canuckgirl
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Hello Everyone!
This is a PTR for our trip to the world from August 19th-30th. We have travelled to Disney twice previously and are thrilled to be heading back again! Our first trip was in 2014 and we stayed club level at the Grand Floridian
(way to ruin expectations for subsequent trips! 
) that trip was our immediate family along with my MIL & SIL) we were bitten by the Disney bug and booked our second trip 4 years later again for August in 2018. We stayed at the Polynesian (not my fav monorail resort.. I know! 
) and while there, booked a bounce back offer for August of 2019 at the Contemporary..... if you can't tell yet, MK is our favourite park and we adore staying at monorail resorts! 
We got pregnant shortly after that trip and cancelled when we learned we were due with baby #10 in August of 2019 
We then decided to book the Contemporary again for August of 2020 to celebrate his very first birthday at Disney World! We were so thrilled for this trip and had even gotten the dining plan and had ADRs for Cinderella's Royal Table for his first birthday dinner! Sadly, we know how this ends, as C happened and all travel stopped 
While stuck in lockdown for years, we watched countless Disney videos and dreamed about our next trip! We decided in October of last year to finally book our long-awaited bounce back and decided on Wilderness Lodge!!!
When we had stayed at The Grand Floridian in 2014, we had shared a bus with WL and when we saw it, we loved it instantly and knew we wanted to stay there one day! Also, in full disclosure, Contemporary was booked!
We still hope to stay there one day!
So, a little bit about us! We are a LARGE family with myself Cheryl, my husband Ryan and our *11* children Alicia (25), Ethan (23), Charlie (17), Lily (15), Juliet (14), Eloise (11), Maisie (8), Mabel (6), Gus (4), Teddy (2) and Winnie 11 months).
Here's some answers to our most asked questions!
No, we aren't religious
Yes, they were all planned
Yes, they are all ours together
Yes, we "know how it happens"
Yes, our grocery bill is huge
Yes, we eat the same food as everyone else, just insanely large quantities
No, none of them are twins..... but I'd love a set!
On this trip it's going to be Teddy's 3rd birthday on the 26th, and Winnies first birthday on the 23rd - a big celebration trip for our return! We have a habit (I'm sure like a lot of others!) of booking a cheaper "gateway" hotel and then switching to a more expensive resort somewhere along the way! Haha! This trip we had originally booked Wilderness Lodge back on Halloween of 2021, with the intention of only keeping the reservation *if* we could get free dining or a really good discount on the room! When the summer/fall discounts came out and we saw that Wilderness was only 10% and not 25% like the other deluxe resorts, we were bummed and decided to save money and switch to Animal Kingdom! It was short lived though, since our absolute favourite park is MK and we spend half of our vacation there! We had also grown used to the ease of the monorail for transportation and didn't want to have to use the buses everyday. So back to Wilderness Lodge it was!
Since we are a family of 13, air travel was just completely out of the question... it would have been over $7000!
We had driven down on our previous trip and really loved the family road trip, even though it was incredibly stressful at times, we have really wonderful family memories of the drive! So, of course driving down again was the only choice.... except our van doesn't fit all of us! So, unfortunately our oldest daughter is missing out on the fun and is flying down separately on the same day! It's about a 24 hour drive total and we plan on leaving around midnight of the 19th and arriving at Wilderness Lodge around midnight of the 20th, getting a few hours of sleep and heading straight to MK for an open to close park day! Totally reasonable, right?!??! Because our daughter is arriving before us, she will be able to get the rooms organized and grab us a late dinner if we need etc. We have 10 park days booked plus MNSSHP! We had attended MNSSHP for the first time in 2018 and loved it so much. Our youngest son also *ADORES* Halloween, so we booked it for his 3rd Birthday! 
We made our park reservations as follows:
Day 1, 20th: MK
Day 2, 21st: EPCOT
Day 3, 22nd: EPCOT
Day 4, 23rd: MK (Winnie's birthday!
)
Day 5, 24th: MK
Day 6, 25th: HS
Day 7, 26th: MK & MNSSHP (Teddy's birthday!)
Day 8, 27th: AK
Day 9, 28th: EPCOT
Day 10, 29th: MK
We had used the dining plan previously and really enjoyed it, but obviously its not back yet, so that wasn't an option. We only have 2 TS meals planned, O'Hana for dinner on Winnie's 1st Birthday and Beaches & Cream on our last EPCOT day! We went to Beach & Cream on our last trip and got the Kitchen Sink and the kids still talk about it! So fun, so we're excited to do it again this trip! Other than that, we are doing QS and TONS of snacks! When we've gone to Disney at the end of August previously, F&W was never up and running. We are super thrilled to get the chance to see it for ourselves, and we're going with a list a mile long of all the snacks we want to try!
This is a PTR for our trip to the world from August 19th-30th. We have travelled to Disney twice previously and are thrilled to be heading back again! Our first trip was in 2014 and we stayed club level at the Grand Floridian
(way to ruin expectations for subsequent trips! ) that trip was our immediate family along with my MIL & SIL) we were bitten by the Disney bug and booked our second trip 4 years later again for August in 2018. We stayed at the Polynesian (not my fav monorail resort.. I know! ) and while there, booked a bounce back offer for August of 2019 at the Contemporary..... if you can't tell yet, MK is our favourite park and we adore staying at monorail resorts! We got pregnant shortly after that trip and cancelled when we learned we were due with baby #10 in August of 2019 We then decided to book the Contemporary again for August of 2020 to celebrate his very first birthday at Disney World! We were so thrilled for this trip and had even gotten the dining plan and had ADRs for Cinderella's Royal Table for his first birthday dinner! Sadly, we know how this ends, as C happened and all travel stopped While stuck in lockdown for years, we watched countless Disney videos and dreamed about our next trip! We decided in October of last year to finally book our long-awaited bounce back and decided on Wilderness Lodge!!!When we had stayed at The Grand Floridian in 2014, we had shared a bus with WL and when we saw it, we loved it instantly and knew we wanted to stay there one day! Also, in full disclosure, Contemporary was booked!
We still hope to stay there one day! So, a little bit about us! We are a LARGE family with myself Cheryl, my husband Ryan and our *11* children Alicia (25), Ethan (23), Charlie (17), Lily (15), Juliet (14), Eloise (11), Maisie (8), Mabel (6), Gus (4), Teddy (2) and Winnie 11 months).
Here's some answers to our most asked questions!
No, we aren't religious
Yes, they were all planned
Yes, they are all ours together
Yes, we "know how it happens"
Yes, our grocery bill is huge
Yes, we eat the same food as everyone else, just insanely large quantities
No, none of them are twins..... but I'd love a set!
On this trip it's going to be Teddy's 3rd birthday on the 26th, and Winnies first birthday on the 23rd - a big celebration trip for our return! We have a habit (I'm sure like a lot of others!) of booking a cheaper "gateway" hotel and then switching to a more expensive resort somewhere along the way! Haha! This trip we had originally booked Wilderness Lodge back on Halloween of 2021, with the intention of only keeping the reservation *if* we could get free dining or a really good discount on the room! When the summer/fall discounts came out and we saw that Wilderness was only 10% and not 25% like the other deluxe resorts, we were bummed and decided to save money and switch to Animal Kingdom! It was short lived though, since our absolute favourite park is MK and we spend half of our vacation there! We had also grown used to the ease of the monorail for transportation and didn't want to have to use the buses everyday. So back to Wilderness Lodge it was!
Since we are a family of 13, air travel was just completely out of the question... it would have been over $7000!
We had driven down on our previous trip and really loved the family road trip, even though it was incredibly stressful at times, we have really wonderful family memories of the drive! So, of course driving down again was the only choice.... except our van doesn't fit all of us! So, unfortunately our oldest daughter is missing out on the fun and is flying down separately on the same day! It's about a 24 hour drive total and we plan on leaving around midnight of the 19th and arriving at Wilderness Lodge around midnight of the 20th, getting a few hours of sleep and heading straight to MK for an open to close park day! Totally reasonable, right?!??! Because our daughter is arriving before us, she will be able to get the rooms organized and grab us a late dinner if we need etc. We have 10 park days booked plus MNSSHP! We had attended MNSSHP for the first time in 2018 and loved it so much. Our youngest son also *ADORES* Halloween, so we booked it for his 3rd Birthday! We made our park reservations as follows:
Day 1, 20th: MK
Day 2, 21st: EPCOT
Day 3, 22nd: EPCOT
Day 4, 23rd: MK (Winnie's birthday!
)Day 5, 24th: MK
Day 6, 25th: HS
Day 7, 26th: MK & MNSSHP (Teddy's birthday!
)Day 8, 27th: AK
Day 9, 28th: EPCOT
Day 10, 29th: MK
We had used the dining plan previously and really enjoyed it, but obviously its not back yet, so that wasn't an option. We only have 2 TS meals planned, O'Hana for dinner on Winnie's 1st Birthday and Beaches & Cream on our last EPCOT day! We went to Beach & Cream on our last trip and got the Kitchen Sink and the kids still talk about it! So fun, so we're excited to do it again this trip! Other than that, we are doing QS and TONS of snacks! When we've gone to Disney at the end of August previously, F&W was never up and running. We are super thrilled to get the chance to see it for ourselves, and we're going with a list a mile long of all the snacks we want to try!
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Come on Canadian government!! 
