DisneyWorld Vacation 2012

We had planned our Disneyworld trip for almost a whole year.  Finally, it was time to actually go and we were all so excited!! It was a great family adventure!!  Grandma & Grandpa Routsong were able to come along with us.  The kids had so much fun with Grandma & Grandpa and with all the fun sights to see and things to do, it was overwhelming!!  We had a lot of fun for our first family Disneyworld adventure!!  We had 4 Disneyworld base tickets, which took us to a different theme park each of the 4 days were stayed there.  We went to Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, and Magic Kingdom.  We could have spent an entire week at each park, so of course we had to pick and choose what was most important for our family to see and do.  We did a lot of research beforehand, trying to figure out what not to miss out on for the ages of our kids.  We also set up the Disney Dining Plan which was included in our package.  This way, we got 1 fast food service, 1 snack, and 1 tableservice meal for each person in our group, and for each of the 4 days at Disney.  The boys often shared a fast food meal, and even Nate and I were able to share sometimes, so these meals really went a long way.  We paid nothing for food during our entire trip.  My favorite was when we had a sit down table service meal that ended up costing us $175 for our group of 7 to eat there.  However, the fees were all waived as part of the Disney Dining Plan!  Now that's a deal!  

 We stayed at the Disney's Caribbean Resort Hotel.  It was all decked out in Caribbean looks with a tropical flair!  All the rooms opened to the outside, rather than inside a building, which made it even more outdoorsy and Caribbean-like.  The resort had 5 small pools among the many buildings, and then at the main clubhouse was a huge central pool with waterslides, lookout points, a big splash pad with pirate ship, and even poolside games and dancing.  Also in the middle of the resort the buildings surrounded a big pond with sandy white beaches to mimic the caribbean.  They had hammocks available and lawn chairs.  It was a very relaxing and enjoyable atmosphere.  We enjoyed our hotel and resort.  

 Inside the main clubhouse building, everything was decked out in a Spanishy colorful atmosphere.  There were 5 or 6 different food places and a gift shop.  We spent most of our breakfasts there. 

 The resort had a bus service so that every 15 to 20 minutes busses going to each park would circle through all the Disney resorts.  So we would go out to the bus stop and watch for the bus that stated the park we were headed to.  Then we'd hop on and it would take us straight to the front of the park.  It was great!!