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UPDATE 8/18: TR is started! You can skip ahead by clicking HERE
Chapter links are HERE
The willing [and unwilling] participants in this trip are me, DH, and two of our very best friends.
My name is Heather and I am a 28 year old Disney Addict. I will be turning 29 during this trip. My birthday is technically the day after we come home from WDW, but that is totally unacceptable because I dont want to spend my birthday suffering from PDD (Post Disney Depression). So Ive decided to move my birthday to an earlier date this year! Youre allowed to do that in Disney, right?
As mentioned in the title, this will be my 10th trip to Disney World. Seven of those trips have been in the last 11 years. I have also been to Disneyland once, for one day. I would love to go back there for a longer visit, but Disney World will always be my favorite place in the world (it may actually be tied with Kauai, Hawaii but its just too close to call). I started counting down to this trip at 303 days, but Ive really been waiting an agonizing 3 years to go back. Im more excited for this trip than Ive ever been to go to Disney for a few reasons: Im going with three of my most favorite people, this is DHs second trip so hell have a different perspective this time, this will probably be my last trip before starting a family, and most importantly- my Disney obsession has been growing exponentially since my last trip!
This is me in Disneyland last Spring
DH will be turning 30 in the fall. To my dismay, he is not a Disney Lover. He is not a fan of my addiction either. This is pretty much how it goes in our house:
Me when Im talking, thinking, planning, daydreaming Disney:
DH:
You get the point...
He has been to WDW once before- on our trip three years ago before we were married. It wasnt a trip he would have chosen, and he only went because I begged him. I was hoping he would fall desperately in love and we would become DVC owners and take trips three times a year with our annual passes, but that hasnt happened (yet). If you ask him now, he says the trip was better than he thought it would be and he had a good time but not a great time. I, however, disagree. I think he had an amazing time. You be the judge:
He claims that he was coerced into taking this trip because it was 3 against 1. While Ive loved every second of planning this trip, he usually doesnt want to hear about it. We watched Savings Mr. Banks the other night (his first time seeing it and my third time and he liked it by the way) and I decided that Im going to call him Mrs. Travers from now on whenever he gets grumpy over my Disney talk.
Anyway, I think he definitely has a #DisneySide, even if he only lets it out on rare occasions. I am confident that hes going to have an amazing time on this trip.
Our other two travel companions both love Disney. But theyre not on my level. They make fun of me and they find my craziness entertaining, but I am determined to turn them into hardcore Disers after this trip. I told them about the Dis and about trip reports, and they know that I am writing this, but they have requested to remain anonymous and do not want any pictures of them posted online. I want to respect their wishes, so I will call them M and S. Im hoping that M will read this one day and change her mind, and maybe even make an account and join the thread, but well see.
For now I will tell you that M and I both teach math at the same middle school, which is where we met almost 3 years ago. We are very similar people, became fast friends, and shes now one of the most important people in my life. She married S last year, 6 weeks before I married DH. Our DHs get along great, and the four of us always have a great time together. I expect that this trip is going to be a crazy amount of fun.
We will be staying at Art of Animation from August 7 August 15. We will be engaging in 8 days of fun-filled park hopping with a table service dining plan. Our ADRs are set, our FP+ are reserved, and our suitcases are Okay its still a little early to pack. But maybe next week!
UPDATE 8/18: TR is started! You can skip ahead by clicking HERE
Chapter links are HERE
The One Where I Go To Disney World for the Tenth Time
A warm welcome back to those of you who made it to my third Trip Report.
I promise it will be chock full of photos, information, tips, and FOOD! We leave in 13 days and I was just too excited to wait until we got back to start this TR. Im hoping that posting here will help pass the time until Im finally in the Most Magical Place on Earth!A warm welcome back to those of you who made it to my third Trip Report.
The willing [and unwilling] participants in this trip are me, DH, and two of our very best friends.
My name is Heather and I am a 28 year old Disney Addict. I will be turning 29 during this trip. My birthday is technically the day after we come home from WDW, but that is totally unacceptable because I dont want to spend my birthday suffering from PDD (Post Disney Depression). So Ive decided to move my birthday to an earlier date this year! Youre allowed to do that in Disney, right?
As mentioned in the title, this will be my 10th trip to Disney World. Seven of those trips have been in the last 11 years. I have also been to Disneyland once, for one day. I would love to go back there for a longer visit, but Disney World will always be my favorite place in the world (it may actually be tied with Kauai, Hawaii but its just too close to call). I started counting down to this trip at 303 days, but Ive really been waiting an agonizing 3 years to go back. Im more excited for this trip than Ive ever been to go to Disney for a few reasons: Im going with three of my most favorite people, this is DHs second trip so hell have a different perspective this time, this will probably be my last trip before starting a family, and most importantly- my Disney obsession has been growing exponentially since my last trip!
This is me in Disneyland last Spring
DH will be turning 30 in the fall. To my dismay, he is not a Disney Lover. He is not a fan of my addiction either. This is pretty much how it goes in our house:
Me when Im talking, thinking, planning, daydreaming Disney:
DH:
You get the point...
He has been to WDW once before- on our trip three years ago before we were married. It wasnt a trip he would have chosen, and he only went because I begged him. I was hoping he would fall desperately in love and we would become DVC owners and take trips three times a year with our annual passes, but that hasnt happened (yet). If you ask him now, he says the trip was better than he thought it would be and he had a good time but not a great time. I, however, disagree. I think he had an amazing time. You be the judge:
He claims that he was coerced into taking this trip because it was 3 against 1. While Ive loved every second of planning this trip, he usually doesnt want to hear about it. We watched Savings Mr. Banks the other night (his first time seeing it and my third time and he liked it by the way) and I decided that Im going to call him Mrs. Travers from now on whenever he gets grumpy over my Disney talk.
Anyway, I think he definitely has a #DisneySide, even if he only lets it out on rare occasions. I am confident that hes going to have an amazing time on this trip.
Our other two travel companions both love Disney. But theyre not on my level. They make fun of me and they find my craziness entertaining, but I am determined to turn them into hardcore Disers after this trip. I told them about the Dis and about trip reports, and they know that I am writing this, but they have requested to remain anonymous and do not want any pictures of them posted online. I want to respect their wishes, so I will call them M and S. Im hoping that M will read this one day and change her mind, and maybe even make an account and join the thread, but well see.
For now I will tell you that M and I both teach math at the same middle school, which is where we met almost 3 years ago. We are very similar people, became fast friends, and shes now one of the most important people in my life. She married S last year, 6 weeks before I married DH. Our DHs get along great, and the four of us always have a great time together. I expect that this trip is going to be a crazy amount of fun.
We will be staying at Art of Animation from August 7 August 15. We will be engaging in 8 days of fun-filled park hopping with a table service dining plan. Our ADRs are set, our FP+ are reserved, and our suitcases are Okay its still a little early to pack. But maybe next week!
UPDATE 8/18: TR is started! You can skip ahead by clicking HERE
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