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Great wrap up! :appaluse: Thanks for sharing your TR! I really enjoyed following along!
Thanks for following along!
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What an amazing wrap-up Shelly. I am so glad that you were able to take what you learned from your 1st trip and turn this trip into the vacation of your dreams which it sure sounded like. I just loved seeing all the pictures of the kids especially with thier big smiles on their faces, and what was even better was seeing the smiles on you and your DH's face. I definitely agree about getting used to the deluxe resorts (especially those in the Epcot area)...while I love the POR after our stay at the BW I can so get used to the ease of walking to Epcot. Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us (and letting us get to know your kids ) will be looking forward to hearing all about the ideas you have for 2012.
Thanks for taking in the details!
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Great finish Shelly! Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us!
Thanks!
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Your wrap up made me sigh in happiness - so glad you got the trip you wanted and deserved. Looking forward to the TR in 2012 Maybe we'll overlap trips again and perhaps cross paths.....I'm hoping we'll be back in August of that year as well.
It would be often to cross paths during August 2012...
I am so glad that this trip was a success for your family! You all deserved to have a most magical trip to the World! for taking us on your re-do of Disney!
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Wonderful TR. I enjoyed every moment of it. Makes me even more excited than I was to get back there. Thank you for letting us share your trip with you. I had a ball.
I have truly enjoyed your tr! You have a beautiful family and you are such an amazing mom!
Can't wait for the next one!
Jill
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I am so glad that this trip was a success for your family! You all deserved to have a most magical trip to the World! for taking us on your re-do of Disney!
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Great Finish!
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Wonderful TR. I enjoyed every moment of it. Makes me even more excited than I was to get back there. Thank you for letting us share your trip with you. I had a ball.
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Great wrap up! I'm so glad you and your family had a good time at WDW! I've enjoyed following along!
wow. just...wow. i spent ALL of last night reading your PTR (it was the ONLY thing i did last night aside from reheating some chili for my poor, hungry husband for dinner!) and then spent a great deal of today (snow day--i'm a teacher, too) reading this trip report. the day the last harry potter book came out, i locked myself in the guest room reading it, and that's kind of what i did with your two trip reports!
first, let me say that i am awed by you--the fact that after such a horrific first trip, you determined to go back and do it right. bravo. and i'm so happy for you that the re-do turned out to be such a fantastic experience!
second, thank you so much for posting such an honest PTR. i think a lot of people expect disney to be only amazing and magical, and then when it isn't (for whatever reason) they are crushed. my poor mother had the same experience. in 1990, she planned a family trip to take me--her only child, then 10 years old--to disney world. i was (and still kind of am, but not nearly as bad) VERY very very OCD and i could not handle it. we went during spring break, and it was beyond crowded. i managed 45 minutes in the park--we checked out the swiss family tree house, stood in line for pirates--which is where i had my meltdown--and i spent the rest of the trip in the hotel pool. my mom was CRUSHED. it ruined her whole world.
why am i telling you this? first, because i'm sure you can relate, but second (and mainly) because of this--in a little over 100 days (i think we're at 103?) i'm taking my mother BACK to disney world--for mother's day. i've planned what i hope will be a good trip, and i've determined that no matter what, she will get the experience i cost her 21 years ago. some day, i'm sure, your children will do the same for you.
finally, i want to share this: aside from the afore mentioned mom-trip, you've inspired me to do a re-do of my own. we had a life-alteringly awful trip to paris this summer, and i've sworn the only way i'd ever go back was if someone knocked me unconscious and put me on a plane. but i think i'll reconsider that stance. like you, i learned a lot about what NOT to do on a trip. and given your example of how to use that knowledge to make a trip better--well, i'm truly inspired. but on our next trip (i can't believe i'm even typing that) we WILL do paris disney!
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Great wrap up to your TR. Thank you for sharing your trip with us!!!
Thanks!
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wow. just...wow. i spent ALL of last night reading your PTR (it was the ONLY thing i did last night aside from reheating some chili for my poor, hungry husband for dinner!) and then spent a great deal of today (snow day--i'm a teacher, too) reading this trip report. the day the last harry potter book came out, i locked myself in the guest room reading it, and that's kind of what i did with your two trip reports!
why am i telling you this? first, because i'm sure you can relate, but second (and mainly) because of this--in a little over 100 days (i think we're at 103?) i'm taking my mother BACK to disney world--for mother's day. i've planned what i hope will be a good trip, and i've determined that no matter what, she will get the experience i cost her 21 years ago. some day, i'm sure, your children will do the same for you.
finally, i want to share this: aside from the afore mentioned mom-trip, you've inspired me to do a re-do of my own. we had a life-alteringly awful trip to paris this summer, and i've sworn the only way i'd ever go back was if someone knocked me unconscious and put me on a plane. but i think i'll reconsider that stance. like you, i learned a lot about what NOT to do on a trip. and given your example of how to use that knowledge to make a trip better--well, i'm truly inspired. but on our next trip (i can't believe i'm even typing that) we WILL do paris disney!
thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks so much for reading my TR. I hope you have a wonderful trip with your mom and I am happy to hear you will do a re-do of your own! Enjoy!
Oh Shelly what a great ending to your trip! I am overjoyed and almost to tears hearing how great you trip was. Especially your last entry with your questions and that yes was the answer to each.
I agree with you completely about touring at your own pace, your own schedule, and that planning is key..of course with the flexibility to change your plans if need be.
Your pics are FABULOUS! I just loved the one of Delaney that is between the two TT pics! Oh, and the one of your DH and DS where DH is holding the balloons, awesome! All your pics are wonderful though, I see what you mean about being happy...it really shows!!
I also loved 1900 Park Fare and cant wait to bring DH and DD there. I thought the character interaction was fabulous! The stepmother and sisters were so great, and very good at improv. It was one of my favs too and was top of the list when I started planning this years trip. We are going this year as a family, just the 3 of us though this time, and our next trip after won't be until 2014. But hey, at least there is a next time!
OH! I forgot about the pic of you at 1900 too, where your smiling, that one is fab too!
Sorry it took me so long to respond, I think I dont get emails like I should saying there is new posts. But I havent been on to check either, I admit.
So happy again about your magic and thanks for sharing it with us...you write so open and honest, with humor and seriousness...you are a terrific writer!
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Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us! 
Maybe we'll overlap trips again and perhaps cross paths.....I'm hoping we'll be back in August of that year as well. 
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