Goofy_Mom
Disney Princess
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Hello all. This is my first thread, we'll see how it goes.
So, as mentioned before, our travel dates are November 23 to the 27 of this year. I have been enjoying Disneyland every year for the last six years with my DD(9), my senior year in high school I got to go three times.
My DH's 1st time (then BF) was 2007 during the Halloweentime season. In Jan 2008 we added a DS who's 1st visit was that following Christmas (DH booked the trip and didn't know that the crowds would be horrible.) It rained most of the time and DS caught a cold. So, too keep him from getting more sick the boys stayed in the hotel while DD and I tried to enjoy the parks. My DH doesn't have the Disney bug like the rest of us and hates crowds, so he was cool with it.
This trip I was planning on a re-do of my DS's 1st trip.
We live in the Central California area and will be driving to the Camelot Inn on the 23 (a six hour adventure). We will be spending three days in the parks
(24-26) and on the 27 we will be going home. I've never been to Disneyland during November and have read mixed reviews about the crowd level (can't be as bad as Christmas). On one morning we are planning on breakfast at the Plaza Inn and on a different evening we are planning on an Arials Grotto WOC dinner.
There will be pictures, I just don't know when. Our computer crashed, I've comadeared my DD's disney netbook. It doen't have a CD drive so i can't post anything I've already saved from previous visits and the hard drive is too small for my canon Vixia HG21 (an HD hard drive video/still shot). I was able to save some old photos on my itouch, I'll try to cut and paste those and see how that goes. Eventually I'll have a real computer and I will be able to post real pictures, so please just hang in there and be paitent.
So, about our cast. I'm a huge (as if there is another kind) Disney junkie, Goofy is my hero. I have passed the love of the majic onto my children. My DH (who new before we started dating about my Disney habit) doesn't quite get it, but he does go along for the ride and helps to feed my obbession. I was laid off (I'm an electrician) the last week of March and DH had been working some major OT (he's a high voltage electrician) so we could go. We are even planning our 1st WDW vacation for October 2011. I'm going back to school for my engingeering degree, taking online classes until our DS goes to school(I have to take 4 calculous classes
). Between unemployment and not having to pay for day care (a $14,000 a year savings) we almost balance out. DS is 2 3/4 and loves trains and Lighting McQueen
. He's a big kid (9 1/2 lbs 22" at birth), last height check was 38" and weighs 40 lbs. On the other end of the spectum is DD (9). She's in the 4th grade and almost a straight A student
(1 B) and the shortest in her class, she weighs 5lbs more than DS her last height check came in at 54". They are both big hams, I'm sure I'll get some great pictures and video.
Rainforest Cafe
DS's 1st B-day
Okay, so that's our story. Sorry if it's a bit TMI. I'll keep you posted on what days/times our PS's are on, I can make them next week sometime.
So, as mentioned before, our travel dates are November 23 to the 27 of this year. I have been enjoying Disneyland every year for the last six years with my DD(9), my senior year in high school I got to go three times.
My DH's 1st time (then BF) was 2007 during the Halloweentime season. In Jan 2008 we added a DS who's 1st visit was that following Christmas (DH booked the trip and didn't know that the crowds would be horrible.) It rained most of the time and DS caught a cold. So, too keep him from getting more sick the boys stayed in the hotel while DD and I tried to enjoy the parks. My DH doesn't have the Disney bug like the rest of us and hates crowds, so he was cool with it. This trip I was planning on a re-do of my DS's 1st trip.We live in the Central California area and will be driving to the Camelot Inn on the 23 (a six hour adventure). We will be spending three days in the parks
(24-26) and on the 27 we will be going home. I've never been to Disneyland during November and have read mixed reviews about the crowd level (can't be as bad as Christmas). On one morning we are planning on breakfast at the Plaza Inn and on a different evening we are planning on an Arials Grotto WOC dinner.
There will be pictures, I just don't know when. Our computer crashed, I've comadeared my DD's disney netbook. It doen't have a CD drive so i can't post anything I've already saved from previous visits and the hard drive is too small for my canon Vixia HG21 (an HD hard drive video/still shot). I was able to save some old photos on my itouch, I'll try to cut and paste those and see how that goes. Eventually I'll have a real computer and I will be able to post real pictures, so please just hang in there and be paitent.
So, about our cast. I'm a huge (as if there is another kind) Disney junkie, Goofy is my hero. I have passed the love of the majic onto my children. My DH (who new before we started dating about my Disney habit) doesn't quite get it, but he does go along for the ride and helps to feed my obbession. I was laid off (I'm an electrician) the last week of March and DH had been working some major OT (he's a high voltage electrician) so we could go. We are even planning our 1st WDW vacation for October 2011. I'm going back to school for my engingeering degree, taking online classes until our DS goes to school(I have to take 4 calculous classes
). Between unemployment and not having to pay for day care (a $14,000 a year savings) we almost balance out. DS is 2 3/4 and loves trains and Lighting McQueen. He's a big kid (9 1/2 lbs 22" at birth), last height check was 38" and weighs 40 lbs. On the other end of the spectum is DD (9). She's in the 4th grade and almost a straight A student(1 B) and the shortest in her class, she weighs 5lbs more than DS her last height check came in at 54". They are both big hams, I'm sure I'll get some great pictures and video.Rainforest Cafe
DS's 1st B-day
Okay, so that's our story. Sorry if it's a bit TMI. I'll keep you posted on what days/times our PS's are on, I can make them next week sometime.
. I was a little difficult to take pictures without the flash at night in the garden, the camera wouldn't focus so I learned how to focus manually.
I'm a fellow November tripper and I love that you're driving down on my birthday! 
We're hopping that Donald Duck is out for autographs/picture in town square. If he is, that will give us time to add him to our collection. We've gone to Disneyland every year for the past 6 years and always seem to miss him.
It's up to the 23. That's our travel day. We plan to be checked into our hotel by 5-ish but we aren't going to be in the parks that day, most likey gonna play in DTD. I also notice that there aren't any show times for Billy Hill and the Hillbillies or Laughing Stock, two of our favorites and on our must do list.
