imBryan
Space Ranger
- Joined
- May 13, 2017
I had never intended to write any sort of report on my trip last year, but seeing everyone else's reports inspired me to give it a shot. We have extensive documentation of the trip with my photos and my father-in-law's photos combined, and I have recently worked on a family video of the trip, so I'm still very familiar with all the details of the trip.
We are lucky enough to have parents who are DVC members, and because of my son's birth in 2014, vacation club points hadn't been used in over 2 years. This allowed us to bring the whole extended family along for a stay at the Boardwalk. For the purposes of this trip report, I may not talk a whole lot about other members of the family, as I don't think they all would all be comfortable with me sharing their vacations on the forum. Mostly we met up with them for dinners, back in the hotel, and in the pool. In the parks we all did our own thing most of the time, as it's too hard to coordinate rides with a million people at once.
Anyway, most of this trip report will be myself, my wife Elissa, and our son Owen who had just turned 2 years old. There may be some guest appearances by my wife's parents in the pictures.
We planned for this trip practically since my son was born, so we were very mentally prepared for it. This was my 9th trip to WDW, and probably Elissa's 20th. One notable planning detail was that we did not want to deal with stroller parking, so we splurged on a GB Pockit stroller. It folds as small as a purse, so I could take it on all of the rides except the coaster. The second notable planning detail is that we agreed to go at Owen's pace and take naps every day, no matter how much time we "wasted" not being in the parks. This also meant that most days we went to one park in the morning and a different park in the afternoon. There had been some question in our heads about if our son would be old enough to enjoy the parks, but he had the time of his life. He was very well-behaved, and still talks about the trip, especially when he sees photos.
Quick Links
October 29 - Airport, Boardwalk, Disney Springs
October 30 - Magic Kingdom & Epcot
October 31 - Halloween in Hollywood Studios, Epcot, and California Grill
November 1 - Boardwalk Pool, Animal Kingdom, and Tiffins
November 2 - Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Frozen Ever After
November 3 - Ohana, Epcot, Magic Kingdom
November 4 - Animal Kingdom and Epcot again
November 5 - Last park day - Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios again.
November 6 - Going home
We are lucky enough to have parents who are DVC members, and because of my son's birth in 2014, vacation club points hadn't been used in over 2 years. This allowed us to bring the whole extended family along for a stay at the Boardwalk. For the purposes of this trip report, I may not talk a whole lot about other members of the family, as I don't think they all would all be comfortable with me sharing their vacations on the forum. Mostly we met up with them for dinners, back in the hotel, and in the pool. In the parks we all did our own thing most of the time, as it's too hard to coordinate rides with a million people at once.
Anyway, most of this trip report will be myself, my wife Elissa, and our son Owen who had just turned 2 years old. There may be some guest appearances by my wife's parents in the pictures.
We planned for this trip practically since my son was born, so we were very mentally prepared for it. This was my 9th trip to WDW, and probably Elissa's 20th. One notable planning detail was that we did not want to deal with stroller parking, so we splurged on a GB Pockit stroller. It folds as small as a purse, so I could take it on all of the rides except the coaster. The second notable planning detail is that we agreed to go at Owen's pace and take naps every day, no matter how much time we "wasted" not being in the parks. This also meant that most days we went to one park in the morning and a different park in the afternoon. There had been some question in our heads about if our son would be old enough to enjoy the parks, but he had the time of his life. He was very well-behaved, and still talks about the trip, especially when he sees photos.
Quick Links
October 29 - Airport, Boardwalk, Disney Springs
October 30 - Magic Kingdom & Epcot
October 31 - Halloween in Hollywood Studios, Epcot, and California Grill
November 1 - Boardwalk Pool, Animal Kingdom, and Tiffins
November 2 - Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Frozen Ever After
November 3 - Ohana, Epcot, Magic Kingdom
November 4 - Animal Kingdom and Epcot again
November 5 - Last park day - Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios again.
November 6 - Going home
Last edited: