Tara,
The pictures of the children are beautiful! Except that big kid next to Pluto!
We leave for Disney on Saturday, August 7th. Dear Lord, I can not tell you how much my family NEEDS this vacation!! Big E has been working his tail off, Mikayla loves WDW and I'm burned out from running back and forth to New York. We "live" under the same roof, but never see each other for more than a few hours a day... sometimes, I don't see Mikayla for days.
I hope you enjoy Wilderness Lodge as much as we do. It's a small resort by Disney standards, but very charming. Being so close to MK and being on the boat system is very convenient.
The rooms are nothing to write home about, however, the CM's in the Old Faithful Club will go out of their way to make your vacation special. Ask for a room with a MK view. You can stand on your balcony at night and watch the fireworks!
Mikayla LOVES the pool with the waterslide, the surry bikes, the guyser, the electric water parade and movies on the beach. We're also renting a boat again this year to cruise on Seven Seas Lagoon and we're going to Ft. Wilderness to Chip and Dale's Campfire.
Being the planner I am, every day is scoped out, every meal, every outfit and every pair of shoes!