ksloane
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 26, 2006
I'm an official KOTS for the second time. Can't put it in my signature though as my daughter sometimes browses the boards.
My first KOTS trip was December 2007 with my daughters (then 7 and 16). It was great. When we checked the mail (post office) after school, there was a note from the Elves to go straight home. When we got home, our suitcases were all piled in the middle of the living room with a new note. This one from Mrs. Claus telling us to not open the bags. Just to load them up and head to a family friend's house (she lived 3 hours away, near the airport). We called to tell her we didn't know why, but we were coming and she assured us she'd go clean the guest room, and she didn't know how it got there, but when she got home from work there was a package for us under her tree. When we got there and opened the present, it was filled with guide books, autograph books, and a note from Santa himself with plane tickets, reservation numbers, etc and Surprise tshirts. We left that next morning and spend our entire Christmas break at Disney. It was great!!! My daughter was soooooo surprised.
This time I'm planning a trip with just my youngest, she's 10 now. My oldest says she will stay home and take summer courses and let my youngest have a trip where it's all about her. We are going May 30. This year, I bought some of the Mickey shaped balloons, and I'll buy one of the small party helium tanks right before the trip. The plan is to blow up the balloons and attach them to note cards saying Surprise or something. She'll wake up the morning of the 30th to find a big wrapped box in the living room for her. She'll probably have to wake me up and then we'll open it, and the balloons will float up and so on. Suitcases will be packed and loaded and all she'll need to do is pack her carryon bag with whatever entertainment she is taking for the car ride/plane ride.
I can't wait!! I've almost finished her autograph book, and then I plan to at least make her a travel activity book as well. Then I'll start on the tshirts for each day.
My first KOTS trip was December 2007 with my daughters (then 7 and 16). It was great. When we checked the mail (post office) after school, there was a note from the Elves to go straight home. When we got home, our suitcases were all piled in the middle of the living room with a new note. This one from Mrs. Claus telling us to not open the bags. Just to load them up and head to a family friend's house (she lived 3 hours away, near the airport). We called to tell her we didn't know why, but we were coming and she assured us she'd go clean the guest room, and she didn't know how it got there, but when she got home from work there was a package for us under her tree. When we got there and opened the present, it was filled with guide books, autograph books, and a note from Santa himself with plane tickets, reservation numbers, etc and Surprise tshirts. We left that next morning and spend our entire Christmas break at Disney. It was great!!! My daughter was soooooo surprised.
This time I'm planning a trip with just my youngest, she's 10 now. My oldest says she will stay home and take summer courses and let my youngest have a trip where it's all about her. We are going May 30. This year, I bought some of the Mickey shaped balloons, and I'll buy one of the small party helium tanks right before the trip. The plan is to blow up the balloons and attach them to note cards saying Surprise or something. She'll wake up the morning of the 30th to find a big wrapped box in the living room for her. She'll probably have to wake me up and then we'll open it, and the balloons will float up and so on. Suitcases will be packed and loaded and all she'll need to do is pack her carryon bag with whatever entertainment she is taking for the car ride/plane ride.
I can't wait!! I've almost finished her autograph book, and then I plan to at least make her a travel activity book as well. Then I'll start on the tshirts for each day.