Okay here goes
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I am Melodie and lets just say, Im up there (??)
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Too vague?
So I am a mom to two grown sons (Dave 37 and Eric 31). Weve added to the family with my DIL Amy (Daves wife) and Stephanie (Erics significant other). Of course, Ive done my job as a Disney enthusiast to ensure that they were indoctrinated the Disney way!!
Ive been to Disney World numerous times and one trip to Disneyland.
My first DCL cruise was a 4-day on the Wonder in 2000. The teenage boys were not interested
but I did travel with extended family (a group of 22). We had a blast!! We tried a couple of times to take a 7-day but they kept shipping the Magic to CA, etc. Finally in 2006, we gave up and took another 4-day on the Wonder (this time the group was only 15 and my sons were young adults who couldnt see cruising over WDW)!! Finally in 2008, I cruised for my first time on the Magic. I cruised on a double dip cruise with my Mom and my oldest and his fiancée (okay girlfriend until the week before when they were at WDW and he proposed!!
). We met some wonderful DISers on this cruise and Ive cruised with several since then!! We left the ship from the 2008 cruise and booked the 2010 WBTA as soon as it was released (me along with my son and his, by time of sailing, wife). Cant say enough about that cruise and the wonderful friends I made.
After that blissful 14 days, we again hit the Wonder but for a 7-day Alaskan cruise in 2011. Followed that up with a 4-day on the Dream in Oct 2011. This is significant since I finally got my youngest on a cruise ship (after hearing for months what is there to do?
Im going to be bored!!
- and by the way he LOVED it!!!
). Last year I took my mom on a 7-day Fantasy cruise to the Eastern Caribbean which means Ive been lucky enough to experience all four ships!!
So outside of my DCL obsession
, I work full time as a Computer Maintenance Management System Administrator which just means Im in charge of the software system that tracks the work done on all of the building and the equipment in our Biological Pharmaceutical pilot plant. My other smaller obsession is scrapbooking which Ive done for over 15 years. So I have wonderful pictorial journals of my travels.
I am so looking forward to this 2014 WBTA cruise as I will hopefully be traveling with my oldest and his wife along with numerous fellow DISers that Ive cruised with previously both in 2008 and in 2010!!! Its going to be like old home week on the Magic!!!!!!