So what did you do before the Dis?

[MOMTOMOOTOO]

oops!

 

[louise1928]

I used travel guides. But since the internet, I created a binder, and print travel information from different websites, and use them as our guide.

 

[curlyjbs]

I use to spend way toooooo much money at the mall! Now with checking the Dis all the time I don't have time to shop!

Hmmm, is this a good thing......or a bad thing


curly

 

[Hermosa11]

I would normally go over my AAA book and send away for pamphlets on everything I can get my hands on. This is just too great! I have never been to WDW but feel like a beginner/expert! LOL. My husband says I spend more time at the computer.............LOL I don't think I will be "board" with my trip, 'cause I "know" so much.........I just think I will stress less 'cause I can guide my DH and DS(17) to a good trip and not stress about too many things.

I too!! have a binder full of printouts! It is a 1" binder and am filling up and may need a 1-1/2" !?!? that would be too thick to carry on flight! and read for the hours we will be flying from Calif. to FL..LOL

 

[PattiPB]

Spent way more money than necessary on my Disney vacations!

In addition to saving a fortune, the incredible tips I've gotten from people on this board have been priceless!!! Personal fave in my family is the Monorail Co-Captain! Never would have known about it except for you guys, now it's a tradition!!!

 

[kcarp]

I have been using the Unofficial Guide & other guide books since 1989, the internet sure does save you alot of money an a better quality of info from all over the world.

 

[Blueberry]

I used to buy all the guides I could find on WDW and read them over and over, cover to cover..

Anyone who I knew who went to WDW I used to get them to bring me back free park handouts and free tour books from the area, and read them cover to cover.

I found a lot of neat tips and things I did not know here..nice to find out so many are as crazy about WDW as I am.

 

[minnieluvzmickey]

I used to be on the AOL disney message boards. It was great fun and we had a chat over there on tuesday and sunday nights....I'm not on aol anymore but I miss those chats.

Anybody else come to the dis from the AOL boards?

 

[nowellsl]

I used to work when I was supposed to .....

 

[welovedisneyx4]

I agree w/ nowellsl, defininatly got more work done!!

I don't know how I ever went on my honeymoon w/ out planning anything at all. DH had been before (I hadn't) and knew a few tips, but nothing like now. After the 1st trip I found the books and now have found this! Isn't it great?!!

 

[Castillo Mom]

Originally posted by nowellsl
I used to work when I was supposed to .....

Guilty as charged!

 

[MrsMud]

I used to work when I was supposed to .....

LOL! Me, too! Actually I found the DIS about 3 years ago, but we only got internet at work a year ago!

 

[Popsicle]

ME, minnieluvzmickey. I used to love those boards. The people there were very helpful. The only problem was I couldn't read them at work (you had to have AOL loaded on the computer.) (I wouldn't have abused it... seriously.)

I remember one year they gave a hint that if there were two lines, you should take the left line to get on the ride faster. Also remember a lady named Maria who seemed to know everything about the different resorts on-site and off-site. She was almost as good as my ***********.

I only kept AOL for the Disney boards, but noticed that the traffic was diminishing considerably. By the time I cancelled AOL, I didn't even miss it because I had something much better in these boards. Guess those other people were "crossing over" to the wonderful DisBoards, just like me.

 

[N.Bailey]

We read every guide we could get our hands on too, and spent wayyyyyy too much money booking through our travel agent. I remember back then we paid 1200-1600 (4 of us) airfare without batting an eye.

This trip our airfare came to $466 total. We all know how much money I saved on the room and buying length of stay (back then) passes. Not to mention the we'd add on the "food and fun" option. I admit, that wasn't such a bad plan, but you did spend wayyyyyyyyy too much time in restaurants.

I've not looked back since I found The DIS! Forget the food plans, with the savings I have today, that alone probably covers all the food for the entire trip.

 

[ncbyrne]

I used a travel agent. When I found the DIS boards, my motivation wasn't to save $, but to just have the fun of planning everything myself. The extra bucks that stayed in our pocket was a wonderful surprise bonus! And, we have done and seen so many little exciting extras on each trip - things we wouldn't have ever known about if it wasn't for the DIS!

 

[Phrank40]

I can still remember in the very early 90s when I had my first home computer, I think it was a IBM PS2 (could be wrong) that cost me a small fortune. Today it would cost $49.95. Anyhow, I hooked it up and it came with a membership to the online service Prodigy. I accessed Prodigy, played around with it a bit, and at some point entered key word Disney. To my amazement a graphic of Disney World came up and there was a Disney World bulletin board. I couldn't believe that I could find out all about Disney World (and bunches of other stuff) on my own right at a computer. Changed my life forever.

Other big computer moment from early 90s- I downloaded a little shareware program which would say words over my computer speakers. Loaded the program and it said something like "hello" over the speakers. It was 11:30 at night but I woke up my wife to have her listen to scratchy "hello" over the speakers. She was not quite so impressed.

Phrank