Another pondering just happened. I was lurking around the disney side of the board a bit and was reminded of why i joined this board. I kept seeing those "affordable Walt Disney World" commercials and decided....hey, I'm 22, and I haven't been to WDW in years, let alone by myself....I'm gonna go!! So, I started the overplanning/OCD planning I always do. Being the type of person that doesn't like relying on outside transportation (bad experience with local bus and family members) I wanted a hotel that I didn't have to do the bus alot. So with Disney that left me with 3 optons: Grand Floridian, Poly and Contemporary cause they had monorails. For a week, at the contemporary, it was about $3000!!! :scared3 So, trying to find cheap ways to stay at a nice hotel at Disney, I stumbled upon this guide to staying at Disney cheap (forget where/what it exactly is). She mention the DIS and buying/trading DVC points. Hey, nice place to stay, and maybe not too expensive. Read a few. Posted what I'd like. Then reread some more. God, it was difficult trying to figure that whole thing out. So I stayed a way for a while. Figured, ok, do a value resort, stepmom says the bus aren't bad. and ROTM is prolly the best ride ever. Knew I wanted to go to Universal cause last time I hadn't gotten to ride MIB and ROTM wasn't even announced yet. It would've been an extra 200-ish just to get there (if I rented a car). Researched Universal some more. Realized....hey! Universal has better moderately priced hotels in
walking distance to the park. And the ticket's cheaper. Score!! So I switched to Universal. Again, OCD set in and was researching every detail I could about Universal. Stumbled upon the DIS again, and thought.....well, they're in the same general area, wonder if they're are some posts about Universal on here. The rest you can say is history......and really I wouldn't want it any other way. I don't think the Disney peeps could ever be as cool as ya'll!! My original agenda was to do Universal this year and Disney next, not returning til 2010 for HP. Ha! Now I don't even know when I will plan a trip to either Disney park. Universal has become my pimp, and I'm gonna earn him some big bucks. And hopefully run into 1 or 2 of yall along the way (
HHN '09 is my new goal for next yr). Ok, I'm done with my lil story that I epihanied (not a real word, i think) today, that does kinda fit in with the anniversary. This message will self-destruct in 30 seconds.