UGAFan0829
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 21, 2004
Hello, and welcome to my trip report!! I'm so glad you're here, and I hope you enjoy reading about my trip as much as I enjoyed living it!
I'm a little late getting this thing started, so I won't waste any time in getting right to it!
First up, the who, when and where...
The Who consisted of myself, Missy and my darling hubby, Mike.
Mike and I just celebrated our 14th year of marriage, and I'm pretty lucky that he loves Disney *almost* as much as I do! This was our 5th real "vacation" to the World, and probably our 8th or 9th stay on property (that includes the times that we've visited for RunDisney events and pre-DCL stays). I have written several other TR's here on this DIS, but for anyone who may not know me, I'll give you a little more detailed introductions, because after all, part of the fun of following the story is getting to know the cast of characters, right?
I'll start with Mike..
Mike is 36 and works for an industrial tire company. As I said before, I'm very lucky that he loves Disney so much and always goes along with anything that gets us back to our favorite place as often as possible! His fave characters are Donald, Pumba, Rafiki and Stitch. I love the fact that Mike can be pretty shy around people he doesn't know, but the moment that anything Disney is mentioned he instantly becomes so outgoing!
Then there's me, Missy...
I turned 34 during this trip, and can now say that I am employed by the government! My fave character is Pooh followed by Tiana and Stitch, and after this trip I've added a new princess to the list...so you'll have to read on find out who!
And now for the When and Where...We arrived in the World on Tuesday, August 27th, and stayed the first night in a Studio at OKW. The other 3 nights were spent in a 1 bedroom Lake View at Bay Lake.
To kind of summarize the rest of the details, this trip originally came to be as a birthday celebration, but also turned into a trip of new beginnings. We had booked this trip months, and months in advance, but about a month and a half before we were set to leave I found out that I was losing my job. In a way, I was devastated, yet also relieved at the same time. I had been in banking (with the same company) for 13 years. I was mostly freaked out about finding a new job, but was really excited about the possibility of hopefully finding something outside of banking. To make a long story short, my last day of work was scheduled for August 31st, which is when we would be in Disney. Thankfully I was able to use the vacation time that I had already accrued, so my last official day at work was Monday, August 26th. I know a lot of people probably would have cancelled knowing that they had just lost their job, but for us, it was just the opposite. All the stress and worry made me want to be in my happy place even more, and I knew that we would do whatever we had to in order to make it happen. And on the Friday before my last day I got a call that I had been offered the job that I was really, really hoping for! I don't think it could have come at a better time! Not only were we still going to Disney, but now we had even more reason to celebrate! Plus, I also knew that I had to take advantage of the time off while I could as starting a new job meant that it would be a while before I would receive vacation time! And lastly, we also made a decision about a big, but really exciting purchase during our trip, so I hope you'll stay tuned for that as well! So now that you know a little about all the emotions that went on with planning this trip I think you'll see just why it turned out to be such a meaningful trip for us!
Next up...the good stuff--the official start of the celebration!
I'm a little late getting this thing started, so I won't waste any time in getting right to it!
First up, the who, when and where...
The Who consisted of myself, Missy and my darling hubby, Mike.
Mike and I just celebrated our 14th year of marriage, and I'm pretty lucky that he loves Disney *almost* as much as I do! This was our 5th real "vacation" to the World, and probably our 8th or 9th stay on property (that includes the times that we've visited for RunDisney events and pre-DCL stays). I have written several other TR's here on this DIS, but for anyone who may not know me, I'll give you a little more detailed introductions, because after all, part of the fun of following the story is getting to know the cast of characters, right?
I'll start with Mike..
Mike is 36 and works for an industrial tire company. As I said before, I'm very lucky that he loves Disney so much and always goes along with anything that gets us back to our favorite place as often as possible! His fave characters are Donald, Pumba, Rafiki and Stitch. I love the fact that Mike can be pretty shy around people he doesn't know, but the moment that anything Disney is mentioned he instantly becomes so outgoing!
Then there's me, Missy...
I turned 34 during this trip, and can now say that I am employed by the government! My fave character is Pooh followed by Tiana and Stitch, and after this trip I've added a new princess to the list...so you'll have to read on find out who!
And now for the When and Where...We arrived in the World on Tuesday, August 27th, and stayed the first night in a Studio at OKW. The other 3 nights were spent in a 1 bedroom Lake View at Bay Lake.
To kind of summarize the rest of the details, this trip originally came to be as a birthday celebration, but also turned into a trip of new beginnings. We had booked this trip months, and months in advance, but about a month and a half before we were set to leave I found out that I was losing my job. In a way, I was devastated, yet also relieved at the same time. I had been in banking (with the same company) for 13 years. I was mostly freaked out about finding a new job, but was really excited about the possibility of hopefully finding something outside of banking. To make a long story short, my last day of work was scheduled for August 31st, which is when we would be in Disney. Thankfully I was able to use the vacation time that I had already accrued, so my last official day at work was Monday, August 26th. I know a lot of people probably would have cancelled knowing that they had just lost their job, but for us, it was just the opposite. All the stress and worry made me want to be in my happy place even more, and I knew that we would do whatever we had to in order to make it happen. And on the Friday before my last day I got a call that I had been offered the job that I was really, really hoping for! I don't think it could have come at a better time! Not only were we still going to Disney, but now we had even more reason to celebrate! Plus, I also knew that I had to take advantage of the time off while I could as starting a new job meant that it would be a while before I would receive vacation time! And lastly, we also made a decision about a big, but really exciting purchase during our trip, so I hope you'll stay tuned for that as well! So now that you know a little about all the emotions that went on with planning this trip I think you'll see just why it turned out to be such a meaningful trip for us!
Next up...the good stuff--the official start of the celebration!