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New Family, New Traditions! June 9-13 Disneymoon PTR
Okay, I’ve been eyeing the trip reports for a while now and think it’s finally time to start my first (hopefully of many!) pre trip report! I am getting married SO SOON now (May 30 to be exact… 53 days, eeek! ) and we will be heading out on our honeymoon on June 9!
First, quick introductions… Me (Sarah) – 29, I’ve been to Disney twice but only as a child – once when I was ten and again when I was fourteen. I’ve been trying to get back ever since! I never thought I’d get a future husband to agree to a Disney honeymoon, so I was thrilled when he said yes right away! Fiancee (Sean) – 28 (or will be by the time we travel), has never been to any of the Disney parks. Given his imagination and love for magic or fantastical stories, it pains me that he never got to go as a child. Luckily, he has not done all that much growing up!
The Plan: Due to being restricted to a school schedule (we both work in education), we are getting married at the very beginning of summer and the beginning of wedding season. The day after we set our date, Sean got a call from one of his college friends asking him to read at HER wedding the weekend after ours! Since we didn’t want to cut our honeymoon short, we decided to postpone it a week. We’ll get married, I’ll go back to work for three days, then we’ll go to her wedding, THEN we fly down to Florida! We’ll be at Disney June 9-13 renting DVC points to stay in the Beach Club Villas. Then we’ll spend a day at Universal so Sean can have his “must do:” The Wizarding World of Harry Potter! (I should really probably finally finish those books before we go…) Finally, my aunt, who lives in FLA and works at Legoland, has asked if we would like to visit there while we are down there. I priced it out and plane tickets are actually a little bit cheaper if we wait one more day, so we’ll hit another treat for Sean and head to Legoland for the day! (This is the man who snuck two Lego sets on our Target registry, after all ) I laugh that our honeymoon will consist of Disney World, Harry Potter, and Legos, but it really is the perfect reflection of our “kids at heart” relationship!
My approach to the trip: I am trying to find a happy medium between over-planning and going with Sean’s suggestion of “let’s just walk around and do what we want to do.” Knowing that we’ll be arriving right as peak season begins makes me know that if we truly just walk around without somewhat of a plan, we likely won’t get to see a lot of what we want to see. But I also don’t want to overplan so much that it doesn’t feel like a vacation. So we’ve made a few ADRs, and are going to sketch out a rough plan for each day to maximize our time where we want to be, and I think (/hope) it will work out just right! At the same time, I’m trying really hard not to be overcome with the fear, “WHAT IF HE DOESN’T LOVE IT?!?” – which is really what is also driving me to try to over-plan. I just need to relax and let him enjoy it himself... of course, easier said than done!
So jump on board as we navigate what will hopefully be our first of many trips to Disney Parks for our new family!
Coming up next… The Early Stages: DVC renting & ADRs
Great start, Sarah! for your wedding and Disney honeymoon. My husband Luke and I have been married 32 years and he still plays with Legos and I'm the Harry Potter fan.
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