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Take Me On Vacation and No One Gets Hurt! Pre-Trip Report
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Take Me On Vacation and No One Gets Hurt! Pre-Trip Report
So we planned taking a Disney Vacation last year and due to lack of moolah we postponed! I was so sad but I knew it was best for the family. This year I wanted to go on vacation right after my DS6 got out of school in May but that was not to be since my DH will have used his first half of his vacation earlier in March. So the next time he can plan vacation is in July. So we go ahead a plan for July 14-22. The price is a little high but at the least we could take off two days and be about 700 dollars less. Okay so I make a binder full of plans and emh hours etc then what happens?? Free dining plan.
Love Love free dining plan--this means we can stay longer and for about 1000 less. Awesome. When we didn't have children we always went in Septmeber for our anniversary. So I have our TA move our trip over to September 1-9 so that Rusty only has to use 4 days of vacation since he gets Labor Day weekend off. Yay! Then I realize my DS's will be in school -have 4 unexcused days off and with the rules of the school any 3 unexcused days off within the first 9 wk they call social services.
Well that's not fair!!!! So I write my DS6 current teacher to get her take on whether or not the principal will work with us on this matter but I don't want to lose the July if September doesn't work out.
What to do What to do? Um- Book both!!! Don't tell Rusty!
SO what my heart thinks is for the PRE-TRIP Report we will be:
Dates: July 14-22, 2012
Hotel: Pop Century
Family: Me- Alisa
Husband--Rusty
DS4- Hayden
DS6- Harrison
We will be driving from just outside of Baton Rouge to Pop Century. We will be leaving on Saturday early about 4:00 a.m. and head towards Mobile Alabama. Biloxi has a Disney Outlet but it will be too early to go visit so we will have to hit that as our last Disney hurrah as we head back home. Kinda like a Disney Kiss Goodbye. Hopefully we will make it to POP sometime after 5.
Hoping to check-in, get settled and then head over to Downtown Disney for some Dino Chow.
But if September works out it will be the same exact plan just in the fall.
Lets see what happens!!! Either way---I"M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!!
Looking forward to reading all about it and hearing which plan works out! Our school district has the same rules but they gave our daughter an excused absence for the whole week as an educational trip.
Yikes!!! Calling social services sounds harsh! We have taken our son out of school for various family outings and have never had a problem with our school. Not everything that a family can do together can take place in a weekend. I am a firm believer of giving our kids "life"experiences.....you can never get too many opportunities for teaching moments. Looking forward to hearing more of your PTR.
Yikes!!! Calling social services sounds harsh! We have taken our son out of school for various family outings and have never had a problem with our school. Not everything that a family can do together can take place in a weekend. I am a firm believer of giving our kids "life"experiences.....you can never get too many opportunities for teaching moments. Looking forward to hearing more of your PTR.
That's why I'm asking now and have my back up plan--no way I'm losing my vacation!!
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Originally Posted by Tabitha34
Looking forward to reading all about it and hearing which plan works out! Our school district has the same rules but they gave our daughter an excused absence for the whole week as an educational trip.
Thanks-don't know how exciting it will be but I'll do my best!
Well it looks like after talking to the teacher that it will just be easier if we do our trip in July. I don't like to make a lot of waves and have some special needs with the boys that have to be addressed. Didn't really want to plant that on top of a trip request--so July it is. Plus the boys will get some down time after the trip to rest and not worry about work.
Oddly though I'm excited-I've made my binder full of menu's, dinner ressies, etc--but feel like I just can't be completely thrilled for some reason. Kinda like waiting for the rug to be pulled out from beneath me.
Well the rug kinda got pulled when I found a large boil on my DS4's mouth-it was an abcess on a tooth that was recently filled. Good thing is we just got insurance, bad thing is we JUST got insurance so not sure this procedure will be covered and it's kinda hefty. Ugh! Well at least our dentist took off 200.00 from the cavity being filled. I appreciate that. Well he gets his face fixed on the 20th so we will see what happens.
I hope that you and your family have a magical time at the world
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Thanks everyone for the well wishes for DS4. I'll keep you posted!!!
I actually got out my suitcase today that hold my shirts I've been collecting. I tried them on and sadly a few are tight. I lost some poundage last year and slowly it's come back so I need to work on that too these next few months.
About This Page: This is a discussion on Take Me On Vacation and No One Gets Hurt! Pre-Trip Report within the Sharing the Adventure: Disney World Trip Reports, part of the PassPorter Community - Boards & Forums on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel; So we planned taking a Disney Vacation last year and due to lack of moolah we postponed! I was so ...
I was so sad but I knew it was best for the family. This year I wanted to go on vacation right after my DS6 got out of school in May but that was not to be since my DH will have used his first half of his vacation earlier in March. So the next time he can plan vacation is in July. So we go ahead a plan for July 14-22. The price is a little high but at the least we could take off two days and be about 700 dollars less. Okay so I make a binder full of plans and emh hours etc then what happens?? Free dining plan.
Book both!!! Don't tell Rusty! 
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