DoubleHappinessDisney

Despite the title of this blog, we actually started our vacation at SeaWorld.  We stayed at the Renaissance Hotel at SeaWorld which was extremely nice. The lobby was modern and nicely decorated, complete with waterfall and central aquarium display.  It was open to all floors and many (most?) of the rooms opened up onto walkways that circled it.  Our room was a king bed room with one bed and a sofa that changed into a bed for the boys.  Plenty of room for us and the television got the local PBS station which was great for us in the mornings. There was also a fabulous pool complete with mini-waterpark which the boys loved.  Two big watersides and one tiny waterslide. And of course we went to SeaWorld where the boys enjoyed both big shows (dolphin & orca) as well as the kiddie rides.

As you can see, they are completely non-plussed by air travel. Good thing, too, since I'm not too fond of it and would not have had fun dealing with any tantrums.

So, with our trip just days away, I figured I had better finally finish the t-shirts I'd planned to make. Last year I made a few for our trip - mainly thinking it would be cute for the boys to wear around the resort - and my husband actually mentioned this year that he LIKED them!  Naturally I viewed this as carte blanche to make more this year.  Mostly I like for us to wear "nice" clothes to the parks because we have character meals and get lots of pictures taken by PhotoPass photographers so we aren't wearing them every day, and we aren't even "matching", but I do think they're fun. Last year I used Hanes shirts and some other brand from the craft store.   They were pretty heavyweight for a t-shirt and I went looking for something lighter this year.  Found GREAT deals at Old Navy, and stocked up! These will be for check-in day: The ones on the left are for Hollywood Studios, and on the right, Animal Kingdom: Finally, these are for...

Let me get that right out in the open.  I am honestly not a big Disney fan.  I don't have a room dedicated to Mickey Mouse (or even a shelf of knickknacks!), I don't own every Disney movie (I don't even have all the classics!), and I don't dress head to toe in red, white and black.  In fact I think I only have two sweatshirts and three hats from WDW. AND YET, I absolutely love Walt Disney World in Florida.  I don't know what it is about that place, but I just adore it.  The details, the cleanliness, the happy and helpful people.  Yeah, pretty much everything.  And it doesn't hurt that the rollercoasters are pretty much as much as I can handle.  So, even after taking a trip with the boys last year, I had the urge to go again this year and so back we are going.  We're even staying at the same resort - Wilderness Lodge. Now I am fully convinced that part of what I love about a Disney vacation is the planning.  I'm a  planner/resear...