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It's time to move on and move forward.
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03-01-2014, 04:35 PM
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Brent and Jordan are headed to Disney to see Cinderella! (oh and to celebrate Jordan's 17th Birthday and see Ariel too!)
Going to Disney for daughter’s 17th birthday!
Hello all! It's Brent again, and I'm headed back to Disney to see my beloved Cinderella again. Oh and to celebrate my daughters 17th birthday. (Sorry hon!). Honestly I am very excited to go back to the world to see the white-glove clad one again and to spend some good quality time with my daughter. She is 17 almost and the clock is ticking on being able to do things like this with her. Graduation looms just over a year away and then who knows what? There's a chance this may be the last time I get to do something like this with her. You never know do you?
Anyway enough of that, here's a brief introduction to us and our plans: I am Brent, fantastic father and Cinderella devote extraordinairre. ☺. Those of you who have followed us know me and my devotion to the white gloved one. She even helped me propose to my wife, Liz. Many of you know us from our 'Brent and Liz' trip reports. Here are a few recent pictures of my Cinderella encounters.
And my daughter, Jordan: Ariel is her muse even at 17. There will be lots of Ariel visits and Dole whips on this trip. Here are a few pictures of her and the mermaid.
She swims on the High School swim team so they have lots on common.
Here's our plans:
Tuesday March 11. Arrival day
Working half a day then home for last minute packing then stopping by school to pick up Jordan then make the hour and a half drive to the airport to catch our Delta flight leaving at 5:45.
The plane from Detroit should land in Orlando at 8:15 or so. We will then hop in our rental car and head to Art of Animation in a Mermaid room of course! If it's not too late and we feel up to it we may even be Magic Kingdom bound for our first princess meetings. Who knows?
Wednesday March 12. Akershus for breakfast,
Definitely going to get our princess fix this day. Hopefully the lines to see Anna and Elsa aren’t too long and we can meet them this morning. Then we shall take in some of the Epcot attractions then maybe go back to the resort to swim refresh and eat, lunch, then on to the Magic Kingdom at night 
Thursday March 13 Jordan’s Birthday! The castle for breakfast then Be our guest for dinner.
Spending the whole day in Magic Kingdom. Hope to catch the new parade…
Friday March 14 Akershus for breakfast and Epcot day
I do hope Cinderella is at Akershus that morning as this may very well be my only chance to see her today.  Epcot is open late we will most likely be here late at night too.
Saturday March 15 Studios Day and 50’s Prime time for lunch.
May have to make a late night run to The Magic Kingdom to have any Cindi time today. !
Sunday March 16
Akershus for breakfast scheduled. But if dining with princesses has gotten a bit old by now we may cancel this one and have a slow morning as we are staying late at MK tonight for Extra Magic hours.
Monday March 17
Departure day. Crystal palace for breakfast, then one last visit with the princesses then headed home. Plane leaves at 4:00 pm and lands at 6:45 in Detroit, leaving us plenty of time to get back home, get rested and ready for school and work the next day.
Starting to get into that excited / panic mode as the trip is almost here and there is still so much to do. I haven’t even bought new socks yet!
I’ll update you all as we get closer and I can mark more things off my checklist.
Brent
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