samheatherwhite
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2012
I am having bit of trouble believing that this is trip is really happening. Maybe a little pre-trip report will help it sink in.
Hopefully pictured above is my sweet family. (I haven't posted pics in a long time)
My name is Heather and I am mainly a stalker on the DIS. I did post a trip report in September of 2014 when my family and I visited Universal for the first time. (To Hogwarts We Go) This trip will be totally different.
Last trip included my two kids, my sister, and my Mom, and myself. We are all HP fans and we needed to check out the new DA. I proposed a trip and it didn't take long at all to get all the girls, and my poor little guy, on board. (He gets stuck with the girls all the time.)
This time it will just be my husband and myself. We haven't had a kid free vacation since before they were born and G turned 8 last month. The kids are staying with Gran and they are pretty excited with the arrangement as well. We are staying at Cabana Bay and arrive at lunchtime on Nov. 10th. and stay until the evening of the 13th.
How this trip came to be is a bit of a funny tale. G, my 8 year old daughter, is a huge HP fan and over the summer discovered a huge affinity for all things Jurassic Park/World. She felt very remiss that we didn't spend more time in the JP area of the park while we were at the parks in Sept. 2014. She started asking/begging to go back to farther explore both the HP lands and JP. Sam and I had been thinking about a grown-up solo trip and I somehow managed to convince him that a double Universal trip was the right choice.
Our current plan is for the grown ups to go in the fall which is perfect since the kids are busy and G is in school so they won't feel too left out. I also plan to buy a bunch of cool themed stuff for them for Christmas while we are gone. B, my soon to be four year old son, is a big fan of JP as well and he really likes the Minions. (The fart gun we bought last trip is still in use almost daily!) The second part of the plan involves the four of us going back together right when school gets out. Hello season passes!
I think I'll end this super long post by throwing in some quick questions for all the experts out there.
What do you wear to the parks in November? I've looked at the weather and was thinking jeans and a t-shirt with a hoodie for mornings/evenings.
I would also love to know more about the raptor encounter. Times? Strategies?
I'll leave you with a current pic of B and G from her 8th Birthday Party which was Jurassic World themed.
Hopefully pictured above is my sweet family. (I haven't posted pics in a long time)
My name is Heather and I am mainly a stalker on the DIS. I did post a trip report in September of 2014 when my family and I visited Universal for the first time. (To Hogwarts We Go) This trip will be totally different.
Last trip included my two kids, my sister, and my Mom, and myself. We are all HP fans and we needed to check out the new DA. I proposed a trip and it didn't take long at all to get all the girls, and my poor little guy, on board. (He gets stuck with the girls all the time.)
This time it will just be my husband and myself. We haven't had a kid free vacation since before they were born and G turned 8 last month. The kids are staying with Gran and they are pretty excited with the arrangement as well. We are staying at Cabana Bay and arrive at lunchtime on Nov. 10th. and stay until the evening of the 13th.
How this trip came to be is a bit of a funny tale. G, my 8 year old daughter, is a huge HP fan and over the summer discovered a huge affinity for all things Jurassic Park/World. She felt very remiss that we didn't spend more time in the JP area of the park while we were at the parks in Sept. 2014. She started asking/begging to go back to farther explore both the HP lands and JP. Sam and I had been thinking about a grown-up solo trip and I somehow managed to convince him that a double Universal trip was the right choice.
Our current plan is for the grown ups to go in the fall which is perfect since the kids are busy and G is in school so they won't feel too left out. I also plan to buy a bunch of cool themed stuff for them for Christmas while we are gone. B, my soon to be four year old son, is a big fan of JP as well and he really likes the Minions. (The fart gun we bought last trip is still in use almost daily!) The second part of the plan involves the four of us going back together right when school gets out. Hello season passes!
I think I'll end this super long post by throwing in some quick questions for all the experts out there.
What do you wear to the parks in November? I've looked at the weather and was thinking jeans and a t-shirt with a hoodie for mornings/evenings.
I would also love to know more about the raptor encounter. Times? Strategies?
I'll leave you with a current pic of B and G from her 8th Birthday Party which was Jurassic World themed.