Biggie Smalls
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2014
Introductions
Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! I hope I can maintain this enthusiasm as I try to document our 8 day Magical (and not so magical) post holiday/birthday/ Marathon weekend trip. Going into this trip my biggest fear was leaving the trip divorced because my husband and I didnt survive a week with DS2+. (just kidding but not really).
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See we have never vacationed with our incredibly active son alone. We have been lucky to always have family or friends with us so we get some kind of break over the vacation. But this would be a solo style family trip and we went into it with a little apprehension since J is at the end of terrible twos and entering into sassy mouth 3s. A little forewarning that I write just like I talk, so please do not hold horrible grammar, too many parenthesis, and bad punctuation against me!!
A few introductions and details on our trip!!
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The (hopefully consistent) writer of this journey is myself, Tabitha (32). We live in the D.C area and I am a Wedding and Private Event planner. I have the joy of working for myself so I have more flexibility in my schedule to plan, but very specific times of year we can travel due to the wedding season. I have been a LONG time lover of Disney and have been probably over a dozen times to the World.
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Favorite Park: Magic Kingdom, and I really dont get the appeal of Epcot. Favorite Characters- Ariel, Minnie Mouse, and Daisy Duck. I particularly love Daisy, bc if you watch Mickey Mouse club house she has this insane smokers raspy voice. She sometimes says things that are a little snarcky and in my mind she is the off cousin of the Beauvais sisters on the Simpsons.
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Meet DH Joe. He tolerates my planning crazy, but always loves our vacations. This year particularly I think I impressed him when we had the first few days of new adventures and short waits. He has a very dry sense of humor and tends to want to stay out of photos so he let me handle the character interactions.
Favorite Characters- The Jungle Book Baloo and Louis
Favorite Park: Animal Kingdom
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And Finally bringing up the rear is the adorable (I know Im biased) Jackson. He will be turning 3 a month after we get home in February. I had no idea how he would handle this trip but he LOVED it. We danced with characters, gave too many kisses to Pluto, and pressed Pennies like it was his job. He loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Jake the Pirate.
History of the Trip
This trip developed because at the beginning of 2014 I decided that I wanted to make a life change and get healthy. I made a HUGE decision to have Gastric Bypass surgery. I went under the knife in March and shortly thereafter decided that I wanted to set a goal of RUNNING a 10k. Where better to do this than DISNEY! So I convinced the hubs that a family vacation was needed around the Marthon Weekend and we began planning.
We wanted to go Saturday the 3rd until Sunday the 11th so I could cheer our friends on for the Marthon on Sunday. We went back and forth on deciding where to stay but ultimately went with Art of Animation, Cars suite for the extra space and kitchen area. The special deal for discounted rooms did not start until January 5th so I cashed in points to stay at Residence Inn right past Downtown Disney for the 3-5th, and AoA for 5-11th. I cant wait to share the rest of our trip and I hope people follow along!!
Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! I hope I can maintain this enthusiasm as I try to document our 8 day Magical (and not so magical) post holiday/birthday/ Marathon weekend trip. Going into this trip my biggest fear was leaving the trip divorced because my husband and I didnt survive a week with DS2+. (just kidding but not really).
picture hosting
See we have never vacationed with our incredibly active son alone. We have been lucky to always have family or friends with us so we get some kind of break over the vacation. But this would be a solo style family trip and we went into it with a little apprehension since J is at the end of terrible twos and entering into sassy mouth 3s. A little forewarning that I write just like I talk, so please do not hold horrible grammar, too many parenthesis, and bad punctuation against me!!
A few introductions and details on our trip!!
image upload with preview
The (hopefully consistent) writer of this journey is myself, Tabitha (32). We live in the D.C area and I am a Wedding and Private Event planner. I have the joy of working for myself so I have more flexibility in my schedule to plan, but very specific times of year we can travel due to the wedding season. I have been a LONG time lover of Disney and have been probably over a dozen times to the World.
.
Favorite Park: Magic Kingdom, and I really dont get the appeal of Epcot. Favorite Characters- Ariel, Minnie Mouse, and Daisy Duck. I particularly love Daisy, bc if you watch Mickey Mouse club house she has this insane smokers raspy voice. She sometimes says things that are a little snarcky and in my mind she is the off cousin of the Beauvais sisters on the Simpsons.
credit
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Meet DH Joe. He tolerates my planning crazy, but always loves our vacations. This year particularly I think I impressed him when we had the first few days of new adventures and short waits. He has a very dry sense of humor and tends to want to stay out of photos so he let me handle the character interactions.
Favorite Characters- The Jungle Book Baloo and Louis
Favorite Park: Animal Kingdom
.
And Finally bringing up the rear is the adorable (I know Im biased) Jackson. He will be turning 3 a month after we get home in February. I had no idea how he would handle this trip but he LOVED it. We danced with characters, gave too many kisses to Pluto, and pressed Pennies like it was his job. He loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Jake the Pirate.
History of the Trip
This trip developed because at the beginning of 2014 I decided that I wanted to make a life change and get healthy. I made a HUGE decision to have Gastric Bypass surgery. I went under the knife in March and shortly thereafter decided that I wanted to set a goal of RUNNING a 10k. Where better to do this than DISNEY! So I convinced the hubs that a family vacation was needed around the Marthon Weekend and we began planning.
We wanted to go Saturday the 3rd until Sunday the 11th so I could cheer our friends on for the Marthon on Sunday. We went back and forth on deciding where to stay but ultimately went with Art of Animation, Cars suite for the extra space and kitchen area. The special deal for discounted rooms did not start until January 5th so I cashed in points to stay at Residence Inn right past Downtown Disney for the 3-5th, and AoA for 5-11th. I cant wait to share the rest of our trip and I hope people follow along!!
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