HeatherAnn23
<font color=red>Forget the Untouchables...I'm a me
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Here goes - everybody buckle up for my first trip report. I'm going to do my best, bear with me!
The family:
Me (Heather) - I'm a first grade teacher, and forever doomed to travel during peak season. Huge Disney fan and can never really get enough!
DH (Kevin) - While I think he enjoys a few rides, he generally puts up with my obsession.
DS9 (Cody) - Loves rides, and is excited to celebrate his 9th birthday at Disneyland this year. (He celebrated his 4th birthday at WDW, and is generally the lucky one to have a birthday during summer break!)
DS4 (Hunter) - A Disney souvenir himself, loves the parks and can't get enough of the characters. At 43 inches, this will be his first trip that he is tall enough for most of the rides.
We started thinking about a summer trip last winter. We weren't sure if we wanted to do Disneyland (recent trips in 2007, and 2006) or WDW (recent trip in 2004). When they released the 5 for 3 promotion we decided it was a better fit for the boys right now. The flight to Florida would take way too long for my nerves (scared to fly!) and take a chunk out of our park time. The last two times we drove to DL, so it was a treat for us to fly this time. After months and months of obsessive planning and reading everyone else's trip reports - it was finally time for us to go!
On Tuesday, July 28th we headed up to Portland to stay at a park and fly hotel. Our flight takes off at 7:30, so we wanted to stay close! We got up at 4:30AM to get ready to go to the airport after a sleepless night (too excited to sleep!!)
The kids were a little sleepy!!
We made it to the airport, and got everything checked in. Of course, that morning one of the latches on our Samsonite suitcase wouldn't stay shut. We just jammed it closed and checked it, hoping for the best! We were going to Disneyland - who cares if my clothes end up all over the tarmac, right?
The kids were excited to fly, and I was white knucked with dripping palms, but we were on our way.
The family:
Me (Heather) - I'm a first grade teacher, and forever doomed to travel during peak season. Huge Disney fan and can never really get enough!
DH (Kevin) - While I think he enjoys a few rides, he generally puts up with my obsession.
DS9 (Cody) - Loves rides, and is excited to celebrate his 9th birthday at Disneyland this year. (He celebrated his 4th birthday at WDW, and is generally the lucky one to have a birthday during summer break!)
DS4 (Hunter) - A Disney souvenir himself, loves the parks and can't get enough of the characters. At 43 inches, this will be his first trip that he is tall enough for most of the rides.
We started thinking about a summer trip last winter. We weren't sure if we wanted to do Disneyland (recent trips in 2007, and 2006) or WDW (recent trip in 2004). When they released the 5 for 3 promotion we decided it was a better fit for the boys right now. The flight to Florida would take way too long for my nerves (scared to fly!) and take a chunk out of our park time. The last two times we drove to DL, so it was a treat for us to fly this time. After months and months of obsessive planning and reading everyone else's trip reports - it was finally time for us to go!
On Tuesday, July 28th we headed up to Portland to stay at a park and fly hotel. Our flight takes off at 7:30, so we wanted to stay close! We got up at 4:30AM to get ready to go to the airport after a sleepless night (too excited to sleep!!)

The kids were a little sleepy!!

We made it to the airport, and got everything checked in. Of course, that morning one of the latches on our Samsonite suitcase wouldn't stay shut. We just jammed it closed and checked it, hoping for the best! We were going to Disneyland - who cares if my clothes end up all over the tarmac, right?
The kids were excited to fly, and I was white knucked with dripping palms, but we were on our way.

