SarahSlink
Mouseketeer
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Hello All!
Welcome!! I decided to finally get a PTR started as a way to get all my thoughts and ideas in one place and hopefully get some advise for areas of the trip I'm just not sure about yet! We are a family of 5 (plus 1 tag-a-long) all of whom have NEVER been to WDW. Needless to say, I'm starting to feel a bit overwhelmed, and nothing has been booked yet
The Cast
Myself: 30-something SAHM to 3 wonderful kiddos. I've been a Disney fan my whole life, but have never been able to execute a trip, although I've started planning several. My challange is going to be keeping the dreams in check and focus on the reality of this trip. In my spare time I enjoy stamping, scrapbooking and general crafting. Although my plans greatly outnumber my finished projects...
DH, aka The Chief: also 30-somemthing and works for our county highway department (plows snow in the winter and repairs roads in the summer). He has also been a volunteer firefighter since high school and is currently the assistant chief. In his spare time (ha!) he helps keep an eye on things at his parent's farm.
DS, aka Little Man: is 4 years old and all boy. He just had his birthday and it's crazy to me that he is no longer a toddler. He is a lot of fun and cracks me up or drives me crazy at any given moment. Currently he goes to "school" two afternoons a week and can't wait until next fall when he goes to 4K every morning.
DD's, aka The Girls or Thing 1 & Thing 2: are 20 months old and will be just over 2 at the time of the trip. They are also a riot and keep us on our toes! It's been a blast watching them develop their personalities and how they interact with each other vs others. I never imagined I would have twins, but God thought it would be a good idea, so we are enjoying the ride!
My Niece, aka Nanny Fanny: is 15 years old and a wonderful, funny, amazing young woman. She is a straight A student and very talented dancer. Although her schedule is crazy busy and missing school and dance isn't generally the best idea, she will be coming with us. I'm sure she will be doing homework on the trip trying to keep up! She has been a huge help to me since Little Man was born and it'll be great having another set of hands along on the trip.
Trip Plans
Right now we are anticipating going sometime this fall, during the free dining promo that will hopefully be announced tomorrow The Chief needs to check the dates of the promo against available vacation time at work and hopefully something lines up. We are planning to stay in the All Star Music Family Suites. Unfortunately there aren't many options for the budget minded, large family... I considered AoA, but as awesome as the theming is, we're sticking with ASMu.
We will be driving from Central Wisconsin. It's going to be 24 hours of drive time, so it will be interesting! I enjoy road trips, so I think it'll be fun. The Chief doesn't neccessarily agree with me. But there are no direct flights from our local airport and the thought of getting our circus through multiple airports does not sound fun to me. So, I will be putting together some activity books and other fun things for the kids to do in the car and hopefully we all survive! The plan is to drive straight through on the way down and most likely stop overnight on the way home. I have a feeling The Chief and I will be exhausted and not safe driving all night at that point.
That's all for now... stay tuned to find out our final dates and what we get booked! I also will pull together some more pictures of all of us, because let's face it, as much as we all love the planning and discussing of the trips, it's more fun with pictures of cute kids...
Welcome!! I decided to finally get a PTR started as a way to get all my thoughts and ideas in one place and hopefully get some advise for areas of the trip I'm just not sure about yet! We are a family of 5 (plus 1 tag-a-long) all of whom have NEVER been to WDW. Needless to say, I'm starting to feel a bit overwhelmed, and nothing has been booked yet
The Cast
Myself: 30-something SAHM to 3 wonderful kiddos. I've been a Disney fan my whole life, but have never been able to execute a trip, although I've started planning several. My challange is going to be keeping the dreams in check and focus on the reality of this trip. In my spare time I enjoy stamping, scrapbooking and general crafting. Although my plans greatly outnumber my finished projects...
DH, aka The Chief: also 30-somemthing and works for our county highway department (plows snow in the winter and repairs roads in the summer). He has also been a volunteer firefighter since high school and is currently the assistant chief. In his spare time (ha!) he helps keep an eye on things at his parent's farm.
DS, aka Little Man: is 4 years old and all boy. He just had his birthday and it's crazy to me that he is no longer a toddler. He is a lot of fun and cracks me up or drives me crazy at any given moment. Currently he goes to "school" two afternoons a week and can't wait until next fall when he goes to 4K every morning.
DD's, aka The Girls or Thing 1 & Thing 2: are 20 months old and will be just over 2 at the time of the trip. They are also a riot and keep us on our toes! It's been a blast watching them develop their personalities and how they interact with each other vs others. I never imagined I would have twins, but God thought it would be a good idea, so we are enjoying the ride!
My Niece, aka Nanny Fanny: is 15 years old and a wonderful, funny, amazing young woman. She is a straight A student and very talented dancer. Although her schedule is crazy busy and missing school and dance isn't generally the best idea, she will be coming with us. I'm sure she will be doing homework on the trip trying to keep up! She has been a huge help to me since Little Man was born and it'll be great having another set of hands along on the trip.
Trip Plans
Right now we are anticipating going sometime this fall, during the free dining promo that will hopefully be announced tomorrow
The Chief needs to check the dates of the promo against available vacation time at work and hopefully something lines up. We are planning to stay in the All Star Music Family Suites. Unfortunately there aren't many options for the budget minded, large family... I considered AoA, but as awesome as the theming is, we're sticking with ASMu.We will be driving from Central Wisconsin. It's going to be 24 hours of drive time, so it will be interesting! I enjoy road trips, so I think it'll be fun. The Chief doesn't neccessarily agree with me. But there are no direct flights from our local airport and the thought of getting our circus through multiple airports does not sound fun to me. So, I will be putting together some activity books and other fun things for the kids to do in the car and hopefully we all survive! The plan is to drive straight through on the way down and most likely stop overnight on the way home. I have a feeling The Chief and I will be exhausted and not safe driving all night at that point.
That's all for now... stay tuned to find out our final dates and what we get booked! I also will pull together some more pictures of all of us, because let's face it, as much as we all love the planning and discussing of the trips, it's more fun with pictures of cute kids...
We are staying at the All-Star Music as I planned, and upgraded to the regular dining plan. We will be there 9/28-10/4. The reservation agent transferred me to the dining desk so I could start making ADR's and I believe I have a few made... we got disconnected before I could get confirmation numbers from her 
I had given her the cc to guarantee them, or whatever they call it, so I'm going to call in a few days to see if they did get made and get the numbers. I tried calling back, but I couldn't get through again (why didn't I write down that magic number!?!?!). Since the agent had confirmed my phone number I was kinda hoping she would call me back, but I have worked in call centers before and know that's not always possible. So anyway, I'm going to go with the assumption that I have some ADR's and start sketching out our park days and see what I can figure out! Stay tuned...
but not sure how to add it to my signature..
Where are you staying?
and the park days figured out I'll be back to update, but thought I'd share what's there so far!
I'm always looking for advice on traveling with children and anything specific to the twin adventure 
