estherhead
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2004
Hello all you loyal fans coming from my other thread and welcome to those have never heard of us. I'm not really very witty, no famous movie quotes to guess, and no catchy, intriguing perks. I'm not mushy. Sigh. I'm not a lot of things all the cool trip report writers are.
But I'm well researched and multi-faceted in my Disney choices. So if you want to know about staying in values, moderates, deluxes, Priceline off-sites, rental houses, tent camping, etc. If you want to know how to skip all lines. If you want to know how to do Disney World, and sometimes Land, with a variety of ages, boys and girls, old & young. This is the trip report for you.
And most especially if you don't like to stand in line. Because we hate it.
We are in the middle of a year of Disney and I am in the middle of writing my trip reports but they were getting very cluttered so I decided to start over since our September and November ones are done. So our March one will be here, and I'll do a totally different one for June. To read the first half of this year of Disney and the traumas of deciding to buy annual passes and a little bit about a spontaneous trip to Disneyland, check out my now finished 2010 TR.
If you'd like to hear about our upcoming trip over spring break, then you are in the right place!!!!
And now for the intros.
Ta-Da! That is, from left to right, Mickey, Perla, Ariel, Minnie, Mulan, Boo (in front), Donald, and Goofy
I'm Perla, Disney planner extraordinaire. Long ago I realized my family works better when our vacations are planned thoroughly. Others like to go with the flow. My family pretends to go with the flow, thinks they go with the flow, but really are intense and slightly controlling. So it's WAY better if I just make a thoroughly planned itinerary and keep them all in line while pretending that we are going with the flow. Because I actually CAN go with the flow despite being the only one in my family capable of making a plan. How's that for circular?
And here are: Back row: Charming, Suzy, Jack, Milo, Front row: Buzz and McQueen
Except they are a year older which means Charming is taller than all of us. It's sad but true.
Suzy is my partner in crime in all ways. She calls us twins, despite the 2.5 year age difference and the fact that we are opposites in every way personality wise. She is introverted, mentally organized, and motivated by family. I'm extroverted, only organized through sheer will power, and motivated by the next exciting project. What we have in common is everything else. We quite literally get confused where one of us starts and the other finishes. And we both love Disney.
Her family also would claim to be easy going. But I assure you, the only easy going member of the family is Jack, maybe Charming. McQueen is beyond intense. Buzz has Aspergers. And Milo is only relaxed when reading a book and drinking scotch. At all other times, he's all hands on deck intense.
The Perla clan bought AP's in September while enjoying free dining at Port Orleans Riverside and the Suzy clan did in November while enjoying free dining at the Poly.
And now we are finally at this year's plan.
We leave in just over 3 weeks for Fort Wilderness. That's right, my friends. We are tent camping. At Disney. Yikes!!! So the discussions have been about sleeping bags and bikes much more than Mickey ears.
But more about that and our stay at the Dolphin (yup, we're excited!) later. Lots more. There are details to tell you about and itineraries and packing lists and where we're eating and Pirate's League and BBB. And, and, and! Aren't you excited? Don't you want to know what purse Suzy bought last night for our trip? What stroller with a 50lb weight limit and only $39.00 I bought for this trip?
But you must wait for all that as currently: The matching t-shirts must be made. So we'll be updating that later tonight showing you the first ones that we'll be making as soon as the kids are off school.
Stay tuned....
But I'm well researched and multi-faceted in my Disney choices. So if you want to know about staying in values, moderates, deluxes, Priceline off-sites, rental houses, tent camping, etc. If you want to know how to skip all lines. If you want to know how to do Disney World, and sometimes Land, with a variety of ages, boys and girls, old & young. This is the trip report for you.
And most especially if you don't like to stand in line. Because we hate it.
We are in the middle of a year of Disney and I am in the middle of writing my trip reports but they were getting very cluttered so I decided to start over since our September and November ones are done. So our March one will be here, and I'll do a totally different one for June. To read the first half of this year of Disney and the traumas of deciding to buy annual passes and a little bit about a spontaneous trip to Disneyland, check out my now finished 2010 TR.
If you'd like to hear about our upcoming trip over spring break, then you are in the right place!!!!
And now for the intros.
Ta-Da! That is, from left to right, Mickey, Perla, Ariel, Minnie, Mulan, Boo (in front), Donald, and Goofy
I'm Perla, Disney planner extraordinaire. Long ago I realized my family works better when our vacations are planned thoroughly. Others like to go with the flow. My family pretends to go with the flow, thinks they go with the flow, but really are intense and slightly controlling. So it's WAY better if I just make a thoroughly planned itinerary and keep them all in line while pretending that we are going with the flow. Because I actually CAN go with the flow despite being the only one in my family capable of making a plan. How's that for circular?
And here are: Back row: Charming, Suzy, Jack, Milo, Front row: Buzz and McQueen
Except they are a year older which means Charming is taller than all of us. It's sad but true.
Suzy is my partner in crime in all ways. She calls us twins, despite the 2.5 year age difference and the fact that we are opposites in every way personality wise. She is introverted, mentally organized, and motivated by family. I'm extroverted, only organized through sheer will power, and motivated by the next exciting project. What we have in common is everything else. We quite literally get confused where one of us starts and the other finishes. And we both love Disney.
Her family also would claim to be easy going. But I assure you, the only easy going member of the family is Jack, maybe Charming. McQueen is beyond intense. Buzz has Aspergers. And Milo is only relaxed when reading a book and drinking scotch. At all other times, he's all hands on deck intense.
The Perla clan bought AP's in September while enjoying free dining at Port Orleans Riverside and the Suzy clan did in November while enjoying free dining at the Poly.
And now we are finally at this year's plan.
We leave in just over 3 weeks for Fort Wilderness. That's right, my friends. We are tent camping. At Disney. Yikes!!! So the discussions have been about sleeping bags and bikes much more than Mickey ears.
But more about that and our stay at the Dolphin (yup, we're excited!) later. Lots more. There are details to tell you about and itineraries and packing lists and where we're eating and Pirate's League and BBB. And, and, and! Aren't you excited? Don't you want to know what purse Suzy bought last night for our trip? What stroller with a 50lb weight limit and only $39.00 I bought for this trip?
But you must wait for all that as currently: The matching t-shirts must be made. So we'll be updating that later tonight showing you the first ones that we'll be making as soon as the kids are off school.
Stay tuned....