Hey Everybody! Well, I've just returned for an all too short trip to the world, and I've gotta tell you that this trip report will be one of the worst of all time. For one thing, I'm completely drained right now, for another, the trip wasn't the best trip I've ever had. 
But I'm not going to waste everybody's time by growling about everything that went wrong, because I don't like when people do that. So I'll just hit some high points. The players in this report would be myself, the Hubby, and four mouslings, ages, 8, 6, 4, and 20 months. (Yes, that's a lot of kids, yes, we are crazy. ) Okay, soooooooo....
Wednesday, October 8th, 4:00 a.m. I am awakened 20 minutes early by the Hubby walking around the house for some odd reason. (he won't admit it, but I know it was giddy anticipation keeping him awake) This trip was a complete surprise for the girls, so I was up until 10:30 packing their things and laying it all out for them to find when they got up. So I got myself ready, then sat him down with the camera and the cd with the "Fantasy in the Sky" music on it to play when the girls came out. Now, I expected many, many different reactions from the kids... perhaps some giggles, jumping, clapping, I don't know... but the one thing I did NOT expect was TEARS!!! And I don't mean tears of happiness! To quote the 6 year old," But what about SCHOOL!" My reply? "WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL?!?!?!?" However, after a few minutes, they woke up, and it sank in that we were in fact going to wdw... THEN the jubilation hit them.
So one uneventful flight later, we landed in Orlando, where our driver was waiting for us... surprise number two... we got a limo!! :sohappy: The girls were so excited... about the fact that the limo had free peppermints AND a tv/vcr with SHREK in it!! So off to the poly we go, get in to check in, and here's where the hubby and I got a pleasant surprise... they asked if we'd like to upgrade from our lagoon view to a concierge room with a garden view. Now, as parents with four children in tow, our answer was a definite "HECK YES!" I can't tell you how much time was saved not having to forage for snacks and drinks and meals all the time. Very, very helpful. Our room was ready, so we got all our stuff in, changed into more appropriate Florida clothing, and headed to the MK to eat lunch at the castle. Here's where the trip report will get rather dull, because we didn't really "do" much this trip. This was the most crowded I'd ever seen wdw. Granted, we always go in the lowest of the low seasons, but between all the goings on that happened this week, it was just too much for me. I'm used to walking on pretty much everything, and that just didn't happen. We rode IASW, for the kids, of course, :lookaroun , Goofy's barnstormer, and Dumbo, but called it a day after that.
But I'm not going to waste everybody's time by growling about everything that went wrong, because I don't like when people do that. So I'll just hit some high points. The players in this report would be myself, the Hubby, and four mouslings, ages, 8, 6, 4, and 20 months. (Yes, that's a lot of kids, yes, we are crazy. ) Okay, soooooooo....Wednesday, October 8th, 4:00 a.m. I am awakened 20 minutes early by the Hubby walking around the house for some odd reason. (he won't admit it, but I know it was giddy anticipation keeping him awake) This trip was a complete surprise for the girls, so I was up until 10:30 packing their things and laying it all out for them to find when they got up. So I got myself ready, then sat him down with the camera and the cd with the "Fantasy in the Sky" music on it to play when the girls came out. Now, I expected many, many different reactions from the kids... perhaps some giggles, jumping, clapping, I don't know... but the one thing I did NOT expect was TEARS!!!
And I don't mean tears of happiness! To quote the 6 year old," But what about SCHOOL!" My reply? "WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL?!?!?!?" However, after a few minutes, they woke up, and it sank in that we were in fact going to wdw... THEN the jubilation hit them. So one uneventful flight later, we landed in Orlando, where our driver was waiting for us... surprise number two... we got a limo!! :sohappy: The girls were so excited... about the fact that the limo had free peppermints AND a tv/vcr with SHREK in it!! So off to the poly we go, get in to check in, and here's where the hubby and I got a pleasant surprise... they asked if we'd like to upgrade from our lagoon view to a concierge room with a garden view. Now, as parents with four children in tow, our answer was a definite "HECK YES!" I can't tell you how much time was saved not having to forage for snacks and drinks and meals all the time. Very, very helpful. Our room was ready, so we got all our stuff in, changed into more appropriate Florida clothing, and headed to the MK to eat lunch at the castle. Here's where the trip report will get rather dull, because we didn't really "do" much this trip. This was the most crowded I'd ever seen wdw. Granted, we always go in the lowest of the low seasons, but between all the goings on that happened this week, it was just too much for me. I'm used to walking on pretty much everything, and that just didn't happen. We rode IASW, for the kids, of course, :lookaroun , Goofy's barnstormer, and Dumbo, but called it a day after that.
