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Great start! You got some great resorts there!
Sorry for the troubles with your son.
Thanks!! Ever since my first visit to the world, I dreamed of staying at BW and now it's finally happening.
My son....that kid is generally a really great kid, but you know....teenagers are always a challenge. We are hoping that this will be a life lesson for him AND us.
So it WAS a middle school graduation trip for him, but now it's a belated birthday trip for me since my birthday is May 31st
Thanks!! Ever since my first visit to the world, I dreamed of staying at BW and now it's finally happening.
My son....that kid is generally a really great kid, but you know....teenagers are always a challenge. We are hoping that this will be a life lesson for him AND us.
So it WAS a middle school graduation trip for him, but now it's a belated birthday trip for me since my birthday is May 31st
Oh teenagers... I have a teenager and a pre-teen one. I don't know which is worst.
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The original plans were to do 4 days of parks and 2 days of water parks/DTD/resort time, so I was going to get 4 day park hopper tickets plus water parks. The budget had been planned out and then my son got into trouble. I had to switch gears a little bit.
After much thought, I decided to skip the water parks and just purchase 6 day park hopper tickets. Since we will be staying at BWV for more than half of our trip, we knew that park hoppers would be great since we can get to EPCOT and DHS so easily.
I used my Mouse Savers special link and got the tickets for a little bit of a discount from Undercover Tourist.
I ordered the tickets on January 29th (since I heard the possibility of a rate increase in February 2015) and I received my tickets on February 7th.
I checked the tickets over and confirmed they were correct before linking them to My Disney Experience account.
Review of Undercover Tourist : 5/5 – This was my first time purchasing tickets through Undercover Tourist. It was easy to navigate the website. Communication was clear and fast. Tickets were received 2 days before promised. I will definitely buy from again and recommend them to others.
Now onto the good stuff! FOOD!
I will just do this day by day so that I don’t become overwhelmed by the deliciousness that is DISNEY FOOD!
We arrive on Friday June 5th and we don’t plan on going to any parks on this day. We typically arrive at Disney around 3pm and check in. After check in we will head over to DTD!
We will do a little shopping (Hopefully pick up my new Disney World Exclusive Charms) and grab a bite to eat at Splitsville. We ate here a few years ago and DH really liked the atmosphere so we are going to try it out again.
Might even bowl a game or two
So that’s tickets and day 1 of dining.
Next time: Pandora Charms and Day 2 of dining plans.
Surgery Update: Surgery is 27 days away and I’m starting to get pretty nervous. I've never had surgery before so…yea :/
A quick countdown of all my upcoming events:
Chiropractic Appt – Today!
File for Short Term Disability – 6 days
Orthodontist Appt for final surgical wires – 21 days
Pre-Op appointment – 22 days
Surgery Date – 27 days
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