21LizSalute
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jan 21, 2019
Intro:
Hey all! I'm Liz, a SAHM/fitness instructor originally from Miami, then from NYC, and now settled in Chicago. Growing up I spent summers visiting the Orlando and Tampa theme parks, so I hate to say it but I'm sort of theme park jaded. BUT so many of my friends have in recent years fallen in deep love with the Disney experience so I am coming into this trip attempting my level best to find the magic that they've found. I also have a family travel blog that I tinker with when I'm in the mood and though I'm two trips behind, I'm hoping I can get some stuff out of this trip that will make a fun future blog post.
Husband (H) doesn't have the best memories of his family trips, so we've been trying to make up for it in recent years. And lemme tell you: he is PUMPED to be going to Disney. He is so giddy by the whole prospect. I'm trying to make this trip really special for him. Which means going all in on whatever experiences we can (without going bankrupt in the process
) I also decided to surprise him with his own custom shirts, care of me and my Brother Scan-n-Cut, which I've tried to keep a secret. Here he is posing with the great and mighty Christmas tree he felled for us:
Baby Girl (BG) is our 2-almost-3 year old. She's seen Moana, shes's seen Frozen annnnnnnd that's about it. Ever since planning this trip I've been trying to introduce her to whatever I can so she's a little more in the Disney-loop. A week before our trip we went to Disney on Ice so she could get a little taste of the other Disney characters, and she had a fantastic time. Here she is clearly taking to the Disney experience like a duck to water!
So that's our merry little band.
Our plan is to split our trip into essentially three sections. Leg one, we are visiting my father to tell him our big news (I'm pregnant! Yay!). He lives about two hours from Orlando, so while we are there we will be also heading with him to Busch Gardens in Tampa to get a full, well-rounded theme park experience . Leg two, we are headed back to Orlando, staying at the Holiday Inn Resort in Lake Buena Vista for a couple of days as we make the rounds visiting all my childhood friends that have moved to Orlando. Finally we will be headed to Disney where we will stay at Jambo House at Animal Kingdom Lodge and visit Epcot and Magic Kingdom. Not a lot of time at the parks, but I figured this would give us our first taste of Disney World as a family.
I've been obsessively checking the Disboards, reading trip reports, and getting all my questions answered by the fine, knowledgable community I've found here. I've got my camera charged and ready, and the fam is eager to get out of this Polar vortex and into the sunshine, already.
So here we goooooooo
Hey all! I'm Liz, a SAHM/fitness instructor originally from Miami, then from NYC, and now settled in Chicago. Growing up I spent summers visiting the Orlando and Tampa theme parks, so I hate to say it but I'm sort of theme park jaded. BUT so many of my friends have in recent years fallen in deep love with the Disney experience so I am coming into this trip attempting my level best to find the magic that they've found. I also have a family travel blog that I tinker with when I'm in the mood and though I'm two trips behind, I'm hoping I can get some stuff out of this trip that will make a fun future blog post.
Husband (H) doesn't have the best memories of his family trips, so we've been trying to make up for it in recent years. And lemme tell you: he is PUMPED to be going to Disney. He is so giddy by the whole prospect. I'm trying to make this trip really special for him. Which means going all in on whatever experiences we can (without going bankrupt in the process
Baby Girl (BG) is our 2-almost-3 year old. She's seen Moana, shes's seen Frozen annnnnnnd that's about it. Ever since planning this trip I've been trying to introduce her to whatever I can so she's a little more in the Disney-loop. A week before our trip we went to Disney on Ice so she could get a little taste of the other Disney characters, and she had a fantastic time. Here she is clearly taking to the Disney experience like a duck to water!
So that's our merry little band.
Our plan is to split our trip into essentially three sections. Leg one, we are visiting my father to tell him our big news (I'm pregnant! Yay!). He lives about two hours from Orlando, so while we are there we will be also heading with him to Busch Gardens in Tampa to get a full, well-rounded theme park experience . Leg two, we are headed back to Orlando, staying at the Holiday Inn Resort in Lake Buena Vista for a couple of days as we make the rounds visiting all my childhood friends that have moved to Orlando. Finally we will be headed to Disney where we will stay at Jambo House at Animal Kingdom Lodge and visit Epcot and Magic Kingdom. Not a lot of time at the parks, but I figured this would give us our first taste of Disney World as a family.
I've been obsessively checking the Disboards, reading trip reports, and getting all my questions answered by the fine, knowledgable community I've found here. I've got my camera charged and ready, and the fam is eager to get out of this Polar vortex and into the sunshine, already.
So here we goooooooo