vacation {finally} booked!

oh my gosh!

This year's vacation has been so hard to plan! We had finally gotten over the fact the we weren't going to Florida this year, and had gotten excited about going to NY, then Peter gets home from work on Wednesday and while discussing our touring plans for NY, we both got all sad about not going back to Disney!!! We looked at each other and said at the same time......"Let's to go back to Florida"!!

 

 

....a few hours later......our 2016 Disney Vacation was booked!!!!

 

We really want to go to NY,  and hope to maybe do an overnight during Christmas-time, but for our "big" trip for the year, we both felt that NY wasn't the destination for us. We love Disney so much, we also love heading to warm weather, and we normally go when VA is coldest! I'm sure we would have to really bundle up in NY the first week of March, compared to packing spring/summer clothes for sunny, warm Florida.

 

The other thing that kept coming to my mind was the general atmosphere difference between Disney and NYC.  They call it "entering the bubble" when you pass under those WDW arches. It really is like being in a bubble, a whole other world, where you feel safe, and everyone is happy and having fun, and you don't think about problems or troubles, where everyone is friendly and nice, and you are surrounded by "good" people who are there for the very same reason!! As I was planning our NY trip (which I still plan to share) I had a different feeling. NYC is on the opposite end of the destination spectrum. NY is "the real world", where there are problems and fear, where people can be troubled or rude. In WDW, you are made to feel like you are the only guests there, every one is special and well taken care of. Happiness is the focus! In NY, we would just be two random "tourist" in a sea of the many, many people caught up in the hustle and bustle of the city.

And the third, and I guess biggest thing, we could only stay a max of 3 nights in NY, compared to our 7-12 day WDW vacations we have done in the past. There isn't much difference in the price either for double the time in Florida.

Side note: We seriously considered a cruise and would have booked the Carnival Pride departing from Baltimore the first week of March, but found out that our school's senior class will be taking that very same cruise for their Senior Trip...sooo...we rethought that idea and put a cruise on the shelf until another time. The price was amazing (or so I thought, not really knowing anything about cruises). A week long cruise to the Bahamas, stopping in Nassau, Freeport, and Florida, staying in a cabin with a balcony=$1900!! :O) What a deal!

Our WDW trip is booked for March 3-10, and we will be flying down this time to save traveling time! I am sooooo excited to started booking dinner reservations and securing some Fast Passes for our favorite attractions.....and I need to get busy...

 

because we leave in just 55 days! :O)

 

DISNEY HERE WE COME!!!

disney abc challenge {T}

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Tower of Terror @ Disney's Hollywood Studios

looking back at 2015: June

{June 2015}

 

Bonfire

 

my favorite post for June 2015:

 

Summer Get-Away

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nathan's 20th Birthday!

 

 

 

VBS

 

 

 



top ten tuesday: things to do in NY

So the trip planning is now in full swing! I am so used to planning a Disney vacation, it is a little overwhelming trying to put together a trip to a new destination. Of course, I want us to do everything, but realize, as with our Disney trips, it won't happen in these short 4 days! I am however, going to focus on doing the main "tourist-y" stuff, with hopes that Peter loves New York and will want to return! :O)

Here are our top ten must-dos so far (in no particular order):

(1) The Lion King on Broadway!





(2) 911 Museum



(3) The Statue of Liberty



(4) Central Park



I have quite a long list of things to see in Central Park.

Of course, a carriage ride is a must!



(5) Brooklyn Bridge



I want to walk across it! Not sure how that will fly with Peter though!

(6) Times Square




(7) Empire State Building and/or Top of the Rock



(8) Serendipity 3 (more on this in my food post) :O)



(9) Rockefeller Center (I know it won't be as amazing as Christmastime though).



(10) a double-decker bus tour

looking back at 2015: May

{MAY}

 

 

Prom 2015

 

 

 

Mother's Day

 

my favorite post from May 2015....

 

Visit from Logan and Lindsey

 

 

girls day out

 

 

 

new camera, photography, and beach walks.....

 

 

 

 

 



[19/52] photo challenge: multiple perspectives

 

 

Which looks better to you? the blooms or the snow?

 

Our fall and winter have been abnormally mild, even the plants don't know what they should be doing! I've never seen beautiful, bright blooms in January, and I don't think I've ever seen seen azaleas with snow on them.

 

[19/52] photo challenge: multipleperspectives

 

#multipleperspectives #bloomsinwinter #letitsnow
#52weekphotochallenge

 

52 Week Photo Challenge

looking back at 2015: April

{April 2015}
 

my favorite April post...
 

Easter

Late blooms....

 

Lots of new recipes...