Hello everyone. As the title says I am a noob to the Disney experience. I have been in the DIS forums since the beginning of the year. I have been reading your trip reports and I feel that I am already in love with Disney. 
I live through trip reports. There are other forums out there, but this by far takes the cake.
A little about us: Me (30) DH (38) DS (9) and DD (7)
My husband and I have been married for 11 years. I have been wanting to go to Disney World since forever. We were actually making plans but 911 happened and we, (military then) were locked down so we cancelled. Then in 2002 we found out there was something different with my son. He was not himself anymore and after a good friend suggested having him evaluated, we found out my son was autistic.
So our plans were just cancelled at that point. He was three then. Now my wonderful son is high functioning to the point that if you were to see him you would not notice anything. My husband brought up that maybe we should try making plans now. The only worried he has is if may be too much for our son to handle. So here I am trolling through the boards and picking up suggestions and so many of my questions are answered.
Our trip will consist of us 4 for 4 nights and 5 days at the Pop. We will be there from September 28th to October 2nd. I am going to pull them out of school for a week since I figured this may be a slower time at the parks and I am hoping for shorter lines. My son is not patient especially at parks. We will be on the Deluxe Dining with ADR at Sci Fi, Coral Reef and I am trying to decide on a character breakfast. The only question I have atm is if I arrive early on check-in day and the room is not ready, will we still be able to get our passes for the parks until the room is ready. Well, I am looking forward to reading some more trip reports. Take care everyone.
Smooches.
I live through trip reports. There are other forums out there, but this by far takes the cake. A little about us: Me (30) DH (38) DS (9) and DD (7)
My husband and I have been married for 11 years. I have been wanting to go to Disney World since forever. We were actually making plans but 911 happened and we, (military then) were locked down so we cancelled. Then in 2002 we found out there was something different with my son. He was not himself anymore and after a good friend suggested having him evaluated, we found out my son was autistic.
So our plans were just cancelled at that point. He was three then. Now my wonderful son is high functioning to the point that if you were to see him you would not notice anything. My husband brought up that maybe we should try making plans now. The only worried he has is if may be too much for our son to handle. So here I am trolling through the boards and picking up suggestions and so many of my questions are answered. Our trip will consist of us 4 for 4 nights and 5 days at the Pop. We will be there from September 28th to October 2nd. I am going to pull them out of school for a week since I figured this may be a slower time at the parks and I am hoping for shorter lines. My son is not patient especially at parks. We will be on the Deluxe Dining with ADR at Sci Fi, Coral Reef and I am trying to decide on a character breakfast. The only question I have atm is if I arrive early on check-in day and the room is not ready, will we still be able to get our passes for the parks until the room is ready. Well, I am looking forward to reading some more trip reports. Take care everyone.
Smooches.
my 16 yr old out of school and to WDW around the same time you will be there!
If you want a suggestion for a character meal, my two favorites are Winnie the Pooh and friends at Crystal Palace, and Mickey and friends at Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary. I've done other but for my money, I like those the best. 
