Hello Everyone!!!!
I have some VERY exciting news!
We are going back to Disney World soon! And it's
adults only!! Woo Hoo! We are going Thursday, October 4th to Sunday, October 7th.
Andy and I have been talking about going just the 2 of us for awhile now. And just haven't pulled the trigger. We keep saying how it will be weird without the girls. And how mad the girls will be at us. (which will still be true, I am sure) BUT we decided to do it anyway!
Andy just got a new job, which is a big promotion for him. He has been at his company for a long time and he is very much looking forward to the new scenery and challenges. He will have a whopping 3 works days off between jobs. I know!
3 WHOLE DAYS! So, I casually suggested we finally go away by ourselves. (We have literally done this maybe 3 times since Morgan has been born.)
Anyway, I let the idea of the adults only weekend set in first, then I added a layer, I asked
(innocently) "Where should we go?". I let that set awhile with him. Which he never has any real suggestions, I am the planner for all of our trips, Disney or not. He did suggest going to see a Syracuse Football Game, but they are playing in Pittsburgh and I gave that a hard NO.
So, yesterday at work, I text'd him and floated Disney to him.
"How about going to Disney for Food & Wine?" I held my breathe. Andy loves Disney too but just not as much and I just wasn't sure. He is always the voice of reason about how much it costs blah blah blah.... that kind of stuff. I waited and waited...
And he replied
"Oooooh.... all of us? Or just you and me?" I replied just us. And it was on! I ended up spending most of my (work) day scouting out flights and hotel options. So, close to leaving, it wasn't easy. But I found cheap flights on Spirit for us but at odd-is times. And the biggest problem... What to do with the girls!
My mother just had knee surgery, so she is still recovering. Which is a bummer because she would have just come up and stayed at the house with the girls for the whole time. But that wasn't an option. My youngest sister lives near us but she has a 20 month old boy and her hands full with him. My middle sister lives in NYC and would come down and stay with the girls, but with more notice than this.... Andy's sister is a school teacher an hour away, so that takes her out.
SO, that left Andy's parents. And they are more than willing to watch the girls. As long as it is at there house. Well, there is this thing called school... Andy's parents were up for coming down and picking the girls up from school Friday and taking them back to there place for the weekend. BUT I really wanted 2 full days.... Thankfully!!! Morgan and Gwen have made some great BFF Friends that have Great Parents! I texted them both and asked if the girls could come home with them on Thursday, spend the night and go to school on Friday with them. It was a lot ask but I was desperate. Thankfully both families are so so so nice and both said NO Problem!!!! (Which
@ariane37 - Christina is one of those moms, so take good care of her, she said she emailed you this morning about her trip finally!)
Soooooo.... All that information that you may or may not have wanted to read leads me to these details!!!!
Who: Just me and Andy!!!
What: An Adults only trip to Disney World to properly do Food & Wine!
Where: Coranado Springs Resort
When: Thursday, October 4th - Sunday, October 7th
Why: Because I literally can't even tell you the last time Andy & I were away by ourselves.
"The Plan"
Thursday: We land at 4:45, so we will just have time for dinner and maybe some drinks. We talked about doing a resort restaurant this night or going to Disney Springs. I suggested if we go to Disney Springs, we could do the The Void and maybe just have a light dinner at Jock Lindsey's. But I do like the idea of going to a restaurant that we wouldn't do with the girls.... Just not sure which one.
Friday: Right now I have fast passes in the morning for Magic Kingdom. So, we will probably explore a little here and then at some point head over to EPCOT in the afternoon for Food & Wine. I think we will try and see Illuminations this night.
Saturday: Right now i have fast passes in the morning for Hollywood Studios. Andy wants to do Tower of Terror as the girls refuse to ride this. So, I was able to get that and Rock n' Rollercoaster. We are debating as to whether we should avoid Toy Story Land so that we can enjoy it for the first time with the girls or not. We will head over to EPCOT then for more Food & Wine. Magic Kingdom is open late this night, so, maybe we will hop over there for the fireworks.
Sunday: Fly Home, we leave at 10:50 in the morning. So, it will be just get up pack and go today.
So! I need suggestions of good things for Adults only! Some items I have kind of thought about so far:
- The Void
- La Cava de Tequila
- Baseline in HS
- Park Hopping
- Food & Wine (obviously)
- Tower of Terror (just because our children hate this ride)
- I want to hopefully really soak in some of the countries in EPCOT. Just wander and take in the details.
Suggestions? Other things to hit or do?!?