Dec. 5-16, 2003 (offisite & CBR)-long report

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The vacationers traveling from Clovis, CA:
Kathy(me)-48, huge Disney fan, 1 previous visit to WDW
(May '00) and countless visits to Disneyland

Gary(husband)-49, "puts up with my Disney infatuation", 1
previous visit to WDW (May'00), and also countless trips
to Disneyland
Beth(daughter)-23, 5th grade teacher, (didn't want to visit
WDW back in '00...didn't think it was "cool" to vacation with
the family), countless trips to Disneyland
Cameron(son)-13, high school student, 1 previous trip to
WDW (May '00), countless trips to Disneyland
The vacationers traveling from Cheyenne, WY:
Robyn(my sister)-47, 1 previous trip to WDW with daughter's
high school band in 2002, countless trips to Disneyland
Tom(brother-in-law)-47, Air Force Sgt., he missed going on the
band trip in 2002, countless trips to Disneyland
Already at WDW:
Katriena(neice, Robyn and Tom's daughter)-19, working at
WDW as part of the College Program until Jan. '04, countless
trips to Disneyland

Pre-trip info:
In March of 2003, my niece, Katriena, calls my daughter to ask her opinion about going to work at WDW under their college Program for at least 6 months. Beth talks to her for about an hour and when she hangs up, she tells me what is going on. Boy do I "perk up" when I hear she might be going to WDW to work. I immediately call my sister and tell her to let us know what Katriena decides to do. Fast forward to August, Katriena reports to work in the College Program on August 29 for 6 months. Once she was accepted, my sister and I start making plans to visit her during the first part of December. A lot of things realy "fel into place" for this trip...1)Katirena would be there to show us around and she could share some of her Cast Member discounts, 2)Beth's school would be out their Christmans vacation for just about the whole month of dec., so she would be able to go with us, and 3)tom is active military and we could all get a great discount on our park tickets.
Our loding arrangements consisted of the first 5 nights with Robyn's family in their timeshare condo (not DVC, darn!). While staying in the condo, Katriena stayed with us which was a lot of fun! then our family of four moved onsite to the Caribbean Beach Resort for the remaining 5 days of our visit. On our previous visit back in 2000, we stayed at Dixie Landings (now Port Orleans-Riverside) and we wanted to experience a different resort this trip. (Looking back, I think I preferred POR for reasons "I
can't put my finger on...")
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