SOnotLayuh
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Hello everyone!
If you're joining from my PTR - welcome back and thank you for your continued interest
To everyone who didn't read it - WELCOME! I'm hoping to keep this as exciting as everyone else's - I admit... I'm addicted to reading trip reports. It makes me feel like home isn't too far away
So... this was my sixth trip to the world, fifth time staying on site. Normally I like to stay in different places, and had my heart set on POFQ... however... DH's best friend wanted to come with us, and so I talked DH into upgrading to AKL again since Dan would be there to share the burden. We absolutely adored AKL on our honeymoon, and for us it will always feel like home
This was also out first trip as AP holders!! The 45% off of deluxe accommodations also helped us stay at AKL again! Thank goodness for awesome AP holder promos!
Now, allow me to present our cast!
Here is myself and DH. I'm 23, and working on my Masters of the Arts in Teaching for secondary English (that means high school! woot!). I went to Disney for the first time at the age of 18 for grad night. My family was never big on family vacations outside of the state, so I definitely never went down to FL.
Here is a quick story about how I became obsessed with Disney (feel free to skip this paragraph if you would just like to get on with the trip report!). My senior year was the first year that my school participated in grad night, and it was started by my English teacher, who I had been close with since the prior year. This man LOVED Disney. I thought it was a bit weird that a mid-70s retired (he had come back to help and ended up staying on) teacher could love something so much. I respected the heck out of him, though, because he was that one teacher who changed my life. He helped me develop as a student and as a person, and was the first teacher to ever really challenge me.
Our school only took the top 40 students, since each bus would sit 20 and they only wanted to send 2 buses. I was number 41. I was crushed! When my teacher found out, he gave up his seat on the bus so that I could go. To say that I was honored would be an understatement. Luckily, one of the other students had to drop out due to financial issues, so he was given his seat back. Having someone so devoted to the Disney magic definitely set high standards for what was to come - I never could have imagined that Disney would turn my expectations upside down!
DH, aka Brian, is 24. He is a network administrator for a small company which he loves. He proposed to me at Disney World in an incredible way - but I won't take up space with that story unless you all ask! I'd hate to just keep talking your ear off while you're waiting for me to get to *this* trip.
This is Dan, 20. He is DH's best friend. Dan is also a network administrator of some sort for a different employer here in Charlotte, NC. I don't really understand what they do, but when Brian and Dan get together it's an explosion of nerdy talk. I just sort of space off when this happens. Dan is a MASSIVE drama queen, which provides for countless hours of entertainment. He screams like a woman who has had her limbs ripped off - which made ME get dirty looks while getting off of roller coasters
We left from NC on Monday, April 12th, very late in the evening for our (should have been) 8.5 hour drive down to Orlando. Unfortunately, Jacksonville was very backed up (surprise) since the interchange was closed... we had to go on a CRAZY detour. This drive ended up taking us about 10 hours.
Up Next.... A quick stay in the Doubletree Castle
If you're joining from my PTR - welcome back and thank you for your continued interest
To everyone who didn't read it - WELCOME! I'm hoping to keep this as exciting as everyone else's - I admit... I'm addicted to reading trip reports. It makes me feel like home isn't too far away
So... this was my sixth trip to the world, fifth time staying on site. Normally I like to stay in different places, and had my heart set on POFQ... however... DH's best friend wanted to come with us, and so I talked DH into upgrading to AKL again since Dan would be there to share the burden. We absolutely adored AKL on our honeymoon, and for us it will always feel like home
This was also out first trip as AP holders!! The 45% off of deluxe accommodations also helped us stay at AKL again! Thank goodness for awesome AP holder promos!
Now, allow me to present our cast!
Here is myself and DH. I'm 23, and working on my Masters of the Arts in Teaching for secondary English (that means high school! woot!). I went to Disney for the first time at the age of 18 for grad night. My family was never big on family vacations outside of the state, so I definitely never went down to FL.
Here is a quick story about how I became obsessed with Disney (feel free to skip this paragraph if you would just like to get on with the trip report!). My senior year was the first year that my school participated in grad night, and it was started by my English teacher, who I had been close with since the prior year. This man LOVED Disney. I thought it was a bit weird that a mid-70s retired (he had come back to help and ended up staying on) teacher could love something so much. I respected the heck out of him, though, because he was that one teacher who changed my life. He helped me develop as a student and as a person, and was the first teacher to ever really challenge me.
Our school only took the top 40 students, since each bus would sit 20 and they only wanted to send 2 buses. I was number 41. I was crushed! When my teacher found out, he gave up his seat on the bus so that I could go. To say that I was honored would be an understatement. Luckily, one of the other students had to drop out due to financial issues, so he was given his seat back. Having someone so devoted to the Disney magic definitely set high standards for what was to come - I never could have imagined that Disney would turn my expectations upside down!
DH, aka Brian, is 24. He is a network administrator for a small company which he loves. He proposed to me at Disney World in an incredible way - but I won't take up space with that story unless you all ask! I'd hate to just keep talking your ear off while you're waiting for me to get to *this* trip.
This is Dan, 20. He is DH's best friend. Dan is also a network administrator of some sort for a different employer here in Charlotte, NC. I don't really understand what they do, but when Brian and Dan get together it's an explosion of nerdy talk. I just sort of space off when this happens. Dan is a MASSIVE drama queen, which provides for countless hours of entertainment. He screams like a woman who has had her limbs ripped off - which made ME get dirty looks while getting off of roller coasters
We left from NC on Monday, April 12th, very late in the evening for our (should have been) 8.5 hour drive down to Orlando. Unfortunately, Jacksonville was very backed up (surprise) since the interchange was closed... we had to go on a CRAZY detour. This drive ended up taking us about 10 hours.
Up Next.... A quick stay in the Doubletree Castle
.... but it was also good.
