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[MouseketeerKelsey]

Well hello there! Here is a PTR for a trip that is so last minute, if it wasn't for Disney I would be anxious! Let's give a little background, shall we?

My name is Kelsey. I am 19 years old and a Florida native. I am the Disney obsessed one in my family, although I am not the only one who loves it (but more on that in a moment). I am a singer and YouTuber (don't feel bad if you don't know what that means, you aren't alone. Just ask most of my family). I am also a writer and am currently working with a publisher on the project I am possibly most proud of in my life, a guide book for going to Disney World with Disabilities. This is something extremely close to my heart as I have had to learn over the years how to do Disney differently because of my health problems. The cliff notes version is I have a condition that causes severe abdominal pain 24 hours a day and have to be in a wheelchair if I am going to do anything more than go to the mailbox or dinner with my family. So, I use a handy dandy scooter at Disney and think of it as if it's just another ride! My own personal Tomorrowland Speedway! I'm a good driver, I promise!

The other person on this trip is my mom. Her name is Kathy, but since I am the one writing this trip, she will probably be known as mom. She is truly the most amazing mom I could ask for. She also loves Disney, but not quite on the level I do. I honestly think as much as she does enjoy our trips, she goes because she knows how happy it makes me. Here we are on our last trip.

And one from Disneyland this summer. The other person is my friend who was also on that trip. (She had never been to Disney ever, I though a character breakfast was in order!)

Now onto the fun part, THE TRIP! This one is incredibly last minute. We have done some last minute trips, but never anything this crazy!

My birthday is December and I am also a Christmas fiend. Since we are pass holders, we typically go in December to celebrate my birthday. This year I am turning 20. Let's not talk about that, it freaks me out.

We didn't plan a trip to Disney this year because my dad suggested that for the big 2-0 we finally go to Harry Potter World!!!!! My dad isn't a theme park person, he suggested this 100% because he knows how much I love Harry Potter. Plus I had never been to Universal. The plan was to go the first weekend in December, all 3 of us! Well, my health had other plans. I've gotten a lot worse in the last few months and I talked to my parents one night and we decided to take a rain check on HP so that we could be sure I could really enjoy it, since who knows when we would go again. I was sad, but it was the right call.

But, that left us with no exciting birthday thing which I was a little sad about. I love the holidays at Disney and could really use the positivity that comes from it. It has been a rough year, I may talk about why later, but for now, let's keep it fun!

So, my mom and I started talking about maybe doing a night or two at Disney. Then they announced it was the last year of the Osbourne Lights and we decided we HAD to go. Then there were no discounted Value resort rooms and the trip seemed to fall apart.

Since I use a scooter, we really need to stay on property but the rates were just really high for this winter and I couldn't justify it.

I checked every day, I called. Nothing. Then last night on a whim I decided to check and I checked some dates earlier than what we had been looking at and BAM! There it was.

Should I give you the details now or make you wait a post? I think I'll make you wait! (I'm not that evil, I'm going to write it now, this one was just getting a little long.

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

Time for some details!!!

Who: My Mom and I

We Love hat photos.

What: A Trip to Walt Disney World!

When: December 1-3, 2015

(I would have been 14 in this picture. I still wear that jacker all the time)

Where: All Star Movies!

We have never stayed here! Only at Music and Pop as far as Value Resorts! We love the value resorts because we don't ever spend much time at the resort. I can't swim (I know how), and we live in Florida so we don't really lay out so it makes the most sense for us because we just need somewhere to sleep! We spend all of our time in the parks anyways!

Why: 20th Birthday!!! Christmas!!!! Mother-Daughter Bonding!!!! Celebration!!!!

More specific day by day plans in the next post!!

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

Now, obviously I am still working on details as this trip planning started around 12 hours ago, but I have made some progress this morning! Time for some daily plans!

Day 1: December 1, 2015

Park:
Epcot

Hours:
9:00 am - 9:30 pm

EMH:
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm

The hours honestly feel out perfect for each day of this trip. Although it will feel weird to not be starting our trip at the Magic Kingdom, I think it is for the best because it works so much better this way. This is the first time we have ever started with a park other than Magic Kingdom. I was able to get the Fastpasses that I wanted which is good considering we are so close to the date.

FastPass+:

Our day starts with a 9:00 am fastpass for one of mine and my moms all time favorite rides...

Soarin!! A trip to Epcot for us just isn't complete without a journey through the sky. I can't wait for the new movie to be done! It was fun this summer to ride Soarin Over California, in California!

The next fastpass is a recent favorite of mine, on our last trip we rode it 3 times in one day! We have a 10 am fastpass for

Mission Space! I go for the less intense version still because I enjoy it and don't want to risk feeling sick, but I think this ride is a blast (off).

This last fastpass may not get used unless I am able to get an earlier time. I love getting to meet the characters but am very excited to spend time around the World Showcase and then see the Candlelight Processional, but for now we have 6:30 at

We will see what happens with this one.

Dining:

There aren't any firm dining plans for this day. I looked into the Candlelight Processional package, even though it costs so much, but it is all booked up. I think we will most likely snack around the world this day and see where the World Showcase takes us! One thing I do know for sure, I am getting my favorite dessert!

I would kill for one of those right now!

I am working thought making a plan on Touring Plans that I will share later but as I said before, Epcot is the most relaxed because we like to just wander through the countries!

Up next: Day 2!​

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

I lied, this isn't day 2 plans because I am still figuring them out. I know we are going to Magic Kingdom. There are night EMH. I know we are finally going to see the welcome show. I am so excited about that. I am trying to plan it out so I make sure we get back to the resort to rest for a while in the afternoon. I feel like I will probably need that given my current health situation. I've been tweaking and altering plans for this day in Touring Plans for hours and I think I almost have it figured out.

Real liffe update that is frustrating, I was in a bad car wreck back in March. Like, lucky to be alive bad and I have been thankful for every day since but I sustained a shoulder injury in it. I had a CT done in the hospital but have held off on pursuing treatment because of my string of abdominal surgeries since then.

Well, something happened today and I can't move my arm at all. 3 of my fingers won't move and my entire arm is in so much pain I can't stand it. The doctors are trying to fit me in tomorrow so I am keeping my fingers crossed. Typing is really hard because i can only use one hand so this update will be short. My doctor said they think it could be a torn rotator cuff and/or nerve damage. I'm freaking out a bit as my arm is completely unable to move as of now.

I'll update you as I know more but i am now really worried about the trip being so soon with this new problem.

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

One last non trip post. Saw my doctor, they are concerned and sending me for an MRI, but they can't get me into a place with an open MRI until Nov 30, so now we wait. No use of my arm until then. Oh well.

I PROMISE MY NEXT POST WILL BE FULL DISNEY!!

 

[Dentam]

I hope this trip works out for you! I also hope that the doctors are able to figure out what's wrong with you arm so you can be on the mend very soon!

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

I promised myself I wouldn't overplan this trip since it is so soon.....HAHAHA THAT WENT WELL. I have a couple ADR updates as well as general planning updates. Let's start at day 1!

Day 1:

Epcot Day! Remember how I said I wasn't making an ADR and we were just going to snack around the world? Well, then I saw who the narrator is for the Candlelight Processional. I am SO excited. It is Neil Patrick Harris who I love dearly, but I realized that would make the crowds even worse, so I booked the dining package. I cringed at the price because I am a budget Disney planner, but I think it is really the best for 2 reasons. First, seeing it is really important to me and I think my mom will really enjoy it. I also sang in in for many years in high school and my mom was never able to come see it and I would love to share with her what it was that I went and sang in each year. Second, I'm not planning a break into this day. The way hours and the Processional fall out, it just isn't realistic. A TS meal forces me to stop and rest which is something that I am awful about, but need to for my own health. I'm sure my mom will also appreciate the break!

Another exciting thing is that it is a place we have never been to eat! Since the package is expensive I looked at lots of menus and ultimately decided to go with the one that is the cheapest which was just a fringe benefit! It was the feel of the place that made me pick it!

GERMANY HERE WE COME!

I'm pumped about the pretzel rolls. I have to admit, a lot of the foods are not my typical style but there is enough that I know I can eat that I will be good and I am looking forward to stepping out of my comfort zone. We have a lunch reservation for 1:25 pm which will put us at the 1st show which is what I was hoping for! They also have cheesecake and that's all I need.

Dining at Disney is big fun for me. I eat a really specific, restricted diet at home (I hate the word diet, I really just mean dietary plan). Some people have found it to help with my specific health conditions so I don't eat any animal products, wheat, soy, sugar, oil besides coconut or salt. It makes things pretty bland.

Because I don't have to eat that way, I choose to eat that way to possibly better my health, I take vacations off. My doctors know that I do this and they think its fine as long as I don't feel sick from what I'm eating. SO IM GOING IN ON SOME CHEESECAKE THIS TRIP. It's one of my all time favorite foods and I haven't had any since April when I was at Disney last.

With that tangent over, let's get back into plans.

DAY 2:

By some miracle (as most of this trip has been), I landed the one ADR that I really wanted. I've checked probably 10 times a day, every day, and nothing has been available, but at around 4 am, I GOT ONE!

That's right, I landed lunch at Be Our Guest!!! Now, I will say that this completely messed up my plans. I have been planning a long mid-day break where we go back to the hotel to rest. I want to be back to see the castle lighting so timing is very specific on this one. Well, the lunch reservation is for 2pm, after I was already hoping to be out of the park. I am going to keep my eyes open for an earlier one, but if not, we will make this work. I figure we can eat and then leave and then come back to catch the 2nd castle lighting. It isn't as long of a break as I was hoping for, but it can be done!

DAY 3:

This is something totally new for us. I love breakfast buffets at Disney. For the same reason as the cheesecake, I live for smoked salmon. It is one of my all time favorite foods and I would eat it daily if I could. I also think starting a long park day with breakfast makes it easier to keep energy. All of the character breakfasts I would have wanted are booked, but I still wanted to do something. I started looking into other options and stumbled across this beauty.

After some research I thought the breakfast looked fantastic and as a plus, it is way less than a character breakfast. We are going to DHS that day, so it should work perfectly! I am really excited for this meal!

Well, I think I'll have to end it there. Today is a crazy busy day. We are having a HUGE yardsale tomorrow and there is a ton that needs to be done and I am the only one home all day! Me and my one working arm have lots to go through and price! That's okay, I love the sense of accomplishment in doing something like this plus I am hoping that I'll end up being able to cover the entire Disney trip with this yardsale. I'm telling you, we have a lot of crap that is going out, but it is all good stuff in good shape!

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

I hope this trip works out for you! I also hope that the doctors are able to figure out what's wrong with you arm so you can be on the mend very soon!

Thanks! I am sure this trip will be amazing no matter what. I sort of declared to my mom that unless my arm falls off between now and then, we are taking this trip. She laughed. I think she appreciates my determination!

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

What do you do when you feel that you have nothing to plan? You find things to plan! Soooo, I bring to you, my day 2 plans!!!

Park: Magic Kingdom!

Top Priorities: Castle Lighting! Wishes! Lunch! Surprising My Mom! Welcome Show!

Emotional Level: Almost crying while typing this. I'm so excited.

As a lot of you may know, I love making touring plans. I am not the kind of person who insists on following it to the minute, but I find that with a plan you can get so much more out of your day.

Touring Plan:

1. Welcome Show - I have never seen the Welcome Show and am so excited. Last time I was at Disney, we missed it by about 5 minutes so this time it is a priority!

2. Jungle Cruise - I haven't been on the Jungle Cruise at WDW in a while. I went when I was at Disneyland this summer and think it would be fun to ride it again! I am going to include what touring plans is showing the estimated wait time is for each ride at the end of each step. (8)

3. Pirates of the Caribbean - I have a love/hate thing with this ride. I enjoy the ride, but I can't take the ECV through the line and the way the queue is, it's a pain to push a wheelchair through, so we normally skip it. Well, I really want to write a blog post comparing Disneyland's Pirates to WDW's. So, my options were to get a FP or go early. I have FP's set up for this day, but I am planning on redoing them, so these plans are not using any FPs. (4)

4. Thunder Mountain - This is my favorite ride. I know we will actually end up riding it a few times through out the day, but this is the first. (6)

5. Space Mountain - This is a surprise for my mom. She loves this ride but never rides it because I don't. Well, I got fast passes for it and figure she can go twice in a row! The wait on the plan is for without the FP but I figure it's better to factor in more time. (16)

6. Meet Cinderella and Rapunzel - I love meeting characters. I also love the princesses. I did this when we went for my 19th birthday and it is always so much fun. I also have a FP for this (21)

7. Prince Charming Carousel - I haven't been on this since I was 4 years old. I think it would be fun. I always overlook it and I think it is time to get back on the horse (get it??). (4)

8. Mickey's PhilharMagic - This never gets old for me. I love the music and the 3d and the time to get out of the heat/cold/rain. I'm sorry to those who sit by my, I have to sing along. (9)

9. it's a small world - I love this ride. I know some people find it annoying, but I think it is classic Disney. Plus, I want to compare it to the Disneyland one! (4)

10. Carousel of Progress - This is one of my favorites. I love sitting for a little while and enjoying some true classic Walt magic! (5)

11. Peoplemover - Another classic. I find that this always provides a welcome break from touring and there is almost never a line. It is also one of my bucket list items to see Space Mountain with the lights on from here! (0)

At this point, Touring Plans is showing 84 free minutes. That is obviously an estimate, but it safe to say we will have at least a free hour. I'm not sure what we will do at this point. Maybe reride something we love, probably do some pin trading. I bought my mom a set of pins and a lanyard to surprise her with. I have always been very into pin trading and sometimes she helps, but I think she will really enjoy it and now it is something we can do together!! After our free time, we are heading off to something so exciting!

(this picture is actually one I took, unlike the others)

12. Lunch at Be Our Guest - This was a miracle reservation. I was able to get it not even 2 weeks in advance. I had been checking and checking and there was never anything at any time available. Then, one night at about 4 am, I decided to check and sure enough, THERE IT WAS! It is for 2 pm which isn't ideal because we want to leave the park but be back in time for castle lighting, but it is better than nothing! I am hoping there is a way that I can find an earlier reservation, but if not this is totally fine!

After this we will be heading back to All Star Movies for a little resting! Next post: the second half day 2 plans!

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

It's getting so close! We are officially leaving in 78 hours! I can't believe how last minute everything in this trip has been! It's insane! It's also really exciting because it meant no long countdowns this time!

I'm going to have to give you a little update before I get into the rest of the plan. This has been a really hard/bad day. My dad lost his job. He is a chiropractor and a year and a half ago we closed his private office for him to take over an office for a corporation. Well, today, with no warning and without him doing anything wrong, they let him go. It's devastating to my family and we aren't really sure what we are going to do. Right away I told my dad that I thought we should cancel the trip but he won't let me. This year has been hard and this is something really positive. He also pointed out that my mom and I are paying for passes anyway and one of the two hotel nights are paid for. I feel like we shouldn't go when money is now an issue, but my dad isn't letting that happen. He said it would upset him far more if mom and I canceled our trip too. But if you guys could maybe put us in your prayers that would mean the world to us. Both my mom and I are disabled and it's not like there are just tons of chiropractic jobs out there. I told my parents that I am completely happy just spending time as a family for my birthday and christmas and I sincerely hope that they don't spend anything on me. I have more than I could ever need and I just want our family to be okay. This is so hard because it came out of nowhere. The people he was working for are truly awful people. We had seen a little bit here and there of how awful they are, but this is so wrong. It's awful because my dad feels like he failed us which couldn't be farther from the truth. I keep hugging him and reminding him that, but this is hard. It's been a really hard night in our house. As much as I feel like we should cancel this trip, knowing that my dad isn't letting that happen, I think my mom and I could both use the positivity that comes from it.

I'm going to separate the second half of the Touring Plan from this post because I don't want this sadness associated with it.

 

[Dentam]

I'm so sorry to hear that your dad lost his job. Can he start his own office again or find another one to work in? Sending good thoughts to your family during this hard time.

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

I'm so sorry to hear that your dad lost his job. Can he start his own office again or find another one to work in? Sending good thoughts to your family during this hard time.

Thank you. He is trying to find a new one to work in, but there just aren't a ton of openings. As far as opening his office again, it really isn't an option. We completely closed down the office. A lot of our patients started seeing other doctors. We run a small practice on Saturday for some of our patients and we are going to send out a mailing and try to build that up since that seems like our best option at this point. It's just crazy because it honestly came out of nowhere.

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

It's not looking good for the trip. My mom brought up the idea of her staying home to work and me and my dad going. I already canceled our Candlelight Processional Package. With my dad out of work, we really shouldn't be going. The only thing is that we will lose what we have already paid for the hotel which is 1 night and I don't know if they will also charge us the other night. My mom just said we will all sit down and talk tomorrow. I just feel so awful because I am the reason this trip is happening and we shouldn't be spending any money with things as they are but we didn't even know until Friday night and it was too late to cancel the room.

It just kind of feels like the universe keeps kicking my family when we are down. I would give anything for things just to be okay. Does anyone know if there is any way to talk to Disney and possibly cancel the room even though we are two days out? I need to find a way to cancel this, for my family. I can go back to Disney any time, but I need to find a way to help my family now.

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

Does anyone mind if I use this space to rant for a minute? I just don't have anyone to talk to about this. My parents don't want to tell people about his job yet and I don't want to make them feel any worse so I can't talk to them. Fair warning, I may sound like a pathetic 5 year old whining about things not going her way, but you know what, sometimes that happens when you are sad.

You honestly do not have to read this. It's not exactly happy and now Disney related.

My dad losing his job is just the topper on what has honestly been the worst year of any of our lives. Last August, we closed my dads office in a week so that he could take this job. It wasn't really what he wanted to do but the money was good and having a steady paycheck was better in this economy than running an office because when people don't have money, they don't go to the chiropractor. The job was really hard on him. Counting his commute, he was gone 14 hours a day, 5 days a week. Plus on Saturdays we moved into a friends PT place and saw some of our old patients there. That meant it was only ever Sunday that he had off. He worked in 2 offices. One an hour away on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and one 45 minutes away Tuesday and Thursday. The closer office was seeing around 6 patients a day when my dad started there. He built the practice up so busy they added another day. They switched him to MWF at that office and told him that in a few weeks he would be running a new office they were building on Tuesday and Thursday. They lied. They were never giving him a spot at the new office. They were using him and lying. They took away 40% of our income. He built the practice up to seeing 30 patients a day instead of 6 like he started. He was averaging 90 appointments a week out of that office. The previous doctor was averaging 12. They have treated him like crap since the beginning and it hasn't been fair. To just finally top it off, they call him at 6 pm on the day after thanksgiving to tell him that they hired a new doctor and that he was fired due to "complaints." However, when he asked what the complaints were so that he could fix them or at least know going forward, they wouldn't give any information. It's because there weren't any. The patients were thrilled with him and he was helping so many people. The company just used him. They hired him because they were desperate but they wanted someone right out of school that they could boss around so as soon as they found that, they tossed my dad out without so much as a days warning. Right before the holidays. They are the coldest, most heartless people I have ever seen.

In March is when they took away 40%. The first Tuesday that my dad wasn't working, we were heading for me to get my hair done because I had a gift card. We were at a stop light when all of a sudden a giant pick up truck plows into the driver side of my dads car going 60 mph. He hit us twice and threw the car up over the curb. I thought my dad was dead. It was the worst moment of my life and I am still working with a PTSD therapist to move past it. We were both very lucky in the accident, but are still in immense pain even all these months later. I lost my ability to play guitar in that accident. I was working as a professional musician at the time. That's over now. This was the car.

2 weeks after the accident, I had major abdominal surgery. They had to remove my ovary and my appendix as well as lots of endometriosis. They thought it would work to relieve my chronic pain. After 2 months of recovery and PT, we found out it hadn't worked, but I had lost my only functioning ovary and my ability to ever have kids.

Fast forward to end of April. My uncle is diagnosed with lung cancer. He starts chemo. He isn't doing well. He is the person who takes care of my Grandma. She falls and has to go into the hospital. Her dementia gets much worse. She isn't able to be brought home, we have to put her in a nursing home against her will. She doesn't know who I am anymore. She things my dad is her brother.

Beginning of June, treatment didn't work. My uncle calls us over to tell us that the doctors have given him a month to live. The next day the whole family comes together. People from out of town fly in. We all go over to have dinner together like we have done so many times. Lots of hugs and telling him how much we love him. He died that night. It wasn't a month, it was a day.

This set my grandma over the edge. She isn't even here anymore. She wakes up crying and screaming for my uncle. They had to move her to a memory lockdown unit because she was a danger to herself and others. We all try to visit every day, but it is really hard.

August of this year I am finally able to go back to the intersection where the accident happened. It took 5 months, but I can do it. My parents were able to talk me through it and remind me that it was a freak thing and would never happen again. One night we are waiting at the red light at the same corner. Some girl was texting and driving. She drove into the back of our car at full speed. She never slowed down. MY shoulder got worse and my wrist was badly injured. I now can't play ukulele or piano. All of my instruments are gone. My PTSD is even worse. I don't sleep because when I do, I have full sensory flashbacks. Even now, the sound of breaking glass sends me over the edge. I just end up crying and rocking back and forth until someone can break me out of it.

Through all of this my health has gotten progressively worse and worse with no answers. I am at the point now where I need a wheelchair to even leave my house. Most days I'm not able to leave. I'm lucky if I can even get out of bed most days.

I've lost so much this year because of my health. I had to cancel our September Disney trip. I had to sell my Taylor Swift (my idol) tickets last minute because I wasn't well enough. My trip to California went very different and I ended up not being able to do much even with my mom coming along so that I could go and use a wheelchair and such as I needed. I had to cancel an amazing music festival cruise I was supposed to be going on in March 2016 because I am still getting worse. I also have to cancel the Disney trip that was supposed to happen when I came back from that.

Even with all of that I always try to stay positive. My friends and family ask me how I do it with everything we/I have been dealt. I just tell them that it's because I have to be. That's until now.

Here I am again, having to cancel another trip while trying to process that we now have no source of income because of something completely out of our control. I just keep asking myself, what is the point?

I feel helpless because I can't help my family with this. I try to work from home at any chance I get, but there just isn't a ton of work to be had. I also feel bad because I know my medical bills take a huge toll on them. They didn't sign up for a defective kid. They never once have made me feel bad about that and tell me how crazy I am when I bring it up, but it's true.

I'm sorry this is such a sad/negative post, I just needed a space to let my feelings out.

My mom is going to call and talk to Disney and beg for a refund on the room. Or maybe at least the chance to move the reservation out a few months. I know my dad told me to still go, but I wouldn't be able to enjoy a second of it. I would just feel so horrible that we shouldn't be spending the money.

Once again I am sorry about this post, I just had to get it out before I went insane. Now I am probably going to snuggle up with my Stitch stuffed animal and have a little cry and maybe watch a Disney movie. I hope you all had a great thanksgiving!

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

Oh
My
Goodness

The trip is back on! It got turned on it's head, but it is happening!!!! Who is ready to hear the new, exciting plan????

 

[cantoine]

Wow. You have had a pretty rough year. I am very sorry to hear of all the heart ache and hardships that you and your family have had to overcome. But the important thing to remember is you are still here and still hanging on. Sometimes, that's all we need to get through the bad, taking it day for day. I want you to know you are not alone, and the fact that you have shared these life altering events shows you are on the path of healing. You will get to Disney, it may not be today, it may not be tomorrow, but YOU will get there, sometime soon. And when you do, it will mean that much more to you, because it will signify that all the bad is coming to an end, and that a new beginning is about to start.

 

[cantoine]

Oh
My
Goodness

The trip is back on! It got turned on it's head, but it is happening!!!! Who is ready to hear the new, exciting plan????

That is awesome! All you need is faith and trust and a little bit of pixie dust!

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

Wow. You have had a pretty rough year. I am very sorry to hear of all the heart ache and hardships that you and your family have had to overcome. But the important thing to remember is you are still here and still hanging on. Sometimes, that's all we need to get through the bad, taking it day for day. I want you to know you are not alone, and the fact that you have shared these life altering events shows you are on the path of healing. You will get to Disney, it may not be today, it may not be tomorrow, but YOU will get there, sometime soon. And when you do, it will mean that much more to you, because it will signify that all the bad is coming to an end, and that a new beginning is about to start.

Thank you for your kind words. Finally just ranting and getting all of those feelings out helped a lot. I have faith that things will get better from here because that's how life is.

 

[MouseketeerKelsey]

This has been such an emotional ride. So, here are the new plans. We are heading to Orlando early Tuesday morning. We are doing Epcot and Hollywood Studios that day. We are staying one night. Wednesday we are spending the whole day at Magic Kingdom. Then we are heading home. I canceled the ADRs except for lunch at Be Our Guest.

Here is where it gets even weirder. My mom is staying home. She suggested that my dad go with me. He hasn't been to Disney in a long time and she thought he could use the distraction. She said she has been so many times and physically it is difficult on her so she is happy to have us go. She is going to work for the two days.

Because the night at the hotel and my pass were already paid for, that makes the cost the downpayment on my dads pass ($112), some money for food (not that much, we aren't big eaters, and my scooter rental ($60). It is doable. We actually ended up with almost $190 in found money today because we were able to return some things that people gave us a long time ago that we had completely forgotten about.

Yes, the trip is different, but I am just so thankful to be going. It's also fun because my dad is really excited. I know that this will be our last thing that we do until money is okay again, so I am going to try to enjoy it as much as possible. I am going to try to put the past year and worries about money and the future out of my head for the 2 days because I am in Walt Disney World and we deserve to have a good time.

Thank you for sticking with me through this tornado of a PTR. I am going to finish up my Touring Plans tonight and post them tomorrow!

 

[cantoine]

Hope your trip was magical!