Princess Brookelynn's 1st trip to DISNEY!!!

[MataHari22]

Oh my gosh, she is adorable and the shirts are fab! How nice of the teacher to make them for you guys.

Here's the DISigns I made, so you don't have to post them.







I am just happy you like them!

 

[alrushton]

@MataHari22 I saw your post was closed. I hope everything is okay for you health wise.

I got an email from a webpage called artscow and I was able to upload my designs and order 4 of the shirts I wanted for only $40. I thought that was a great deal for 4 awesome shirts. I can't thank you enough for the DISigns


I can't believe my trip is getting so close.

I promise I will get to all my plans soon. Life is just so crazy and I am walking around in a Disney daze.

 

[alrushton]

Just typed an update and lost it all

 

[alrushton]

I am going to try this update again.

Before we begin a life update.

The kids are almost done with school. Only 25 whole days and 3 half days

Princess Brookelynn has turned 1 She is walking, growing, and still wonderful
She still loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, likes Frozen music, and has recently fallen in love with Monster's Inc

She is watching it again for the 15 time this week. I am very sad that Mike and Sully are no longer at Hollywood Studios.

DH has back problems and has really been in a lot of pain lately so I am praying that it gets better before Disney.

I have fallen off track with my weight lose so planning to start back up full force on Monday.

My parents and my sister & family are still going with us.

On to the updates

 

[alrushton]

With the promotions that have been offered I was able to save a little over $1000.
I has a special Groupon deal for a Target gift card that was $10 for $20. So I used that gift card and bought a Disney gift card that saved me $10.
I used the points that I earned on Shopkick app (I got real slack since September about using it) and I used that for a target gift card for free so I got a $50 gift card for $30 that saved me $20
I got the rest of my gift card from Sams. For each bundle I saved $7.02 and I had to buy 47 bundles so I saved $329.94

That gave me a total savings with gift cards of $359.94!

Using the gift cards were a pain but I would go get 10-15 bundles per week and then come home and enter it in individually. Each bundle includes 3 gift cards and putting them in was very time consuming but for that savings totally worth it to me. I was able to work it off where I paid off my trip on Brookelynn's 1st birthday.

I had an entire speech ready to share with the cashier but the cashier didn't seem to be in a great mood so I didn't.

So the trip is paid in full, I have made reservations for the dogs at the boarders, and booked reservations/FP+

I have almost all of DS outfits ready, all of Brookelynn's, half of youngest DD, and all my shirts ordered. I just have to get the rest of the girls clothes and DH and some pants for me.

We are planning on leaving early that Friday morning and stopping for Brookelynn's grandmother to have lunch with her in Florida. he moved awayin August and hasn't seen her since.

For the next updates I am going to just post plans day-by-day to keep my thoughts in order.

 

[alrushton]

The week heading up to leaving will hopefully go as follows.

That Monday is Memorial Day

so the kids have no school. I want to have all the suitcases packed and ready to be loaded in the van.
Sunday night through Wednesday night we are having Vacation Bible School at church I have volunteered to work and hope that I get the same preschool kids that I teach on Wednesday nights. but I can't wait to pick out little gifts to bring back to the kids in my class. I am thinking about little Disney Lego toys.

Thursday night we take the dogs and drop them off. I am trying not to think about that to much because that is the only part of the trip I am sad about.

Thankful that Tues-Thursday are half days so the kids can help me get last minutes things done.


*I forgot to mention earlier that I have already started packing our snack bags for the trip. Each person has a bag for each day. I have all the salty snacks because they were on sale at Sam's. The only thing I have to add is rice krispie treats and Frozen gummies. It is not letting me upload any pics so I will once it lets me again.

 

[alrushton]

Had to close and reopen but was able to post my snacks. BTW that very outdated table is from work not my house. I think the table might be older than me HAHA

 

[alrushton]

For Friday we will get up very very early and my goal is to hit the road by 5am. That should put us in Flagler beach around 11am to eat with Brookelynn's grandma. We can stay there a couple hours and then drive the last 2 hours to Disney. I want to let Brookelynn see the beach and try not to be so selfish that I rush but my mind will definitely be at Disney already.

This will be the kids

and this will be me

to Disney World!!!!

With all the what-if's with Disney and Frozen opening I am not positive what Friday night will be like.
*If Frozen Ever After is open we will head to Epcot after we check in and my only plans for that night is to ride the ride and meet Anna and Elsa. Regardless of how long the line is.

*If Frozen Ever After is not open hopefully Anne and Elsa will be available for Meet and greets at the Magic Kingdom and we will go wait in line there. Disney has really made things complicated with not giving us any dates and not letting us make FP for Anna and Elsa.

Then we will head to sleep and get ready for our first full day!

 

[alrushton]

Saturday we will be at Hollywood Studios

FP+ 11:35am-12:35 pm for Star Tours

FP+ 1:00 Voyage of the Little Mermaid

FP+ 1:50-2:50 Toy Story Mania

This is going to be me.

I have never rode this ride and the last time I tried it broke down after we stood in line for an hour.

We have a dinner reservation for 6:10 at 50's Primetime Café

That is all the definite plans for Saturday!

 

[alrushton]

Sunday we are going to Animal Kingdom

FP+ 10:05-11:05 Expedition Everest

for Me oldest DD, middle DD, and DS

FP+ 2:30 Festival of the Lion King

for DH, Middle dd, Mom and Dad we plan to attend the same show but will not have a FP for it


Fp+ 3:30 Finding Nemo the Musical

for DH, Mom, and Dad


FP+ 4:20-5:20 Dinosaur ride

for me, dd's, ds


FP+ 6:30-7:30 Safari

for all of us


Sometime throughout the day we will eat at FlameTree BBQ

My sister and family will be getting it sometime on Sunday so I am sure I will go see her that night!

 

[alrushton]

Monday is Hollywood Studios again but this time my sister will be at the same park.

FP+ 9:10 for Rock 'n' roller coaster

for Sister & family minus the youngest, (2)DD's, DS, and me

10:10 reservation for all of us but my sister's oldest 2 at Disney Jr Play and Dine

FP+ 10:30 for Tower of Terror

for everyone but DH, Mom, Dad, and middle DD (of course not the little ones) I know this sounds close to our meal but we have until 11:30 to ride


FP+ 12:00 for Great Movie Ride

for DH, middle DD, Mom and Dad

FP+ 2:05 for The First Time in Forever Frozen show

for everyone but my sister's family

Dinner reservations 6:30pm Sci-Fi

for my Mom and Dad and my family.

Okay I have to go get some cleaning done because my house is in a big mess because I have been working 50+ hours a week since Jan.

I will be back!

 

[alrushton]

Tuesday OUR FIRST DAY AT THE MAGIC KINGDOM!

We have an 11:15am reservation for "Be Our Guest"

This is from my family and my Mom and Dad

The entire group has a 12:05 FP+ for Peter Pan's Flight

1:15pm FP+ for Pirates of the Caribbean

for my Mom, Dad, DH, and middle daughter. It is very possible that they will take Princess Brookelynn with them.


1:35pm Seven dwarfs Mine Train FP+

this will be dd's, DS, My sister and her family minus the little one, and me



Brookelynn is doing something awesome at 2:00pm

3:00pm Haunted Mansion FP+

this is my Mom, Dad, DH, and middle DD

3:20pm Space Mountain FP+

for my sister's family -youngest, (2) dd's, DS, and myself


The whole gang has reservations at 6:15pm for The Hoop Dee Doo

I think this is the only meal where all 14 of us are going together


We will possibly catch the Firework show from the Fort Wilderness viewing area. This might be a good time to spend at Fort Wilderness since my parents and sister are both staying here.

 

[alrushton]

Yesterday was the last day that my sister and I will be in the same park.

My gang will be headed to Epcot and spend a lot of time touring the World Showcase

We have a 9:20am reservation for Akershus Royal Banquet

We have some FP+ for this day but I am not 100% sure we will use them since we are going to be in the World Showcase. We plan to take our time and get a snack from every country!

11:25 FP+ with Figment

12:30pm meet Disney pals at Epcot

2:20FP+ for Living with the Land

We are going to end the day with reservations for dinner at the Rose and Crown at 7:15pm

After we eat we might watch Illuminations depending on how the day goes

 

[alrushton]

Thursday our 2nd Magic Kingdom day but we are starting somewhere else.

First up is a 9:15 with some family

at Ohana's


11:10am FP+ for Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger

my entire family plus my Mom and dad


1:10pm FP+ for Splash Mountain

Someone will sit at with Brookelynn or we will do a rider swap

2:20pm FP+ for Magic Carpets

for Mom, Dad, DH, and Brookelynn

2:40pm FP+ for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (thanks to it not going into refub!)

for DD's, DS, and myself


We plan to eat at Columbia Harbour house

but my Mom and Dad are going to meet my sister and family in Germany for dinner.

 

[alrushton]

Friday is our last day in the parks We are back to Epcot all reservations today are for my family and Mom and Dad

We will do rope drop but our first reservation isn't until 11:35am for Coral Reef

12:25pm FP+ for The Seas with Nemo and Friends

I AM HOLDING BROOKELYNN AND SHE JUST REACHED UP A GAVE ME HER FIRST REAL HUG

2:00pm Spaceship Earth ride

3:30 FP+ for Test Track

Our last FP+

We are ending our trip with a 5:45pm reservation with someone special

Yes the main man himself at Garden Grill

 

[alrushton]

Saturday we are loading up

and plan to make it home between 5:00-6:00pm that night to get the dogs.

 

[alrushton]

Those are the main plans. We plan rope drop everyday so that we can get in as many rides as possible with shorter lines. I have bought some things to make our trip easier and I will post photos when I start pulling it out the closet to pack.

 

[alrushton]

I can't believe my date is coming up so quickly. I have received my travel docs, Magicbands, my shirt, Brookelynn's pillowcase, and have 4 out of 7 people packed!!

 

[BibbitybobityLu]

Your trip is so close!! How exciting!!

 

[alrushton]

I only have 2 days left!!!!!