Rides without Kids!

Ahhh - so we're back from our anniversary trip - no kids at Disney World! It was awesome. I recommend everyone take a trip without their kids at least once. The only time I got a little teary eyed about them not being there was while we were watching the Pixar parade at Hollywood. It was our first day and we weren't planning on catching any daytime parades, but our dinner reservation was for 3:30 and the parade route was right in front of our restaurant at 3:00 - so we watched - and we sort of wished the kids were there with us to see all the characters.

Anyway - this trip to Disney world we were able to focus on some of the bigger rides that we couldn't do when the kids were with us. (We could have done them, but I we didn't want to take up the time of having each of us ride the big rides alone while the kids waited.)

So... here we go:

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster: I still love this ride. The music, the speed, the lights - it is awesome. We tackled this at 8:15 in the morning and I'm not so sure that's the best time to have your body thrown around like that - but either way - we enjoyed this ride!

Toy Story Mania - Still love it. With and without the kids it's a great ride. It was fun to ride it without the kids because I could focus on the game at hand (of course, Mike still kicked my butt.)

Space Mountain - ugh. No thanks. It was very jerky. It actually doesn't go too fast (you can tell by the seats - there's nothing right behind your head) - the effects are pretty cool, but it was a very jerky ride.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - pretty fun. Quinn did this ride awhile ago, but he didn't love it.

Splash Mountain - LOVED IT. This ride must be done at night. We could see the stars during most of it. I thought the boys would like this ride, but there's quite a few drops before you finally get to the big drop. Oh - but the view from the top of that big drop is AMAZING. Especially at night.

Mission Space - I'm glad we tested this ride out - We choose the less intense line (no spinning) and we loved it. Mike got a little dizzy, but he didn't need the barf bags they provide, so that's good. I thought it was a great ride and I know Quinn will love it.

so - that's it - the rides we were able to do without the kids. We did get on plenty of other rides. (We rode Jungle Cruise 4 times - that ride cracks me up.)

Totally Normal

This morning during breakfast Quinn and Liam were talking about Mike and I's upcoming trip to Disney World. They are beyond excited to be staying with their Grandma for five nights and the conversation we had this morning made it seem as though it was perfectly normal for parents to leave their kids at home and go to Disney World.

Q - You should take your Mickey Mouse cup to Disney World to show Mickey Mouse. I'm sure he'll like it.

L - You guys are going to Disney World when we go to Grandma's house?

Me - Yup.

L - Disney World is in Florida?

Me - Yup.

L - I'm going to Grandma's house?

Me - Yup.

Q and L - WooHoo! Grandma's house!

I'm so thankful for this - the guilt of leaving my boys behind while Mike and I tackle the World is starting to creep up on me and knowing they're going to be having fun with their grandma is going to make it just a little bit easier.

Also - I do have a trip planned in June for the boys - so we are talking about that too. As a matter of fact, Quinn has instructed me to ride Tower of Terror with Mike as many times as I want, because he is NOT going on that ride in June.

Disney Memories

So Disney recently announced it's next campaign, Let the Memories Begin. I have to admit memories of Disney World rank as my favorites. I had been meaning to put together a slide show of our most recent trip and I found myself with some time to do so this week....inspired by all the photos here
I created this.. Enjoy! And I started saving today for our next trip :)

The Guilt Trip

It's final. The flight is booked. The room reservations are made. The dining reservations are made.

We're going without the kids.

The flight - free with credit card miles!

The room - "free" thru our DVC point!

The dining - Not free at all, but I'm very excited about our choices!
Brown Derby for dinner before a Fantasmic Show
LeCellier for lunch
Marrakesh for dinner - something new for both of us!
Artist Point for dinner
Cape May - our only character meal for breakfast. We might skip this.

AND - I booked us a tour for Keys to the Kingdom with lunch at Columbia House.

It's different planning a trip without the kids.

And this guilt is wearing on me - I'm thinking of taking them in June...

Interview With Liam

I love the way he says "right here."

Interview with Daddy

Interview with Quinn

I love the way he says Disney World.