Hello again Dis Friends! I am so excited to be back posting my second Disney Trip Report. You may or may not know me from my first TR, It's A Small Town and Slow Pass, written about our trip 1 1/2 years ago in Jan. 2012.
For this trip, we were at Disney World from Monday June 3 - Sunday June 9 with a bonus return on June 11. We were in Florida until June 20 and got back home to Kansas on June 23! While at Disney, we stayed off site in a townhouse in Windsor Palms.
This trip was up in the air for awhile and we didn't know we were actually going until a few weeks prior. I had surgery for a hernia on April 15 (6 weeks before we were going to leave) and 2 weeks after that I had a complication which required my incision to be reopened. I was told I was going to need in home nursing care every day for an undetermined length of time. This was 4 weeks before we were supposed to leave and I was sure the trip was out. Thankfully, after 2 weeks of nursing care, my husband was able to take over for the nurse and I was given the go ahead for the trip. In case you're counting - that was 2 weeks before we were going! So we were thrilled it worked out in the end.
So who is this "we" I speak of?
Hi, I'm Dara! I'm a 34 year old (celebrated my 34th b.day at the Wine & Dine 1/2 Marathon!), married mother of 3 who loves all things Disney! I'm the trip planner, the one with the Disney knowledge, the one who always wants to go back. There were some firsts for me on this trip, some disappointments, but lots of fun!
Favorite Disney Park: Magic Kingdom
Favorite Disney resort I've never stayed in: Beach Club
Dream Disney Resorts: I've never stayed in any other than the Dolphin which doesn't really count. I want to stay at the Beach Club, Animal Kingdom Lodge, POP, or just about any other!
Favorite Disney Rides: Big Thunder Mt. Railroad, POTC, Peter Pan, Pooh, Toy Story Mania, Rockin Roller Coaster, Soarin, and more!
Favorite Disney Movies: Aladdin, the Lion King, Little Mermaid, Toy Story 3, Tangled
Favorite Characters: Rafiki, Ariel, Rapunzel, Peter Pan, Buzz, Pooh
This is my husband, Dave. He kind of likes Disney. He goes along with it for me!
Favorite Disney Park: Magic Kingdom
Favorite Disney Resort: He likes the Dolphin. He prefers to stay off site.
Favorite Disney Rides: Space Mountain, Test Track, Rockin Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror
Favorite Disney Movies: ??
Favorite Characters: he interacted the most with Snow White, so I'll say her!
This is Gabbie, my 8 year old princess! She loves dancing and art.
Favorite Disney Park: Magic Kingdom
Favorite Disney Resort: Would love to stay at the Grand Floridian.
Favorite Disney Rides: It's A Small World, the Magic Carpets, the Gran Fiesta Tour in Mexico.
Favorite Disney Movies: Tangled and Brave
Favorite Characters: Rapunzel, Merida, Cinderella, Tinkerbell, Minnie Mouse, Sofia the First.
Zachary turned 6 on this trip! He loved celebrating his birthday at Disney World. Zachary likes trains and cars, legos, and being silly!
Favorite Disney Park: Magic Kingdom
Favorite Disney Resort: Would love to stay at any Monorail Resort.
Favorite Disney Rides: It's A Small World, Dumbo, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Toy Story Mania, the railroad, the Great Goofini, the People Mover, Peter Pan, the Monorail, the parking lot tram.
Favorite Disney Movies: Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3
Favorite Characters: Mickey Mouse, Buzz, Woody, Jake, Peter Pan, Sofia the First.
This is Simon. He is almost 3 and he's a boy with long hair. We're going to cut it for his 3rd birthday. So for now, he's mistaken for a girl quite often. He also really needs to get rid of the pacifier and he's crying in the above picture because I took it from him!
Favorite Disney Park: Magic Kingdom
Favorite Disney Rides: It's A Small World, Dumbo, the carousel, the monorail, I'm not sure what else!
Favorite Disney Movies: "Woody," I'm sure he'd like to watch Cars if anyone would let him!
Favorite Characters: Mickey Mouse, Buzz, Woody, Jake, Donald, Lightning McQueen
This trip report will be posted on my blog, http://www.notinjersey.com , at the same time it is posted here. If you want to know more about me and my family, please visit us there!
For this trip, we were at Disney World from Monday June 3 - Sunday June 9 with a bonus return on June 11. We were in Florida until June 20 and got back home to Kansas on June 23! While at Disney, we stayed off site in a townhouse in Windsor Palms.
This trip was up in the air for awhile and we didn't know we were actually going until a few weeks prior. I had surgery for a hernia on April 15 (6 weeks before we were going to leave) and 2 weeks after that I had a complication which required my incision to be reopened. I was told I was going to need in home nursing care every day for an undetermined length of time. This was 4 weeks before we were supposed to leave and I was sure the trip was out. Thankfully, after 2 weeks of nursing care, my husband was able to take over for the nurse and I was given the go ahead for the trip. In case you're counting - that was 2 weeks before we were going! So we were thrilled it worked out in the end.
So who is this "we" I speak of?
Hi, I'm Dara! I'm a 34 year old (celebrated my 34th b.day at the Wine & Dine 1/2 Marathon!), married mother of 3 who loves all things Disney! I'm the trip planner, the one with the Disney knowledge, the one who always wants to go back. There were some firsts for me on this trip, some disappointments, but lots of fun!
Favorite Disney Park: Magic Kingdom
Favorite Disney resort I've never stayed in: Beach Club
Dream Disney Resorts: I've never stayed in any other than the Dolphin which doesn't really count. I want to stay at the Beach Club, Animal Kingdom Lodge, POP, or just about any other!
Favorite Disney Rides: Big Thunder Mt. Railroad, POTC, Peter Pan, Pooh, Toy Story Mania, Rockin Roller Coaster, Soarin, and more!
Favorite Disney Movies: Aladdin, the Lion King, Little Mermaid, Toy Story 3, Tangled
Favorite Characters: Rafiki, Ariel, Rapunzel, Peter Pan, Buzz, Pooh
This is my husband, Dave. He kind of likes Disney. He goes along with it for me!
Favorite Disney Park: Magic Kingdom
Favorite Disney Resort: He likes the Dolphin. He prefers to stay off site.
Favorite Disney Rides: Space Mountain, Test Track, Rockin Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror
Favorite Disney Movies: ??
Favorite Characters: he interacted the most with Snow White, so I'll say her!
This is Gabbie, my 8 year old princess! She loves dancing and art.
Favorite Disney Park: Magic Kingdom
Favorite Disney Resort: Would love to stay at the Grand Floridian.
Favorite Disney Rides: It's A Small World, the Magic Carpets, the Gran Fiesta Tour in Mexico.
Favorite Disney Movies: Tangled and Brave
Favorite Characters: Rapunzel, Merida, Cinderella, Tinkerbell, Minnie Mouse, Sofia the First.
Zachary turned 6 on this trip! He loved celebrating his birthday at Disney World. Zachary likes trains and cars, legos, and being silly!
Favorite Disney Park: Magic Kingdom
Favorite Disney Resort: Would love to stay at any Monorail Resort.
Favorite Disney Rides: It's A Small World, Dumbo, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Toy Story Mania, the railroad, the Great Goofini, the People Mover, Peter Pan, the Monorail, the parking lot tram.
Favorite Disney Movies: Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3
Favorite Characters: Mickey Mouse, Buzz, Woody, Jake, Peter Pan, Sofia the First.
This is Simon. He is almost 3 and he's a boy with long hair. We're going to cut it for his 3rd birthday. So for now, he's mistaken for a girl quite often. He also really needs to get rid of the pacifier and he's crying in the above picture because I took it from him!
Favorite Disney Park: Magic Kingdom
Favorite Disney Rides: It's A Small World, Dumbo, the carousel, the monorail, I'm not sure what else!
Favorite Disney Movies: "Woody," I'm sure he'd like to watch Cars if anyone would let him!
Favorite Characters: Mickey Mouse, Buzz, Woody, Jake, Donald, Lightning McQueen
This trip report will be posted on my blog, http://www.notinjersey.com , at the same time it is posted here. If you want to know more about me and my family, please visit us there!