Our last Disney Trip – November 2012
My 30th birthday is in March. I’ve been saying for the past year that all I want for my birthday is to go to Disney. Thanks to Alexia from Destinations in Florida finding me a deal, it looks like that will come true! I’m super excited!
The plan is to spend a week at the Fort Wilderness campground. We are looking to buy a popup in the next week or so to take with us on the trip. We plan to cook most of our meals since eating in Disney with the 6 of us would add up super fast.
On my actual birthday, I think we will go to Fogo de Chao, one of my favorite restaurants, in Orlando. So glad that they have one down there now!
Now here’s the big question. How do we tell our kids that we are going to Disney?
They are age 10, 7, 4, and 3. I definitely don’t want to tell them early so I don’t hear the constant questions of how many more days until we go. I also don’t know about packing without them knowing. I homeschool and there is really no way I can get around them knowing I’m packing.
So should I tell them the day before? Surprise with balloons and Mickey Pancakes? Mickey shaped cookies? Treasure hunt with Disney goodies at the end?
I’d love to hear ideas! Comment and let me know what you did or what you would do!
Sherry says
This is a tuff question. I took my grandchildren for the first time for Halloween. It’s was just my daughter and the kids. Left the men at home. This won’t work for you since you home school but my daughter and I dressed up in a terria and boa and picked the kids up from school the day before we left. We had a set for them. They are 5 and 8. We didn’t tell them why we were dressed like that until we got to my daughters house. The five-year-old got so excited she went outside to scream. She knew she wasn’t allowed to scream in the house. It was priceless. Anyway you tell them it’ll be another memory. And happy birthday to you!!!!!
K says
Alexia helped us book too! She’s great! Anyway, my plan is tell the kids at a combined bday party. Their 3 bdays are within a month so we usually have one family party. I am going to have a pull string piñata and have all 3 pull at the same time. A banner is going to hang down while confetti and candy falls out that says “we are going to Disney!” I can hardly wait!!
Joyce@MommyTalkShow says
A fellow blogger shot a vlog announcing their trip, posted it on her blog and let her kids watch. Then she recorded their reactions for a part 2 video. It was priceless.
Katherine G says
The way we did it was our kids didn’t find out until we pulled up to Disney World. It was amazing seeing the looks on their faces. I saw a youtube video where a family did a scavenger hunt. I thought that, that was pretty creative. Maybe end up with a Disney themed breakfast.