cinderelly828
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Dream Come True - Spoiling our little Princess Niece for her first trip to Disneyland!
Hi there and ! I thought it'd be fun to do a little trip report for our upcoming trip to Disneyland and Universal Studios in May (exactly 3 weeks tomorrow)! I have another thread asking for some advice for this trip, so sorry if any of this sounds redundant.
The Cast of Characters:
ME! (Candice)
I'm a complete Disney nut and am still way too obsessed with the Princesses. Can't I just live in Disneyland?
DH (C)
I've created a Disney monster out of my husband and now he's as obsessed as I am. Yay! I tried to plan a non-Disney trip and he sweetly asked if we could just go back to Disney again because he loves it so much. Swoon!
SIL/BIL (M & R)
We love these two sooooo much! SIL and I have just clicked on a fabulous level since we first met when DH and I were dating and BIL is the most calm, chill, sweet man you could ever meet. They are the greatest parents to the star of the trip....
Princess M (5 1/2 yo)!
I know this photo is kinda large, but it's so epic and just captures DN's little personality! She's such a sassy but sweet little nugget and I'm obsessed with her. We don't get to see her nearly enough as we live in different states and I can't WAIT for all this bonding time. I also love that she's such a little poser in all her photos...just like her auntie!! Here's one more darling little picture, for good measure.
Agh, I'm just obsessed with her. The cutest!
Trip Details:
Dates for us: Wednesday, May 3 - Tuesday, May 9th
Dates for the fam: Wednesday, May 3 - Saturday, May 6th
DH and I have been going to Disney pretty much every year since 2012 (there was a blip in 2013 before we fully realized JUST how much we both loved it and were addicted) and were actually planning a trip to NYC this year but decided Disney would be more fun. We have been dying to take Princess M since she's so into the Princesses and seems like she's such a fun age to take. They also live about 8 hours away from us so we don't get to see them nearly as often as we'd like and my goal is to become favorite auntie. The only problem was that we didn't know whether or not SIL & BIL would be able to swing it financially. We were thrilled to find out that they've had a little vacation nest egg saved up and are able to join us! DH and I are both over the moon. We haven't told Princess yet, but will be mailing her a super cute Minnie Mouse suitcase tomorrow filled with all sorts of fun Disney stuff for the trip. I've way over packed that thing with Minnie t-shirts, stickers, coloring books, Princess bandaids, Minnie swim goggles, games, the cutest Lilo & Stitch PJs, a Minnie plush...I honestly can't even remember what else... We're then going to get on Skype with her and her parents and tell her the fun news!!! I. CAN'T. WAIT!
We have 3-Day Park Hoppers and the fam has 2-Day Hoppers. After DL we'll be heading up to Universal Studios for Sunday, spending a pool day Monday and perhaps seeing my best friend from college and then flying out of Burbank on Monday night. We took Tuesday off from work because we don't get back home to Seattle until about 1:15 am and I want a recoup/unpack/sleep/cry-that-I'm-not-at-Disney-anymore day.
Highlights: We'll be taking DN to BBB, a special auntie/niece lunch date at AG, DH and I will be couple Disneybounding for the trip and DH and I have Carthay Circle reservations for the adults only day. I also hope to take SIL to Trader Sam's for some girl time and cocktails.
My plan for this PTR is to post our plans for each day and include outfit photos (in case anyone is interested in the massive amount of stuff I'm packing... ). I will also try to include a few fun photos of DH and I's past Disney Trips because I have so many dang PhotoPass photos and who else will appreciate better than DISers!?
Thanks for reading along!! I hope it's fun!!
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