Hi everyone! This is my very first trip report so take that into consideration while reading (Ernest Hemingway Im not) . First let me give you a little bit of Disney background information about our family. Here are the cast of characters
Me (41), DH (42), DD (10).
DH and I went to WDW for the first time in 1995 for our honeymoon. Sorry I dont have any pictures. I knew right then and there that Disney was my second love so to speak (third love after DD was born!! Oh, just to add, DH really wanted to go to the Amish Country in Lancaster, PA for our honeymoon, but I prevailed and WDW was the place!! Needless to say (and he probably wouldnt admit it) but he too is now hooked (as if you wouldnt know from looking at our WDW trip dates)!
We had wanted to go back but finances just didnt allow us to do so. Well DD was born in 1997 and in 2004 when DD was 6 years old we decided that we would take her to WDW for her first trip! After that magical trip, we were hooked! Here are a "few" pictures (a like pictures in a TR so I hope you don't mind) from our WDW trips in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
May 2005
May 2006
Okay, youre probably thinking enough pictures already, get on with TR. So now on to how it became real for us!
Oh, also I want to add that I have two sisters, one of which who also loves Disney like me. She has been to WDW quite a few times also and wanted a little something different. I'll explain more later.
I have been a frequent visitor of the wonderful discussion forum called the Disboard. Ever heard of it? I have read so many wonderful tips, trip reports, stories, etc. So weve been to the World a few times and now it was time to try something new. So my thoughts were, why not a Disney Cruise being we love WDW/Disney so much . DH doesnt swim and has never really liked being on water, in water, anything with water but I had always wanted to take a cruise and I thought our family would really enjoy it.
So I did some research and more research and more research you get the picture, (and guess where most of my research came from) and finally approached DH with my idea of a 4 night cruise on the Disney Wonder. At first he was not at all keen on the idea it was a vacation on water , it was too expensive , and again, it was a vacation on water !!! Had I lost my mind, he said! You want me to spend 4 days and 4 nights on a boat!! He had always said he would never be on a boat where he couldnt see any land. Well I really did have to work on him but he finally gave in! Yes we were headed to set sail on our first cruise and onboard the Disney Wonder!!!
Okay, so Im in high gear planning mode at this point and its April 2007. Looking at dates and contacting TAs we finally narrowed it down to set sail the Sunday after Thanksgiving 2007!! Mickey and the gang here we come!!
Up next... after many months of planning and anticipation, we finally arrive in Cape Canaveral!!
DH and I went to WDW for the first time in 1995 for our honeymoon. Sorry I dont have any pictures. I knew right then and there that Disney was my second love so to speak (third love after DD was born!! Oh, just to add, DH really wanted to go to the Amish Country in Lancaster, PA for our honeymoon, but I prevailed and WDW was the place!! Needless to say (and he probably wouldnt admit it) but he too is now hooked (as if you wouldnt know from looking at our WDW trip dates)!
We had wanted to go back but finances just didnt allow us to do so. Well DD was born in 1997 and in 2004 when DD was 6 years old we decided that we would take her to WDW for her first trip! After that magical trip, we were hooked! Here are a "few" pictures (a like pictures in a TR so I hope you don't mind) from our WDW trips in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
April 2004
May 2005
May 2006
Okay, youre probably thinking enough pictures already, get on with TR. So now on to how it became real for us!
Oh, also I want to add that I have two sisters, one of which who also loves Disney like me. She has been to WDW quite a few times also and wanted a little something different. I'll explain more later.
I have been a frequent visitor of the wonderful discussion forum called the Disboard. Ever heard of it? I have read so many wonderful tips, trip reports, stories, etc. So weve been to the World a few times and now it was time to try something new. So my thoughts were, why not a Disney Cruise being we love WDW/Disney so much . DH doesnt swim and has never really liked being on water, in water, anything with water but I had always wanted to take a cruise and I thought our family would really enjoy it.
So I did some research and more research and more research you get the picture, (and guess where most of my research came from) and finally approached DH with my idea of a 4 night cruise on the Disney Wonder. At first he was not at all keen on the idea it was a vacation on water , it was too expensive , and again, it was a vacation on water !!! Had I lost my mind, he said! You want me to spend 4 days and 4 nights on a boat!! He had always said he would never be on a boat where he couldnt see any land. Well I really did have to work on him but he finally gave in! Yes we were headed to set sail on our first cruise and onboard the Disney Wonder!!!
Okay, so Im in high gear planning mode at this point and its April 2007. Looking at dates and contacting TAs we finally narrowed it down to set sail the Sunday after Thanksgiving 2007!! Mickey and the gang here we come!!
Up next... after many months of planning and anticipation, we finally arrive in Cape Canaveral!!