I’m sitting here on my last day of work before vacation, and since I’ll be busy packing, celebrating Easter, etc., over the next few days, I figured I’d post this a little early. We leave in 5 days, and you can feel the excitement in our home. So without further delay:
Background: Although DW and I had gone to WDW many times pre-kids, we took our kids the first time in 2018 and then again in 2019. Given how much fun we had, I never would have suspected that it would be another three years before we’d return. Our plan was maybe to take a year off (for various reasons) and return again, probably in 2021. But even in early 2020 we were starting to think about a short trip that year. Then we all know what happend in March.
I don’t remember when it was, exactly, but as soon as 2021 reservations were released, we made them for April of 2021. We figured it was something to look forward to, and there was no way the pandemic would last that long. When vaccines looked like they wouldn’t be available yet, we postponed the trip. Then postponed again. And again. Through Delta, Omicron, etc., we finally settled on April 2022, right after Easter. Even as late as February we weren’t sure if we were going to go, as there was (still is) no vaccine available yet for DS4. But once cases started going down from Omicron, coupled with the fact that schools in our state stopped requiring masks, we decided that we had waited long enough, that we really needed this vacation and to return to our happy place, and that we really want our kids to start experiencing life again.
So here we are, off to Disney!
When: We leave on Tuesday, April 19, and are there through April 26. This will be my longest trip since I was 14.
Who: Myself, DW, DS11, and DS4.
Where: Beach Club Resort
What: We’ll be staying at the BC resort - we love the resort, and we typically spend a lot of time in Epcot, so this is perfect for us. We’ll be making extensive use of Genie+ and some ILL, as we added G+ to our ticket back in November.
This won’t be a pure live trip report - I want to focus on my family during this trip - but I will try to post when I can while on the trip, offer observations, photos, etc, so I fulfill my liner duty, and will add my recap/observations after the trip.
So relax, sit back, and enjoy!
