sharona
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- Joined
- Feb 7, 2008
Hi! I really enjoyed writing a PTR and TR for our previous trips so here we go again!!!
We're heading from the East Coast (just north of Boston) to the west 4/18 - 4/23 for the kids' school break week. This was a very last minute trip by my usual standards. We just booked about a week ago and the trip is a mere 8 weeks away! On the plus side, not too much time to wait - on the minus side, not too much time to plan! Although it seems like DLR doesn't require as much planning as WDW. Yeay???? Hmmmm...I love planning so that may or may not be a good thing. We'll leave that TBD!
A bit about us:
me - 50-ish working mom who loves photography and travel and supports most of our trips by travel hacking. Travel hacking is just slang for collecting frequent flier points and miles to get free flights and hotel rooms or free upgrades. I have a good job but there is no way I could afford to take all of the trips we take if I didn't use points and miles to pay for just about every flight and hotel. My family likes to make fun of my points obsession but they never complain about the fun trips we get to take!
DD14 - my only baby! She used to be so sweet and fun but now is fully into the whole snap chatting finsta chekcing phone coma that is today's teenage girl. (If you don't know what a finsta is, look it up - your child probably has one.) DD was affectionately known as Boo in previous WDW and USO trip reports but has now graduated to a new nickname - the Princess.
C - my SIL - 40-ish working mom who is one of my BFF's. She's my fun-loving partner in crime when it comes to travel. Married to my brother who is not a fan of flying or beaches or theme parks so he happily sits out many of our "family" trips. C and I also frequently travel with some of our mutual friends on girls weekends when we need to recharge without the kids.
J - my 14 year old nephew. He's usually super sweet but he has his moments. In many ways he is a typical teen boy who wants to stay in his man cave and play video games with his friends 24/7. He also has ASD. He is brilliantly smart but has social and anxiety issues that require special handling. My SIL is wonderful with him and they are fun to travel with as long as we keep his condition in mind and don't over schedule activities.
Next up - our plans come together after months of hesitating and waffling! But was it too late to get the hotel and flights that we wanted?
We're heading from the East Coast (just north of Boston) to the west 4/18 - 4/23 for the kids' school break week. This was a very last minute trip by my usual standards. We just booked about a week ago and the trip is a mere 8 weeks away! On the plus side, not too much time to wait - on the minus side, not too much time to plan! Although it seems like DLR doesn't require as much planning as WDW. Yeay???? Hmmmm...I love planning so that may or may not be a good thing. We'll leave that TBD!
A bit about us:
me - 50-ish working mom who loves photography and travel and supports most of our trips by travel hacking. Travel hacking is just slang for collecting frequent flier points and miles to get free flights and hotel rooms or free upgrades. I have a good job but there is no way I could afford to take all of the trips we take if I didn't use points and miles to pay for just about every flight and hotel. My family likes to make fun of my points obsession but they never complain about the fun trips we get to take!
DD14 - my only baby! She used to be so sweet and fun but now is fully into the whole snap chatting finsta chekcing phone coma that is today's teenage girl. (If you don't know what a finsta is, look it up - your child probably has one.) DD was affectionately known as Boo in previous WDW and USO trip reports but has now graduated to a new nickname - the Princess.
C - my SIL - 40-ish working mom who is one of my BFF's. She's my fun-loving partner in crime when it comes to travel. Married to my brother who is not a fan of flying or beaches or theme parks so he happily sits out many of our "family" trips. C and I also frequently travel with some of our mutual friends on girls weekends when we need to recharge without the kids.
J - my 14 year old nephew. He's usually super sweet but he has his moments. In many ways he is a typical teen boy who wants to stay in his man cave and play video games with his friends 24/7. He also has ASD. He is brilliantly smart but has social and anxiety issues that require special handling. My SIL is wonderful with him and they are fun to travel with as long as we keep his condition in mind and don't over schedule activities.
Next up - our plans come together after months of hesitating and waffling! But was it too late to get the hotel and flights that we wanted?