*Stacie*
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2008
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Hello and welcome to my trip report! I am quite new to this site, as you can tell by my post count, but I am so excited to start my trip report!! I will start off by telling you all who was on the trip!
The Gang
Me - Stacie, 24, first time to Disneyland
Husband - Bryan, 28, his second time, first was when he was 8
Mom - Deneen, 44, her first time to Disneyland
Brother - Lance, 21, his first time to Disneyland
Uncle - Nathan, 37, his second time, first time was last summer
Aunt - Naomi, 34, her second time, first time was last summer
Cousin - Sierra, 14, her second time, first time was last summer
My husband Bryan and I at a wedding recently
My Mom and brother on his 21 birthday
My Uncle and Cousin Sierra
My aunt and Cousin
How this trip came about
Back in June we were all over at my Mom's house for dinner. Bryan and I were talking about how we wanted to go to LA this summer. My aunt and uncle were telling us about their trip to DL last year and how AMAZING it really is! I have always been a Disney nut since I was a little girl. I had the biggest Minnie Mouse collection and Belle was my favourite princess! My Mom called me her Belle and even had that written on birthday cakes and in my cards "Happy Birthday to my Belle". Immediately I was psyched at the idea of doing a family trip there. The only thing is I didn't want to go for my first time without my Mom. After she saw the excitement on my uncle's face (who refers to himself as a grumpy old man) she knew we had to do it!!!! My brother was also in and that was that! We were on our way to start planning our family trip to DISNEYLAND!
The planning
We originally wanted to go in September of this year, but my uncle was so set on seeing Fantasmic, and after finding out it only ran during the summer (according to the website I think!) and ended at the end of August we had to do it before it was done this year! Which meant going in August, meaning more kids and families in the park and longer lines. Oh well! We wanted to see Fantasmic, the show that lights up my uncles eyes! After finding what we thought was a pretty sweet deal that included air, hotel and park hopper passes for 4 nights we booked the trip! We were all planning to leave August 11 and return August 15. After a few days of mulling it over my aunt and uncle decided they wanted to go even earlier as 3 full days in the park was not nearly enough! So the travel agent bumped their trip up and they were to leave on August 9. I was so jealous that they were going earlier, not that I could have went on the 9th anyways as Bryan and I had a very good friends wedding to attend! After a few kinks to work out we were all looking forward to our family vacation!
The Gang
Me - Stacie, 24, first time to Disneyland
Husband - Bryan, 28, his second time, first was when he was 8
Mom - Deneen, 44, her first time to Disneyland
Brother - Lance, 21, his first time to Disneyland
Uncle - Nathan, 37, his second time, first time was last summer
Aunt - Naomi, 34, her second time, first time was last summer
Cousin - Sierra, 14, her second time, first time was last summer
My husband Bryan and I at a wedding recently

My Mom and brother on his 21 birthday

My Uncle and Cousin Sierra

My aunt and Cousin

How this trip came about
Back in June we were all over at my Mom's house for dinner. Bryan and I were talking about how we wanted to go to LA this summer. My aunt and uncle were telling us about their trip to DL last year and how AMAZING it really is! I have always been a Disney nut since I was a little girl. I had the biggest Minnie Mouse collection and Belle was my favourite princess! My Mom called me her Belle and even had that written on birthday cakes and in my cards "Happy Birthday to my Belle". Immediately I was psyched at the idea of doing a family trip there. The only thing is I didn't want to go for my first time without my Mom. After she saw the excitement on my uncle's face (who refers to himself as a grumpy old man) she knew we had to do it!!!! My brother was also in and that was that! We were on our way to start planning our family trip to DISNEYLAND!
The planning
We originally wanted to go in September of this year, but my uncle was so set on seeing Fantasmic, and after finding out it only ran during the summer (according to the website I think!) and ended at the end of August we had to do it before it was done this year! Which meant going in August, meaning more kids and families in the park and longer lines. Oh well! We wanted to see Fantasmic, the show that lights up my uncles eyes! After finding what we thought was a pretty sweet deal that included air, hotel and park hopper passes for 4 nights we booked the trip! We were all planning to leave August 11 and return August 15. After a few days of mulling it over my aunt and uncle decided they wanted to go even earlier as 3 full days in the park was not nearly enough! So the travel agent bumped their trip up and they were to leave on August 9. I was so jealous that they were going earlier, not that I could have went on the 9th anyways as Bryan and I had a very good friends wedding to attend! After a few kinks to work out we were all looking forward to our family vacation!