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- Joined
- Jul 18, 2004
Pre-trip report:
We are another couple of WDW vets embarking on a trip to California to visit family aka use the visit to go to Disneyland. DH and I have been to WDW together more times than I can count. This is our first trip to DL as a couple. DH used to live in Cali and has been a few times, with the last trip occurring during his senior high trip. My only visit was in 1984 when the only memories I have are the fox from Pinocchio stealing my Roos Velcro sneaker and making me cry. If I can find that pic I will post it quite comical now to think back, but it was the end of the world to me at the time.
DH and I have wanted to head to Cali to visit family for a while now. I have my uncle and family living in LA and DH dad, sis, half-bro, and step-mom live in northern Cali. We see them once every other year or so. We of course want to see the family, but the added bonus of heading to Disney is there. Each year we say we will plan for it next year. Next year rolls around and the process starts over again. There had always been an excuse to go to WDW instead. First was the Flower and Garden Festival. Next was the Food and Wine Festival with MNSSHP two years in a row. There were also a few extra trips thrown in.
In January 2007 it hit. DH and I were lying in bed one night and I told him I wanted to go to Disneyland. Of course once the words are uttered, we HAVE to begin the process. This consists of surveying the bank accounts and squeezing the most out of the dust leftover from our spending sprees of the holidays. We couldnt sleep that night, and the next morning DH went to work at the $numbers$. See, he mans the bank accounts and I man everything else such as flights, hotel, tickets, time of year, requesting days off, packing, taking care of our fur-baby (Max is a mutt but we love him like I gave birth to him. He is also the spawn of Satan, but thats another story). I dont mind the role I was dealt. Like most people on the DIS, I am an obsessive planner. No longer do I wear the commando style hat like I did in the first two visits he and I have made to WDW, but I LOVE information and finding a good deal. There is something euphoric about searching for deals all night on the internet until you come across THE ONE!
More to come...stay tune to this trip of epic proportions! Or maybe something a little more on a smaller scale
We are another couple of WDW vets embarking on a trip to California to visit family aka use the visit to go to Disneyland. DH and I have been to WDW together more times than I can count. This is our first trip to DL as a couple. DH used to live in Cali and has been a few times, with the last trip occurring during his senior high trip. My only visit was in 1984 when the only memories I have are the fox from Pinocchio stealing my Roos Velcro sneaker and making me cry. If I can find that pic I will post it quite comical now to think back, but it was the end of the world to me at the time.
DH and I have wanted to head to Cali to visit family for a while now. I have my uncle and family living in LA and DH dad, sis, half-bro, and step-mom live in northern Cali. We see them once every other year or so. We of course want to see the family, but the added bonus of heading to Disney is there. Each year we say we will plan for it next year. Next year rolls around and the process starts over again. There had always been an excuse to go to WDW instead. First was the Flower and Garden Festival. Next was the Food and Wine Festival with MNSSHP two years in a row. There were also a few extra trips thrown in.
In January 2007 it hit. DH and I were lying in bed one night and I told him I wanted to go to Disneyland. Of course once the words are uttered, we HAVE to begin the process. This consists of surveying the bank accounts and squeezing the most out of the dust leftover from our spending sprees of the holidays. We couldnt sleep that night, and the next morning DH went to work at the $numbers$. See, he mans the bank accounts and I man everything else such as flights, hotel, tickets, time of year, requesting days off, packing, taking care of our fur-baby (Max is a mutt but we love him like I gave birth to him. He is also the spawn of Satan, but thats another story). I dont mind the role I was dealt. Like most people on the DIS, I am an obsessive planner. No longer do I wear the commando style hat like I did in the first two visits he and I have made to WDW, but I LOVE information and finding a good deal. There is something euphoric about searching for deals all night on the internet until you come across THE ONE!
More to come...stay tune to this trip of epic proportions! Or maybe something a little more on a smaller scale