hulagirl87
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- Jan 16, 2006
Hello!
I did a trip report several years ago when DH and I got married and honeymooned down in Disney. Bear with me while I write this one. It's been a while!!!
So a little background. My best friend Katie and I had started talking last year about taking a quick trip to Disney for our 40th birthdays. She turned 40 in March and I turn 40 in June. DD (Carys) was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in September and Katie and I talked about taking her with us. She turned 5 this year, so it ended up being a birthday celebration for all 3 of us, plus celebrating how brave she's been the last several months. So we decided on April 26- April 29 at Art of Animation. It would have been nice to go for longer but I would be leaving DS behind and felt really guilty! He's only 18 months, so I didn't want to be away for long. DH and my mom were going to take care of him while we were gone.
Ok, so on with the good stuff. Carys had no idea we were going which made it hard to pack because I couldn't get anything out because she would see it and ask what was going on, but made it fun because I had this awesome secret. She has been to Disney once before and talks about it all the time so I knew that she would be excited once we told her she was going. We had a really early flight on Sunday morning (5:35 departure). Katie slept at our house the night before so when we woke up to leave my house she would already be there. We woke at 3:15am and I woke DD right before we left the house. We got to the airport at 4am and got though security pretty quickly. I was nervous about travelling with DD's diabetes supplies, but it went really well. I waited til we were at the gate and then gave Carys her magic band and asked her where she thought we were going to wear it. She said "Disney!"
We had a connecting flight in Baltimore and got some Jamba Juice (yum!) and had some breakfast
We flew Southwest and I would definitely fly them again. We had a great experience and the flights were pretty uneventful, which is good! I don't like to fly so the less drama the better!
We landed in Orlando at 10:30am and headed to Magical Express. It was so busy!!! Carys was pretty excited to scan her Magic Band to get us into line for Art of Animation. It was really hot waiting, and it felt like a pretty long wait. We got on a bus around 11am and sat all the way in the back. It was a full bus!
Art of Animation was hopping this day!!! Katie had stayed there before but it was the first time for Carys and me. It was awesome!
We were staying in a Lion King room which was really exciting as it's one of Carys's favorite movies and I know that she would be super excited to sleep in a Simba bed! We got to get right into our room and it was a short walk from the main building which was nice.
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I did a trip report several years ago when DH and I got married and honeymooned down in Disney. Bear with me while I write this one. It's been a while!!!
So a little background. My best friend Katie and I had started talking last year about taking a quick trip to Disney for our 40th birthdays. She turned 40 in March and I turn 40 in June. DD (Carys) was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in September and Katie and I talked about taking her with us. She turned 5 this year, so it ended up being a birthday celebration for all 3 of us, plus celebrating how brave she's been the last several months. So we decided on April 26- April 29 at Art of Animation. It would have been nice to go for longer but I would be leaving DS behind and felt really guilty! He's only 18 months, so I didn't want to be away for long. DH and my mom were going to take care of him while we were gone.
Ok, so on with the good stuff. Carys had no idea we were going which made it hard to pack because I couldn't get anything out because she would see it and ask what was going on, but made it fun because I had this awesome secret. She has been to Disney once before and talks about it all the time so I knew that she would be excited once we told her she was going. We had a really early flight on Sunday morning (5:35 departure). Katie slept at our house the night before so when we woke up to leave my house she would already be there. We woke at 3:15am and I woke DD right before we left the house. We got to the airport at 4am and got though security pretty quickly. I was nervous about travelling with DD's diabetes supplies, but it went really well. I waited til we were at the gate and then gave Carys her magic band and asked her where she thought we were going to wear it. She said "Disney!"
We had a connecting flight in Baltimore and got some Jamba Juice (yum!) and had some breakfast
We flew Southwest and I would definitely fly them again. We had a great experience and the flights were pretty uneventful, which is good! I don't like to fly so the less drama the better!
We landed in Orlando at 10:30am and headed to Magical Express. It was so busy!!! Carys was pretty excited to scan her Magic Band to get us into line for Art of Animation. It was really hot waiting, and it felt like a pretty long wait. We got on a bus around 11am and sat all the way in the back. It was a full bus!
Art of Animation was hopping this day!!! Katie had stayed there before but it was the first time for Carys and me. It was awesome!
We were staying in a Lion King room which was really exciting as it's one of Carys's favorite movies and I know that she would be super excited to sleep in a Simba bed! We got to get right into our room and it was a short walk from the main building which was nice.
Continued in next post...