Me-Raven Rob(44), DW-Lisa(44), DD-Allison(13), DS- Jordan(10)
A little bit about us:
Me: I work as a Manager for a Major Financial Services firm in the Baltimore, MD area. Very stressful job managing people, personalities, and remaining calm under pressure.
I am also a HS (Maryland) and NCAA Division 2 and Division 3 College Football referee in the MD/PA/NJ/NY area. This is a great way to keep me in shape (still overweight!!! ) and a great diversion from the stressful nature of my regular day job. Hopefully someday I will make it to the higher levels of NCAA football!!!!!
Besides for my love of Football and the Baltimore Ravens, I also love everything Disney!!!!
Lisa: A social worker for a Hospital in Baltimore, MD. My best friend!!! She is also a wonderful wife and mother and keeps the house in order while I am out doing my football thing in the fall. Glad she loves football as much as I do!!! Also a major lover of Disney
Allison: Where do I begin???? My pride and joy. We have your typical father-daughter love/hate relationship. Most days she loves me more than anything in the world but you know I am still her daddy who tries to embarass her with everything that I do. But in the end, we love each other more than anything. As many of her teachers say to us all the time, "She can light up the room!!!"
Allison faced many health challenges in her life when she was just 6 years old when we thought she was very sick and never knew why only to finally to be diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. It was a very difficult two years for us but thankfully with all of the tests and many doctor's appointments and several hospital stays, we consider ourselves fortunate that she suffers from a manageable and controllable disease and not anything more serious than Crohn's.
Jordan: My little buddy. He loves everything sports. He can rattle off any answer to a sports trivia question you can think of. If he doesn't know it, he will find the answer within minutes. He takes pride in the fact that he has not missed one day of school since 1st grade. I wish I was like him growing up!!!!
Why we decided to take this trip? Well let's see we are all Disney lovers. During a surprise 15th anniversary trip to WDW without kids in 2008 Lisa and I decided to become DVC members. Every trip we would take to WDW, we always wanted to visit the DVC presentation but having the kids with us prevented us to see it. We were sold.
We have visited Disney just about every other year since Lisa and I were married in 1993.
We have taken two Disney cruises, first a Land/Sea on the Wonder in 2005 followed by a 7 day Western on the Magic in 2006. Have not been on a Disney Cruise since. Until now.
The other compelling reason is that Allison had her Bat Mitzvah this past November and for those of you who don't know in the Jewish religion, it is a celebration of a child becoming an adult. Besides a religious ceremony in a synagogue, there are several other ways of celebrating. Well, we went all out...besides a nice party in November, we booked a 5 night Double Dip at Castaway Cay to be followed by a 4 night stay at Bay Lake Tower.
What were we thinking???
Here are the plans so far:
Thursday, June 14th: Fly from BWI to MCO and arrive at 12:20PM Taking Magical Express to Saratoga Springs Resort. Kids will play at the pool in the afternoon and then spend the evening at Downtown Disney with dinner maybe at Rainforest Cafe???
Friday, June 15th: DCL transportation to Port Canaveral to the Dream. Goal is to be on the Aquaduck at least once!!!!
Saturday, June 16th: Castaway Cay #1. I will run the CC 5K in 35 minutes or less. Play at the Beach for a few hours and then back on board for the remainder of the day.
Sunday, June 17th: Nassau. My 45th Birthday!!! Woo hoo!!! Just a little bit of shopping in the port and back on board for a day of R&R and Aquaduck rides galore with Jordan.
Monday, June 18th: Day at Sea. Who knows? Maybe a massage for Allison.
Tuesday, June 19th: Castaway Cay #2. I think I will run the CC 5K again as i will have to be in full training mode for Football in August.
Wednesday, June 20th: Port Canaveral. Back to WDW and BLT until Sunday morning.
That's it for now.....I will try for a weekly update between now and our trip. The next two weekends are busy for me as I have to work some college football spring scrimmages.
Here is our family photo from last summer with the best quarterback in the NFL, Joe Flacco:
A little bit about us:
Me: I work as a Manager for a Major Financial Services firm in the Baltimore, MD area. Very stressful job managing people, personalities, and remaining calm under pressure.
I am also a HS (Maryland) and NCAA Division 2 and Division 3 College Football referee in the MD/PA/NJ/NY area. This is a great way to keep me in shape (still overweight!!! ) and a great diversion from the stressful nature of my regular day job. Hopefully someday I will make it to the higher levels of NCAA football!!!!!
Besides for my love of Football and the Baltimore Ravens, I also love everything Disney!!!!
Lisa: A social worker for a Hospital in Baltimore, MD. My best friend!!! She is also a wonderful wife and mother and keeps the house in order while I am out doing my football thing in the fall. Glad she loves football as much as I do!!! Also a major lover of Disney
Allison: Where do I begin???? My pride and joy. We have your typical father-daughter love/hate relationship. Most days she loves me more than anything in the world but you know I am still her daddy who tries to embarass her with everything that I do. But in the end, we love each other more than anything. As many of her teachers say to us all the time, "She can light up the room!!!"
Allison faced many health challenges in her life when she was just 6 years old when we thought she was very sick and never knew why only to finally to be diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. It was a very difficult two years for us but thankfully with all of the tests and many doctor's appointments and several hospital stays, we consider ourselves fortunate that she suffers from a manageable and controllable disease and not anything more serious than Crohn's.
Jordan: My little buddy. He loves everything sports. He can rattle off any answer to a sports trivia question you can think of. If he doesn't know it, he will find the answer within minutes. He takes pride in the fact that he has not missed one day of school since 1st grade. I wish I was like him growing up!!!!
Why we decided to take this trip? Well let's see we are all Disney lovers. During a surprise 15th anniversary trip to WDW without kids in 2008 Lisa and I decided to become DVC members. Every trip we would take to WDW, we always wanted to visit the DVC presentation but having the kids with us prevented us to see it. We were sold.
We have visited Disney just about every other year since Lisa and I were married in 1993.
We have taken two Disney cruises, first a Land/Sea on the Wonder in 2005 followed by a 7 day Western on the Magic in 2006. Have not been on a Disney Cruise since. Until now.
The other compelling reason is that Allison had her Bat Mitzvah this past November and for those of you who don't know in the Jewish religion, it is a celebration of a child becoming an adult. Besides a religious ceremony in a synagogue, there are several other ways of celebrating. Well, we went all out...besides a nice party in November, we booked a 5 night Double Dip at Castaway Cay to be followed by a 4 night stay at Bay Lake Tower.
What were we thinking???
Here are the plans so far:
Thursday, June 14th: Fly from BWI to MCO and arrive at 12:20PM Taking Magical Express to Saratoga Springs Resort. Kids will play at the pool in the afternoon and then spend the evening at Downtown Disney with dinner maybe at Rainforest Cafe???
Friday, June 15th: DCL transportation to Port Canaveral to the Dream. Goal is to be on the Aquaduck at least once!!!!
Saturday, June 16th: Castaway Cay #1. I will run the CC 5K in 35 minutes or less. Play at the Beach for a few hours and then back on board for the remainder of the day.
Sunday, June 17th: Nassau. My 45th Birthday!!! Woo hoo!!! Just a little bit of shopping in the port and back on board for a day of R&R and Aquaduck rides galore with Jordan.
Monday, June 18th: Day at Sea. Who knows? Maybe a massage for Allison.
Tuesday, June 19th: Castaway Cay #2. I think I will run the CC 5K again as i will have to be in full training mode for Football in August.
Wednesday, June 20th: Port Canaveral. Back to WDW and BLT until Sunday morning.
That's it for now.....I will try for a weekly update between now and our trip. The next two weekends are busy for me as I have to work some college football spring scrimmages.
Here is our family photo from last summer with the best quarterback in the NFL, Joe Flacco: