Camster0307
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Hi all! Welcome to my trip report! My DD and I just returned from a wonderful stay at the Wilderness Lodge Villas - June 22-27th. (not long enough, IMO) I've enjoyed reading so many TRs over these past few months, I finally decided to try one myself!
First, I'll give you all a little background:
I'm a single mom to two positively perfect daughters - 13 & 12 yrs. of age. We are DVC members and are fortunate enough to travel to WDW every year since 2000. Our home resort is the BW & it's where we always stay. But for this trip, I thought it would be fun to try someplace new - so the Wilderness Lodge it was!
I was just taking my younger DD on this trip though. My older DD is special needs and has some pretty complicated medical issues. During our annual trips together, I'm usually pretty consumed tending to older DD's needs and younger DD plays the role of Mom's helper. She's a wonderful little sister and I'm constantly amazed at how much she can do for her sister. I've realized, though, that I never really get to do anything at Disney with just her. So since I had some vacation pts. left over, I decided to use them for a special trip for just the two of us!
Here's a photo of the two of us from a previous trip:
My original intention was to surprise DD with this trip at the last minute, but of course, I couldn't keep my big mouth shut - I wound up telling her three months ago! She was happy I told her though - she just loves to plan and anticipate our Disney trips (wonder where she gets that from?
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Now, our game plan for this trip was to concern ourselves with doing the things we usually can't do when I have my older DD with us - which pretty much means any of the thrill or water rides. While we also enjoy many of the shows in the parks, we weren't making those a priority either; we figured we'd all be back in November, so what we don't see now, we'll see then!
Up next......arrival day; a special hair-do; and MK until 2 a.m.!
First, I'll give you all a little background:
I'm a single mom to two positively perfect daughters - 13 & 12 yrs. of age. We are DVC members and are fortunate enough to travel to WDW every year since 2000. Our home resort is the BW & it's where we always stay. But for this trip, I thought it would be fun to try someplace new - so the Wilderness Lodge it was!
I was just taking my younger DD on this trip though. My older DD is special needs and has some pretty complicated medical issues. During our annual trips together, I'm usually pretty consumed tending to older DD's needs and younger DD plays the role of Mom's helper. She's a wonderful little sister and I'm constantly amazed at how much she can do for her sister. I've realized, though, that I never really get to do anything at Disney with just her. So since I had some vacation pts. left over, I decided to use them for a special trip for just the two of us!
Here's a photo of the two of us from a previous trip:

My original intention was to surprise DD with this trip at the last minute, but of course, I couldn't keep my big mouth shut - I wound up telling her three months ago! She was happy I told her though - she just loves to plan and anticipate our Disney trips (wonder where she gets that from?

Now, our game plan for this trip was to concern ourselves with doing the things we usually can't do when I have my older DD with us - which pretty much means any of the thrill or water rides. While we also enjoy many of the shows in the parks, we weren't making those a priority either; we figured we'd all be back in November, so what we don't see now, we'll see then!
Up next......arrival day; a special hair-do; and MK until 2 a.m.!