Disney Bound!!!

4:15am is extremely early, but it's not so bad when the alarm clock song is "Zippity Doo Da"! Yep, that's right!! The Meisel gang is Disney World bound! We have been on the road for about an hour and a half and we just crossed the Louisiana border. One state down and four to go, and only one argument between Connor and Reagan so far. I might not need my happy pills after all. We were expecting the kids to sleep a while this morning, and Mason really did try, but Connor and Reagan had other ideas, so we watched the sunrise together. I told Reagan what my dad and mom told us when we took trips and left super early in the morning, "If you will be really quiet and not scare it away, the sun will wake up and you can watch it." Apparently, she wasn't too worried about scaring it because she just kept talking. Wonder where she gets that?!?




8:39am update: Reagan just broke the seal. Yep, she did it! She asked, "Are we there yet?" The next 10 hours should be interesting!!! Also, our friends, the Smiths, just returned from Disney and challenged us to a license plate war. Only 4 hours in and we already have 10 states...they are going down!!


3:48pm: We are now getting "are we there yet" about every ten minutes and the crazy traffic in the Mobile Bay tunnel almost made me share my happy pills with Richard, so I am pretty sure we will be looking for a hotel in the next few hours. WDW better really be "The Most Magical Place on Earth" because it's going to take it for this drive to be worth it! Oh and we have seen license plates from 22 states plus Canada and Mexico - we got this!!


4:45pm: Woohoo! We are in Florida. BTW - they have an amazing welcome center with free orange juice and a play area for the kids. I guess it does pay to visit a state who claims tourism as one of its main industries. Please don't judge the picture quality - I was in a time crunch and sadly left my big DSLR at home (Richard is extremely excited about that!) I did bring my new point and shoot but those pics will be shared when we get home.




















10:00pm - Settled in a hotel in Tallahassee. Tomorrow we finish the drive, check in to our condo, and get settled and organized to start six days of fun at Disney.