It all started with a secret-KOTS no more!-Video pg1-update-the final chapter...pg 11

[mom2fivecs]

Great trip report so far...I am really enjoying it. I also have a Caitlin and a Conner...however my Caitlin is 19 and my Conner is 6.

 

[Parla]

Great report so far. We almost ate at Whispering Canyon last trip but Mission Space screwed me up for a few days. We went to HDDR the night I rode and the time it took and all the trouble getting back was too much so I called and changed the ADR to something else. I'm still hoping to eat there one day. Our upcoming trip it too short so maybe next time. I'm still trying to figure out if DS already thinks we are going. I'm on the disboards all the time and he was acting funny one day so I thought maybe he read my ticker but he never really said anything and I don't think he could hold that kind of info in. I just don't want to say, "Hey, we're going to Disney World today." and have the response be, "I thought so." I want screams and bewilderment! I want to win on AFV!

 

[Alyssa88]

I'm in!!

WL is gorgeous, I would love to stay there sometime.

So glad the surprise went well!!

 

[srandsr76]

We are staying at WLV in September....keep the pictures coming! I wish I could keep a secret like that from my DD4!

 

[MTstitch]

Enjoying your trip report. I love how you were able to keep it a secret for so long.

 

[LaraK]

Sorry I've been slow with the Chapters...real life is very very hectic. I will try to post chapter four tonight.

Here's something to amuse you while you wait...

 

[Trentmom]

Sorry I've been slow with the Chapters...real life is very very hectic. I will try to post chapter four tonight.

Here's something to amuse you while you wait...

I always love your funny inspirational pics!!

 

[Bondfan531]

Great tr so far!!! Can't wait to read more!

 

[disneyaddicted]

I would love to be able to surprise a child with a Disney trip, I can't keep secrets too well though, Christmas is hard for me I just wanna shout, "You're getting this and that and one of these two of those with a dettachable watchamacallit and matching gamadgadoon."
Can't wait to read more.

 

[Crazy4Disney06]

Great trip report!! I just love how excited your daughter was! Can't wait to read the rest of your trip report!

 

[LaraK]

So one of the things we really like to do is to make early ADR's in the parks so we can get in before park opening. For our first full day, we went to Crystal Palace. We took the boat from Wilderness Lodge over to the Contemporary. How's this for a neat picture...

We went down Main Street with only a handful of other people...

Got to CP and got the first seat on the left side of the Restraunt....had a yummy breakfast and saw Pooh...

After breakfast, we went over to the castle for the interior rope drop...walked over to Dumbo, rode Dumbo. Went on Peter Pan, Went on Pooh, looked at my watch...it was 9:40. Went on the "mean lady" ride (Snow White)...DS scared, DD scared by defiant. Went on Small World. Walked over to Toontown at 10 and rode Goofy's Barnstormer....twice. (DS's first rollercoaster...he loved it).

We went over to the tea cups and DH and DD rode the teacups...mom will not ride and DS can't (he's a puker). Then we saw Alice and the Mad Hatter...they were GREAT!!!!!

Comming up..Chapter Five...The Haunted Mansion Horror!!!

 

[*MickeyFan*]

Oh sweet Lara! Please forgive me for not coming to visit your TR until now! I promise to be loyal from now on

I LOVE the report so far! I am still loading the video (darn dial up!). Hoping your TR will keep me out of the Disney blues I am feeling looking forward to Chapter 5 jen

 

[Trentmom]

So one of the things we really like to do is to make early ADR's in the parks so we can get in before park opening. For our first full day, we went to Crystal Palace. We took the boat from Wilderness Lodge over to the Contemporary. How's this for a neat picture...

We went down Main Street with only a handful of other people...

Got to CP and got the first seat on the left side of the Restraunt....had a yummy breakfast and saw Pooh...

After breakfast, we went over to the castle for the interior rope drop...walked over to Dumbo, rode Dumbo. Went on Peter Pan, Went on Pooh, looked at my watch...it was 9:40. Went on the "mean lady" ride (Snow White)...DS scared, DD scared by defiant. Went on Small World. Walked over to Toontown at 10 and rode Goofy's Barnstormer....twice. (DS's first rollercoaster...he loved it).

We went over to the tea cups and DH and DD rode the teacups...mom will not ride and DS can't (he's a puker). Then we saw Alice and the Mad Hatter...they were GREAT!!!!!

Comming up..Chapter Five...The Haunted Mansion Horror!!!

That must have been neat for main Street to be so empty. We would do that, but we are not early risers....

We have two breakfast ressies at 9:45...that is early enough for us....LOL

Sounds like you got a good amt rides done early on...

Can;'t wait to read about Haunted Mansion Horror...

We took DS on it last year and he was about 2 and half and fell asleep in line, so we didn't have to worry about him being scared...

Be curious to how he takes it...

 

[MousekaMaddi]

paitently waiting for more






.......define patience please??

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Well, looky what I found when I perused the TR board???

Glad to be getting in on this early!

Your babies are adorable!!

 

[LaraK]

So, let me first say that I love my dad and step-mom. Next, let me say that I was ready to kill them right after our Haunted Mansion debacle.

A little back story...

Around November, my DD started realizing that Santa would be visiting her soon. One day, the family was sitting around the table and she asked her father and I how you spell "Haunted"....we didn't ask why, we just told her. Then she asked how to spell "Mansion"...we got curious. We told her how to spell it and asked her why she was asking. She said "I'm making my list for Santa". The first thing on the list was "Haunted Mansion".

We asked her what she was talking about...she said she wanted the "Haunted Mansion"...we asked if she wanted to go there or if she wanted the movie. She said both. For the next month and a half, she consistantly had "Haunted Mansion" at the top of her Santa list. I was skeptical...after all, she's only 4, but we went ahead and told Santa he could bring the "Haunted Mansion" DVD....she and her brother watched it on the 26th of December.

If you haven't seen the Haunted Mansion movie...it's pretty intense. Both kids sat transfixed. A couple of times I paused the movie and asked "are you sure you want to watch this" they both said "YES!". They watched the whole movie...twice. No nightmares or anything like that.

So when we got to Disney, we figured they would like to go on the Haunted Mansion ride. We waited until we met up with my dad because we figured they'd like to go too....big mistake. My dad started jacking the kids up talking about how "scary" the ride would be. I had been telling them there was a scary part at the beginning, but nothing scary on the ride. By the time the elevator got to the "bottom"...both my kids (and several others) were sobbing in terror. In fact, my daughter got so upset she lost her shoe...do you know how freakin dark it is in the Haunted Mansion???

So instead of stepping aside, letting other people pass and helping me find the shoe...DH says "she lost her shoe" and procedes to get on the ride with my dad and step mom leaving me holding my sobbing 2 and a half year old behind. I did not get on the ride because my daughter kinda NEEDED A SHOE!

So I go back in the "elevator" the next time the doors open...no shoe. Ask a CM if there's a shoe...no shoe. I look in the hallway where they load the Doombuggies, no shoe. DS is saying "Mommy…I wanna get outa here!!!!!" over and over. So I go out the "chicken exit" to find my husband (so I can punch him and give him DS). They get off the ride and I hand off DS (don't punch husband…he says DD was scared the whole trip and she is clinging to him….I was afraid I'd miss and punch her).

So I go to the CM and explain the shoe situation….he says I can't go back the way I came, but could go through the line again. He calls to a central number and lo and behold, they found the shoe….they send it over via Doombuggie….

So DD's shoe saw Haunted Mansion….but I didn't

Coming up...Chapter Six...Epcot...what a beautiful place!

 

[mommy22fishys]

That video was PRICELESS...It brought tears to my eyes thinking about my two sons. I cannot wait to get there and see their excited faces!! Love your trip report so far!!!

Hi! I'm Lara For what it's worth....here's my trip report. I believe in short sweet and to the point, so I will try to be brief in my chapters...

Chapter One: The Surprise

Well...it all started with a secret. 8 months ago I booked a trip to Disney. My kids had no idea. I made all of my dream ADR's six months ago, my kids had no idea. I bought clothes, packed bags, got everthing together, and my kids had no idea.

We went to the airport, the kids had no idea. We checked in, again, no clue. We went through security, got on the plane and took off...my kids just thought we were "going for an airplane ride". We got off the plane in Orlando and took the train over to the main airport...the kids are still clueless.

Once we get past security, my dad and step mom are standing there...we say "surprise! look who's meeting us for lunch"...the kids still don't get it. They ate lunch while mommy ran and checked in for the Magical Express.

Everyone changed into shorts (we went to the bathrooms, we didn't do it in the food court...although I guess that would have made a better trip report)

We went downstairs, parted from my father and headed to the Magical Express. When we walked out of the airport, my daughter saw Mickey's picture on the bus...she started to get wise. We settled on the bus and she looked outside...and saw a palm tree. The link below will show you what happened next (just click on the underlined part and make sure your sound is on).

Caitlin figuring out that we were in Florida and were going to Disney World

Coming up...Chapter Two...Arriving at the Fort

 

[Goofyluver]

Haunted mansion will be closed when we are there...but now I'm not sure if I should have made DS do it. We didn't last time...maybe he needs to be much older.

Sometimes...you just gotta punch someone...

 

[Marshay]

HM is my favorite "non-thrill" ride in WDW...I've loved it for years...however, our next trip, my DD will only be 26 months old, so we'll skip it, too.

Just curious...was the lost shoe a croc? I'm debating whether to get a pair for DD...it looks like they come off more easily than sneakers...

Love the report!

 

[LaraK]

HM is my favorite "non-thrill" ride in WDW...I've loved it for years...however, our next trip, my DD will only be 26 months old, so we'll skip it, too.

Just curious...was the lost shoe a croc? I'm debating whether to get a pair for DD...it looks like they come off more easily than sneakers...

Love the report!

Nope...a sneaker.