Things I Learned At Disney World

Math:
I learned that 30 pounds of extra weight + walking around in a swimsuit all day (Blizzard Beach) = inner thigh chafing.


Yeah.
FYI: If you have large thighs and are walking from a pool area, when they dry (because say, you have covered the entire grounds looking for your family) you will end up walking like a geisha because there can be no movement in the upper leg area. Only geishas are delicate and graceful looking. I was not.
I learned that sometimes you have to give up on one dream to achieve another. In this case, sending someone home early to salvage a trip for the rest.


Yes, we did.
The oldest one doesn't handle humid heat or crowds very well. We were in Florida in August,
of course it's going to be hot and crowded.
He actually asked to go home early since he was spending 80% of his time in the room anyway.
I've made my husband promise to remind me of this come Christmas when I'm wanting to fork out our life savings to get him here (and now you can too). We did have some fun memory making moments though.

I learned that the Disney Dining plan is not to be scoffed at and unless you are a giant, the basic plan should suffice. We were flailing trying to consume the meals on it.
Without the dining plan, we would've eaten mac and cheese in our room, but instead ate at the Akershus Royal Banquet Hall where Miss Ky could rub shoulders with royalty, and the O'Hana Character breakfast where the boys did the Conga with Mickey and Stitch.


I learned that no matter how many Ariel items one woman can collect, her daughter may be smitten with another Princess.
Before we got on our plane, Miss Ky said that she was going to meet "The pink princess", but to surprise us all, somewhere in the middle of our holiday this little girl began shouting, "Snow White!" whenever she saw anything related.
Who'd've guessed? We don't even watch that movie-- correction, we didn't watch it. We've now seen it three times in two days.

I learned many more things, like what it feels like to lose your purse carrying your iphone, credit cards, Disney Reward cards and park tickets-- it can be extremely stressful. Especially when you lose it the first 20 minutes you're in the park on your first day.

Or how to walk favoring one foot after ripping a big toenail halfway off your first night in the room.

Forget what you learned in kindergarten, all you need to know is here. And don't think this wonderfully illustrated adviceorama is over-- I have approximately 1396 pictures to go.