kittylady1972
Disneyholic
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2003
It appears that no amount of begging and posting here can get my other PTR moved over...so I guess we'll just have to START at the beginning here. I've moved my BIRTHDAY trip report to the Universal Trip Reports area since much of that was focused on the Universal Parks...even though we had plenty of Disney sprinkled in throughout the trip such as resort stays and dining. You can check my signature for the link for that one.
This will start as a PRE-Trip Report for May/June as I finalize our plans...but will eventually be the POST Trip Report. It's just easier to do it here rather than request that it be moved later. You can check my signature link for more details though.
So details for this trip...we are celebrating my daughter's graduation from high school next month. It's been a tough year of course, with her junior year cut short last March thanks to COVID. They were out and then just virtual March-June last year, and this year they started out totally 100% virtual until about MARCH. That's when they were given the option for hybrid learning, which meant coming into the school for TWO days a week for classes or staying virtual. My daughter wanted to do some in-person school so she did that, but it's a very small school (less than 60 in her graduation senior class) so she maybe sees about 4 to 6 other seniors on her 2 days a week.
I honestly didn't think she would want to do a Disney trip, she didn't seem very into it when I had asked before. I took my son, who graduated 3 years ago, on a mom-son trip to Disney for a few days and we had a great time. We focused on things that I knew he would like and it was just an overall nice trip. This would have been a mom-daughter trip also but I told her she could invite her BFF who has NEVER been to Disney....and also who is moving from Maryland to Texas next month. They are both going to different colleges as well anyway, but she is such a sweet kid that I didn't mind adding her to the trip.
Fast forward a few months when I bring up this trip to one of my own BFFs who I have known since I was in pre-school. I mentioned we have a 1 bedroom at Bay Lake Tower so I have a King Bed all to myself. The girls will take up the couch in the main room. She has been VERY heavily involved in the drug trials for COVID and she has been working long hours and days. She loves Disney like me though. So a few weeks later she sent me an email with her plane ticket booked!
So now there are 4 of us on a lovely girls trip for a few nights. We will arrive on Memorial Day and spent our first two days at Universal parks. We have a night booked at HRH so we will have Express Passes which will be great. We are undecided if we actually stay the night at that hotel since we also have BLT booked Monday through Saturday. It's an ongoing debate especially after our recent Universal parks experience and their parking fiasco. However since that centered a lot around the temperature checks which are GOING AWAY now...we may be fine.
Wednesday through Saturday will be Disney Parks...one park per day minimum but we have hoppers as we were unable to book a reservation for HS park. We'll hit that park in the evening only, once or twice, to ride some of the good stuff like RnRC and Tower (we have no interest in Star Wars stuff) and I would like them all to try MMRR which I find adorable.
We have some dining booked but that will be subject to change. We are also going to try (well mostly ME) to meet up with a few other mostly internet friends who will be there at the same time as us. Plus I have a good friend from HS who lives there (and works for Universal) who we will try to meet up with at least to say hello as well. Busy busy busy.
So stay tuned as we work out the final details of this fabulous trip. Up next: Current Plans!
This will start as a PRE-Trip Report for May/June as I finalize our plans...but will eventually be the POST Trip Report. It's just easier to do it here rather than request that it be moved later. You can check my signature link for more details though.
So details for this trip...we are celebrating my daughter's graduation from high school next month. It's been a tough year of course, with her junior year cut short last March thanks to COVID. They were out and then just virtual March-June last year, and this year they started out totally 100% virtual until about MARCH. That's when they were given the option for hybrid learning, which meant coming into the school for TWO days a week for classes or staying virtual. My daughter wanted to do some in-person school so she did that, but it's a very small school (less than 60 in her graduation senior class) so she maybe sees about 4 to 6 other seniors on her 2 days a week.
I honestly didn't think she would want to do a Disney trip, she didn't seem very into it when I had asked before. I took my son, who graduated 3 years ago, on a mom-son trip to Disney for a few days and we had a great time. We focused on things that I knew he would like and it was just an overall nice trip. This would have been a mom-daughter trip also but I told her she could invite her BFF who has NEVER been to Disney....and also who is moving from Maryland to Texas next month. They are both going to different colleges as well anyway, but she is such a sweet kid that I didn't mind adding her to the trip.
Fast forward a few months when I bring up this trip to one of my own BFFs who I have known since I was in pre-school. I mentioned we have a 1 bedroom at Bay Lake Tower so I have a King Bed all to myself. The girls will take up the couch in the main room. She has been VERY heavily involved in the drug trials for COVID and she has been working long hours and days. She loves Disney like me though. So a few weeks later she sent me an email with her plane ticket booked!
So now there are 4 of us on a lovely girls trip for a few nights. We will arrive on Memorial Day and spent our first two days at Universal parks. We have a night booked at HRH so we will have Express Passes which will be great. We are undecided if we actually stay the night at that hotel since we also have BLT booked Monday through Saturday. It's an ongoing debate especially after our recent Universal parks experience and their parking fiasco. However since that centered a lot around the temperature checks which are GOING AWAY now...we may be fine.
Wednesday through Saturday will be Disney Parks...one park per day minimum but we have hoppers as we were unable to book a reservation for HS park. We'll hit that park in the evening only, once or twice, to ride some of the good stuff like RnRC and Tower (we have no interest in Star Wars stuff) and I would like them all to try MMRR which I find adorable.
We have some dining booked but that will be subject to change. We are also going to try (well mostly ME) to meet up with a few other mostly internet friends who will be there at the same time as us. Plus I have a good friend from HS who lives there (and works for Universal) who we will try to meet up with at least to say hello as well. Busy busy busy.
So stay tuned as we work out the final details of this fabulous trip. Up next: Current Plans!