Wosmama6
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2015
Hi there, I know I can count on you guys to tell me if this will work.
Us: Me, planner and lover of both the mouse and the dark side, works PT and does 99.9% of household and parenting; DH, hates disney because of the intense crowds and planning, loves universal, would rather go somewhere else entirely, works 80-100 hours a week putting stents in people's hearts; DS, 6, doesn't remember his first trip to disney, went to universal 2 years ago for a day and loved it, chooses jurassic park over toy story but still loves toy story; DD, will be 18m at time of trip. loves to go but only within her specified routine, needs a separate space to sleep at night or we will all be doomed. We all get up too dang early (DH is usually at work by 6/630) and go to bed fairly early as a result.
Dates: 2/29-3/7. We COULD go 2/28-3/8, but I'm hesitant to not give us a day on either side to get ready/recoup
Currently booked:
Poly studio with plans to make second bathroom into baby cave with pack n play (DS will not sleep in separate room from us anyway, so no need to pay for 1BR), 6 day non hopper with plans for DH and DS to do a day at legoland somewhere in the middle. No crucial ADRs but would like a prepark breakfast or two, maybe a special fireworks experience getting a sitter for little miss.
DH says "Okay, whatever you think is best for the kids, but what about universal?"
DS says JURASSIC WORLD MINIONS SPIDERMAN HARRY POTTER OMG
Then I looked at ditching the mouse entirely and doing express passes at UO and doing whatever we want whenever we want and then just booking a poly or GF late dinner to see fireworks. But then we will miss Toy Story, rides that my 18m old can actually experience, Pandora, etc. And the next time we come would prob be in 3 years, and by then, will DS even like the mouse anymore?
So, I was thinking of doing a split stay. 4 nights at poly, 3 at royal pacific. We hadn't really planned to do anything on our travel days because we did that last time and it ruined our magic kingdom experience entirely. Meltdowns from DS and subsequently DH. So we would have 6 actual days. Legoland is a must (sadly).
Is that crazy with a toddler? Better ideas? We live in VA, so the flight isn't terrible, but we don't go a ton because of school schedules, living near busch gardens and the beach, etc. Would love any suggestions.
Us: Me, planner and lover of both the mouse and the dark side, works PT and does 99.9% of household and parenting; DH, hates disney because of the intense crowds and planning, loves universal, would rather go somewhere else entirely, works 80-100 hours a week putting stents in people's hearts; DS, 6, doesn't remember his first trip to disney, went to universal 2 years ago for a day and loved it, chooses jurassic park over toy story but still loves toy story; DD, will be 18m at time of trip. loves to go but only within her specified routine, needs a separate space to sleep at night or we will all be doomed. We all get up too dang early (DH is usually at work by 6/630) and go to bed fairly early as a result.
Dates: 2/29-3/7. We COULD go 2/28-3/8, but I'm hesitant to not give us a day on either side to get ready/recoup
Currently booked:
Poly studio with plans to make second bathroom into baby cave with pack n play (DS will not sleep in separate room from us anyway, so no need to pay for 1BR), 6 day non hopper with plans for DH and DS to do a day at legoland somewhere in the middle. No crucial ADRs but would like a prepark breakfast or two, maybe a special fireworks experience getting a sitter for little miss.
DH says "Okay, whatever you think is best for the kids, but what about universal?"
DS says JURASSIC WORLD MINIONS SPIDERMAN HARRY POTTER OMG
Then I looked at ditching the mouse entirely and doing express passes at UO and doing whatever we want whenever we want and then just booking a poly or GF late dinner to see fireworks. But then we will miss Toy Story, rides that my 18m old can actually experience, Pandora, etc. And the next time we come would prob be in 3 years, and by then, will DS even like the mouse anymore?
So, I was thinking of doing a split stay. 4 nights at poly, 3 at royal pacific. We hadn't really planned to do anything on our travel days because we did that last time and it ruined our magic kingdom experience entirely. Meltdowns from DS and subsequently DH. So we would have 6 actual days. Legoland is a must (sadly).
Is that crazy with a toddler? Better ideas? We live in VA, so the flight isn't terrible, but we don't go a ton because of school schedules, living near busch gardens and the beach, etc. Would love any suggestions.
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