My family and I celebrated our second Christmas in WDW last week. We stayed at the Wilderness Lodge and were there from Dec. 17 until Dec. 26. It may take me some time to complete this TR so please bear with me. :lol: I will try to keep it heavy on the pics and light on the narration. :animwink:
So... Off we go! We left snowy/rainy Boston on Wednesday morning, Dec. 17. We took the ME shuttle to WL and arrived there around 1:30 p.m. At check in, I asked if there were any openings for us to be the flag family and was told yes! (more on that later) Our room was ready, so we went to room 5053 and checked it out. We had a courtyard view with bunk beds. We were on the inner courtyard, near the springs. Very pretty view. After dumping our carryons we had lunch at Roaring Fork, then jumped on the boat to MK. Crowds were light and we did many of our favorite rides: PotC, HM, BTMRR, Cinderella's Carousel, and IASW.
Two major milestones were reached on this trip: DS (age 3) reached 40 inches in height for the first time! :sohappy: No more baby swap for Test Track, BTMRR, Splash Mountain, Soarin' or ToT! And DD (age 5) reached 44 inches in height for the first time. (DH is 6'5"; the kids definitely inherited his height, not mine) :lookaroun
We had plans to meet up with Dot (Uponastar) and Vince (Merhearted) and after a few cell phone calls, found them in front of the castle. We watched Cinderella's Holiday Wish, then found a spot in Frontierland to watch Spectromagic! It was so great to meet Dot and her husband George, and to see Vince again. After the parade, we were beat from being up since 5 a.m., so we said our goodbyes and headed back to WL.
From left to right: Dot, myself, and Vince. My kiddos in the front.
Tomorrow: MK in the morning, the Epcot for the afternoon/evening.
So... Off we go! We left snowy/rainy Boston on Wednesday morning, Dec. 17. We took the ME shuttle to WL and arrived there around 1:30 p.m. At check in, I asked if there were any openings for us to be the flag family and was told yes! (more on that later) Our room was ready, so we went to room 5053 and checked it out. We had a courtyard view with bunk beds. We were on the inner courtyard, near the springs. Very pretty view. After dumping our carryons we had lunch at Roaring Fork, then jumped on the boat to MK. Crowds were light and we did many of our favorite rides: PotC, HM, BTMRR, Cinderella's Carousel, and IASW.
Two major milestones were reached on this trip: DS (age 3) reached 40 inches in height for the first time! :sohappy: No more baby swap for Test Track, BTMRR, Splash Mountain, Soarin' or ToT! And DD (age 5) reached 44 inches in height for the first time. (DH is 6'5"; the kids definitely inherited his height, not mine) :lookaroun
We had plans to meet up with Dot (Uponastar) and Vince (Merhearted) and after a few cell phone calls, found them in front of the castle. We watched Cinderella's Holiday Wish, then found a spot in Frontierland to watch Spectromagic! It was so great to meet Dot and her husband George, and to see Vince again. After the parade, we were beat from being up since 5 a.m., so we said our goodbyes and headed back to WL.
From left to right: Dot, myself, and Vince. My kiddos in the front.
Tomorrow: MK in the morning, the Epcot for the afternoon/evening.
We waited anyway, since we had no reason not to. DS would have nothing to do with them, so only DD got her picture taken.
