Nothin' like a Disney holiday...Parts 1-6

[dawnrose]

Cast: dh and I, both in our 40s and both Disney trip lovers...as well as our dd, 8, who has been to Disneyland A LOT and Disney World once last summer. We were also joined on this trip by dhs family...his brother (db), 40, with db's 2 kids, my niece,9, and my nephew, 6, and the sponsers of our trip, my mother and father in law. ( NICE Christmas present!) Also joined for one night by dh's uncle and his wife, plus his two cousins who are in their 30s....WOW! A lot of characters in this story.....

Well, I usually keep a record of the days in a journal when I'm on vacation, but not this time. This month has just been toooooo busy and I didn't end up having much down time on this trip anyway....so I will just try to write from memory and share some general impressions, rather than a play by play type of report.

Our trip began on my birthday, December 15th. We flew out of Sacramento and arrived in Anaheim around 11 a.m. We hopped on a shuttle and arrived at the Candy Cane Inn too early for check in, so we dropped our bags and headed to the parks. We originally planned not to do any parks this day and go to the movies and DTD, but the call of Disneyland was too strong and it WAS my bday, after all....so we headed in. Dd was acting a little weird, but I thought she was just tired so we headed for Space Mountain to pick up some fastpasses and had some delicious lunch at Redd Rockets before we rode Big Thunder and Holiday Haunted Mansion with 10 min waits. We ran into friends from our school too. Meanwhile, Dd began to complain that her ear hurt. We were walking by the Dole booth so we stopped for Dole whip floats....My first time trying these and YUM! I thought it might distract her to have a treat and I gave her some Tylenol and hoped for the best. Then we headed over to the first aid center to get the number of docters on call. If she had an ear infection, I wanted to get it dealt with immediately....

So I asked her if she wanted to watch the parade before we go back to the room and she did so we sat down. I was glad, as I really wanted to see the parade of dreams. As we sat there, I said to my dh that the ear that hurt was her left ear which was weird because her infections are ALWAYS in her right ear. As we began to watch the parade she suddenly seemed in better spirits and after it ended she announced that her ear popped and she could hear. So we just continued on and rode Space and Buzz and she was fine! Yay! (It did continue to bother her off and on for a couple of days...but no more pain....I think it was the plane ride...as it's fine now)

We had dinner reservations at Catal for my bday and were hungry so we decided to check in early and have a nice dinner. On the way to the restaraunt we stopped at WOD store to find a sweatshirt for Dh as it was a bit chilly and he had left his in his bag, thinking we were not going to the parks today. He found one he liked and purchased it with the visa discount and then it was on to Catal. We really enjoyed this place. It's pretty and we sat on the balcony and watched all of the activity below. I had a steak with bleu cheese mashed potatoes with a salad and the yummiest fried banana dessert! We shared a half bottle of wine and just had a great time. It was a very nice bday dinner. My dd gave me a Tink pin she picked up in the park while I was distracted elsewhere. Sooo cute.

After dinner we had planned on going back into the parks to see the fireworks, but were a tad too late so we just wandered around the Disney store for awhile before heading back to the hotel to check in and get settled. While browsing, I was thrilled to find a really cool, retro looking scrapbook by the artist, Shag. I bought it with the 25.oo gift card from Visa. Happy bithday to me!

We enjoyed walking back to the hotel and then got settled. We all got to sleep early and I even slept well, which I never do on the first night of a trip. Stay tuned for part 2..................

 

[dawnrose]

Friday, December 16th We woke bright and early after a good night's sleep. Enjoyed the free breakfast at a table in the hotel dining room and then headed out on foot to Disneyland. We arrived around 8:15 and stopped by Space for a fastpass, but alas they were not offering fastpass today! So we skipped it as there was already a substantial wait and we headed for Fantasyland instead, where we walked on the Matterhorn and rode twice. Then to my favorite, Peter Pan (15 min wait) then Dumbo, Mr. Toad, Storybookland boats, Small World holiday and a ride on the rockets in Tomorrowland. We had so much fun enjoying the crowd free early morning! I took lots of pics of DD on the golden ride vehicles and just basked in the Christmasy magic. We walked over to Haunted Mansion next and walked on. I so love the Nightmare before Xmas version! Then we walked on Splash and scoped out our favorite candy store for treats that we would get later.

By this time we were ready to head over to CA Adventure as Disneyland was getting crowded and we wanted some lunch. We stopped at Whitewater Snacks for a quiet meal. There were only 2 other people in there. Dh and I had grilled chicken sandwiches and dd had a cheeseburger. We had some very nice salads with carrot and celery sticks on top while we waited for our meal. This is a great place to stop for lunch. It's reasonably priced, quiet, and the food is pretty good, with some healthy selections. We sat for awhile and refueled, then entered DCA through the hotel entrance steps away from the restaurant.

Upon entering DCA, we got fps for Soarin' and walked over to Ariels Grotto to get our free picture with our Disney Visa card. After the picture we rode Screamin' as it only had a 10 min wait time. Dd and dh rode again while I took a restroom break and then we went to check out TT. That too had a short wait time so we rode it. We were then nearing our fp time for Soarin' so we thought we would start heading that direction, but on the way we noticed that Alladin would start soon so we got in line and waited....and waited....and then realized it wasn't scheduled to start until around 40 min after we got in line...and we had seen it like 5 times before....but since we were there......we stayed and I was soooooo glad we did. That is just a GREAT show! They keep it fresh by adding the new jokes soo that it's always different. We thouroughly enjoyed ourselves...again!

Finally we ventured over to Soarin' and used our fps to sit in the front row. It was a fun, lovely and peaceful ride, as usual. We were a bit 'peckish' by this time so we decided to see if we could find the treats we had scoped out earlier at the DCA candy store and sure enough....Dd got a lollipop and a piece of fudge the size of a brownie, Dh got a delectable cookie and I got a peanut butter 'dream' -about a 1/2 inch of peanut butter between tow graham crackers, smothered in chocolate. Yum! We took our treats over to the bakery and I ordered a fabulous cup of tea...very fresh, loose leaf...delicious! I sat there for almost and hour savoring my treat and resting my aching feet, while dd and dh procured more fastpasses and rode Screamin' again.

When I was properly rested, I took a walk across the walkway to view the photos we had had taken earlier. I decided on 2 shots I liked and got one of them free with the visa voucher...cool! We also bought a pirate hat for our nephew, who was due to arrive soon. I had brought Tink hats that I purchased at a Disney outlet last summer for the girls so we needed to get the nephew something. After that was done, we called to check on family's progress and found out they had just landed and were getting some food before heading over to the Candy Cane. So we took the time to ride Soarin' again with fps and a few other rides before we walked back to the Candy Cane to meet up with everyone.

We walked up just as their shuttle was pulling up to the front doors. Perfect timing! The kids were beside themselves with excitement and Dd was happy to share in their enthusiasm even though she had already been there for 2 days! After getting everybody settled and distributing new hats to the children, we walked across the street to get some Chinese food and visit. by this time it was almost 9 p.m., but the kids were still full of energy so we decided to let them go swimming and hot tubbing for awhile before we attempted bed. The kids swam while fil, dh and I soaked our poor, tired bodies in the lovely hot tub for about a 1/2 hour. That was just perfect. And after showers and kisses, we were all tucked in bed by 10:30, though I had a harder time sleeping on this night as we were all excited to go to DL for early entry with the whole family! (not to mention someone who will remain nameless snoring in my ear all night!) Stay tuned for part 3...coming soon....

 

[dawnrose]

We all woke up bright and early, got dressed and grabbed some hot chocolate and muffins from the breakfast room. The bus driver was waiting to take us to early entry at 7 a.m. much to my surprise. I thought we would have to walk that early! We made it to EE aroound 7:15...only 15 min off...not too bad considering we had 8 people to organize.

We were slightly in awe as we walked down an almost empty Main St. My BIL had not been to DL since he was 12 so he really didn't know how amazing this morning was...until later in the week, that is. Anyway, we took lots of lovely pics this a.m. without a lot of people in the backround...even one of the kids standing in the middle of Main St. with the castle in the backround. Lovely!

We rode Space Mountain first with no line. I just love this roller coaster! It is soo pretty and a very smooth ride. The light effects and music are great too. Dh, Dd, niece and I decided to ride again, as there was still no line. The rest sat out with nephew, who said he would ride that again when he got older. Next, we headed over to Matterhorn, which nephew loves! We all rode once. Then MIL and I waited while everyone else rode again and we got some good pictures. Next we did a whole bunch of Fantasyland rides with no wait. By the way, the last time I rode the tea cups, they would not spin fast no matter how hard you turned the wheel. Remembering that, I made the mistake of riding in a teacup with DH. Needless to say, the cups can spin again! I was feeling a bit queezy after that and ate a banana to settle my stomach. Thanx DH!

From Fantasyland we went to Haunted Mansion and Splash- still early enough for short wait times. After all the riding, we were hungry and in need of a break so we left DL and went over to LaBrea Bakery for a proper breakfast. It was only 11 a.m. though it felt like lunch time....we shared coffees, toasts, scrambled eggs, granola and yogurts, and some breakfast buns between us and had a nice rest before heading into DCA. We got fps for Soarin' and went to see Turtle Talk. While we waited for the show to start, FIL and I took kids to Sorcerer's Workshop to see which character they were most like. That is always fun. We returned just in time to be let into the theatre. The adults all sat in the front row and the kids on the floor up front. This was such a fun show. Dh, Dd and I had seen it in Florida last summer and enjoyed it even more this time in the nice theatre. It was then time for our fps for Soarin' so we walked over there and rode it. It's such fun to go on with someone who hasn't yet experienced it (BIL and nephew). Always love this ride.

By this time we were all ready for a break. The kids had $30. that Nana and Papa had given them burning a hole in their pockets so I took Dd and niece to Build a Bear Workshop, While Mil and Fil took nephew to Lego store and Dh and BIL rode TT and Screamin' ( Yes, that IS their idea of a break...fast rides and no kids) Meanwhile, I helped the girls pick out their dogs and accessories. Luckily, I had several discount cards so they actually got more than their allotted $$ to spend. When we finally finished, we caught the shuttle back to the hotel just in time to get dressed for our big family dinner reservation at Rainforest Cafe. So much for some down time! But we were having fun....

We all got dressed up for dinner as MIL wanted to get some family pics in front of the tree at the Grand CA. We were meeting Uncle and wife and two cousins at the RFC at 4 p.m. When we arrived I went to check in while everyone arrived and we were seated almost immediately. We had fun catching up and it took us a long time to get organized enough to order.
When we finally ordered, I told the waitress to bring the kids drinks in the 'lightning' cups. This was a huge hit when the drinks arrived as they flash all different colored lights in the bottom of the cup and it looks really cool! We all enjoyed our dinners and MIL even ordered the volcanoe for dessert.

After dinner, we all walked over to the beautiful lobby of the Grand CA Hotel and had a family picture made with all of us in it. Then Santa walked up and we did one of the kids as well. We sat in the beautiful lobby visiting for awhile and then picked out pics for everyone. Now it was time to head back into the parks, so after some deliberation (cousins needed to get tickets, Mil and Fil went with them ane took nephew etc etc) we made it back to DCA (Dh, Dd, niece, Uncle, wife, BIL, and me) and rode Soarin' with fps we had picked up earlier that day.

When we finished Soarin', we called the girls (cousins) and met them over at Screamin' We had a blast riding several times. Dd rode with one cousin, niece with the other and they just had a great time! Both of Dhs cousins are young, cool, single girls and the little girls could just not get enough of them! It was such a fun time together. After Screamin' we just had to take them on TT as cousins had never been! That was just too much fun! The wait times were very short and we would have ridden again, but it was time to meet everyone over at DL for the fireworks. We just stood in front of the tree and held up the kids so they could see. That got a bit heavy, but the show was fantastic. Wish I could see it again from a better vantage point, but we were never really willing to do the work to stake out a spot for the rest of the trip. I was just happy to have seen it at all. Tinkerbell's flight was incredible! I was holding my 9 year old niece and she exclaimed, 'Wow, she really IS real!' as she watched Tink fly back and forth. Too cute!

After the fireworks it was time to head back as kids were getting tired. Mil and Fil stayed to play with Uncle and wife and cousins went on to do some more rides. Meanwhile, we put the kids to bed and Dh, BIL, and I sat outside on the stairwell having some snacks and a beer and talking about the day. This had become our nightly practice. It was fun and a nice way to unwind after the busy days. Ahhhhh vacation.

Yet another fun day in the holiday magic kingdom!

 

[Rivergallery]

Sounds like you had a wonderful time with family!

 

[dawnrose]

Sunday, December 18th

We woke up a little later today. It felt good to get a good night's sleep and we were all refreshed. We got dressed and all met at the pool to sit and have some light breakfast and hot chocolate mixed with coffee. Uncle and wife had also spent the night at the Candy Cane Inn so we spent some time visiting before BIL, Dh, and I took the kids over to Disneyland. When we arrived, BIL took the kids on Pirates while Dh got some fps and I went to view the family pic from our EE yesterday. It wasn't the best quality, but it was good of all of us and had the 50 in the backround so I bought one for each family. Dh and I then headed over to New orleans Square to meet up with the kids. We enjoyed hangin out and looking at the fabulous Christmas decorations while we waited for them.

When they finished with Pirates, we walked through Tarzans Tree House and then over to Tomorrowland to ride Buzz with the fps. We then rode Star Tours as BIL had never done it before. On our way out we shopped awhile in the store and I found a sweatshirt with the retro looking patches and decided to spend the bday money I got on Thursday to buy it. It was approaching our brunch reservation time at Goofy's Kitchen so we hopped on the monorail and got off in DTD and walked over to the Disneyland Hotel. We stopped to take some pics with the various Christmas decorations, which were festive and lovely. I checked us in about 10 minutes early and it quickly began to fill up. everyone watched movies while MIL and I waited til they called us about 20 minutes later.

As we sat down, MIL mentioned to the hostess that 5 of us were celebrating Dec birthdays and our server promptly brought us birthday buttons. It's crazy how many Dec birthdays there are on both sides of my family...9...and 2 November and 2 January. Anyway, it was a perfect bday celebration with all the characters! We saw Snow White (BIL had his picture made with her ) Goofy, Max, Genie, Alice, and more...We had lots of visits and even had Chip and Dale 'singing' Happy birthday with the various cast members. It was a wonderful time and I was so glad I booked this for everyone. It was one of the highlights of our trip.

After brunch, everyone wanted a break and I wanted a little alone time. So everyone but me headed back to the hotel for naps and swimming and I wandered around DTD browsing in shops and talking on the phone a bit to catch up and check on things at home. Then I went in to DL and watched the special 50th movie and enjoyed the wonderful displays in the preshow area. I then hopped on the train and took it over to New Orleans Square to look at the art in the Disney gallery. I slowly made my way back to the exit by walking through all the Main St shops getting ideas of what I might want to pick up later for various presents. Then I took the shuttle back to the hotel.

When I arrived, Dh was helping the girls wash their hair. They had spent a lovely afternoon watching a movie and swimming and were ready to head back into the parks. So I changed into some warmer clothes for evening and we hopped on the waiting shuttle and went back into DCA just as people were gathering for the Block Party Bash so we staked out a spot while I went and picked up our free pins and lanyards that came with our package. We came up with a plan to distribute the pins between the kids and buy a few 4 packs for them to trade. Dd collects Tink and dog pins and has 2 cases half full, but niece and nephew had never pin traded and niece was very excited to try it. Nephew said he didn't want to so we saved his pins and let the girls go to town.

We first participated in the Block Party, which was great fun. The girls got out and danced and felt really special...very fun show. When we were finished we pin traded our way over to Soarin' with fps from earlier. MIL and FIL took nephew to the Lego store to use his birthday $$. His birthday was the same day as mine. We gave him a $30 gift card, as I was taking the girls to Libby Lu the next day for their birthdays. We rode Screamin' and TofT I think before meeting up with everyone for dinner at LaBrea Bakery. We ordered an assortment of food including some yummy mac and cheese, greek salad, grilled veggie sandwich etc. and shared. It was a good, if slightly overpriced, dinner and we enjoyed sitting outdoors with the heaters and mild weather. The kids were itchin' to move along so we cleaned up and went back into DL for the Christmas parade.

While we waited for the parade to start Papa bought the kids a bunch of Mickey lollipops and they ate them while we waited. I took a great picture of the three of them with their lollipops...one of my favorites of the trip! BIL and Dh took this opportunity to go and see the 50th exhibit and movie and only missed the very beginning of the parade. We all enjoyed this and had a perfect view of everything. After this, the kids went nuts with the pin trading and we spent an hour doing this on Main St. Papa got so into it that he decided to buy more and kept surprising the kids throughout the next 2 days!
Even nephew got into it as soon as he saw that he could get 'boy pins' like star wars and stitch!

Next, we had some fps for Space so we went to Tomorrowland to ride that. BIL and nephew stayed back with Nana and Papa and when we got off the ride BIL had his own lanyard full of pins! He was the one who complained the most about taking this trip at all, as he is a single dad on a budget! We just laughed and were happy he was having such a good time. That alone made this an especially fun trip for me! The fanatics continued to pin trade all the way to Small World. We rode that just as the fireworks were starting and watched them from the boats at the end. The projections on the building were lovely and we enjoyed seeing some of the fireworks from that vantage point. The crowds seemed much lighter on this evening compared to Sat. and hindsight being 20/20, we probably should have tried to watch the fireworks in front of the castle on this night as it only got more crowded after that. Oh well. We had such a nice evening regardless.

We were tired and took the shuttle back to the hotel and got the kids to bed before our nightly ritual of snacks and a beer on the stairwell and then to bed. Only one full day left! what a fun trip it's been so far...warm temps, no rain and lots of time to enjoy the fun.

 

[dawnrose]

Monday, December 19th

The girls woke up excited for their 9 a.m. appt. at Club Libby Lu for fabulous makeovers! We got dressed and had a little breakfast and a lot of hot chocolate at a table by the pool and Papa unveiled some more pins for the kids, much to their delight. Yay, more pin trading! After thiis nice surprise, Nana, dd, niece, and I hopped on the shuttle and headed to DTD and Club Libby Lu. We arrived about 10 min before opening so we waited until they opened the doors and immediately called our name and a girl led us to the makeover area.

Dd was first and got to pick out the 'look' she wanted. Of course she picked the rock star look complete with pink hair and a 'microphone" headband even though I pointed out several times how cute the princess look was Oh well, this was HER bday present. While dd was doing that, another girl took niece over to the shelves full of goodies to pick out her 5 things for her backpack. She had fun with Nana looking through the lip gloss, toys, brushes with mirrors etc etc...and finally deciding on what she wanted. Next, niece got to create her own 'potion' by squirting different layers of skin gel into her bottle-all pink and purple sparkly layers. Then she named her potion and put it in her backpack and it was her turn for a makeover.

Niece picked another fabulous look that included a hair piece with lots of sparkly bangles in it. Meanwhile Dd picked out the stuff to fill up her backpack and made her potion. Then it was time for makeup and sparkly fingernails for both girls. It was a fun time for both girls and a good special birthday present.

Next, Nana and I were in need of some good coffee so we made a stop at LaBrea Bakery and enjoyed some coffee and a sit while the girls went through their bags and tried out all their new stuff. We were all a bit tired and Dd a was having a slightly grouchy morning despite the fun ( or maybe because of too much fun ) so the break did us all good. When we finished our coffee, we headed over to DCA for another free photo. We made several stops with the photographers so we might get a good photo of the girls. They were having such a good time with their new looks!

After I was satisfied that I had enough pics, Nana, dd and niece rode Orange
Stinger while I called the boys to tell them where to meet us. They had been doing boy things over at DL and ended up meeting us in line for Mullholland Madness. Needless to say, they were quite 'surprised' by the girls' new looks and the girls loved the 'stir' they were causing. After riding MM we did some more pin trading and rode Golden Zephyr and got a family pic with Chip and Dale.

It was nearing lunch time and none of us had eaten much breakfast so we stopped at the Boudin Bakery for some lunch. As Dh waited in the longest line of the day, I noticed the cool straws and requested that he get one for each of the kids' drinks...2 light up Tinkerbell and one Stitch magic straw. All these fun surprises make the trip fun and the kids, of course, love it! I thouroughly enjoyed this lunch, much to my surprise. I had the chicken salad in a bread bowl, which was quite good and we were all hungry, I think.

After lunch, Dh was itchin to do some rides as he really had not been on much yet. Nana and Papa decided to take nephew back to the room for some R&R, but not before getting some coffee at the Bakery. I went and checked out the pics from earlier and low and behold found one fabulous picture of the girls in front of the colorful Christmas tree at DCA and another of the boys all pointing at Stitch. I was able to get one of them free with the Visa voucher so I was happy. After that I enjoyed a cup of the delicious tea that I had enjoyed earlier in the trip and it felt good to sit and relax for a bit. Then Nana, Papa and nephew headed back to the Candy Cane and the rest of us did some riding using fps. We had a great time on TOT all sitting in the front row. It was the wildest ride I had had so far. We were floating! Lots of fun.
We decided that since it was our last full day that we would tough it out and just keep on going. So it was off to DL...

Before entering DL, we got 2 strollers for the tired girls (wish they had them in my size) The stroller rental was free with my (you guessed it) Disney Visa...and gave them the rest they needed while we continued with the fun. First we used our fps from earlier to ride Space Mountain. And of course did lots of pin trading. We ate an early dinner at Redd Rockets, enjoying salad, pizza and pasta.

After dinner we went to Toontown as BIL had not yet seen it. Meanwhile, we called Nana and Papa and they met us there and had a hot dog dinner while the girls jumped in the bounce house. We had fun taking pics and playing with all the interactive stuff in Toontown. It was super crowded and we just weren't up for trying to fight for a spot for the fireworks so we went back to DCA for some rides and then the Electric Parade. Nana, Papa and Nephew didn't make it all the way to parade start time as nephew was just tooooo tired. So they went back and we were left once again. I took the girls to the candy store and they each picked out a jawbreaker lollipop and those literally lasted the rest of the evening!

We enjoyed watching the Electric Parade from the comfort of our chairs at the bakery and when it was over we hightailed it over to DL for the 10:30 showing of Fantasmic. We arrived 10 min before the show started and John found a great spot standing in the back of the patio at the restaurant there. We even snagged some chairs and were able to sit for awhile and the girls could stand or kneel on them to see the show. We had a great view and enjoyed the show, which niece and BIL had never seen and we have only seen once before. Such an amazing show!

After Fantasmic we rode the Jungle Cruise at night and stopped in some shops on the way out. It was midnight when we got back to the hotel and the girls got right in bed, but were hungry and ate snacks for awhile while the grownups did the same out on the stairwell, as usual. When we came back in the room, the girls were fast asleep and soon we were too. A marathon last day allowed us to do and see a lot before heading home! So much fun!

We leave tomorrow afternoon, but still have time for a little more fun before we leave!

 

[dawnrose]

Tuesday, December 20th

We took the opportunity to sleep in a little bit, as we had used up all our park tickets by this time. MIL, FIL, BIL, and niece&nephew still had one more day on their park hoppers so they got up early and packed up their stuff before heading out to the parks.

We packed up our stuff, had some breakfast, and checked out of our room so we didn't have to worry about getting back by 1:00....Our shuttle would be picking us up at 2:30 at the Candy Cane. We next walked over to DTD to do some shopping and play at the ESPN Zone game room with the free credits that came with our package. When we arrived, we realized that we had forgotten our park hoppers, which we needed to redeem the free credits so we had to meet FIL and the DL exit to borrow their park hoppers to get the credits.

While Dh and Dd took care of getting the Espn card, I shopped in World of Disney. Dh called me when that was done and they were at the restaurant ready for lunch and I joined them. We enjoyed a good lunch at ESPN. I had a turkey burger and some delicious home-made bleu cheese potato chips. Dd's meal was free with the coupon that came with our package.

After lunch Dd and Dh headed upstairs to play games and I headed out to the stores to shop. I picked up a couple of pins for Dd first and stopped for a few other surprises before I was back at WOD to purchase gifts etc...I picked up some xmas ornaments and a great Tink punch for Dd (and me) for scrapbooking...I used my Disney Visa once again for a 10% discount. It was fun, and by the time I finished it was time to meet Dd and Dh and head back to the Candy Cane. Dd and Dh arrived with 3 more jaw breaker lollipops for the long waits at the airport and the plane ride (they really do last that long and provide a thankful diversion for the children ) We hopped on the shuttle back to the Candy Cane for the last time this trip.

We met back up with everyone and were soon on our way back to Orange County Airport where we arrived early and got extra large coffees and some snacks for the kids and read and visited until it was time to go. We had an easy flight and were soon back at Sacramento Airport with rainy, cool weather. We were certainly blessed with great weather in Southern CA this trip so we didn't really mind the inclement weather we came home to.

It was good to be home, even though it's always sad to leave... And for once, we have no plans for when our next visit will be...I have high hopes for a WDW vacation in December 2007...we'll see....and since we're so close, we seem to end up at DL more that we think we will so we will just have to see what the future brings! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! And thanks for reading.

 

[abby]

Sounds like a great trip. thanks for the report.

 

[Judy from Boise]

great report! Can't beleive how well you all pulled out the logistics of such a large group!

 

[dawnrose]

thanx for your replies....sometimes I wish I could get a job doing this! Wouldn't it be fun planning trips for people? Maybe.... Maybe not This WAS an especially fun trip with a lot of people, which doesn't always happen. Disney, however, is the best place to spend time with family and that definitely makes it easier!

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Thanks so much for your report. I really enjoyed it. Your family sounds like a fun family to meet up with to enjoy a trip.

 

[Albertan mom]

Enjoyed reading your report, glad you had a great time!

 

[Amy&Dan]

I enjoyed this report as much as I enjoyed your WDW one awhile back! Glad you had such a nice visit with family, Disneyland is a great place to do just that!