Greetings!
(I sat here for 5 minutes trying to figure out how to start this and all I came up with was "Greetings!")
I've been a lurker here for a few years now, randomly posting comments, but mostly reading (pre)trip reports and giving/getting advice on Disney. I figure that after spending as much time as I do thinking/talking about Disney, that I should probably just go ahead and start a pre-trip report.
The Cast
ME (30):
Petey- Not my real name, but it's what Mikey calls me on a regular basis. I work a 9-5 job with a 1/2 day off per week and occasional work at home days. Today is my 1/2 day, so I figure that I should get this thing started.
Favorite ride- Peter Pan
Least Favorite ride- Great Movie Ride
Likes- Short lines, chicken caesar salads, and anything totally cheesy (I'm very sarcastic/cynical, so my friends/family find the Disney obsession as somewhat odd).
Dislikes- screaming children
Favorite Disney Moment- Accidentally walking into the GF to hear Celine Dion perform for the taping of the Christmas Parade. I'm not a huge fan of her, but she can sing live.
Sidenote- I'm soaking wet in that picture (January 2009). Some of you may remember the cold snap at the end of the month. Well, we rode Splash Mountain in the morning with no ponchos and then decided it would be a good idea to ride the TTAPM (Is that the abbreviation now? I'm so confused). It was not a good idea. Freezing.
DP/DH/WHATEVER (32):
Mikey- Not his real name either, but what I call him on a regular basis. He also works a 9-5 job but doesn't get 1/2 days off or the ability to work at home. This entire Disney-thing is his fault. He encouraged me to book our first Disney vacation in January 2008, prior to buying our 1st house. The rest is history.
Favorite ride- Splash Mountain/Soarin'
Least favorite ride- None. I think he likes them all, but that'll probably change when we finally go on Stitch for the first time this October.
Likes- Soarin', being calm/collected
Dislikes- Abbrasiveness
Favorite Disney Moment- Watching Petey run down Main Street trying to get to PPF. So what if I pushed a few small kids over? j/k
Sidenote- He lost 40+ pounds since Easter through healthy diet and exercise, solely because of a stupid competition with my brother. He looks nothing like this anymore.
Background
We've been together for almost 5 years, and we live a fairly normal, mundane existence. We bought a house a few years back, right before the economy took a nose-dive, and currently have a bunch of roommates:
Medusa (8)- Not really a friendly cat, but I love her.
Chandler (8) and Joey (3)- Joey's on top of Chandler. This isn't abnormal. He's cleaning Chandler.
Sydney (3)- 1/2 Siberian Husky, 1/2 something else (shepherd?). She's smaller than she looks and is full of energy. The sweetest dog I've ever been around.
The cats will stay at home and be watched by a neighbor, and Sydney will get to go to her pet resort. She loves it there, and I think that she would rather live there than here. Whenever we pick her up from the resort, she whimpers in the back seat and stares out the back window as we drive away.
The Plan
So, we're staying for 6 fabulous nights at the Animal Kingdom Lodge (thanks to a 40% off pin). As you can see in my signature, we've stayed at POP (1/08), POR (1/09), and CBR (12/09), so we decided to splurge this go around since I forsee the deals becoming less frequent as the economy improves. We spend very little time at the hotel, but I made a promise to Mikey that we would go to the pool and take this trip at a slower pace. We'll see how that goes. We spend as much time at each of the parks as we can in a given day, and this usually results in shin splints.
Sidenote- We also went to Disneyland in January of this year for 3 days. Amazing time. Strongly recommend.
I'll probably use this trip report to share more about where we're going to eat, how we plan on spending our days, and other random things. It'll be fun.
And I promise to do a full trip report. Promise. Pinky swear.
(I sat here for 5 minutes trying to figure out how to start this and all I came up with was "Greetings!")
I've been a lurker here for a few years now, randomly posting comments, but mostly reading (pre)trip reports and giving/getting advice on Disney. I figure that after spending as much time as I do thinking/talking about Disney, that I should probably just go ahead and start a pre-trip report.
The Cast
ME (30):
Petey- Not my real name, but it's what Mikey calls me on a regular basis. I work a 9-5 job with a 1/2 day off per week and occasional work at home days. Today is my 1/2 day, so I figure that I should get this thing started.
Favorite ride- Peter Pan
Least Favorite ride- Great Movie Ride
Likes- Short lines, chicken caesar salads, and anything totally cheesy (I'm very sarcastic/cynical, so my friends/family find the Disney obsession as somewhat odd).
Dislikes- screaming children
Favorite Disney Moment- Accidentally walking into the GF to hear Celine Dion perform for the taping of the Christmas Parade. I'm not a huge fan of her, but she can sing live.
Sidenote- I'm soaking wet in that picture (January 2009). Some of you may remember the cold snap at the end of the month. Well, we rode Splash Mountain in the morning with no ponchos and then decided it would be a good idea to ride the TTAPM (Is that the abbreviation now? I'm so confused). It was not a good idea. Freezing.
DP/DH/WHATEVER (32):
Mikey- Not his real name either, but what I call him on a regular basis. He also works a 9-5 job but doesn't get 1/2 days off or the ability to work at home. This entire Disney-thing is his fault. He encouraged me to book our first Disney vacation in January 2008, prior to buying our 1st house. The rest is history.
Favorite ride- Splash Mountain/Soarin'
Least favorite ride- None. I think he likes them all, but that'll probably change when we finally go on Stitch for the first time this October.
Likes- Soarin', being calm/collected
Dislikes- Abbrasiveness
Favorite Disney Moment- Watching Petey run down Main Street trying to get to PPF. So what if I pushed a few small kids over? j/k
Sidenote- He lost 40+ pounds since Easter through healthy diet and exercise, solely because of a stupid competition with my brother. He looks nothing like this anymore.
Background
We've been together for almost 5 years, and we live a fairly normal, mundane existence. We bought a house a few years back, right before the economy took a nose-dive, and currently have a bunch of roommates:
Medusa (8)- Not really a friendly cat, but I love her.
Chandler (8) and Joey (3)- Joey's on top of Chandler. This isn't abnormal. He's cleaning Chandler.
Sydney (3)- 1/2 Siberian Husky, 1/2 something else (shepherd?). She's smaller than she looks and is full of energy. The sweetest dog I've ever been around.
The cats will stay at home and be watched by a neighbor, and Sydney will get to go to her pet resort. She loves it there, and I think that she would rather live there than here. Whenever we pick her up from the resort, she whimpers in the back seat and stares out the back window as we drive away.
The Plan
So, we're staying for 6 fabulous nights at the Animal Kingdom Lodge (thanks to a 40% off pin). As you can see in my signature, we've stayed at POP (1/08), POR (1/09), and CBR (12/09), so we decided to splurge this go around since I forsee the deals becoming less frequent as the economy improves. We spend very little time at the hotel, but I made a promise to Mikey that we would go to the pool and take this trip at a slower pace. We'll see how that goes. We spend as much time at each of the parks as we can in a given day, and this usually results in shin splints.
Sidenote- We also went to Disneyland in January of this year for 3 days. Amazing time. Strongly recommend.
I'll probably use this trip report to share more about where we're going to eat, how we plan on spending our days, and other random things. It'll be fun.
And I promise to do a full trip report. Promise. Pinky swear.
Hello there! Nice start to your report. Peter Pan is my favorite ride too. We are going to be there Oct 28th to Nov 12th so I look forward to reading about all your fun plans!
Seriously. I too am trying to go less commando and enjoy more resort time. AKL is worth slowing down for. Boma is fabulous. 
