Just mom and her 2 little boys 10/19-25, MNSSHP, lot of character meals

[MJAJmom]

Thanks for this awesome TR!! Your boys are adorable. I am suddenly having to reschedule a late-Sept trip with DGrD (5) and am looking at the last two weeks of Oct. We LOVE MNSSHP and want to stay at BLT if we can book there and attend 2 parties. I love traveling alone with the little ones - even with all of the challenges!! After reading your TR, I think I'm leaning toward the 3rd week - sounds like the weather and crowds were great for you. I would love to make a set of personalized autograph cards - do you have them in a format that you can share?

Hi Bjakmom, thanks for reading!! The weather in october was fabulous and the crowds were very manageable. I think you'll enjoy it!! I wanted to avoid the week with Columbus day and avoid the week with Halloween, so that left the 3rd week of Oct. This was our first MNSSHP and it was awesome!

About the autograph cards... if you check out the forum called DISsigns, there are several designers that make autograph cards. You can look through all their photobucket designs and pick the ones you like. Then print them out on 4x6 index cards. They have them organized by character meals, events, blank cards, cards with the characters names on them, cards without the names. Here are several of them that I used:

Chaos1cent http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...acter Meals/
LJcollins http://s345.photobucket.com/albums/p...20personalise/
AreWeThereYet http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1905594
Natalie http://www.4shared.com/account/home.jsp
Heather http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1911771

There are LOTs of pages to look through, it was fun just viewing all the cool designs. Have a wonderful trip!!!

 

[Buckeye Princess]

I just stumbled upon your trip report and read it the whole way through! I'm pregnant and due in about 2 1/2 weeks so it helped pass the time as I'm starting to get anxious with aniticpation. I'm so happy to hear that the trip by yourself went well. This is my first so I'm already dreaming of taking her and any future little ones to Disney. My husband is currently in medical school with a long road ahead of busy residencies and fellowships. I often worry about vacation time and don't want my kids to miss out. I've thought about whether I'd be able to take kids on trips on their own. It is very reassuring to hear that it is indeed possible!

Did you get your ipod back?

 

[MJAJmom]

I just stumbled upon your trip report and read it the whole way through! I'm pregnant and due in about 2 1/2 weeks so it helped pass the time as I'm starting to get anxious with aniticpation. I'm so happy to hear that the trip by yourself went well. This is my first so I'm already dreaming of taking her and any future little ones to Disney. My husband is currently in medical school with a long road ahead of busy residencies and fellowships. I often worry about vacation time and don't want my kids to miss out. I've thought about whether I'd be able to take kids on trips on their own. It is very reassuring to hear that it is indeed possible!

Did you get your ipod back?

I love your name - Buckeye Princess!! I went to school at Purdue and drove through Ohio many times to/from my home in Mass. Thanks for reading along. I bet you are ready to have a baby - do you know if it's a boy or girl?? The first baby is so special, soak in every moment!! If you can manage getting up all hours of the night taking care of a newborn the first month, then going to disney alone with kids will look so easy!!

Yes, I did get my IPod back!! I totally forgot to finish that part of the story. When I got home, I called the Grand Floridian hotel and talked to lost and found. Told them my room number and they said they found it. Boy was I relieved!! The mailed it back to me and I received it - all was working fine. Thank you Disney!!!

 

[bjakmom]

Thanks for all the links!! That'll keep me busy!

 

[MJAJmom]

Wow, today the mailman delivered 3 boxes of Dream ears!! One for me, AJ and MJ. These were different looking ears from the ones we won last year. I'm guessing this was probably the last mass mailing of dream prizes from all the cards I mailed in from December.

We are now well stocked with dream ears!!!

 

[syp4dis]

I came across your trip report while researching for my upcoming May trip and I was hooked. Read it straight through. I also have two young boys, my oldest will turn 5 a few days after we leave Disney and my youngest will be nearly 3 when we're there.

I applaud you for taking your sons there on your own, especially while they're so young. I don't know that I would have thought it possible if not for your story. I know the kids will always have fun, but it sounds as if you did as well. Your level of organization is amazing. I thought I had it together, but you opened my ideas to a few things... such as making sure a meal is planned at least every 4 hours or (in my case) risk serious meltdowns. I have to rethink my ADR's. I'm also stealing your glowsticks idea. How simple and great is that?

Thanks for sharing and I hope your next trip goes as well. Keep us posted!

 

[MJAJmom]

I came across your trip report while researching for my upcoming May trip and I was hooked. Read it straight through. I also have two young boys, my oldest will turn 5 a few days after we leave Disney and my youngest will be nearly 3 when we're there.

I applaud you for taking your sons there on your own, especially while they're so young. I don't know that I would have thought it possible if not for your story. I know the kids will always have fun, but it sounds as if you did as well. Your level of organization is amazing. I thought I had it together, but you opened my ideas to a few things... such as making sure a meal is planned at least every 4 hours or (in my case) risk serious meltdowns. I have to rethink my ADR's. I'm also stealing your glowsticks idea. How simple and great is that?

Thanks for following along!! May will be a great time to go for you and your boys, have fun planning!! Your boys are right around the same ages as mine when we went last April. I love planning and I'm very detail oriented, so being mega organized for a Disney trip is something I like to do. Last week I bought more glow sticks, Michaels had them in their dollar section, a tube of 15 for $1. You just gotta love glowsticks - good clean fun for cheap!! Have a fabulous trip!!!

 

[Tenuviel]

I wanted to show the picture taken at the Star Tours gift shop of the boys as young Jedis. They crop out the boys faces and paste them onto the picture. You have to buy the photo and it cannot be put on your PhotoPass card (bummer). The picture turned out really cute. MJ loved how he had a light saber and looked like Anakin Skywalker, he had to be the one with the blue lightsaber. The pictures are expensive, $40 for an 8x10. But hey, Disney VISA says it's priceless! So we bought it!

LOVE IT!

Every trip my DH and I have done one- two as Anakin and Padme and one as Han and Leia. It is a must for us on a trip, expensive or not! We are excited for Logan to do one!

 

[MJAJmom]

LOVE IT!

Every trip my DH and I have done one- two as Anakin and Padme and one as Han and Leia. It is a must for us on a trip, expensive or not! We are excited for Logan to do one!

Aren't those just the coolest pictures??!!! How fun that you and DH did them. Was Leia the one in the sexy bikini??? We are planning to attend Star Wars Weekends in June, so we'll make sure to get another Star Wars picture like this one!!

 

[muffinstuffin]

I loved reading you trip report. Thanks for sharing all your pictures. My DD has really enjoyed looking at the all day today. It really helped us pick which character meals she wants to attend.
I can't wait to read your June trip report. You do a great job with the details!

 

[MJAJmom]

I loved reading you trip report. Thanks for sharing all your pictures. My DD has really enjoyed looking at the all day today. It really helped us pick which character meals she wants to attend.
I can't wait to read your June trip report. You do a great job with the details!

Hi Muffinstuffin, what a cute user name!! So glad that your DD enjoyed all the pictures, hopefully it helped with your character meal selection. We loved all the character meals, I thought it was a wonderful part of the Disney experience. Can't imagine our next trip without them!!!

 

[Lovemy3babes]

Hi there! I read your entire report today as well after finding it in the TR's section. I might have to take my kiddos alone this upcoming trip if my dh can't take the time off of school/work so I loved seeing that your trip alone with your boys went so well. You're a great mom and you have two adorable little guys!

 

[MJAJmom]

Hi there! I read your entire report today as well after finding it in the TR's section. I might have to take my kiddos alone this upcoming trip if my dh can't take the time off of school/work so I loved seeing that your trip alone with your boys went so well. You're a great mom and you have two adorable little guys!

You're so sweet, thank you! Glad you could read my report, I had fun writing it. If your DH can't come, I highly suggest trying it out alone with your kiddos. We had a really good time -- and now we're planning to do it again in june since DH most likely can't come.

 

[Lovemy3babes]

You're so sweet, thank you! Glad you could read my report, I had fun writing it. If your DH can't come, I highly suggest trying it out alone with your kiddos. We had a really good time -- and now we're planning to do it again in june since DH most likely can't come.

We will definitely wing it alone if he can't make it. I hope you'll write another report for your June trip.

 

[KayleeUK]

Great report. Thank you