SimmerBaggins
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Hi. This is it youve either stumbled upon a Pre-trip Report that you can totally relate to as a middle-aged parent, or you are thinking man, I am closing this thread and going back to the list for something more my style!
So, if youre still here maybe youre looking for a family PTR. Well, this ones gonna disappoint you. I did a family PTR this year, then a TR of our trip in June (and it was a long one), and short note: it was a great trip to see my BFF and her family at WDW and take my only-childs friend with us so that she had someone (teenager) to relate to. Yep, that ones over, and this is not a repeat of that. So, buh-bye if you were looking for a fun-filled family infomercial on how to plan for your WDW trip.
Not that it isnt fun it so is. But that isnt what this PTRs about.
So whos left? Ah well! (looks around) Okay, now that weve gotten rid a large percentage of PTR fans that are looking to mooch off of someone elses ideas because they are planning for their trip and want to bolster their own planning itinerary (hey, Ive done it not being sarcastic), Ill let you who are left in on one of the most amazing things to happen to a middle-aged, stuck in a daily grind job parent, who doesnt see a vacation with the entire family in the immediate budget or future.
You recall I said we went in June June 2010, right? Yeah, I mean, a lot of people do go on vacations once in a year. And, my family has been to WDW four times I think. It could be five, but Ive not been fanatical enough to count, and since my family really could care less about pictures and blogging, Im left to my own devices to carve out some kind of meaningful mementos from our trips. And weve been somewhere in the neighborhood of nine cruises for some reason, my daughter knows this exact number.
Of course, most of these vacations came before the Tremendous Depression. Or, whatever theyre calling it. But that thing put a tremendous damper on our lifestyle.
Okay if you managed to stick around after all my ramblings, perhaps Ive kept the most faithful of my readers. Or, none of them, and now Im relying on my BFFs notoriety on the Dis Boards to gather some readers for her sake, for whenever she jumps in.
in either case:
My name is Vickie. I am 42, live in Texas, and that is all that is really necessary to keep you enthralled.
My DH is Robert, and DD is Jordan Claire. But they are not much in my PTR. 
Here we are:
And this PTR is one of great anticipation on my part, and hopefully on the part of my BFF, because:
WE ARE GOING TO WDW TOGETHER WITHOUT OUR FAMILIES!
Okay, I know its been done. But not by me. Ive been married since 93, and unless I went on a business trip (military: TDY), I dont really go anywhere on my own. I really dont go out much at all without it being a family trip. Its not that Im ya know some kind of trapped housewife, or something its just that my family & I have always loved to be together, and my husband really wants me with him all the time. We have this symbiotic relationship
Yeah, some of you probably have some other ideas, but really. We rarely go to the store without each other. I find shopping alone almost impossible (okay, this does sometimes get annoying).
So. This is just the start of the fact that this is an amazing trip. The other part of this (and Ill get into this more), is that my BFF, Melissa, and I have been friends since our freshman year in high school. Weve kept in touch for all these years, and I wouldnt trade her for anyone she has a heart of gold. But when we were teenagers you know before we were dedicated to anybody but ourselves remember then?
Remember cruising down the drag? Remember flirting? Remember going to the theme parks and riding rides until you thought youd be sick, but there was no one to tell you NOTHIN?? Remember when YOU were just YOU, instead of spouse, or mom, or dad, or sibling, or offspring? That in-between time, when you and a friend and what you wanted to do was paramount? And you had the cash woops. Okay see now I got some cash. Well, not a lot. But youll see how this goes. You get where Im goin, tho?
This, my friends, will be a BFF trip a trip back in time, but actually being held in Feb 2011. We are going to rock the World (like its 1999?), stay up late (be good, yes!), do what we want, when we want, how many times we want, until one of us says, boo. Well have to do some rules, I think ? Well see.
Up next, lets go back in time!
So, if youre still here maybe youre looking for a family PTR. Well, this ones gonna disappoint you. I did a family PTR this year, then a TR of our trip in June (and it was a long one), and short note: it was a great trip to see my BFF and her family at WDW and take my only-childs friend with us so that she had someone (teenager) to relate to. Yep, that ones over, and this is not a repeat of that. So, buh-bye if you were looking for a fun-filled family infomercial on how to plan for your WDW trip.
Not that it isnt fun it so is. But that isnt what this PTRs about.
So whos left? Ah well! (looks around) Okay, now that weve gotten rid a large percentage of PTR fans that are looking to mooch off of someone elses ideas because they are planning for their trip and want to bolster their own planning itinerary (hey, Ive done it not being sarcastic), Ill let you who are left in on one of the most amazing things to happen to a middle-aged, stuck in a daily grind job parent, who doesnt see a vacation with the entire family in the immediate budget or future.
You recall I said we went in June June 2010, right? Yeah, I mean, a lot of people do go on vacations once in a year. And, my family has been to WDW four times I think. It could be five, but Ive not been fanatical enough to count, and since my family really could care less about pictures and blogging, Im left to my own devices to carve out some kind of meaningful mementos from our trips. And weve been somewhere in the neighborhood of nine cruises for some reason, my daughter knows this exact number.
Of course, most of these vacations came before the Tremendous Depression. Or, whatever theyre calling it. But that thing put a tremendous damper on our lifestyle.
Okay if you managed to stick around after all my ramblings, perhaps Ive kept the most faithful of my readers. Or, none of them, and now Im relying on my BFFs notoriety on the Dis Boards to gather some readers for her sake, for whenever she jumps in.
in either case:
My name is Vickie. I am 42, live in Texas, and that is all that is really necessary to keep you enthralled.
My DH is Robert, and DD is Jordan Claire. But they are not much in my PTR. Here we are:
And this PTR is one of great anticipation on my part, and hopefully on the part of my BFF, because:
WE ARE GOING TO WDW TOGETHER WITHOUT OUR FAMILIES!
Okay, I know its been done. But not by me. Ive been married since 93, and unless I went on a business trip (military: TDY), I dont really go anywhere on my own. I really dont go out much at all without it being a family trip. Its not that Im ya know some kind of trapped housewife, or something its just that my family & I have always loved to be together, and my husband really wants me with him all the time. We have this symbiotic relationship
Yeah, some of you probably have some other ideas, but really. We rarely go to the store without each other. I find shopping alone almost impossible (okay, this does sometimes get annoying).
So. This is just the start of the fact that this is an amazing trip. The other part of this (and Ill get into this more), is that my BFF, Melissa, and I have been friends since our freshman year in high school. Weve kept in touch for all these years, and I wouldnt trade her for anyone she has a heart of gold. But when we were teenagers you know before we were dedicated to anybody but ourselves remember then?
Remember cruising down the drag? Remember flirting? Remember going to the theme parks and riding rides until you thought youd be sick, but there was no one to tell you NOTHIN?? Remember when YOU were just YOU, instead of spouse, or mom, or dad, or sibling, or offspring? That in-between time, when you and a friend and what you wanted to do was paramount? And you had the cash woops. Okay see now I got some cash. Well, not a lot. But youll see how this goes. You get where Im goin, tho?
This, my friends, will be a BFF trip a trip back in time, but actually being held in Feb 2011. We are going to rock the World (like its 1999?), stay up late (be good, yes!), do what we want, when we want, how many times we want, until one of us says, boo. Well have to do some rules, I think ? Well see.
Up next, lets go back in time!
I'm not that well known, but since living here in Florida I have been very fortunate to get to meet a lot of wonderful people from here on the Dis. 
Hi! I'm Vickie's BFF, Melissa. If you look in my sig you will see my link to my ongoing TR as a Disneyworldholic for my last yearin Florida. "Last year?" you may ask, the hubby is in the military and his tour here will end next summer. 
It will be awesome.
I was so excited that I did not read anything first!! I knew the two of you had known each other for a long time...but since 9th grade! That is simply awesome!!! What fun to let loose and go back in time....hmmmm...got me to thinking, will it be like jumping into the time machine hot tub and waking up in an 80s nightmare of leggins, neon colors, and big hair? Oh, I loved the 80s!! 
Hooray, my first TWO subscribers!!!! 
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Glad you popped in...
Thanks for tagging along.
You will be disappointed with all other cheaper cruises...do a Carnival cruise, then do Disney. OMGosh, but we were spoiled. So spoiled, that we booked another cruise for the next year, 7-day. 
. How about a trip to Walt Disney World! It would be hard to deny a child that, no matter how old they were. A little history here, when the custody agreement was drawn up, the only thing Kara's mother made sure was in the agreement was that she would get to take Kara to WDW before us? I think that was another reason we hadn't done it before. But Kara had been to WDW, so that was now a go.
I've done blue for so long, I thought I'd try something else.
I can think of a lot of things my mother might have said to my biological father, but that would not have been one of them. 
