Here we go!
Day 1 - March 1st
As I mentioned, this trip was pretty last minute for us but the weeks still dragged on. Especially during the heart of winter in Maine. We were tired of the endless cold and snow and ready for Florida weather!
Two nights before we left, we saw that we could upgrade from All Star Sports to Pop Century for less than $200 more. We jumped on it, as Ian hates folding up the packed stroller to get on the bus and the ability to just board the skyliner for 2/4 parks was a big motivator.
Our flight on Friday was out of Boston (about 1.5 hours away from our house in Maine) at 11 AM. This was great timing as it meant we did not need to wake Nora up early!
We were up and ready to go when my dad came to pick us up.
Nora was very excited about her Magic band that I couldn't resist paying $10 for her to wear for like an hour total lol
The drive to Boston was pretty uneventful. It was after rush hour which helped quite a bit.
Security was a breeze and we were left with about 45 minutes before boarding. Nora is always a fan of the kids play area in this part of the airport and has fun getting her wiggles out before the flight.
After a little playtime, we grabbed a couple pre-vacation donuts. I needed a little sugar to get me going.
We pre-boarded with the other families of littles. This was Nora's first flight with her very own seat. We have done 5-6 with her in our laps and I've hated every one of those flights. This was SO MUCH BETTER.
We brought her carseat for her to sit in. Ian didn't love carrying it around the airport but it was so worth it.
We chose a window seat for Nora and a middle for me. We chose the seat in front of Nora for Ian because she has LONG legs and could certainly reach the seat in front of her to kick. Just trying to be courteous of other passengers (sorry Ian!)
The first 2 out of the 3 hours went pretty well. Nora did some activities, coloring, watched Bluey with her headphones and had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
She fell asleep after a little over an hour and I thought YES - WIN. But then after 40 minutes someone behind her kicked her seat and woke her up. And so we spend the last hour of the flight inconsolably sobbing. She was just so tired and definitely needed to sleep much longer than that. I felt for her and tried my best to offer comfort (to no avail)
This is where the carseat is amazing though. While she was thrashing and upset she was locked into her seat, not causing harm or disruption to anyone. When she would get upset as a lap infant it was SO AWFUL trying to control her in my lap. This was a million times better even in the struggle.
We eventually survived the meltdown and started our descent. Nora kept pointing out the window and shouting "WE DID IT. DISNEY WORLD"
Deplaning went quickly and before long we had a quick outfit change to something more appropriate for the warm temps.
Nora was excited for her first "ride" of the trip too.
Our bags came out pretty quickly and soon we were getting loaded into our Uber XL. We needed LOTS of space for our bags and stroller and carseat (traveling with a toddler
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Our Uber driver was very nice and was excited to tell us to start taking pictures at the entrance.
On our way I got a room ready text. We were in the 50s section on the second floor. We had requested a king room and were granted one, so we were pretty excited!
Once at Pop we went straight to our room, we were too excited!
