The countdown to this trip is under 5 days so its time for a pretrip report!
Cast of characters
Me and DH - our 4th trip together!
Baby! - Our DS's first trip at a whopping 16 months of age 
My Mom and Dad, and my not so little (23 yo) sister.
Dates: 12/5 - 12/12
There are big changes for this trip. My parents and sister are headed to our home in NC from NJ on the 4th and then we'll all head down to FL from here.
We are staying off property in a rental home just 3 miles from the magic. DS sleeps better in a room to himself so we decided to save our sanity and go off property and get a rental were we could work with that. This also saved us on the cost of boarding our dogs, disney kennels aren't so cheap anymore so :dog::dog: they are also in on the action this trip.
Its been a solid 10 years since my parents have been and neither they nor my sister have ever been during the holidays or experienced fast pass plus. We can't wait for them to see the decorations. Plus DH and I are pretty excited to have some extra baby holding hands. My parents have done many a trip with a baby (they've been taking myself or my siblings since the parks opened).
Plans!
We are all about the food. We planned this trip after the 180 day window opened so while we couldn't get all our favorites I'm pretty happy with how things panned out.
12/5 - (D) Raglan Road
12/6 - (D) La Hacienda de San Angel, new to all of us!
12/7 - (L) Yak & Yeti, new for the parents and sister
12/8 - (D) Mama Melrose Fantasmic package
12/9 - (D) Jiko's, new to for the parents and sister and our absolute favorite place on property
12/10 - (B) Be Our Guest, new for my family, (D) Spice Road Table Candlelight Processional pacakge, new for all of us
12/11 - (B) Tusker House, new for the family and required for DH and I; (D) Fulton's, my parent's long time favorite
12/12 - (D) Tokyo Dining, new to all of us
If I can figure out how to link or post photos I'll add in our "art" projects on each day's report. We've been hard at work using my newly found screen printing talent and my mom's artistic ability to make some pretty amazing disney shirts. I hope I can share them.
Looking forward to bringing you all along with with us!
"One little spark of inspiration is at the heart of all creation, right at the start of everything thats new, one little spark lights up for you!"
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Mom to our little Prince Everett and Princess Adelaide
August 2020 Caribbean Beach!
Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.
Some really yummy dining planned!! It'll be so much fun to experience Disney through the eyes of your little one!! Enjoy!!
Linda aka: Faline
INTERCOT Staff: Vacation Planning,Trip Reports and Disney Camping
faline@intercot.com
Have a great trip!!! I can't believe your son is 16 months old.... weren't you just planning your wedding??
Julie
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princessgirls;2475083 wrote: Have a great trip!!! I can't believe your son is 16 months old.... weren't you just planning your wedding??
Julie
I know!! Time flies!!
"One little spark of inspiration is at the heart of all creation, right at the start of everything thats new, one little spark lights up for you!"
ºoº
Mom to our little Prince Everett and Princess Adelaide
August 2020 Caribbean Beach!
Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.
