D-day in October

At the end of October our family went to Disney along with Kim's mom and family friend Steve. We had been planning this trip since last Spring. Last year Kim stumbled across a website which is an unofficial Disney discussion board. It is here that she began planning our trip. On the DIS board there is the DIS unplugged podcast that is aired each week. As the months leading up to our vacation Kim began planning our trip. Those who planned the actual D-Day invasion would have been very impressed for her organization skills and contingency plans. If you are thinking of taking a trip to Disney in the next year let Kim know and she would be happy to offer any suggestion or even generate an itinerary. I would appreciate this because it might placate her desire to return if she can at least plan another trip for someone else.

Everything in Florida worked out perfect. The only thing that could have been improved was the weather. Thankfully it did not rain, but on some days it was pretty cold, even for Minnesota folks. Our good friend David M., who is going to school in Tallahassee came and stayed with us for a few days. It is always a treat to see David. This time was an extra treat because he had never been to Disney World. Beside seeing David get so excited going into the different parks, another fun thing we did with him was to ride Segways at Epcot. We got there at 8:00 and did an hour of training then got to ride in the park for an hour before it opened. That morning was freezing!!!!! Very cold and winding. Even David who lives in Florida said it was cold. See pics and videos





We attended the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party at Magic Kingdom. Maybe the cold weather had something to do with it, but Kim and I both thought it was over-hyped and over priced. Wait, it is Disney everything is overpriced!!! OK over-hyped. Will went as a dog and Ilee as a Princess. The picture of Will with other dogs was at Downtown Disney on Halloween. The other dogs in the picture are Lego's!!!




As I said before, Kim's planning was excellent. We used our fast passes to perfection. Some of the highlight rides for us were the safari, Mt Everest and Lion King at Animal Kingdom. The kids road their first roller coaster at Magic Kingdom which was the Barn Stormer. They did graduate to Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster. That is the two thumbs up they are giving in the pictures. Epcot was a lot of fun also. The favorite rides were Soarin' and the Test Track. Enjoy the pics.