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Deep In The 25,000 Acre Wood, were Mickey and Minnie live
Well we are at it again,.. a few changes and a few strangest but it’s going down! J more like up..
Cast Members. Myself (Shonda), DH (Colin Sr.), DS: CJ aka MooMoo (will be 9), DD: London (will be 14 months) she’s a DFT (Disney first timer), DN: Faith aka Lakie will be 9, DN: Shayla aka Ms. Shayla will be 6, and DMIL: Diane aka Mema will be happy J
So we were playing with the idea of staying at the AoA, Car’s suite, then FWC, then DH said hey let’s try off site (WDW Good Neighbor Hotel) and of course I was less than thrilled, but we have been wanting to test run doing it this way to see if it actually saves money. And the package was close to 8k so sticker shock was defiantly a factor since we did not want to spilt rooms.
So we decided to fly this year instead of driving.. lol I know shocking.. we don’t mind the #roadtrip but 14 hours of the wheels on the bus going round and round –vs- 1.5/2 hours up in the birdie sounds like a great trade.
It will be my older nieces 2nd plane ride, and my youngest nieces first plane ride.. it will also be LoLo aka London, our newest additions, first plane ride.. Everyone should do great. CJ our son is autistic and LOVES planes and trains so he is the most excited and interestingly the most well behaved (most of the time) J
So off we go… we will be in Orlando for 2 weeks.
Week 1 (June 19th-26th) is Disney Fun, We are staying in the Sheraton Vistana Resort 2 bedroom suite J ( LOVE the idea of getting more room for less) don’t get me wrong I LOVE all things Disney even the hotels, but I also like space and the fact that the resort is like 5 miles away and is also a Disney world Good Neighbor Hotel, and the fact that we have ability to cook meals if wanted (breakfast before heading to the parks) I’m game J.
So we have a rental car (minivan) reserved and will be driving to the parks instead of taking the resorts bus (this gives us the ability to come and go as we please without being restricted by the hands of the tic-toc..
This will be great for afternoon breaks/ naps and dips In the awesome sauce Pool at the resort J
All of our dinning reservations have been made J I’m sure you can figure these out J
Day 1 Epcot, Dinner in October
Day 2 Hollywood Studios, Dinner at the Vintage dinner
Day 3 Animal Kingdom, Dinner at the place that means. “Family”
Day 4 Magic Kingdom, Dinner right next to the Ice cream parlor
Day 5 Epcot (Round 2), Dinner below the Chateau
Day 6 Hollywood Studios (Rounds 2), Dinner in a car under the stars while watching the classics
Day 7 Magic Kingdom (Round 2), Dinner, Beef ragout, Cheese soufflé, Pie and pudding "en flambe"
Me being the planner that I am, have planned out every detail down to the time to head back to resort for breaks… I feel vacations go better at THE WORLD, when things are planned..
IT should be a blast, it always is each time we go J We will also be celebrating CJ, Shayla and Colin Sr Birthdays (June/July babies)
Week 2 June 26th-July 3rd
WE are staying in our Time share (Westgate Lakes)
This will be the beach week.. Daytona Beach we visit every time we come down it’s a family FAV, we will also visit CoCo and Clearwater J
We will also go to Finding Dory, go to Fun Spot and possibly visit The new Springs…
So stay tuned fine folks.. More to come.. hopefully no more changes..
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