A pre trip post trip - hospital bingo and other stories Updated 2/8

[Scoobymoons]

Intrigued I hope you are... (totally said that in a Yoda voice - DH is also now repeating it and sounding just a little bit like Fozzie Bear....ah well....)


Ok, let's backtrack slightly!


Hi!


So, what is this?
I've posted it under Pre-Trips because it definitely will be that - I am very excited to share details about a 3 week trip to the World this August with you all (presuming of course there is more than one solitary reader....I have high hopes ) but I also intend (with your permission) to indulge in a little nostalgia and create a few memories of my family's last trip (2013) and write the trip report that never was. A little spoiler here as to why the TR never materialised, we're going to play a little game of spot the difference:

This was day 1 of our 3 week trip in 2013...



and this was day 20....



Any ideas? What went wrong?? Hmmm????!!!!

If you guessed 'broken wrist' then you'd be right and you win a speedboat.

So, despite taking copious notes, the TR never materialised. It sounds terrible but in all honesty DH and I were disillusioned - we now realise that this was due to the wrist issues, but at the time we thought it was Disney generally - sorry Walt... we have seen the error of our ways

So basically, what I am really hoping is that you may indulge me in some excitement of pre trippiness in combination of reliving a few memories of post trippiness I'm also hoping very much that mufasa 1982 might join in at some points....yes it's my DH....he's succumbed to a DIS account now....mwah hahahahaha.....the transition is now complete....insert monster smilie here....

 

[mufasa1982]

 

[Scoobymoons]

I think before I subject you to the story behind spot the difference, some introductions are in order.



This is me - Claire - 39 years young and totally looking forward to being forty later in the year....honestly....hmmmm
It's not the best photo of me, but flicking through photobucket indicated that it is in fact the only photo of me on my own, so that's what you get! It's my charming 'I'm concentrating really hard' face. Please enjoy!

Next up it's DH - 32 with the potential of never making 33 if he continues to reference my impending 40dom:



He gets a cool photo because clearly I was evil in a former life and don't deserve a 'looking good with Sorcerer Mickey' pic.....either that or DD and I were in the animation class and DH was entertaining himself by meeting characters....needless to say DD has not forgiven him for his treachery.

Which moves us nicely on to DD - 7 going on 15 at times and 2 at other times (this photo was 2013 when she was 6). By the time we hit the House of the Mouse in August she will be 8 (nearly typed 98 then by accident...she's a fast worker!!)



Not sure what she's doing in this photo facially - she is in the process of dancing with Pluto and is imitating his tongue hanging out or something....who knows All I will say is that this is fairly common of DD - she cracks us up on a regular basis

So that's us. Our little family. Disney obsessed and proud This summer will be our fourth visit to WDW and our third trip lasting 3 weeks Our first trip in 2009 (which I began a trip report for but never quite completed it) was a 10 day stay and we fairly quickly realised that this was NOT ENOUGH TIME We now look at our plans for 3 weeks and wonder how on earth we'll fit everything in...

I seem to have a lot of smilies and am not sure how many are allowed so will stop here for now and then post again soon including some pre trip details and post trip reminiscences.

TTFN