Disney in Review - Making It Special

Beyond the packing of the clothes and sunblock, I feel it’s my job as Mom to make our trips memorable and special.  To that end, here are some of the things I do for our Disney trips: Shirts - This is the 3rd year the kids have had personalized shirts to wear at Disney.  This year’s theme was The Incredibles so each of us had a different character and quote from the movie. On the back of the kids’ shirts is a list of all their Disney trips.  We all wore our shirts on our first full day in the parks.  We were stopped by members of the ‘Dream Team’ and given a certificate for free ice creams for our creativity. Car Decorations - It started as a way to identify our golf cart among the hundreds of identical ones at Disney’s Fort Wilderness but the car/cart decorating has grown into a much loved tradition.  I make our own car ‘decals’ by printing our designs, placing them on magnetic sheets and then laminating them to make them waterproof.  We made our rental van into the ‘Incredi-van’ by putting The Incredibles logo on the sides, pictures of Jack-Jack and Syndrome on the back and hanging pictures of other characters (with suction cup hooks) on the windows inside.

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Disney in Review - What Works

This was our 8th Disney World trip as a family.  We’ve got this down to a science.  Here are my best trip tips. Disney’s Fort Wilderness Cabins - if you have a large family or a child with autism, this is the way to go!  The mobile home sized cabin features a bedroom with a full sized bed and a set of bunk beds, a murphy bed in the living area, a full kitchen (full size fridge, microwave, stove, dishwasher, dishes, pots and pans, dining table for 6), two tvs, and most important of all - space between cabins so your kids aren’t always waking the neighbors! Two-way Radios - if your party needs to split, these make it so much easier.  Light Your Way - a few years ago I was looking for a cool way to decorate our golf cart and stumbled on electroluminescent wire, or EL wire.  I purchased one and discovered it worked best on Adrian’s wheelchair.  When we turn it on, people take notice - and move out of the way!  When we started bringing Zee’s stroller too I bought one for that too.  Now people move out of our way and they know we’re together so they don’t step between us.  It also makes it easier for the girls to spot us and stay with us in the crowds.

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We’re back!

We’re back from Disney World and I’ve got to say …. that was the best vacation EVER!  The kids had a great time.  The hubby and I had a great time.  The weather was good.  Adrian didn’t have any melt downs.  Zee had a few minor 3-year-old tantrums but nothing ugly.  Disney World wasn’t that crowded.  The flights went well

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We’re back!