Welcome to my 1st trip report. This is a new experience for me all around as non of us have been. Well Dh was when he was like 10! I expect there have been some changes!
So make some popcorn 
, sit back and enjoy.....The cast....
DH~ Todd (40 something
) DH is an instructor for the NJ state prison. Plus he works a second job cleaning banks.
Me~ Kimberly (30 something ) I am a family daycare provider. I also am a caregiver for my Grandmother who we just moved in with us, and a super mom!
DS~ Ryan (14) Soccer star 
DD~ Megan (9) Plays hand chimes in church and soccer star DD~ Delaney (2) Just a rising star in the make!
A rough year and the decision to go......This time last year my Grandfather (who raised me) was diagnosed with Lung Cancer. Within less than two months he was gone. This was very hard on the children as he was here everyday and a very important part of their lives. And very hard on my Grandmother who, we didn't know at the time, was in the early stages of Alzheimers. I took over the care of Grams in June and moved her to new drs and switched meds, etc only to find that her "depression" wasn't just depression at all. By the fall I was handeling bills and Todd was running a 2nd household plus working two jobs. It finally came down to the fact that Grams was just so cut off from the world that she was also depressed and we decided to move her in with us. That ment an addition and a sale of a house. During all this my father in law, who was also ill from a lung disease, passed. We lost our two dogs from old age, one them right on our kitchen floor as the kids watched and currently have a close Aunt who is terminal with cancer. The children were sad and heartbroken and DH and I were stressed to no end. *sigh* It has been a rough year.
Amid the packing boxes, open houses, funerals and the contractors dust I began thinking about vacation this year. We were going to stay closer to home this year but I began to wonder if this might be the last year really we can go so far away and leave Grams alone. The kids have always wanted to go to Disney. Todd wanted to go back. Me? I was the poohead in it. I had no desire to.....dare I speak this on this board?
......stand in an overpriced park, in heat, with whinny children in a line for an hour only to go on a 5 min ride! Add in that my youngest has a wheat allergy and just going somewhere isn't so easy. But I knew the children would love it and I think we all needed a break. We needed some magic. We were desperate for some magic at this point.
The cat got let out of the bag....Not sure if this was affordable, I began to look in secret. *shhhhhh* I looked online, posted in my buddy groups, read information, spoke with friends and told no one who set up home in this house!
Till DH read my email!
Shame on him! So there after I swore him to secrecy and we planned together....my coplanner in crime. Where would we stay? How would we get there? Can we afford it? How would we deal with Delaneys allergies? Can this be done?And then I found DIS!
Oh yeah!! DIS!! 
.....I read about Free Dining. What is free dining?
Nothing is free! Come on! Well I found the info and read up and it was exactly one week AFTER the week we were looking at. DH called work to confirm it was ok to change weeks and got a YES! And so begins our journey on finding some magic.........
One week was enough for me! Heck 5 days would be more than enough! Maybe we could drive down and off shoot some of the expense and do some other things than just the park. Sounded good to me. Till I started looking on the Disney site. Resorts...click....hummmm pretty. Parks.....click.....ooooh that is interesting! Food....click....wow look at all that is there!!! Pools.....click...WOW those look like fun!
And began looking at resorts and asking on here where to stay. We finally decided to look more at mod. resorts so that we might be able to do more with the kids during Delaneys naptime. Clicked on more resorts buttons.....looked on here for information....viewed pictures....WOW was great places to stay!
NOT a good one to deal with when traveling. How am I going to feed my daughter? After many days reading, researching and posting on here, I find the most exciting news!!! Disney understands allergies! 
They understand Celiac. 
SO now I know that my daughter will have food....lots and lots of safe yummy food laid right before her like a queen. Or should I say a princess? 
LOL! I have a fellow DISer recommend a site that I can rent a micro. so she can eat in the room since most of her foods need to be kept cold or frozen. And yet another poster rec. I send her some safe foods down to the hotel to meet us there. Awesome advise!! I love DIS! I am on 
!! This is worth the trip just for the less stress. Brownies and cakes and cookies OH MY! 
I can feel that tingle again...it is getting stronger.....and I am loving it now! I am dancing with joy and excitement in my kitchen. Any parent dealing with the same issues as us knows what a relief and joy it is to know how awesome Disney is for allergic kids!! I am full of happiness!
WOOOO HOOOOO! It is coming together. WE GET FREE DINING!!!!! 
So I wait till they are all together and saddly inform them that we cannot go on the local vacation. With disappointed faces they ask "why?" Well
...because.....WE ARE GOING TO DISNEY INSTEAD!!!!!
What was that....a bit of a tingle in someone else? A moment to rethink? A glimmer or magic felt maybe? "Well....I will at least LOOK at the stuff. I can decide later" Stubborn little poohead!!!!
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