So, looks like we have a new trip planned in the near future!! Woohoo!! Now, there is one point that is bad news. It won't be at the Fort
So yesterday, my mother-in-law (MIL) spends the day with us, and we're going around to some stores and just enjoying the day. So Beth, Reilly, and I leave around 6 PM to head back home, and Beth and her mom are talking on the phone. Well they somehow decide that we need to go somewhere July 4th. Sanibel Island, Jacksonville, Tampa, the Keys, we floated a few ideas around. In the end, we decided that we were going to go to Disney (not as if I didn't magically push all of them into that decision

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It is going to be Beth, Reilly and I, as well as Beth's mom and Beth's uncle (her mom's brother). Her uncle is kind of private, so we started looking for either a suite or someplace where 2 rooms would be feasible. Oh, and I should mention, this is "family trip" that they've decided they want to give us, so we don't have to pay!!! WOOHOO!! Yea, I know, I'm spoiled, I got lucky, sue me
So for once we were able to look without money being much of an option (they recently received some inheritance). We actually found a really good deal on the cabins, for only $200 bucks a night. Our trip is going to be from Thursday-Sunday, which I think is July 3rd to July 6th. The cabins for a long time seemed to be the way we were heading, and I was very happy about that!
However, Beth has never stayed at the Polynesian and it's one of her favorite resorts, and I know her being able to finally stay there, as well as it being Reilly's first Disney trip ever, will make it really special for her. So we decided to go with the Polynesian, and we just got two adjoining rooms so that it would be a bit more private. Now I know what it feels like to be rich!! Kind of!! Ok not really, but for once it's nice!!
I can't tell you how excited Beth is, she spent all night calling up all her friends telling them about her new trip with Reilly (and his first trip, Disney or not). He'll be 3 months by then, and while we were going to wait until 6 months, 3 should be fine. This is a once in a lifetime kind of trip, one where we're going to really do it up, and it will be a trip we can talk with Reilly about for the rest of his life ("Hey remember when we took Reilly on his first trip, and dad had one too many and started rambling about peacocks and otters?")...lol.
We've already made reservations for the Lua, and for O'Hanas (one of our favorites), as well as plans to have Tonga Toast every morning...lol. This is her uncle's first trip maybe to Disney ever (he might have been once like in 1976...lol), he's 62 years old, so it's one we want to make really special for him. Also with it being Reilly's first Disney trip ever, I am really going to have to plan out my "grab a drink at the bar while the girls go shopping" moves, because that kid is going to have two women and an uncle doting on him all weekend...lol.
If you can't tell, I'm really excited about the trip. I really wish we could have made the Fort his first trip, but this will be the first time Beth and I have stayed at the Polynesian together, her first stay there ever (as well as her mom and uncle), and my first stay in years.
Oh, and there will definitely be a couple boat trips over to the Fort to hang out at Crockett's on some of those nights, so maybe I'll see some of you around!!! lol
Just look for me at some point in the day at either Crockett's, The Outer Rim bar at the Contemporary, or now probably quite a few trips to that great bar at O'Hanas (watched the Packers amazing playoff game last playofss in their large sitting area, was great!). Although now we have a kid, so there probably won't be as much time spent there!