Septemeber 2013 Trip Report with Toddlers

[G2MAmber]

I just had to get started on this Pre-Trip Report! My hubby finally caved in (i've been working some extra hours) so we could satisfy my Disney Addiction!

We will be going from September 22 - October 2nd 2013

Staying at Boardwalk (our personal favorite/this was where we spent our honeymoon) and then 3 Nights at Wilderness Lodge Villas. We have never stayed at WLV but I have only heard Rave Reviews and am so happy to get to experience it for myself!

We try to stay somewhere new when we go even if only for a few nights to get a feel for it.

We actually just went to Disney Right after Thanksgiving... I can't say the trip was very magical. I'm working on the trip report right now. It was a Magical Gathering and I was planning it all. I help lots of people out with their Disney Vacations but it is just different when it is your own family. Seems more stressful, more pressured... eh...

Anyway, we were pretty let-down by the trip over all and didn't even feel like we had a chance to enjoy it as a Family. So we promised we would try and head back before too long just our family of four!

We have never been to Disney in the Fall so I am excited to see what the Food & Wine Festival is like first hand, weather, crowds, etc... We also normally drive to Disney (18+hrs) and this time we will be Flying! Praise the Lord! I feel like that in itself will make the trip more enjoyable. It has been so long since I have used Magical Express! WooHoo!

 

[G2MAmber]

So our airfare dropped in price which was super exciting! We actually ended up using SW points through their credit card so are flying for basically free (the CC cost $60.00) and then we bought a few things paid it off and canceled it and now all 4 of us are flying round-trip to MCO and we still have 45,000 pts left over... hmmm may have to take another trip sooner than later!!

I love southwest! They are seriously the best airline. No baggage fees, refunds are easy, flight changes are easy! That's what I"m Talking About!

On other notes... I have been stressing about Strollers. We have a 3 yr old, 2 yr old and I will be 21 weeks preggers on this trip.

We decided we are bringing our King Kong stroller (I say this because it literally weights like 20+lbs.

and we will also be bringing two umbrella strollers. Ugh... sounds like a lot to me but the hubby really wants to do the jogger as it is so easy to push.

We will be staying at BWK which means we can walk to both Hollywood Studios and Epcot so we will just use the Umbrella Strollers at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom.

We also got our Countdown Completed!



I am really happy with how it turned out. I was so needing something because DS3 was asking me "Please can we go now to Disney World" and so now he Knows how many Mickey Heads we have to go!

Just cut out some Mickey Heads and used a Disney Princess Poster for the backdrop... It was all I had to work with!

Have a Disney Day!

 

[bellaally]

I will also be going in October, just wanted to let you know how adorable your kids are. Also my boys are back to back as well. My oldest is 2 and I have a one year old.(15months apart). I am starting to plan a huge family trip for the future with the In laws and my sister in law and her kids. I know it's gonna be stressful but as long as the kids enjoy themselves I think it's worth it(hope I'm right lol) can't wait to read more plans.

 

[G2MAmber]

I will also be going in October, just wanted to let you know how adorable your kids are. Also my boys are back to back as well. My oldest is 2 and I have a one year old.(15months apart). I am starting to plan a huge family trip for the future with the In laws and my sister in law and her kids. I know it's gonna be stressful but as long as the kids enjoy themselves I think it's worth it(hope I'm right lol) can't wait to read more plans.

Thank you so much! We did a huge trip like that and overall it went well. Of course it can always be a Little stressful adding in others to the mix but helpful too!

 

[G2MAmber]

Well this will be our last trip for a few years. I'm not a big fan of taking children who aren't on table foods or that I would be breastfeeding to Disney so we probably won't head back til this bambino in my belly is at least 1.5 or 2yrs old.

With that being said it is my DH birthday today and he also had graduated college in May and I kept telling him I had a surprise for him, which I finally was able to reveal to him on his birthday!!

So... Because of how awesome Southwest Airlines is I was able to change our return flight for October 5th (no fees or price changes) and we will be staying at the amazing Polynesian resort for 3 night! Ahhh can you believe it. We are by no means wealthy but I have been saving up and was able to book and pay it off right away! Thank you Lord!!



He was blown away to say the least! I called his boss prior to giving him the surprise so he could just enjoy it knowing everything was taken care of. His boss was so excited and told us to enjoy! Gotta love that!


Holy moly this will be a trip of a lifetime.

Sept 22-29 Boardwalk, Sept 29-Oct 2 Wilderness Lodge Villas, Oct 2-Oct 5 Polynesian

 

[G2MAmber]

Last I left off I had surprised my DH with 3 extra nights at Poly! Low and Behold I was also selected to be apart of the Magic Bands Testing! sweet! Well I had all kinds of issues once I had logged in to my Disney Account. I had 2 Austins and no Brielyn. I decided to take the time to call Disney and had 2 CMs help me out. They both took about 20 Mins but I didn't mind I was just happy everything was cleared up! The CM said it was good I called because not taking care of it upfront (by phone) would have made for a really long check in process at the resort!

Both CMs were awesome and gave great service!! I ended the call with this beautiful screen shot! 29 more days to go!!