adisneymama
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Hey everybody! We made it back. We survived Fay and had a great time. So here goes a trip report of sorts, hopefully with a lot of pictures. Here is the cast:
Me - I am the trip planner, the leader of the pack so to speak. I live for our Disney vacations and am very blessed that we get to go often.
DH - Loves golf and Disney. Goes with the flow and lets me do all the planning. Pretty much just shows up when and where I tell him to.
DD - Aubrey 6 yo princess all the way. Loves all the thrill rides the scarier the better.
DS - Ashton 18 mos. Loves Mickey and his Mama. Actually he is just our little lover dover.
Now for just a little bit of background info:
Last year DD was diagnosed with Epilepsy. She does not have convulsive seizures and should outgrow them by the time she reaches puberty. We had some issues with the first two medications she was placed on but so far the third one is the charm. She is doing much better, but still has seizures on a daily basis. The seizures cause balance issues as well as stamina issues as well. We went to Disney Dec 2007 and it was a very difficult trip for us. We had a good time, but it was trying to say the least. She just wasn't able to handle the waits and all the walking etc.
So I did some research here on the Dis and found out about the GAC and the ability to use the stroller as a wheelchair. Let me just tell you it made a world of difference. This trip was night and day from the December trip. Of course there were those that snubbed their noses and whispered things as we went past them, simply because dd doesn't have an outwardly noticable disability. Most people however, were all smiles and the majority of the CM's were great and really made us feel like royalty rather than embarrased for using the GAC.
So there you have it. All caught up and ready to go.
Up next Day 1...Planes, trains and automobiles!
Me - I am the trip planner, the leader of the pack so to speak. I live for our Disney vacations and am very blessed that we get to go often.
DH - Loves golf and Disney. Goes with the flow and lets me do all the planning. Pretty much just shows up when and where I tell him to.
DD - Aubrey 6 yo princess all the way. Loves all the thrill rides the scarier the better.
DS - Ashton 18 mos. Loves Mickey and his Mama. Actually he is just our little lover dover.
Now for just a little bit of background info:
Last year DD was diagnosed with Epilepsy. She does not have convulsive seizures and should outgrow them by the time she reaches puberty. We had some issues with the first two medications she was placed on but so far the third one is the charm. She is doing much better, but still has seizures on a daily basis. The seizures cause balance issues as well as stamina issues as well. We went to Disney Dec 2007 and it was a very difficult trip for us. We had a good time, but it was trying to say the least. She just wasn't able to handle the waits and all the walking etc.
So I did some research here on the Dis and found out about the GAC and the ability to use the stroller as a wheelchair. Let me just tell you it made a world of difference. This trip was night and day from the December trip. Of course there were those that snubbed their noses and whispered things as we went past them, simply because dd doesn't have an outwardly noticable disability. Most people however, were all smiles and the majority of the CM's were great and really made us feel like royalty rather than embarrased for using the GAC.
So there you have it. All caught up and ready to go.
Up next Day 1...Planes, trains and automobiles!
Then we began playing the High School Musical soundtrack which ironically had been qued up to play "What Time is It?"
LOL can't figure out how that happened. So we listened to the cd and Aubrey and I were singing along when dh started with the "I forgots". The conversation went something like:
It had been in the diaper bag I was using as my personal item. We thought maybe it fell out on the shuttle bus, so we stopped and called the lot. They checked with the driver who said no it wasn't on the bus. That meant it could only be in the van. So they sent the shuttle back to pick up dh. I armed him with his boarding pass and his passport (Yes, I know we didn't have to have passports but it is faster thru security and yes, I do keep control of his boarding pass as well. LOL) So dh checked the van and sure enough the bag had fallen out in the van. WHEW!
For some reason we sat on the runway for almost 45 mins! Ok so anyone who has flown with small children knows I'm not kidding when I say this is what we looked like when we finally took off!
By now it is almost 4:30. I asked him when it would be and he said not for at least another hour. He said we would be in building 34. Although this was close to a bus stop it was about as far away from the main building as you could be. I asked if there was another room available that would be any closer to the main building. He noticed the medical notations at this point and said let me make a call for you. He gets on the phone and is told that no room changes are being allowed. He tries to explain the situation and is still told no.
Ok, so there is nothing I can do at this point and as I said it is almost 4:30 and we have ADR's for 5:10 at 1900 PF. So we have our bags stored and grab a bus to MK. Once we get to MK we hit the boat over to GF. We just make our ADR but at least we made it. So we get out the autograph book and I realize the pen is in the carry on at the resort. I had forgotten to get it out when I threw Aubrey's dress on her in the lobby. So we ask the waitress if we could borrow one of hers. She gives us a pen and asks if we want her to call and find out if our room is ready. We told her that would be great! Ok, so off to a bad start but we are here and this is one of our favorite character dinners. 
We walked over to Pooh and showed the GAC and the stroller tag and asked "How do we use this?"
and the CM led us into the handicap access line. It was that easy! LOL Ok, so after Pooh Aubrey wanted to ride Dumbo. This by far would be our longest wait at around 5 mins. (Not complaining at all!) After flying in our elephants we headed over to PP but it was broken so we headed over to BTMRR. Aubrey loved it as usual. We told her we would ride one more ride but then we had to go to our room for the night. She wanted to try PP again but it was still broken so we just headed on back to the room. All would be good once we could settle in and get some sleep right? Or would it?
Now normally this would not be a problem, but when there are no elevators and you have to manage 2 kids (keeping in mindy one of them has balance issues and beiging on the stairs or anything that she could easily fall if she has a siezure is a big no no)and a stroller by yourself it aint so easy folks. So dh calls the front desk and explains the situation once again. They ask us if we can make do for the night and they will put us on a first floor room the next day. But we have to be out of that room by 10 and the new room will not be ready until 3. So we get up early the next morning and have Bell Services haul all of our stuff back to storage including the groceries and head out for the day.
