I know, I know, that's the busiest time of year to go, but hear me out! Christmas sucks for us right about now! And we decided that instead of staying home and wallowing in our sorrow, we would go somewhere and try to keep ourselves busy. Christmas 2022 obviously sucked, but we were so numb at that point that it's all a blur. Then 2023 was horrific and felt like the first Christmas without Lily. Needless to say, I didn't feel like decorating nor celebrating, so we didn't do a whole lot that year. Last year, I still couldn't bring myself to decorate, but we tried to attend a few celebrations and ease back into things. My anniversary trip with Brian last year helped get me closer to remembering that I used to love Christmas and all the decorations, but I'm still not sure I would be able to decorate the house this year either, so now I won't have to worry about it too much! The boys don't necessarily want to go anywhere, but they grudgingly agreed to go with us when I promised we would make it as laid back and stress free as possible, which I know means we will miss seeing and doing a lot of things! As you can surmise from my picture, we are staying at Caribbean Beach again. I booked two (hopefully connecting) standard view 5th sleeper rooms. I am going to request to be in Trinidad again this year.
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Pre-Trip I May Have Done a Thing...
- Thread starter TheMouseFan
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I know, I know, that's the busiest time of year to go, but hear me out! Christmas sucks for us right about now! And we decided that instead of staying home and wallowing in our sorrow, we would go somewhere and try to keep ourselves busy. Christmas 2022 obviously sucked, but we were so numb at that point that it's all a blur. Then 2023 was horrific and felt like the first Christmas without Lily. Needless to say, I didn't feel like decorating nor celebrating, so we didn't do a whole lot that year. Last year, I still couldn't bring myself to decorate, but we tried to attend a few celebrations and ease back into things. My anniversary trip with Brian last year helped get me closer to remembering that I used to love Christmas and all the decorations, but I'm still not sure I would be able to decorate the house this year either, so now I won't have to worry about it too much! The boys don't necessarily want to go anywhere, but they grudgingly agreed to go with us when I promised we would make it as laid back and stress free as possible, which I know means we will miss seeing and doing a lot of things! As you can surmise from my picture, we are staying at Caribbean Beach again. I booked two (hopefully connecting) standard view 5th sleeper rooms. I am going to request to be in Trinidad again this year.
Yep, I did know that! Thank you
Yowza, is it expensive to go to WDW the week of Christmas! I knew it would be, but it doesn't make it any easier to look at my balance due each time I log in to MDE!! What makes it worse is needing two rooms. I know, I know! I don't really "need" two rooms, but yes I do because I am not sharing a bathroom for a whole week with three boys!!! We will at least get a $150 gift card when we check in with the current package promotion going on. We also added park hopper to our tickets this time because I know it will be crowded and we may need to make a quick change in plans as to what park we want to be in. I am planning on purchasing MPLL and some ILL which will add up quickly with 4 of us, but no way am I dropping PPLL money! I am also planning quite a few sit down meals to try to get away from some of the crowds which will also add up quickly.
Now on to some of the planning:
We are officially taking 2 days to drive down. I have a reservation at Country Inn and Suites in Warner Robins, Georgia for Saturday night. It should take us about 9 hours, leaving about 5 hours on Sunday. Depending on the weather forecast and what the boys are feeling that morning, we may get up extra early and head down so we can hit Typhoon Lagoon, or we may get a little bit of a slower start and just hit Disney Springs for dinner once we get there.
I purchased a 4 ft prelit Christmas tree to take with us, now I just need to get decorations for it. I've also started getting some window decor for both rooms.
We're coming up on ADR day, so I need to start planning the itinerary and deciding what sit down meals we want. Of course, nobody will tell me what they do or don't want to eat, so nobody gets to complain about what I schedule!!
We'll end with pictures from Owen's senior night soccer game.
Minnie1986
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Can't wait to follow along. There really is something about Disney that soothes the soul.
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Great to have you following! I hope so because we all really need it!
Back!Elbow!Shoulders!
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I'll be sure to remind them of that!No one is too old for: “You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit.”
