Hi all! We are back.
But we had an incredible time and I can't wait to share it with you all!
First up, introductions! This was a kid free trip with just myself, Amy, and my husband, Brian. We were on a 5 night Castaway Cay double dip cruise on the Wonder starting October 1, followed by one day in the Magic Kingdom before flying home.
Here we are in DHS during my 40th birthday trip last November.
Wednesday, October 1
Our day started way too early when the alarm went off at 3:15 am! The fact we were going to Disney made it a little bit easier to get out of bed, but not much!! We were pulling out of our driveway by 4:25 am to make the drive to Columbus to catch our 7 am flight. We boarded our flight and pulled away from the gate right at 7 am. It was still dark on the ground, but once we were in the air we could see the sun rising.
The flight was uneventful, and before we knew it, we were on the ground in Orlando. I took a quick break to change from jeans to shorts, then we took our first ride of the trip!
Ok, so it wasn't a very exciting ride, but the kids always consider it the first ride!!
We quickly made our way to this sign:
And followed the signs until we found this one:
There was no line, so they checked us in and sent us right out to the waiting bus. It was pretty full, but we found a seat about 1/3 of the way back. Unfortunately, it had one of the "stickers" covering most of the window which made it hard to get good pictures! Our bus and the one right next to it pulled out very shortly after we boarded, which was about 9:30 am. I was able to get this pic of the other bus as it was pulling out.
It seemed like no time at all before the driver was telling us to look out the windows to see the Wonder. There she is:
I may have been bouncing in my seat like a little kid at that point!
Here is a picture of the terminal as we were pulling in:
I just love the seat fabric on the bus.
But we had an incredible time and I can't wait to share it with you all!First up, introductions! This was a kid free trip with just myself, Amy, and my husband, Brian. We were on a 5 night Castaway Cay double dip cruise on the Wonder starting October 1, followed by one day in the Magic Kingdom before flying home.
Here we are in DHS during my 40th birthday trip last November.
Wednesday, October 1
Our day started way too early when the alarm went off at 3:15 am! The fact we were going to Disney made it a little bit easier to get out of bed, but not much!! We were pulling out of our driveway by 4:25 am to make the drive to Columbus to catch our 7 am flight. We boarded our flight and pulled away from the gate right at 7 am. It was still dark on the ground, but once we were in the air we could see the sun rising.
The flight was uneventful, and before we knew it, we were on the ground in Orlando. I took a quick break to change from jeans to shorts, then we took our first ride of the trip!
Ok, so it wasn't a very exciting ride, but the kids always consider it the first ride!!
We quickly made our way to this sign:
And followed the signs until we found this one:
There was no line, so they checked us in and sent us right out to the waiting bus. It was pretty full, but we found a seat about 1/3 of the way back. Unfortunately, it had one of the "stickers" covering most of the window which made it hard to get good pictures! Our bus and the one right next to it pulled out very shortly after we boarded, which was about 9:30 am. I was able to get this pic of the other bus as it was pulling out.
It seemed like no time at all before the driver was telling us to look out the windows to see the Wonder. There she is:
I may have been bouncing in my seat like a little kid at that point!
Here is a picture of the terminal as we were pulling in:
I just love the seat fabric on the bus.
We entered the first area where they have the lights going to make it feel like you are in a long tunnel or something, and our car stopped. I felt so carsick, it wasn't even funny. I had to just close my eyes and have Brian tell me when we were out of that section.
We ran into a lot of turbulence, and the pilot wouldn't let the flight attendants get up, so we had no drinks or snacks until the flight was almost over. Just as they finally handed me my drink, they made an announcement that we needed to be finishing up with our drinks and preparing our trash for the final collection by the flight attendants.
Wish i could be there again soon but we also won't be going back for quite a few years. 
