July 29 to Aug 14 Disney World trip report, primarily for Canadians

[Reepicheep]

I'm sitting in the Orlando airport at the moment, with 30 minutes to kill, so thought I'd get an early start on a trip report.

First, some preliminary comments.

I just turned 67, and historically I haven't been very picky when buying shoes. I've been having severe problems for the past year with foot pain, hip pain, and more, and my older brother has been trying to convince me to buy a pair of Skechers. A good pair of walking shoes at the mall "Skecher concept stores" started at $140, so on a hunch I went to the Edmonton location of the Sketcher warehouse store. Not only were prices much lower, I was able to take advantage of a buy one pair, get a 2nd pair for half price sale. So, I ended up buying two pairs for $130. Making this investment has changed my life for the better. Despite putting in at least 20k steps/day for the past 16 days, I had no foot pain whatsoever.

On this trip and my previous two trips to Disney World, I have been smitten with a condition known as "Disney rash" or "golfers rash". Do a google image search if you want to see some horrible looking photos of the condition. The big problem for me is the itching, so if you find yourself suffering from this condition, go to one of the theme park First Aid centres for some very effective anti-itch ointment, and for some excellent advice on how to treat the condition each evening.

I heard lots of British accents this trip, and encountered many French speaking park guests. I assume the French speakers were from France, but I suppose many could be from Quebec. I also heard many other languages being spoken, which my ear isn't good enough to identify, but my guess would be Portuguese, Italian, and some Eastern European languages. I also encountered many Chinese and Japanese speaking guests.

I didn't encounter any guests that I know were Canadian, but I'm sure there were lots of them (despite the American belief to the contrary, we don't all walk around saying "how's it goin' eh?" and "can anyone bum me a smoke?"). My wife and daughters did pass three groups of people wearing the following t-shirt, so they were undoubtedly Canucks:

Don't make me go all Maple on you

As a special bonus, below is my favourite Molsen's Canadian beer ad, which is definitely worth repeated viewings:

So, I hear you're from Canada

Westjet just announced the first boarding call, so to be continued...

 

[I Run Long]

Following - can't wait to hear about the rest of your trip. Hello from Victoria, BC

 

[ottawamom]

Thanks for the first installment. Can't wait to hear about the rest of the trip. I'm from Ottawa as my name would imply (but not the political part).

It's alway hard going home. It is going to be particularly hard for me when I go in December as I'm not going back after that until things change for the better. I'll broaden my horizons to Japan and Europe for my Disney fix.