Now that we’ve passed all the boring stuff, we can go onto some more interesting things. Our favorite Family Vacations, for example. Every time we go someplace it seems to focus around Disney.
Tim and I took our first trip to Disney World in Orlando, FL together in 2012. We only went to Epcot, but I think that trip had a huge impact on our relationship. We had been dating for about 6 months and hadn’t truly established how much we both love everything Disney themed.
Our second Disney trip was in 2015. We got married (yay us!) on April 25th, 2015 and left for our honeymoon on April 27th. We left our one year old(Landon) behind with my mother so that we could really enjoy each other as a newly married couple. It is called a honeymoon for a reason, after all. We spent the first week at Disney World in Orlando, FL and spent the second week on a Disney Cruise through the Eastern Caribbean. That was the most magical consecutive two weeks of our lives. Disney is the best place to be even when you’re not on a ‘wedding high’, so they made it pure ecstasy for us.
Our third trip wasn’t to Disney per say, but it was to Hawaii’s Disney themed resort, Aulani. We did this in April of 2016, two months after Zander was born. Landon came with and they were both little angels on the 11 hour plane ride there, and 11 hours back. We received so many compliments.
The last trip to Disney we went on was a week at Disney World again. this was in April – yes, we like April – of 2017. Zander was a year old and Landon was 3. We spent a week there and finally got to try out a Disney Resort, as we had always stayed at my father’s timeshare condo and just rented a car for transport. Disney Resort vs. Condo, you may ask? I would definitely prefer the Resort with free transportation, as long as our trip is completely Disney based. If we’re planning on going anywhere else, like SeaWorld or a beach for a few days, I’d probably choose a hotel/condo with rental car.
Now, when we go to Disney, I do the work to make our days at the parks as profitable as possible. I plan out what rides the kids are tall enough to go on, what time we should go on which rides in order to minimize wait times, which parks to visit on which days, restaurant availability, check out the weather, and the rest of it. I make sure we can hit every ride in the least amount of time possible, and so far (twice) it hasn’t failed.
I’ll go more into detail about each one of our vacations later. Right now it’s just a brief history lesson on our trips!
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