Hello humans!
We are getting ready for our annual pilgrimage to WDW in just over three weeks, so I thought it would be a good time to go ahead and start our pre-trip report!
Who: Me (Katie), my husband of 10 years Jason, and our 2-year-old son, Lincoln
When: Sunday, November 26th-Saturday, December 2nd
Where: Animal Kingdom Lodge, Kidani Village
If you've been on the forums for a while, you may know that we travel to Disney (either coast) the week after Thanksgiving just about every year. We feel that it's the perfect week to go - you get an extra-long Thanksgiving break from work, Disney has all of the holiday decorations/trees up, and all of the holiday festivities are in full swing, without all of the insane Christmas Break crowds. I'm not ready to acknowledge that we'll have a kindergartener in three years, and our days of doing Disney while kids are in school are numbered.
Since this will be our last WDW trip before we have to start buying tickets for L, we decided to splurge on the hotel for this trip. We rented DVC points through David's Vacation Rentals, and will be staying in a Savanna-view studio at Kidani Village. AKL was actually not our first choice - we wanted Wilderness Lodge (preferably the Copper Creek villas), but unsurprisingly, both Copper Creek and Boulder Ridge were already booked up when we booked in May. We are looking forward to staying at Kidani Village though, and we know Lincoln will love being able to see animals from our room!
We have four-day base tickets, and plan to take a "rest" (haha) day in the middle of the trip. We are excited to be going back after a year away, and I hope you all enjoy following along!
We are getting ready for our annual pilgrimage to WDW in just over three weeks, so I thought it would be a good time to go ahead and start our pre-trip report!
Who: Me (Katie), my husband of 10 years Jason, and our 2-year-old son, Lincoln
When: Sunday, November 26th-Saturday, December 2nd
Where: Animal Kingdom Lodge, Kidani Village
If you've been on the forums for a while, you may know that we travel to Disney (either coast) the week after Thanksgiving just about every year. We feel that it's the perfect week to go - you get an extra-long Thanksgiving break from work, Disney has all of the holiday decorations/trees up, and all of the holiday festivities are in full swing, without all of the insane Christmas Break crowds. I'm not ready to acknowledge that we'll have a kindergartener in three years, and our days of doing Disney while kids are in school are numbered.
Since this will be our last WDW trip before we have to start buying tickets for L, we decided to splurge on the hotel for this trip. We rented DVC points through David's Vacation Rentals, and will be staying in a Savanna-view studio at Kidani Village. AKL was actually not our first choice - we wanted Wilderness Lodge (preferably the Copper Creek villas), but unsurprisingly, both Copper Creek and Boulder Ridge were already booked up when we booked in May. We are looking forward to staying at Kidani Village though, and we know Lincoln will love being able to see animals from our room!
We have four-day base tickets, and plan to take a "rest" (haha) day in the middle of the trip. We are excited to be going back after a year away, and I hope you all enjoy following along!
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The end of a Disney trip is always bittersweet - we're sad that the fun is over, but we're also ready to be back in our own house, sleeping in our own beds, and back to our normal routine. Since we travel to WDW at the beginning of the holiday season, the post-Disney blues don't normally hit until after Christmas, because we're so busy with Christmas preparations and family obligations. It will be just under a year from the time we leave until the time we're back, so we're hoping to soak up as many memories and as much fun as we can!
We are reeealllyy taking advantage of that "free under 3" while we still can!
While I'm happy that my dog is here for one more Thanksgiving, I can't help but be depressed because I should be going to Disney tomorrow instead of being here listening to the horrible tenants next door acting the fool. They started on Wednesday night so I'm expecting my entire Thanksgiving weekend to be hell. Hopefully we can find a house soon, get away from here, and finally enjoy the holidays again next year.