Nicnicnic.nic
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2022
Hello everyone! This is my first trip report. I grew up in LA so, as a kid, I'd go to Disneyland at least once a year. I then went to Magic Kingdom for the day once as a child (spur of the moment due to a very delayed flight). And then as an adult (in 2016) I was invited to a weekend at Animal Kingdom with one day at Magic Kingdom but I did none of the planning. That is all of my WDW experience......UNTIL NOW!!!!!
Ok so for this trip I took my daughter (3.5 yo) and myself (31 yo....don't know if it's customary to put my age as well or not but it's my first trip report so we'll see how many faux pas I can accomplish). I decided to leave my son (1 yo) at home with their dad (we recently separated which is kind of also why I planned this trip because I had been really wanting to go for a long time and I finally could decide how to spend my money so there you go Disney just take it) because I thought it would just be too stressful with two young children and I didn't think he would mind. But he is definitely coming next time.
Ok so here we're my preliminary plans:
I live in Richmond, Virginia but I booked us a direct flight to Orlando out of Dulles (Washington DC) airport. I did this because:
1. we could leave really early and thus get there really early
2. If a flight was delayed or cancelled then I thought it'd be easier to get a new one out of a larger airport
And the biggest reason....
3. I had a united flight credit and couldn't get a direct flight with united out of the Richmond airport
So here's the outline:
Day 1:
Travel Day: drive 2 hrs to DC, fly from Dulles to Orlando, sunshine flyer to art of animation
Day 2:
Hollywood Studios
Day 3:
Resort Day
Day 4:
Magic Kingdom
Day 5:
Character breakfast, travel back home
Ok so for this trip I took my daughter (3.5 yo) and myself (31 yo....don't know if it's customary to put my age as well or not but it's my first trip report so we'll see how many faux pas I can accomplish). I decided to leave my son (1 yo) at home with their dad (we recently separated which is kind of also why I planned this trip because I had been really wanting to go for a long time and I finally could decide how to spend my money so there you go Disney just take it) because I thought it would just be too stressful with two young children and I didn't think he would mind. But he is definitely coming next time.
Ok so here we're my preliminary plans:
I live in Richmond, Virginia but I booked us a direct flight to Orlando out of Dulles (Washington DC) airport. I did this because:
1. we could leave really early and thus get there really early
2. If a flight was delayed or cancelled then I thought it'd be easier to get a new one out of a larger airport
And the biggest reason....
3. I had a united flight credit and couldn't get a direct flight with united out of the Richmond airport
So here's the outline:
Day 1:
Travel Day: drive 2 hrs to DC, fly from Dulles to Orlando, sunshine flyer to art of animation
Day 2:
Hollywood Studios
Day 3:
Resort Day
Day 4:
Magic Kingdom
Day 5:
Character breakfast, travel back home