Pre-Trip Taking a first timer and celebrating a birthday! April 2015

WHO--Me(Courtney-32) Husband(Kevin-34) My Daughter (Brooklyn-15)
Kevin's Daughter's(Kayla-12-First time and Mia 9- Second time)
Brook and I have been to Disney over 10 times, and she has even visited parks and taken the busses alone when she wanted to get away from us. She's even taken the ME alone to the hotel once when we got bumped off a flight. My husband has been to Disney twice with me, and he totally understands my obsession. Nothing makes me more proud than when he uses the terms '' value, deluxe and moderate''….he's catching on!


WHEN— Leaving Philadelphia around 8am…this flight gets us into our rooms by noon. April 30th- May 7th…Mia turns 9 May 2nd.


WHERE—Haven't decided yet…it is a toss- up between CBR which we have stayed at before or POFQ which we haven't stayed at yet. I'm leaning more towards CBR because of their pools. They seem more kid friendly…but please let me know if I am wrong! We have NEVER done a resort/pool day, and we would like to this time which is why we are interested …usually we never so much as dip a toe in the pools…except for Typhoon Lagoon;) No matter which hotel we chose we will be getting adjoining rooms. This just works better for us.


WHAT—We love the dining plan as we are fat and big eaters, however this time we might consider doing the QS plan just to cut costs. If we go this route, we will still make a few ADR'S for some of our fave table service restaurants…most likely O'hana, Liberty Tree Tavern, and possibly somewhere in the World Showcase. I've decided on Beaches and Cream for Mia's bday dinner because of the kitchen sink.

THE TWIST--Can't believe I forgot this part! So Mia turns 9 on May 2nd...she thinks that's the day we are flying down...We are really leaving the 30th and wll have everything packed and ready to go the night before. When she goes to bed she will think she has school the next day...the plan is for all of us to run in her room right beofre leaving for the airport and say..''I don't feel like going to school/work today....let's leave for Disney right now''! As for the morning of her bday I plan to pack all her presents and have them all set up in the room when she wakes up that day and say something like..''oh wow! looks like tink delivered all your presents down here since we are not home'' Sooooo exciteddddd
 
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Courtney6682

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Yes! Evn my husband admitted he was excited last night and he's the type who doesn't get excited until the trip is HERE!
 

Courtney6682

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Change of plans! Our flight leaves PHL at 10:10am which is the LATEST we've ever flown out lol...we land at 12:51 at MCO...not a big deal since we are doing a pool day and DTD for that first night. Up bright and early Friday May 1st for our first MK day! Our FP's for that day are...

SPACE M 10:45-11:45

BTMRR 12:45-1:45

Splash M 1:45-2:45
 

Courtney6682

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21 DAYS TO GO!

I'm sitting here staring out the window of the drive thru at the bank where I work. It's drizzling and the sky is gray. It will be around 40-45 degress today. All I can think of is finally setting foot onto Disney property! I can't freakin wait!!
 

Courtney6682

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That's more than great! AND for your daugther AND for oma :) Did your daugther travel to Holland or did oma come to USA?

Oma actually flew to Canada...that;s where her daughter, my daughter's grandmother lives....so my daughter flew to Seattle from Philly and they picked her up there, then took the ferry to Vancouver where they live for 2 weeks!
 

FlaggNL

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Oma actually flew to Canada...that;s where her daughter, my daughter's grandmother lives....so my daughter flew to Seattle from Philly and they picked her up there, then took the ferry to Vancouver where they live for 2 weeks!

That's more than great! 2 weeks! Marvelous! Now you have to plan an all including Disney trip someday :)
 

Courtney6682

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Soooo I've decided that I will def be booking a bounceback for our one yr wedding anniversay in August. I've decided to keep it a secret from my husband until the week before. I have to admit this is more for me than us lol...but we did decide that we want to go away for a few days to celebrate. As a wife and mother who works full time I deserve to spend my anniversary the way I want to! I never do anything for myself..and going to Disney as often as possible is something I love! We've spoken about def doing a trip without the kids at some point so I know he will be on board...just really surprised;)
 

Courtney6682

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10 DAYSSSSS OMGGG!!!

It's pouring rain here yet again and cold out..last night at my oldest step-daughters softball game it was so cold that we had to wait in the car for half the game! I kept mentioning to my husband that in just a few days we will be huffing and puffing around the MK...we're fat and don't enjoy exercise lol....but I don't care if it's 613 degress when we're in Flordia or even if it rains every day...nothing will ruin our WDW trip!
 

mrdrift

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It's getting really close to your trip and I'm sure everything is packed and double checked that nothing is missing already. Have a great time. Following along.
 

Courtney6682

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Just randomly checked to see if there was any availability at Beaches and Cream for Mia's bday dinner and after WEEKS of only having a 10pm slot I got a late lunch at 4:10pm!! Yay!
 

Courtney6682

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So we are back and our trip was awesome!! Not a drop of rain and low 80's all week! Not sure if I have the patience to do a trip report lol...but evrything went smoothly and everyone had a great time! I booked a bounceback for our 1yr wedding anniv in Aug...soooo...this will be our first tip with no kids!!! AAHHHHHHH....I'm soooooo excited!
 

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