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Old 04-29-2011, 04:28 PM   #1
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Red face My little Pirate is turning Five--PTR

I have decided to go ahead and start my PTR for October 2011 trip, so that I can share my planning with people who also enjoy planning. This way DH won't complain about me talking to him about our trip.

So here goes.

Our cast of characters:
Me- 36 year old nurse who works nights in order to be a stay at home mom.
DH- 40 (will be 41 at time of trip) year old engineer with a type A personality.
DS- my greatest gift that will be turning five while we are in WDW


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Oct 18-30, 2011 (start date is subject to change, but more on that later)

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Asked DS if he wanted a birthday party or to be in WDW on his actual birthday and he chose WDW .
Plus, planning on attending MNSSHP and enjoy F&WF.

Up Next: A little background on our cast........



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What an awesome way to make birthday memories!!
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What a way to celebrate turning 5!
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Me: I am a thirty-six year old mom, wife, nurse, and Disney fan. I am mom to a very energetic 4 year old boy, who we adopted as an infant. We meet him when he was just 7 weeks old and he moved home two days before turning 3 months. For our nursery we decorated in Classic Pooh to make sure the DS would start his life with us in the proper Disney fashion. As a nurse I work night shift so that I can be home with DS and not have to do daycare. Luckily, I work part-time and my shifts are usually only 8 hours, so I am only moderately sleep deprived.
My first trip to WDW was in 1981 when I was six. My dad took my sister and I. I don’t really remember too much from this trip, but I do remember riding the HM multiple times and the hitch hiking ghosts at the end of the ride. I always remembered this trip and wanted to get back to WDW. It also started my love for the HM.
A few years ago my dad let me have some of the pictures from that trip. Here are a few of those pictures. If you look closely at the one with Minnie Mouse it looks like I am about to take out the kids who want to meet her.





My next trip was in 2004 with DH. This was his first trip ever to WDW. We stayed at POFQ for 8 nights. This was the year that multiple hurricanes hit Florida. We had our own run in with Hurricane Francis on day 2 of our trip, but the only problem was the parks were closed for two days due to the Hurricane. The crowds were very low and I don’t think we waited more than 5 minutes for any ride. After this trip DH was bite with the WDW bug, but we did not get back to WDW until 2008 because of adopting our son and some family issues.
In 2008 we started taking DS to WDW. We needed a vacation and when started looking for places to take DS. Well with free dining and DS less than three WDW was a great deal. So I booked us at CBR. In 2009 DH was not as convinced about going back to WDW, but again free dining was offered and DS was still free so back we went to POP this time. After this trip DH wanted to wait a few years before going, but then in January of 2010 DS started talking about WDW without any prompting from and DH said go ahead and book a trip. This trip we decided to stay at the BC. This was our first trip with having to pay for DS, while down at WDW DH just resigned himself to DS wanting to go each year.


Up next: A little back ground on DH. I will also include pictures of other trips after a little more background on DH and DS.



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Great PTR so far! I love the photos from visits as a child!
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