Four More Weeks

In just four weeks, my husband and I will depart for an adults-only trip to Walt Disney World. This is the second time we've done this and we are both looking forward to it. We will be celebrating our 10-year anniversary while there and enjoying the Food and Wine Festival at EPCOT once again.

This will be our first stay at the Beach Club Villas and I'm really looking forward to all that resort has to offer, and especially checking out their very cool pool. The ability to walk over to EPCOT at any time is a big plus there, as we definitely plan to spend more time at that park than the other parks. We've stayed in a two bedroom villa at the Boardwalk and loved it so we are also hoping to be able to walk over to experience more of the Boardwalk as well this time around.

I can't believe I never updated my trip back in June, so I'll do that in my next post. Let me just say that it was a GREAT trip and if you have a Star Wars fan in your family you should definitely make plans to visit Hollywood Studios during one of their Star Wars weekends. We did spend most of our time in lines for autographs and photo ops but that was all my 8-year-old Star Wars fan wanted to do. We also got the chance to check out Toy Story Mania, riding it twice and LOVING it. What a cool addition to the park.

63 Days to Disney

It's hard to believe that tomorrow is Sept. 15th and on November 15th we'll be on our way to Walt Disney World. This will be our very first time driving and I'm not sure everyone is looking forward to the trip. Sure, the final destination will be great, but getting there will be a long road. From our home, we're estimating about 16 hours and right now the plan is to leave as early in the morning as possible.

So far, our departing time has changed many times and right now I think we may be looking at about the 4:30am to 5:30am hour. This is mosly to make sure we get through the better part of the state of Virginia before the ugly rush hour traffic builds there.

Will this drive be tough on the kids? I'm sure, but in this age of electronics there are so many things to keep them busy and I am known as a mom to be as overprepared as possible. I'm sure not only will we have movies and the gameboy and other video games with us, but crayons and markers and books and snacks and perhaps I'll even buy a few new surprise items to bring out for them just when the ride gets rough for them. I'm hoping having all of that stuff will make things easier on everyone, inlcuding the adults who will have to listen to what I'm sure will be some squabbling along the way about something.

All of our previous trips with the kids have been flights. However, as a child my parents did the driving thing with myself and my brother more than once. I'll be sharing some stories about my Disney visits as a child, what I can remember of them, in future posts so stay tuned!