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Great plans! I love the shot of the hot air balloons!
Thank you!
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Great start! Sounds like a great trip.
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Cam22
All your plans are looking great!
Thank you!
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Great start and great plans.
Hope you have a great time!!!
I am not too far from you. I live in the Oklahoma City area.
We have friends who live in Frisco and try to visit them often. My family lives in Durant, so we do a lot of shopping in Allen and Frisco, at least when I can get away and get down there!
Thanks! Yeah, you aren't that far away at all. Frisco and Allen definitely have a lot of fun places to shop
It all began a few weeks before Christmas. Mom was talking about the annual trip and asked if I thought I could go. I had enough vacation, so I asked my supervisor about it and was given approval for time off in July I immediately went to look for flights. Nothing was available yet, so the watching and waiting began.
For Christmas, I decided to give Kenzie a Lego Friends set and a note saying I'd take her to Legoland this summer. We both love Lego and I thought this would be a fun thing to do in Florida. I even found a BOGO coupon a week later and was thrilled! The tickets would work out to be a little less than $50 each.
In January, I had some surprise guests come to visit - my sister and her two kids - Kenzie and Lucas! Kenzie looked through some of my old Disney scrapbooks and was shocked that I had been to THE Eiffel Tower. She stated that we "had" to do that on our visit. I tried to explain that it's not the one she is thinking of, but she was having none of that. I hope she is not disappointed when we get to Epcot.
On January 28th I see that Southwest has finally opened flights for our trip dates. I found a great flight at perfect times with a total of $228. Not bad, but there are those darn required layovers out of DAL, so I checked to see what the other airlines were priced at. American had the lowest direct with $367 rt + $50 baggage. Too much for my pocketbook, so I went back to SW and snagged the original flight.
One day in April I was at work listening to the Passporter Moms podcast and found out that FP+ is going to be released for Off Site visitors! I was trying not to dance in my chair, but it was quite difficult. I was so excited! Of course, I paid very close attention to all of the info coming out about the process. I wanted to make sure I knew what to do when the time came for us to get our FP+
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Up next: Legoland mini drama and Chef Mickey's
Great plans!!! I know ya'll will have a wonderful time!
I live in Southeast Texas. I've been to Frisco / McKinney / Allen area several times. My son even applied for a Police Office position in McKinney.
Can't wait to read more about your plans!
Great plans!!! I know ya'll will have a wonderful time!
I live in Southeast Texas. I've been to Frisco / McKinney / Allen area several times. My son even applied for a Police Office position in McKinney.
Can't wait to read more about your plans!
Too cool! More coming soon ...
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Great start to the plans!
Thank you!
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Good deal on the flight.....except the layover, but it's worth the price!
Plans are looking good!
Luckily Southwest gets everyone situated quickly so it shouldn't be too bad
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I hope "the" Eiffel Tower isn't too much of a disappointment...
Glad you got the flights sorted, even if there is a layover in there.
I'm hoping she will be ok just getting a photo with it, cause that's about all we can do at this one!
In April, I took a trip to St. Louis, and due to an illness, I had a lot of anxiety about flying and being certain places. I've traveled a lot in the past, and this is the first time I've ever really experienced this before. I also realized that the thought of going to Legoland was causing me some bad anxiety. I think it was because the park and getting there were new to me, but I'm still not certain. I love Lego and have been dying to go the park for years.
Late in May, I sent a text to Mom and my sister and asked what they thought Kenzie's reaction would be to not going. They said she'd be sad, but really wouldn't care what we were doing as long as we are having fun. Ok, so problem somewhat solved. No Legoland. But what to do instead?
Later that day, I was reading about the My Disney Experience App and decided I'd better sign up and test it out. I started playing around to see what it was like to make an ADR. I picked Chef Mickey's breakfast for Tuesday on our trip and it gave me two available times - 7:15 am (hahah yeah right, we are all night owls) and 10:45am. Hmm... The more I thought about this, the more I wanted to do it. I've never done a character meal before and this seemed perfect. I texted mom and after some research she said she and Jim would love to come with us.
I found the App fairly easy to use and was able to get the ADR right away. For some reason, it doesn't show my allergy info. I know I clicked "other" but I don't see it on the reservation. I think that I may have done it the first time I tested, then not the 2nd time when I actually confirmed it. Not a huge issue for me. I did think it was really helpful, though, that you could add in this information via the App.
So, I talked to Kenzie about a week ago and the first thing out of her mouth was “I can't WAIT to go to Legoland with you.” I told her that I had a sad story to tell her, but that it had a happy ending. I said we couldn't go to Lego and instead we were going to spend TWO days at Epcot and she squealed. I was so relieved. I also told her that we were going to stay late and see the fireworks and she squealed even more. She didn't seem the least bit phased by any of it.
So Chef Mickey's and an evening at Epcot replaces Legoland - now the anxiety is gone!
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I love the shot of the hot air balloons!
I immediately went to look for flights. Nothing was available yet, so the watching and waiting began.
She stated that we "had" to do that on our visit. I tried to explain that it's not the one she is thinking of, but she was having none of that. 
I hope she is not disappointed when we get to Epcot.
I found a great flight at perfect times with a total of $228. Not bad, but there are those darn required layovers out of DAL, so I checked to see what the other airlines were priced at. American had the lowest direct with $367 rt + $50 baggage. Too much for my pocketbook, so I went back to SW and snagged the original flight. 
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I love Lego and have been dying to go the park for years. 
Not a huge issue for me. I did think it was really helpful, though, that you could add in this information via the App.
I told her that I had a sad story to tell her, but that it had a happy ending. I said we couldn't go to Lego and instead we were going to spend TWO days at Epcot and she squealed. 
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