Grandma, keep up with the toddler! A FEB TR! Update! 3/17. Let the Journey Begin!

[DisPrincessEst96]

To all that come to this happy place,


This is my frist trip report! I am a huge lurker and I probably read your trip report when I am feeling down on the Disney.

Now of course you're probably wondering what is going to take place in this wondrous trip report, but you'll just have to stick around for the ride!
I think introductions are in place...

I am your host, your ghost host.

My name is Aeriell, just like the mermaid . I am 16 years old and have been going to the World since I was 3 years old. In love with anything Disney. An aspiring Princess. In love with all things involving cats, Adventure Time, and the arts. I go to a charter high school specializing in the arts and am a theatre major. My favorite princess is Ariel (of course) and Rapunzel. My favorite animal is Simba. And my favorite park is Magic Kingdom.

Next up is...

The beauty herself, my DMummsie! She is our planner for ADR, hotels, and basically our entire trip. She is an artist, actress, singer, basically beautiful. She also has an account here on the boards: Arlsdimples. Her favorite princesses are Ariel, Aurora, and Cinderella. Her favorite animal is Eeyore. And her favorite park is the Magic Kingdom as well.

Next we have...

My DDaddy. He is a child at heart and loves to go to Disney. Despise the cost there is nothing that makes him happier then seeing his children smile at the happiest place in the world. He enjoys skiing, golfing, and being a big tease. His favorite character is Sorcerer Mickey. His favorite animal is Tigger. And his favorite park is the dazzling Magic Kingdom.

Onwards you will see...

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My Db, David. He is 10 years old and is in the whole aspiring to be a teenager phase. Despite that he is heads over heels about Disney. Crazy Vinylmation collector. He also attends a charter middle school majoring in Vocal. His favorite characters are Oswald and Stitch. Favorite animal is Pluto, Tigger, and Cheshire Cat. and his favorite park is (supposedly) Epcot! It changes every month.

Next you will see...

My darling baby sister, Ella. Her first name is Ella, her middle name is Cynthia, so technically her name is Cinderella. She turned 2 during this trip and this was her third time to the amazing world. She is already crazily obsessed with Disney. She lives on Disney Junior. Her favorite shows include Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Doc Mcstuffins, Oso, and probably her most favorite..Sofia the First! Seriously, whenever that show comes on she is glued to the television. She also is in love with princesses, but I was going to make that happen regardless. Her favorite princess is the pretty one. Her favorite animal is the one that cuddles the most with her. And her favorite park is the one she can ride her stroller in.

Why that can't be it can it? Oh, silly me. I forgot the star of the trip report..

Our darling Grandma! This was her first trip EVER to WDW! And she absolutely loved every second of it! She couldn't stop saying how much fun she was having. Although her little legs couldn't keep up with us sometimes, she still had a time! Her favorite princess is Snow White. Her favorite animal is the big cheese himself. And her favorite park was Magic Kingdom!

We also had some special guests during our trip. My mom's Uncle Harry and Aunt Bunny.

They are just as much Disney activists as we are. They live in Florida during winter and were so excited to see us during the trip. It was so much fun seeing them in this amazing place.

With all that said and done I shall get on to other important topics.
When? February 17- February 22.
Where? Half the time we stayed at the Polynesian and the other half we stayed at Beach Club!
How? Magic.

I also had many Disney related tweets during this trips so whenever you see a text post that looks like this that is a tweet.

I am just going to warn you now, my family picked on me a lot about food pictures and I failed most of the time getting them. I also sucked at getting room pictures. But I swear I'll learn and I now know better for next time.

So come along, on this wondrous trip to the happiest place in the world!
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[DisPrincessEst96]

Chapters
1. Let the Journey Begin! http://disboards.com/showthread.php?p=47829690#post47829690​

 

[katt789]

Love the intro!! I’m glad you’ve decided to write a TR, looks like it must have been an awesome time!

Considering you’re a theatre person and into Disney, I’m assuming you’ve thought about auditioning? You totally should!!

Your family’s so cute!! YAY! I’m excited to read all about it, it looks like we only missed ya by two days!

 

[luckylady]

I'm in.

 

[DisneyKid4Life]

Hi Aeriell, welcome to trip reporting. When I read it was Grandma's first trip, I was sold! I cannot wait to hear about her experiences!!! Makes me miss the times I spent in the World with my Nan when I was a kid.
Can't wait to hear about your, and her's, adventures.

 

[DisPrincessEst96]

Love the intro!! I’m glad you’ve decided to write a TR, looks like it must have been an awesome time!

Considering you’re a theatre person and into Disney, I’m assuming you’ve thought about auditioning? You totally should!!

Your family’s so cute!! YAY! I’m excited to read all about it, it looks like we only missed ya by two days!

It was an amazing time like always. And yes I have looked into auditioning. This was the first year that I was eligible to audition but the only day was on my sister's birthday! So that was a no go, but I am planning on trying out when we visit this summer. and gosh darn it looked like we did just missed ya! I hope your trip was great too!

I'm in.

you won't regret it!

Hi Aeriell, welcome to trip reporting. When I read it was Grandma's first trip, I was sold! I cannot wait to hear about her experiences!!! Makes me miss the times I spent in the World with my Nan when I was a kid.
Can't wait to hear about your, and her's, adventures.

Thank you for the welcome! She had such a great time and keeps on saying how she wishes she was back in the Magic Kingdom.

 

[DisPrincessEst96]

Chapter One 2/17
"Let the Journey Begin!"

It was a beautiful, shining, snowing 3 am in the morning. Everybody was filled with energy but at the same time the tiredness of last minute packing was upon them. I, however, being the responsible one that I am was all ready to go the night before.

On Twitter I posted
And let the journey begin!

Grandma slept over the night before so she could easily be with us for the next week! DMummsie can't (and still can't find them actually) the pants she had laying out the night before for today. She could of sworn she left them on her dresser. What a lovely way to start the morning.

All the luggage was ready to go and put in the huge truck, everybody was in, squished to a T. And we were off at 4:12 am on our way to Philly. I put on my pandora Disney station and started snoozing off to the beautiful harmonies of Disney.

Not too much later I woke up at the parking shuttle that our car would be until we got back. David (who has difficult waking up regardless) was fast asleep so when we all said "David, wake up." half asleep he responded, "NO." lol.

We quickly hopped on the shuttle that would take us to the airport. It was FREEZING outside, we were all excited for that Florida sun. (or at least we think so)

We got off at Southwest and went through immediate check in with out luggage. Darling Ella woke up so we snapped some pics.

Sleepy baby.

But she's soon up and leading everyone. It's as if she knows.

Security was easy, especially since we have Ella it has been very easy lately. We quickly all had some delicious Mcdonalds breakfast sandwichs. I'm sure you can imagine the greatness.

On twitter I posted
I don't think I've ever been this awake at 6 in the morning.

Trust me, that's the time I have to get up for school. I am never that awake.

Soon they were boarding us. My DDaddy and I were all excited because now I was 'officially' old enough to sit in the emergency row, that means extra leg space. but sadly someone took it. darn.

On twitter I posted
See you soon, Florida.

The flight began, I put on my Disney playlist and I was aslee......

AWAKE. We were in Orlando! What an easy flight. Ella was really easy too! She just slept the entire flight.

I took this beautiful picture of the sun rising over Orlando.

The flight attendants did a little 'yoga' stretch for us. We lifted our hands really high, stretched out our backs, scrunch over and...picked up all the garbage that we might have put into the pocket.

Once we got off the plane I had to sit down and pop my ears, I had really bad ear pains this trip.

I couldn't stop my excitement, I was thinking 5000 things a minute. As we made our way down to the fake'o'rail I saw this beauty.

Oh David. Don't worry, he got a haircut this trip.

The boys

Once we got off of the fake'o'rail we had to take some obligatory pictures.

Can you see the "I've been up since 3 in the morning" look wear in?

Silly girl with messy hair.

Down an elevator and the floor starts to have some magical shapes that kinda resemble a special mouse on them. We were sent off into the Magic Kingdom bus route and soon our Magical Express was there!

We got front row so you know what that means. Also Spectromagic was playing on the bus when we first got on. So magical.

We're off with a packed bus and the beautiful video that we all love so much begins to play. Sooner or later I see some beautiful arches coming our way.

It is beckoning closer...

And we are finally home!

Until Next Time.
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[katt789]

What a great start to a trip!1 That's great the flight was so easy, minus the ear pain! I definitely need to stop for some airport photos the next time!

 

[DisneyKid4Life]

Aeriell, great start. Right at the beginning I felt like you were telling a story. Well done.
Isn't it amazing how easy it is to get up early when you're going to Disney?