TinksThree
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Welcome to my slightly delayed Trip Report!! I have been contemplating if I would do a report on my latest trip and decided "why not"! I need a little Disney happiness and what better way than reliving a trip to Disney World!
This trip was actually over our Spring Break (March 12-16, 2013). Originally we were going to visit Williamsburg, VA and Washington DC but 2 or 3 weeks before the trip we started getting scared of cold weather and changed our minds. Yes, cold weather can scare us since we live in Mississippi and by March we are thinking shorts, flip flops and sun! Although this year March was just the beginning of our cold weather!
My DH actually presented the idea of changing our plans to WDW. This is HUGE! My DH was a Disney "hater" but once he went for the first time in 2010 he has slowly gotten hooked. Now, he suggests we go!
Of course, I had challenges in that this trip was 2-3 weeks out and no ADRs had been made. I got online and started playing around with our options. Soon I had all of our reservations made and rooms booked! For a last minute trip I was very satisfied with everything. I will reveal all of that in time!!
For now a little background and introductions! My title is a result of the reactions we get when people hear we are going to Disney "again". We have been once a year since 2009 and last year I was lucky enough to get in 4 trips! But those trips have resulted in eye-rolling comments which I found myself apologizing for going again. Eventually, over time, I am getting out of the apology stage. Yes, we love going and it is different every single trip! What does it matter if it makes us happy...right!?
So, just who went along on this excursion?
First there was our DD17, Madison:
Madison will be a senior this coming year and yes I am in denial.
She loves going to Disney as much as I do. I am trying to train her right!! She is a girly-girl who isn't afraid to get dirty and has a little bit of "country" in her.
Next is our DS19, Chris:
This was what we expected to possibly be the last trip Chris would get to take with us for a while. His plans were to join the military full-time. It still may be the last trip for little while, but his plans have been adjusted to Army National Guard and college. He leaves for basic training in September...more denial on my part! Although sad he will be leaving for a while we are super proud of him!
These pictures are from the kids prom this past March...and here they are together!
My DH, Keith, retired from the Air Force and he says I married him for the benefits and discounts. This isn't true but they certainly are great perks!! We would not go to Disney as often if it weren't for those great discounts!! As I said before, Keith was a Disney "hater" until I forced him to see the light! He may not love it as much as me but at least he "gets" it a little bit now ! He loves Epcot and Hollywood Studios. The Streetmosphere acts are one of his favorite things to see!
And then there is me, Tisa. This trip makes number 10 over my lifetime and it still hasn't gotten old. We always try to add new things into every trip. And there are still things we haven't done! That is one reason I love going back!
Here we are:
As a family, we love dining at the table service restaurants so ADRs and the choices we make are huge! This trip was more budget minded but we were pretty happy overall. We all love Epcot and Hollywood Studios. The kids and I love Magic Kingdom but Keith...well,not so much. And I adore Animal Kingdom but aside from a few attractions, the rest of the family could skip this park.
Port Orleans is our favorite resort so far. We have pretty much determined values are not for us. And, we have yet to try a deluxe although I hope to get there one day! This trip, though,was not at POR or POFQ but a new resort for us: Caribbean Beach Resort. The next post will be pretty detailed on my review of CBR!!
So that is us and the beginning of our Spring Break trip! I hope you will join me as I take a journey down memory lane!
This trip was actually over our Spring Break (March 12-16, 2013). Originally we were going to visit Williamsburg, VA and Washington DC but 2 or 3 weeks before the trip we started getting scared of cold weather and changed our minds. Yes, cold weather can scare us since we live in Mississippi and by March we are thinking shorts, flip flops and sun! Although this year March was just the beginning of our cold weather!
My DH actually presented the idea of changing our plans to WDW. This is HUGE! My DH was a Disney "hater" but once he went for the first time in 2010 he has slowly gotten hooked. Now, he suggests we go!
Of course, I had challenges in that this trip was 2-3 weeks out and no ADRs had been made. I got online and started playing around with our options. Soon I had all of our reservations made and rooms booked! For a last minute trip I was very satisfied with everything. I will reveal all of that in time!!
For now a little background and introductions! My title is a result of the reactions we get when people hear we are going to Disney "again". We have been once a year since 2009 and last year I was lucky enough to get in 4 trips! But those trips have resulted in eye-rolling comments which I found myself apologizing for going again. Eventually, over time, I am getting out of the apology stage. Yes, we love going and it is different every single trip! What does it matter if it makes us happy...right!?
So, just who went along on this excursion?
First there was our DD17, Madison:
Madison will be a senior this coming year and yes I am in denial.
She loves going to Disney as much as I do. I am trying to train her right!! She is a girly-girl who isn't afraid to get dirty and has a little bit of "country" in her. Next is our DS19, Chris:
This was what we expected to possibly be the last trip Chris would get to take with us for a while. His plans were to join the military full-time. It still may be the last trip for little while, but his plans have been adjusted to Army National Guard and college. He leaves for basic training in September...more denial on my part!
Although sad he will be leaving for a while we are super proud of him!These pictures are from the kids prom this past March...and here they are together!
My DH, Keith, retired from the Air Force and he says I married him for the benefits and discounts. This isn't true but they certainly are great perks!! We would not go to Disney as often if it weren't for those great discounts!! As I said before, Keith was a Disney "hater" until I forced him to see the light! He may not love it as much as me but at least he "gets" it a little bit now ! He loves Epcot and Hollywood Studios. The Streetmosphere acts are one of his favorite things to see!
And then there is me, Tisa. This trip makes number 10 over my lifetime and it still hasn't gotten old. We always try to add new things into every trip. And there are still things we haven't done! That is one reason I love going back!
Here we are:
As a family, we love dining at the table service restaurants so ADRs and the choices we make are huge! This trip was more budget minded but we were pretty happy overall. We all love Epcot and Hollywood Studios. The kids and I love Magic Kingdom but Keith...well,not so much. And I adore Animal Kingdom but aside from a few attractions, the rest of the family could skip this park.
Port Orleans is our favorite resort so far. We have pretty much determined values are not for us. And, we have yet to try a deluxe although I hope to get there one day! This trip, though,was not at POR or POFQ but a new resort for us: Caribbean Beach Resort. The next post will be pretty detailed on my review of CBR!!
So that is us and the beginning of our Spring Break trip! I hope you will join me as I take a journey down memory lane!
I am glad to have you joining in again!! I think they clean up pretty nice too...but I am partial!
So we drive! We don't mind driving though so it isn't pure torture!
But I am only being a New Orleans food snob!
Our room was at just about the furthest point from Port Royale and the pool as it could possibly be! As a result we only ate at the food court once. We drove that one time. We walked to the main pool the first day and it took 15 minutes. We tried riding the resort bus&that isnt much better time wise. We could get to a park in the time it took us to get to Port Royale. Thus, we ate in the food court once and swam in the main pool twice. The commute was just way, way too much!!
