Disney World 2017

Okay, so let's talk about Disney World.  Yes, we did go to Disney during one of the hottest and busiest months of the year and we survived.We truly had the best time ever during our time there but I have to be honest and say that experiencing Disney with children who have special needs is HARD.  All of the things that are hard for the rest of us-the heat, the lines, rude people.  Did I mention the lines?   All of that is even harder for them.

We rented a special needs stroller for Miss Angela and that was the best planning decision of the whole trip.  She never could have done the trip on foot.  We found a great company that delivered the stroller and picked it up on the day that we left.

On the first day, we were given a Disability Access Pass for Angela.  We were impressed at how easy it was to use the pass on the rides that she rode.  They never split our group of eight and we were able to all ride together.  The stroller was identified as a wheelchair and the staff had it ready at the end of the ride each time.  Our girl was truly treated as a princess and the Disney cast called her Princess throughout the trip.  I am sure it was in their training, but it really made her feel special.  And then, one of them handed her this note:

Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain.....she loved them all.  Such a crazy daredevil!  It was so fun to have our kids together in one place, along with our grandson, Ezra.  There is nothing better than to witness your kids' love and devotion to each other and this was us.  I am bragging but we really have a great bunch of kids.

I was a little bit sad when we returned home and some of the kids went back to their homes. Even now, I miss them.  So much fun!  I will leave you few more pictures: