Wimett's Doing the World: Let the Trip Report Begin!!!!!

[jenwimett]

OK the excitement is killing me! 5 days until we are otta here! I thought now would be a good time to start my pre-trip report.

The luntic that I am, this first ever family Disney trip all started in the depths of my mind in the middle of April. I constantly surf the net and look at great vacation spots dreaming of the day I can get away. Low and behold DISNEY WITH FREE DINING!!!!

I yell to hubby while my eyes pop out of my head reading the details, "Honey! We Are Going To Disney World!" Now, hubby already knows the lunatic that I am when it comes to vacationing. There is not much to dicuss when I get my mind set on it. So his response, "OK, whatever you want." On that fateful day I began to plan.

Our Cast

DH: Jim, will be 31 when we arrive in the world. Great guy! Will do anything for his family. His passion is his volunteer job as a firefighter. He tolerates my Disney obsession sometimes picks on me for it. He thinks I am cute when I talk about it as well.

Me: Jen, 30, the dear wife and mother who put this great expectation trip together. Oh, and don't forget the lunatic I am when it comes to vacationing.

DS: Jimmy, 6, Doesn't grasp the idea of the magical world of Disney. All cares about is meeting the power rangers and if our hotel pool has a cool slide.

Yes, it's just the three of us. Me at the wheel of the trip planning while DH and DS are locked in the trunk! I'm not kidding. This trip will be planned my way or it's the highway. No one is allowed to give their input. I told you I was a lunatic!


Up Next...

WHAT NO EXPEDITION EVEREST!!!!!!!

 

[KathyRN137]

for a fabulous trip!

Kathy

 

[jenwimett]

So here I am planning my trip and everything is going as planned. I begin to do all the research I need, including stalking the DisBoards, for any little tip I can get.

I start talking the trip up to DS who over came his fear of roller costers this summer. I begin to tell him all about the different rides at WDW and I start talking about the new one in AK. The hyped up new ride called Expedition Everest.

DS- "Cool, what's it like?"

Me- "Well, it has no loops and it seems to have some drops. I hear there is a Yeti!"

DS- "What's a Yeti?"

Me-"It's like the snow monster on Scooby Doo, I think?"

DS-"NO WAY, I am not riding that! It's too scarey for me!"

Me-"WHAT? You love roller costers! Please ride it for me!!! If you don't ride it then Daddy and I will have to ride it separtley by ourselves. Please do this for us!"

DS-"What does the Yeti look like?"

Me-"I don't know, but if I find a picture of him and show you what he looks like will you ride it?"

DS-"Sure!"

I begin to search the net, so my dreams of riding EE don't whither away. Finally I find a picture. Oh, goodness he does look kind of scary. Do I really show this to him. I have to show him or I might not be able to go on the ride with my family togther and I have it already planned that we stay together!
I call Jimmy into the room and have him look at the computer screen. He begins to panic. "Forget it! No Way! I am not riding this ride!!!" What do I do? He starts crying and putting a guilt trip on me for begging him to ride it. I finally calm him down and put him to bed.

I lay in bed an put a lot of thought into it. It's not the end of the universe because DS does not want to ride this ride. I will ruin my whole trip if I continue to push him. I figure I can always wait and ride it when we come back in a couple of years or what the heck do a solo ride. There is nothing wrong with that right?

DH gets home late that night. I tell him that there will absolutley be no discussing about EE in this house again. I do not want to hear anything about it. I don't wish to get DS in a frenzey dreading going to the world. This is not what I want this trip to turn into.

It has been a month since the EE ban and I can say DS is showing excitement about the upcoming trip. Are we going to ride it? I don't know I guess you will have to wait and read the post trip report when we get back.

Coming Up....

Swiping Green Mickey's, Packing, and last post before we leave!!

 

[OhMari]

Hope to here from you when you get back. I just got some green mickey's at Home Depot. Then I thought, where else can you go in a store and put paint samples in our purse. Is it stealing? What did you do with your "green Mickey's" and did your son ride EE.

 

[jenwimett]

Less than 24 hours! We are going to be on a plane heading to pure sunshine! I must tell you all that our actual Disney holiday has a slight detour. We will be making our first stop in Miami. You heard it right, I have to spend 3 days on the warm sun filled beaches of Miami! My hubby is a huge fan of the Miami Dolphins. I thought we would plan some time to attend a game. On Sunday we will be at the Dolphins vs Titans game and right after we start our Disney extravaganza.

I failed to mention that Sunday is hubby's birthday. Yes, you guessed it, I have a few surprises instore. We will be arriving late to our final desitnation, the Wilderness Lodge. I thought well, we are getting in so late why don't we have dinner at Whispery Canyon Cafe. Hee Hee! If you hear a loud obnoxious Happy Birthday singing coming from WCC at around 9:30pm that will be the staff seranading my hubby. I have it all planned. They are going to bring a cake out to him and hopefully succeed in my goal of turning him red. I also will be presenting him with his gift. A card annoucing his pressence will be required at the Richard Petty's Driving Experience the very next morning. I can't wait to write about his reaction when I get back!

Holy Moly I have 23 1/2 hours to departure and I haven't even finished packing yet. I guess I need to get moving, but then I need to finish attaching my mickey heads. Oh, yes I did! I went to home depot and shamelessly swiped mickey heads and put them in my purse. Thanks to the disboards I am officially a theif! When I got home with them I soaked them in hot water and peeled the backing away from the heads. When they dried out I glued two of them together. I took my heads to Staples and had them laminated into luggage tags. I have them attached to all of my luggage and I have a few left for hubby and ds to were on their lanyards like me. They are absolutely refusing to were them! They think I am a nut. Hubby is even calling me a Disney Dinger! Now, thats not right!
You wait, I will get my way! Hubby and ds will wear their mickey heads with honor! They have no choice!

I really must be going , but I will be writing when I reture on the 30th. I will figure out how to post pics and give you the best trip report I can write!



DISNEY WORLD HERE WE COME!