Disneyhanna
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Hello all! My name is Hanna (with one H!) and welcome to my first WDW trip report!
I am 24 and living in cold and snowy Minneapolis ❄ and Disney trip planning has become a funobsession hobby for me over the past two years.
A few of my Disney favorites:
Movie: The Lion King, but I just saw Frozen 2 and it was hilarious!
(Lost in the Woods, anyone?)
Song: Part of Your World
Princess: Mulan, even if she’s not technically a princess?
Park: Magic Kingdom
Ride: Winnie the Pooh
Merch: Ears
This TR will cover my 5th trip to WDW and first time as an Annual Passholder! With multiple trips planned, I figured the hotel/food savings along with memory maker would make it worth it. (Now did I really save or did I use the discount as an excuse to upgrade to a nicer resort…)
I work a lot, but anything to pay the Disney bills!
I have also been to Disneyland Resort three times (don’t make me pick a favorite). Most of my trips have been with my lovely mom, as it has always been just the two of us. We flew out on Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving) and stayed on property for a week. Crowds were great and I highly recommend traveling after holidays if you can swing it.
Last year's MVMCP! No party for us this year, but we recommend doing it a least once.
Since I am working now, we went a bit more “all out” since I can pay for my half. In the past we only did 1-2 TS meals and ate a lot of kids' meals. For this trip, we pushed ourselves to try more new things since it can be really easy to fall into routine at WDW and miss out on new and awesome things.
Some highlights from the trip:
Two new resorts for us (Coronado Springs and Animal Kingdom Lodge)
Polite Pig
Trying the Skyliner
Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
Boma x2
Happily Ever After Dessert Party
Spoiler: AKL was EVERYTHING
Some things that didn’t go as well as we’d hoped:
Our Universal day overall (our 3rd time)
California Grill
Overall, it was such a fun mother-daughter trip and we made a lot of memories. Since we’ve gone a few times recently I did better at slowing down the pace for my poor mom. She does not ride anything except dark rides basically, so I try to plan everything to make sure the trip is fun for her as well.
I’ve read a lot of recent posts about people saying WDW is losing the magic, and that CM interactions haven’t been great. That made me a little worried but I can definitely reassure you that we did not find this to be the case at all. I think that as long as you manage your expectations and do not let little things get to you, it will be a great time!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this TR! I’m happy to answer any questions! I am very much a lurker when reading TRs so all are welcome here for this TR.
Here we go!
Day One - Part One: Travel Day
Hello all! My name is Hanna (with one H!) and welcome to my first WDW trip report!
I am 24 and living in cold and snowy Minneapolis ❄ and Disney trip planning has become a fun
A few of my Disney favorites:
Movie: The Lion King, but I just saw Frozen 2 and it was hilarious!
(Lost in the Woods, anyone?)
Song: Part of Your World
Princess: Mulan, even if she’s not technically a princess?
Park: Magic Kingdom
Ride: Winnie the Pooh
Merch: Ears
This TR will cover my 5th trip to WDW and first time as an Annual Passholder! With multiple trips planned, I figured the hotel/food savings along with memory maker would make it worth it. (Now did I really save or did I use the discount as an excuse to upgrade to a nicer resort…)
I work a lot, but anything to pay the Disney bills!
I have also been to Disneyland Resort three times (don’t make me pick a favorite). Most of my trips have been with my lovely mom, as it has always been just the two of us. We flew out on Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving) and stayed on property for a week. Crowds were great and I highly recommend traveling after holidays if you can swing it.
Last year's MVMCP! No party for us this year, but we recommend doing it a least once.
Since I am working now, we went a bit more “all out” since I can pay for my half. In the past we only did 1-2 TS meals and ate a lot of kids' meals. For this trip, we pushed ourselves to try more new things since it can be really easy to fall into routine at WDW and miss out on new and awesome things.
Some highlights from the trip:
Two new resorts for us (Coronado Springs and Animal Kingdom Lodge)
Polite Pig
Trying the Skyliner
Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
Boma x2
Happily Ever After Dessert Party
Spoiler: AKL was EVERYTHING
Some things that didn’t go as well as we’d hoped:
Our Universal day overall (our 3rd time)
California Grill
Overall, it was such a fun mother-daughter trip and we made a lot of memories. Since we’ve gone a few times recently I did better at slowing down the pace for my poor mom. She does not ride anything except dark rides basically, so I try to plan everything to make sure the trip is fun for her as well.
I’ve read a lot of recent posts about people saying WDW is losing the magic, and that CM interactions haven’t been great. That made me a little worried but I can definitely reassure you that we did not find this to be the case at all. I think that as long as you manage your expectations and do not let little things get to you, it will be a great time!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this TR! I’m happy to answer any questions! I am very much a lurker when reading TRs so all are welcome here for this TR.
Here we go!
Day One - Part One: Travel Day
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