Senk
Mouseketeer
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- Mar 5, 2017
Hi all! I loved reading (lurking) through trip reports while preparing for my family's first Disney trip so I thought I'd try to share our experiences for anyone interested. Let me know if you decide follow along!
Introductions
First DH and I
Sal and Sen, 29/28, high school sweethearts stuck with each other for life!
I'm an Insurance adjuster and DH is in First aid Sales
We have two great children
Jr age 10, Gamer, soccer star and generally awesome kid
KJ age 8. Super silly, creative smarty pants
Also joining us for a few days this trip will be one of Sal's best friends FireDad (I don't know how he feels about having himself on the internet so we'll call him by his job) and his son AJ. . Sal and FireDad are also friends since high school.
Our kids have grown up together so it was great having them along
Our dates were June 4-June 10
This was earliest in the summer we could go. DH wouldn't let me pull the kids out of schools so June had to do. We planned 6 park days and 7 nights.
We stayed at Port Orleans in a Royal Room. AJ and FireDad stayed offsite.
This trip was a first for all of us. Neither DH nor I went to Disney World as children and we couldn't afford to take our kids any sooner. We probably could have gone a few years ago but didn't really think about it until last year. I can't remember why but once I decide we were going to Disney World I couldn't let it go until it was booked!
So we planned for months. By we I mean me. I planned for months. I stumbled on the Dis looking for info on if my children were too old (spoiler- the were not too old!) I think my search was something like “tweens in Disney World”. Of course then I was hooked
Finding these boards was the best thing that could have happened. The stuff I read on here helped my planning so much! We had so many experiences I wouldn't have even known existed without reading new stuff here daily.
I challenged myself to wait in line as little as possible, save money and most importantly have fun! I didn't meet all of the goals. Disney isn't a vacation, I kind of knew that going in by DH certainly learned something new!
I'm not a photographer so this will be cell pic and photopass heavy but hopefully a lot of fun!
Introductions
First DH and I
Sal and Sen, 29/28, high school sweethearts stuck with each other for life!
I'm an Insurance adjuster and DH is in First aid Sales
We have two great children
Jr age 10, Gamer, soccer star and generally awesome kid
KJ age 8. Super silly, creative smarty pants
Also joining us for a few days this trip will be one of Sal's best friends FireDad (I don't know how he feels about having himself on the internet so we'll call him by his job) and his son AJ. . Sal and FireDad are also friends since high school.
Our kids have grown up together so it was great having them along
Our dates were June 4-June 10
This was earliest in the summer we could go. DH wouldn't let me pull the kids out of schools so June had to do. We planned 6 park days and 7 nights.
We stayed at Port Orleans in a Royal Room. AJ and FireDad stayed offsite.
This trip was a first for all of us. Neither DH nor I went to Disney World as children and we couldn't afford to take our kids any sooner. We probably could have gone a few years ago but didn't really think about it until last year. I can't remember why but once I decide we were going to Disney World I couldn't let it go until it was booked!
So we planned for months. By we I mean me. I planned for months. I stumbled on the Dis looking for info on if my children were too old (spoiler- the were not too old!) I think my search was something like “tweens in Disney World”. Of course then I was hooked
Finding these boards was the best thing that could have happened. The stuff I read on here helped my planning so much! We had so many experiences I wouldn't have even known existed without reading new stuff here daily.
I challenged myself to wait in line as little as possible, save money and most importantly have fun! I didn't meet all of the goals. Disney isn't a vacation, I kind of knew that going in by DH certainly learned something new!
I'm not a photographer so this will be cell pic and photopass heavy but hopefully a lot of fun!
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