BroadwayHermione5
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- Feb 9, 2017
Hi all,
BroadwayHermione5 here! Been on the boards for a while but only started realizing the value of PTR's and trip reports over the past year.
While this can sometimes cause issues depending on different peoples experience and opinions, I also appreciate the honesty 99.999999999% of the time (the other 0.11111111111% I turn into Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys "I'm the one Italian in a hundred that doesn't get involved in all the drama.")
I also want to shout out to all you West Coast Dissers! Seriously every question I have asked or checked out in other peoples threads, you are all on top of it, and I do appreciate it.
Some basic introductions: I am what was once called a "childless millenial" who just had a big birthday this year (said age was frequently discussed in a certain musical that had a very well received- and rightfully so- film adaptation last fall starring one of the neighborhood friendly spidermen). I don't like to use my real name as I am, as evidenced by my username, in the entertainment industry! So on top of being a big old nerd-especially about broadway-I know a lot about what is going on. Plus I tend to respect my parents privacy as one is not on social media at all and the other is very private on social media.
My parents have been going to WDW together since their honeymoon *39* years ago, with myself and the rest of the family eventually tagging along. HOWEVER, this is a return trip for my mom as she lived in CA for some time as a teen, and she did get to go to Disneyland way back in the day when only the park and hotel stood. This however is my dad and I's first time to the west coast parks (and my first time to the west coast in general). She will hopefully be meeting up with a few friends while there. While I do have friends (and not just actors and writers I known a couple of biologists and doctors) out there, I don't know if I will have time to see them (plus in a ironic twist my closest friend out there is actually coming back to the east coast for a wedding while we are there-chaotic timing am I right?). We do have some family in the Bay Area, but we won't have time to visit them as we are mainly staying in the Anaheim/LA area.
This was also kind of a spur of the moment trip-well not fully spur of the moment-but if you read my UOR/WDW report from last year you will know we were supposed to go to London in 2020....when Italy started getting hit with Covid we had a slight change of plans....to a land and sea (how naive were we ?!?) and then it eventually turned into a UOR/WDW 2021 trip. We were not intending on heading back down to world until 2023 but clearly the universe had other plans. So we decided we would head to London this year, but unfortunately with the pandemic still ongoing and with the unfortunate events going on in Europe, even though we are fully vaccinated and boosted, we decided to remain in the states. While the Smoky Mountains (one day I will get to Dollywood I promise Dolly!), Hawaii and other trips were considered, we ultimately decided we wanted to head to California, and thus this trip came about!
Come along and join us as we experience the west coast parks, visit some film sets (besides me being in the industry my parents are huge film buffs! I was watching stuff I probably shouldn't have been watching at the age I was watching them), and other fun things!
Come along as I start this PTR that will most likely become a Trip Report unless I decide to actually make it two separate things lol! And don't be afraid to offer suggestions-we are renting a car so we are welcoming everything we could (also while we are at it anyone know of mini golf in the area?)
Enjoy!
BH5
BroadwayHermione5 here! Been on the boards for a while but only started realizing the value of PTR's and trip reports over the past year.
While this can sometimes cause issues depending on different peoples experience and opinions, I also appreciate the honesty 99.999999999% of the time (the other 0.11111111111% I turn into Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys "I'm the one Italian in a hundred that doesn't get involved in all the drama.")
I also want to shout out to all you West Coast Dissers! Seriously every question I have asked or checked out in other peoples threads, you are all on top of it, and I do appreciate it.
Some basic introductions: I am what was once called a "childless millenial" who just had a big birthday this year (said age was frequently discussed in a certain musical that had a very well received- and rightfully so- film adaptation last fall starring one of the neighborhood friendly spidermen). I don't like to use my real name as I am, as evidenced by my username, in the entertainment industry! So on top of being a big old nerd-especially about broadway-I know a lot about what is going on. Plus I tend to respect my parents privacy as one is not on social media at all and the other is very private on social media.
My parents have been going to WDW together since their honeymoon *39* years ago, with myself and the rest of the family eventually tagging along. HOWEVER, this is a return trip for my mom as she lived in CA for some time as a teen, and she did get to go to Disneyland way back in the day when only the park and hotel stood. This however is my dad and I's first time to the west coast parks (and my first time to the west coast in general). She will hopefully be meeting up with a few friends while there. While I do have friends (and not just actors and writers I known a couple of biologists and doctors) out there, I don't know if I will have time to see them (plus in a ironic twist my closest friend out there is actually coming back to the east coast for a wedding while we are there-chaotic timing am I right?). We do have some family in the Bay Area, but we won't have time to visit them as we are mainly staying in the Anaheim/LA area.
This was also kind of a spur of the moment trip-well not fully spur of the moment-but if you read my UOR/WDW report from last year you will know we were supposed to go to London in 2020....when Italy started getting hit with Covid we had a slight change of plans....to a land and sea (how naive were we ?!?) and then it eventually turned into a UOR/WDW 2021 trip. We were not intending on heading back down to world until 2023 but clearly the universe had other plans. So we decided we would head to London this year, but unfortunately with the pandemic still ongoing and with the unfortunate events going on in Europe, even though we are fully vaccinated and boosted, we decided to remain in the states. While the Smoky Mountains (one day I will get to Dollywood I promise Dolly!), Hawaii and other trips were considered, we ultimately decided we wanted to head to California, and thus this trip came about!
Come along and join us as we experience the west coast parks, visit some film sets (besides me being in the industry my parents are huge film buffs! I was watching stuff I probably shouldn't have been watching at the age I was watching them), and other fun things!
Come along as I start this PTR that will most likely become a Trip Report unless I decide to actually make it two separate things lol! And don't be afraid to offer suggestions-we are renting a car so we are welcoming everything we could (also while we are at it anyone know of mini golf in the area?)
Enjoy!
BH5
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