StarWarsMomofGirls!
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2015
Welcome to my trip report!
This trip was full with lots on new things for us even though this was our 5th trip to Disney World. It truly is why I love Disney. I put a lot of planning into this trip, I did my first Pre-Trip Report for this one. You can read about it here if you want.
Otherwise, Let's get started! I have ALOT of great experiences that I want to share with everyone! I hope you join me and as I re-live our trip!
Who
Me! Ariella
I am the planner of these trips. It really has become a hobby to plan these trips. I work 32 hours a week as a project manager. And then come home pick the girls up from school and spend what feels like another 32 hours a week doing, homework, making meals and doing you know house stuff.
Favorites: Everest, Enchanted Tales with Belle, Soarin', Splash Mountain
DH Andy
DH doesn't NOT enjoy the planning part of these trips. He loves it when we are there but really isn't one for the nitty gritty planning. Which is fine until it's a week before and he suggests something and it's just too late. DH works in advertising and works hard, so our trips to Disney are usually a welcome break from all of the work.
Favorites: Flight of Passage, Soarin' Big Thunder Mountain
DD Morgan
Age: 9
She is our caring, thoughtful, reserved girl.
Favorites: Everest, Space Mountain, Tomorrowland Speedway
DD Gwen
Age: 7
She is our sassy, fancy energetic talkative girl.
Top 6 Rides: (self proclaimed list)
Space Mountain
Big Thunder Mountain
Kali River Rabbits (Rapids)
Splash Mountain
Flight of Passage
Peter Pan
Where
Wilderness Lodge
When
September 18th - September 24th
6 Nights and 6 Days
Why
Why Not? Am I right?!? Ok, if you need more than that as a reason....
I turned 40 this summer and DH asked what I wanted to do to celebrate. Originally I wanted to go to Hawaii but the more I thought about it, the time difference with the girls kind of scared me. So, we decided to wait till they were teenagers to go. So, I though more about other places and really I just came back to going to Disney!
And to add to that, DH celebrated (I guess you can call it that) 10 Years with his company. For all his hard work with the company, they give there employees a 2 week sabbatical. So, he tacked on 2 weeks vacation and planned a month sabbatical. Nice, right?
So, we decided this trip would be to celebrate my milestone birthday and his milestone at work!
Highlights of the trip:
We were able to go a lot of new things this trip!
Stay Tuned! I have LOTS of pictures to come!
This trip was full with lots on new things for us even though this was our 5th trip to Disney World. It truly is why I love Disney. I put a lot of planning into this trip, I did my first Pre-Trip Report for this one. You can read about it here if you want.
Otherwise, Let's get started! I have ALOT of great experiences that I want to share with everyone! I hope you join me and as I re-live our trip!
Who
Me! Ariella
I am the planner of these trips. It really has become a hobby to plan these trips. I work 32 hours a week as a project manager. And then come home pick the girls up from school and spend what feels like another 32 hours a week doing, homework, making meals and doing you know house stuff.
Favorites: Everest, Enchanted Tales with Belle, Soarin', Splash Mountain
DH Andy
DH doesn't NOT enjoy the planning part of these trips. He loves it when we are there but really isn't one for the nitty gritty planning. Which is fine until it's a week before and he suggests something and it's just too late. DH works in advertising and works hard, so our trips to Disney are usually a welcome break from all of the work.
Favorites: Flight of Passage, Soarin' Big Thunder Mountain
DD Morgan
Age: 9
She is our caring, thoughtful, reserved girl.
Favorites: Everest, Space Mountain, Tomorrowland Speedway
DD Gwen
Age: 7
She is our sassy, fancy energetic talkative girl.
Top 6 Rides: (self proclaimed list)
Space Mountain
Big Thunder Mountain
Kali River Rabbits (Rapids)
Splash Mountain
Flight of Passage
Peter Pan
Where
Wilderness Lodge
When
September 18th - September 24th
6 Nights and 6 Days
Why
Why Not? Am I right?!? Ok, if you need more than that as a reason....
I turned 40 this summer and DH asked what I wanted to do to celebrate. Originally I wanted to go to Hawaii but the more I thought about it, the time difference with the girls kind of scared me. So, we decided to wait till they were teenagers to go. So, I though more about other places and really I just came back to going to Disney!
And to add to that, DH celebrated (I guess you can call it that) 10 Years with his company. For all his hard work with the company, they give there employees a 2 week sabbatical. So, he tacked on 2 weeks vacation and planned a month sabbatical. Nice, right?
So, we decided this trip would be to celebrate my milestone birthday and his milestone at work!
Highlights of the trip:
We were able to go a lot of new things this trip!
- Night Shows - Our first trip to the world, Gwen was just shy of 3 and Morgan was 5. We did a lot and it was AMAZING! But we did not see one single night show. We made sure they were in bed on time each night. So, we had not seen ALOT of the night shows on property. I said part of the theme of this trip will be Night Time Shows! And it was!
- 40 Attractions for turning 40 - Like I said, the main reason for this trip was to celebrate my birthday. And I say a fellow trip reporter do 40 Attractions for turning 40. And I LOVED this idea! So, I tasked my girls with keeping track of this on the trip. Will we make it to 40 Attractions?!?!
- Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party - This was a first for us! We have never done a party before. And I was super excited about it. It was a happy accident that we were able to go. We picked September for price and timing. It hadn't even occurred to me that we would be able to do the party.
- New Restaurants & lots of Drinks - I was able to really plan out some new restaurants for us to try this trip. Now that the girls are older, we don't need to do ALL character meals. So, we were able to branch out and try some new places, Ohana, Sanaa, Teppan Edo just name a couple! And I def did my best to try as many drinks as possible!
Stay Tuned! I have LOTS of pictures to come!