WDW-TV News anchor, Mickey Mouse, reports a discrepancy in two statements made by dvczerfs regarding the veteran driver's fifty-nine drives to WDW:
Driven 1100 miles each way, each year at least once a year since 1973.
From 1973 to 1981 I was in the back seat.
According to the mouse, the 59 figure should be revised to 50.
In a separate investigative report, Pluto barked that even at 50, dvczerfs would still be the champ!
In a followup, Goofy noted that BC is trying to close the gap between first and second place on the All-Time Records page wthout driving!
All the best.
you may want to check back in your first thread. I never said I was behind the wheel in 1973. I was 8. I believe I have told the story of my brother being stationed in homestad afb. my father ( the marine ) acted like a 10 year old every time he walked under that train station etc.....
the thread doesn't say you have to be the driver, driving all the 2000 + miles.
I never have flown, train or bussed it to florida. just drives. from 8 to 48 years old.
you can try to change the rules if you want but good luck catching up.
59 trips............... all driven................. I have stamped ticket stubs from the 70s and 80s.................. i am also not retired. ( not yet, soon) but once that happens, i will end my trip count.
why will you stop counting once retired? You moving into the Castle???? If so, I want to be invited. Also, we are the same age, how are you going to retire soon? I am looking at another 10 years. :0)you may want to check back in your first thread. I never said I was behind the wheel in 1973. I was 8. I believe I have told the story of my brother being stationed in homestad afb. my father ( the marine ) acted like a 10 year old every time he walked under that train station etc..... the thread doesn't say you have to be the driver, driving all the 2000 + miles. I never have flown, train or bussed it to florida. just drives. from 8 to 48 years old. you can try to change the rules if you want but good luck catching up.
we had a great time!! it was a second home to us. we would leave every Friday after work and drive home sunday afternoons. if I had to work Saturday mornings I would drive back Saturday morning, work till noon and drive back up. summer,winter.spring,fall. once you made it to the Blakeslee exit on i80 heading west in the winter, you were home free. there were a few times it got fun. 
im getting old.
out taxes and utilities are cheap. small house, small bills. she is so tight she has to screw herself into her socks in the morning. im going to piss my money away, not a home when im peeing in my pants and don't know who I am.
castle? I wish... close but not in the castle.
you guys will be more then welcome to stop in and say hello.
the other question...... when I was 15, I lost my mom to cancer. a year and half later I lost my dad to cancer. they were 49 and 51. Im the youngest of five. in 2000 I lost a brother to cancer he was 43.
I will be 49 in august.trust me, I live everyday like its my last. dw and I have been blessed and very lucky the last 30 years and have had great jobs. years ago, a guy, who I call my second father told me something I will never forget. I was complaining to him about not getting a raise and he told me," its not how much you make, its how much you spend." we bought our 2 bed,1200 sq ft home 28 years ago. all we need. its nice, clean,well kept and full of Disney.
we only have one child. she never wanted for anything growing up with in reason. she is grown. not saying this because she is my kid, but I don't have to worry about her. the kids a hard worker. she is also cheap!
she will never starve that's for sure. I didn't really have a normal childhood, I came from a close loving family but my dad was busy working and taking care of my mom. kemo in the 70s was a lot different than kemo in 2014.
I hooked dw into Disney when we got married, we were 19. we always wanted to move there. we made a few small "purchases" in florida and have them rented to family members for now. (no profit, just covering expenses)
we didn't spend every penny we ever made. "stuff" don't really mean much to us. the only thing we ever spent money on was Disney and our dd. I live a mile away from work and drove a company car for years. we only ever had to maintain one car and up to a year and a half ago, we never bought anything expensive. out to eat is cracker barrel. we don't gable or go out. now at wdw is different.
I go into a lot of people homes for work. elderly people with houses full of stuff. what are they going to do with it........... no idea. kids don't want your stuff. it wont fit into the casket with you. sell it!!!!!! take the money while you can and go have a blast!!!!!
I guess that's the point in dw and I lives we have come to. the pool, the big deck, the 70 inch flat screens all mean nothing if your not here. we don't need much. a few APs, some dvc dues and a small place in florida and we will be happy spending time together.
you will never have enough to retire. a great friend of mine is going through it now. he just turned 63. they sold there house and have a huge motor home. they spent the winter in arcadia florida and is now making his way through the south west. there retirement , social security and pension come to $3500 per month. I can live on that. his in laws worked there entire lives. he was a linemen for a power company and she was a nurse. never went any where, save every penny. well, they both ended up in a home for 12 years. wiped out there life savings. his father in law sinced passed and mother in law is now in the county home. we have a nice county home. but, she between the both of them living in the home....... shes broke. they had well over seven digits put away......... gone. all went to the home for there care.
so, that's my story.
Who will be the first 2,000+ mile round-trip driver to take a ride on the new Seven Dwarfs rollercoaster?
All the best.
I wont be going again till September. but, july 15 I can start making my fast pass picks.
But it's a long shot that probably won't add up. 
I do have a week off in june. I may have to go do some painting and or repairs again.You are planning to go in September; however, knowing the long distance driver that you are, a pre-September drive can't be ruled out.
We're hoping to drive down in August, even earlier if I can work some "magic" on the home front.
All the best.
(im running out of things to paint )
