Escaping to Florida

On Tuesday, Michaela and I will wake up super early to catch a flight to Florida. It’s weird planning these trips because you want to get as much time as you can in at the parks as possible. When you request a quote from Disney for a package, they consider your first day to be the day you arrive. Well, it takes ALL DAY to get there from here. There just is no fast way. So, that travel day is pretty much wasted. It makes planning your flights tricky. When we get there, it will be about 3:30 in Orlando. And that is just landing at the airport. Nevermind that we have to take the usual trip to the bathroom, then trudge to the shuttle buses and then wait for our turn to board the bus and hit the road to Disney World. I figure that will add at least an hour longer until we are on resort property. So, we won’t even be getting there until nearly dinner time and that leaves virtually no time to visit any of the parks – at least to make a full days worth of your park hopper ticket worth while. I’ve decided that our first night will be spent checking things out.

It’s my fourth trip to Disney World. It’s Michaela’s second and it’s our first doing it just the two of us. We’re staying at a different resort this time. I know the memories from our last trip there will be pretty plentiful. It was our last family vacation that we took with Mike and so I figured a change in venue would be good. Although the change really isn’t that different. It’s still a value resort and let’s get real, the value resorts there are all pretty much the same. Still, I don’t anticipate any problems with getting all emotional about things while we’re there. I never experienced that at all with Disneyland and we went there with Mike A LOT. If anything, I am sure we’ll have fun remembering our silly times with him there. I’m looking forward to it. Anyway, the first night will be our exploration. I think we’ll take in the stores at Downtown Disney and get a good dinner. If the weather is nice, maybe we’ll go swimming. I’ve been prepping my scary white legs with self-tanner lotion for the past 5 days so I shouldn’t be too scary. Or shall I say, my skin shouldn’t be too scary – me in a bathing suit? That is quite the different story!!

This trip will be filled with more adventure. Michaela is pretty much tall enough now for most all of the rides there. She’s really come into her own as a roller coaster dare devil so it should be fun. She’s still a princess though… It wouldn’t be trip to Disney World unless we stopped by the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for a make over. I splurged and got her a new Cinderella dress for the occasion. It’s probably her fanciest costume yet. She’s pretty excited. After her make over we’ll jet on over to have dinner at the Grand Floridian. Word is that Cinderella and the Prince may be there when we are so I am hoping for some great picture taking opportunities! 

So, we’re excited. The day can’t get here fast enough. There is only so much prep work you can do and it’s too early to pack although I am tempted!! But I know better. If I dig out the suitcases now, it will only serve to freak out and traumatize my dogs who know that when I start putting things into a suitcase, it’s only a matter of time before I leave. They don’t like that very much.

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