One (1) Disney question per day. That is what my family has limited me to. So when I need to find out if DS7 wants to brave Expedition Everest, Rockin' Rollercoaster or Tower of Terror this year instead of Triceratop Spin and Muppets, it takes me a whole week to find out! And then there are those days that I impulsively ask a stupid question like “Honey, if we eat a buffet breakfast at 8:00, do you think we would want dinner at 5:00 or 6:00?”Seriously? I used my One question for that? (he is thinking the same thing). It is a darn good thing I had 368 days to plan this trip!
This trip was booked on August 16, 2010. It has been almost 1 entire year since I booked and I feel like this trip is NEVER going to get here. I have done three trip reports on TGM and had decided to not do one this time, but I learned SO much from TR’s I have read in the past and decided that since Josh’s site is the up and coming thing, I would do a TR in hopes that someone may glean some information for their trip.
We leave in 19 days!! (August 19-28)
Who we are:
Me-Rhonda-40 something. I fell in love with WDW on our first trip in 2009. I am more of a web surfer than a planner, but found planning sites and got bit by the bug. We really needed it for our daughter too. I am really more a fan of the actual parks than of all things Disney. I don’t have Mickey stuff in my house but I would love the replica of Main Street or the Train Station!
However at $345 I dont think it is going to happen anytime soon (or ever)
I am a school social worker and love my job. I am very involved in committee work and in our union. By doing this I get to fulfill my passion which is knowing everything that is happening.
DH- Ace- Went in 2009. Had fun. Had no desire to do it again. He liked it, but no more than the local amusement park, or any other vacation we have ever taken. He feels that we should go somewhere different instead of going back to the same place. But he IS going this time and truth be told, I think he is looking forward to it.
Ace is a high school English teacher and former baseball coach. We work at the same school and he proposed to me at a staff meeting. We have been married since 1998. Ironically enough, we hardly ever see each other at school and can only manage to ride to school together 1-2 times a week.
DD- Molly-11-Smart, witty, serious. She has aspergers (high functioning autism) and extreme social anxiety. She does not do well with crowds and if she believes someone is “looking at her”, she loses it. It makes it hard sometimes to go places, and we have found that we need to be moving so her anxiety doesn’t get ahold of her. Touring plans and fast passes have been the key to success for our trips. If we had to stand in line, she would not make it. She is starting to mature and is growing into a beautiful young lady with a good head on her shoulders. She starts middle school next year and I am a wreck!!
DS-Mason-7-goofy but sensitive. He is tough to describe. He is pretty extreme in his emotions. He either loves you or hates you. He is either in a great mood or a horrible mood. He is not a gray kid. But when he is in a good mood, he is a riot to be around! He has a large mole under his eye and EVERYONE asks him who punched him. Just this week we found out it is starting to affect his vision and we need to see another plastic surgeon (the first one said they cant remove it because there are so many lid muscles there)
So that’s who we are. I would say we are all excited about this trip, but I'm not sure that is entirely true. So this is where I come to be excited! I hope you will all indulge me!
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I joined in March so spent 3 months planning our first trip. Boy is it tough when you have NO idea what you are in for. You can study all the maps and read all the info, but when you step foot on property, it all seems so different! 
So I give it a couple of months to see if he will change his mind, but no go. 
So now what??? Enlist the help of your best girlfriends of course!!!!
But good is 1) we still have 18 days for me to get better, but the BEST news is Mason's vision is fine!!! The mole is not affecting his vision or his brain stimulation like the original eye dr thought. They wont remove it because the risks outweigh the benefits but that is fine with me too. I dont necessarily want my 7 year old to have major surgery on his face if he doesnt need it
We would each have our own room, which I thought would be good for Molly since she needs her own space. The studio had a queen bed and a pull out couch. It was perfectly fine for the three of us. If Ace had been with us, it probably would have been a bit cramped.
And it did change the dynamics but we had fun regardless.
Those last 2 days were tough by myself with the kids when I was so sick. We still went out but at a much slower pace and a good solid nap. 
When Ace picked us up from the airport I told him I never wanted to go back to that place again!!! Of course once I was on antibiotics for a few days, I was ready to plan our trip for the next summer. But then...... A Christmas trip?? NO WAY