Hello all! Welcome to my first attempt at a Pre-Trip report. This will be our 2nd attempt at Disney trip, and hopefully it will be less of a mess than the 1st one (may 2019), where my kids literally fought for 2 says over who was going to hold my right hand, like dad wasn't there or I don't have 2 hands.. Have kids they said... It'll be fun they said... First some introductions. I'll add pictures in another post because I'm on my computer and all my pics are on my phone lol.
First there's me, chaos coordinator, maker of magic, over planner extraordinaire. I'm a 40 yr old boy mom and Disney lover. I've wanted to go to Disney since I was little but never made it, so our trip in May was the 1st for all of us. Then there's my husband C, who isn't really a Disney fan, but plays along for me and the boys. Our oldest, A is 8 and all boy. He loves all things fast, football, speedboats, and POR's tator tots lol. He's not a fan of rides that have big drops tho so TOT and Everest were out on the first trip. Our youngest, R is 5.5 and is a goofball. He's my little thrill seeker, and also a giant kid. He weighs the same as his brother at 63 lb and is tall too.
Coming along on this trip is my Sister in law S, her husband A, and their 2 boys D (10) and N (also 5). They are big Star Wars fans, but not big Disney fans, and are just along for the ride. They don't really care for all the planning that Disney needs and are more lets just figure it out when they get there kinda people. Thankfully, they have me!
A little background. Our first trip was the last week of May, and omg, it was hot. Where we live it was in the 60's the week we left, and it was 100 every day we were there. We def were not prepared. Even the Cms commented on how it was unusually hot for that time of year, Usually by mid may its in the 80's here so when planning I thought we'd be alright. I was very wrong... 3 hours into our first day my kids were begging to go swimming. We have a pool at home kids... sigh. I planned and planned and had a touring plan, complete with directions from one ride to the next. Needless to say, things did not go according to plan. By mid day on day 1 and for the rest of the trip, we went with the FP and ADR we had and winged the rest. By day 3 even I had a melt down lol (not my proudest parenting moment). C spent most of the trip swearing never again. We managed to turn it around though (for the most part) and what the kids talk about is all the fun stuff (and the swimming). That trip we stayed at POR, (paying rack rate GASP) because 1, I didn't know any better, and 2 we couldn't really change our dates. This time I'm better prepared...
Up next: Never again... (or not)
First there's me, chaos coordinator, maker of magic, over planner extraordinaire. I'm a 40 yr old boy mom and Disney lover. I've wanted to go to Disney since I was little but never made it, so our trip in May was the 1st for all of us. Then there's my husband C, who isn't really a Disney fan, but plays along for me and the boys. Our oldest, A is 8 and all boy. He loves all things fast, football, speedboats, and POR's tator tots lol. He's not a fan of rides that have big drops tho so TOT and Everest were out on the first trip. Our youngest, R is 5.5 and is a goofball. He's my little thrill seeker, and also a giant kid. He weighs the same as his brother at 63 lb and is tall too.
Coming along on this trip is my Sister in law S, her husband A, and their 2 boys D (10) and N (also 5). They are big Star Wars fans, but not big Disney fans, and are just along for the ride. They don't really care for all the planning that Disney needs and are more lets just figure it out when they get there kinda people. Thankfully, they have me!
A little background. Our first trip was the last week of May, and omg, it was hot. Where we live it was in the 60's the week we left, and it was 100 every day we were there. We def were not prepared. Even the Cms commented on how it was unusually hot for that time of year, Usually by mid may its in the 80's here so when planning I thought we'd be alright. I was very wrong... 3 hours into our first day my kids were begging to go swimming. We have a pool at home kids... sigh. I planned and planned and had a touring plan, complete with directions from one ride to the next. Needless to say, things did not go according to plan. By mid day on day 1 and for the rest of the trip, we went with the FP and ADR we had and winged the rest. By day 3 even I had a melt down lol (not my proudest parenting moment). C spent most of the trip swearing never again. We managed to turn it around though (for the most part) and what the kids talk about is all the fun stuff (and the swimming). That trip we stayed at POR, (paying rack rate GASP) because 1, I didn't know any better, and 2 we couldn't really change our dates. This time I'm better prepared...
Up next: Never again... (or not)
