday October 29th

Who:

ME(Erin) age:27 Mom to 3 beautiful girls and an Eeyore lover

My Dh(Jim) age 30 Jim is a construction worker and scared of flying so this should be interesting-oh yeah FYI- his famous words are whatever you want honey. So later when I seem frustuated towards him its probably from that!

My brother Adam age 26 He recently seperated from his wife so we are taking him along too

My oldest DD Kacey age:10

My middle DD Courtney age 5

My youngest DD Madysen age 18 months

So there you have the cast of this trip.... I sure cant wait!!!! Let me start by telling you what we booked

We are staying at the wonderful Polynesian Resort Club-level! We actually are celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary and thought that we would go all out UNTIL we got 40% off code making this choice even more wonderful because we saved over $1600!!!! So join me as I continue to plan our first trip! And suggestions and comments are always welcome as I have never gone before!

 

[Northern Disney Girl]

YAY Planning your first trip is so much fun! Can't wait to hear all about it!

 

[DONTMINDME]

I'm here for the ride. You are gonna love the Poly. we've stayed there 3 time and it is wonderful. I'm from your neck of the woods as a matter of fact we were at the Aquarium in Baltimore on Friday, we have a membership. I have the feeling you are gonna get the Disney bug like the rest of us. Welcome.

 

[gellybean]

I'm in!!

 

[Brave teacher]

I'm in!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

Okay so I have been trying to fight this sinus infection for a week now. I went to Express Care on Thursday and they issued me a zpack and apparently I am allergic to it because I have broken out in hives everywhere and are now on about 3 different meds I am going to update the pics from above and then get back to telling you guys about dave and busters and our other disney plans

 

[Brave teacher]

Hope you feel better soon!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

okay so I have added the Dave and busters pics so you guys can see who is coming along! Here is my first random pic-I want to do a random pic from somewhere we visited because I havent been 2 disney before lol!

we saw this santa yesterday in the window of a lego store...he is made out of legos and I thought this was cool!

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Disney plans:We want to do so much but here is the potential itinerary

Sunday:arrive, check in Downtown Disney dinner at Chef Mickeys
Monday: Magic Kingdom dinner at(dont know yet) MNSSHP
Tuesday: Epcot Breakfast at Akershus Hall Dinner Coral Reef
Wednesday: Hollywood Studios Dinner at 50's Prime time cafe
Thursday:Animal Kingdom Dinner 1900 Park Fare
Friday:Ohana Lilo and Stitch Breakfast explore hotels leave on the ME

This is alot to fit in and with three small kids it will be hard!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

I'm here for the ride. You are gonna love the Poly. we've stayed there 3 time and it is wonderful. I'm from your neck of the woods as a matter of fact we were at the Aquarium in Baltimore on Friday, we have a membership. I have the feeling you are gonna get the Disney bug like the rest of us. Welcome.

I love the aquarium!!!! I am so excited to go to disney too bad its 11 months away!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

Hope you feel better soon!

I actually feel alot better other than being super tired from the benedryl! I am determined to stay up and start looking around for disney stuff! I found the girls some laneyards cheap and I am making tons of things! We even painted a crown bank so the girls can put disney money in it!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

So as many of you already know from my signature, me and my DH will be celebrating our 10 year anniversary at the poly I am so looking forward to it. My friend and her kids want to go to and stay at the poly but she didnt get a PIN.......yet(if she will) I tried to explain that they are just given out randomly and now she doesnt think she is getting one and doesnt want me to use mine! her reasoning is this-If I have 6 people I am taking(me,Dh,lil bro, and 3 DD) then why am I spending almost $1500 less than her and she is only going with her 2 girls and herself I dunno but I have been doing everything possible to help her get to disney cheaper but she want to stay at the poly and I said then you are gonna have to pay for it! I give up

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Okay so more disney stuff....since I have never been there before I have been researching everything and making a binder---when its done I will post pics because I have soo soo soo many months but this is my idea That when I am there I dont want to be spending every minute playing that game-what do you want to do....but I will say that I dont want to plan out every minute of every day!

I was looking on some site to see where the best places to eat were and from there seeing what the park hours were from this year on those dates to kind of see what they might be for next year. I have been reading up on the poly(which rooms to recommend), looking at the rides, and so on......phew! Disney is alot of planning but I am so excited to go!!!!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

Well todays random pictures are from this years halloween adventures lol and with three kids-everything is an adventure!
Here are all the girls dressed up... Kacey is Jasmine, courtney is snow white and Madysen is minnie mouse

lol Madysen was so excited to get lollies!(lollypops)

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Alright back to Disney stuff.... here is the bank that we made so the girls can save their money for Disney(well we put most of th emoney in it hehe)

Here is the binder I am working on but I am not showing the inside yet because I am not exactly done it ....yet

 

[mommyof3princess27]

Okay not much disney stuff going on today but I did decide to start cleaning out cabinets and closets in search of things to sell at a spring yardsale to make some extra money for DISNEY!!!!

I have tons of stuff that we really arent using and I dont want it to just sit there if someone else can use it! Besides I would much rather spend my money on disney stuff!!!

anyway my picture of the day:

Margaritaville in Myrtle Beach! Yummy Went there this summer and we usually go somewhere every summer. But our yearly beach trip will not be happening this year so we can go see the mouse!!!!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

well i am hoping that my plan to get my friend and her family to go with use is going to pay off! I went to her disney vacation account and saved a whole bunch of vacations so hopefully she will get a PIN code! I cant wait to go!!!

OT- I had a thought-its almost Thanksgiving! With being sick, planning for Disney, I havent really remembered its almost the Holidays!!!! Which is a bummer because I wanted to go see the lights at Disney but DH said not this year(cuz we have A trip planned for next year) My response soooooo 'A' trip planned! Who cant plan more than one trip at a time?? Well maybe me because I have never planned a disney trip before!!!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

I know alot of people arent reading this and frankly it does seem alittle boring to me hehe and its about me! But Right now I am comtemplating if it is worth taking my young DD's to animal kingdom? Is it too old for them? They are 10,6 and 2.... I want them to have fun and am debating if I should just skip this park this trip and wait until they are all older or say fudge it and go for it??? Thoughts???

 

[Brave teacher]

I know alot of people arent reading this and frankly it does seem alittle boring to me hehe and its about me! But Right now I am comtemplating if it is worth taking my young DD's to animal kingdom? Is it too old for them? They are 10,6 and 2.... I want them to have fun and am debating if I should just skip this park this trip and wait until they are all older or say fudge it and go for it??? Thoughts???

I'm reading. I just haven't had a lot of time this week to post. I have even been neglecting my own PTR a bit this week. As far as foing to AK is concerned, GO! That is the one park my boys could stay at forever. It is our absolute favorite. The best show in all of WDW (IMHO) is located there, Festival of the Lion King. My boys love the safari, Kali River Rapids, Finding Nemo. We love just exploring the trails. DH & I love Everest. There is just so much over there that helps you just get lost and explore the park. GO FOR IT!!!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

I'm reading. I just haven't had a lot of time this week to post. I have even been neglecting my own PTR a bit this week. As far as foing to AK is concerned, GO! That is the one park my boys could stay at forever. It is our absolute favorite. The best show in all of WDW (IMHO) is located there, Festival of the Lion King. My boys love the safari, Kali River Rapids, Finding Nemo. We love just exploring the trails. DH & I love Everest. There is just so much over there that helps you just get lost and explore the park. GO FOR IT!!!

Ok good because I really wanted to do a four park one trip tour kind of thing but didnt want to waste one of our days at something they wouldnt love but infact lol I was watching a food network challenge lastnight(my girls love the cake ones) and they were doing disney/pixar cakes and someone was supposed to do something on the tree of life or something but it looked so cool! My memory card for my camera holds 2000 pics and I am going to capture everything I am such a dork(thats what my dh says anyway)

 

[DONTMINDME]

We all are and planning is one of the best parts of a Disney vacation, my son was 11 the first time he went to Animal Kingdom and he absolutely loved it. The shows are incredable and there is a lot for little ones to do like search for dinasaur bones and see great animals, He loved the safari and the train, don't miss it. Keep the plans simple if they don't see it they won't miss it and it gives you a reason to go back, like we need a reason.