MLM5.. aka Judy

Holy Smokes! that thing is huge and looks most awesome! Please let me know how it is when you get it, what a deal!!!

Hello my fellow fiends, I'm working on cutting and pasting from the "other" place so it might not make sense in places as I'm learning that when I cut and paste, peoples comments and some of the tags are coming through weird but here's the first "redone" installment Well, this isnt going to be a lengthy trip report, sadly I did run into some bad luck along the way and a few trolls, but I can tell you, I have been bitten by the FW bug and I'll be back! It started by packing me, my DS-12, DD-10, DD-9 and DS-1 1/2 into my Armada. No pop up, no travel trailer, just me, 4 kids, my coleman tent, a

I didnt know about those 3-in-1 things my last trip but they are numero uno on my list this year, and I actually did find that Winn Dixie and the other walmart on my last day. Something went wrong with my GPS while I was down there, I've got that girl disability that can't follow a map or directions very well so I stuck with what I knew and it was a long haul for sure!!! But now I know and I'm already planning for the October trip, so hopefully I can avoid all the little things that drove me nutty last trip I have them on my list already too. We have used the Meal Plan with all of visi

The aluminum drink bottles work well. But you can get a 20 oz. coke off site and refill them through out WDW. They are cheap and if you do happen to loose one your not out anything. We been doing this for many years now. are you filling them with water or soda? I have a diet pepsi addiction so that would please me very much to know I could refill a bottle at disney..

We're there Oct 31 thru Nov 6. We arrive on the 30. If they let us add the day on we will, no luck yet. We'll have to meet up. We are tent campers too. Check out the GG thread. That would be awesome, my 5, your 5, her 6.. that's a bunch of little bananas, we def deserve our own loop!! :)) :) :) :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :) :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

I so agree with the shoe and sock comment, however my 2nd most precious item is a aluminum water bottle, there are several places to fill it up through out the parks. We drink alot and those little drink mix packets for the kids saved me tons of money

Hey you know what would be awesome, if we were in the same loop, we are both tent campers and have lots of babies :) ! your kids + my kids = ALOT of kids, I think that's enough kids to fill the whole loop!! :)) :) :) :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

I didnt know about those 3-in-1 things my last trip but they are numero uno on my list this year, and I actually did find that Winn Dixie and the other walmart on my last day. Something went wrong with my GPS while I was down there, I've got that girl disability that can't follow a map or directions very well so I stuck with what I knew and it was a long haul for sure!!! But now I know and I'm already planning for the October trip, so hopefully I can avoid all the little things that drove me nutty last trip :D

The biggest time/space saver for me is getting the kids clothes organized before hand. Last year I took enough clothes for all of us for the entire trip (7days) in plastic bins. We are tent campers, I can tell you it was not easy that way. MomofsixinSC was telling me how easy it was to put her kids clothes in individual bags for the day and I do believe I will try that this year, and honestly, I will plan on doing laundry one day and cut the amount of clothes in half, dealing with all those clothes was mind boggling. I like the idea of half the clothes and having a down evening doing laund

so far Undercover Tourist has beat AAA, MWR and my credit union, I havent used them yet but planning on it for this years trip.

I've thought about that more than once, hubby and I have an agreement, we dont use credit to pay for our vacations, if we dont have the cash, we just dont do it. We are a family of 7 so the expense for a week at disney can be high. I did a week last year (tent) camping with my four kids (hubby and youngest baby stayed home) in October when rates were low for around $2800 dollars, and that was with a "special" meal at T REX in DTD (which next time I know to skip the entrees, didnt care for those but the dessert rocks). We ate breakfast at the site, lunch at a QS at whatever park we were at,

The greatest advice to live by when at Disney with the babies, BE FLEXIBLE!! There is nothting worse than seeing a stressed out family, pulling/dragging a stressed out baby. The crowds can be over whelming for the little guys. I know sometimes it's hard for mom and dad's wallet to accept the fact that they will not get every minute of their 5 day park hopper dollars but take it from me ( 5 kids, smallest ones are 8 months and 2) it's not worth the drama and I'm sure fellow vacationers appreciate your willingness to remove yourself and your child from a negative situtation. Last October I h

OMG, I just drooled on my 'puter.. I'm STARVING!! :dance:

If mama get's her way (and I usually do) Oct 30 to Nov 5, whoohoo!

100% Completely agree with your statment, I could not forgive myself if something went wrong and I wasnt there.. just don't even want to go down that road, a trip to Disney and the Fort SHOULD be about spending time as a family, they aren't young forever, I personally am sucking the short time where they still think I'm cool for all I can.. and when mom does need a break, that's when we bring in grandma and sneak off for a weekend of "adult" time.. :dance:

1. Big Pool with slide 2. Looping 3. Teatherball and did I mention the Big pool with the slide?? They loved it, the life guards interacted with them making it all the more fun! We went in October and the crowds were low so I'm sure during the busy times they are more occupied, but they sure did share some magic with my kiddos and it left a lasting impression on them :dance: