serendipity
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Hello all! Well, this is going to be my first ever trip report so bear with me and be kind.
HISTORY
I was just reading someone's post who was lucky enough to have a family member work for disney, and this inspired me to tell my tale. The disney craze came over me from a very young childhood. Disney is family history. It all started after my grandfather died and my grandmother decided that in all of the places of the world, she wanted to live at Disney World. So she packed up her bags, bought a condo in Orlando just outside of Universal Studios and landed a job as a greeter at Alfredo's at EPCOT. Her parents being from Italy she spoke italian fluentely and having been one of sixteen children she easily entertained children while parents waited for their table. One day, just six months later, I'll say an undercover diser noticed the talent my grandmother had and placed her as Disney's VIP babysitter, a position she held for over 15 years. Among some of her career highlights were babysitting for former president bush's grandchildren, robin williams' children and many other celebrities and sports legends among the years. Her job was utterly fabulous. She would either take the children to the parks or stay in the resorts with them lounging out by the pool or doing whatever the children wished. She loved her job, but eventually missed her family so much she moved back to NJ to retire, but not before disney threw her a parade and made her the grand marshall.
During those years I spent every summer with my grandmother. It was amazing, truthfully I can't imagine my childhood without them. I remember the day schoool ending being so excited because I knew it was time for my summer at Disney World! Getting off the plane and into the terminal, going to her adorable condo and seeing all of my friends, who really were like aunts uncles and other grandparents to me, who worked at Disney with various jobs from babysitters, to nurses and hotel concieres. Disney was there for me at a time my family didn't have anything and we went through troubling times, the summers were my escape from all of this.
As an adult I am still disney obsessed. Although I can no longer take disney summers, I still try to make it to Disney twice a year if financially possible. I'm lucky enough to be marrying a man this may that also loves disney, not the way I do but loves the happiness it brings to me, and enjoys it very much himself. We made it for the first time together out to Disneyland in California last October (what a magical place) and are heading back to Disneyworld this November. I hope you'll enjoy with us the journey to that time, and the journey we share during our stay.
HISTORY
I was just reading someone's post who was lucky enough to have a family member work for disney, and this inspired me to tell my tale. The disney craze came over me from a very young childhood. Disney is family history. It all started after my grandfather died and my grandmother decided that in all of the places of the world, she wanted to live at Disney World. So she packed up her bags, bought a condo in Orlando just outside of Universal Studios and landed a job as a greeter at Alfredo's at EPCOT. Her parents being from Italy she spoke italian fluentely and having been one of sixteen children she easily entertained children while parents waited for their table. One day, just six months later, I'll say an undercover diser noticed the talent my grandmother had and placed her as Disney's VIP babysitter, a position she held for over 15 years. Among some of her career highlights were babysitting for former president bush's grandchildren, robin williams' children and many other celebrities and sports legends among the years. Her job was utterly fabulous. She would either take the children to the parks or stay in the resorts with them lounging out by the pool or doing whatever the children wished. She loved her job, but eventually missed her family so much she moved back to NJ to retire, but not before disney threw her a parade and made her the grand marshall.
During those years I spent every summer with my grandmother. It was amazing, truthfully I can't imagine my childhood without them. I remember the day schoool ending being so excited because I knew it was time for my summer at Disney World! Getting off the plane and into the terminal, going to her adorable condo and seeing all of my friends, who really were like aunts uncles and other grandparents to me, who worked at Disney with various jobs from babysitters, to nurses and hotel concieres. Disney was there for me at a time my family didn't have anything and we went through troubling times, the summers were my escape from all of this.
As an adult I am still disney obsessed. Although I can no longer take disney summers, I still try to make it to Disney twice a year if financially possible. I'm lucky enough to be marrying a man this may that also loves disney, not the way I do but loves the happiness it brings to me, and enjoys it very much himself. We made it for the first time together out to Disneyland in California last October (what a magical place) and are heading back to Disneyworld this November. I hope you'll enjoy with us the journey to that time, and the journey we share during our stay.
You're so lucky that you got to go to Disney every year as a child. I would've loved to be able to do that, or have family down there.
, I really originally wanted to, but I ended up changing my mind because I couldn't stand not having our families there and they wouldn't be able to make it in Florida, so wedding in NJ, then honeymoon out to 
(cough cough) later and we're planning our next trip!
Buttt, I'm still psyched for ASSp
I loves IoA also, for two reasons: Jurassic Park and toon lagoon. Oh wait three, seuss island- soooo cute. This park has way more of a disney feel to me then the studios. After a day at the park the plan is to eat at Margaritiville.
By the way this trip is supposed to be ALL ABOUT romance. Let me know if I leave anything out 
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Don't feel bad, I haven't gotten any replies to my Dec pre-report, 
yes, you're right the wedding is in 2007, it's just been a long week! 
it stinks when you can't be with the other person as much as you want to but it makes it that much more special when you get to! haha I think you'd probably have enough time to switch those ADR's...that would be great to spend that first trip he's going to have together 
