Can you keep a secret? or two?

I’ve been invited to learn more about some of the youth education options at Walt Disney World. Not being the type to turn down the opportunity to visit Mickey, the vacation planning wheels started turning. End result: I’ll be taking my oldest son on a short and sweet trip, just the two of us, in a couple of weeks. That’s secret number one…he has no idea! He won’t find out until we are already at the airport.  I love surprises! My middle son will be at Webelos Encampment with his cub scout den that week so it worked out perfectly (don’t worry…he’ll get his weekend of fun while my oldest is at boy scout camp too!).

Secret number two…you can’t tell Mickey but we’re going to be splitting our time and visiting Harry Potter while we are there too!

I have to admit, this Harry Potter side trip is as much for me as it is for my son. We are both fans of the books and movies but I think I am the bigger Potter nerd of the two of us.  I can’t wait to check out everything that the Wizarding World of Harry Potter has to offer.

There will be a lot of first for us on this trip. I’ve started my laundry list of things we need to check out, photograph, document and just test out in general. We’ll make a game of it and consider it a scavenger hunt of sorts!

This will be a working vacation for both of us. My son will be serving as a junior reporter, a role he requested recently and will share his insight on both Universal Studios and Walt Disney World.

In his first job as a junior reporter, I asked Brandon to share some of his Disney favorites and advice with me (pardon the background noise – he requested we do this interview at a local park). Take a second and check it out…

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Are you a Hogwarts alum? Perhaps a prefect even? If so, I’d love to hear from you!

See ‘ya real soon!

Lori
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