We Turned Her Into A Disney Lovin', Character Huggin', Thrill Ridin' Girl! COMPLETED 7/11 - Page 42 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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I love all the purchases! I have a mug with the same Walt and Mickey art on it and it's my favorite.
Your final wrap-up is so wonderful and totally came across as you were writing up each day of the trip. I hear so often that parents either see how much their children have grown and changed at WDW or they feel that WDW helped their children to reach certain milestones. Something about the atmosphere at WDW feels so safe and I guess children of every description can feel that and are freed to try new things and grow. Even if "all" you experienced was a happy time together that's magic enough, but so often there's so much more!
Thank you so much! I'm glad my thoughts were clear and not rambling. I have a tendency to ramble. I was a truly incredible trip!
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sounds like you had a great trip
It was! Thanks for following along!
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Wonderful purchases!!! Love your final thoughts, I am so glad this trip opened so many new doors for you, I loved seeing you all enjoy on this trip, Asher was just so happy and you can tell how helpful he is, and seeing Selah smiling, totally having a great time...well I am sure that was the best gift for all of you. I look forward to hearing all about your next trip when the time comes.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed following us along on this trip! I really enjoyed sharing with everyone and will be doing this again the next time we go.
Thanks for sharing and wish you many more great family trips!
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it!
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Originally Posted by JKnott17
You made a lot of great purchases this trip! I love your Mickey lightning tshirt, very cool! Where did you get that one?
I'm so glad that the magic of Disney has helped make traveling a possibility for your family! I can't wait to hear about your next trip, whenever it is! Thanks for sharing this one with us.
Thanks! I love that shirt too! I got it at the World of Disney store in DTD. Thanks for following us on our adventure!
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all your purchases! I usually have a bit of trouble with final thoughts, too, except for one year when I wrote them up on the car ride home. I don't usually get to do that so by the time I get to the end of my TR, final thoughts are gone. Yours are great! so much for sharing your adventures with us! You have two very special kids, and I loved seeing Disney through their eyes.
Thanks Cam! Thanks for the compliment on the final thoughts! I tend to go round and round in circles. Thank you so much for following me on our adventure! I am really glad you enjoyed it and I have to agree that I do have two pretty special kids.
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Glad you were able to make this trip! May this be the first of many more Disney family vacations! Thanks for sharing your wonderful trip with us!
Me too! Thanks for following us along on our adventure!
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What great purchases you made. I've loved reading this trip report and I'm sorry to see it come to an end.
Thanks so much for following us along on our adventure!
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Love your purchases. The parasol is darling and I love the cup. I'm so glad traveling to the World has opened up new worlds for your family. That seems to be a common theme and I think that's why we love it so much.
Thanks so much!
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Looks like you had a lot of great purchases. I'm really glad you decided to take this trip. Sounds like it changed a lot for you. Sometimes to learn what we can do we have to try what we think we cannot do. And now that you know what Selah can handle you've got a whole lot more world to explore with her. Both at WDW and outside of the Disney bubble.
That's right! Thanks so much for following us on our adventure!
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Great TR!!! It was awesome meeting you! Cool buys!!! I like that mismatch store, so much fun! I think yalls next trip should be next year in August....thats when we are goin...
Thanks!! It was great meeting you too! I don't know when our next trip will be but if we go in August I will be sure to let you know!
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I your purchases, especially the cup. DH has a t-shirt with that same scene on it, and it makes my heart melt a little bit every time he wears it!
Your final thoughts were beautifully written. Even though I've really only gotten to know you and your family over the course of this TR, I have enjoyed seeing how Asher and Selah each experienced Disney World in their own special ways and seeing you beam with pride over how they exceeded your expectations. You have a really lovely family, and I'm so happy to hear that this Disney trip has opened some additional options for you in terms of family travel.
Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us!
I love that shirt! I get the most compliments on it...once people realize what it is.
Thanks so much for following along! I have enjoyed doing this TR getting to know everyone a little through it!
Great purchases!!! Great final thoughts too. Thank you for sharing your trip with us!!!
Thanks so much for following us on our adventure!
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Love the Mickey Head Lightning shirt! I have seen it before and it's one of my faves.
I think it's great that WDW opened doors for your family, and you're now able to go to do various things as a family. :_
Thank you for sharing your journey with us all, I will be around for the next trip!
Thanks so much for following us on our adventure! I'm so glad you enjoyed it and I look forward to sharing the next one with you all!
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Thanks for sharing your trip with us! You guys had a great time!
We did have a great time! Thanks so much for following us on our adventure!
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Love your purchases!!
It sounds like this trip has really opened up some doors for you all. I'm glad that you all took that chance to plan a WDW trip not knowing the outcome. You would have never known how wonderful and magical that trip was.
Thanks so much for following us on our adventure! You are so right about that and I'm glad we took that chance too!
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I love all your purchases especially your shirt, Selah's dress, Mickey bag and your pj's, I didn't now they sold adult stuff at Little Miss Match. I never thought to go in there because I have boys but will definitely check it our now.
Your final thoughts are inspiring, I am glad that your Disney experience with Selah turned out to be a positive one for you and your family and I hope each future vacation is just as wonderful.
I didn't know they had adult stuff in there either until Jamie saw those pj's. I love them! Wish I had another pair!
Thank you so much!
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I bought that Mickey lightning head shirt on my trip. It was October and you could actually wear black during the day. Doubt I'll get to wear it in Disney again since my next trip will be in the summer and with the Florida sun, black is out.
Love the final thoughts. You like to do things bass-ackwards (as my dad used to say). I don't think I would have taken my kids on a big expensive trip to WDW first. I would have done the mountains and family and then if all went well then spent the money on Disney. But I'm so glad it all worked out for you and that this trip helped open the travel doors for your family.
Thanks for sharing
I know it seem like we did things backwards for the trips but with the Disney trip we were really only disrupting ourselves and strangers that we would never see again. I was really more worried about staying at my grandparents house in Kansas than I had been about the Disney trip because I didn't want Selah to be too loud for them. I know that if we had not first gone to Disney and seen how well she did, the Kansas trip (at least the part leading up to it) would have made me really nervous.
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Add me to the list of those who enjoyed reading your wonderful trip report. Your positive spirit shows in your writing. Many Happy Travels to you and your family. You have two great kids! And, your husband and MIL seem pretty nice too
Add me to the list of those who enjoyed reading your wonderful trip report. Your positive spirit shows in your writing. Many Happy Travels to you and your family. You have two great kids! And, your husband and MIL seem pretty nice too
Thanks for reading and for your kind words of encouragement!
Ok, it's been over a year since you took this trip and I've only read about your first MK day, but I absolutely HAD to leave a comment about how awesome your TR is! I have strep throat right now, so I've been reading a ton of TRs to distract myself. Selah's reaction to meeting Mickey and Minnie made my heart melt. It's also so cool that she loved so many of the rides too! Asher also seems like a really cool kid. A nine year old boy who is patient with his little sister (special needs or not) can be rare! I'm impressed that he was willing to try things he was nervous about. There would be no way you could have gotten me on Splash Mountain when I was nine!
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I just found this TR yesterday and couldn't stop reading!!! What a wonderful story and family! Thanks for sharing and you are a very talented writer by keeping us all wanting more!!!
Ok, it's been over a year since you took this trip and I've only read about your first MK day, but I absolutely HAD to leave a comment about how awesome your TR is! I have strep throat right now, so I've been reading a ton of TRs to distract myself. Selah's reaction to meeting Mickey and Minnie made my heart melt. It's also so cool that she loved so many of the rides too! Asher also seems like a really cool kid. A nine year old boy who is patient with his little sister (special needs or not) can be rare! I'm impressed that he was willing to try things he was nervous about. There would be no way you could have gotten me on Splash Mountain when I was nine!
-MissFrizz
Thanks for checking out my TR! I thought I had already replied to these posts.
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I just found this TR yesterday and couldn't stop reading!!! What a wonderful story and family! Thanks for sharing and you are a very talented writer by keeping us all wanting more!!!
Thanks for checking out my TR! I really enjoyed writing it and can't wait to be able to write another one. Hopefully I will have that opportunity next year. We will just have to see what happens. Sorry it took me forever to respond to this. I thought I already had.
I was so happy to see a couple of posts from you recently and also to see your new sig pic of Selah. I'm glad to hear there's another trip in the planning stages.
I was so happy to see a couple of posts from you recently and also to see your new sig pic of Selah. I'm glad to hear there's another trip in the planning stages.
I was so happy to see a couple of posts from you recently and also to see your new sig pic of Selah. I'm glad to hear there's another trip in the planning stages.
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Thanks both of you!! I am happy to be back! It has been a busy year but I'm back. We are hoping to be able to take a trip next year in February, if not then it will be sometime in the fall. We do actually have a trip booked for February but may have to move it. As soon as I know for sure I will be adding a count down.
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all your purchases! I usually have a bit of trouble with final thoughts, too, except for one year when I wrote them up on the car ride home. I don't usually get to do that so by the time I get to the end of my TR, final thoughts are gone. Yours are great! 
so much for sharing your adventures with us! You have two very special kids, and I loved seeing Disney through their eyes. 
Thank you so much for following me on our adventure! I am really glad you enjoyed it and I have to agree that I do have two pretty special kids. 
I know it seem like we did things backwards for the trips but with the Disney trip we were really only disrupting ourselves and strangers that we would never see again. I was really more worried about staying at my grandparents house in Kansas than I had been about the Disney trip because I didn't want Selah to be too loud for them. I know that if we had not first gone to Disney and seen how well she did, the Kansas trip (at least the part leading up to it) would have made me really nervous.
We will just have to see what happens. 
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