The Andersons' Antics: Disney World Here We Come!!

I have finally gone through all my pictures and was surprised that I didn't take that many. I think we were so into the trip that we just forgot to 'capture the memories!' As most of you heard me complain, this was not a trip that I wanted to take but was willing to go along with Allie and fullfil her dream of going to DisneyWorld. I planned and researched for this trip for almost a year. I obsessed over the itenerary trying to figure out how to do Disney the right (perfect) way. I bought books, interviewed (or interrogated) friends who have gone, read Disboards until 2 a.m. several nights, and yes, even joined tourningplans.com for $8. We did the 6 a.m. (7 a.m. eastern time) call into Disney World for the dining plan reservations, including Cinderella's castle. We went to the zoo to practice walking from exibit to exibit in extreme temps. Finally the day arrived for us to leave. The day started at 5 a.m. in Waco and ended in Orlando, FL at 7:00 p.m. including a 2 hour stop in Atlanta to pick up nephew Blake. The kids were sooooo excited and Justin and I were exhausted already. Finally we made it to the hotel- Pop Century. Blake and Allie LOVED the decor. The plan was to arrive in FL at 4:30 but flight delays changed that. We had promised the kids they could swim so instead of eating dinner, we swam in the pool. Dinner was confusing because we hadn't figured out how to use the dinning plan yet. By 9:30 p.m. we had all swam, eaten dinner and made it back to the room. I finalized our plans for the next day and we packed the backpacks and laid out the clothes. We made it to bed at around 11:45 a.m. with a forceful itinerary to follow the next day at Hollywood Studios!