Our first family trip to wdw in June!!

jenharring

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First let me introduce everyone.
I am 29 yrs old, will be turing 30 in August. wow that is so hard to believe, I just don't feel my age and never really have. I am sleep tech for sleepmed, the largest sleep company in the U.S. I have been doing sleep for 3 1/2 yrs and love it, though there are times I get very board.
My dh is 40yrs old and is disabled. He was in the navy for 4 yrs and hurt his back. He had back surgury back in 1991. He then went back to work for an a/c plant and reinjured his back in April of 2002. He tried to go back that dec. but was not able to handle the work. He then tried again the end of Jan of 2003 and was still unable to handle the work. He has not work since. That is when I decided to go back to college and now help to support us. My husband is on disablity. We have been threw sooo much since he hurt his back in 2002. At that time we had a 2 yr old and 4 mo old.

Our little characters and oh boy do I mean characters:
DD- 9 and a straight A student which is also in the eagles program for gifted (smart) kids
DS-7 and not the brightest crayon in the box, but we love him anyways, he has cp with a spongy upper body and has been going to speech therapy since he was 2 1/2 yrs old.
DD-4 little ms night owl with an attidute, she will be celebrating her 5th birthday while at the world; we have special ressies at the castle for that night.
DS-7 1/2 mos (10mo at travel time) He is in to everything now

I am so much an ocd planner it is unreal. I get on here at least every other day if not every day. I am soo addicted.

We are going to be arriving at WDW on June 4th and leave the 11th. As of right now I am set to work the 2nd (I work nights) and when I get home, plan to sleep and then get up around 5pm, eat dinner, and then leave for disney. Which would but us in Orlando around 2am, so we plan to check into a hotel off site for the night. We have not told the kids this, as far as they know we are leaving at 4am on thurday morning. I can't wait to see the looks on there faces. We will have them take there baths like any other night, but on there pjs and then when they are all done say "hey lets leave now for disney, who is up for it?"

We will get up and go check at All Star Music Resort that morning and head to then head to the outlets to do a little shopping. My kids have to have a stuffed animal to sleep with and as a surprise I am going to let them pick out an animal there. They are going to pack there animal at home and with out them knowing I am going to unpack it and leave it at home. "Opps mommy must have left it, I guess we will have to get you one."
 
I got all of my ADRs, though I had to settle for a few of the times.

4th-Thursday check in at resort
shopping in am @ outlets
later in afternoon head to EP for dinner @ Teppan Edo in Japan 7pm

5th- Friday Breakfast @ 1900 parkfare @ Grand FL & S 8:20
then off to MK
Lunch @ Liberty Tree Tavern 12pm
Later in the afternoon head over to EP
Dinner @ Rose & Crown Pub & Dinning in UK 7:50

6th-Saturday EMH at AK, Breakfast @ Donald's Safari 9:30
Lunch @ Yak & Yeti 1:50
finish up with AK
if time either go swimming or shopping @ DD
Dinner @ 1900 Parkfare @ Grand FL &S 7:30
watch the electrical water pagean

7th- Sunday Breakfast @ Kona Cafe @ Poly 8:05
then off to EP for emh or MK ? not sure which to do this day
Lunch will be QS- Any one have any suggestions?
Dinner @ Tony's town sq in MK 7:35
watch parade

8th- Monday possible sleep in a little late (we have early risers thougth) Breakfast @ food court @ resort or QS in park (any suggestions)
Then off to MK for EMH
Lunch @ Scifi dine in theatre @ dhs 12:20
Dinner @ 50's Prime time 6:10

9th- Tuesday DD 5th birthday!!
We will be at MK all day this day! :cool1:
Breakfast @ the crystal palace 9:25
Lunch- QS I want a turkey leg and a diet coke for lunch!! yum! :banana:
Dinner- @ Cinderella's Royal Palace 4:20

10th- Wednesday Breakfast @ Hollywood & Vine 9am
head to EP before lunch
Lunch @ Coral Reef 12:15
Dinner @ Princess Storybook/ Akershus 6:30

11th- Thursday check out
I saved the best for last! :woohoo:
Breakfast @ Chef Mickeys 9:40
[COLOR="RoyalBlue"Dinner @ Kona Cafe 5:25-[/COLOR] I am wanting to change this to something later. I want to eat lunch around 3pm. [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]I was able to change it, we will just eat snacky stuff for lunch that day again.[/COLOR]
We then head to daytona beach check into our hotel for the night.
Dinner- eat with my mom which will be on vacation in daytona for the week we are at wdw.

12th- Friday eat a cont. breakfast- I love free food lol :rotfl:
spend some time on the beach then eat lunch with mom and leave kids with her. we will then be heading
home with just 1 (the baby) wow that will be such a quite ride home. :dance3:
 
Hi!

Sounds like a fun trip you have planned! Have you ever been to Tony's Town Square before? I am debating whether we should go there. The atmosphere looks really cute, but is the food good?
 
Hi!

Sounds like a fun trip you have planned! Have you ever been to Tony's Town Square before? I am debating whether we should go there. The atmosphere looks really cute, but is the food good?

The one trip I took to disney which was many years ago, I did not eat at disney. For that matter I really dont even remember where we ate at lol. :rotfl:
I have read good reviews that it is good though.
 
I just found out my sister and 2 year old nephew are coming to disney. They are going to spend 4 days with us. I am sooo excited. My sister lives in CO so I dont get to see them that often. My and dh get to go out by ourselfs one night now. Wow to get to ride rides at wdw at night with out kids, boy I can wait. Of course I am returning the favor and going to watch my little nephew so she can have some me time, which she doesnt get a whole lot of.
Me and the kids are going to make a count down chart this weekend. I have one on my computer, but that just is not as fun for them. They want to count down the days. The love to mark off the days on the calendar anytime we go somewhere.
Does anyone have any ideas?
 
My ds7 and I made a paper chain, We cut different colors of paper strips and wrote different rides or characters on each one and glued them together to make a huge chain. and everynight he rips one off and we talk about it all night:) and I do mean all night!!
 
My ds7 and I made a paper chain, We cut different colors of paper strips and wrote different rides or characters on each one and glued them together to make a huge chain. and everynight he rips one off and we talk about it all night:) and I do mean all night!!

thanks for the suggestion anymore out there?
 
We are going to make our count down calendar today after church. The kids are soo excited! Only 67 days to go. :banana:
 
I'm reading too! I think you should post some pictures of your family!

Your plans sound great. We have many of the same restaurants. I envy you for being able to do a car trip with 4 kids. I have recently sworn off car trips with only 2 kids, but then again, I think we are much further from Disney than your family is. Or maybe my kids are just extra vocal in the car. :lmao:

Looking forward to reading more!
 
I'm reading too! I think you should post some pictures of your family!

Your plans sound great. We have many of the same restaurants. I envy you for being able to do a car trip with 4 kids. I have recently sworn off car trips with only 2 kids, but then again, I think we are much further from Disney than your family is. Or maybe my kids are just extra vocal in the car. :lmao:

Looking forward to reading more!
Thanks for reading

I would love to fly but it would cost us $800 and we are only 6 1/2 hrs away from orlando, well with an infant it might take us about 7 1/2 hrs to get there. We are driving mostly at night so I am hoping after they eat dinner they will all go to sleep.
I would like to post some pics. Do you know how to post pics? I have not done it yet.
 
Here goes in an attempt to post some pics. I will try to post more tom night, some newer ones
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jenharring
 
Hi! Great ptr so far! Looking forward to more!! We are going May 29- June 5. I made a calendar for my twin 3 year olds to count down. They take turns everyday putting a sticker on the day. I just started it April 1, it is a long time to wait for the little kids!
 
You have a great family! Sorry I didn't respond - it looks like you figured out how to post pictures anyway...yay!

I understand about the flying vs. driving. If we were 6.5 hours, we'd drive too. We have about a 15 hour drive and it's the longest 15 hours of my life. :confused3
 
I did and I will try and post some more later.
We finally made our count down calendar. I will try to take a picture of it soon and post it.
 
I paid our trip off last night. YEAH :banana: :cool1:
I am so excited we only have 47 day to go. I have been extremely busy working. This week I worked 5 nights, but I have been working 4 nights a week. Im tring to get our disney shirts and other disney projects done as well. I will post as soon as I have them done. I am going to work on our shirts tom (well acually today) after I run to the store. I finished our mickey tye dyed shirts and I did not like them at all and Im working on new ones. :dance3:
 
I paid our trip off last night. YEAH :banana: :cool1:
I am so excited we only have 47 day to go. I have been extremely busy working. This week I worked 5 nights, but I have been working 4 nights a week. Im tring to get our disney shirts and other disney projects done as well. I will post as soon as I have them done. I am going to work on our shirts tom (well acually today) after I run to the store. I finished our mickey tye dyed shirts and I did not like them at all and Im working on new ones. :dance3:


Yay!! that's exciting! Can't wait to see the shirts!:wizard:
 
Only 37 days to go!! Here are some of the shirts I have made for our trip.
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these have a front and back to each one. Some here are fronts some are backs.
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One is for the baby and one is for the 7 year old, but they both will have one of each.
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