First off, I'm excited that we go tomorrow! Whoop!
Secondly, I'm excited for my DH to see it all. When I took the kids with grandparents last year, DH had no interest in the trip and stayed home to work. Even after returning and showing him our pictures and telling him, he didn't seem interested. I didn't think I'd ever get him there.
This broke my heart, as I fell in love with WDW last year. I cried tears of joy at the looks on my kids' faces, I cried tears of joy at the sights, the sounds, the entire Disney atmosphere. Even though it was incredibly hot, it was the best vacation I'd ever had. And I've been a lot of good places! But it broke my heart that DH had no interest in sharing it.
Then this summer, DH's best friend died in a drowning accident. It really hit DH hard, and he wanted to start making some changes in his life. He wanted to really live every day. We had been discussing vacations before that happened, and every time I'd suggest Disney, he wasn't interested and didn't believe we wanted to go back already. Well, his friend who passed had a vacation to the Poly scheduled for the next weekend. They mentioned at the funeral that at that exact time he was supposed to be with his 4 year old daughter at Cinderella's Royal Table for breakfast. They talked about the joy his friend had gotten from the planning, and how excited he was about the trip. And how of all his family gathering, he was the only one who had upgraded his room to a Lagoon view, and how he was razzing the rest of the family about how they would have to pay admission to watch Wishes from his balcony.
The day after the funeral, DH asked me if it was really that special. When I said yes, with tears in my eyes, he booked the trip. A full week at the WL. He couldn't bring himself to do the Poly, but wanted to be close.
I know it will be an emotional trip for DH, but I also hope it provides some healing and some magic. I know it will.