Last year, or this year since our trip fell in-between, we took the kids to Disney. For some reason, that I can only chalk up to complete insanity, we thought it would be fun for everyone to spend New Years in the happiest place on Earth. A little tip before we begin.....never, and I mean never, go to Disney on this holiday. Or any holiday for that matter. Unless you enjoy 100,000 people pushing you around trying to get to the hottest rides. Add two small children to the mix and it's a recipe for disaster.
So, our trip. Where do I begin? Oh, yea. The flight down sounds good. Another disaster in the making. I booked our flight out at 6:00am. I know, crazy. But my thought was that if we got down there early enough it would give us an extra day to enjoy the park. Besides, the kids would be so tired, they would sleep for the flight, right? In hind sight, and another tip, DON'T do this either, and here's why.
Although it SOUNDED great...it's not. For one, we had to be at the airport two hours early. Which meant 4:00am. Yup, 4am. THIS wasn't a big deal. The kids handled that part well. BUT, we never anticipated a LINE at 4am! By the time we got to the counter we were late, which meant they HAD to bump us to a later flight. That's right....two small children in the airport at 4:01 am and now we had to wait ANOTHER 2 hours for the later flight. Let's just say that by the time we got on the plane the kids were all juiced up on sugary snacks....take that US Air.
Well....we got there. The flight wasn't too bad and surprisingly, the kids enjoyed it. BUT, it gets better. Over the winter, poor J Girl was sick. Throughout the winter I should say. Not sick sick, but with a cough. A cough that causes frequent bouts of, what I like to call, snot vomit. Before we left she had been doing well and at this point we thought we were in the clear.
Fast forward.....we arrive at the hotel and Big Daddy heads to the front desk. They say our room won't be ready for another couple hours, but they had a smoking room that they would clean thoroughly for us. We agreed, since at this time we needed to get rid of our crap. When we got to the room, it still smelled. So off to the front desk I go. Picture me, pissed since it hadn't been a good day so far, getting my point across to the staff that we were heading to the park, and when we got back I expected our room to be PRISTINE. New sheets, blankets, comforters, towels, and just about anything else that was fabric in that room. YOU WILL CLEAN IT WELL....I think I said, only maybe slightly nastier.
Fast forward again to later that night. We arrive back, the kids are tired, we are exhausted and everyone wants to just pass out. The room was clean.....and I have to say they did a good job. BUT, and this is just another reason why Big Daddy refuses to EVER go to Disney again, just as we were laying down, we heard IT. The sound. You know, the one that surely ends in snot vomit. Big Daddy got to her first just as she was letting go. Yup, all over the clean sheets I DEMANDED be changed. But it didn't end there. This child must have been holding it all in because we ended up using all the towels too! So, off I go, to the front desk, only this time, to politely ask for MORE fresh sheets, blankets, comforters and towels.
Lucky for us they were very understanding and rushed them over. THIS TIME.
The next night, and the one after....not so much. And when we called yet again when J Boy broke a glass all over the bathroom.....well, let's just say lucky for us, we didn't need to stay another night. I think if we were late for our flight, they would have flown us home on the CEO's personal jet.
What's better......we didn't see one single firework on New Years Eve! Uh-huh. That evening, as we left our stroller in the parking area, we headed in to a show. Upon our return we found it had poured. ALL OVER OUR STROLLER AND CONTENTS! Besides the fact that we were in Epcot since Magic Kingdom closed down at 10am that day due to over capacity!
