twinprincesses09
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- Mar 27, 2015
Hello everyone! Welcome to my first trip report! We just returned from our latest trip to Walt Disney World and I wanted to share it all, the good, the great, and the not so great. This is actually our 4th trip (5th if you count the 1 day visit to MK in 2012) to WDW, but I never got around to writing trip reports for our previous trips. I decided to go ahead and start this one while all the details are somewhat fresh. I wasn’t really planning on writing this one while we were on the trip, so forgive me if I’m somewhat lacking in pictures. I especially don’t remember to take pictures of food before we start eating, but we are not exactly adventurous foodies, so most of our meals are pretty boring.
So to start this trip report off, lets go over the 5 “W”s.
Who-
Me- a 40 year old wife and mom of twin girls. I work 3rd shift as a clinical laboratory scientist in transfusion services at a pediatric hospital. I really enjoy my job, but would love to be able to just vacation year round (I know, don’t we all!) I never went to Disney as a child, my first visit was also my girls’ first visit in 2012. But it wasn’t until our 1st onsite stay in 2015 that I became a little obsessed. I am an obsessive planner and visit these boards regularly. But once there, while we still follow my general plan, I am ok with changing things up as needed. I think I enjoy the planning almost as much as the trip itself! My favorite character is Minnie, and my favorite ride is Expedition Everest.
Hubby- 41 year old and works in sales at a photography/videography store. While he always enjoys our trips, he’s not quite the Disney fanatic that I have become. He visited Disney World at least once as a child, but doesn’t really remember much apart from the jumping fountains at EPCOT. He is very laid back and doesn’t really like to plan, so he just goes along with whatever I want. His favorite character is Darth Vader (disappointed he doesn’t meet anymore), and his favorite ride is Rock n Roller Coaster.
Our 9 year old twin girls- who we will call A and C. They had just finished 3rd grade and had been counting down the days until this trip for months. They are very active in tumbling and cheer and still love everything princess. While they love thrill rides, their favorite ride is It’s a Small World. A’s favorite princess is Jasmine, with Anna close behind. C’s favorite is Ariel with, Elsa a very close 2nd.
What-
9 days, 8 nights at Walt Disney World. We had 6 day- 1 park per day tickets. We then spent 2 nights at Siesta Key to enjoy the beach and relax a little, followed by 1 night visiting relatives in the area.
When-
June 16 to June 24
Where-
Animal Kingdom Lodge- Jambo House standard view. We have always wanted to stay here, but never have due to cost. This time, we got a great deal and decided to splurge a little as we have plans to skip Disney for the next few years (at least my husband does!)
Why-
Because it’s Disney! Who needs another reason!
A little background on our previous trips-
We always go in the summer, as I don’t like to take my kids out of school. And like I mentioned before, this is actually our 5th trip to Disney World. We first went to Magic Kingdom for 1 day, staying offsite when the girls were just 2. While we really enjoyed it, we didn’t get the whole experience and with the girls being so young, we either had to do rider swap for the bigger rides, or just skip them. We ended up skipping a lot. Our next trip was in 2015, and we thought it would be a once and done type of trip. Boy were we wrong! We stayed at Pop Century for 5 nights and did 5 park days. The girls were 5 on this trip, so could do most rides. We weren’t back home long before I started planning our next trip. In 2016, we stayed at Coronado Springs for 6 nights, and did 6 days. In 2017, it was Caribbean Beach for 6 nights with 7 park days. In 2018, we decided to change it up a little and went to Disneyland. We stayed offsite at Best Western Anaheim Inn across the street for 5 nights and did 5 park days (followed by a few beach days and a day at Universal Hollywood). So this year, we decided to go back to Disney World. And since we were staying at our dream resort and wanted to enjoy the resort a little more, we decided for a longer stay, but to cut back on the park days.
So there you have it, I hope you follow along!
So to start this trip report off, lets go over the 5 “W”s.
Who-
Me- a 40 year old wife and mom of twin girls. I work 3rd shift as a clinical laboratory scientist in transfusion services at a pediatric hospital. I really enjoy my job, but would love to be able to just vacation year round (I know, don’t we all!) I never went to Disney as a child, my first visit was also my girls’ first visit in 2012. But it wasn’t until our 1st onsite stay in 2015 that I became a little obsessed. I am an obsessive planner and visit these boards regularly. But once there, while we still follow my general plan, I am ok with changing things up as needed. I think I enjoy the planning almost as much as the trip itself! My favorite character is Minnie, and my favorite ride is Expedition Everest.
Hubby- 41 year old and works in sales at a photography/videography store. While he always enjoys our trips, he’s not quite the Disney fanatic that I have become. He visited Disney World at least once as a child, but doesn’t really remember much apart from the jumping fountains at EPCOT. He is very laid back and doesn’t really like to plan, so he just goes along with whatever I want. His favorite character is Darth Vader (disappointed he doesn’t meet anymore), and his favorite ride is Rock n Roller Coaster.
Our 9 year old twin girls- who we will call A and C. They had just finished 3rd grade and had been counting down the days until this trip for months. They are very active in tumbling and cheer and still love everything princess. While they love thrill rides, their favorite ride is It’s a Small World. A’s favorite princess is Jasmine, with Anna close behind. C’s favorite is Ariel with, Elsa a very close 2nd.
What-
9 days, 8 nights at Walt Disney World. We had 6 day- 1 park per day tickets. We then spent 2 nights at Siesta Key to enjoy the beach and relax a little, followed by 1 night visiting relatives in the area.
When-
June 16 to June 24
Where-
Animal Kingdom Lodge- Jambo House standard view. We have always wanted to stay here, but never have due to cost. This time, we got a great deal and decided to splurge a little as we have plans to skip Disney for the next few years (at least my husband does!)
Why-
Because it’s Disney! Who needs another reason!
A little background on our previous trips-
We always go in the summer, as I don’t like to take my kids out of school. And like I mentioned before, this is actually our 5th trip to Disney World. We first went to Magic Kingdom for 1 day, staying offsite when the girls were just 2. While we really enjoyed it, we didn’t get the whole experience and with the girls being so young, we either had to do rider swap for the bigger rides, or just skip them. We ended up skipping a lot. Our next trip was in 2015, and we thought it would be a once and done type of trip. Boy were we wrong! We stayed at Pop Century for 5 nights and did 5 park days. The girls were 5 on this trip, so could do most rides. We weren’t back home long before I started planning our next trip. In 2016, we stayed at Coronado Springs for 6 nights, and did 6 days. In 2017, it was Caribbean Beach for 6 nights with 7 park days. In 2018, we decided to change it up a little and went to Disneyland. We stayed offsite at Best Western Anaheim Inn across the street for 5 nights and did 5 park days (followed by a few beach days and a day at Universal Hollywood). So this year, we decided to go back to Disney World. And since we were staying at our dream resort and wanted to enjoy the resort a little more, we decided for a longer stay, but to cut back on the park days.
So there you have it, I hope you follow along!
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