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The 10th Anniversary with two kids very belated DisneyMoon PTR
May 31- June 7, 2011 - 10th Anniversary Trip – we are booked!!!
Well of course once again our plans have changed. The story of my life, however barring some catastrophe, we WILL be going on this trip. I intend to have it PIF by mid to late February.
The Cast is as follows:
Me – Angela, 37 – would live at Walt Disney World if I could.
DH – Michael, 32 – pretends to not love Disney World as much as I do but does and has a favorite Princess – Jasmine.
DD – Lexxie, 9 – loves to go to WDW but doesn’t love the crowds, etc.
DS – Nicky, 3 – would go to WDW every day if he could.
We had planned on a honeymoon to Disney World but life got in the way so here we are nearly ten years later and we will finally get to celebrate at WDW. Our 10th wedding anniversary is May 12, 2011 so that is ‘What we will be celebrating’ while on this trip.
I have it on my calendar to do my ADR on December 2, 2010 with a reminder so I remember to set my alarm for early! I am so not a morning person.
Here is what we are hoping to get {we have Free dining for our trip}
Le Cellier
1900 Park Fare {so DS can see Cinderella and her step-sisters}
‘Ohana – this one is iffy as DS is allergic to pineapple.
Bistro de Paris {for DH & I to celebrate our anniversary}
Tusker House
Whispering Canyon Café
Cap’n Jack’s
We will see what happens when it is time to actually make the ADR’s for this trip.
The kids will also do a Pirate Cruise; DD went on the one from the Yacht Club in March, 2009 so I am not sure which one they will do in May.
So I guess that although we are over six months away, this may keep me from going totally crazy and I have a start on it.
for everything to work out and time to go quickly.
My DH & I's anniversary is May 15th! We will be married 12 years this coming May.
Hope you get all of your ADRs you want.
We are planning to ask for a Guest Assistance Card on this trip. We have an evaluation set up for DD as there is some indication that she may have Asperger's and we feel that she would benefit from having some of the stress of the crowds in the lines removed. We know that we still have to wait our turn and she is okay with that but she doesn't do well in the lines and it is frustrating for her and us as well as our fellow guests I am sure. We have been three times over the past year or so and it generally felt to us as though she not only didn't appreciate the trip but didn't really want to be there. It was hard for all of us so we are hopeful that this will help. She does want to be there and she does want to have fun, it is just so overstimulating for her, we have to make adjustments and as our kids are getting older, we will split up more in order to let everyone do their favorite things. I believe this will be our best trip yet in that aspect.
DS will have extensive allergy testing and begin shots shortly after his 4th birthday in February so that may alter our dining plans a bit. I know that the Disney Chefs are very kind about allergies as I emailed and got a lot of information while planning our doomed Oct 2010 trip and will contact them again once we get closer and have our dining planned officially.
I did find the Pirates and Pals fireworks cruise last night and would love to do that however, fireworks are very hard for DD so I am not sure it is the best thing to do, we may have to just wait and let the kids go ahead with their pirate cruise.
Thanks Liz, although I didn't really want to wait until May, we already have reservations at Boardwalk {although it seems no one else in my family wants to stay there} so that may change but as I said, it is pretty much a given that we can go then.
I would love to stay at the BW, but Poly is my fave. I was hoping to stay there for my 40th birthday blowout with my DSis, but I just can't spend that kind of money. I think we are going to go with AKL. It seems to be the best Deluxe for the money.
I forgot to say that it is really cool our anniversarys are close. The 15th is my DB and DSIL anniversary too.
Again, the Boardwalk is not a sure thing
DH is absolute that he wants to stay at the Poly when we will try yet again to go alone in Sept 2011 but it is only for 4 nights so even upgrading the free dining to deluxe was less than $2500 for the two of us. That seemed like a pretty good deal to me. It is just a garden view room, but as much as I love deluxe resorts and a great view, I cannot justify over $600 more so I can see the castle.
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