I think I'll just hit the highlights of our days on the cruise and then blog some specifics about planning and a few tips and tricks we learned while on our first cruise. While I feel like I could navigate Disney with my eyes closed, I feel like I've barely scratched the surface with the cruise, but I'm happy to share our small bits of wisdom. Let me preface this by saying, our kids had no idea we were going on a cruise. None. For some reason, Disney Junior has really been hyping the cruises lately, and BK had been begging to go on one, she knew all about the highlights and had memorized everything she had ever read or seen about the cruise, so we lied a tiny bit and said we'd just … [Read more...]
a Disney “week in the life”: day 5 our “off” day
Ideally, I like to do Disney in a whole week, two days for Magic Kingdom, a full day at the other three parks and an off day somewhere in the middle. Since we split our week up with a cruise, we had 5 full days for the parks so our off day ended up being more of a hop around and squeeze in a few favorites. It was really hot by this point in the week. So much for those 70-degree February days we had last year, the temperatures were hovering around 90 degrees at this point. tank / shorts / shoes We started the day at Epcot for Mission Space and Figment (per BK's request). And Jud started asking for a roller coaster around 10:00 AM. We tried … [Read more...]
a Disney “week in the life”: day 4 Hollywood Studios
I didn't intend to take a week off from the blog, but we're still trying to catch up from vacation and work. While I have a little time tonight and the house is quiet, I thought I'd recap our day at Hollywood Studios. I have SO much to share about the cruise, but I need to get through the parks and stay on track. Spoiler alert: The cruise trumped the parks. I know, I would have told you no way prior to our cruise, but we all think so now. Before we go there, let's talk about the fourth day of our trip, Hollywood Studios. I need to go ahead and throw something out there, I've never seen a Star Wars movie. I'm not against Star Wars, we've just never actually sat down and … [Read more...]