Guess Where We're Going, Kids?

Jill, 36, Philadelphia, PA

 

Our family is fortunate enough to have visited Disney several times, mostly right before Christmas. This year we weren't sure that any trip was in the cards. However, in early September we started looking into things and found great airfare and accommodation prices during Halloween. We booked the trip and were going to leave on my son's ninth birthday.

We didn't tell the kids, letting family know and working with their teachers to get their assignments done in advance. We told my son we had to have his birthday party a few days early because I had a business trip to go on. We had our family over and got a cake that simply said "You're Going to Disney." When we sang to him and showed him his cake, he read it several times and didn't quite get it Then all of sudden it dawned on him and my daughter – they went crazy! They got to leave bright and early Wednesday morning and had the best time on Halloween, trick or treating at Mickey's party.

Halloween 2008

Christine, 48, Fort Mill, SC

We've loved visiting Disney World every year for the past eight years and usually go during the spring, around Easter. My daughter's 12th birthday was October 27, so this year we went to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween with my four-year-old granddaughter. We had a wonderful time -- my daughter was Minnie Mouse and my granddaughter was Jasmine. They loved dressing up, meeting the Characters, and receiving their treats at each of the trick-or-treating stations. What a wonderful idea ... thanks for the Disney memories!