luvpoohandcompany
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Wow exciting times ahead for you guys. Sounds both awesome and well deserved. It’ll be great fun to be back together as a family at WDW
What days are you going to be at DLP? There is a possibility I will be there in mid-June and it'd be crazy if we were there at the same time!Then, in June, we will all be going to Disneyland Paris for 4 nights!! @Dugette happened to mention that she’ll be visiting the parks around the same time, so last fall I found a deal on the DLP website that offered 2 free nights with a 2 night stay. The price for tickets and a room at the Disneyland Hotel was so phenomenal, I couldn’t pass it up. We’re going to drive down one day, wake up the next morning and visit the city of Paris, then spend two full days in the park before heading back home the final day. I really can’t wait to stay in the grandest hotel DLP has to offer as well as meet @Dugette and her family. Her DD and Landon are going to give us a run for our money in the parks!
YEAH!!!! The Polynesian is the best!!!The Polynesian!!!
So, will you still have to go to Magic Kingdom and torchure your kids while you get tickets? Or will this solve that problem?We’re working with Shades of Green to get the military park tickets. We filled out a request form to purchase them through their ticketing office since we don’t live close enough to an agent that sells them, and they are going to mail them to my mom’s house. She, in turn, will send them to us so that we can link them to our accounts and book our Fastpasses 60 days out (for the two days we’ll be at the Polynesian.) I did not even know Shades did this until my friend here told me about it.
How much leave does he get?And as far as Alex and work goes, this trip will cost him 15 days of leave.
Whaaat!!! OMG! Good Luck!Eeek.
I’m running a Disney half!
Of course, I'm sure that had nothing to do with it!
Yes!! Rope drop for the win! It would be nice for you to get a little quiet time with your family touring the way you all like to before everyone arrives.
Wow! That's exciting! Excellent choice!
Aww Landon is sweet! But if there's anything that could pull him away from school, I'm guessing IASM is it...
Wow! What an awesome goal! It will be amazing to do a run in Paris
Just a quick on your upcoming Disney plans!
YAY! I'm so glad to hear about your stay at the Poly. My blood may run Beach Club blue, but I found the Poly to be pretty incredible on my one night stay there.
I am impressed with your plans for the half-marathon.
So many awesome Disney things lined up for this year!
Your trip to Florida sounds like it will be busy but great! I'm glad you'll be able to sneak in some Disney time with just your family AND get to stay at the Poly!
And both your Paris trips sound great!
Sounds amazing! If you can work it out to get to AK for FOP I would do it. We all loved it!
Your upcoming trips sound like so much fun! Running a Disney race is on my bucket list...maybe someday
Wow exciting times ahead for you guys. Sounds both awesome and well deserved. It’ll be great fun to be back together as a family at WDW
What days are you going to be at DLP? There is a possibility I will be there in mid-June and it'd be crazy if we were there at the same time!
And for FOP, there is a trick to help get FP for it; I'll PM you!
So much Disney!!!
I'm so excited that you're doing the DLP Half. runDisney is awesome ... there's no other race where you can run through such a magical setting and get character pictures.
YEAH!!!! The Polynesian is the best!!!
So, will you still have to go to Magic Kingdom and torchure your kids while you get tickets? Or will this solve that problem?
How much leave does he get?
Whaaat!!! OMG! Good Luck!
Omg-if I go it will be June 10-14! Still trying to figure it all out-my Mom wanted to do a family trip and Europe was the general consensus. Just where in Europe is to be determined (top options are currently France, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Scotland). But I think I will take advantage of wherever we go and head to DLP for a few days! With that 2 night free deal, it’s hard to resist! But I told my mom I really need to know by the end of this month, so fingers crossed!We will be in DLP June 13- June 17. Let me know if our dates coincide and we can plan a DISmeet! I love running into fellow DISers in the parks.
Omg-if I go it will be June 10-14! Still trying to figure it all out-my Mom wanted to do a family trip and Europe was the general consensus. Just where in Europe is to be determined (top options are currently France, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Scotland). But I think I will take advantage of wherever we go and head to DLP for a few days! With that 2 night free deal, it’s hard to resist! But I told my mom I really need to know by the end of this month, so fingers crossed!
Wow - Disney, Disney, Disney with a wedding thrown in the mix. It all sounds fun! For what it's worth, my DH thought FOP was the best ride he'd ever been on - hands down......You have a lot to look forward to!
We might or might not stop at Disney Springs on our way through.
Purely a logistical decision.
And now Alex and I have an excuse to go to Disney without catching any grief from family. Sweet!
The Polynesian!!!
Luckily, the school he goes to “gifts” kids that have had family members deploy ten days of excused absences so this trip won’t go towards his absences. And his teachers have already said they’ll send work with him to keep him busy on the plane and long car rides.
Our Disneyland Paris adventure doesn’t end there! In September, I’ll be running the half marathon at DLP while Alex does the 10K and the kids participate in the children’s races.
Eeek.
I’m running a Disney half!
Either way…lots of fun Disney adventures are headed my family’s way!
Super happy for you! I'd love to stay there again. Soooo pretty!
While not Africa-level ambitions, a half marathon has been on my bucket list for a very long time. And now that the kids are a little older I think I can find the time (and energy) to train for one.WHA...?! You go, Girl!!!
Sounds like you have some amazing travel adventures coming up! I look forward to following along with them!
I thought since Evie liked Dumbo so much she would come with us, but she screamed in protest when asked.
Gotta love live animals…they don’t give two hoots about waiting passengers.
It was fun listening to her introduce themselves, realize they had mutual acquaintances and discuss said person’s aforementioned fame. From what I could make out, all three worked at Disney in some capacity; the girl was trying her hardest to work her way up to a Voices of Liberty performer.
As I said…we had a long wait. I got to hear all these random tidbits of details. Made me think that must be what it’s like when guests have to listen to DISers have a meetup. Somewhat entertaining stuff.
I love the safari, if only because I get to see giraffes up close.
And Landon, in his 4 year old voice that’s more like a shout, exclaimed, “Nana! This bridge is old like you!”
Oh my gosh, son. You did not just say that.
Landon misunderstood the guide and thought he mispronounced cheetah.
“It’s cheeto!”
“No, Landon, that’s a snack. This is a cat.”
“There’s no such thing as a cheetah, there’s only Cheetos!”
I feel like people either have this cult following for Animal Kingdom or could take it or leave it. I’m in the former in that it’s one of my favorite parks. I think it ranks as Number 2, just below the Magic Kingdom. I really want to take a weekend trip with Evie when she’s older and stay at AKL and do the Wild Africa Trek tour and stay until park closing. I know a lot of people wouldn’t make a trip to WDW just to go to Animal Kingdom (well, that’s maybe less true now that Pandora’s open) but I definitely would.
I suppose that was one advantage of Pandora opening…less people on the other side of the park. (I’m sure Rivers of Light helped matters, as well.)
When we reached the broken tracks I got a special treat. It was just after 9p.m. and IllumiNations was going off in the distance! Whoo-hoo! I tried to tell the girls sitting behind me to look ahead but they were off in their own little world and didn’t hear me.
I put my Disney skills to work and walked away with my family members. We wandered over to the regular resort bus stop and found the designated location right near the front for the Polynesian. No sooner had we walked up then a bus pulled up and we got on!
It was practically empty so we all got seats and were back to the Poly in fifteen minutes’ time. Sure, we had to walk back to Shades but that was a happy sacrifice for not having to deal with the madness of that Shades bus.
OMG-Landon is the best!And Landon, in his 4 year old voice that’s more like a shout, exclaimed, “Nana! This bridge is old like you!”
Oh my gosh, son. You did not just say that.
There was an awkward silence in the vehicle, and then everyone burst into laughter. The Instagram friends behind us were practically crying, they were trying so hard to be polite and not laugh too hard.
Thankfully, my mom is cool with innocent ribbing (you kind of have to be when you grow up with two stepbrothers and two sons) and laughed along with everyone else. Heck, she was probably the person who found it the funniest.
Me? I found it hilarious, but I was also immensely embarrassed that my son said that.
Jeez, Landon, way to call your grandma out like that…
The rest of the safari was uneventful, with the exception of one incident where Landon misunderstood the guide and thought he mispronounced cheetah.
“It’s cheeto!”
“No, Landon, that’s a snack. This is a cat.”
“There’s no such thing as a cheetah, there’s only Cheetos!”
That got the three kids behind us going again.
Could we please make it through the rest of this safari without you showing off any more of my stellar parenting skills here, kid? You’ve already let everyone think I allow old people jokes and crappy snack food fly, let’s stop while we’re ahead.
Soooo Funny!And Landon, in his 4 year old voice that’s more like a shout, exclaimed, “Nana! This bridge is old like you!”
Oh my gosh, son. You did not just say that.
There was an awkward silence in the vehicle, and then everyone burst into laughter. The Instagram friends behind us were practically crying, they were trying so hard to be polite and not laugh too hard.
Awesome Selfie!I had to get my mom in on the selfie action:
Good Move for sure!!!! I hate when people start to get pushy.It was practically empty so we all got seats and were back to the Poly in fifteen minutes’ time. Sure, we had to walk back to Shades but that was a happy sacrifice for not having to deal with the madness of that Shades bus.
My mother and I heartily agreed:
“Best decision we made the entire trip.”
And Landon, in his 4 year old voice that’s more like a shout, exclaimed, “Nana! This bridge is old like you!”