Disney again? Whaddaya? Nuts?!!!

[disneyaddicted]

That is my I am going back to Disney dance. This is my DH still not getting why I want to go back again. This is my family and friends reaction to me going back again, they think I am nuts. and This is me not caring what anybody else thinks.

My name is Ty, and this will be my 3rd trip to Disney, April 06 being my first and December 07 being the 2nd.
YOu can check out my other trip reports.
Three decades of waiting...April 06 vacation and or
Rumor has it...December 07 vacation

My next trip is planned for January 09.

should I tell the story of my addiction? I should as it will be most helpful in understanding my need for the Kingdom and all.

I went, I saw, got hooked!!!!

However the first time I went I was with my DH and 2 kids. I never got my picture with Mickey, I saw him from a distance but we all know that doesn't count. DH acted like an Ogre the whole time and I never even got a T-shirt, so I plan a second trip, the DH and DS did not want to go, so it was DD, myself a friend and her DD. I did see the mouse and got my picture a couple of times with him, I even got a T-shirt.

So you ask me now, "Ty?, why go again." And I tell you, "Why not?" Disney is there just waiting for me to go back. It calls my name every waking minute of my life. Goofy shows up in my dreams beckoning me with Dole whip Floats. I have to go back, it is my destiny!!

I will fill you in on who I am and how I tick.

I am Ty

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look at that cutie, and Goofy is pretty cute too.
I am 30something-ish. I coach JR High cheerleading (basketball) I love to scrapbook. I hate gardening and can't cook!
I am a mother of 2 teens.
My rockstar Jim is 16

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Reese is my 14 year old cheer/princess

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This last years picture I will post a more recent one later.

My DH Kent is an Ogre, he hates Disney, but since he pays for me to go I keep him around.

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He hates this picture with a passion.

I had started talking about going again this past February, nobody was onboard with that. Dude's are you kidding me? It's Disney!

I had no choice but to go outside the fam damily and look for a fellow travel mate. NOBODY wanted to go, so I did some soul searching and talked to Kent and finally decided on a solo trip.
I have read TR's about solo trips. this could work, I do what I want, when I want, how I want. I am falling in love with this idea. I immediatley started to feel empowered.

I have a hard time being alone. Eating and going on rides by myself would be the hardest, but dang it, I can do it. "I am woman hear me roar."

One day I am out to lunch with my friend Lo. Fudruckers to be exact, I ordered the burger and fries and chocolate milkshake. A fudruckers burger is the closest I can get to a burger at The Sci-Fi at Disney studios. Yummo.
Anywhoooooooooooooo....
I was telling my friend about my impending solo trip to Disney, and out of nowhere she says "I want to go." <----- do not look at this as a scary face. It was an OMG you have got to be kidding me, I never would have thought that Lo would want to go on a kidless trip with me. Why?

She is the mother of 5, she is the mother of all mother, her kids come first in everything, not to say my kids don't come first, but since my kids have already been to Disney World I have no qualms about going with out them. Lo has taken her kids to Disneyland, but c'mon guys we all know the difference there.

Lo went home and talked to her DH and bless his heart, he told her to go and have fun. she was concerned about her kids and their feelings and so has decided to keep it a secret from them. I told her to think of this trip as research for when she does take the family.

Our travel dates are Jan16th -Jan24th. that is a glorious 8 nights 9 days.
We will stay at Pop Century. Same place I have always stayed, Lo is in agreement with me about it just being a place to shower and lay your head at night. I really like Pop Century though, eventually someday I will try another resort, but this is where Lo plans to stay when her family goes, so she might as well check it out fully. We don't plan to spend much time in the room anyway.
It's been fun getting together and making plans, figuring out where we want to eat because we are doing the dining plan.

We have a few rules for this trip.
NO fanny packs allowed!!!!! breaking that rule is punishable to the full extent of the law. We are too cool for fanny packs. Some of you might think this is such a non essential thing to worry and obsess over. But I am telling you the right bag can make or break a Disney trip.

Example: last year I purchased two bags for the trip, the first day I use my black backpackish/camera bag. It was awkward, it held everything but the snap wouldn't stay shut and the bulk made it hard to stow it away on rides, the snap would pop and my contents would spill. It wasn't over packed, trust me. A camera, extra batteries, lip gloss, cell phone, wallet and park map.
So the second day I switch to my brown messenger bag, easier to carry, it was bigger but not bulky. however it had no compartments for stuff, so I could never find anything. I wasted precious time stopping and looking for my lipglosss and or my phone.

so needless to say, I am on the watch for a cool bag, I have looked at bagallinis, but it's not really what I have in mind.

I am excited for this trip but I have learned to control my excitement, if I mention Disney too much the husband might serve me up one of them divorce things.

SO here is the beginning of my pre trip, I roughly have 8 months to go. Please everyone help make it go by fast.

 

[VroomVroomLightning]

YAY..2 friends going together...what could be more fun? No kids makes it even better for you! I can't wait to hear about this and see if you make any big changes since you won't have kids with you!

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

I am hear Ty! I will read later I am off to watch Grey's. I am going back to but again you are getting there before me! I am going back in Sept 09 hoping for free dining. I even have my brother coming with us! We will be staying at the boardwalk villa's

 

[ericamcl]

Hi Ty!

I'm in for round 3!

 

[xoprincessmomxo]

Yay! Can't wait to hear all about your wonderfully crazy plans this time around.

 

[disneyaddicted]

VroomVroomLightning I'm a kid myself at Disney so I really don't see me doing things much different, at the most I will get to bed earlier and won't need to worry about 2 teen kids hanging out till all hours of the night. Then again I could go to a club and not have to worry about 2 teen kids!!!

DISNEY4XMAS yay! you are going back, I would love to get the free dining but I hate crowds, and Lo and I want cooler weather.
Has your brother ever been to Disney? I would love to do Disney with my brother, he is so much fun.

ericamcl Welcome back again. I am so excited for round 3, each trip gets better and better.

xoprincessmomxo Oh have we got plans!!!!! I can't wait to tell ya about them but I don't want to ruin any surprises. I will say Lo is really good at letting her hair down and just going for the most fun possible, no reservations.

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

DISNEY4XMAS yay! you are going back, I would love to get the free dining but I hate crowds, and Lo and I want cooler weather.
Has your brother ever been to Disney? I would love to do Disney with my brother, he is so much fun.

Yes we are going back DH promised me that we could go! I had been having some treatments and felt crappy and he said I know what will make you feel a little bit better. I was like WHAT nothing will make me feel better till this is over! He was like Yes it will why don't you start planning the NEXT DISNEY TRIP! I was oh yeah I feel better!
So I started looking into everything we had planned on going in Oct for Tyler's birthday and then they offered free dining so I mentioned going two weeks earlier than what we had planned to get free dining. He said even better. I promptly put an email out to the WHOLE family both sides asking anyone who wants to go to start thinking for for Sept 09.

As for my brother he was supposed to go with us last year for christmas, but his girlfriend at the time said that is where they were going for their honeymoon. I asked if I had missed a big announcement and my brother said NO you didn't I was like OK . As time got closer I kept nagging him to go with us and he was very on the fence but she won ! We left for Disney without him. I talked to him every day of our trip and even on Christmas eve He was kicking himself that he didn't come, I told him get on a plane and get down here we will sneak you into the cabin. He was very temped to do it, but said he would go the next time we go and he would go with or without her! Andy has never been to disney and he can't wait to go. After seeing Pictures of my DH with all the hats on he said He will defiantly will be doing that. He has now split from the GF The day he told me he was coming I asked if she was coming ( do you get the drift that I don't like her) and my cell ringed and it was my brother saying I am coming alone and she isn't in the picture any more we just split this morning . I was so excited that he told me he was going with us I had a tear in my eye I can't wait to show him the magic of DISNEY!

My SIL and her family maybe coming too! I have priced it for them and it might only be around 2300 for them. So we are very excited I have even gotten my niece looking at video's of Disney on youtube, just to egg her mom on. Someday my dreams a a huge grand gathering will come true!

As for the crowds anything is better than the crowds that we had the week of christmas . That was horrid. Fast passes were out by noon. You could get FP at 2 pm for 10pm. It wasn't good! We spent more time in lines for rides that anything else. We averaged three to four rides a day.

I can't wait to hear more of your plans no Kids lucky you! that is another dream of mine.

 

[ILMICKEY]

Woohoo!! My Ty buddy has started a pretrippie! Sound like you are going to have a great time cause..............

GIRLS RULE!

 

[disneyaddicted]

DISNEY4XMAS Don't you just love introducing newbies to the world? Disney never loses it's luster for me, but I love feeding into the excitement of someone who has never been. You all are gonna have a great time.

ILMICKEY Yea, girls rule! Boys drool!!!

 

[disneyaddicted]

I thought I would give you just a little more background info.

I first met Lo through cougar competition cheerleading about a year and a half ago. Her oldest cheered a level above Reese, her youngest cheered a level below Reese, but when they had tryouts for a team to go to nationals all 3 girls were on the same team. So I started seeing Lo more at meetings and practices, we still didn't hit off until the following season. See, Lo was new to the area and everybody just kind of stuck to their clicks, Lo didn't have one, but last football cheer season her youngest got bumped up to Reese's level so we started sitting together at games and then it escalated from there. When I left Cougars and went to Raptors she and her girls came too.

Since then she and her girls have gone to Vipers and Reese is taking a year off from competitive cheerleading to try her hand at something else. She wants to do drama and she is busy with the band, her and Jim have written several new songs. Oh and last night she made the Red Lion Freshman Cheerleading squad, so she will still be cheering, but only at games.

Anyway, it was during Raptors that Lo and I got close, we started doing weekly lunches and daily phone chats.

We both keep having these small crisis's jumping up, we take turns on that, so now we won't know for sure until the end of the month if Disney is a sure thing for us both, or If I am back to a solo trip. I think we're ok though.

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

Oh Ty I hope that you are both to go! What fun you would have in Disney with your Friend showing her the Magic of Disney!

 

[disneyaddicted]

Oh Ty I hope that you are both to go! What fun you would have in Disney with your Friend showing her the Magic of Disney!

It's on!!! two for the trip. We will book the whole package in 2 weeks. Right now we have booked room only.

I am so excited to spread the Disney magic to a newbie.

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

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[disneyaddicted]

We went yesterday to book our trip, and now we're being told that Disney won't release their January package prices until September. But the good news is I don't need a ressie number to make ADR's, I can still book 180 days out.
I'm bummed though, it feels like the trip isn't real right now because I don't have anything solid in the works, plus it's easier to make payments to something as opposed to just putting the money away to pay later. I think I am going to go open a savings account and just transfer money monthly.

 

[ILMICKEY]

Geez, doesn't Disney know we need lots and lots of time for planning?? How dare they wait so long? I'm still waiting for November hours to be posted. They are over a month late!

What are they thinking??

I'm so glad your friend gets to go with you. But..........lookout Disney!!

 

[disneyaddicted]

Geez, doesn't Disney know we need lots and lots of time for planning?? How dare they wait so long? I'm still waiting for November hours to be posted. They are over a month late!

What are they thinking??

I'm so glad your friend gets to go with you. But..........lookout Disney!!

What the travel agent told me was Disney posts their new packages every September, so if I had wanted to go in Dec. again I could book now, but since I refuse to do another Dec. trip I have to wait for the new season. Completely unfair!!!!

 

[disneyaddicted]

OK, even though we do not have a ressie yet, we know what we want.

We have changed the dates a bit so that we can come home on a weekend and rest a bit before jumping into life with kids again. By doing this we have gained an extra day there. So now we are there for 8 nights and 9 days. Maybe this time we will get to see and do it all.

Things I have yet to do at Disney are...

Disney studios

The back lot tour
the motor stutn show
fantasmic
Beauty and the Beast show

Animal kingdom

Finding Nemo
The lion King
The parade

Epcot
figment
Living with the Land
maelstrom
the boat ride at the mexico pavillion

Magic Kingdom
Spectro lights parade
ride Dumbo
Alladins carpets
the Ferry boat
Tom Sawyers Island
Swiss Family Tree house
Eat in the Castle

So there is my list of things I want to do, it will be added to my list of things I have already done but want to do again. Lo wants to do it all, the only thing she is skeptical of is the ToT. I am pretty sure I can convince her to do it though. She loves Coasters just not rides that take you up and then plummet you. I let her know that it's not just one big drop but a bunch of tiny little drops, that kind of takes away from the fear factor I think. I know when I rode it the first time I was expecting it to be much worse than what it was. I really hope she decides to ride it cause seriously I don't want to have to knock her out and then drag her on it. I thought about getting her liquored up and then just letting her think we were taking the elevator up to our own room.

We went over all the restaraunts to choose from, Lo is super picky when it comes to food. she didn't like the Olive Garden? How crazy is that? She does'nt eat veggies, mexican food or Seafood of any kind.

So our plan is to eat at Coral Reef our first night there, she can order steak, I know I am getting the crab legs if they offer them.

We also picked out
50's Primetime, Lo thought it sounded like fun
Sci-Fi Dine in Theater
The Garden Grill
Crystal Palace (breakfast)
Liberty Tree Tavern
Planet Hollywood
Whispering Canyon Cafe

we need to come up with another one now. I heard that DTD was opening a dinosour themed restaraunt, has anybody heard about that?

We also plan to eat in the Castle and just pay OOP, that is the only place we can't make ADR's for without a ressie number. I just hope we can get an ADR from there.

We thought about going with the Disney dining deluxe plan, but seriously I don't think I could handle 2 table service meals aday and besides I love alot of the counter service places.

To list a few..
Flame Tree Barbque
Pecos Bill
Toy Story Pizza planet

I really want to try Columbia harbour house.

SO are my thoughts for the day, I will catch ya later.

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

OK, even though we do not have a ressie yet, we know what we want.

We have changed the dates a bit so that we can come home on a weekend and rest a bit before jumping into life with kids again. By doing this we have gained an extra day there. So now we are there for 8 nights and 9 days. Maybe this time we will get to see and do it all.

You are so lucky to be going back.. I just don't want to wait till 2009 to go back!!

i HAVE ADDED MY TWO CENTS IN TOO!!!!
Things I have yet to do at Disney are...

Disney studios

The back lot tour I need to do this too
the motor stutn show Eh! Not the greatest it is long!
fantasmic This was cool!
Beauty and the Beast show Haven't done this in 7 years

Animal kingdom

Finding Nemo need to do this too!
The lion King Always a must see didn't see it in Dec
The parade Didn't do either dinner interfared with seeing it

Epcot
figment Have NEVER Heard of Figment until I started on the DIS??
Living with the Land This is so cool!
maelstrom Again haven't made it this far into WS
the boat ride at the mexico pavillion Again haven't made it this far into WS


Magic Kingdom
Spectro lights parade - It is cool the first time
ride Dumbo Haven't ever done this either
Alladins carpets Rode for the first time this year wasn't open the last time! It was being built
the Ferry boat Haven't done this either
Tom Sawyers Island Haven't done this either
Swiss Family Tree house Haven't done this since 2001
Eat in the Castle Nope! This either, gotta do It

So there is my list of things I want to do, it will be added to my list of things I have already done but want to do again. Lo wants to do it all, the only thing she is skeptical of is the ToT. I am pretty sure I can convince her to do it though. She loves Coasters just not rides that take you up and then plummet you. I let her know that it's not just one big drop but a bunch of tiny little drops, that kind of takes away from the fear factor I think. I know when I rode it the first time I was expecting it to be much worse than what it was. I really hope she decides to ride it cause seriously I don't want to have to knock her out and then drag her on it. I thought about getting her liquored up and then just letting her think we were taking the elevator up to our own room.

We went over all the restaraunts to choose from, Lo is super picky when it comes to food. she didn't like the Olive Garden? How crazy is that? She does'nt eat veggies, mexican food or Seafood of any kind.

So our plan is to eat at Coral Reef our first night there, she can order steak, I know I am getting the crab legs if they offer them. MMMM CORAL REEF it is soo good there!!!!

We also picked out
50's Primetime, Lo thought it sounded like fun Very Fun if you get the right waiter/waitress
Sci-Fi Dine in Theater Never have tried it
The Garden Grill
Crystal Palace (breakfast) MMMMMM GOOD
Liberty Tree Tavern It was OK for us we ate XMAS dinner there. Not what I had hoped it would be
Planet Hollywood Want to try
Whispering Canyon Cafe Again need the right wait staff JUST DON'T HAVE THE BUFFALO BURGER YUCK!

we need to come up with another one now. I heard that DTD was opening a dinosour themed restaraunt, has anybody heard about that?

We also plan to eat in the Castle and just pay OOP, that is the only place we can't make ADR's for without a ressie number. I just hope we can get an ADR from there.

We thought about going with the Disney dining deluxe plan, but seriously I don't think I could handle 2 table service meals aday and besides I love alot of the counter service places.

To list a few..
Flame Tree Barbque
Pecos Bill
Toy Story Pizza planet YUMMY

I really want to try Columbia harbour house.

SO are my thoughts for the day, I will catch ya later.

lOOKS GOOD TY

 

[xoprincessmomxo]

You definitely have to see Spectromagic! I saw it on my last trip (many years ago) with my mom. My dad and siblings thought it would be dumb and wanted one last ride on Space Mt. We stood in awe. We had been disappointed that they did away with the Electric Light Parade (loved that theme song) but it was a great addition!

We're eating in the castle, Coral Reef, 50's PrimeTime, Crystal Palace, and WCC, too!

 

[ILMICKEY]

OK, even though we do not have a ressie yet, we know what we want.

Knowing what you want is half the battle. It's pretty smooth sailing after that!

We have changed the dates a bit so that we can come home on a weekend and rest a bit before jumping into life with kids again. By doing this we have gained an extra day there. So now we are there for 8 nights and 9 days. Maybe this time we will get to see and do it all.

Woohoo, an extra day!! Lucky you!

Things I have yet to do at Disney are...

Disney studios

The back lot tour-Are you serious??
the motor stutn show-Kind of cool!
fantasmic-Again, are you serious?
Beauty and the Beast show Me either.

Animal kingdom

Finding Nemo
The lion King
The parade I haven't done these things either. I only want to see the parade though.

Epcot
figment-What?
Living with the Land-What?
maelstrom It's been quite a few years for me.
the boat ride at the mexico pavillion What?

Magic Kingdom
Spectro lights parade Really? You haven't seen this?
ride Dumbo When Brandi was 3.
Alladins carpets Not this either!
the Ferry boat-Nope
Tom Sawyers Island Nope
Swiss Family Tree house First time last year. Pretty cool!
Eat in the Castle Nope

I really hope she decides to ride it cause seriously I don't want to have to knock her out and then drag her on it. I thought about getting her liquored up and then just letting her think we were taking the elevator up to our own room.

This is what would have to be done to me to get me on it!! Uh uh, no way!

We went over all the restaraunts to choose from, Lo is super picky when it comes to food. she didn't like the Olive Garden?

How can she NOT like the Olive Garden. It's real fake Italian for pete's sake!

I really want to try Columbia harbour house.

Very yummy! Good choice