stitchfan531
Apprentice Vacation Planner
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- Jul 6, 2011
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Hi everyone, I'm Stitchfan531, and this is the official trip report thread for my GradTrip 2011! I'm a second generation DISer and Disney freak, and this is the very first WDW vacation that I've completely planned out myself (with some help from my two tripmates, of course!).
A little bit about me and my tripmates, and our trip. We are three best friends who graduated from high school this past June. We were originally going to have two more people in our group, but for various reasons they had to drop out. So now, with twenty two days, six hours, and 59 minutes to go before Departure Day, our group numbers three-- me (Stitchfan, your host and chronicler for this trip); Mouseketeer1 (or
, for speed of typing), a certified Disney Princess and my absolute best friend since second grade; and Mouseketeer2 (or 
), the queen of sarcasm and drollality, whom I've had the distinct and rather unique pleasure of knowing for all four years of high school.
So how did we come up with this insane idea of going down to the World in early August? Believe it or not, it was actually my awesome, super-vacation planner mother
who suggested it, right out of the clear blue sky, while we were sitting in Ohana's waiting for dinner about two years ago, the summer before my junior year. Fast forward about five or six months, to January of my junior year, and I pitched the idea to my four best friends, who all loved the idea. Fast forward again seven months, minus two members of the group, and we have everything planned out and almost paid for, and now we're just counting down the days!
So, unless something completely unexpected happens (our reservations get cancelled
), check back in twenty two days to follow along as the Three Mouseketeers take on the World!
See you next time!
Stitchfan
A little bit about me and my tripmates, and our trip. We are three best friends who graduated from high school this past June. We were originally going to have two more people in our group, but for various reasons they had to drop out. So now, with twenty two days, six hours, and 59 minutes to go before Departure Day, our group numbers three-- me (Stitchfan, your host and chronicler for this trip); Mouseketeer1 (or
, for speed of typing), a certified Disney Princess and my absolute best friend since second grade; and Mouseketeer2 (or ), the queen of sarcasm and drollality, whom I've had the distinct and rather unique pleasure of knowing for all four years of high school. So how did we come up with this insane idea of going down to the World in early August? Believe it or not, it was actually my awesome, super-vacation planner mother
who suggested it, right out of the clear blue sky, while we were sitting in Ohana's waiting for dinner about two years ago, the summer before my junior year. Fast forward about five or six months, to January of my junior year, and I pitched the idea to my four best friends, who all loved the idea. Fast forward again seven months, minus two members of the group, and we have everything planned out and almost paid for, and now we're just counting down the days!So, unless something completely unexpected happens (our reservations get cancelled
), check back in twenty two days to follow along as the Three Mouseketeers take on the World!See you next time!
Stitchfan
I like to plan ahead...sometimes a bit too far ahead! 
Oh, well, I can be excited for both! Like Saturday-- I was cleaning out my closet and desk in preparation for packing up for college, and I had my old Classic Disney CDs playing on my iPod the whole time! I nearly died and went to Disney geek heaven when "Portabello Road" from Bedknobs and Broomsticks came on-- I'm a huge packrat, and that song is like the packrat's anthem! 
). I've also practically memorized the audio commentaries on Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin
. Ahh, the joys of geekdom 
)
that has less chance of happening than the first scenario. I think it could be a cute big group theme though, especially if you added in donkey boys and the villains 
