MissMichelle
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WOW, A kidLESS week PRE PRE TRIP REPORT with pics!
CAST:
Michelle , ME, lover of all things Disney. I have a fully themed Disney XMAS tree, Disney collars and dishes for the dogs, and even drag the kids in to look (and sometimes buy) in the Disney store each trip to the mall. Celebrating my 26th birthday @ MK on Sept 26th.
TC, 26, not into Disney AT ALL and definitely complains a bit that I picked this spot for my birthday trip. He wanted to do a cruise (but I'll get to that in a bit). He is a hard worker who loves to watch family movies, go for long walks and exercise....wayyy too much.
Let me add in a bit of info before I start. TC and I aren't married but I will refer to him as DH--b/c while not a legal marriage he is my husband, my life and one day we will have a Disney wedding. We have 2 children...only 1 is mine biologically but they are both living fully in our home so I consider Ashley mine also, 3 dogs (2 Boxers and an English Bulldog) and I am both a SAHM, and school bound.
Here is a photo of my kids:
So this trip was completely unexpected. Life has been hectic this year with 3 deaths in the family, buying a new car, my trip this past February to Disney with my son and much more. I was trying to plan a trip BEFORE my last trip even started but no dates were working out for my family. Seemed like life really had no more vacation time this year and I had to deal with it. SO imagine my shock and surprise when TC asked me if I wanted to do a 4 day cruise out of Boston---no kids...YIPPPEEE!!! So I start looking at dates for Sept since it is the cheap time to go and there really wasn't much that would work...OK, I can drive to NYC, so let's see what we can do. Again, nothing...Dates weren't working for us..prices aren't all that....Hmmm...no vacation after all. Plus the kids are in school---who will watch them?
FREE DINING!!! Of course this had to be presented to me via the disboards and who am I to pass up such a good deal? You see, when I booked my February trip it was during last years free dining and I was oh so very jealous. I couldn't imagine actually enjoying paying for the dining, but we did and we loved every second of all that yummy food. (pictured is my mom, my niece , me and my son @ Le Cellier)
Photo:
I quickly got on to the WDW web site and started playing around with dates and packages. TC is, as I said before, into exercise and weight lifting so I HAD to go with a gym, but we really can't be spending deluxe prices....SO CSR it is! The moderate with everything I was looking for! Spa, Gym, Ambience, awesome pools, and of course---the infamous Pepper Market (which I can't wait to try!). We start asking family about the kids and my mom will stay at my house for 3 days, then my sister for 2...then the kids will ship out for 2 to their grandfathers. It is becoming a reality! We have never in the last 10 years of being together been away alone, not even for a honeymoon :sob sob:
So I reserve a king bed room, Sept 25-30 (but quickly change that when I get my flight to go home Oct 1st now
and get 6 day Park Hopper PLUS passes. Knowing good well TC is a fan of water parks, not getting the added plus feature would have been suicide---for me. Over the last few months I have been calling CRO and dining, putting in requests (I know, I know---not guaranteed) adding my bday to my ressie for Tony's and just plain old bothering them (shhhh I'd never do such a thing!). We started our countdown @ 184 days....now check my siggie to see where I stand---WOOHOO! Time is actually flying!
We have been getting slack from family and friends, "How can we do Disney without our KIDS?" OMG, I am such a bad mommy...............NOT, they have gone 4 times in 3.5 years, and this is where my heart lies I could have taken some all inclusive island trip, but I want to do Disney my way---I have dreamed of that day, and I'll finally get to live the dream very soon! Plus these kids are Disney'd out for now, and have put in their requests of what I am to bring them home that they hate to live without (rice crispie mickey ears LOL).
So on to shop for back to school, get new luggage (WHAT? I NEED new luggage) , pick up some clearance summer clothes (I always need new clothes for vaction) and just try to sit back and relax until then. I hate knowing that I plan so hard for 7 days of vacation and then it is over in the blink of an eye....but this couples only trip will be oh so worth it.
I am a picture taker, and will be posting many pics. So let's start here with a picture from 3 years ago with 2 of our dogs, when were just 23 years old (no recent ones of us) of me and DH.
TO BE CONTINUED with a *PRE TRIP REPORT*
Will I change ANYTHING before then? I sure hope not, but being nuerotic isn't always easy! 
CAST:
Michelle , ME, lover of all things Disney. I have a fully themed Disney XMAS tree, Disney collars and dishes for the dogs, and even drag the kids in to look (and sometimes buy) in the Disney store each trip to the mall. Celebrating my 26th birthday @ MK on Sept 26th.
TC, 26, not into Disney AT ALL and definitely complains a bit that I picked this spot for my birthday trip. He wanted to do a cruise (but I'll get to that in a bit). He is a hard worker who loves to watch family movies, go for long walks and exercise....wayyy too much.
Let me add in a bit of info before I start. TC and I aren't married but I will refer to him as DH--b/c while not a legal marriage he is my husband, my life and one day we will have a Disney wedding. We have 2 children...only 1 is mine biologically but they are both living fully in our home so I consider Ashley mine also, 3 dogs (2 Boxers and an English Bulldog) and I am both a SAHM, and school bound.
Here is a photo of my kids:
So this trip was completely unexpected. Life has been hectic this year with 3 deaths in the family, buying a new car, my trip this past February to Disney with my son and much more. I was trying to plan a trip BEFORE my last trip even started but no dates were working out for my family. Seemed like life really had no more vacation time this year and I had to deal with it. SO imagine my shock and surprise when TC asked me if I wanted to do a 4 day cruise out of Boston---no kids...YIPPPEEE!!! So I start looking at dates for Sept since it is the cheap time to go and there really wasn't much that would work...OK, I can drive to NYC, so let's see what we can do. Again, nothing...Dates weren't working for us..prices aren't all that....Hmmm...no vacation after all. Plus the kids are in school---who will watch them?
FREE DINING!!! Of course this had to be presented to me via the disboards and who am I to pass up such a good deal? You see, when I booked my February trip it was during last years free dining and I was oh so very jealous. I couldn't imagine actually enjoying paying for the dining, but we did and we loved every second of all that yummy food. (pictured is my mom, my niece , me and my son @ Le Cellier)
Photo:
I quickly got on to the WDW web site and started playing around with dates and packages. TC is, as I said before, into exercise and weight lifting so I HAD to go with a gym, but we really can't be spending deluxe prices....SO CSR it is! The moderate with everything I was looking for! Spa, Gym, Ambience, awesome pools, and of course---the infamous Pepper Market (which I can't wait to try!). We start asking family about the kids and my mom will stay at my house for 3 days, then my sister for 2...then the kids will ship out for 2 to their grandfathers. It is becoming a reality! We have never in the last 10 years of being together been away alone, not even for a honeymoon :sob sob:
So I reserve a king bed room, Sept 25-30 (but quickly change that when I get my flight to go home Oct 1st now
and get 6 day Park Hopper PLUS passes. Knowing good well TC is a fan of water parks, not getting the added plus feature would have been suicide---for me. Over the last few months I have been calling CRO and dining, putting in requests (I know, I know---not guaranteed) adding my bday to my ressie for Tony's and just plain old bothering them (shhhh I'd never do such a thing!). We started our countdown @ 184 days....now check my siggie to see where I stand---WOOHOO! Time is actually flying!We have been getting slack from family and friends, "How can we do Disney without our KIDS?" OMG, I am such a bad mommy...............NOT, they have gone 4 times in 3.5 years, and this is where my heart lies
I could have taken some all inclusive island trip, but I want to do Disney my way---I have dreamed of that day, and I'll finally get to live the dream very soon! Plus these kids are Disney'd out for now, and have put in their requests of what I am to bring them home that they hate to live without (rice crispie mickey ears LOL).So on to shop for back to school, get new luggage (WHAT? I NEED new luggage) , pick up some clearance summer clothes (I always need new clothes for vaction) and just try to sit back and relax until then. I hate knowing that I plan so hard for 7 days of vacation and then it is over in the blink of an eye....but this couples only trip will be oh so worth it.
I am a picture taker, and will be posting many pics. So let's start here with a picture from 3 years ago with 2 of our dogs, when were just 23 years old (no recent ones of us) of me and DH.
TO BE CONTINUED with a *PRE TRIP REPORT*
Will I change ANYTHING before then? I sure hope not, but being nuerotic isn't always easy! 
