GeminiAngel
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I have this report going on another Board.
I'm going to attempt to move it here as well.
Wish me luck!!!
Part 1 - History
Hi everyone
I'm a little nervous this is my first hand at writing any
type of report so go easy on me!
Our cast:
Me - Traci (38, b-day 6/6, will be 39) They call me "T" at home.
Kevin - (45) My go-with-the-flow husband of 7yrs.
Nova - Perky and wise 6yr old. "Monkey Girl" or "Boo"
My Mom - (62) Don't want to sound mean, but she is a bit of a ditz!
My Dad _ (66) loves science,& war shows. We call him "Molecules" behind his back, of course.
Let's start with a bit of WDW history. Back in 1980 when I was 11 yrs old. My Grandparents set up a little bus tour, overnight trip to MK for me and my parents. that's all that was there at that time. The resorts were the Contempary, and the Poly. I think that was it. We were visiting my Grandparents in Margate,FL. We lived in NY, and never heard of WDW. WOW! was I suprised, that first gaze of the castle blew my mind. It was a hot August day, Mom came down with heat exhaustion by 2pm or so. She was very sick.
So the 3 of us head to the hotel, which was off-site, and it was a very seedy Best Western. That's all I'll say about the hotel. Dad declared, were not leaving the room. Anyway, I spent a total of 1 late morning, & an early afternoon in MK. Yippie! What a tease that was. I vowed someday I would do some real time there.
Fast Forward to so-called adulthood.
I booked a 10 day trip for Oct of 2000 for me and hubby. Only problem was, hubby and I weren't getting along so well those days. We split up 1 week before the trip, Disney was compassionate and I got back most of my money.
Re-married, had a brat, and booked a 6 night trip for Feb of 2004. One problem though. DD came down with a horrible ear infection 1 week before the trip. She was 2yrs old, and needed to have tubes inserted. Trip was cancelled 2 days before we were supposed to leave. Got my money back with a doctors note & went to DLR for a week the day after her surgery.
That was fun, but not my dream.
Part 2 - It finally Happens!
Off to WDW April 2007! Yea, goes off without a hitch!
Except the room had bedbugs and our luggage never came after 3 calls down to the bell desk. Midnight, after I marched down to the front desk at POR the luggage beat me back to the room.
Well, I learned a bit from that trip. Like, as soon as you get off the Magical Express drop your bags at bells and EAT FIRST! Then check in. Its a long day of travel from Vegas. Sandwiches that I packed for the plane just didn't cut it.
All in all it was awesome! Kevin was quiet the day we left. Very quiet. 2 hours into the flight home he leans into me and says, when are we going back? I really hadn't thought about that. I didn't think he would want to spend the cash again for another trip. I came back with, how about Feb 2009? Never again in April, it was to humid for us desert rats.
I'm going to attempt to move it here as well.
Wish me luck!!!
Part 1 - History
Hi everyone
I'm a little nervous this is my first hand at writing any
type of report so go easy on me!
Our cast:
Me - Traci (38, b-day 6/6, will be 39) They call me "T" at home.
Kevin - (45) My go-with-the-flow husband of 7yrs.
Nova - Perky and wise 6yr old. "Monkey Girl" or "Boo"
My Mom - (62) Don't want to sound mean, but she is a bit of a ditz!
My Dad _ (66) loves science,& war shows. We call him "Molecules" behind his back, of course.
Let's start with a bit of WDW history. Back in 1980 when I was 11 yrs old. My Grandparents set up a little bus tour, overnight trip to MK for me and my parents. that's all that was there at that time. The resorts were the Contempary, and the Poly. I think that was it. We were visiting my Grandparents in Margate,FL. We lived in NY, and never heard of WDW. WOW! was I suprised, that first gaze of the castle blew my mind. It was a hot August day, Mom came down with heat exhaustion by 2pm or so. She was very sick.
So the 3 of us head to the hotel, which was off-site, and it was a very seedy Best Western. That's all I'll say about the hotel. Dad declared, were not leaving the room. Anyway, I spent a total of 1 late morning, & an early afternoon in MK. Yippie! What a tease that was. I vowed someday I would do some real time there.
Fast Forward to so-called adulthood.
I booked a 10 day trip for Oct of 2000 for me and hubby. Only problem was, hubby and I weren't getting along so well those days. We split up 1 week before the trip, Disney was compassionate and I got back most of my money.
Re-married, had a brat, and booked a 6 night trip for Feb of 2004. One problem though. DD came down with a horrible ear infection 1 week before the trip. She was 2yrs old, and needed to have tubes inserted. Trip was cancelled 2 days before we were supposed to leave. Got my money back with a doctors note & went to DLR for a week the day after her surgery.
That was fun, but not my dream.
Part 2 - It finally Happens!
Off to WDW April 2007! Yea, goes off without a hitch!
Except the room had bedbugs and our luggage never came after 3 calls down to the bell desk. Midnight, after I marched down to the front desk at POR the luggage beat me back to the room.
Well, I learned a bit from that trip. Like, as soon as you get off the Magical Express drop your bags at bells and EAT FIRST! Then check in. Its a long day of travel from Vegas. Sandwiches that I packed for the plane just didn't cut it.
All in all it was awesome! Kevin was quiet the day we left. Very quiet. 2 hours into the flight home he leans into me and says, when are we going back? I really hadn't thought about that. I didn't think he would want to spend the cash again for another trip. I came back with, how about Feb 2009? Never again in April, it was to humid for us desert rats.
See if you don't come back a DVC owner!
