photographymom517
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I have FINALLY started my Trip Report for September!! For those who haven't followed my reports before, please check out my PTR to get some background information. I apologize that there aren't chapter links to make it easier! I promise to add them this time around! 
Link to Pre-Trip Report: Looking Forward to a Crowd-Free Trip
After our past two trips -- Spring break in 2009 and mid-summer in 2010, we were adamant to travel during a less busy season! Hence we chose September for our trip dates!!! After changing plans around a few times, we finally decided on September 14th through the 23rd -- a fun-filled 10 day trip at the most Magical place on earth!!!
A little background info -- my name is Hope and I am a stay-at-home mom and Travel Agent specializing in Disney vacations!
Although I am able to plan trips basically anywhere, I definitely enjoy planning Disney vacations the most! This trip was different because I was looking at things as both a tourist AND a travel agent! Also traveling with me -- my husband and our 3 year old son, Luke. Luke is a very lucky little boy as this was his THIRD trip to The World! We also had a fourth "guest" on this trip as I found out I was pregnant a few months before our trip!
As you can imagine, I had most things planned a LONG time in advance -- but after finding out I was pregnant, I had to change some of those plans around. No problem!
We also originally planned to stay at Port Orleans. We were still debating between French Quarter or Riverside when I was able to score an awesome deal on a Deluxe Resort!!! No debating here -- we were staying at one of our dream resorts, the Beach Club! We had family portraits taken at the BC last June and fell in love with the decor & overall feel of the resort. We dreamed of staying there but never thought it was a possibility. Fast forward a few months & Disney released an awesome public discount! As a travel agent, I of course compared the price of the public deal with the Free Dining offer -- and it turned out the public discount STILL saved us more money! So we booked our September trip with 9 day park hopper tickets and the regular dining plan. We would book our airfare at a later date.
Please keep reading -- I will try to post another update by this weekend!!!
Link to Pre-Trip Report: Looking Forward to a Crowd-Free Trip
After our past two trips -- Spring break in 2009 and mid-summer in 2010, we were adamant to travel during a less busy season! Hence we chose September for our trip dates!!! After changing plans around a few times, we finally decided on September 14th through the 23rd -- a fun-filled 10 day trip at the most Magical place on earth!!!
A little background info -- my name is Hope and I am a stay-at-home mom and Travel Agent specializing in Disney vacations!
Although I am able to plan trips basically anywhere, I definitely enjoy planning Disney vacations the most! This trip was different because I was looking at things as both a tourist AND a travel agent! Also traveling with me -- my husband and our 3 year old son, Luke. Luke is a very lucky little boy as this was his THIRD trip to The World! We also had a fourth "guest" on this trip as I found out I was pregnant a few months before our trip! As you can imagine, I had most things planned a LONG time in advance -- but after finding out I was pregnant, I had to change some of those plans around. No problem!
We also originally planned to stay at Port Orleans. We were still debating between French Quarter or Riverside when I was able to score an awesome deal on a Deluxe Resort!!! No debating here -- we were staying at one of our dream resorts, the Beach Club! We had family portraits taken at the BC last June and fell in love with the decor & overall feel of the resort. We dreamed of staying there but never thought it was a possibility. Fast forward a few months & Disney released an awesome public discount! As a travel agent, I of course compared the price of the public deal with the Free Dining offer -- and it turned out the public discount STILL saved us more money! So we booked our September trip with 9 day park hopper tickets and the regular dining plan. We would book our airfare at a later date.
Please keep reading -- I will try to post another update by this weekend!!!
I'll do my best to keep up and I can't wait to hear about it!
to all of you!!!
Can't wait to hear about your trip 
I'll try to do better next time. At least I finished this one. I think I only made it half way through my first one 
