Well, hey there, hi there, ho there!
I guess you could say I'm the new guy. I'm Jessy, and my love of Disney is kind of a recent thing. When my lovely wife (She Who Must Be Obeyed... SWMBO) and I were planning our wedding 8 years ago (just celebrated 8 years on 1/19), she briefly threw out the idea of honeymooning in Disney. I was skeptical that I, being a manly male man, could possibly enjoy Disney World!
Fast-forward to May 2014. I had just turned 30, graduated from college, and our son turned 4 the previous December, and we chose to celebrate by taking our first trip to Disney World! By this time, I had wised up, and knew I would have a great time, if only because I'd be able to enjoy it through my son's eyes. I couldn't have been more wrong! As beautiful as it was to watch my kid's eyes light up with wonder and amazement, I found my own eyes lighting up the same way! From our check-in at POP Century, I was hooked. I even tried talking my wife into letting me apply for an Analyst position (that's what I do in real life here in New Orleans), but she swears she could never live in Florida.
Although we love traveling to many places, we decided as a family that we would do our best to visit WDW at least every other year. I'm now hooked on Disney movies and music. We didn't have a TV growing up, so most of the classic movies are new to me (I'll tell you about how Ursula scared 6 year old me to tears in front of my Kindergarten peers another day), and I can't get enough of them. We usually have a family movie night on Friday or Saturday, and I've commandeered that evening for the foreseeable future until my kids (we now have a 16 month old daughter who was just a bun in the oven on our May 2014 trip) have seen every one of them. Just last week I created an "
Ultimate Disney (Animated Movies) Playlist" on Spotify (if you click that link, it should take you to Spotify to check it out). I tried to stick with whatever original soundtracks were available, but also included the Disney Classics collection and a few other albums I like. The playlist currently has 1,508 songs that would play for almost 68 hours!
I think it's safe to say I'm a DIS Dad. My kids are totally DIS Kids too! When planning our trip this year, we asked the boy if he would rather visit Disney just before Christmas, and have a few presents from Mommy and Daddy on Christmas morning, or NOT have any presents from Mommy and Daddy, but be at Disney ON Christmas DAY (Santa would bring 1 present, regardless). Now, as we're all dad's here, I'm sure you understand that kids love presents. My son is no different. He asks for more presents while he's opening presents. When shopping for other people's presents, he tries to buy presents for himself... I'm sure you get the point. Needless to say, in less time than it takes to say MOUSE, he was jumping off the walls saying he wanted to be at Disney on Christmas. So there you have it... 12/19 - 12/26, we'll make our second visit (first visit for our sweet princess... at least that she'll be aware of) to the World!
(I'd like to add, looking at the recent previous posts, I had my first Old Fashioned the past weekend while SWMBO and I celebrated our anniversary. I'm normally a Single Malt Scotch drinker, but this was eye-opening!)
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WELCOME TO THE DISDAD'S CLUB Jessy! 
From Chicago I am experienced with wind and drifting snow but the hilly terrain here just can't handle this. Big concern is that the interstates are getting clear but gonna freeze over tonight. This neck of the woods just ain't equipped to handle this.
