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The "Your taking ALL those kids to WDW...AGAIN?!?!" PTR - September 25-October 4
Welcome to my pre-trip report!! I am not a fabulous writer and I have never done this before, so please excuse any mistakes.
In May 2007 we took our 4 children to Orlando for a week. While we were there, I talked my dh into taking us to Magic Kingdom for a day. Now, you have to understand that I grew up going to Magic Kingdom every year while visiting family in St. Cloud, but my dh had never been. In fact, my poor dh had never even been on a vacation until we got married! So, vacations are a pretty new thing for him. Dh didn't really want to spend the $$ on tickets to Magic Kingdom, but he is a good daddy and does want his babies to have all that he didn't growing up. Our first time as a family to MK was incredible!! We had such a good time and my dh soon became a disney fanatic. In fact, we had SUCH a good time that dh canceled our plans for the next day and took us back to WDW! We spent the next day at Epcot. Another FABULOUS day!! When we got home from that trip, dh started talking about planning a "real" disney vacation. Woohoo!!! So, January 2009 we spent a small fortune and took our 5 kiddos to WDW for 11 days. We stayed at All-Star Movies resort and we loved every minute of it!! After that trip, dh said it would be AT LEAST 2 years before we could go back...especially considering the "souvenir" from our trip that came exactly 9 months later! Dh says this year we will just buy t-shirts if we want something to remember our trip by!!
So here we are...it won't be quite 2 years, but dh really wants to go to the water parks and free dining was just too good of a deal. This year we will be taking our 6 kiddos to disney for 9 days in September.
Up next...meet the "characters"!
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Love the title! Love the intro! (In fact, I made DH hear the line about your souvenir---may be the biggest benefit of 2 value rooms instead of 1 deluxe room-heehee). Can't wait to hear more!
The first character is my awesome hubby, Tom! Tom is an Operation's Manager at a disaster restoration company here in Houston. He is the hardest working man I have ever met in my life, but when he is home with us, he is all "fun and games"!! Tom's favorite Disney character is absolutely Grumpy, but he is a pretty big fan of the "Big Cheese" as well. Favorite Disney movie...Finding Nemo. Favorite Disney ride...Expedition Everest.
The next character is my oldest daughter, Katelyn! Katelyn is my "right hand" girl. I don't know what I would do without her. I was worried when she became a teenager, but honestly, she is more fun now than ever! Katelyn's favorite Disney character is Eeyore. Favorite Disney princess...Belle. Favorite Disney movie...Pirates of the Caribbean. Favorite Disney ride...Expedition Everest.
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LOVE IT!!!
Love the vacation souvenir, as we will now have one of those very soon
Great strat to your TR, I feel ya with never doing this before, but I think we will get the hang of it!!!!
I hope that you and your family have a magical time at the world
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I am not a fabulous writer and I have never done this before, so please excuse any mistakes.
So, vacations are a pretty new thing for him. Dh didn't really want to spend the $$ on tickets to Magic Kingdom, but he is a good daddy and does want his babies to have all that he didn't growing up.
Our first time as a family to MK was incredible!! We had such a good time and my dh soon became a disney fanatic.
When we got home from that trip, dh started talking about planning a "real" disney vacation. Woohoo!!! So, January 2009 we spent a small fortune and took our 5 kiddos to WDW for 11 days. We stayed at All-Star Movies resort and we loved every minute of it!! After that trip, dh said it would be AT LEAST 2 years before we could go back...especially considering the "souvenir" from our trip that came exactly 9 months later!
Dh says this year we will just buy t-shirts if we want something to remember our trip by!!
Heather
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