Yay my first ever trip report! Let me start by just saying that we had more fun then ever thought possible it was by far our most favorite trip! Before I get started let me give a little back ground info.
The infamous crew:
my mom- head planner and a perfectionist in her own right
my dad- retired military always likes to keep on a schedule and is the biggest goober of all time ever (a lot people can just throw that title out there but let me just say hes the real deal)
my little sister- the child who always got educational toys for Christmas dont get me wrong she can be really goofy but she has a tendency smart the whole family at times
me- Disney know-all and will forever be a child at heart
my best friend- hasnt gone to WDW since she was little so shes practically a newbie (ha ha oh what its like to be green!)
We go to Disney once a year so this trip had 365 days of planning (I guess when you're a DIS memeber that's just something you do!) Since we were bringing 5 people along this year we opted to stay in POR. We had stayed at Shades of Green the last time we went and were disappointed in the lack of Disney at the hotel (youre in DISNEY World why would you want anything else?) so even though the price was cheaper (needless to say my dad was all about the Shades of Green) and the room was bigger (like my mom told my little sister about POR "the trundle will be fun it'll be like ... um uh ... camping out!") I was going to make sure that our family never ever stayed anywhere but Disney and POR seemed to fit our budget and number of people (that stuffs kind of important!) At first I was a little questionable about staying there, Riverside is themed after the coastal area of Louisiana and Mississippi area and being that I live on the coast of Mississippi I kept thinking Id want a little bit different atmosphere on vacation (I actually loved POR and plan on going back to it next year but Ill get to that later) For the first time on this trip we were booking with AAA (let me just say the luggage tags sealed the deal I smacked mine on my luggage as soon as I touched it!) and were going to experience the beloved DDP (lots of food that seemed practically free we were in!) I couldnt be happier I had been counting down for forever and talking about it every chance I got (if you werent talking about Disney something was seriously wrong you needed a trip to the ER). I kept wishing it would hurry up but my mom was always there to remind Enjoy it because it comes and goes faster then you realize. As Im typing this trip report I just want to kick myself because for the millionth time in my life my mom was right and I would do anything to go back to that time. So anyways before I make myself cry the point was I was thrilled and was determined to have the best time of my life! Like I had hoped the months and the weeks passed. I had a list of everything I was going to pack (everything from socks to bobby pins you name it I had it listed), memorized The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World, knew exactly what I was going to eat at every restaurant, and made a vow to myself to try the sacred Dole Whip (little did I know it was on the DDP!) In short I was prepared and as far as I knew I was a Disney Genius (I cant think DIS enough with out you Id be the average Disney vacationer who secretly we all want to laugh at and sometimes not so secretly) So like my mom had promised the day came and I was off to the most magical place in the world, the same place where no matter how old I get as soon as I go through the incredibly famous Purple Gates I feel like Im five again (I mean that in the most literal way possible I wore my goofy slippers everywhere at the hotel ask any cast member there and if you didnt see me with a crown or golden mouse ears on well I can honestly say you were looking at the wrong person!) What Im trying to say is dang it I was on my way to see Mickey Mouse!
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The infamous crew:
my mom- head planner and a perfectionist in her own right my dad- retired military always likes to keep on a schedule and is the biggest goober of all time ever (a lot people can just throw that title out there but let me just say hes the real deal)my little sister- the child who always got educational toys for Christmas dont get me wrong she can be really goofy but she has a tendency smart the whole family at times me- Disney know-all and will forever be a child at heart my best friend- hasnt gone to WDW since she was little so shes practically a newbie (ha ha oh what its like to be green!)We go to Disney once a year so this trip had 365 days of planning (I guess when you're a DIS memeber that's just something you do!) Since we were bringing 5 people along this year we opted to stay in POR. We had stayed at Shades of Green the last time we went and were disappointed in the lack of Disney at the hotel (youre in DISNEY World why would you want anything else?) so even though the price was cheaper (needless to say my dad was all about the Shades of Green) and the room was bigger (like my mom told my little sister about POR "the trundle will be fun it'll be like ... um uh ... camping out!") I was going to make sure that our family never ever stayed anywhere but Disney and POR seemed to fit our budget and number of people (that stuffs kind of important!) At first I was a little questionable about staying there, Riverside is themed after the coastal area of Louisiana and Mississippi area and being that I live on the coast of Mississippi I kept thinking Id want a little bit different atmosphere on vacation (I actually loved POR and plan on going back to it next year but Ill get to that later) For the first time on this trip we were booking with AAA (let me just say the luggage tags sealed the deal I smacked mine on my luggage as soon as I touched it!) and were going to experience the beloved DDP (lots of food that seemed practically free we were in!) I couldnt be happier I had been counting down for forever and talking about it every chance I got (if you werent talking about Disney something was seriously wrong you needed a trip to the ER). I kept wishing it would hurry up but my mom was always there to remind Enjoy it because it comes and goes faster then you realize. As Im typing this trip report I just want to kick myself because for the millionth time in my life my mom was right and I would do anything to go back to that time. So anyways before I make myself cry the point was I was thrilled and was determined to have the best time of my life! Like I had hoped the months and the weeks passed. I had a list of everything I was going to pack (everything from socks to bobby pins you name it I had it listed), memorized The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World, knew exactly what I was going to eat at every restaurant, and made a vow to myself to try the sacred Dole Whip (little did I know it was on the DDP!) In short I was prepared and as far as I knew I was a Disney Genius (I cant think DIS enough with out you Id be the average Disney vacationer who secretly we all want to laugh at and sometimes not so secretly) So like my mom had promised the day came and I was off to the most magical place in the world, the same place where no matter how old I get as soon as I go through the incredibly famous Purple Gates I feel like Im five again (I mean that in the most literal way possible I wore my goofy slippers everywhere at the hotel ask any cast member there and if you didnt see me with a crown or golden mouse ears on well I can honestly say you were looking at the wrong person!) What Im trying to say is dang it I was on my way to see Mickey Mouse!
-TO BE CONTINUED-
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great first part,
) um Stacie what to say about Stacie 
Even though she was incredibly annoying and I often made fun of her (especially that shirt she wore at Epcot) we only watched that station and as weird as this sounds I miss watching Stacie. So after making all these new discoveries (the new bags, the curtain, Stacie and who knows what I was sitting on!) I was ready to go to MK my favorite themepark that I could spend the whole week at if I really wanted to! So everyone packed up (I was sporting a fabulous princess bookbag that I was determined to get signed by every princess) and headed to the buses! You know it's funny sometimes I think I'm more of a little kid now then I ever was especially when I'm on my way to MK! Even though I had to stand I took in every moment of that bus ride and when I saw the castle I almost had a break down (that would have been awkward the bus was packed just like our car) I could not get in the gate fast enough because I knew that behing that train station were mouse ears, Dole whips, and princesses and I was going to experience all of it! So after sliding in my ticket and doing the 2 finger thing (I hated when the machine wasn't working and the cm would say remember 2 fingers I was wearing golden ears I was not your average vacationer I knew the system) I was in! I love it when you come out of the tunnel and you can smell the popcorn , see the balloons, hear the happy music they play, and get your first real look at the castle! Don't get me wrong I was in awe which for me means I was in tears but you see I was a girl on a mission, a mission for gold! I had had my eyes on the golden mouse ears as soon as The Happiest Celebration on Earth started and I was going to wear them the entire time on my trip! Like any good DIS'er I knew where to go, The Hat Shoppe on Main Street! I grabbed those ears and told them my name to be monogrammed faster then you could say Fast Pass! I was so thrilled that they also had bobby pins (they were gold also!) for the serious mouse ear wearers because mine were not coming off!
