Awwww, so glad it was such a great trip!!! Especially compared with the last one when there were some things (ahem, your dad) that were beyond your control. Not that it was not fun with your parents, that's wonderful to have those memories of 3 generations together on that trip, but it is a much more different dynamic being just you and DH and the boys. I hope it truly is the beginning of many years to come of wonderful memories at Disney with your family!!
Thank you! And no doubt that this trip was more enjoyable but last years' was still a good trip, despite...lol.
I know we are further down that road, having taken our first family trip when the oldest two kids were 2 and 4, and now we've just this past summer had our 7th trip (5 WDW and 2 DL). It's a whole lot of amazing and fun memories!
So glad to read this! Hoping our magic continues for several more years!
If you ever make it out to DL, there are some great nachos at the quick service place in the Grand Californian (we just popped in there from DCA for lunch) plus people rave about the lobster nachos at the Cove Bar, also in DCA, though I've never had those myself (probably wouldn't choose them b/c I'm not a huge seafood lover).
I will need to remember this!
Thank you!
Awe this is so sweet! I know boys are different than girls but I'm so grateful my parents took us so much as kids because those are the memories I remember the most.
I say I remember my first trip at 3 - its probably the photos - and that is when my love for Disney World began!
I can totally relate to the no bar charges.....must not have went to the pool. (or anywhere outside of our room for that matter)
HAHA...so true!!
I didn't realize any of the dining plans offered alcohol.....off to go research!
It starts next year.
We like the beginning of December for better weather and getting to see all of the holiday decorations.
I love that time of year, too. We almost always went at that time when I was in college and once about ten years ago with just my mom! it is just so hard with my teaching job. Maybe ill have more opportunity once we start getting APs.
Def look into ordering some from
amazon next time. Well, I will let you know how it goes for us in a couple weeks.
Please do!
Can't wait to try this out! Glad to hear it sounds easy.
It truly is! You'll love it.
Honestly, this is half the reason, we keep getting it. I plan to keep track and see if we do break even or not this trip. Alcohol included will make planning different next year for sure!
Yeh, I just had a lot of anxiety when paying the bill so I am going to see if the plan helps with that. I'm fairly good at planning so I think I can make sure we get the most value out of it that we can. And I like the included alcohol in the new plan and the fact that the QS dessert is now a snack to be used later.
Danielle loved pin trading for about 2 trips. Now we have the pins put away.
We'll see if this is how it goes for us.
Michelle wants to get Gia started on it when we go in February.
It seems fun for kids!
This touched my heart! I love Disney!
We're planning our meals with the new alcoholic drinks added.
Looks good! I totally forgot about this in August...I wanted to try one, but I forgot to do a lot of things that were on my list just because I was so distracted half the time trying to herd everyone onto a ride, or to an ADR that these things skipped my mind.
I wasn't herding nearly as many people as you and I forgot to do a lot of things, as well!
I actually preferred to stay dry so I used a microfiber towel instead.
We have those too and used them a lot in 2016. This trip, the weather was just so much more milder, that we didn't need them.
Love this picture! Everyone looks so happy!
Thank you!
I used to like these but I don't know what happened but they are not so good anymore. Or maybe my tastes have changed. Oh well.
No, you are right, they are not that good...but I'm assuming they used to be better from all the good reviews. They took them away for awhile and then brought them back so I wonder what kind of changes were made.
That is really great to hear. I'm so happy you all had such a great time. Sometimes when we plan so much for that one yearly trip and then it doesn't live up to your expectations...it can be such a disappointment. But I'm excited to hear how it was so good you guys are now DVC owners!! Yeah!!!
However, as crazy as it is, we haven't actually closed on our DVC contract yet! Shoul dbe any day now...but resale takes a long time!
Yum. We had the nachos before. The best part was the fixin's bar!!!
For sure!
Surprise surprise, I'm behind from being back in school too! All caught up now though!
I can totally relate!
I keep hearing that about BoG. I've only eaten there for breakfast once (it'll be in my next post on my TR) and I was underwhelmed. They did a review of the dinner on the Dis recently and said that it used to be better and is now just mediocre. Seems like they can do much better.
I'm hoping to try dinner in 2019 once we are back to a full parks trip but yeh I have heard some complaints as of late.
A cast member told me that the number of people that participate in collecting has gone down a lot.
I would definitely agree.
So happy to read this. It really is so great the memories that are made and just experiencing pure happiness.
I love the nachos there! I'm a fan of any place with a toppings bar too. When I go in Oct. 2018 I am hoping to do the secret nachos. They look so amazing!
I would love that but I don't have enough people to do it I don't think.
Can't wait to read more. I'm off to finally update my own TR now.
And I need to catch up on that!
I hope all is well for you too. Stay safe!
Thank you!
Thank you!