Hi Everyone!
When we began planning our trip to Disney World for the beginning of March, I found this website and started reading the trip reports on here. I really enjoyed reading them and they made me even more anxious for our upcoming trip. So now that we're back from our wonderful trip, I decided to post my own =)
My name is Taryn. My husband, Ken and I live in California with our daughter, Ash. We love all things Disney. Ken and I have been going to Disneyland about 4 times a year since we started dating in 2005. We got engaged there in 2006 and love everything about Disneyland. My first trip to Walt Disney World was in 2008 and my second was in 2009. Both trips we went with pushy/rude family members and they were full of drama. We never got a chance to really take everything in and enjoy ourselves. I liked Disney World but didn't love it like Disneyland. Everything changed this trip. It was our first trip with just my husband, daughter and I. And for the first time, I absolutely fell in love with Disney World! We were able to cherish our time there and really have a blast. It was unquestionably the best vacation I've ever been on. Now, we can't wait to go back and are planning our next trip!
Our trip took place March 2nd-March 9th. We also went to Universal Studios to check out the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Day 1- A sleepy first day spent in the Magic Kingdom
Our flight left home at 7:30pm and arrived in Florida at 5:45am. We were a little nervous abut flying with our little toddler but she did great! She colored and read for part of our flight and then slept for the rest of it. Ken and I barely slept, we were too excited! When we got there, we got our rental car(which was heaven to have) and headed to Disney's All Star Resort. We were in a little daze by the lack of sleep. Once we got to the hotel we decided to have a change in plans. Originally we wanted to get to Magic Kingdom for park opening but then we realized that Ash needed more then 5 hours of sleep and we needed to get a couple. So we unpacked the car and then got Ash's pack n play ready and we all crashed by 7:45.
At 9:45 our alarm was going off and Ken jumped out of bed and got ready. Then he attempted to wake me up and stole my covers so I'd get moving. haha. After we were done changing and getting ready we woke our sleepy little girl up, changed her and slathered her in sun block and then we were off. When we loaded the monorail I had my arm around Ken and one hand on the stroller. Ken kept giving me a weird look and I asked "what"? Then he told me that I had my hand on his butt. Oops, I thought it was his back. I guess the two hour nap didn't do me that much good... We made it to the front gates of the Magic Kingdom by 11:00. Walking down main street, like always was amazing! I can never get over how beautiful the castle is. It is a little déjà vu like walking around the park though. I still get a little turned around here and there and will feel like I'm in Disneyland. The weather was absolutely perfect and stayed that way for the length of our trip. Nothing's better then high 70/low 80 weather, right? I was debating about what I should pack quite a lot before the trip. We'd only been in September together and it's can't.breathe.it's.too.hot weather and I didn't know what to expect for the first week of March. I decided to bring a little bit of everything for Ash and I: jeans, dresses, tank tops, shorts, sweatshirts. Ken made fun of me for bringing dresses because he thought I'd be too cold. However, it ended up being perfect dress weather.
Anyways..I guess I should get back on track. We were so happy to be in Disney World and standing on Main Street. We started contemplating what to do first. We decided to head over to Fantasyland, it was a little busy but Small World's wait wasn't too long so we jumped in line. Ash enjoyed it quite a bit even with her sleepy little self. After IASW we headed over to the Village Haus for lunch, we were starving. We did the dining plan again on this trip. It really is such a great deal especially with how much food Ken eats! I love planning out what restaurants we're going to book prior to our trip. I think WDW has a great selection and eating tons of yummy food is one of the best parts about being on vacation here. Ken ordered a chili dog at Village Haus and Ash and I both had pepperoni pizza. I am very much a picky eater. I'm known to eat off the kids menu often and I don't really enjoy fancy food. After devouring our lunch we watched PhilharMagic. It's very cute and Ash enjoyed it. I think she would've enjoyed it even more if she let us put the glasses on her but we had no such luck.
Our daughter was looking very sleepy so we decided walk around while she was in her stroller hoping that she'd give into her sleepiness. We browsed the shops on main street and made mental notes on what we'd be coming back for later in our trip. Ash decided to not take a nap, she was too focused on everything going on. Who could blame her though? While we were in the candy shop, a cast member gave her a piece of freshly made cotton candy, it was very tasty. We headed to get Ash some Mickey Ears after leaving the candy store and we found the black ones we wanted. We got her name engraved and the cast member gave her some Mickey stickers. We had so many cast members this trip do nice things for Ashlynn. She got pins, stickers galore and lots of interaction from them. I love that they strive to make trips for kids special. After getting Ash's hat we attempted to have have her pick out whatever toy she wanted. She didn't want any stuffed animal or toy for more then a minute before throwing it though. We really wanted her to pick something out on her own so we decided to let her pick something out when she wasn't so tired. When we headed out of the Emporium, the parade was just starting and we walked right up to the front to watch it. The characters were all so interactive with Ashlynn. She waved at some and ignored others. It was really amusing. I'm glad we got to watch it on our first day without even planning on it!
When we began planning our trip to Disney World for the beginning of March, I found this website and started reading the trip reports on here. I really enjoyed reading them and they made me even more anxious for our upcoming trip. So now that we're back from our wonderful trip, I decided to post my own =)
My name is Taryn. My husband, Ken and I live in California with our daughter, Ash. We love all things Disney. Ken and I have been going to Disneyland about 4 times a year since we started dating in 2005. We got engaged there in 2006 and love everything about Disneyland. My first trip to Walt Disney World was in 2008 and my second was in 2009. Both trips we went with pushy/rude family members and they were full of drama. We never got a chance to really take everything in and enjoy ourselves. I liked Disney World but didn't love it like Disneyland. Everything changed this trip. It was our first trip with just my husband, daughter and I. And for the first time, I absolutely fell in love with Disney World! We were able to cherish our time there and really have a blast. It was unquestionably the best vacation I've ever been on. Now, we can't wait to go back and are planning our next trip!
Our trip took place March 2nd-March 9th. We also went to Universal Studios to check out the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Day 1- A sleepy first day spent in the Magic Kingdom
Our flight left home at 7:30pm and arrived in Florida at 5:45am. We were a little nervous abut flying with our little toddler but she did great! She colored and read for part of our flight and then slept for the rest of it. Ken and I barely slept, we were too excited! When we got there, we got our rental car(which was heaven to have) and headed to Disney's All Star Resort. We were in a little daze by the lack of sleep. Once we got to the hotel we decided to have a change in plans. Originally we wanted to get to Magic Kingdom for park opening but then we realized that Ash needed more then 5 hours of sleep and we needed to get a couple. So we unpacked the car and then got Ash's pack n play ready and we all crashed by 7:45.
At 9:45 our alarm was going off and Ken jumped out of bed and got ready. Then he attempted to wake me up and stole my covers so I'd get moving. haha. After we were done changing and getting ready we woke our sleepy little girl up, changed her and slathered her in sun block and then we were off. When we loaded the monorail I had my arm around Ken and one hand on the stroller. Ken kept giving me a weird look and I asked "what"? Then he told me that I had my hand on his butt. Oops, I thought it was his back. I guess the two hour nap didn't do me that much good... We made it to the front gates of the Magic Kingdom by 11:00. Walking down main street, like always was amazing! I can never get over how beautiful the castle is. It is a little déjà vu like walking around the park though. I still get a little turned around here and there and will feel like I'm in Disneyland. The weather was absolutely perfect and stayed that way for the length of our trip. Nothing's better then high 70/low 80 weather, right? I was debating about what I should pack quite a lot before the trip. We'd only been in September together and it's can't.breathe.it's.too.hot weather and I didn't know what to expect for the first week of March. I decided to bring a little bit of everything for Ash and I: jeans, dresses, tank tops, shorts, sweatshirts. Ken made fun of me for bringing dresses because he thought I'd be too cold. However, it ended up being perfect dress weather.
Anyways..I guess I should get back on track. We were so happy to be in Disney World and standing on Main Street. We started contemplating what to do first. We decided to head over to Fantasyland, it was a little busy but Small World's wait wasn't too long so we jumped in line. Ash enjoyed it quite a bit even with her sleepy little self. After IASW we headed over to the Village Haus for lunch, we were starving. We did the dining plan again on this trip. It really is such a great deal especially with how much food Ken eats! I love planning out what restaurants we're going to book prior to our trip. I think WDW has a great selection and eating tons of yummy food is one of the best parts about being on vacation here. Ken ordered a chili dog at Village Haus and Ash and I both had pepperoni pizza. I am very much a picky eater. I'm known to eat off the kids menu often and I don't really enjoy fancy food. After devouring our lunch we watched PhilharMagic. It's very cute and Ash enjoyed it. I think she would've enjoyed it even more if she let us put the glasses on her but we had no such luck.
Our daughter was looking very sleepy so we decided walk around while she was in her stroller hoping that she'd give into her sleepiness. We browsed the shops on main street and made mental notes on what we'd be coming back for later in our trip. Ash decided to not take a nap, she was too focused on everything going on. Who could blame her though? While we were in the candy shop, a cast member gave her a piece of freshly made cotton candy, it was very tasty. We headed to get Ash some Mickey Ears after leaving the candy store and we found the black ones we wanted. We got her name engraved and the cast member gave her some Mickey stickers. We had so many cast members this trip do nice things for Ashlynn. She got pins, stickers galore and lots of interaction from them. I love that they strive to make trips for kids special. After getting Ash's hat we attempted to have have her pick out whatever toy she wanted. She didn't want any stuffed animal or toy for more then a minute before throwing it though. We really wanted her to pick something out on her own so we decided to let her pick something out when she wasn't so tired. When we headed out of the Emporium, the parade was just starting and we walked right up to the front to watch it. The characters were all so interactive with Ashlynn. She waved at some and ignored others. It was really amusing. I'm glad we got to watch it on our first day without even planning on it!
. It was time to head to Tampa for our Yankee/Red-Sox spring training game. We got there in a little over an hour. We were of course, hoping to get autographs but no one was signing before the game. We were bummed since that was the reason we got to the game early. We only stayed for a little bit before Ash started crying and was not going to sit and watch the game. We couldn't blame our little pumpkin, she'd had a long couple days and having her sit through a baseball game was too much. So we left and headed back to WDW. It was 8:00 and we were really hungry so we stopped at Cracker Barrel. Our friend, who's a seasonal cast member, told us it was delicious so we decided to try it out. It was very neat looking, there's a little shop attached to the restaurant that we browsed through while waiting for our table. We got some candy while we waited. And were seated after about 15 minutes. Our waiter was so nice! He went our of his way to ensure that we had a terrific dinner. We had a really great dinner too. I got the mac n cheese, Ash got the grilled cheese and Ken got their fish with biscuits and lots of vegetables. We all really enjoyed our food. Ash kept dipping her grilled cheese in ketchup. Who would have thought that was such a yummy combo? :ROFLOL:.
