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Kick off Trip of 3 trips to Disney in 13 months - PTR
I've decided to try my hand at writing a pre-trip and trip report for our next few trips. I'm beyond excited about them But this is just for trip #1, our first anniversary!
Nothing actually ever happens on time, especially not in my family. Our honeymoon was four months after our wedding, due to a few unplanned and major expenses I'm having to re-save and scrape together what we had almost completely saved up to pay for our DVC deposit (but the new engine for my baby was unavoidable and I love her too much to just get a new car) and now our anniversary trip that I had sneakily been planning since December had to be moved back from April (when our anni occurs) to May because my dh decided to audition for a community theater musical. It happens a lot, this plan changing stuff, but I love the curve balls.
We're at 34 days today. On May 10th we'll be in Disney and that excites me beyond all belief. We just got our Magical Express vouchers and luggage tags and I wish we could go now!!
I'm a bit of a planner, or as my dh calls it, dictator planning. I learned after my honeymoon that I had to be more active in my planning, but I also had to change the way I planned.
Our trip is May 10th through May 15th and we're staying at CBR in one of the pirate rooms (as requested by dh)
May 10th we're just enjoying Magic Kingdom. It's always our first stop. A good friend of ours is a CM and we're going to do dinner somewhere on property with her. We haven't quite decided yet, but in the next week or two I'll nail that one down
May 11th we're enjoying another day in Magic Kingdom. Our only breakfast ressies of the entire trip at CP and then a really late dinner to celebrate our anniversary (just before Wishes) at CRT. I figured I'd leave time to either enjoy a water park or have nap time.
May 12th it's a morning in Epcot with lunch at Teppan Edo! Then we're off to enjoy Animal Kingdom for the rest of the day with dinner at Jiko (oh my gosh yum)
May 13th is our full day in Epcot with lunch at Princess Storybook and dinner at California Grill. It's another lazy day and if it's gorgeous enough maybe a water park.
May 14th will be lunch at Les Chefs and then off to HS for the day. Dinner at Narcoossee and then an easy evening (we always love to have one of these)
May 15th is the rush around day. Everything we didn't get to do during our trip we try to squeeze in. Our flight isn't until late so we get til about 2 in the parks before we have to leave.
Somewhere in all of that we're going to be closing on our DVC membership which will make leaving a whole lot easier because I know I'll be back for sure!!
I can't wait to share the whole trip with everyone, pictures and all. Plus, because I'm in love with food, I'll be attempting to review all of our food
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What a great start and have a wonderful time. One day I'll get to go on my honeymoon but after 16 years of marriage....I am not counting on it .
We're actually going to send my parents with some of our DVC points in two years for their honeymoon. And then again two years after that for their 25th (they just don't know it yet ). It sounds silly, but after reading on other forums all the naysayers of financing DVC, to be able to take my siblings to Disney and to send my parents on the honeymoon they never had, that to me is worth every extra penny of financing charges and interest rates
Have faith that you'll get your "honeymoon" even if it is late!
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). It sounds silly, but after reading on other forums all the naysayers of financing DVC, to be able to take my siblings to Disney and to send my parents on the honeymoon they never had, that to me is worth every extra penny of financing charges and interest rates 
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