Those who have been paying attention—come on, there must be at least ONE of you—will know that my little family has been on an adventure for the past year to engage in a “Year of Disney,” which we call YOD. We purchased annual passes for our little group and have made several trips to the World over the past twelve months.
Those trips included:
June 2022 (8 nights: Caribbean Beach Resort and Cabins at Ft. Wilderness);
July 2022 (1 night: All Star Movies);
October 2022 (4 nights: Coronado Springs);
December 2022 (4 nights: Boulder Ridge Villas @ Wilderness Lodge);
February 2023 (4 nights: Pop Century);
April 2023 (7 nights: Pop Century, POFQ).
Basically, every vacation we have taken for the past year has been to WDW, you know, to get the value out of our Annual Passes. Pay no attention to hotel bills, dining bills, souvenir costs, etc.
Well, our YOD is down to one last trip and we are very much looking forward to this adventure, and sad to see this year end! Talk about being in the feelings!!!
I will try to update this TR in real time as much as possible, but I am very much looks forward to being “in the moment.”
FIRST, the trip details –
WHO: Me, DW, DD14, DD10 and, for the first part of our trip, our oldest DD31 is joining us! She hasn’t been to WDW since 2010, so she is excited, and DD14 and DD10 are looking forward to showing her around their “second home.”
WHEN: Leaving Friday 6/2 and returning Sunday 6/11.
WHERE: Split stay between 2 BR Villa at OKW for the first part and Bay Lake Tower for the second part.
WHAT: All of it. ALL. OF. IT. Parks, water parks, resorts, restaurants. We have had a fairly Laissez faire attitude this year since we will always “be back soon,” but no more. We will wring every bit of excitement out of our time until our Annual Passes turn into useless pieces of plastic at 11:00 PM on June 10, 2023!!!
Some of the dining plans include: Hoop De Doo Revue, Narcoosee’s, Brown Derby (Fantasmic Dining Package), Olga’s Cantina – possible a fireworks dessert party (which I am not sold on but DD10 REALLY wants to do).
Fun to be had will include late night laughs, Flower and Garden festival activities, date night on the monorail loop, wave pool splashes, all the the rides, many of the snacks, and many memories!!!
Hope you will follow along!!!
Now… to start packing…
