Littleprincess2010
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2010
To start off our Pre-Trip-Report here is a little about our cast;
Me = Elishia, crazy over-planner extraordinaire!!! I have been planning and budgeting for this trip for the past 8 months and with only 2 weeks to go I am so freakin' excited!!!
Robert is my not-so-crazy husband and is looking forward to the trip but leaving me to plan the details on my own (Thank god for you guys!!). He has worked lots of overtime to make this trip happen and Im hoping to do something special for him when we are down there. My mother has offered to take Anya 1 night so that we can go out on a date.... I can't belive I'm going on a date in Disneyland!!!
This is me and the hubby at a Canucks game last season.
My daughter is 6 and will be turning 7 during our trip, Birthday Trip!!! The one thing she is looking forward to most is Tinkerbell and how we get "shrunk" down to Tinks size to meet her!! I don't think she has quite grasped the magnitude of magic that is the Disneyland Resort, boy is she going to be impressed!!
And last but not least my Mom, who is really excited to go to Disney. She has mobility issues so we will be taking advantage of the Guest Assistance Card/ECV to help make this trip much more enjoyable for her.
We are from Canada, in a city on the south coast on BC. My husband is from South Africa and moved here 4 years ago, we met the day he landed and a close friendship blossomed into the happiest day of my life (Our wedding, but that may change the day we go to disneyland, lol). He's travelled to England, Australia, Israel, and lots of Africa but has never been to WDW or DLR. This is also the first trip for my mom and my daughter. I went Disneyland once in 1999 with my brother, it was magical and I remember being so happy there. From stalking everyone's trip reports I can see that so much has changed since 1999. I remember walking through those gates and the feeling of happiness that washed over me. I had a 35mm camera and took some photos that I am posting below.
The 2 trips will be polar opposites, in 1999 we flew down, there were no fast pass, it was in the middle of August, hot as hell and so busy I missed half the stuff. This trip will be in November, we are driving down and we'll be spending more time in the parks. I'm really looking forward to not standing in line for 2 hours to ride Space Mountain I'm also really excited to take in the love and hard work that went into building this park, something I didn't know much about when I was 15.
Our plan is to leave home on November 5th and drive down to Anaheim. I am a huge fan of road trips and love to drive so I know this will be fun....... I think......... We will be driving 11 hours a day and making one overnight stop in Medford. We'll have 6 day park hoppers and will be staying 7 nights at the Howard Johnson (HoJo) in 2 Deluxe rooms. Nov. 10th is my daughters 7th birthday and we'll be doing some fun stuff for her