Alyssa and Hannah have been dropping subtle hints that they want to go to Disney for a while. Lately, it has reached an all time high. At our block party a few weeks ago Alyssa drew this picture with chalk and announced, "Mommy! Daddy! I drew the Disney World castle with fireworks!!" They have also watched the Disney Vacation planing DVD multiple times and began forming a detailed itinerary ;)
Luckily, we had planned on taking them next summer anyway. We thought 4 and 6 would be the perfect ages to remember it and still be captivated by the magic of all the characters. Today, I made it official. We booked the resort package! We were originally planning on renting a house, but after talking with a couple different friends who are yearly vacationers of Disney and our totally awesome, FREE travel agent (Elyssa Antonelle at Mickey Travels) we decided it was better to stay at a park resort. It seems slightly higher, but really after you run the numbers we broke about even. The package includes lodging, tickets and the dining!! Plus, we will be surrounded by Disney magic 24/7 :) I. Can't. Wait.
Since we are driving, we are going to go through Charlotte and see some family and friends on the way there and back. Plus, we are going go to Sea World while we are in Orlando since it is only about 25 minutes from the resort property. Now that I am planning, it is actually a little overwhelming because there are sooooo many things to do and see, but our travel agent is going to take care of most of it for me...even down to making dining reservations and the girls' appointments at the Bippity, Boppity Boutique. A week is not really enough time. Some things are a 'must see', beyond that I am not too worried about it. It's Disney...the whole place is magic! No matter what, the girls are going to L-O-V-E it!
I am praying the new 'Fantasyland' at the Magic Kingdom will be open by then. It is set to have everything princess..including Belle's full sized castle, Ariel's Undersea Adventure and the Dwarf's mine; but the phased opening was recently pushed back from 'early' 2012 to 'late' 2012. Maybe they could get Ty Pennington to help out. He can demolish and rebuild and entire house in 106 hours ;) Oh well, I guess that just means we will have to go back another time! Darn.
So, this time next summer, we will be wrapping up our time at the Magic Kingdom with dinner reservations in Cinderella's Castle with the princess! I don't know who is more excited, me or them!
