Got kids????????? Not this trip! 
March 5th to the 8th.
The idea started in Dec. We had AP we bought back in May 06, and a trip for Jan 07 planned with our family. I found out SW started a new non stop flight from DTW to MCO and the airfare was only $45 each way. Who can pass that up? Wait, we have a 5 year old who is in school now. We are taking her out for 6 days in Jan, and another 6 in May for a DCL trip on the Wonder. We can't really take her out of school 3 times in one year can we? DH's college that he teaches at is on break the 1st week of March every year.
We *could* go just the 2 of us. After all Anna is almost 6 years old and our last trip with no kids was Feb 2001 when I was 32 weeks pregnant with her. We went to Disney every year before having kids, and loved being there together. This got the wheels in my brain moving. Why not? But to go to WDW with out the kids????? That would seem strange. My good friend offered to come and watch them. I booked the tickets (just 3 nights right, not too long) and coming up with the points for a studio for 3 nights wasn't hard. I even got BWV, something I have never been able to do in the past. It was all falling into place.
Now before you start handing out bad parent awards you need to know that Anna my 5 year old has been to WDW 10 times so far, and her little sister Lily (who is 2) has been 4 times so far. They are not hurting for WDW (but they do love it.)
So the trip was on. We started preparing Anna (5 years old) during the Jan trip. Mom and dad are coming back while you stay home and go to school to do the things we can't now. Yes, we will bring you back things! Yes we are all going in May.
Then 2 weeks before my youngest (2 years old) got a bad cough.
So bad we took her to the doctor, who sent her to the hospital for a chest X ray. It was clear and they said it was virus. Then just when she was getting better, her big sister got a fever, that lasted 5 days. By this time DH and I were sick. Virus again. We had 2 weeks to recover, and I thought things were getting better.
The Sunday before we left I started feeling pretty bad, I thought I would go to the same clinic we took DD last week for the after hours. But, by time I made up my mind, I looked on line and found the adult clinic closes at 6:00, not 10:30 as I thought and it was too late.
The trip was on, even with a cold. It would just have to wait until we get back, just 3 nights right?
DH and were constantly amazed this trip how easy traveling with 2 adults alone is. All we have to do is think of, plan for and pack for ourselves. What a strange concept.
We dropped the girls off at my BIL and SIL house the night before since we fly out really early (7:30 am). Change of plans as to who is watching them, but this ended up working very well. DH and I even got some sleep the night before. Not having them at home actually worked for me, since I didn't have to go in and kiss them goodbye in the morning and then leave. Something I was dreading doing.
I gave up sleeping around 3:30 and got ready, we left at 4:30 and even got the car parked and grabbed a shuttle to terminal. Good timing so far. We were in loading group A and got a good seat. Shortly after everyone was on the plan the captain announced that the front windshield had cracked (just now) and we all had to exit the plane. At least it happened before leaving the gate.
So off we all go. About this time I realize the kids are waking up with out us. A bit of panic on my side. At least I can use my cell phone now, so I give them a call and they are fine. I feel a bit better. In SW defense they did find us another plane and 1 hour after scheduled time we were taking off. On our way! Wow, what a different flight than our past 11 (with at least one child.) It was even a little relaxing. I did find out the ocean nasal spray I packed for my cold doesn't travel well. Thank goodness for zip lock bags. My clogged head did have some ear issues, in fact I had a pretty hard time hearing anything. My guess is my ears would finally be all popped by a day before we flew home again (and I was right!)
11:00 at MCO and we headed over to DME. Luck is on our side again, no lines. Then, onto a bus in a few mins. One short stop at CB and we were at BWV. We seem to be finding the couples with out kids sure seem to have better luck than ones with. Maybe it is all about your attitude. Still I kept finding the need to tell people we had kids, but not with us. It just didn't feel right. Not bad, just like we were missing something very important and we didn't know what to do with ourselves yet. Our hands were so free, I guess we would just have to hold hands. At check in there was only one studio for us, no other options. We found that a bit strange, (most of the time they let us pick from a few options.) It wasn't ready so we checked our one carry on bag and headed out to Epcot. Since the weather was on the chilly side for Florida, we kept our long pants and light coats. We were very comfortable in that.
After looking at the line for Fish and Chips in England we decided to walk over to Morocco for a combo platter at Tangerine cafe. We decided to share, and eat again later if we were hungry. As we used up our carry on Kleenex supply we noticed some girls going over the table next to us, standing on it and grabbing something. We realized it was a tangerine tree, and they were grabbing fruit. Still it didn't look like very juicy fruit. After about 3 times of doing this, a man in a suit approached them, and they stopped. Still the suit guy didn't have a name tag on. We wandered WS (hand in hand, no stroller to push) over to test track, got some fast passes. The park seemed very empty, but the line for Maelstrom was 40 min? What is up with that? The wait at Mission Space was only 10 min for the "less Intense" green side so we took that. They even changed the pre show to include that and had people in front explaining. They also gave us a pass, so you couldn't jump sides. Still a good show and DH likes it better since he doesn't feel sick after. It never makes me feel sick, but I didn't mind. We called and our room was ready, but our fast pass time for TT wasn't. We even had time to kill so we even rode Ellen's energy. Something we haven't done in years because you don't want to get trapped for 45 min with a cranky kid. After riding it we decided we made a good decision to skip it in the past with the kids. After test track we did some shopping and headed back to check out our room. Wow, to be able to shop and not keep track of kids, tell them to get back in the stroller and put that down. Past trips I haven't done much shopping, this trip I am!
Our luggage was there, and while it was a bit of walk, it wasn't a bad location. 1st floor right in front of the villas quiet pool and community hall. There were bikes out there, we have to look into renting them sometime. I miss riding bikes this winter. The room was nice, it had a new pull out sofa that was more comfy then the ones in the old studios. (We had to try it out of course.) I opend the door to air out the room (it was a bit cleaning product smelly) and some ducks wondered over, and tried to get into the room. When we closed the doors they continued to peek at them. We taped it for the kids later.
The room seemed more roomy then the newer studio layouts, the connecting door in the back. DH doesn't like it, feels it wastes space some. The big surprise was the tiny 19 inch TV and no DVD player. Our studio just a few weeks ago in BCV has a 25 or 27 inch TV and a DVD player. Once again we were amazed at how quickly we could unpack and how little room we took up (then again it was 3 nights instead of 7 so that helped too.) After a rest we changed for an early dinner at Spoodles. This I think was our best meal of the trip. We both got steak kabobs, but we could of split one easily. (dinning plan.) The hummus and cheese flat bread was yummy too. We were in a quiet table and had a good server. Dessert was really good.
After dinner we realized it was EMH for MGM and lets head over there. Since it was on the chilly side for Florida we changed into warmer clothes and walked over to MGM. It didn't take long. We didn't have much time so we headed over to get a seat for the 2nd showing of Fantasmic. It was good, we stood in a rather long time for Tower of Terror and rode it after. By the time we were on the ride it was around 9:30 at night and as the adrenaline kicked in I realized that I was way too sick to be pushing myself this hard, and had been up since 3:30 this morning. It was time to go home. This time we took the boat, but got off at S&D and walked from there (closer and a sooner exit then Boardwalk.) We both slept well considering the state of our heads and cough. The bed and sheets were soft and the resort quiet.
More to come soon. Only being a 4 day trip it shouldn't take as long to write. Thanks for reading.
March 5th to the 8th. The idea started in Dec. We had AP we bought back in May 06, and a trip for Jan 07 planned with our family. I found out SW started a new non stop flight from DTW to MCO and the airfare was only $45 each way. Who can pass that up? Wait, we have a 5 year old who is in school now. We are taking her out for 6 days in Jan, and another 6 in May for a DCL trip on the Wonder. We can't really take her out of school 3 times in one year can we? DH's college that he teaches at is on break the 1st week of March every year.
We *could* go just the 2 of us. After all Anna is almost 6 years old and our last trip with no kids was Feb 2001 when I was 32 weeks pregnant with her. We went to Disney every year before having kids, and loved being there together. This got the wheels in my brain moving. Why not? But to go to WDW with out the kids????? That would seem strange. My good friend offered to come and watch them. I booked the tickets (just 3 nights right, not too long) and coming up with the points for a studio for 3 nights wasn't hard. I even got BWV, something I have never been able to do in the past. It was all falling into place.
Now before you start handing out bad parent awards you need to know that Anna my 5 year old has been to WDW 10 times so far, and her little sister Lily (who is 2) has been 4 times so far. They are not hurting for WDW (but they do love it.)
So the trip was on. We started preparing Anna (5 years old) during the Jan trip. Mom and dad are coming back while you stay home and go to school to do the things we can't now. Yes, we will bring you back things! Yes we are all going in May.
Then 2 weeks before my youngest (2 years old) got a bad cough.
So bad we took her to the doctor, who sent her to the hospital for a chest X ray. It was clear and they said it was virus. Then just when she was getting better, her big sister got a fever, that lasted 5 days. By this time DH and I were sick. Virus again. We had 2 weeks to recover, and I thought things were getting better. The Sunday before we left I started feeling pretty bad, I thought I would go to the same clinic we took DD last week for the after hours. But, by time I made up my mind, I looked on line and found the adult clinic closes at 6:00, not 10:30 as I thought and it was too late.
The trip was on, even with a cold. It would just have to wait until we get back, just 3 nights right?
DH and were constantly amazed this trip how easy traveling with 2 adults alone is. All we have to do is think of, plan for and pack for ourselves. What a strange concept.
We dropped the girls off at my BIL and SIL house the night before since we fly out really early (7:30 am). Change of plans as to who is watching them, but this ended up working very well. DH and I even got some sleep the night before. Not having them at home actually worked for me, since I didn't have to go in and kiss them goodbye in the morning and then leave. Something I was dreading doing.
I gave up sleeping around 3:30 and got ready, we left at 4:30 and even got the car parked and grabbed a shuttle to terminal. Good timing so far. We were in loading group A and got a good seat. Shortly after everyone was on the plan the captain announced that the front windshield had cracked (just now) and we all had to exit the plane. At least it happened before leaving the gate.
So off we all go. About this time I realize the kids are waking up with out us. A bit of panic on my side. At least I can use my cell phone now, so I give them a call and they are fine. I feel a bit better. In SW defense they did find us another plane and 1 hour after scheduled time we were taking off. On our way! Wow, what a different flight than our past 11 (with at least one child.) It was even a little relaxing. I did find out the ocean nasal spray I packed for my cold doesn't travel well. Thank goodness for zip lock bags. My clogged head did have some ear issues, in fact I had a pretty hard time hearing anything. My guess is my ears would finally be all popped by a day before we flew home again (and I was right!)
11:00 at MCO and we headed over to DME. Luck is on our side again, no lines. Then, onto a bus in a few mins. One short stop at CB and we were at BWV. We seem to be finding the couples with out kids sure seem to have better luck than ones with. Maybe it is all about your attitude. Still I kept finding the need to tell people we had kids, but not with us. It just didn't feel right. Not bad, just like we were missing something very important and we didn't know what to do with ourselves yet. Our hands were so free, I guess we would just have to hold hands. At check in there was only one studio for us, no other options. We found that a bit strange, (most of the time they let us pick from a few options.) It wasn't ready so we checked our one carry on bag and headed out to Epcot. Since the weather was on the chilly side for Florida, we kept our long pants and light coats. We were very comfortable in that.
After looking at the line for Fish and Chips in England we decided to walk over to Morocco for a combo platter at Tangerine cafe. We decided to share, and eat again later if we were hungry. As we used up our carry on Kleenex supply we noticed some girls going over the table next to us, standing on it and grabbing something. We realized it was a tangerine tree, and they were grabbing fruit. Still it didn't look like very juicy fruit. After about 3 times of doing this, a man in a suit approached them, and they stopped. Still the suit guy didn't have a name tag on. We wandered WS (hand in hand, no stroller to push) over to test track, got some fast passes. The park seemed very empty, but the line for Maelstrom was 40 min? What is up with that? The wait at Mission Space was only 10 min for the "less Intense" green side so we took that. They even changed the pre show to include that and had people in front explaining. They also gave us a pass, so you couldn't jump sides. Still a good show and DH likes it better since he doesn't feel sick after. It never makes me feel sick, but I didn't mind. We called and our room was ready, but our fast pass time for TT wasn't. We even had time to kill so we even rode Ellen's energy. Something we haven't done in years because you don't want to get trapped for 45 min with a cranky kid. After riding it we decided we made a good decision to skip it in the past with the kids. After test track we did some shopping and headed back to check out our room. Wow, to be able to shop and not keep track of kids, tell them to get back in the stroller and put that down. Past trips I haven't done much shopping, this trip I am!
Our luggage was there, and while it was a bit of walk, it wasn't a bad location. 1st floor right in front of the villas quiet pool and community hall. There were bikes out there, we have to look into renting them sometime. I miss riding bikes this winter. The room was nice, it had a new pull out sofa that was more comfy then the ones in the old studios. (We had to try it out of course.) I opend the door to air out the room (it was a bit cleaning product smelly) and some ducks wondered over, and tried to get into the room. When we closed the doors they continued to peek at them. We taped it for the kids later.
The room seemed more roomy then the newer studio layouts, the connecting door in the back. DH doesn't like it, feels it wastes space some. The big surprise was the tiny 19 inch TV and no DVD player. Our studio just a few weeks ago in BCV has a 25 or 27 inch TV and a DVD player. Once again we were amazed at how quickly we could unpack and how little room we took up (then again it was 3 nights instead of 7 so that helped too.) After a rest we changed for an early dinner at Spoodles. This I think was our best meal of the trip. We both got steak kabobs, but we could of split one easily. (dinning plan.) The hummus and cheese flat bread was yummy too. We were in a quiet table and had a good server. Dessert was really good.
After dinner we realized it was EMH for MGM and lets head over there. Since it was on the chilly side for Florida we changed into warmer clothes and walked over to MGM. It didn't take long. We didn't have much time so we headed over to get a seat for the 2nd showing of Fantasmic. It was good, we stood in a rather long time for Tower of Terror and rode it after. By the time we were on the ride it was around 9:30 at night and as the adrenaline kicked in I realized that I was way too sick to be pushing myself this hard, and had been up since 3:30 this morning. It was time to go home. This time we took the boat, but got off at S&D and walked from there (closer and a sooner exit then Boardwalk.) We both slept well considering the state of our heads and cough. The bed and sheets were soft and the resort quiet.
More to come soon. Only being a 4 day trip it shouldn't take as long to write. Thanks for reading.
Something we have never done before, and didn't see ourselves doing since you can't bring kids on it. The weather was lovely (still on the chilly side in the shade, but very nice.) We got lucky with the bus and got there right at 9:00 (something we never were able to do with the kids, and our bus luck wasn't as good then for some reason.) We had enough time to head over to SM to grab fast passes before our tour started at 9:30. We were offered a free bottle of water at the start of the tour. Good thing. It was clear we were both sick at this point and it wasn't going to get better with out antibiotics. Still we took meds and trudged on. Our guide Rae was so entertaining and amusing to watch. She made us feel very comfortable. We had no clue what to expect and every turn of the tour was a surprise. While there was lot we "knew" already, it was fun to hear it again and we both learned a number of new things. We didn't know that you also get to ride a few attractions on the tour, that was a great bonus.
and I have to agree, it was ok, but not that funny. It still needs some tweaking. I think the big difference between Turtle talk is Crush is fun to watch and see just on is own, Mike not so much. The voice isn't that good of a fit and I just didn't buy it. Also it depends on audience members for funny, something you can't count on. 
something I haven't been able to (or didn't want to work hard enough to go see it alone.) Once again, ok but not great, just as I had heard. Off to SM with fast passes. We considered Pirates, but the wait was for 50 min and it was getting very busy. We even wandered into toon town to look for a souvenir for Anna at the Judges tent. Last trip we had a stuffed baby princess doll of Ariel and Bell. The Ariel one didn't make it home with us, and when we told Anna we were going back the one thing she asked for was a Jasmine doll like these. We looked all over and even asked. A helpful castmember called and found out they were back ordered none of the stores had them. Awe, if I had realized that I would of called lost and found more to find the Ariel doll we lost. Oh well. It was busy and time go get out of MK. 
How nice. I guess we did get our little magical moment, but it wasn't from the dream team. 
headache: ), and I didn't see you or Lily anywhere, so I wasn't sure if it was really you guys or not!
Oops! Now I feel bad for saying anything! Nope, he actually looked a little lost, LOL... he looked like he was looking for you, and I figured he was! 
But no, he didn't look the least bit grumpy!
But hopefully he found what he was looking for!
