You know your a Disney Family when....

[jldriscoll]

DD 4 knows all the words to "zip a dee doo dah" and the "Mickey Mouse Club March"...

and DD8 thinks the Disney version of "Mambo #5" is better than the original.....

any others?........

[Disneyolic]

2 yo DS asks to dance to Zip-a-dee-do-dah every day! (He's learning the words fast, too)

There is something Mickey in each room of your home and you can't go through the day w/o the mention of WDW.

Your entire morning is spent watching the Disney Channel.

:earsboy: :earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsboy:

[Jordan's MOM]

When DH ask where should we go on vacation next year and everyone else burst out laughing!

[Baloo]

Your 2 boys and even your big, macho man start finding Hidden Mickey's even when they're not at WDW!:earsgirl: :earsboy: :earsboy: :earsboy:

[MELSMICE]

All of the above plus -

Booking your next Disney vacation from the courtesy phone of your Disney resort!!!

Ordering a Vacation Planning video to add to the numerous ones you already have.

Running to the TV when you hear a Disney commercial even though you know you've seen it & get teary eyed just watching it!

[Disneyolic]

Melsmice - I can't believe someone else actually keeps ordering the videos and gets teary eyed at those commercials! Wow - I don't feel so "Dopey" anymore.

[kidzmom3]

When every day they say something disney related such as:

do you remember when ....

I want an ice cream just like the one from .....

Look doesnt she/he look just like that guy from ...

That song was playing when we ....

My favorite ride is ......


and so on.

[connor69]

when your kids and (you included) hear the phrase "zippdy-doo-dah....and you finish with ...."tip for today"

[MELSMICE]

I have another one to add...

When DH & myself win the grand prize from a raffle drawing, which was a week long stay at a Bahamas resort & we trade it in for a family trip to WDW!!!

[llp479]

When you're getting things together for a garage sale, and you can't bring yourself to include anything Disney!:D

[jldriscoll]

When you say to DH, "Guess where Emily's swim instructor is going to work in August" and he says "WDW" and DD says how did you guess?" and husband responds "Your mother wouldn't mention it if it was anywhere else."

***side note, swim instructor is going to do an internship at WDW in August the lucky dog****

[merryweather's twin]

When your DH asks for 2 days off in August not saying what for and his boss responds you will have to fly down this time! He responds I bought the tickets last night!!!
When all your kids expect a WDW birthday!!!
When the kids in your house don't play house they play pack for WDW trip.....
When your dh being interviewed by his work newsletter reporter asked if you could live anywhere.... and he says Cindy's castle!!!

[MELSMICE]

And...............

When every bit of money saved via coupons or not eating out, etc. is associated with something Disney.

Example: "Saving those $5 in coupons today will be 2 more Mickey bars on the next trip!!"

[Colleen A.]

When the only recorded music is the family van is Disney music! DH listens to the music from Illuminations every day on the way to work!

When you have more clothes from the Disney store than anywhere else.

When your DD gets a bunch of gifts from her friends at her birthday party. The one she gets most excited over is a Disney store gift card. The cash gets turned into Disney $$.

When your son counts how many weeks of lawn mowing he can get paid for so he can figure out how much money he will have for an upcoming trip.

Colleen

[iluvtig2]

"Oh WOW! Disney dot com!!!!! YAY!!!!"

Your black dog is named Mickey Mouse. Your yellow dog is named Pooh Bear. And your cat is named Tigger!

(No, DS is NOT Christopher Robin!!!!)

iluvtig

[BounceyOne]

Do you all live at my house?

[WhispyPixie]

When you ask your 3 year old where she wants for her birthday party and she says....."At Disney World!!!!" Said with the most sincerest of faces!

[Boo Mc]

Whenever our kids do a backyard stunt like jumping off the swing or a somersault the clap ttheir hands and yell "hey" like the Chinese acrobats at Epcot. They also know the words to every Disney song imaginable since that's all we listen to in the car. When DS's Kindergarten teacher plays music in class all the kids ask my son which ride or Disney movie it is from. They also often sing the Epcot parade song which we call A O O A O A O O A O A O O A O A! I'm sure it has an official name but we just call it AO. I could go on (and on). Needless to say, our relatives think we've brainwashed our kids. Probably - just keep repeating after me "A O O A O..."

[ZPT1022]

-When my almost 1 year old daughter gets excited going into the Disney store because she knows (I swear) that she will get a stuffed animal. She always pulls one off the shelf and cuddles it in her stroller......and we always leave with it! We have to stop going so much!!
-Before DD even, FH and I got a new aquarium and two of those fish with the "mickey print" on the side of them. We named them, of course, Mickey and Minnie. When Minnie died, and then Mickey died 2 days later, we figured they couldn't live without each other (hopeless romantic and disney nut all in one!), not that our tank had a fungus like Petco said, LOL.

[worm761]

thank you ZPT1022~ i was beginning to think we were the only ones with mickey mouse fish!!!


- when every day since your trip a year ago, your 6 yr olds says remember, at our disney hotel.....?

[jldriscoll]

You record the Travel Channel WDW resort special 4 times on the same tape so you don't have to rewind!:cool:

[marcyinPA]

When you save your yellow Mickey rain poncho as a "souvenier" even though you had to wear it EVERY day of your last weeklong trip because it POURED!

When you are "grumpy" for a week after you return from your trip because of severe withdrawal! (My whole family went through this!)

When your kids ask for the Disney World doughnuts...not Dunkin Donuts....LOL( I swear that the Trails End Buffeteria has the absolute best doughnuts in the entire world!!!)

[skiptomypooh]

When your two year old looks at any computer and says:

"Pooh, tickle, tickle"

OK, so we're a little geeky. He does DIS his way.

[Colleen A.]

Does anyone here eat plain ol' round pancakes anymore?!:p Ours HAVE to be Mickey pancakes! :bounce:

Colleen

[jldriscoll]

Hubby makes the pancakes in our house (only thing he cooks well;) ) I have gotten in SOOOOO much trouble with DDs several times for cutting up the Mickey's before they get to the table!!

[magic cruiser]

When you are a DVC member w/ 600 pts.

When you own the Mickey toaster just so you can hear the Mickey Mouse Club themesong every morning !!

When everytime you go to the bookstore you buy another Disney guide book .

[Tink]

Thank goodness there are other families out there like mine! Our DD (3) sings zip-adee-doo-dah and Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo! Some of the family looks at us a little strange!:) But we consider it normal.

One question: our mickey fish keep dying. How do you guys keep them alive? DD gets very upset when they die. It's hard to fish them out and hope she won't notice, since they have the shape on the tail! She notices everything!

[ZPT1022]

Okay Tink, so it is not just me. My mickey fish did not last too long and we are pretty good at keeping fish alive (I had a goldfish for over 5 years). I have one suggestion- there is a thing called Stress Coat that you can buy at pet stores for fish (we go to Petco) and use it whenever you clean their tank or introduce new fish or transfer them at all. FH was at first a marine biology major, so this is one of the things we have picked up as far as keeping them alive. Maybe this will help. Use it somewhat liberally.

[worm761]

i have had my mickey fish since easter! we have them in a ten gallon tank w/ a filter, air pump, and a heater. (just a normal tank) we have 2 gold fish and a cory cat (bottom feeder) in with them. i use Tetra Aqua products and the two that i put in are the easy balance and aqua safe. both can be bought at walmart!
good luck keeping them alive!

[DisneyVirginia]

When the number of trips you've taken cover at least one part of every month of the year.

When everyone at work consults you before they book their reservations.

When you can fill a bookcase with Birnbaum's and other guides starting from way-back-when.

When you go to WDW and never, ever have to ask directions to anywhere.

When even your Disneyphile friends tell you that you're over the edge.

And so on.....

DisneyVirginia

[Jacksmom99]

We make Mickey toast just to hear the song.

We remodeled our kitchen so we could decorate with a Mickey theme.

We watch the DVC promotional video over and over and we're already members.

We bought the overview video of the four parks last summer and DS (3) watches it 12 times a day, planning for our trip in August.

DD (6 weeks) has a Mickey shaped birth mark on her arm. Not that this was something we could plan, but all of our family and friends said, "It figures with you guys as parents"

We check the sattelite weather in Orlando everyday.

[LeftyES]

What a great thread! We thought we were the crazy ones!
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who listens to Illuminations every morning.
We TiVo'd all the Great Hotels from Disney, the WDW behind the scenes and a bunch of House of Mouse shows, transfered them into my Mac, and burnt them onto DVDs so we could watch them on our drive down and on the DVD players in the BCV this August.
(Even tho' I know we will really be watching the resort channel to hear the Zip-A-Dee-Do_Dah, tip for today song!) ;)

[twinz]

When you are at work playing Following the Leader (we work at a daycare), we sing "we're following the leader the leader the leader"...the Disney way.
The kids at work know that WTP is your favourite character.
You have a large hand drawn Lilo & Stitch on your windows.
Your Christmas tree consists mostly of Disney ornaments.
You have Mickey (or other Disney) antenna toppers on your car.

[snowmouse]

When I feel compelled to tell everyone we meet why they should do their vacation with the mouse and my 12 year old DS (who's too cool to talk to anyone) has to add his advice to the itinerary I've begun planning for them.

My 5 year old DD relates everything in her life to her experiences on HER 'Magic Boat'.

Our favorite part of Lilo and Stitch was the scrapbook photos of Stitch and his O'Hana on OUR "Magic Boat"

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[jldriscoll]

When your computer's....

start up message is "Welcome to the Magic Kingdom"
shut down message is "Please stand clear of the doors..."
background is a picture from Tomorrowland
screen saver is Toy Story 2
and your error message is "There's no turning back now"....

[jldriscoll]

Posting to another thread reminded me of another one....
When your DD's first room was Disney baby themed, second 101 Dalm. themed and DD#2 has always had a Minnie Mouse room...

...and when your kids can't find the right characters on sweaters, their mother (me :) ) designs and makes them!!!

[Bob NC]

You know your a Disney Family when....

You have a specific spot in your house to keep unused park hoppers....

[Coll0610]

When you tell DS that someday you will go on a vacation somewhere besides Disneyworld and he says "Where else is there?"

[scanne]

When painting your bathroom using a ragging effect, you put 'hidden Mickeys' on the walls. :p

Dh and I did this on New Years Eve 2001 and we were both cracking up at my idea to put some Hidden Mickeys on the wall. You really do have to look hard for them. I thinkwe put 6 in there. So maybe when we move the new owners will one day spot a hidden Mickey! LOL!

[disneymom3]

Ooooh--I'm repainting my bathroom and you can bet it's gonna have hidden Mickeys! I LOVE that idea!

Okay.. when you live in Minnesota and have annual passes.

When every day you or your kids or everybody has some Disney clothing item.

When your kids only own Disney themed baseball caps and DD says, "Look, they have a ...hat!" Like she didn't know others even existed--and why would they?

When each of your kids has a Trips To WDW scrapbook!

[Poohnatic]

---When you buy 4 mickey trivets from the disney store, then get graph paper to figure out how many tiles (and what size) will work best to tile the backsplash in your kitchen.

--when your nursery is done in Balloon pooh, then older son has buzz bedroom, then sons decide they want to bunk together, so you have a Buzz bedroom, Buzz playroom and Buzz bathroom.

--When your 2 1/2 year old answers the question "where do you live?" with "In Disneyworld"

--When that same 2 1/2 year old says with sincerity "Mommy, I go back to Disney World tomorrow?"

--When husband longs for a Mickey bar. Accepts no substitutes.

--You think $95 for a dinner "wasn't too bad" for 2 adults and 1 child! (Biergarten, BTW. $36 for a bottle of Spätlese)

--When the only things hanging on the walls in any room are Disney artwork and clocks!

--When it's a rare day when one of the four of you isn't wearing a Disney shirt!

Suzanne ºOº

[eeyore0062]

and DD8 thinks the Disney version of "Mambo #5" is better than the original.....

Well, isn't it?:confused:


Anyway, you know that you are a Disney family when you drive a double yellow VW Beetle with the license plate Belle, have Beast and Belle attached to your back dash, and yellow Mickey ears hanging from your rearview mirror. Also, pretty much every piece of art in your home is Disney, and you could easily build the largest Disney Plush mountain known to man in your living room!:earsgirl: :wave: :sunny:

[jldriscoll]

eeyore0062, Yes "disney mambo #5" is WAY better!
And I so want your car!!!! Our car is about the one place that hasn't been sprinkled with pixie dust ;)


I was going to post yesterday that someone in our family is always wearing disney, but two of you beat me to it! :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc


I am now considering having a garage sale to put together tip, and souvenier money for our next trip.

(This is not a big deal for most of you, but I SWORE I would NEVER have a garage sale, EVER in my life!!!!) The things we will do to get our Mouse Fix!!!

[Colleen A.]

Hey jldriscol,
We're having a yard sale this weekend to help support our disney fix!!! I was thinking of bringing out our cd player and play the soundtrack from the themeparks just to keep all of us "focused" on our goal!!;)

[jldriscoll]

Originally posted by Colleen A.
Hey jldriscol,
We're having a yard sale this weekend to help support our disney fix!!! I was thinking of bringing out our cd player and play the soundtrack from the themeparks just to keep all of us "focused" on our goal!!;)

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA!!!!

I REALLY don't want to do it but 1. we have a lot of stuff that needs to be gotten rid of (notice I didn't say junk :rolleyes: ) and 2. MONEY FOR THE WORLD!!!!!
Ok if i use your idea? :P That would definately motivate me!

Maybe I'll read my guide book and make notes too between customers......

[Lowe6]

Ok you know you're a Disney family when all 9 of you pile into a mini van (because God knows you can't afford plane tickets) & drive 21 hours to WDW. You make this decision on Tues. & on Sat. pm you are there. For luggage you use space bags 1 per person only in a Large leather bag on top of the van & you all look like gypsies traveling down the road. OH..... Don't forget the 12 Disney movies you get to endure on the way there. :)

[connor69]

When you have a scrapebook just for your Disney trips...AND you are about 3 trips behind in your mounting and journaling that particular trip.

When your father (55 years old) calls you on the phone and says...Kimberly, I'm concerned about how many disney trips you have taken in the last year(3). This has got to be expensive.(He doesn't know about codes;) .

[AKASnowWhite]

I know I've passed my obsession to my kids! Just yesterday my 11yo DS made a HUGE slip 'n slide on our front hill for the neighborhood kids, and posted a very large sign that read "SPLASH MOUNTAIN, JR.!"

I'm glad to read about all of you who are even MORE obsessed than I am....DH thinks I'm nuts....I can't even get to our up-coming vacation (11/02) without thinking about picking a date for our NEXT trip! :rolleyes:

[catwho]

..... when your 4 yo ds asks tells your dh, "You better get mommy a shoe for her birthday!"

:earsgirl: (possessor of one shoe!)

[marcyinPA]

I have another one...

When your ds's, ages 3 and 7, sing the song from the Carousel of Progress in the car on the way to everywhere we go! "There's a great big beautiful tomorrow....."

Marcy

[eeyore0062]

We are going down to Orlando in August to look at neighborhoods and homes, and taking our 8 yo with us. I told her what we were doing, and she said..." but, I couldn't POSSIBLY be THAT close to the Parks, and not ride the rides!" I guess I passed my obsession on to her. Of course, we now WILL be going to the park at least one day!

[yzma]

When you are moving to Florida and DD (6) says"Yeah we are moving to Disney World" We are trying to explain that DW is in Florida , but we are not moving to DW. We will of course be there all the time so maybe we are moving to Disney World .








:cool:

[luvdamouse]

- When you admit to yourself that Disney Channel is the real reason you bought satellite TV

- When your child's daycare teacher says "Sam, you're goofy", 2-year old Sam replies "no, I Donald!"

- When your family has a serious discussion around the dinner table about Goofy versus Pluto, and the famed "what is Goofy, exactly" question

- When your favorite soothing or time-passing method with the children is "tell me about your perfect day at WDW" or "let's pretend we're going to WDW"

- When you own an embarrassing number of guidebooks

- When everyone in the family refers to every spare dollar or coin as "Disney money"

- When you have a Disney Box (I've heard of some who keep suitcases) under the bed that all of your travel stuff gets thrown into (like anti-bac wipes, travel games, extra film, park hopper passes, etc) as it is accumulated or left over between trips

I could go on and on! What a great thread!

[catwho]

- when one of your friends is going to Disney for the first time and calls to ask your recommendations and if you can loan them your "WDW with Kids" book.

- your hairdreseser remembers you as "that Disney girl"

- you wish that Disney would stop showing WDW commercials so that your favorite vacation spot doesn't get too crowded in February

- you converted your parents and they asked how they too could have a countdown on their desktop

- you have the newest Disney Sweepstakes page as your home page

[AKASnowWhite]

Originally posted by catwho
[B- you wish that Disney would stop showing WDW commercials so that your favorite vacation spot doesn't get too crowded in February
[/B]

That is excatly how I feel about those commercials too!

We know we're a Disney family, becuase we begin planning our *NEXT* trip before the most current one has even gotten here yet! ;)

[catwho]

Originally posted by connor69
When you have a scrapebook just for your Disney trips...AND you are about 3 trips behind in your mounting and journaling that particular trip.

You too? Gee, I knew I couldn't be the only who could publish her own "Disney Pages Idea Book" :)

:earsgirl:

[Colleen A.]

When one of your favorite Disney memories has been published in the Passporter!!:D

When the family van has not only an antenna topper (with a replacement in the glove box, just in case!), but 2 Disney license plates.

Your DH now owns almost as many Disney t-shirts as you do!

Your kids exchange any birthday or allowance money into Disney Dollars without being asked.

When your sister gives you her Disney Club # and her credit card # and gives you total access to plan and book her vacation (I have fun with my brother in law, if he teases me about something, I tell him he better be careful or he'll be paying for their vacation for the rest of their lives!:bounce: )

[onemichelle]

I'm so glad I'm not alone! Thanks guys!!

[scanne]

You know you're a Disney family when.......

you and your DH start talking about getting a dog and your DH wants to name it

HADES!

[Poohnatic]

Addendum to our disney family list

When your kids each go to the doctor, get weighed and measured, and your comments are

"Alright, 4 more inches to Rock n Roller Coaster!"

"You're 4 inches away from Space Mountain!"

Needless to say, I convinced them that more veggies would get them to these goals quicker! My husband had a good laugh when he asked their particulars and I told him in that same manner!

Suzanne

[Debbie]

ºoº when you are at the high school graduation and Pomp and Circumstance begins, and the two youngest siblings whisper excitedly..."DISNEY!" (Fantasia 2000~Donald and the Ark)

ºoº when Aerosmith is on The Simpsons and the same two come running from the nether regions of the house with the same..."DISNEY!"

ºoº when the trip to never seen Universal is upcoming, and they still refer to "our trip to Disney" even though, in their knowledge, they are NOT going to the parks.

ºoº when the 8 yo is figuring out: Mom it costs $10 000 (Canadian, here:rolleyes: ) to go to Disney, right? (yep, says the mom).....but there's only FOUR (out of 7) of us going. . .so, how much do we need to save?

ºoº when you debate, do I tell 'em or surprise 'em

ºoº when on the last day, the 6 year old says "Please don't bring me again. . .it hurts too much to leave!" (but she's been 4 times since then and will absolutely :Pinkbounc when we hit Akershus in just 22 days

ºoº and finally, when even your bullets look like Mickey!

[The Duchess]

...when the man fixing the ceiling asks your three year old "How old are you?" and then "When will you be four?" and the three year old answers "When I go to Disney World!"

[casmanuel]

we'd just gotten home from Russia with our two newly-adopted toddler daughters and my DH said to them, "We need to take you to Disney World!" (I'd been thinking the same thing, but thought he'd die if I said it out loud!):jester:

[Ballybunion3]

When you watch the Disney vacation video with your DD over and over and over an over.......

[mrsmom]

( 1 ) When you have a folder of papers printed about the resorts from 1995.
(2) and when you have a shelf dedicated to all the vacation planning videos you have recieved.
(3)When your hubby gives you the big lip every time a disneyworld commerical comes on .
(4) when you know where every ride and restaurant is without asking anyone.
(5) My daughter has The little mermaid and beauty and the beast characters all painted on her wall with two coordinating bed sets.
( 6) when my four year old had been to disney three times .

Mrsmom
:Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

[Miss Park Avenue]

You take your family to the local amusement park or water park and it's "alright but............." and the comparisons start. Just came back from a water park today and all we talked about was what we do at BB! The family that was with us just rolls their eyes. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[BounceyOne]

When your 3yo arranges her circular food (pancakes, cookies) and yells HIDDEN MICKEY!!