I thought maybe you were making an earlier trip too. I'm glad you clarified because I was jealous!
Hopefully you'll get to DLR someday!
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We are starting to do this for a Christmas trip.
. I have a feeling the dreaming will become more realistic after our trip had ended.
This trip started with a drive from Southern California to Florida for us, but then my wife purchased non-refundable plane tickets and settled the whole fly/drive debate.
PinkBudgie said:That's what we thought about WDW! So, we drove down to DLR for vacations until the kids were in college and saved WDW just for us! Now we just have to pay for airfare and food for two!
In addition to airfare back east, the room is twice as expensive as one we would stay in at DLR. Also, it seems like you really need two weeks at WDW, where as we only stay a week at DLR. So extra days at WDW adds to the room and food expense. It is doubtful if we will ever get to do this again. But you never know...
Not that we would have driven but we looked at if we did, how much gas might cost, wear and tear on the car, and the hotel and food costs along the way. Those things cost a lot too. I like being able to bring what I want in a car though.This trip started with a drive from Southern California to Florida for us, but then my wife purchased non-refundable plane tickets and settled the whole fly/drive debate.
I agree with you, plane tickets are too expensive. My wife sure knows how to win a debate though!
I agree that WDW requires extra days. I figure the ideal vacation includes 2 MK days, 2 Epcot, 1 AK, 1 DHS , and 1 day off at minimum. However, if we ever made it to SoCal, we would have to do more outside Disney touring than we do at WDW, so 10 days would be a minimum, I think! I had never really felt that going to DLR was something I would want to do until I saw Saving Mr.Banks! I got totally caught up in the (albeit glamorized) Disney history! Really loved that movie. Especially the parts showing the collaborative work between the Sherman brothers
I've also always wanted to go to Epcot. And now that I know the entire park isn't inside that giant ball, it seems even better! 
We were going to do that tour last summer and then suddenly got an invitation out of the blue to Club 33! So, you can imagine any other plans went out the window! We got to eat in the trophy room before it was remodeled. Anyway, we do plan to do that tour someday. We are doing the Keys to Kingdom tour at WDW this trip. Sounds corny, but I've always wanted to see the underground tunnels.
An entire theme park in a huge sphere... I would go see that!
The amusement park at Circus Circus in Las Vegas doesn't count... It is only a dome
I've also always wanted to go to Epcot. And now that I know the entire park isn't inside that giant ball, it seems even better!
I used to think the same thing!!!
ETA I also pictured fair booths for the countries!
Put me in the sphere group. I remember watching it on the Disney channel when we first had the giant dish installed in the backyard....wow! Time sure has gone by. Remember when microwave cooking was new?
when I told him we didn't have Netflix when I was kid. "How did you watch cartoons?" he ask me.
My son was SHOCKED and I mean knock him over shocked
I think he thinks I am joking when I tell him that we use to have to watch commercials (not skip through them), listen to whatever was on the radio (not use the mp3s) and look out the windows in the car to keep us entertained.
Oh how the times have changed....
