It wouldn't be spring without an Epcot F&G Festival! New pg 35

[DisMomAmy]

Here are a few pictures from yesterday:

View from our deck early in the day:

View from the car when I went to pick Zach up from karate camp around 2:00:

This is our street, our house is up a bit on the left:

Zach shoveling the porch... at the beginning:

At the end:

He did good!

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Fun snow pictures! We haven't had much of that this year...such a weird winter! That drive looks a little scary. Glad you stayed safe!

 

[DisMomAmy]

Fun snow pictures! We haven't had much of that this year...such a weird winter! That drive looks a little scary. Glad you stayed safe!

Probably not the best time to be taking pictures!

 

[KatMark]

Zach did great with shoveling duty! We are supposed to get 5 inches of that awful wet stuff tonight -- ugh! So ready for spring.

 

[DisMomAmy]

Zach did great with shoveling duty! We are supposed to get 5 inches of that awful wet stuff tonight -- ugh! So ready for spring.

He did! He's sore this morning too!

Even though this winter has been mild, I'm ready for spring too! Only 48 more days until our spring break trip!!

 

[SilverMickey]

Hi neighbor. Where are you staying next month?

We rent a 5 bedroom house every time we are in the Orlando area. It is in Indian Creek. Our friend owns it.

I finished reading the rest of your pre-trip, Kept laughing as we have a fiew things in common.

NH
2 boys (my youngest has Autism)
SAHM, School volunteer, part-time bookkeeper(hubby's business)
Disney is the most organized thing in my life.
Disney obsessed. (my hubby tolerates it well)

We have only been to Disney 7 times.

In 2005 my non-verbal son started talking at Disney. He went from about 3-5 words to full sentences on Splash Mountain. The CM's talked to us about what was going on and let us ride for hours. (Why are these three crying and that one little one smiling)"Look mommy it's Brer Rabbit" "Look look it's Brer Bear"
Disney is our happy place! I'm sure you will have a great trip! We will!

 

[DisMomAmy]

We rent a 5 bedroom house every time we are in the Orlando area. It is in Indian Creek. Our friend owns it.

I finished reading the rest of your pre-trip, Kept laughing as we have a fiew things in common.

NH
2 boys (my youngest has Autism)
SAHM, School volunteer, part-time bookkeeper(hubby's business)
Disney is the most organized thing in my life.
Disney obsessed. (my hubby tolerates it well)

We have only been to Disney 7 times.

In 2005 my non-verbal son started talking at Disney. He went from about 3-5 words to full sentences on Splash Mountain. The CM's talked to us about what was going on and let us ride for hours. (Why are these three crying and that one little one smiling)"Look mommy it's Brer Rabbit" "Look look it's Brer Bear"
Disney is our happy place! I'm sure you will have a great trip! We will!

OK, now I'm crying! Awesome story!!! Disney really is magical!

So funny about the similarities! That happens a lot here on the DIS! You'll have to share your itinerary or at least let me know if any of your plans overlap with ours!

 

[SilverMickey]

We will be fine tuning our trip soon... We have 17 peeps showing up to watch Merrimack Valley Marching Band Pre-show the 3pm parade on Tuesday April 28. My 17 year old Son will be playing the Bari Sax! Look for a wave of royal blue shirts supporting the band! It is hard to corral 17 people and I have tried to let them know that 17 people at Disney is like herding cats!

Friday April 20, join friends and fly to Tampa on Jet Blue (1st time on JB)Move into house in Kissimmee, Indian Creek. (Swim, grocery shop relax enjoy) (1st time sharing Disney with another family)
Saturday April 21 DHS
Sunday 22 DAK 8am ADR at Tusker House
Monday 23 Epcot
Tuesday 24 Magic Kingdom! Friday April 20, join friends and fly to Tampa on Jet Blue (1st time on JB)Move into house in Kissimmee, Indian Creek. (Swim, grocery shop relax enjoy) (1st time sharing Disney with another family)
Saturday April 21 DHS
Sunday 22 DAK 8am ADR at Tusker House
Monday 23 Epcot
Tuesday 24 Magic Kingdom! PARADE! Oldest son marching with MVHS Band!
Wednesday 25 DAK or DHS
Thursday 26 DAK or DHS
Friday 27 Epcot
Saturday 28 Magic Kingdom
Sunday 29 Move to Barefoot Beach Resort on St Pete Beach/visit Johns pass/ relax. (maybe parasail)
Monday 30 more beach then home on Southwest.
PARADE! Oldest son marching with MVHS Band!
Wednesday 25 DAK or DHS
Thursday 26 DAK or DHS
Friday 27 Epcot
Saturday 28 Magic Kingdom
Sunday 29 Move to Barefoot Beach Resort on St Pete Beach/visit Johns pass/ relax. (maybe parasail)
Monday 30 more beach then home on Southwest.

 

[DisMomAmy]

We will be fine tuning our trip soon... We have 17 peeps showing up to watch Merrimack Valley Marching Band Pre-show the 3pm parade on Tuesday April 28. My 17 year old Son will be playing the Bari Sax! Look for a wave of royal blue shirts supporting the band! It is hard to corral 17 people and I have tried to let them know that 17 people at Disney is like herding cats!

Friday April 20, join friends and fly to Tampa on Jet Blue (1st time on JB)Move into house in Kissimmee, Indian Creek. (Swim, grocery shop relax enjoy) (1st time sharing Disney with another family)
Saturday April 21 DHS
Sunday 22 DAK 8am ADR at Tusker House
Monday 23 Epcot
Tuesday 24 Magic Kingdom! Friday April 20, join friends and fly to Tampa on Jet Blue (1st time on JB)Move into house in Kissimmee, Indian Creek. (Swim, grocery shop relax enjoy) (1st time sharing Disney with another family)
Saturday April 21 DHS
Sunday 22 DAK 8am ADR at Tusker House
Monday 23 Epcot
Tuesday 24 Magic Kingdom! PARADE! Oldest son marching with MVHS Band!
Wednesday 25 DAK or DHS
Thursday 26 DAK or DHS
Friday 27 Epcot
Saturday 28 Magic Kingdom
Sunday 29 Move to Barefoot Beach Resort on St Pete Beach/visit Johns pass/ relax. (maybe parasail)
Monday 30 more beach then home on Southwest.
PARADE! Oldest son marching with MVHS Band!
Wednesday 25 DAK or DHS
Thursday 26 DAK or DHS
Friday 27 Epcot
Saturday 28 Magic Kingdom
Sunday 29 Move to Barefoot Beach Resort on St Pete Beach/visit Johns pass/ relax. (maybe parasail)
Monday 30 more beach then home on Southwest.

That's so cool that the Merrimack Valley Marching Band will be there!! That's not a Magic Kingdom day for us though. I'll have to give that some thought because that would be cool to see.

We love flying into Tampa! But wow... I can't imagine traveling with 17 people!! We've had a hard enough time with 8!

Beleive it or not, NONE of our plans overlap at all! The latest version of our itinerary, which I'm pretty happy with, looks like this:

Thursday 4/19: Arrive in Tampa, rent car, drive to BC, relax, dinner at 'Ohana
Friday 4/20: DHSam/MK pm
Saturday 4/21: Relax at BC/Stormalong Bay & visit Boardwalk
Sunday 4/22: Epcot & move offsite
Monday 4/23: AK & HDDR dinner
Tuesday 4/24: waterpark, open night
Wednesday 4/25: MK, Chef Mickey's dinner & Wishes dessert party
Thursday 4/26: Disney Quest (or maybe waterpark), open night
Friday 4/27: DHSam/MK pm
Saturday 4/28: Epcot am/AK afternoon/early night to pack up
Sunday 4/29: Leave early (9am flight)

 

[MEK]

Beautiful snow pictures. Not complaining that we didn't get any, but it DOES look so pretty!

 

[SilverMickey]

That's so cool that the Merrimack Valley Marching Band will be there!! That's not a Magic Kingdom day for us though. I'll have to give that some thought because that would be cool to see.

We love flying into Tampa! But wow... I can't imagine traveling with 17 people!! We've had a hard enough time with 8!

(snip)

I'm only responsible for 8 of us. (4 adults, 2 teen boys and 2 tween girls!)The rest of them are on their own! LOL They can tag along or go do their own thing! Is it April yet?

Love your snow pics!

 

[eandesmom]

In 2005 my non-verbal son started talking at Disney. He went from about 3-5 words to full sentences on Splash Mountain. The CM's talked to us about what was going on and let us ride for hours. (Why are these three crying and that one little one smiling)"Look mommy it's Brer Rabbit" "Look look it's Brer Bear"
Disney is our happy place! I'm sure you will have a great trip! We will!

Oh WOW! What an amazing story

 

[ddluvsdisney]

We rent a 5 bedroom house every time we are in the Orlando area. It is in Indian Creek. Our friend owns it.

I finished reading the rest of your pre-trip, Kept laughing as we have a fiew things in common.

NH
2 boys (my youngest has Autism)
SAHM, School volunteer, part-time bookkeeper(hubby's business)
Disney is the most organized thing in my life.
Disney obsessed. (my hubby tolerates it well)

We have only been to Disney 7 times.

In 2005 my non-verbal son started talking at Disney. He went from about 3-5 words to full sentences on Splash Mountain. The CM's talked to us about what was going on and let us ride for hours. (Why are these three crying and that one little one smiling)"Look mommy it's Brer Rabbit" "Look look it's Brer Bear"
Disney is our happy place! I'm sure you will have a great trip! We will!

What an awesome story!!

 

[ddluvsdisney]

The snow does look beautiful.....in pics

 

[Native NYer]

The snow looks beautiful! But very happy NYC didn't get hit hard this year.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

Amy I know you said you saved a ton on your rental but I was checking Dollar today and they went WAY DOWN!! I can get a full size for $230 total.
I know mini vans are a lot more but it wouldn't hurt to check again.

 

[momtwoboys]

Just found your trip report and it is AWESOME!!!!! We have been going to WDW since 1997 on our honeymoon and then started bringing our 1st son when he was 10 months old. Always first week of May, love the Flower and Garden Festival! Since he started middle school we have been going during our April vacation. We are from Mass and also have 2 boys. The pics of your boys when they were small made me chuckle, we have tons of pics and footage from the many trips since 99'. We are going April11th- 20th and staying at AKV. Wish our trips overlapped and we could say hi

also wanted to ask how your guys do with Fantasmic? We have never braved it yet, and might this trip. Any tips? Ds 11 has Asperger's, ADHD, and sensory issues that can get ramped up if he is overstimulated or tired. Thanks and have a great weekend!!

 

[Charleston Princess]

No snow for us this year, so I enjoyed seeing all your beautiful pictures. It looks like a winter wonderland. Alex did a great job shoveling the deck!

 

[disneyfan61]

So happy for you for saving lots on your car rental . Saving anything is always a good thing!!

Some say the snow was pretty..Yeah for about 5 minutes!!
Alex did an awesome job on the deck!! Does he want to come to my house??
Only about a 25 min drive

Yesterday we drove to Hampton like every Saturday but it was nasty. It had snowed during the night (again) & it was pouring rain all the way there. But when we left an hour later everything had stopped & the sun was trying to come out. We have to be lucky though as no tornadoes & heavy storms like the south. I was thinking of all our Disfriends & praying they were ok.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

Just found your trip report and it is AWESOME!!!!! We have been going to WDW since 1997 on our honeymoon and then started bringing our 1st son when he was 10 months old. Always first week of May, love the Flower and Garden Festival! Since he started middle school we have been going during our April vacation. We are from Mass and also have 2 boys. The pics of your boys when they were small made me chuckle, we have tons of pics and footage from the many trips since 99'. We are going April11th- 20th and staying at AKV. Wish our trips overlapped and we could say hi

also wanted to ask how your guys do with Fantasmic? We have never braved it yet, and might this trip. Any tips? Ds 11 has Asperger's, ADHD, and sensory issues that can get ramped up if he is overstimulated or tired. Thanks and have a great weekend!!

My DS10 has ADHD and my oldest DS14 has ADD (never diagnosed w/ aspergers but was always sensitve to loud noises and HATED characters. We've been to Fantasmic a few times and never had an issue. I would just sit towards the back.
HTH