I loved the poly but Jambo house stole my heart! Dec 11 graduation TR!x2 7/13 COMPLET

leshunlenese · Jan 19, 2012

Hey to my disney lovers! I just graduated college! :woohoo:

and received a wonderful 6 night, 7day trip at JAMBO House and its my favorite! Yes I even liked it better than the poly. Don't get me wrong the poly has a lot going for it and i liked it a lot but it is not the one.

Who?
Me. You can call me LT

I'm 25 years old, new graduate (finally) with a Disney love, or passion, or obsession..something that no one quite understands. I am a 2007 Disney college program alumni. Magic kingdom and EPCOT are my favorite parks I cannot choose between them. If I had one day in Disney I would get a 1 day park hopper and go to both. I love all the characters but Mickey is the one! Ask anyone, I love mickey so much that when I was 16 my mom asked me,(spoiler for kids)

You know mickey is just someone in a costume! Why mama why? She was that concerned but he still has a special place in my heart. My favorite rides are expedition Everest and the people-mover!!!

DS: Devyn

my son is 2 years old and this was his 5th trip to Disney. His already on a bigger role than me but I have recently come to the conclusion that he will not be back till he is 4. He will miss out on the next one but November 2013 he will be back. I hope its not sad I already know the month and year till the next trip. While I do not know his favorites he enjoyed dumbo and IASW. His favorite characters are all from mickey's mouse club house and chuggington.

DM: Mama

Mama is not a big Disney lover like me but she always wants to go and always the 1st person ready to go home. She enjoys herself and likes Disney a lot but not like me. My mama does not like to take pictures and would slap me silly if I put one up of her but she was there.

DN: my nephew, TJ

I love this boy. My family tells me all the time that Devyn will hate Disney because I love it so much and while I hope that is not the case at least I have my nephew. He is four and loves Disney world. I promise every time I see him he asks can we go to Disney world. TJ's favorite ride is soarin and his favorite character is Donald duck. This was the only character that he specifically asked to meet
We also were joined by my sister and the rest of her family till the 12th

What?
Celebrating my 2nd greatest achievement after my DS in my favorite place in the world!

When?
December 8- 14th

Where?
All star movies the 1st night and Jambo House!! with the regular dining plan.

leshunlenese · Jan 19, 2012

annmarieda · Jan 21, 2012

I am here!! So glad you started a TR. I can't wait to see pictures of your little guy having fun in DW... he is such a cutie. :goodvibes

leshunlenese · Jan 22, 2012

annmarieda said:
I am here!! So glad you started a TR. I can't wait to see pictures of your little guy having fun in DW... he is such a cutie.

Thank you ann! i loved the pics of Zoe from BBB.

leshunlenese · Jan 22, 2012

So i thought i would start with the day before we left at my graduation/pinning. I know plenty of people graduate all the time but i worked really hard for this. Mechanical ventilation is the hardest class i have ever taken and learning how to not let people die is no easy task. The day started with getting my hair done and that took all morning. I had to be at school at 4pm to practice and i live an hour and half away so i had to leave a little early. I was so happy that this would be my last drive down. the ceremony was good and we had some food after and that was at. Here are a few pics.

I love this picture of me and Devyn! he was defiantly my motivation during this time

GETTING PINNED

The last 8 students standing out of 24

My school is so small they only have a ceremony with the caps and gown once a year in may so this was our celebration. After the ceremony, we had a reception with hot wings, shrimp, and of course cake! I found my nephew and jumped with him because we were going to Disney world tomorrow!!

leshunlenese · Jan 22, 2012

The next day started out a normal day. We had a late flight leaving at 5:47pm but like many others I still could not sleep the night before. My mom went to work that morning. My nephew was dropped off at my house after school and we waited for my mom to get home. We live about 40 min from the atl airport and we left home at 3:30. We always fly airtran and the flight was short and sweet. Devyn fell asleep halfway in the air and I studied. Yes I just graduated but I still needed to study for my boards. I have to take 3 tests in order to get certified and to work as a RRT, short for respiratory therapist. The flight down was great, easy, and calm unlike the trip home but that's for later. We landed on time at 7:15pm and went to Magical express. Our flights were changed numerous times with airtran so I asked my mom to sit while I went to the counter to get it changed. The lady that was greeting told me it did not matter that my flight had changed. I informed her that my time did not change but the flight number and I needed to have it changed so we would get picked up on time. I ignored her and went ahead and the guy informed me that I was correct because the flight number changed and I would only not have to worry about it when the departure times change with the same flight number because they keep up with that. Thank you to the dis for this information because we would have listened to that women and missed our flight because the new flight left 2 hours earlier than the previous. We proceeded to the line. our 1st night we were going to stay at all star movies and we waited only 2 minutes before boarding but we had to wait an additional 15 minutes before we left.

Along with the all star resorts, our bus made stops to CSR and AKL with us being the 4th stop. Check in was fine and simple. We were placed in building 1, 101 dalmatians in room 1736.

we where starving so we just threw in our carry on's and went to the food court. Mom and I both got the chicken nuggets and fries. We got it to go and ate in the room and enjoyed Stacey because a trip to Disney just is not right without watching Stacey at the beginning. An hour later my sister's flight had arrived. TJ would be staying with them while they were there and they came and got him. We went to sleep afterwords. I had no plans the next day. I originally wanted to go to universal but decided to save the money but got a surprise graduation gift from my sister's boyfriend.

khertz · Jan 23, 2012

Great start!! I can't wait for y'all to get to AKL so I can read how awesome it was. :goodvibes

Congrats again on your graduation, and good luck if you are still studying for boards. I am glad I never have to take the nursing boards again in my life because that was BRUTAL! It is such a relief when it is really all OVER!

mousetravel · Jan 23, 2012

Subbing! We also did a split stay at ASM & AKL Jambo! But we were there Dec 15-21. Can't wait to hear more!!!

leshunlenese · Jan 25, 2012

khertz said:
Great start!! I can't wait for y'all to get to AKL so I can read how awesome it was.

Congrats again on your graduation, and good luck if you are still studying for boards. I am glad I never have to take the nursing boards again in my life because that was BRUTAL! It is such a relief when it is really all OVER!

YAH! Nice to see another familiar face!
Thank you and i am still studying! You are so lucky to be done with that. The worst part about respiratory is we have to take 3 test to become RRT. It sucks but must be done!

*********** said:
Subbing! We also did a split stay at ASM & AKL Jambo! But we were there Dec 15-21. Can't wait to hear more!!!

hey!

I loved Jambo, i think i the only downside was a far room but after the 1st 2 nights i got use to it. :rotfl:

PirateKate · Jan 25, 2012

I'm here! Congratulations on graduating! I'm glad you didn't have any trouble with the flight number changing. :goodvibes

leshunlenese · Feb 7, 2012

PirateKate said:
I'm here! Congratulations on graduating! I'm glad you didn't have any trouble with the flight number changing.

Thank you! :goodvibes

leshunlenese · Feb 7, 2012

Im sorry for the lack of updates. Ill update tonight i have been studying and it has paid off because i passed my Respiratory exam this morning!!!

khertz · Feb 7, 2012

leshunlenese said:
Im sorry for the lack of updates. Ill update tonight i have been studying and it has paid off because i passed my Respiratory exam this morning!!!

Awesome! Congratulations!!! :banana:

leshunlenese · Feb 7, 2012

khertz said:
Awesome! Congratulations!!!

tHANK YOU! :cool1:

leshunlenese · Feb 7, 2012

Dec 9th: 1st full day

I wanted to skip universal to save some money for my tests I got coming up. Mom and I decided this literally on the flight. I had no idea what we were going to do today. I thought about DTD until we went to check in at AKV. We decided to see what Dsis was up to. I wanted to sleep in and let's face it, that rarely happens in disney and if it does its toward the end not the beginning. I woke up at 9:35am packed up the one night things and got luggage service to pick up our bags and transfer them to AKV.
Dsis was in the lobby and they got tickets to go to mvmcp on the 11th. I was beyond excited when dsis bf said he would pay for me to go to universal for a graduation gift! I was shocked and so thankful. So after a stop to get some medicine for everyone cause everyone was sick we got a cab to universal at 11:20. The cab was 36 dollars each way but we saved a little than if we used mears transportation. We ate at BK at city walk and we went to universal first. Once we were in we met Lucy ball and scooby doo and shaggy.

our first ride was

it was NOT a success. Devyn cried before, during, and after the ride the whole time. It was a little to dark for him. The other 2 kids got through the 1st que until you go through the forest part to get to the ride. My Dsis had a hard time getting them through it but once we got to the ride, they enjoyed it.
We then went on the kiddie coaster, simpson's, MIB, and jaws. I was sad to hear that jaws was being shut down into a new attraction so im glad we stopped but we were told you will get wet! My family, we don't do getting wet, water rides, or water parks. We are people who like to stay dry especially the women when we get a fresh perm and our hair is all straight like it was never nappy.
Immediately, they said no but the kids wanted to go so I took them. We enjoyed it and none of us got wet so that was a plus.

Finally we stopped at the rip it coaster. Walking towards the ride TJ was certain he was going to ride it with his dad. We told him he was too little and he informed us that he was a big boy! At the ride he went under the height checker and we told him he could not ride it, he had a fit. This boy actually thought he was going to get on this

The cast members at the ride saw how bad he wanted to go and they gave him a pass. I do not have a pic of it but it basically said if they bring the pass back when he is tall enough he can ride it without waiting in line. I thought that was the best idea ever!
This was the last ride universal studios and we were finished with everything within 2- 3 hours without rushing. 20 till 4, we walked over to islands of adventure.

annmarieda · Feb 7, 2012

How cool that you were given a pass for the rollercoaster for when he is tall enough to ride!

12/11?! We went to MVMCP on 12/11! Holy cow it was rainy!!!

AND we arrived on 12/9 to Pop..late evening though....

can't wait to read more. popcorn::

leshunlenese · Feb 8, 2012

annmarieda said:
How cool that you were given a pass for the rollercoaster for when he is tall enough to ride!

12/11?! We went to MVMCP on 12/11! Holy cow it was rainy!!!

AND we arrived on 12/9 to Pop..late evening though....

can't wait to read more.

Yes it was very rainy from the beginning. my sister toughed it out. They enjoyed it but mainly went for the rides.

amandaw · Feb 8, 2012

Joining in!

First....Congrats on your graduation! :thumbsup2

Devyn & TJ are both so adorable! :goodvibes

That was so sweet of your sister's boyfriend to take y'all to Universal as a graduation gift. Poor TJ thinking he was going to be able to ride that big ride. :sad2:

But, that was super nice of them to give him the pass to go back & not wait in line. :goodvibes

We're going in December this year...the same week that basically y'all were there. Can't wait to hear about the rest of the trip!

leshunlenese · Feb 9, 2012

amandaw said:
Joining in!

First....Congrats on your graduation!

Devyn & TJ are both so adorable! That was so sweet of your sister's boyfriend to take y'all to Universal as a graduation gift. Poor TJ thinking he was going to be able to ride that big ride. But, that was super nice of them to give him the pass to go back & not wait in line.

We're going in December this year...the same week that basically y'all were there. Can't wait to hear about the rest of the trip!

Thank you! i loved that idea. You guys picked a good week, it was not overly crowded and if you have ever been in the summer it is a much slower crowd!

PirateKate · Feb 15, 2012

Congratulations on passing your test! That's great!

It's cool that you got to go to Universal Studios, too. ET sounds like a tough one for little kids. Actually, all of Universal Studios sounds kind of tough for little kids. I'm sure there's a lot of cool rides there that they'd never get to go on.

I loved the poly but Jambo house stole my heart! Dec 11 graduation TR!x2 7/13 COMPLET

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