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[familytoe]

Another Disney fanatic here...

Oh Momma's........
I am oh so happy to see this thread!! We are huge Disney fanatics here in my family. When I say family, I mean ENTIRE... We go once a year about 15 of us and rent a huge house for all of us to stay in together! We love it!! Actually my DH and I are leaving in TWO days for the World!! We are only going for two nights...1st time without the babies...I am so excited and scared at the same time!! I know they will be fine. I am a very hesitant flier...(read *petrified*) : So, I am just gonna shut my eyes tight for the entire 2 and 1/2 hour flight!!!

Have any of you visited INTERCOT.COM? It's a great Disney info sight!! Gotta go get breakfast!! I'll be back!
Deana

[flminivanmama]

hi Family toe - welcome and have a GREAT time!! dh and I are planning our first alone trip for the end of march - our TENTH anniversary

[Rigama]

Car Seat?

I'm trying to decided if it'll be necessary to take ds' car seat. We are driving from home to the airport and parking there for the week. We'll be taking the Magical Express from the airport to wdw and back again.

Ds will be 5.

He's currently 40 inches and about 34lbs. Too small for a booster, but I don't want to lug the carseat around if I don't have to. What do you think?

Goodcents, I can't find your intro.

[AngelBee]

My oldest tow are planning out a trip to Disney World as a homeschool project. Fun thing is though.....once they are done planning, we will get to actually go!

Our goal is Oct/Nov 2008

I have been there 3 times....ages 10, 16, and 19

[Mrs.PhD]

Family toe. Oh that sounds great. You will go and be home before flminivanmama and I will have our parents only trip. I know JUST what you are talking about. I am so torn between being super excited and terrified of the trip. I can't wait to hear how your trip went.

Rigama, unless you feel much better with it car seat on the plane I wouldn't bring it. You can't use it on DME and the resort transportation. So the only reason would be on the plane, other then that it will be a major pain in the butt to lug around.

AngelBee, welcome. The nice thing about a home school project is you don't have to worry about taking them out of school and can go when ever you want.

[AngelBee]

Originally Posted by Mrs.PhD

AngelBee, welcome. The nice thing about a home school project is you don't have to worry about taking them out of school and can go when ever you want.

Very true

[goodcents]

Awwww! How cute?!?!?! I just went to the bank with my dd and we opened a special "Disney" savings account. It where we are going to save money for this trip (We are paying cash! I refuse to debt to go to Disney again!). We put in about %15 of what we need, a nice little chunk. I am so happy!

[annettemarie]

First of all, I am very sorry for the delay in returning this thread. We had a bit of a mod mix-up.

Secondly, please, please, please for the love of Goofy, do not post about other online discussions. Do not link to other online discussions. Do not ask people to link to other online discussions or to post to other online discussions. That's what got the last thread pulled, and that's what happened this time as well. Pretty please? :

If this is in any way confusing, or you have questions, please PM me. Thank you!

[thesimplelife25]

My husband hates crowds too, but I have converted him into a disney loving man We don't have kids yet, but we have gone at least once every year we have been together and can't wait to experience the fun of WDW with children

[AngieWin]

Thanks so much Annette!!!

[flminivanmama]

Thanks Annette (and I do Goofy )

[goodcents]

Yeah! We are back!

Last week DD and I went and opened a special Disney savings account. We are putting in deposits every week and I am very excited! We are paying for our October trip in cash so its a really good exercise for both of us!

[Mrs.PhD]

2 weeks from Monday. That is DH's and mine trip. I am not focusing on it, too neverous.

My friend did back out of watching the kids. I am disappointed because I felt better with her doing it. I knew that they kids would be her 1st priority and I was comfortable knowing this fiend does give her commitments her all so to speak. Still you don't want to push someone into taking your kids if they don't want to.

So now the plan is between my brother and his kids staying here evenings and nights and the kids go to school during the day, and Lily goes to my SIL during the day while brother is a work. (he is a single father with 3 kids, ages 16, 15, and 11.) Another option is my SIL would take the kids full time, but they would have to stay at her house overnight (SIL has a 10 month old.) I know they would be more comfortable at home, less of a change. But I might fell better not having to worry about how complicated this whole thing is getting. There is just too many factors to worry about (did brother get to work, did all the kids get to school on time???) Actually I am sure they will be fine either way. I just feel like I am asking so much of everyone just so DH and can have 3 nights away.

WOW, what are DH and I going to do with ourselves?

Good to see the thread back.

[flminivanmama]

Mary all will be fine whichever you decide. are the kids old enough to say if they'd rather stay home or sleep over at their aunts and cousin's house?

good cents - what a great idea - we just have a change jar (that believe or not makes a lot of money) - we call it the disney jar and we feed it often

[AMJ]

Mrs. PhD- Have your kids every stayed at someone else's house? If they haven't and you have the option of having your brother and his kids stay at your home, I would think that would be less disruptive.

It's so hard leaving your little ones the first time. When we left DD last summer for 3 nights, I remember thinking we were crazy right before we left, but it went very well...much better than I ever imagined.

Are you arriving on the 5th? If so, we'll over lap by a day. We're going to be there Feb. 24th (Saturday!) through March 6th. We're staying the first week at Coronado Springs and the last 3 nights at AKL with a savannah view (thank you AP rates). I feel like I have so much to do before we go and I'm having some major early pregnancy exhaustion (not helped by DD waking up in the middle of the night almost every night for the last week). My best friend from college is also coming for a visit on Wed. and Thurs. night : . Yikes!

Has anyone here ever done a split stay? I'm a little nervous that it's going to be a huge pain, so if anyone has any tips, I'd appreciate it. I just REALLY wanted to stay at AKL and there was no way that was in the budget for 10 nights!!!!

[familytoe]

Well Disney Momma's....we are home form our mini vaca!!! I am soo glad we went! The Boys were fine and I don't think they even missed us! They stayed at my in-laws the entire time, and we didn't tell them we were going. So in their little minds, they think they were the ones that went away! hehe
The flight there and back totally sucked!! (I hate flying) I pretty much weeped the whole time! But I made it and everyone is fine! I am not so sure if the panic and fear over the flight was worth the 3 days of fun. And I am not so sure we will do it again for a long time. But I am very gald (now that it's over) that we did it!!!
Now the "World" was baren!! It was great, and we pretty much walked onto the attractions. Our longest wait was Expedition Everest, (30 min) the newest coaster at Animal Kingdom. I am not gonna tell you about it just incase you haven't riden it yet. All I am gonna say is WOW!!!!!: It was the best! Well that's about it. I'll be back!!

[splendid]

Can I just say, I never knew how much went into planning a trip to WDW. I'm trying not to micomanage things, but its rough for things like dinner and what parks to go to during our time. We are going during summer so we (read I) have to make sure we are not at certain parks on the mega mega busy days.

[egoldber]

Hi all!!! We are HUGE Disney fanatics!!! DH and I go on average twice a year. My 5 year old DD has been 8 times. We own DVC and stay once a year on points and once a year in a moderate. We had a trip 3 weeks ago where we stayed at BWV and had our best trip ever.

Right before we went in January some friends of mine talked us into going again with them at the end of April! : So we are booked into CSR, where we've never stayed, so it should be REALLY fun!!

[Rigama]

I'm glad the thread is back! I hit some snags in my planning and hated that I just couldn't pop in and ask you all for help.

Okay, so I know this sounds totally selfish, but what can I do to make sure my family, esp. ds, will have an absolutely magical trip? This is our first trip (and being poor, possibly our only)to wdw and I've heard stories of so many wonderful things happening-like kids getting free micky ears or chosen to be a helper to jack sparrow. Things that aren't necessarily part of YOMD but are magical just the same. Obviously, I want these kind of magical things to happen to ds, so are there any tips that can make him more "visible" to CMs looking to spread a little magic? Especially considering that between me and dh, we've never won a single thing-not even $2 on a lottery ticket. And beside things that are out of my control (like being randomly selected for something) what kind of things should I make sure to definately do with and for ds? What makes a magical trip to WDW?

Thanks!

[AngieWin]

Originally Posted by Rigama

I'm glad the thread is back! I hit some snags in my planning and hated that I just couldn't pop in and ask you all for help.

Okay, so I know this sounds totally selfish, but what can I do to make sure my family, esp. ds, will have an absolutely magical trip? This is our first trip (and being poor, possibly our only)to wdw and I've heard stories of so many wonderful things happening-like kids getting free micky ears or chosen to be a helper to jack sparrow. Things that aren't necessarily part of YOMD but are magical just the same. Obviously, I want these kind of magical things to happen to ds, so are there any tips that can make him more "visible" to CMs looking to spread a little magic? Especially considering that between me and dh, we've never won a single thing-not even $2 on a lottery ticket. And beside things that are out of my control (like being randomly selected for something) what kind of things should I make sure to definately do with and for ds? What makes a magical trip to WDW?

Thanks!

Things to make a child more visible to the CMs or the characters is to dress them in a shirt with a specific character or dress him as a character. When we went in matching shirts the kids were noticed alot too. Or you could do the shirts a-la-Price is Right and put a cute phrase on it. "My First trip to Disney", "Born a Disney Fan", etc.

One sure fire way to make it magical is do make the magic yourselves! I have read alot of parents that have visits from Tinkerbell/Mickey every night and a small present is left for your child when they wake up. Check The Disney store for clearance items or Disney items at the Dollar store before you leave home. To ward off the gimmes/can-you-buy-me's you can buy the same kind of items at the Disney store or glow sticks/trinkets at the Dollar Store and when he asks for the $20 light up toy pull out the one you already have. You can do the same with autograph books (decorate with Mickey stickers and bring a sharpie for the characters to sign with ) and bring your own ponchos!