Lifelong_Dreamer
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2007
Welcome to my trip report! You can find the introduction in this post below the table of contents. If you are just finding my report please don't feel shy about commenting. I love to hear from the people reading my trip report and I respond to every comment!
In addition to the Table of Contents there is a link at the end of each installment to take you to the next part of the report if you do not care to read the comments and chat.
Table of Contents
June 30th
Day One Part One Arrival
Day One Part Two I love the Wilderness Lodge!
Day One Part Three Our first night in the Magic Kingdom!
July 1st
Day Two Part One Magic Kingdom Part One
Day Two Part Two Magic Kingdom Part Two
Day Two Part Three Our Date With Cinderella
July 2nd
Day Three Part One A Beautiful Character Filled Morning at Epcot
Day Three Part Two A Beautiful Character Filled Morning at Epcot continued
Day Three Part Three Our Fantasmic Night at MGM
Wilderness Lodge Photos
July 3rd
Day Four Part One Our Totally Radical Morning at Typhoon Lagoon
Day Four Part Two Our Whirlwind Trip to Downtown Disney
Day Four Part Three A very crowded evening at the Magic Kingdom
Day Four Part Four Independence Day Fireworks at the Magic Kingdom
July 4th
Day Five Part One Fourth of July at Animal Kingdom
Day Five Part Two Animal Kingdom continued
Day Five Part Three Animal Kingdom continued
Day Five Part Four Animal Kingdom continued
Day Five Part Five Animal Kingdom continued
Day Five Part Six A relaxing evening at the Wilderness Lodge
July 5th
Day Six Part One Our chilly morning at Blizzard Beach
Pictures from previous trips. Disneyland 1989 and WDW 1997
Day Six Part Two Mini-Golf at Winter-Summerland
Day Six Part Three In which we become photopass stalkers
Day Six Part Four An afternoon at the Magic Kingdom
Day Six Part Five Dinner at the Liberty Tree Tavern
Day Six Part Six Spectromagic!
SpectroMagic continued
Day Six Part SevenJust Mommy and Me
Day Six Part Eight A Late Night at the Magic Kingdom
We interrupt this trip report to bring you this special update from Alek and Erich
July 6th
Day Seven Part One Rockin Out at MGM!
Day Seven Part Two Tale As Old As Time
Day Seven Part Three The Tragic Death of Indiana Jones
Day Seven Part Four Going Our Separate Ways
Day Seven Part Five The Great Flood
Another update from Alek and Erich
Day Seven Part Six Splish Splashing Around The World
Day Seven Part Seven Where Have All The E-mails Gone?
Day Seven Part Eight Our evening in the World Showcase
Day Seven Part Nine Touring the World Showcase and Illuminations
Day Seven Part Ten Our Last Night at the Lodge
July 7th
Day Eight Part One An Early Morning in the Magic Kingdom
Day Eight Part Two Breakfast at the Crystal Palace
Day Eight Part Three Trapped in Cinderella's Castle!
Day Eight Part Four A Royal Encounter
Day Eight Part Five Toontown continued
Day Eight Part Six A Little Change in Plans...
Day Eight Part Seven Ariel's Grotto
Day Eight Part Eight A Procrastinated Exit
Day Eight Part Nine Roughed Up by a Disney Duck Gang
Day Eight Part Ten Back to Reality
Final Thoughts
Hello fellow Dissers! My name is Lessa and this is my very first trip report. I am a 23 year old Canadian who has loved Disney her whole life and I have been planning this trip for my family since August of last year. Over the past year I have managed to make all my family, friends, and coworkers think that I am completely nuts with all my talk of Disney and my constant planning and my constant need to be reading the Dis boards and complete strangers trip reports. I love reading trip reports so much that I have decided to try my hand at it and I hope that you all enjoy it. This report will be filled with lots of laughter and fun and also some family arguments because it can not be a family vacation unless there is a blowout and I would be lying if I said our trip was perfect and that nothing was bad or horrible. I will try and be as honest as possible about our experience as I have found that the honest trip reports are the most entertaining and also the ones that help you plan your trip the most. I also promise to include lots of pictures as that is one of my favourite things when reading other trip reports!
The details of the trip are as follows: June 30th - July 7th at the Wilderness Lodge. We are booked for a courtyard view. We have signed on for an 8 day Parkhopper pass with the water parks option and we are also on the Disney Dining Plan.
The Cast Members of this report are my two brothers and our mom and here is a brief intro to them.
Mom/Beth (43)- Our mom introduced us to Disney at a very young age and made sure that we all carried the love of Disney through to adulthood. She made sure to take us to every Disney movie that came out in the theatre. One halloween she sewed me a Snow White costume to trick or treat in. She is in desperate need of this vacation as she works in a very hostile work enviroment where some of her coworkers can be very nasty to her and pretty much everybody else in the office. This really stresses my mom out as she hates confrontation and does not handle negativity very well. She has been looking forward to this trip almost as much as I have but without the crazy planning and Dissing.
Alek (21) - Alek is the middle child. His favourite character is Goofy and it is his goal on this trip to get his picture with him. Alek is very expressive and likes to act in the moment without really thinking sometimes about others around him. He can be very silly sometimes and this can cause problems with our mom as she is constantly wishing he would act more his age. Our brother Erich will often join in with Alek in his antics and they can be very funny together. Alek is a thrill ride lover. When we were children he was the only one who would go on roller coasters as the rest of the family was too scared. I am much braver now and I am glad that I can now experience the rides with Alek.
Erich (18) - Erich is the baby of the family. He graduated from high school two days before the trip and so this trip is partly in celebration of his graduation. Erich like my mom does not care for thrill rides but he suprised us a few times on this trip. I was very proud of him for conquering a fear. Erich's favourite character is also Goofy and he was very much looking forward to this trip as he is hoping that Disney World will have some good Goofy merchandise as the Disney Stores do not seem to like carrying Goofy stuff.
The other two members of the family that deserve mentioning are our precious kitties, Amber and Hobbes. Amber is 3 years old and Hobbes is about 7 months. I always hate leaving my kitties when I go on a trip but on this trip they will be well taken care of. We have two of our neighbours coming over to feed and check on them and Erich's friend Jessie has said that he will stop by to play with the cats before he goes to work at night. Here are our kitties
Day One Part One