Well hello all, my name is Jen and I am a lurker. I've been reading these threads for MONTHS. Our first WDW vacation is coming up fast (3wks and 6 days to be exact) and I couldn't hold my excitement any more,...I had to post a PTR.
So I've never done this before, where do I begin? We will be staying at POP August 6th - August 13th.
The cast
ME 27 I work full time and have 2 active little girls. I do not require sleep, I like to plan and control everything. I love all things Disney, I love taking pictures, shopping, and scrapbooking (typical girl I guess) I went to WDW 1 time with my grandparents when I was ah about 12 or so...
DH 29 He's a great guy, loves to play basketball and is a wonderful father. He is very laidback and generally lets me make the decisions which is fine with me since I'm a control freak. Never been to Disney.
DD 8 She is our oldest, incredibly smart, loves to read, LOVES Disney, she is very mature and sometimes its easy to forget that you are talking to a child and not another adult. She is athletic, loves to play sports with her daddy. She takes guitar lessons and is a Girl Scout. Little bit of a bossy girl and control freak as well (not sure where that comes from ) Never been to Disney.
DD 4 She is our ray of sunshine, the princess, the diva. She LOVES all things girly, pink, lace, flowers, you name it she loves it. She is in dance and will be also be in Girl Scouts in the fall. She likes to play dress up, likes to get into my makeup and most of all loves listening to music. Never been to Disney and will be turning 5 the day we arrive
DM (my mom) wont disclose her real age so we'll just say she's 21 She went to Disney sometime in the early 80's and left me at home So that was the only time she has been there. She watches our kids while we are at work and that makes her almost saint like.
DN (dear nephew) 7 He is like 5 boys rolled into one, always wrestling, making messes, and getting hurt (boy am I glad I have 2 girls lol) He Grandma's shadow and we're so happy he is able to come along with us on this trip. He went to Disney once with my brother and his mom when he was about 2 so he doesn't remember it anyway.
Okay so thats us - let me begin with how this trip came to be. We've always wanted to go to Disney since we've had kids, we planned on going once our first born was out of diapers. As luck would have it, as soon as she was out of diapers we found out we were expecting baby # 2. So then it was - once she is out of diapers - I know alot of people take babies to WDW I just knew it wasn't for us. So anyways, in February I saw the buy 4 nights and get 3 free deal and decided to price out a trip...I added basic magic your way tickets and the dining plan...and I was surprised at how cheap it was. Once I realized you only had to put down a $200 deposit and cleared it with DH we booked! In casual conversation my mom and I were discussing the up coming trip and I mentioned how much fun it would be if her and DN could go too (I should stop here and fill you in on some things, our DN does most of our family outings like amusement parks, Disney on Ice, aquariums etc. with my family and my mom. My youngest DN (2) will probably be joining us on our adventures when he is a little older) So after some convincing to my brother and SIL (who was supposed to go with us but it didn't work out) we were set and booked their reservation too.
We have our airfare through Southwest. After watching prices go up and down since March we booked 2 weeks ago for $140 per person
Here is a break down of our itinerary
August 6th flight leaves Buffalo International airport at 6:50 AM
Due to land in Orlando around 9:30 or so
Taking advantage of ME
Going right to POP to check in
Hopefully our rooms will be ready if not we plan on grabbing something to eat at the food court and going right to MK
ADR The plaza @ 6:50 PM
Spectromagic 9:00PM
August 7th MK again
ADR 9:45 Crystal Palace
ADR 6:45 PM Tony's Town Square
August 8th AK and DTD
no ADR's for this day but planning on doing TREX for dinner at DTD
August 9th
AK
ADR 9:35AM Tusker House with Donald Duck
ADR 5:45PM Trails End Restaurant
Want to check out the Chip and Dale campfire singalong
August 10th
Not sure if we're doing MK or Epcot (I haven't decided if we're doing Epcot at all so I guess we'll just see what happens when we get there )
August 11th
HS
Fantasmic 9:00
August 12th MK
ADR 10:45 Chef Mickeys
ADR 7:05 Liberty Tree
August 13th
Flight leaves at noon
So I've never done this before, where do I begin? We will be staying at POP August 6th - August 13th.
The cast
ME 27 I work full time and have 2 active little girls. I do not require sleep, I like to plan and control everything. I love all things Disney, I love taking pictures, shopping, and scrapbooking (typical girl I guess) I went to WDW 1 time with my grandparents when I was ah about 12 or so...
DH 29 He's a great guy, loves to play basketball and is a wonderful father. He is very laidback and generally lets me make the decisions which is fine with me since I'm a control freak. Never been to Disney.
DD 8 She is our oldest, incredibly smart, loves to read, LOVES Disney, she is very mature and sometimes its easy to forget that you are talking to a child and not another adult. She is athletic, loves to play sports with her daddy. She takes guitar lessons and is a Girl Scout. Little bit of a bossy girl and control freak as well (not sure where that comes from ) Never been to Disney.
DD 4 She is our ray of sunshine, the princess, the diva. She LOVES all things girly, pink, lace, flowers, you name it she loves it. She is in dance and will be also be in Girl Scouts in the fall. She likes to play dress up, likes to get into my makeup and most of all loves listening to music. Never been to Disney and will be turning 5 the day we arrive
DM (my mom) wont disclose her real age so we'll just say she's 21 She went to Disney sometime in the early 80's and left me at home So that was the only time she has been there. She watches our kids while we are at work and that makes her almost saint like.
DN (dear nephew) 7 He is like 5 boys rolled into one, always wrestling, making messes, and getting hurt (boy am I glad I have 2 girls lol) He Grandma's shadow and we're so happy he is able to come along with us on this trip. He went to Disney once with my brother and his mom when he was about 2 so he doesn't remember it anyway.
Okay so thats us - let me begin with how this trip came to be. We've always wanted to go to Disney since we've had kids, we planned on going once our first born was out of diapers. As luck would have it, as soon as she was out of diapers we found out we were expecting baby # 2. So then it was - once she is out of diapers - I know alot of people take babies to WDW I just knew it wasn't for us. So anyways, in February I saw the buy 4 nights and get 3 free deal and decided to price out a trip...I added basic magic your way tickets and the dining plan...and I was surprised at how cheap it was. Once I realized you only had to put down a $200 deposit and cleared it with DH we booked! In casual conversation my mom and I were discussing the up coming trip and I mentioned how much fun it would be if her and DN could go too (I should stop here and fill you in on some things, our DN does most of our family outings like amusement parks, Disney on Ice, aquariums etc. with my family and my mom. My youngest DN (2) will probably be joining us on our adventures when he is a little older) So after some convincing to my brother and SIL (who was supposed to go with us but it didn't work out) we were set and booked their reservation too.
We have our airfare through Southwest. After watching prices go up and down since March we booked 2 weeks ago for $140 per person
Here is a break down of our itinerary
August 6th flight leaves Buffalo International airport at 6:50 AM
Due to land in Orlando around 9:30 or so
Taking advantage of ME
Going right to POP to check in
Hopefully our rooms will be ready if not we plan on grabbing something to eat at the food court and going right to MK
ADR The plaza @ 6:50 PM
Spectromagic 9:00PM
August 7th MK again
ADR 9:45 Crystal Palace
ADR 6:45 PM Tony's Town Square
August 8th AK and DTD
no ADR's for this day but planning on doing TREX for dinner at DTD
August 9th
AK
ADR 9:35AM Tusker House with Donald Duck
ADR 5:45PM Trails End Restaurant
Want to check out the Chip and Dale campfire singalong
August 10th
Not sure if we're doing MK or Epcot (I haven't decided if we're doing Epcot at all so I guess we'll just see what happens when we get there )
August 11th
HS
Fantasmic 9:00
August 12th MK
ADR 10:45 Chef Mickeys
ADR 7:05 Liberty Tree
August 13th
Flight leaves at noon