I think we need to take our mum's there and let them revert back to their childhood and let the Disney bug meet them again .. perhaps then they will understand
My Mum and Dad took me to WDW when I was 19 but she still doesn't get it!
I think my Mum is not in contact with the little person inside of her; whereas my late grandfather - he would have skipped up Main Street with me as we bought him back a Goofy hat with long ears from WDW and he wore that a lot!
But I agree .. why on earth would you want to grow up?? Doesn't matter how old you are as long as you stay young at heart!!
Definitely - I think being young at heart helps us deal with the stresses of life!
OMG are you telling me Mickey comes over the tannoy when you're about to get on the Eurostar??
AWESOME!! A little Disney magic goes along way -- I bet your grin was like the cheshire cat .. I know mine would have been!! I wonder if he has time to get to St Pancras too
We went from Ashford for our honeymoon in 2010 and just checked with DH; Mickey did indeed come over the tanoy to tell us it was time for the magic to start!
Another Stitch fan!!
I totally LOVE Stitch -- he's awesome! My email address relates to Stitch, I have a house name plaque relating to Stitch, DH bought me this AWESOME Stitch that you talk to and he talks back. You can ask him to sing and he'll sing Aloha, you can tell him you love him and he tells you he loves you back, he tells you his badness level and TONS more!!
We got talking Stitch - he's awesome!!!
I even have Stitch at work with me
I've got all the WDCC Stitch figurines even this gorgeous water snowglobe where he's dressed as Elvis!! I cannot WAIT to see Stitch Live -- I've heard such good things about him.
Have a look here on u tube for Stitch Live. We noticed that the dialogue changes from year to year.
Met meeting Stitch made your honeymoon that extra bit more magical
So now we can talk Disney AND Stitch
Oh yes - I love talking Stitch and Disney!!
I got my 20th anniversary book yesterday from DLP and it is awesome!
7 times to DLP -- cool!! This will be our first and is DLP really THAT expensive once you're there?? (gulp!) Is it just generally expensive or is it due to the exchange rate or it is mainly food that's expensive?
I'm afraid everything is expensive and it seems to get worse every year we go back. There are ways to make it cheaper - there is a newsagents inside the Eurostar on your left as you exit the park and a 1.5 litre of vittel is the same as in the park. Also check your receipts as they often give you a second one for a free drink you have to collect from 1-4 pm I think at certain restaurants
Must admit have not booked any character experiences but don't think we can book yet can we? What's the tea party all about and who's there? That sounds cool! Just worried we won't have enough time, we've got one full day in the Kingdom but Studios only 10am - 5pm
Yes your right you can only book them 60 days in advance. The character breakfast is a hot buffet and lots of character interaction - we did the 9:30 am sitting and when everyone is gone the characters are still doing the rounds. The tea party at the moment is at Cowboy cookout - buffet of yummy cakes and lots of fun with the characters. In previous years' the tea party has always clashed with the parade in the park; but if it is still 7 pm for the parade it doesn't clash. They also do a meal at Cowboy Cookout with the characters - food is average and expensive (50 Euros for two) - its a set meal that we really do for the character interaction. I've still got last year's trip report if you would like to have a look then if you PM me your address I will send you links??? There are some photo's of both the breakfast and the tea party. Most meals unless you are doing counter service which we have looked at are 50 Euros + for both of us.
Oh you MUST do Tower of Terror - trust me it's nowhere near as bad as you think it. Like I said we've done WDW twice and I totally chickened out the first visit on going on ToT, I was just far too scared of the dropping and the darkness. On our second trip I still couldn't do it but I couldn't face going home WITHOUT doing it. It got to the day before we were due to fly home and it was just before park closing that I finally slowly walked onto ToT. The CM could see the fear on my face and she told me not to worry, she was just as petrified and wouldn't go on it for years and she finally went on it and loves it so much she now worked on the road - she said if I hated it I could go back and have a go at her and she said it's nowhere near as bad as you think and the dropping isn't for long. So, there I was waiting to enter the elevator ... my heart felt like it was going to explode out of the my chest, my head was thumping as my heart was racing so fast, I felt like I was sweating and was going to be sick, I couldn't even talk I was that scared, I kept looking for the chicken exit as my feet carried me into the elevator. We were seated, I put the seatbelt across my lap - there was handles you could hold onto which I did til my knuckles turned white and then we were off .. it rides you around telling you the story of the Tower of Terror and then you see a ghost and that's when the drop comes and OMG did I scream or did I scream!! I shrieked like a baby but it was a totally awesome feeling and then it shot you upwards and then dropped you again and then up and then down. It was smoother than I thought and was a very easy ride. In fact I walked straight off with jelly knees and straight back on again!!
Really, I'm not a big ride person - pretty much a coward in all honestly, I don't like rides that go backwards or upside down or roll or ones that I can't see what it does before I go on it but all this does is go and down in fast but short bursts. It really isn't as bad as you imagine it will be. I've even heard DLP ToT isn't as long as WDW. Please try and do it, it's your imagination and fear that makes that ride scary and it really truly isn't. You'll scream but you'll scream with a smile on your face
and thinks I've totally lost the plot. People just don't understand how bad you get the disney bug! I stand at the gates outside Disney a something 30 year old. I take two steps inside Disney and I revert to a 3 year old 
