Childfree (by choice) Disney Lovers!

[CynBeth]

I am probably the only person who does not care to use it and I hope they do not have it for my December trip.

 

[mommyof6needsabreak]

I am planning not 1 but 2 trips to Disney World this fall and BOTH of them are WITHOUT the kids!!! WOOHOO!!!
Don't get me wrong...I LOVE my kids but as my screen name implies...I need a break!
Between my DH and I we have 9 kids, a daughterinlaw and 3 grandbabies! 6 of our children are still under 18 and live at home. I took them last summer for a few days and they loved Disney so I do intend to take them again. However, my 11 yr old son has Autism and had a very difficult time with the whole experience that I really didn't get to enjoy the experience like I would've wanted to.
And that is why I planned a trip in October with my DH, my mom (she is awesome) and my aunt. DH has never been and this will only be my 2nd visit so we will get 8 blissful days to reconnect and have fun without the stress and worries. AND I was just fortunate enough to get invited to go with my 2 best girlfriends from Sep 26 - Sept 30. So I get to do a 1st time ever girls trip to!
Believe me...I deserve every bit of it and I plan to enjoy it to its fullest! God is good and I am incredibly blessed!

 

[Devilsangel7681]

I'm wondering if it is going to be in full roll-out by the time we are there in November. As of now MDE has the MagicBands and FP+ options on the page, but none of them are "live" so to speak.

I'm kind of excited to try it out if possible (we are going again in March with friends and I'd like to have at least one trip under our belts w/ FP+ before we are taking newbies around WDW)

I hear the full roll out will be November.

 

[gcarney]

My husband and I are in our mid 40's. We've spent 7 weeks in Orlando since 2009, which included a 2 week honeymoon in 2012. We are going back in January 2014. Call me crazy but I love it there. We never did family vacations like this growing up. My parents sent us to summer camp every year for 2 months. I loved that but feel I missed out on the family travel. We've meet some really dear friends who worked at the resort we stay at and now go back more to see them than mickey.

I'll be 70 and want to go back over and over.

 

[glaserjm]

My husband and I are in our mid 40's. We've spent 7 weeks in Orlando since 2009, which included a 2 week honeymoon in 2012. We are going back in January 2014. Call me crazy but I love it there. We never did family vacations like this growing up. My parents sent us to summer camp every year for 2 months. I loved that but feel I missed out on the family travel. We've meet some really dear friends who worked at the resort we stay at and now go back more to see them than mickey.

I'll be 70 and want to go back over and over.

Welcome gcarney! I don't think you'll find anyone calling you crazy for your love of Disney here!

We went in March and our just dying until our November trip. What's funny is that DH (the former "Disney's just ok" guy) is worse than I am.

We too love seeing the CMs we've grown to love...it's like getting to see family!

 

[mrsclark]

Hello again to everyone! We leave for our trip to Disney and US/IOA in a few days - so excited, but I have been working a lot lately so I have a lot of stuff to accomplish before we leave!

My 30th birthday was 2 1/2 weeks ago and our 6th wedding anniversary is at the end of September so we will be celebrating both milestones while we are down there. I ordered two custom cakes - one for each celebration and would be happy to post photos when we are back if anyone would like to see them!

 

[zima-cheryl]

Hello again to everyone! We leave for our trip to Disney and US/IOA in a few days - so excited, but I have been working a lot lately so I have a lot of stuff to accomplish before we leave!

My 30th birthday was 2 1/2 weeks ago and our 6th wedding anniversary is at the end of September so we will be celebrating both milestones while we are down there. I ordered two custom cakes - one for each celebration and would be happy to post photos when we are back if anyone would like to see them!

Congrats on your anniversary & Happy Birthday!

It is always so much fun to celebrate @ WDW. They really know how to make things special.

 

[gcarney]

Congratulations! I really hope they do it up for both occasions.

When we were there for our honeymoon in 3/12 I felt very let down by the whole Disney experience. The ONLY place we were recognized or made to feel special was in The America exhibit hall and show at Epcot.

WDW itself was a real bummer on our honeymoon. No recognition from any cast members. We had other guests at the park congratulate us but not one cast member the entire day and we were there from open to close...I was very disappointed. We of course made our own fun and that was what was most important. I still have our bride and groom ears

 

[glaserjm]

Hello again to everyone! We leave for our trip to Disney and US/IOA in a few days - so excited, but I have been working a lot lately so I have a lot of stuff to accomplish before we leave!

My 30th birthday was 2 1/2 weeks ago and our 6th wedding anniversary is at the end of September so we will be celebrating both milestones while we are down there. I ordered two custom cakes - one for each celebration and would be happy to post photos when we are back if anyone would like to see them!

Make sure to get and wear your anniversary buttons! We were there for our
5th anniversary last year and will be there for our 6th this year and we got such great treatment by the CMs!! We heard "Happy Anniversary" about a thousand times, got special entrance into the New FL soft opening that was supposed to be for CMs only, got special desserts at all our table service meals, got free food from some of the F&W kiosks and best of all got invited into special reserved seating area for Illuminations viewing. It was wonderful!

 

[gcarney]

Make sure to get and wear your anniversary buttons! We were there for our
5th anniversary last year and will be there for our 6th this year and we got such great treatment by the CMs!! We heard "Happy Anniversary" about a thousand times, got special entrance into the New FL soft opening that was supposed to be for CMs only, got special desserts at all our table service meals, got free food from some of the F&W kiosks and best of all got invited into special reserved seating area for Illuminations viewing. It was wonderful!

WOW, that is awesome! I wish I knew your tricks. We wore our ears and had pins that I had to buy on ebay because they don't give out wedding pins anymore....

Maybe we'll make it for our anniversary one year and get a do-over

 

[Bushmills]

Hey, where did everybody go?

 

[gcarney]

They all went to WDW

 

[Bushmills]

Hmmm, that's odd, I was there a bit earlier, and didn't see anyone.

Does Madi still kick around here?

 

[krichie]

I am leaving Sunday to go from WA state to Disney World - spending 6 beautiful nights at BWV with my partner. I've never taken a big trip for my B-day (on the 12th) so I decided to go to DW for the completely random age of 27! After planning this trip for 18 months, I can't wait for Sunday!

Anyway, my tie in for this thread. I took my nephew, 12 years old, to Disneyland in April, and I think I rushed him too much. He still had fun, but I felt bad. So my partner and I are going child free to DW, and I am looking forward to doing what I want when I want.

 

[franandaj]

Hello again to everyone! We leave for our trip to Disney and US/IOA in a few days - so excited, but I have been working a lot lately so I have a lot of stuff to accomplish before we leave!

My 30th birthday was 2 1/2 weeks ago and our 6th wedding anniversary is at the end of September so we will be celebrating both milestones while we are down there. I ordered two custom cakes - one for each celebration and would be happy to post photos when we are back if anyone would like to see them!

Of course we want to see pics!

Maybe we will wear anniversary buttons, it is our five year anniversary for being married on Sept 20, we leave the 29th. I could "call" it an anniversary trip, and since we are now federally legal it's even more cool!

 

[glaserjm]

I am leaving Sunday to go from WA state to Disney World - spending 6 beautiful nights at BWV with my partner. I've never taken a big trip for my B-day (on the 12th) so I decided to go to DW for the completely random age of 27! After planning this trip for 18 months, I can't wait for Sunday!

Anyway, my tie in for this thread. I took my nephew, 12 years old, to Disneyland in April, and I think I rushed him too much. He still had fun, but I felt bad. So my partner and I are going child free to DW, and I am looking forward to doing what I want when I want.

Your first trip in 3 days...how exciting! I'm sure you will love it and I have to say that while seeing children's wonder at Disney World is magical (I've experienced it with my nieces and nephews) I've been told by almost every parent I know that has taken their kids that they "wish they would have gone by themselves before the kids were born". You'll have a blast!

 

[mrsclark]

Hello Everyone! We just got back today from vacation - we were gone a total of 14 nights (2 on the road there, 9 at WDW, 2 at US/IOA, and 1 on the road back) and boy did we miss our furbabies!

We had a great trip and I will be posting my thoughts on some of the highlights - both cakes that I posted about earlier, a spontaneous decision to take the Wild Africa Trek at AK, and finally getting to see TWWOHP! Oh and the oppressive FL heat (our '09, '11, and '12 trips were in September and our '07 honeymoon was in October and this is far and away the hottest and most humid I can remember)! We tried some new restaurants and ate at some old favorites. We also did the PhotoPass+ for the first time too!

Based on the traffic and crowd nightmare that was the 9/13 Villians Bash at DHS (I read about it here on the Disboards), I am happy we chanced into doing WDW first followed by US/IOA!

 

[franandaj]

Hello Everyone! We just got back today from vacation - we were gone a total of 14 nights (2 on the road there, 9 at WDW, 2 at US/IOA, and 1 on the road back) and boy did we miss our furbabies!

We had a great trip and I will be posting my thoughts on some of the highlights - both cakes that I posted about earlier, a spontaneous decision to take the Wild Africa Trek at AK, and finally getting to see TWWOHP! Oh and the oppressive FL heat (our '09, '11, and '12 trips were in September and our '07 honeymoon was in October and this is far and away the hottest and most humid I can remember)! We tried some new restaurants and ate at some old favorites. We also did the PhotoPass+ for the first time too!

Based on the traffic and crowd nightmare that was the 9/13 Villians Bash at DHS (I read about it here on the Disboards), I am happy we chanced into doing WDW first followed by US/IOA!

Cant wait to hear all about it!!!!!

 

[zima-cheryl]

Hello Everyone! We just got back today from vacation - we were gone a total of 14 nights (2 on the road there, 9 at WDW, 2 at US/IOA, and 1 on the road back) and boy did we miss our furbabies!

Amazing how much we miss them, isn't it?

I usually need the first 2 or 3 days of vacation to get over worring that they are okay w/out us (despite the fact we have a fantastic cat sitter who I think they like more than they like us).

 

[lakelandgal70]

Ok I am here!! lol. Been away due to chronic illness. Still not so great but life goes on! Fall is when life gets super busy for us usually all the way till first of year. Planning on a trip to TN in October then friends are coming down to spend a week at Disney and we are going to MNSCHP! So stoked for that. Will be my 2nd time and hubbys first time! I can not wait for cooler weather to hit Florida.lol May have to wait till I get to TN ha!