Happy New Year, WDW Magic Friends!
We have been back from our latest WDW for nearly a month, so it's high time I get started on our trip report, before I forget everything that happened.
The cast of characters:
Me, Katie - thirty-something mom, wife, and Disney trip planner extraordinaire
Jason - My husband of 11 years, fellow Disney adult, happy to be along for the ride
Lincoln - Our precocious three-year-old son, Jason's twin, lover of characters and roller coasters
Sunday, December 1st - Travel Day
I was up and at 'em shortly after 4:00 am, after a fitful nights' sleep. Between the excitement (we're going to Disney!) and the anxiety (what if all of our reservations randomly get canceled?), I can never sleep the night before a trip. I got J up around 4:30, and he and I quickly got ourselves ready to go and packed up last-minute items in our "go bag." We always get Lincoln out of bed last, hoping that he'll stay asleep while we transfer him to the car seat, but it never works out that way. The three of us were wide awake and pulling out of the driveway just after 5:00 am.
We made our first stop of the trip at Buc-ee's, where we all had a potty break and grabbed some breakfast.
I sat in the back with Lincoln for the next leg of the trip to try to keep the breakfast mess under control, and get him set up with a movie on his tablet.
Don't mind my disgusting car window - Lincoln has these little suction cup car toys that constantly fall off and get re-attached, thus the million little circle marks on the window.
We stopped again for gas and another potty break shortly after crossing over into Florida. And once we hit Gainesville, this was our view for the next hour and a half.
This was the second trip in a row that we ended up stuck in traffic for over an hour on the way down, and both times the traffic was not in Atlanta! This time around, I had considered booking a hotel room in Lake City for the night before our check-in day, so that we could drive most of the way down the night before and be on property before Noon. Plus, that would keep us from having to wake up so early to drive down. For our next trip, I'm definitely booking that hotel room for the night before.
Thankfully, Lincoln was a good sport, and kept himself entertained.
Finally, shortly after 1:30 pm, we passed through the magical gates, and all of our troubles disappeared.
Up next: Disney Springs
We have been back from our latest WDW for nearly a month, so it's high time I get started on our trip report, before I forget everything that happened.
The cast of characters:
Me, Katie - thirty-something mom, wife, and Disney trip planner extraordinaire
Jason - My husband of 11 years, fellow Disney adult, happy to be along for the ride
Lincoln - Our precocious three-year-old son, Jason's twin, lover of characters and roller coasters
Sunday, December 1st - Travel Day
I was up and at 'em shortly after 4:00 am, after a fitful nights' sleep. Between the excitement (we're going to Disney!) and the anxiety (what if all of our reservations randomly get canceled?), I can never sleep the night before a trip. I got J up around 4:30, and he and I quickly got ourselves ready to go and packed up last-minute items in our "go bag." We always get Lincoln out of bed last, hoping that he'll stay asleep while we transfer him to the car seat, but it never works out that way. The three of us were wide awake and pulling out of the driveway just after 5:00 am.
We made our first stop of the trip at Buc-ee's, where we all had a potty break and grabbed some breakfast.
I sat in the back with Lincoln for the next leg of the trip to try to keep the breakfast mess under control, and get him set up with a movie on his tablet.
Don't mind my disgusting car window - Lincoln has these little suction cup car toys that constantly fall off and get re-attached, thus the million little circle marks on the window.
We stopped again for gas and another potty break shortly after crossing over into Florida. And once we hit Gainesville, this was our view for the next hour and a half.
This was the second trip in a row that we ended up stuck in traffic for over an hour on the way down, and both times the traffic was not in Atlanta! This time around, I had considered booking a hotel room in Lake City for the night before our check-in day, so that we could drive most of the way down the night before and be on property before Noon. Plus, that would keep us from having to wake up so early to drive down. For our next trip, I'm definitely booking that hotel room for the night before.
Thankfully, Lincoln was a good sport, and kept himself entertained.
Finally, shortly after 1:30 pm, we passed through the magical gates, and all of our troubles disappeared.
Up next: Disney Springs
He is constantly āfixingā things around the house (aka banging on them with a toy hammer). He loves pretending to fix his toy vehicles, and enjoys picking up sticks and pine cones out in the yard. That child enjoys manual labor more than anyone I know.