Hello everyone! Before I get started, I'd like to say a big thank you to Hollybelle for teaching me how to link my pics from an online picture hosting site. (I use Picasa....I'm a Google girl!) Thank you, Hollybelle! :wave:
You know, I thought summer was supposed to be a restful time for teachers but it has been very busy for me so far! Things have finally settled down enough that I can FINALLY write my trip report from our recent trip to WDW. For any of you who read my pre-trip report (click pre-trip report if you'd like to read it), you may have noticed that I changed the name for my trip report. Well, there was still a retiree, a teacher, and a princess visiting WDW, but this trip turned out to be about so much more than just the three of us! (More about that later.)
So, here’s our cast:
Me (in black)
This was my 5th trip to WDW. (More info about my trips in my signature.)
DM (in red)
This was her 3rd trip to WDW, although I really don't count the first one because it was in 1972. She didn't take pictures and she can't remember very much about it.
DD (guess which one she is? )
This was her 3rd trip to WDW.
DCousin (DC), DCousin’s Wife (DCW), DCousin’s Son (DCS)
They also have a daughter but she wasn't with us on this trip because she was visiting her grandparents and other family and friends in Ohio. They live about 2 hours southwest from WDW and they’ve been so many times that I’m not sure they can count all of them! They stayed at a Marriott off property for most of the trip.
I do feel the need to warn you that I have a tendency to go on a tangent about certain things and digress. Since I’m totally not in denial about this little issue, I’ll give you little warnings for these tirades like this: SN (meaning Side Note). Yes, that’s my disclaimer statement. Don’t say you weren’t warned!
(SN ABOUT DCW) I feel weird calling her this. We’re friends and scrapbooking buddies and calling her just my cousin’s wife seems so wrong! I feel like I should call her DFriend (DF) instead! Yeah, I like that much better, DF it is! Family by marriage, yes, but friends by choice! (END SN)
For those of you who don’t have time to go back and read my PTR, here’s the Reader’s Digest version:
Friday: Flight super early, Check in at Port Orleans Riverside, Go to Magic Kingdom, Meet DC, DF, and DCS around 8pm, DF and Me to spend late night just the two of us in MK;
Saturday: Epcot with lunch at Les Chefs de France;
Sunday: Hollywood Studios, DC, DF, & DCS leave;
Monday: Breakfast at O’hana, Animal Kingdom;
Tuesday: Visit a park that we didn’t see enough of or chill at the resort to take pictures, shop, or swim.
Of course, not everything went as planned and some of the unplanned stuff was totally better! I’ll point out those things as I go along.
Also, one last thing: Like many other Disney fans, I love trying to do as many new things as possible during every trip to WDW. So, I’m going to indicate our new experiences like this: (NEW). These will be a new experience for me or DM or DD. I think DC, DF, and DCS have pretty much done everything but there were a few new things for them, too.
OKAY, SO ON WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!
You know, I thought summer was supposed to be a restful time for teachers but it has been very busy for me so far! Things have finally settled down enough that I can FINALLY write my trip report from our recent trip to WDW. For any of you who read my pre-trip report (click pre-trip report if you'd like to read it), you may have noticed that I changed the name for my trip report. Well, there was still a retiree, a teacher, and a princess visiting WDW, but this trip turned out to be about so much more than just the three of us! (More about that later.)
So, here’s our cast:
Me (in black)
This was my 5th trip to WDW. (More info about my trips in my signature.)
DM (in red)
This was her 3rd trip to WDW, although I really don't count the first one because it was in 1972. She didn't take pictures and she can't remember very much about it.
DD (guess which one she is? )
This was her 3rd trip to WDW.
DCousin (DC), DCousin’s Wife (DCW), DCousin’s Son (DCS)
They also have a daughter but she wasn't with us on this trip because she was visiting her grandparents and other family and friends in Ohio. They live about 2 hours southwest from WDW and they’ve been so many times that I’m not sure they can count all of them! They stayed at a Marriott off property for most of the trip.
I do feel the need to warn you that I have a tendency to go on a tangent about certain things and digress. Since I’m totally not in denial about this little issue, I’ll give you little warnings for these tirades like this: SN (meaning Side Note). Yes, that’s my disclaimer statement. Don’t say you weren’t warned!
(SN ABOUT DCW) I feel weird calling her this. We’re friends and scrapbooking buddies and calling her just my cousin’s wife seems so wrong! I feel like I should call her DFriend (DF) instead! Yeah, I like that much better, DF it is! Family by marriage, yes, but friends by choice! (END SN)
For those of you who don’t have time to go back and read my PTR, here’s the Reader’s Digest version:
Friday: Flight super early, Check in at Port Orleans Riverside, Go to Magic Kingdom, Meet DC, DF, and DCS around 8pm, DF and Me to spend late night just the two of us in MK;
Saturday: Epcot with lunch at Les Chefs de France;
Sunday: Hollywood Studios, DC, DF, & DCS leave;
Monday: Breakfast at O’hana, Animal Kingdom;
Tuesday: Visit a park that we didn’t see enough of or chill at the resort to take pictures, shop, or swim.
Of course, not everything went as planned and some of the unplanned stuff was totally better! I’ll point out those things as I go along.
Also, one last thing: Like many other Disney fans, I love trying to do as many new things as possible during every trip to WDW. So, I’m going to indicate our new experiences like this: (NEW). These will be a new experience for me or DM or DD. I think DC, DF, and DCS have pretty much done everything but there were a few new things for them, too.
OKAY, SO ON WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!
