winnie_516
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2016
Hello, and welcome to my very first trip report (ever)!! I'll be your host, Rachel! I'm currently a sophomore in college, studying Mathematics and Statistics (it's actually not as boring as it may sound, trust me!). 
I was originally in the finance track at my university, but decided in my second semester that I truly was happy doing math and statistics, and so I spoke with advisors and low and behold, here I am today! My plan is to become an actuarial analyst. (And what is an actuarial analyst, Rachel?) Well, an actuarial analyst studies the history of a company, and makes estimates for spending based on its history. Mostly, though, it deals with insurance with cars, homes, life, etc etc. Quite interesting, to say the least!
If you couldn't guess from the title of this PTR, this trip is going to occur during my birthday! I've been fortunate enough to go the past two years during May to Disney World, the first being with a group of friends and I celebrating our high school graduation in 2014. We stayed off property, and only visited the Magic Kingdom during our trip, but made daily visits to Downtown Disney (now called Disney Springs
) and several resort properties. Last year, I also visited WDW, this time around with my mom! She hasn't been down here since 2003 (which is actually the last time I fully did Disney, myself!). We stayed at POR, which we both came to love back on our trip in 2003. We left just after my birthday, as I had exams and papers to finish up before we left. This time, though, my classes and exams finish early enough for me to visit WDW AGAIN!!!
I'm only a little bit excited, can't you tell?
My first visit to the world occurred in 2001, where my family and I spent the week of Thanksgiving in Disney, as well as Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral. We stayed at the CBR for 5 days, and two days off property in Orlando. I have mixed memories of this trip, of that including being completely patted down by the TSA on the way to Disney (This trip occurred 2 months after 9/11, so any suspicious activity was investigated), seeing Disney fireworks for the very first time, getting my first pair of Minnie (princess) ears, and waiting two hours in 85 degree weather to meet Ariel! And to be fair, I didn't even look into the camera when the picture was taken.
Anyways, my family and I, along with family friends, went again during Easter of 2003 (our very last trip to the World for awhile). This time around, I got lost in Blizzard Beach, was forced into riding Rock n Roller Coaster (in which I was told that it did not go upside-down...in return, after sobbing throughout the ride, I exclaimed "It went upside-down...3 TIMES!!!"), and experienced my mom and her friend trying to drive the ferryboat back to our hotel after finishing off Captain Jack Rum Runners (which she swears to be the best drink she's ever had, to this day). While I have more memories of this trip than my first, let's just say I wasn't ready to go back for a while.
Last year I was able to visit the world with my mom, and this time around, I will be taking my sister on the ride with me! She actually is not a fan of Disney...at all!
I'm suprised that she is even coming on this trip with me. She's a fan of European travel, where there's quite a few less children. However, I was able to convince her to take this trip with me, with the promise that we would spend a majority of our time in Epcot. Originally, we had planned to do 5 days in Disney, with 2 days at Universal (as neither of us have ever been). After calculating costs (BTW - thought I'd mention that my sister is an accountant, but she is in no way good at math like me 
) The prices came to be a bit too much for us, so she decided that we do just Disney.
Here come the WHATS, WHENS, WHERES, and WHYS!
WHAT: A 6-day, 5-night trip to Disney World!
WHEN: May 15-May 20
WHERE: Staying at your favorite moderate and mine...POR!
WHY: To celebrate my birthday, as well as a well-deserved vacation!
I was originally in the finance track at my university, but decided in my second semester that I truly was happy doing math and statistics, and so I spoke with advisors and low and behold, here I am today! My plan is to become an actuarial analyst. (And what is an actuarial analyst, Rachel?) Well, an actuarial analyst studies the history of a company, and makes estimates for spending based on its history. Mostly, though, it deals with insurance with cars, homes, life, etc etc. Quite interesting, to say the least!If you couldn't guess from the title of this PTR, this trip is going to occur during my birthday! I've been fortunate enough to go the past two years during May to Disney World, the first being with a group of friends and I celebrating our high school graduation in 2014. We stayed off property, and only visited the Magic Kingdom during our trip, but made daily visits to Downtown Disney (now called Disney Springs
) and several resort properties. Last year, I also visited WDW, this time around with my mom! She hasn't been down here since 2003 (which is actually the last time I fully did Disney, myself!). We stayed at POR, which we both came to love back on our trip in 2003. We left just after my birthday, as I had exams and papers to finish up before we left. This time, though, my classes and exams finish early enough for me to visit WDW AGAIN!!!I'm only a little bit excited, can't you tell?
My first visit to the world occurred in 2001, where my family and I spent the week of Thanksgiving in Disney, as well as Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral. We stayed at the CBR for 5 days, and two days off property in Orlando. I have mixed memories of this trip, of that including being completely patted down by the TSA on the way to Disney (This trip occurred 2 months after 9/11, so any suspicious activity was investigated), seeing Disney fireworks for the very first time, getting my first pair of Minnie (princess) ears, and waiting two hours in 85 degree weather to meet Ariel! And to be fair, I didn't even look into the camera when the picture was taken.
Anyways, my family and I, along with family friends, went again during Easter of 2003 (our very last trip to the World for awhile). This time around, I got lost in Blizzard Beach, was forced into riding Rock n Roller Coaster (in which I was told that it did not go upside-down...in return, after sobbing throughout the ride, I exclaimed "It went upside-down...3 TIMES!!!"), and experienced my mom and her friend trying to drive the ferryboat back to our hotel after finishing off Captain Jack Rum Runners (which she swears to be the best drink she's ever had, to this day). While I have more memories of this trip than my first, let's just say I wasn't ready to go back for a while.
Last year I was able to visit the world with my mom, and this time around, I will be taking my sister on the ride with me! She actually is not a fan of Disney...at all!
I'm suprised that she is even coming on this trip with me. She's a fan of European travel, where there's quite a few less children. However, I was able to convince her to take this trip with me, with the promise that we would spend a majority of our time in Epcot. Originally, we had planned to do 5 days in Disney, with 2 days at Universal (as neither of us have ever been). After calculating costs (BTW - thought I'd mention that my sister is an accountant, but she is in no way good at math like me ) The prices came to be a bit too much for us, so she decided that we do just Disney.Here come the WHATS, WHENS, WHERES, and WHYS!
WHAT: A 6-day, 5-night trip to Disney World!
WHEN: May 15-May 20
WHERE: Staying at your favorite moderate and mine...POR!
WHY: To celebrate my birthday, as well as a well-deserved vacation!
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), Bear in the Big Blue House, and ANYTHING Winnie the Pooh. I really came to love Disney around high school. My last visit with my family was in 2003, so I was beginning to be quite overdue for a trip! My friend from high school, Shannon, actually got me to be extremely hooked onto everything Disney! I went on my high school graduation trip with her, her family, as well as other close friends of ours from high school. (I may make a trip report of this, as well!)
