MrsWonka
09-17-2008, 05:06 PM
So, this is my first trip report, so bear with me a bit...Let me just start off by saying...1 Day is NOT enough to do Disneyland and California Adventure with 2 babies under the age of 2!!!!
Cast of Characters....
ME
DH
DD11
DS1
BFF-Best Friend
BFF DS19months-Cutest little man ever (besides my DS of course)
L-My good friend who works with DH
B-19 Year old single co-worker of DH
LH-L's Dad and also a co-worker of DH
MH-L's Mom.
Our craziness started Friday morning when I got the brilliant idea to convince my BFF to join us on our whirlwind trip. Convinced her DH to let her take their 19 month old DS to Disney for the first time without him. Booked the airfare ($270 roundtrip out the door for a same day trip, not bad). Had my DH contact his employer to see if they minded if she came with us to the picnic (if they had minded she would have just gone to the public part of the beach for the day, but they didn't care). Got off work, had a massage, picked up BFF's DS's shot records at the doctor so he could get on the plane, picked up new hat at Gymboree to match my DS's swim trunks, picked up DD at school, run home, pack car, get BFF's stuff in car, load 3 adults (1 on crutches), 1 pre-teen and 2 babies into the car and off to the airport we went. Made it through security, Oh my gosh, with babies it is a nightmare, take all shoes off (including the babies that don't walk), take EVERYTHING out of the strollers, fold the strollers so they can go through the scanner, have them look through the diaper bag because they saw the jars of baby food in the scanner and they have to make sure it is really baby food, collect everything on the other side (with DH sitting in his wheelchair with the skycap watching), load the stollers back up, and head to the ticket counter. We made it to the plane just in time to pre-board (the plus to having a DH with a broken foot on crutches), saved seats for our whole party and just as we are about to take off, the very friendly flight attendant tells us...only 1 baby per row because there are only 4 masks that drop down. Easy fix, throw DS over the seat to the row in front of us with DD, L and B, I thought the flight attendant was going to die laughing when we did this. We had the best flight attendant, we asked for extra peanuts, gave us the whole bag (probably close to 30 little plane packets), we asked for "wings" for the babies, brought out 2 kits with wings, color books and a tri-color pencil, plus a little bag of about 10 sets of plastic wings, the gentleman next to us got something in red packet (our peanuts were in blue), so we asked what they were...Pretzels...she gave us the whole bag of those too. And she was cracking jokes and making us all laugh hysterically. Flight landed, no screaming babies, whooo... made it off the plane, out to luggage, got the rental car, after a few "snags" with the horrible car seat I rented (never rent a car seat, it was the cheapest thing out there and it wasn't safe) we made it to the hotel, had dinner and off to the rooms we went. Our room was Me, DH, DD, DS, BFF and BFF DS, we had a joining room with L and B. It wasn't the best room, but we didn't care, just wanted somewhere to sleep. DH went to take a shower and it didn't work...crap...called the front desk, they will send someone in the morning. Off to bed we all went.
Saturday Morning....Disney Day!!!
Get up, shower in B and L's room because our's is broken, get dressed, go down to the free breakfast at the hotel, then off to catch the shuttle.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d730b3127ccec5423e4bf34900000040O00AbtHDFu3aM2 IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/
When we made it to the park, there wasn't hardly anyone there yet!!!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d730b3127ccec542c662722c00000040O00AbtHDFu3aM2 IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/
Which made it easy to rent the ECV (Electric Convenience Vehicle), or Zippy as we called it, and head out to get the kids their ears.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d730b3127ccec543d811521c00000040O00AbtHDFu3aM2 IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/
After a quick visit for the 2 kids that were awake with Mickey and Pluto, we were off to Nemo!!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d730b3127ccec54205d0b35700000040O00AbtHDFu3aM2 IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/
To Be Continued...
Cast of Characters....
ME
DH
DD11
DS1
BFF-Best Friend
BFF DS19months-Cutest little man ever (besides my DS of course)
L-My good friend who works with DH
B-19 Year old single co-worker of DH
LH-L's Dad and also a co-worker of DH
MH-L's Mom.
Our craziness started Friday morning when I got the brilliant idea to convince my BFF to join us on our whirlwind trip. Convinced her DH to let her take their 19 month old DS to Disney for the first time without him. Booked the airfare ($270 roundtrip out the door for a same day trip, not bad). Had my DH contact his employer to see if they minded if she came with us to the picnic (if they had minded she would have just gone to the public part of the beach for the day, but they didn't care). Got off work, had a massage, picked up BFF's DS's shot records at the doctor so he could get on the plane, picked up new hat at Gymboree to match my DS's swim trunks, picked up DD at school, run home, pack car, get BFF's stuff in car, load 3 adults (1 on crutches), 1 pre-teen and 2 babies into the car and off to the airport we went. Made it through security, Oh my gosh, with babies it is a nightmare, take all shoes off (including the babies that don't walk), take EVERYTHING out of the strollers, fold the strollers so they can go through the scanner, have them look through the diaper bag because they saw the jars of baby food in the scanner and they have to make sure it is really baby food, collect everything on the other side (with DH sitting in his wheelchair with the skycap watching), load the stollers back up, and head to the ticket counter. We made it to the plane just in time to pre-board (the plus to having a DH with a broken foot on crutches), saved seats for our whole party and just as we are about to take off, the very friendly flight attendant tells us...only 1 baby per row because there are only 4 masks that drop down. Easy fix, throw DS over the seat to the row in front of us with DD, L and B, I thought the flight attendant was going to die laughing when we did this. We had the best flight attendant, we asked for extra peanuts, gave us the whole bag (probably close to 30 little plane packets), we asked for "wings" for the babies, brought out 2 kits with wings, color books and a tri-color pencil, plus a little bag of about 10 sets of plastic wings, the gentleman next to us got something in red packet (our peanuts were in blue), so we asked what they were...Pretzels...she gave us the whole bag of those too. And she was cracking jokes and making us all laugh hysterically. Flight landed, no screaming babies, whooo... made it off the plane, out to luggage, got the rental car, after a few "snags" with the horrible car seat I rented (never rent a car seat, it was the cheapest thing out there and it wasn't safe) we made it to the hotel, had dinner and off to the rooms we went. Our room was Me, DH, DD, DS, BFF and BFF DS, we had a joining room with L and B. It wasn't the best room, but we didn't care, just wanted somewhere to sleep. DH went to take a shower and it didn't work...crap...called the front desk, they will send someone in the morning. Off to bed we all went.
Saturday Morning....Disney Day!!!
Get up, shower in B and L's room because our's is broken, get dressed, go down to the free breakfast at the hotel, then off to catch the shuttle.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d730b3127ccec5423e4bf34900000040O00AbtHDFu3aM2 IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/
When we made it to the park, there wasn't hardly anyone there yet!!!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d730b3127ccec542c662722c00000040O00AbtHDFu3aM2 IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/
Which made it easy to rent the ECV (Electric Convenience Vehicle), or Zippy as we called it, and head out to get the kids their ears.
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d730b3127ccec543d811521c00000040O00AbtHDFu3aM2 IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/
After a quick visit for the 2 kids that were awake with Mickey and Pluto, we were off to Nemo!!
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b8d730b3127ccec54205d0b35700000040O00AbtHDFu3aM2 IPbz4e/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D480/ry%3D320/
To Be Continued...