izzie-wizzie
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 3, 2009
Hello and welcome to my Pre-Trip Report for my trip to the West Coast of America!!
Im so excited for this trip and it really cannot come quickly enough. So, lucky for me I only have to wait another 75 days!
Introductions
My name is Izzie, Im 24 years old and have a passion for Disney and going on trips to Disney. I love everything about Disney World and Disneyland Paris from the rides, shops, restaurants and all the tiny details. I am a child at heart and wouldnt have it any other way. I have been to Disneyland Paris four times, and Walt Disney World twice.
Im a planner and spend most of my free time planning my next holiday and more recently planning my wedding! Which is in March 2014! I am soooooo excited about this!! Im sure there will be some wedding related references throughout this report!
My fiancé (and travelling partner!) is Scott. He is always more than happy to sit and watch Disney movies and plan a lifetime of Disney trips with me. Im a very lucky girl!!
Together, we have two little pets. Our dog is called Sweep - and she is a cross between a Scottie and a Yorkie. We also have an African Pygmy Hedgehog - called Mr Pricklepants (after the hedgehog in Toy Story 3).
This will be my third Trip Report my first trip report was my first trip to WDW for my 21st in 2009. This was with Scott and his sister and her husband. Here is a picutre of the four of us from that trip:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2353848
My second trip report was my second trip to WDW and was even more magical than the first trip. The main reason being that this is where Scott proposed to me. He proposed on the balcony outside California Grill whilst we were watching Wishes it really could not have been more perfect and our little bubble of being newly-engaged in Disney was indescribably perfect in every way. Here is a picture of us the evening we got engaged!
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2788886
And moving on to now for this trip!!
Originally, this trip was going to be for me, Scott and his sister and her husband, Leanne and Roy who joined us on our WDW trip in 2009. So much so that we had all booked our flights at the same time.
However back in December, we got some very exciting news that they are expecting a baby next year!! Baby is due in June and obviously for this reason they are no longer able to join us. As much as we were excited to spend the holiday with them, we could not be more happy for them and for being Auntie and Uncle!
So it will just be me and Scott for this trip which will be lovely to be in our own little bubble for two weeks. I cant wait. Scott works offshore so he is away from home more than half the year, so the thought of two weeks just me and him is very exciting.
Plan
This will be our first trip to the West Coast of America I have only ever been to Florida in America!
I have wanted to go on this trip for a couple of years now. Originally we were looking at the Adventures by Disney Trip in Hollywood but realistically this was way out of our budget! The main thing that we will miss out on is the tour of Walt Disney Studios and the Jim Henson Studios. However we plan to drive/walk past these places even if we arent going in, just to still see them.
We did also consider spending time in San Francisco, Yosemite and Napa Wineries however would have felt the trip would be far too rushed in two weeks to do this (similarly we were not in a position to increase this to a three week trip). So we will save the northern part of California for a future trip!
I am very excited to be going to Disneyland Cars Land!! Woop!
Our very basic plan is as follows:
Saturday 6 April 2013 Fly from Aberdeen Heathrow Las Vegas.
Saturday 6 April - Wednesday 10 April 2013 - Las Vegas
Wednesday 10 April - Monday 15 April 2013 - Hollywood
Monday 15 April - Saturday 21 April 2013 - Disneyland
Saturday 21 April 2013 - Fly Home, LAX Heathrow Aberdeen
And so, I think that is probably quite enough for my first post!! I will add more updates real soon with much more elaboration of the above plan!
Any tips and tricks you might have for visiting the west coast is greatly appreciated!
Izzie.x
Im so excited for this trip and it really cannot come quickly enough. So, lucky for me I only have to wait another 75 days!
Introductions
My name is Izzie, Im 24 years old and have a passion for Disney and going on trips to Disney. I love everything about Disney World and Disneyland Paris from the rides, shops, restaurants and all the tiny details. I am a child at heart and wouldnt have it any other way. I have been to Disneyland Paris four times, and Walt Disney World twice.
Im a planner and spend most of my free time planning my next holiday and more recently planning my wedding! Which is in March 2014! I am soooooo excited about this!! Im sure there will be some wedding related references throughout this report!
My fiancé (and travelling partner!) is Scott. He is always more than happy to sit and watch Disney movies and plan a lifetime of Disney trips with me. Im a very lucky girl!!
Together, we have two little pets. Our dog is called Sweep - and she is a cross between a Scottie and a Yorkie. We also have an African Pygmy Hedgehog - called Mr Pricklepants (after the hedgehog in Toy Story 3).
This will be my third Trip Report my first trip report was my first trip to WDW for my 21st in 2009. This was with Scott and his sister and her husband. Here is a picutre of the four of us from that trip:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2353848
My second trip report was my second trip to WDW and was even more magical than the first trip. The main reason being that this is where Scott proposed to me. He proposed on the balcony outside California Grill whilst we were watching Wishes it really could not have been more perfect and our little bubble of being newly-engaged in Disney was indescribably perfect in every way. Here is a picture of us the evening we got engaged!
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2788886
And moving on to now for this trip!!
Originally, this trip was going to be for me, Scott and his sister and her husband, Leanne and Roy who joined us on our WDW trip in 2009. So much so that we had all booked our flights at the same time.
However back in December, we got some very exciting news that they are expecting a baby next year!! Baby is due in June and obviously for this reason they are no longer able to join us. As much as we were excited to spend the holiday with them, we could not be more happy for them and for being Auntie and Uncle!
So it will just be me and Scott for this trip which will be lovely to be in our own little bubble for two weeks. I cant wait. Scott works offshore so he is away from home more than half the year, so the thought of two weeks just me and him is very exciting.
Plan
This will be our first trip to the West Coast of America I have only ever been to Florida in America!
I have wanted to go on this trip for a couple of years now. Originally we were looking at the Adventures by Disney Trip in Hollywood but realistically this was way out of our budget! The main thing that we will miss out on is the tour of Walt Disney Studios and the Jim Henson Studios. However we plan to drive/walk past these places even if we arent going in, just to still see them.
We did also consider spending time in San Francisco, Yosemite and Napa Wineries however would have felt the trip would be far too rushed in two weeks to do this (similarly we were not in a position to increase this to a three week trip). So we will save the northern part of California for a future trip!
I am very excited to be going to Disneyland Cars Land!! Woop!
Our very basic plan is as follows:
Saturday 6 April 2013 Fly from Aberdeen Heathrow Las Vegas.
Saturday 6 April - Wednesday 10 April 2013 - Las Vegas
Wednesday 10 April - Monday 15 April 2013 - Hollywood
Monday 15 April - Saturday 21 April 2013 - Disneyland
Saturday 21 April 2013 - Fly Home, LAX Heathrow Aberdeen
And so, I think that is probably quite enough for my first post!! I will add more updates real soon with much more elaboration of the above plan!
Any tips and tricks you might have for visiting the west coast is greatly appreciated!
Izzie.x