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No both he and Eric know about the trip. To me part of the fun is the planning and the excitement before the trip
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Wow, that's an amazing deal you got for SOG!! I'll keep my fingers crossed for Free Dining for you too Last year when I was hoping for it for our August trip it was released in early May, just a heads up.
Thanks for the heads up, I figured by June I should know something
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2 weeks! That's awesome!
Evan is going to love Legoland!
I hope so - he is at the right age it is a now or never sort of thing - he didn't like the movie but we kept singing "Everything is awesome" around the sound
Thanks again everyone for joining in and welcome to my crazy life.
Well there is me – Holly – the planner. I’m in my 40’s and that is all I’m going to say about that. South Jersey born and raised, Computer Programmer by day and a single mom every day, also mommy to 2 dogs – and they will be mentioned in my next update. Disney Veteran. I think this will be my 15th trip to the world. I simply LOVE the Magic Kingdom. My favorite thing is walking down Main Street USA all lite up at night. Favorite ride for years was Haunted Mansion but I think Soarin’ tops my list now. Favorite character is Sebastian form The Little Mermaid and Donald.
DS-Evan–7, first grader and professional cutie. He is the light of my life. He like sports and anything with a motor, cars, trucks, trains, boats, motorcycles, you name it. When he grows up he is going to have 4 jobs, so he can have a 3 day weekend every week. On Monday he will be a fire fighter, on Tuesday a police office, on Wednesday an EMT and on Thursday (it varies) NASCAR driver, monster truck driver or tow truck driver. So nice to have it all figured out at the age of 7 right? This will be his second trip to the world. Last trip he LOVED the Tomorrowland race track – forgive me I still want to call it the Grand Prix. He has grown a few inches and is a little braver so hoping to get him on a few more things than last time. Favorite characters are Lightning McQueen, Mater, Dusty from Planes, Pluto and the Disney channel, Disney Jr stars. He has also declared that Frozen is better than the Lego Movie (although I had to drag him kicking and screaming to see Frozen).
His favorite shirt - wears it every Wednesday!!
Showing me the flower he planted at school.
DM-Janet–won’t mention her age because she would kill me but let’s just say she is about 25-30 years older than me. She loves to travel and I got the travel bug from her. She likes Disney and has been many times but don’t think she would ever head back on her own if the grandkids were not going too. She is a retired accountant (not CPA) and constantly counts her blessing that she is healthy and has enough money to travel . Her favorite ride is probably It’s A Small World because that was my favorite ride on our first trip to Disney back in the mid 70’s when I was 5. Something about her baby girl loving the ride – I can now relate to that as my son was 5 on his first visit. No favorite character.
DNephew – Eric – 8 an adorable little boy and Evan’s best friend . By default Eric has been our traveling companion on many, MANY trips (over night and day). See I’m the planner, my mom loves to come along and my sister is so busy that any time we invite Eric anywhere, he comes. Trips to the zoo, or baseball games to overnight weekends at Dutch Wonderland and Maryland and sleepovers. When planning this trip I knew Evan would have a better time bringing someone with him so it was a no brainier to ask Eric. This will be his 3rd trip but he was only 10 months old on his first trip so he doesn’t remember any of it. Favorite ride was rock n’ roller coaster and character, Mickey and pirates and both boys like the Avengers. Evan Iron man and Captain America and Eric Hulk and Hawkeye.
being silly at the Camden Aquarium
Is that Ironman and The Hulk I see?
Chillaxing on the tram car
So that is it, just a little bit about me and my traveling party.
Sorry these pictures are not the best I had to scan them and then some of them were takeing with my phone so not the best quaility anyway - then print them - then scan them - then edit - well you get the idea.
Coming up next – will we even be able to take this trip?
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Last year when I was hoping for it for our August trip it was released in early May, just a heads up.
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by day and a single mom every day, also mommy to 2 dogs – and they will be mentioned in my next update. Disney Veteran. I think this will be my 15th trip to the world. I simply LOVE 
the Magic Kingdom. My favorite thing is walking down Main Street USA all lite up at night. Favorite ride for years was Haunted Mansion but I think Soarin’ tops my list now. Favorite character is Sebastian form The Little Mermaid and Donald. 
When he grows up he is going to have 4 jobs, so he can have a 3 day weekend every week. On Monday he will be a fire fighter, on Tuesday a police office, on Wednesday an EMT and on Thursday (it varies) NASCAR driver, monster truck driver or tow truck driver. So nice to have it all figured out at the age of 7 right? This will be his second trip to the world. Last trip he LOVED the Tomorrowland race track – forgive me I still want to call it the Grand Prix. He has grown a few inches and is a little braver so hoping to get him on a few more things than last time. Favorite characters are Lightning McQueen, Mater, Dusty from Planes, Pluto and the Disney channel, Disney Jr stars. He has also declared that Frozen is better than the Lego Movie (although I had to drag him kicking and screaming to see Frozen).
She loves to travel and I got the travel bug from her. She likes Disney and has been many times but don’t think she would ever head back on her own if the grandkids were not going too. She is a retired accountant (not CPA) and constantly counts her blessing that she is healthy and has enough money to travel 
. Her favorite ride is probably It’s A Small World because that was my favorite ride on our first trip to Disney back in the mid 70’s when I was 5. Something about her baby girl loving the ride – I can now relate to that as my son was 5 on his first visit. No favorite character.
. By default Eric has been our traveling companion on many, MANY trips (over night and day). See I’m the planner, my mom loves to come along and my sister is so busy that any time we invite Eric anywhere, he comes. Trips to the zoo, or baseball games to overnight weekends at Dutch Wonderland and Maryland and sleepovers. When planning this trip I knew Evan would have a better time bringing someone with him so it was a no brainier to ask Eric. This will be his 3rd trip but he was only 10 months old on his first trip so he doesn’t remember any of it. Favorite ride was rock n’ roller coaster and character, Mickey and pirates and both boys like the Avengers. Evan Iron man and Captain America and Eric Hulk and Hawkeye.
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