At WDW now

[ilikedonuts]

We arrived Friday and are here for 11 nights. (BLT forb8 and AoA for the last 3) Having a blast. I think this might just be our favorite trip. DD1 turned 5 on Saturday. DD2 turned 3 yesterday.

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[lishie]

Have an amazing trip. I just ordered our APs over the weekend so we can book FP for our January trip. If you get to see the new castle show, I want a review.

Love the photos!

[lishie]

Are Jack and Sally from the Halloween party, or are they doing a normal M&G for Halloween?

[daisyfay25]

11 nights?! Wow! What are you doing for that long? Other parks, too? That's nice you won't have to rush to do anything.

[kittycatlove]

Love it!

Have a great trip!

[curbsideprophet]

Have fun!

[was5]

Have fun! I'm excited to hear about your full trip. When we eventually go in 2018, DS's will be a few months shy of 5 and I am contemplating starting at BLT then moving to AoA.

[ilikedonuts]

Oct 31, 2016 13:04:26 GMT -5 daisyfay25 said:

11 nights?! Wow! What are you doing for that long? Other parks, too? That's nice you won't have to rush to do anything.

We are doing Legoland for a day. We also didn't go into a park today and DD1 did the kids pirate cruise and now we are at a dvc Halloween party.

I think we could stay 2 entire weeks and still have more to do!

[ilikedonuts]

Oct 31, 2016 12:21:31 GMT -5 lishie said:

Are Jack and Sally from the Halloween party, or are they doing a normal M&G for Halloween?

Halloween party, but we met them before the party started once we got our party wristbands.

[spankswife]

Sounds fabulous! Pics are great!

How did you get Alice to ride the tea cups with you?! How special!

[lala]

Have so much fun! I know so many people there now or just left. It's such a fun time.

[Deleted]

How fun! How are the crowds? We leave in 11 days!

[caddywompus]

Have fun! The pictures are cute. Can't wait to read your trip report!

[krystee]

Oct 31, 2016 20:37:13 GMT -5 spankswife said:

Sounds fabulous! Pics are great!

How did you get Alice to ride the tea cups with you?! How special!

I want to know this too! It's like you're living a Disney commercial!

[ilikedonuts]

There is definitely no topping this trip. We went to a private vacation club Halloween party yesterday. There was only about 7 kids left for the last 20 minutes. Some special Halloween guests joined them on the dance floor. Here is a video of DD2. 

PDQ

[lishie]

Love your video! I've always wanted to hit the DVC special events, but they have yet to coincide with our trips. What a great experience for your kids.

[ilikedonuts]

Christmas has arrived 

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[ssmjlm]

Where did you get the light up bubble things I saw on IG? From Disney or somewhere else?

[kittycatlove]

Holy cow, the switch to Christmas from Halloween is so quick!

[ilikedonuts]

Nov 3, 2016 8:39:36 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

Where did you get the light up bubble things I saw on IG? From Disney or somewhere else?

Disney. Most shops and all the night time light up carts

[ilikedonuts]

Nov 3, 2016 9:23:55 GMT -5 kittycatlove said:

Holy cow, the switch to Christmas from Halloween is so quick!

It was over night for decorations from the 31st to 1st. One extra day until they turned the lights on. It's crazy

[heagen]

Someone posted a time lapse video on FB the other day that showed Disney removing the Halloween décor and adding Christmas. I'll see if I can find it.

It would be so cool to got to the MK on Halloween and then the next day to see Christmas! Maybe some day.

Glad you are having an awesome trip ilikedonuts

ETA: found it! www.facebook.com/mydisneydorks/videos/1826674960881361/

[krystee]

I am going to be there in 25 days and this post is making me very excited!!

[Wines Not Whines]

Nov 3, 2016 9:52:24 GMT -5 heagen said:

Someone posted a time lapse video on FB the other day that showed Disney removing the Halloween décor and adding Christmas. I'll see if I can find it.

It would be so cool to got to the MK on Halloween and then the next day to see Christmas! Maybe some day.

Glad you are having an awesome trip ilikedonuts

ETA: found it! www.facebook.com/mydisneydorks/videos/1826674960881361/

We did that last year. We went to the last MNSSHP on November 1 and then saw the Christmas decorations and Osborne lights on November 2. My 5-year old was kind of confused... lol. It was fun though. 

[ilikedonuts]

DVC members definitely visit the lounge at Epcot. It's cool looking inside. Plus it's a perfect spot to let the littles eat free snacks and watch cartoons in air conditioning while the big kids are on the bigger rides.

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[ilikedonuts]

For the first time ever we ventured away from Disney and went to Legoland. Let me know if you have any questions. I have  a 37 inch 3 year old and 43.5 inch 5 year old. 

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[lishie]

My boys loved LEGOLAND. I hope your girls liked it as well.

[was5]

Did you like the combo of BLT and AoA? I am thinking about doing the same thing when we go. Our trip wont' be for another year so I have time to decide, but there was some suggestion that moving from a deluxe to a value resort would be difficult.

[ilikedonuts]

Nov 22, 2016 11:20:08 GMT -5 was5 said:

Did you like the combo of BLT and AoA? I am thinking about doing the same thing when we go. Our trip wont' be for another year so I have time to decide, but there was some suggestion that moving from a deluxe to a value resort would be difficult.

Start with the value and then move to deluxe.

My kids LOVED AoA. My husband and I just found it too overwhelming and crazy (lobby and food area not the pools because it wan't crazy hot), but I think if we had started with AoA we wouldn't have been bothered by the craziness as much. Our last 4 trips have been deluxes so I'm sure part of it was that we are spoiled by that. I will say we had no issues with there being too much noise in our room (we were on the 2nd floor).

[was5]

Nov 22, 2016 12:47:36 GMT -5 ilikedonuts said:

Nov 22, 2016 11:20:08 GMT -5 was5 said:

Did you like the combo of BLT and AoA? I am thinking about doing the same thing when we go. Our trip wont' be for another year so I have time to decide, but there was some suggestion that moving from a deluxe to a value resort would be difficult.

Start with the value and then move to deluxe.

My kids LOVED AoA. My husband and I just found it too overwhelming and crazy (lobby and food area not the pools because it wan't crazy hot), but I think if we had started with AoA we wouldn't have been bothered by the craziness as much. Our last 4 trips have been deluxes so I'm sure part of it was that we are spoiled by that. I will say we had no issues with there being too much noise in our room (we were on the 2nd floor).

Thanks. We stayed at AoA 2 years ago in a LM room, so I know what to expect from the overall experience. I wasn't sure how much of a shocker it would be to move from a deluxe. I guess I was hoping for an alternative opinion from what I've heard in the past.

My dad and step mom are meeting us there (most likely), so we could split the cost of a 2 BR suite. I don't know if they want to stay as long as we do, so my plan was BLT at the start of the trip with them and then move to AoA suite for a few days after they leave.

I like nice hotels, but I've stayed at my share of cheap places too. H isn't really picky either. I'll have to think about it.