RYAN1987M
Earning My Ears
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- May 24, 2019
I just wanted to take this opportunity to post a Trip Report for our recent trip to Orlando. Our trip was almost exclusively devoted to all things Disney, so please bear that in mind.
At the start of a TR, I always like to introduce myself and give the reader a bit of context about why we embarked on this trip and why we did things the way that we did them.
This trip was somewhat last minute. We knew that we wanted to go to WDW, but the decision was contingent on some things in our personal lives and we had to wait for some clarity before we could proceed with booking the trip. We didn’t want to do too much research ahead of time because we didn’t want to get our hopes up if we wouldn’t be able to go ahead with the trip. Anyways, we booked the trip and started planning in earnest about seven weeks prior to departing.
It’s also worth mentioning that neither my Wife nor I are really thrill seekers when it comes to rides. I remember, as a young teen, I could go on any rollercoaster and really enjoy it. Then, it was as if a switch was flipped and something changed, rides that I once loved caused me to feel queasy afterwards. Anyways, no biggie…but I did want to mention that because you’d probably scrutinize some of our FastPass choices otherwise.
Now, onto our level of Disney experience. I was quite a lucky child and was taken to WDW every few years. This pattern carried on into my late teens / early twenties. I’m now in my early thirties and before this trip it had probably been about ten years since my last visit. My Wife never had the pleasure of going to WDW as a child – so this was her first time!
So, why did we decide to go to WDW? Well, we’ve done a fair bit of travelling over the course of our relationship and since we got married. One common destination turned out to be Las Vegas (despite us not being gamblers or partiers, haha). We just love the dry heat of Vegas in the Summer, we love the food, the cocktails, the shows, etc. Anyhow, we ended up in Vegas five years in a row. We’d often spend a few days somewhere else on the West Coast before heading into Vegas. Last Summer, 2018, we spent a few days in Southern California before hitting the Strip and, almost on a whim, decided to go to Disneyland for a day. I had never been to Disneyland before and this was my Wife’s first Disney experience. I loved it (as I knew I would) and my Wife absolutely fell in love with it as well. She was absolutely bitten by the bug for the first time in her life...just shy of age thirty - so the seeds were planted for this trip!
Anyhow, without further ado, I’m going to post a point-form synopsis of what we did each day. Then, I’m going to post some general thoughts, observations, and maybe even a few tips.
Spoiler Alert – We had a fabulous time!
At the start of a TR, I always like to introduce myself and give the reader a bit of context about why we embarked on this trip and why we did things the way that we did them.
This trip was somewhat last minute. We knew that we wanted to go to WDW, but the decision was contingent on some things in our personal lives and we had to wait for some clarity before we could proceed with booking the trip. We didn’t want to do too much research ahead of time because we didn’t want to get our hopes up if we wouldn’t be able to go ahead with the trip. Anyways, we booked the trip and started planning in earnest about seven weeks prior to departing.
It’s also worth mentioning that neither my Wife nor I are really thrill seekers when it comes to rides. I remember, as a young teen, I could go on any rollercoaster and really enjoy it. Then, it was as if a switch was flipped and something changed, rides that I once loved caused me to feel queasy afterwards. Anyways, no biggie…but I did want to mention that because you’d probably scrutinize some of our FastPass choices otherwise.
Now, onto our level of Disney experience. I was quite a lucky child and was taken to WDW every few years. This pattern carried on into my late teens / early twenties. I’m now in my early thirties and before this trip it had probably been about ten years since my last visit. My Wife never had the pleasure of going to WDW as a child – so this was her first time!
So, why did we decide to go to WDW? Well, we’ve done a fair bit of travelling over the course of our relationship and since we got married. One common destination turned out to be Las Vegas (despite us not being gamblers or partiers, haha). We just love the dry heat of Vegas in the Summer, we love the food, the cocktails, the shows, etc. Anyhow, we ended up in Vegas five years in a row. We’d often spend a few days somewhere else on the West Coast before heading into Vegas. Last Summer, 2018, we spent a few days in Southern California before hitting the Strip and, almost on a whim, decided to go to Disneyland for a day. I had never been to Disneyland before and this was my Wife’s first Disney experience. I loved it (as I knew I would) and my Wife absolutely fell in love with it as well. She was absolutely bitten by the bug for the first time in her life...just shy of age thirty - so the seeds were planted for this trip!
Anyhow, without further ado, I’m going to post a point-form synopsis of what we did each day. Then, I’m going to post some general thoughts, observations, and maybe even a few tips.
Spoiler Alert – We had a fabulous time!
