JessietheNCCowgirl
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Hello, and welcome to my trip report. Let me start off with the logistics and then I will get into the intros. Back in June we (DH and I) decided to get some “money’s worth” out of our annual passes that we purchased in February when I ran the Princess Half Marathon (if interested, see TR here: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2740124). My DD’s summer camp was closed the first week in August so we didn’t have any childcare planned for her that week. It was also the last week of her summer vacation before school started and the week before her 9th birthday so it was a logical choice for us to book a room with an annual pass rate for July 30th through August 6th.
We decided on Port Orleans French Quarter. We had stayed here before on our honeymoon (in ’92) and 3 other times since then. We wanted to revisit it especially since the rooms had been refurbished. I reserved a River View room and put in a couple requests – top floor, corner room (we like having the extra window). Later on DH and I talked and decided we should leave home on Friday, July 29th after work. It takes us about 8-9 hours to drive to FL from our home in NC and we figured we could get to FL around midnight if we left at 4:00 and give ourselves more park time on Saturday. (Love that extra park time!)
So I booked a room at the Westin in Lake Mary, FL on Starwood Points I had accumulated for the Friday night.
Those are the plans – here are the executors of those plans:
Me, my name is Beth and I am a 38-year old wife, and proud mother of my DD. I also work full-time as an Executive Assistant and take the bus into the city every day for my day job.
Charlotte – where we live, work and play:
I am a lover of all things Disney (but who isn’t on these boards?)
I am also a runner and have run 3 races at WDW since last fall (Oct: Food & Wine Half Marathon, Jan: WDW Marathon, and Feb: Princess Half Marathon). I have to say I haven’t gotten in many miles this summer because it’s been so blasted hot here but I do what I can.
DD & I from our trip last October:
My DH, John (49) – he works from home for the same company I am employed by (yea, I know we have all our eggs in one basket which does kind of scare me sometimes). I feel fortunate that he is able to work from home since he is able to take our daughter to school and pick her up so she doesn’t have to go to after-school. Sometimes, I am not able to leave work since I’m an assistant and am at the beck and call of my manager. DH also enjoys going to Disney but I think he would like it if we branched out and went other places. I keep telling him we will after my DD grows up and doesn’t appreciate going to WDW anymore (which I secretly hope never happens).
He is an avid UNC football and basketball fan as well.
DH and DD:
Last but certainly not least my DD, Alexia (9). She loves going to WDW as much as I do. She enjoys art and playing the piano and is my gift from heaven above.
DD (pic from our trip last year):
I hope to make some new DIS friends and entertain you along the way. So step right up and here we go down to Disney's version of New Orleans...
We decided on Port Orleans French Quarter. We had stayed here before on our honeymoon (in ’92) and 3 other times since then. We wanted to revisit it especially since the rooms had been refurbished. I reserved a River View room and put in a couple requests – top floor, corner room (we like having the extra window). Later on DH and I talked and decided we should leave home on Friday, July 29th after work. It takes us about 8-9 hours to drive to FL from our home in NC and we figured we could get to FL around midnight if we left at 4:00 and give ourselves more park time on Saturday. (Love that extra park time!)

Those are the plans – here are the executors of those plans:
Me, my name is Beth and I am a 38-year old wife, and proud mother of my DD. I also work full-time as an Executive Assistant and take the bus into the city every day for my day job.
Charlotte – where we live, work and play:

I am a lover of all things Disney (but who isn’t on these boards?)

DD & I from our trip last October:

My DH, John (49) – he works from home for the same company I am employed by (yea, I know we have all our eggs in one basket which does kind of scare me sometimes). I feel fortunate that he is able to work from home since he is able to take our daughter to school and pick her up so she doesn’t have to go to after-school. Sometimes, I am not able to leave work since I’m an assistant and am at the beck and call of my manager. DH also enjoys going to Disney but I think he would like it if we branched out and went other places. I keep telling him we will after my DD grows up and doesn’t appreciate going to WDW anymore (which I secretly hope never happens).

DH and DD:

Last but certainly not least my DD, Alexia (9). She loves going to WDW as much as I do. She enjoys art and playing the piano and is my gift from heaven above.
DD (pic from our trip last year):

I hope to make some new DIS friends and entertain you along the way. So step right up and here we go down to Disney's version of New Orleans...