jenseib
Mommy to Claire
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2006
Hello! And welcome to my latest trip report!
For those that dont know me, I am Jen.
I am a mother to 3 beautiful children, 2 of which are grown, one who is having her own little Princess in Oct, and my youngest, who is 9, Claire, who typically joins me in my travels.
I love Disney and try to make it to Disney World at least once a year. Some years that has not happened, but then other years I have been able to go more than once or at least to another Disney Destination. My last trip to the World was in Nov. of 2012.
I was lucky enough this year to have gone on my first trip to Disneyland in Feb, just a month prior to this vacation. That one was for business and I traveled alone and met up and had fun with a co-worker.
This trip to WDW was a family trip meaning my parents were going as well ..and had actually had its beginning stages started about a year prior to going.
I had traveled with my parents to Williamsburg, VA in April of 2013 and we stayed at their Marriott time share. Mom said that next year she wanted to go back to Orlando and Claire and I could come, so of course that got the wheels going. We decided that we would do it over Claires spring break. I was not looking forward to going at that time because of the crowds, but it would be better to have her not miss school if we could help it. And a busy trip is better than no trip at all right? I got those dates from her school soon after we returned from Williamsburg, and Mom then reserved her time share for that week.
Of course we tweaked things and decided to fly in a day early (with Claire missing a Friday before spring break) and then my husband, Skip, decided he would like to come at the end of the trip and try out a Disney cruise. Yes, Claire and I have now sailed Disney a few times, but Skip has yet to be on one so the trip was extended a few days for that and a little extra fun after as well.
What started out as a 7 night trip . turned into 11 nights. March 21-April 1! (Yeah . I wasnt thrilled about coming home on April Fools day)
Plans were made and of course we had a few arguments about things ..nothing ever is smooth here.
First Skip was mad we were going and never told him aboput it. Well at that point it was so far off yet and I really hadnt planned anything. I wasnt hiding it from him, I just wasnt talking about it in general.
Then he decided he did want to come, but not stay with my parents nor did he want to go for as long.
So we finally compromised and he would join us later in the trip and do the cruise portion with a day at Legoland at the end.
The thing that drives me crazy is that I am a planner and he likes to do everything last minute. So even though I knew what the plan was, he wasnt in any hurry to book the cruise. I told him more than once about the prices rising and his reply .I dont care, I want to pay full price. LOL!
He also had this idea .he wanted to come down to Florida on a Greyhound bus. He said he would have a years worth of stories to tell if he did that. It would take him about 28 hours to come by greyhound and for one who has limited time off, this was not a smart idea in my book, but he insisted this was what he wanted to do. Luckily in the end, we talked him out of it and he did fly down on Allegiant.
All was pretty much set by mid Feb (I actually booked the cruise on my birthday in Feb.) and we just had to wait. Of course I went to Disneyland in between that time which meant when I got home I had to do catch up work along with extra work to be sure all was taken care of before I left. It was a busy few weeks and I was happy to see March 21 come!
For those that dont know me, I am Jen.
I am a mother to 3 beautiful children, 2 of which are grown, one who is having her own little Princess in Oct, and my youngest, who is 9, Claire, who typically joins me in my travels.
I love Disney and try to make it to Disney World at least once a year. Some years that has not happened, but then other years I have been able to go more than once or at least to another Disney Destination. My last trip to the World was in Nov. of 2012.
I was lucky enough this year to have gone on my first trip to Disneyland in Feb, just a month prior to this vacation. That one was for business and I traveled alone and met up and had fun with a co-worker.
This trip to WDW was a family trip meaning my parents were going as well ..and had actually had its beginning stages started about a year prior to going.
I had traveled with my parents to Williamsburg, VA in April of 2013 and we stayed at their Marriott time share. Mom said that next year she wanted to go back to Orlando and Claire and I could come, so of course that got the wheels going. We decided that we would do it over Claires spring break. I was not looking forward to going at that time because of the crowds, but it would be better to have her not miss school if we could help it. And a busy trip is better than no trip at all right? I got those dates from her school soon after we returned from Williamsburg, and Mom then reserved her time share for that week.
Of course we tweaked things and decided to fly in a day early (with Claire missing a Friday before spring break) and then my husband, Skip, decided he would like to come at the end of the trip and try out a Disney cruise. Yes, Claire and I have now sailed Disney a few times, but Skip has yet to be on one so the trip was extended a few days for that and a little extra fun after as well.
What started out as a 7 night trip . turned into 11 nights. March 21-April 1! (Yeah . I wasnt thrilled about coming home on April Fools day)
Plans were made and of course we had a few arguments about things ..nothing ever is smooth here.
First Skip was mad we were going and never told him aboput it. Well at that point it was so far off yet and I really hadnt planned anything. I wasnt hiding it from him, I just wasnt talking about it in general.
Then he decided he did want to come, but not stay with my parents nor did he want to go for as long.
So we finally compromised and he would join us later in the trip and do the cruise portion with a day at Legoland at the end.
The thing that drives me crazy is that I am a planner and he likes to do everything last minute. So even though I knew what the plan was, he wasnt in any hurry to book the cruise. I told him more than once about the prices rising and his reply .I dont care, I want to pay full price. LOL!
He also had this idea .he wanted to come down to Florida on a Greyhound bus. He said he would have a years worth of stories to tell if he did that. It would take him about 28 hours to come by greyhound and for one who has limited time off, this was not a smart idea in my book, but he insisted this was what he wanted to do. Luckily in the end, we talked him out of it and he did fly down on Allegiant.
All was pretty much set by mid Feb (I actually booked the cruise on my birthday in Feb.) and we just had to wait. Of course I went to Disneyland in between that time which meant when I got home I had to do catch up work along with extra work to be sure all was taken care of before I left. It was a busy few weeks and I was happy to see March 21 come!
Can't wait to hear all about it!
A bus? Really? I would shoot my husband if he even suggested it.
I, too, have two twenty year olds and a 9 year old. Keeps us young, doesn't it!?! 
