So if you’ve been reading, you know this started out as a WDW land trip. Ever since we’ve had our kids, DSis and I have planned to take them to WDW while they would still enjoy it – before the “blasé” years. My kid is 4; hers (both girls) are 8 and 11. Perfect timing.
DSis and I actually went to WDW together, along with my best friend, in May. We spent 3 days, ran the Minnie
Marathon 5k
(had a total blast!), drank too many margaritas
. But we still had to make rope drop and speed walk to our first attraction every morning. I always seem to go Commando, until about noon when I relax. It was pretty funny the morning at MK when I dragged them out of bed to see rope drop, and speedwalked to BTMRR…picture me practically touching the rope the CM’s were walking, and my sis and bf dragging behind doodling along
! That day we won dream FP’s, they were so happy I wasn’t going to make them run around the park all day. That was a good day.
Here are a couple of pics:
My best friend and I after a few margaritas at San Angel in Mexico Epcot
The 3 of us after our 5k run. They’re both smaller than me but I kicked their butt in the run!!!
So Dsis and I started planning our trip right around the mythical 180-day mark. Dsis and her family are on the meal plan, and ADR’s were a must. Now my family usually decides about 2-3 weeks before each Disney trip so we do not usually make more than 1 ADR…and we end up skipping it
. The planning drives me insane. But we did it. Le Cellier, Cindy’s royal table, Kona Café, Chef Mickey. I had to call at the crack of dawn to make the reservations (since I currently do not have a job I automatically won that privilege, rightly so
).
Now the problem is since we have had the incredible privilege of going to WDW and
Disneyland 5 times in 18 months, we are not THAT excited about it. DD has seen her princesses over and over. Just for fun, some more pics.
Oct 07 My gosh she's just a baby. Sorry it's out of focus. That dress was a cheap Costco dress, but she got so many compliments on it
Dec 07- btw she spent the entire trip in this outfit...I washed it in the sink every night and dried it with a hairdryer in the morning!!! I have learned to pick my battles with the spirited one!
July 08
Oct 08 My favorite; we got her the Ariel dress with a tail as a surprise; we ordered from Disney online and had it delivered at the hotel. She spent 3 days in that itchy thing...yet she refuses to wear jeans or turtlenecks...
Nov 08 At Disneyland. My least fave Ariel
BTW, DD must look awfully spoiled...and she is, and it's all my fault. I am just so happy it is so magical for her every single time and she still has not figured out that every Ariel (and other princesses) is a different person. I will be very sad once that is over...
So you get my point. DH is worried we are going to be so Disneyed-out we should have gone to Universal and Sea World before the cruise
. I convinced him that DD being the daredevil she is, we’ll get her on the thrill rides and try to not line up for characters too often. We also have not seen Fantasmic!, and some of the parades/shows will have changed. I think we’ll be ok. I just need to hunt down a list of
DCL characters and make sure we are not over-exposed to them before the cruise. And we would LOVE to go to Blizzard Beach, hoping the weather will cooperate!
One issue we will definitely have is with Space Mountain. Disneyland SM has been redone, and the height req is 40 inches. DD is about 43 inches, and she absolutely loved it (so did we! It was fabulous!
) At MK, the height req is 44 inches. She may make it, but the seating is not side-by-side, so I am not sure she will be ok on it. We’ll see.
Seriously, though, I know we will have a blast. And I think it will be fantastic, and we will run around like we normally do, and we will get to R-E-L-A-X on the beautiful Magic. Plus we will get to experience the WDW magic with our wonderful nieces
and create as many memories for them so hopefully they can turn into Disney addicts too!
Next up: not quite sure
…the holidays are upon us!
I wish my inlaws were on a beach. Mine are in Toronto. Nothing exciting there once you've been up the CN tower!!!
Winter
ugh. Cruise-planning interruptus.
and she does much better if she is kept BUSY. I, on the other hand, am a homebody and I could very well stay at home for days and days only venturing out for the occasional workout and grocery run. 
woohoo. Another $100 freed up for cruise spending.
. I hope he likes the idea. I will keep you posted.
!!
. Unfortunately we were unable to book the same hotel (we're at the WL, they're at POR), but we will meet every day at the parks and have all our dinner ADR's together 
)
