MickeyMomOfThree
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So, I am very new to this, in fact I have never been on a message board before. So, if I make a mistake, please understand, I am learning. I am lucky enough to have a husband who is an IT director to help me out if I need it, so here it goes. I have been reading about many of your vacations, plans, and tips for a while now, but decided maybe now is the time to participate. My kids are getting ready to go back to school in 13 days and I know myself well enough to know that I am going to be lonely and this will be a perfect place for me to go mid-day when I am missing them. So, about my family. Like most moms, they are my life (though I could do without some of the teenage moments). My husband was my high school sweetheart since 10th grade. We got married 2 weeks to the day after I graduated from high school. We celebrated our 15th anniversary this summer and laughed about how many people who were at our wedding would have guessed that we would have made it to that milestone. But We knew, when you are lucky enough to meet a guy as great as he is, you have to snatch him up or someone else will. So, we have been together over 17 years, married just over 15. We have 3 beautiful daughters; they are 13, 9 and 6. They all enjoy Disney, some more then others, but none nearly as much as me. It wasnt love at first for me and the mouse, but it is for sure now. I always enjoyed Disney World, but it was about the rides, not the experience like it is now. Ill tell you a bit about why I am so taken by Mickey now. I had a nice childhood, we visited Disney a handful of times. Like I said, the rides were fun, but something was always missing for me. I am an only child, and was raised by my grandparents. They are wonderful people and I was (am) so lucky to have them, but I would see families wearing matching t-shirts, having fun, making memories, and even though I know how fortunate I was, it was something that always bothered me. So, I made my own family and I guess in some ways when we go to Disney, it is like I am reliving those days the way I wish they had been. (By the way still with my grandma and grandpa, they come on every trip with us!) We wear matching t-shirts (though not my 13 year olds favorite part, but hubby reminds her why mom is the way she is and she wears them---but you cant make her like it!) We do traditions that I dont like to budge on, and I am a sucker for just about any souvenirs--- I am just like a kid down there and that is why my husband, though hed love a more relaxing vacation, takes me there every other year because he knows it makes me happy in a really special way. Hes giving me something that for so many years I wanted, and now I am lucky enough to have. So, about our trips. Truth is we really cant afford to go this year. But you cant put a price on the memories you get with your kids in Disney so we saved what we could and for the rest, well, thank you Disney Visa! If we waited till we could afford it I cant image how old our kids would be before we would go. We have been going down every other year since 1997
(DD13s 3rd b-day). The last several years have been for Thanksgiving as is this years trip. We stay cheap, but always on property. We only look for a bed and a shower, and the kids like a pool, but mostly like to stay cheap so we can splurge a bit in other places. Our first visit we stayed at Shades Of Green, which we enjoyed but was a bit quiet for me. Since then we have stayed at all the All Stars, this time we are at Sports. We were booked at POP, but last week switched to sports to get the code discount and saved $1000 for the two rooms!!!! I like the values, is that weird??? I love seeing families in matching t-shirts, kids with the remains of a Mickey ice cream on their faceto me that is a perfect place to stay. If I ever won the lottery I would like to stay one night at each resort, but in the end I bet Id end up at a value, (but Id be frivolous and say forget the code and stay at Movies!) Another weird thing about me. I cry at EVERY Disney commercial EVERY time it is on!!! I watch every show about Disney every time I can and yes, I cry. I love planning our trips, so I am in my glory right now. So, Id love to chat with all of you. There is so much more Id like to say but this is going to be so long no one will read it. So, I will stop for now, but Id love to hear your favorites and share mine. I have a favorite memory for each kid that proves that Disney is worth the money. So, thats me. I am anxious to see if this goes through. So, I will post it now and hope to hear from someone soon!!!
91 Days Till We Drive to Disney World!!!!
(DD13s 3rd b-day). The last several years have been for Thanksgiving as is this years trip. We stay cheap, but always on property. We only look for a bed and a shower, and the kids like a pool, but mostly like to stay cheap so we can splurge a bit in other places. Our first visit we stayed at Shades Of Green, which we enjoyed but was a bit quiet for me. Since then we have stayed at all the All Stars, this time we are at Sports. We were booked at POP, but last week switched to sports to get the code discount and saved $1000 for the two rooms!!!! I like the values, is that weird??? I love seeing families in matching t-shirts, kids with the remains of a Mickey ice cream on their faceto me that is a perfect place to stay. If I ever won the lottery I would like to stay one night at each resort, but in the end I bet Id end up at a value, (but Id be frivolous and say forget the code and stay at Movies!) Another weird thing about me. I cry at EVERY Disney commercial EVERY time it is on!!! I watch every show about Disney every time I can and yes, I cry. I love planning our trips, so I am in my glory right now. So, Id love to chat with all of you. There is so much more Id like to say but this is going to be so long no one will read it. So, I will stop for now, but Id love to hear your favorites and share mine. I have a favorite memory for each kid that proves that Disney is worth the money. So, thats me. I am anxious to see if this goes through. So, I will post it now and hope to hear from someone soon!!!
91 Days Till We Drive to Disney World!!!!
I'm new to the board too. Good to always hear about somebody's love of Disney and this is certainly the right place for that! My family too wears the matching shirts at Disney. 
Anways, just wanted to say welcome and can't wait to hear more about your plans for your upcoming trip!
Hello and Welcome
from one Disney fan to another. I also love Disney too. I have a lot of childhood memories and nostalga wrapped up in Disney too. I love it as a child, but once we took our children it was like getting to see it all over again through their eyes - makes me cry just thinking about the first time I walked into Magic Kingdom with my children and I saw the look on their faces when they saw the castle, yes it was magical.
) and my DD, she is going to be 18 next week and it will be her 5th time. 
So welcome to this wonderful place where we share the magic with others who understand the tears of sentiment and joy.
