Thanks, Nana! Our 2008 Walt Disney World pre-trip report - COMPLETE 5/5 About This Page:

[DyanKJ130]

back, Beth!! Your new signature photo speaks volumes! Can't wait to hear all about your trip!

[mom to 3 princesses and 1 prince]

Thanks to everyone for joining me for this pre-trip report! I've started a new thread for the post-trip report. See you there!
Thanks, Nana! Our 2008 WDW trip report

[RobDVC]

Thanks again for sharing it! ...off to read the post-TR now....

[Nimros]

This is a little late, but I just back-tracked from the TR to the pre-TR (whew!) and am now caught up.

I just HAD to show my girls the shirts you have made (which are absolutely awesome, by the way) and see what their reaction was (hoping maybe they'd want to know why WE didn't have cool shirts like that when we went to WDW.)

And of course, since we homeschool too, I showed them the World Showcase Passports you worked on. Great idea! Before we went last fall, we did a WDW project. Each girl got a map of the Magic Kingdom - the goal was to choose their top three attractions, decide which attractions to visit in what order, write down detailed directions of how to get from the entrance to their attractions and then finally to meet at Cosmic Rays' for lunch (they had $15.00 to spend and had to make choices from the menu and make sure they had $$ left for souveniers!) So we got in map reading, directions, writing, math and decision-making skills all in one fell swoop!

(I think they're thinking I'm going to make them do a WS Passport like your girls, now!)

Thanks for sharing your planning stage - it always helps to see how everything comes together.

[mom to 3 princesses and 1 prince]

Originally Posted by Nimros

And of course, since we homeschool too, I showed them the World Showcase Passports you worked on. Great idea! Before we went last fall, we did a WDW project. Each girl got a map of the Magic Kingdom - the goal was to choose their top three attractions, decide which attractions to visit in what order, write down detailed directions of how to get from the entrance to their attractions and then finally to meet at Cosmic Rays' for lunch (they had $15.00 to spend and had to make choices from the menu and make sure they had $$ left for souveniers!) So we got in map reading, directions, writing, math and decision-making skills all in one fell swoop!

Oooh, I like that! How much of a time frame did you give them to complete all three attractions? Rose is working on map reading skills right now, so I think that would be a fun activity for her!

I had my girls complete journals when we got home. I found the pages on www.themouseforless.com and they worked really well. Rose did one after the last trip, and it was fun to compare that one with this year's journal. I got a lot of complaints from Grace, as she doesn't enjoy writing very much, but we'll both appreciate her efforts in the future when we look back at her first-grade thoughts and handwriting!

[B.M.]

Great pictures and what a nice CM you and Chrisian met! The Pooh ride looks fun!

[mom to 3 princesses and 1 prince]

Originally Posted by B.M.

Great pictures and what a nice CM you and Chrisian met! The Pooh ride looks fun!

Here's a video I took during my moms-only trip last September. Watch it if you don't mind hearing me sing along...

Video of Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh WDW - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

[B.M.]

Beth, thanks for sharing the Pooh video- this is one of my "must sees" for our upcoming trip! As for your singing; unfortunately the sound is broke on my computer so I only got to see the video.

[Nimros]

Originally Posted by mom to 3 princesses and 1 prince

Oooh, I like that! How much of a time frame did you give them to complete all three attractions? Rose is working on map reading skills right now, so I think that would be a fun activity for her!

You know, I didn't think of it at the time, but I probably could have had them look at the 'walking times' listed in the Passporter and see how long they thought it would take to experience three attraction. So I didn't have a time frame.

I had my girls complete journals when we got home. I found the pages on www.themouseforless.com and they worked really well. Rose did one after the last trip, and it was fun to compare that one with this year's journal. I got a lot of complaints from Grace, as she doesn't enjoy writing very much, but we'll both appreciate her efforts in the future when we look back at her first-grade thoughts and handwriting!

We may have to try that for this next trip!!