Hi! New here and wanted to introduce myself! My name is Dalayney, I live in the midwest w/my hubby and 6yr old son! I first want to give you a small trip report of our very first trip to Disneyworld back in 2002.... and let you know WE ARE GOING BACK IN 6 days/21hours...... and there is a big reason WHY we are going back.....
Ok.... We went to D.W. in 2002 with my inlaws, my hubby's 21yr old sister and her college roomate. My first time, I almost cried just looking at the castle and couldn't WAIT to get into the gates! My hubby warned me not to get too excited.... as even though Disneyworld is a dream vacation...... any vacation with his step dad is a nightmare...... and I am like, "Ya, whatever, This is Disney world!"
First sign of trouble.... this trip was a christmas/birthday gift for us and our son who had just turned three in Jan. (we went in March) They insisted on paying for everything. How wonderful and generous of them! Now FIL (father in law) is retired military, and wanted to try and get active military tickets, because at the time, they were alot cheaper..... so he wanted his college aged daughter and roomate to go up to people who might look military and see if they could buy us tickets at their price....
So basically, he wanted to "pimp" out his daughters to get cheap ticket prices..... and at the last minute they said, No way! So we end up at the front gate of Disney paying full price..... so then, he LIES to the front gate and tells them my son is only 2. Now.... my son at the age of three looks like he's 5! He's a tall kid. The ticket guy yells out at me, "What year was your son born?" Of course I tell him the truth! and then my FIL gets a good "We don't like liars at Disney world sir. I suggest you buy him a ticket now." So when we get in the park, my FIL lays into me, telling me how slow I am and can't I "think faster than that?" ......
Ok,.... we're in the park and they literally are in a dead run right past main street to get fast passes to all the big rides. Hubby's sister has this system that we just HAVE to follow... And we have a three yr. old in tow who wants to stop and see Mickey and all the characters...... Nope..... So, all we do is big rides for about 3-4 hours.... and then I said, that's it.... we need a break, and we haven't done anything for Hunter. (he's three)
Let alone it's our first trip! We want to soak it in, see stuff! Go at our own pace! Everytime we would have to stop to change Hunter's diaper, we would get attitude and they would get all torked off because we were wasting time. (20 min. average everytime we had to stop) We kept telling them, "Just go! We'll meet up with you later, but everyone in the group refused to break up." It was awful. So we wanted to do Dumbo, Pooh ride.... stuff that our child would enjoy..... and there was FIL and his sister and roomate.....rolling their eyes and pouting and acting like twits because we weren't going where THEY wanted to go, and weren't doing what THEY wanted to do...... Poor MIL (mother in law) was just trying to get us to not kill each other.... I felt so sorry for her....
So that is about how the whole week went..... rush rush rush, forget trying to do anything for Hunter...... EPCOT: We wanted to eat at the italian place, FIL would say, "Oh, no you don't, we're eating at the fish and chip place." (we don't like seafood) We said, "That's fine, go ahead, we'll meet up with you later." and he would get all torked off at us....
I have never met a group of people that could literally suck all the fun and joy out of the happiest place on earth! At AK,my hubby finally freaked out on them and told them, that's it. We'll meet you at such and such place in 4 hours, and we stomped off. (it was quite amusing as he is a pretty quiet guy.)
I don't mean to sound so ungrateful, but the trip was awful..... only because of the company we were with. (besides MIL, she is a doll) We could SEE the potential of Disneyworld..... could see how magical it was...... But between FIL and snotty sister and her roomate, it was almost torture....
SO!!!! Present day here! We are going in 6 days!!! We will be gone from 16th-27th! We are literally bouncing off the walls as it is OUR vacation, we will go at OUR pace, and we will actually get to see the parks..... not just run through them at a marathon pace for 6 days! I will probably cry when we see the castle. (even if it's covered up or blocked off....hee hee.) And I will be sure and give the full wonderful report when I get back.
Now, does anyone else have trip horror stories? Are we the only ones? LOL..... Dalayney
Ok.... We went to D.W. in 2002 with my inlaws, my hubby's 21yr old sister and her college roomate. My first time, I almost cried just looking at the castle and couldn't WAIT to get into the gates! My hubby warned me not to get too excited.... as even though Disneyworld is a dream vacation...... any vacation with his step dad is a nightmare...... and I am like, "Ya, whatever, This is Disney world!"
First sign of trouble.... this trip was a christmas/birthday gift for us and our son who had just turned three in Jan. (we went in March) They insisted on paying for everything. How wonderful and generous of them! Now FIL (father in law) is retired military, and wanted to try and get active military tickets, because at the time, they were alot cheaper..... so he wanted his college aged daughter and roomate to go up to people who might look military and see if they could buy us tickets at their price....
So basically, he wanted to "pimp" out his daughters to get cheap ticket prices..... and at the last minute they said, No way! So we end up at the front gate of Disney paying full price..... so then, he LIES to the front gate and tells them my son is only 2. Now.... my son at the age of three looks like he's 5! He's a tall kid. The ticket guy yells out at me, "What year was your son born?" Of course I tell him the truth! and then my FIL gets a good "We don't like liars at Disney world sir. I suggest you buy him a ticket now." So when we get in the park, my FIL lays into me, telling me how slow I am and can't I "think faster than that?" ...... Ok,.... we're in the park and they literally are in a dead run right past main street to get fast passes to all the big rides. Hubby's sister has this system that we just HAVE to follow... And we have a three yr. old in tow who wants to stop and see Mickey and all the characters...... Nope..... So, all we do is big rides for about 3-4 hours.... and then I said, that's it.... we need a break, and we haven't done anything for Hunter. (he's three)
Let alone it's our first trip! We want to soak it in, see stuff! Go at our own pace! Everytime we would have to stop to change Hunter's diaper, we would get attitude and they would get all torked off because we were wasting time. (20 min. average everytime we had to stop) We kept telling them, "Just go! We'll meet up with you later, but everyone in the group refused to break up." It was awful. So we wanted to do Dumbo, Pooh ride.... stuff that our child would enjoy..... and there was FIL and his sister and roomate.....rolling their eyes and pouting and acting like twits because we weren't going where THEY wanted to go, and weren't doing what THEY wanted to do...... Poor MIL (mother in law) was just trying to get us to not kill each other.... I felt so sorry for her....
So that is about how the whole week went..... rush rush rush, forget trying to do anything for Hunter...... EPCOT: We wanted to eat at the italian place, FIL would say, "Oh, no you don't, we're eating at the fish and chip place." (we don't like seafood) We said, "That's fine, go ahead, we'll meet up with you later." and he would get all torked off at us....
I have never met a group of people that could literally suck all the fun and joy out of the happiest place on earth! At AK,my hubby finally freaked out on them and told them, that's it. We'll meet you at such and such place in 4 hours, and we stomped off. (it was quite amusing as he is a pretty quiet guy.)
I don't mean to sound so ungrateful, but the trip was awful..... only because of the company we were with. (besides MIL, she is a doll) We could SEE the potential of Disneyworld..... could see how magical it was...... But between FIL and snotty sister and her roomate, it was almost torture....
SO!!!! Present day here! We are going in 6 days!!! We will be gone from 16th-27th! We are literally bouncing off the walls as it is OUR vacation, we will go at OUR pace, and we will actually get to see the parks..... not just run through them at a marathon pace for 6 days! I will probably cry when we see the castle. (even if it's covered up or blocked off....hee hee.) And I will be sure and give the full wonderful report when I get back.
Now, does anyone else have trip horror stories? Are we the only ones? LOL..... Dalayney
) if i remember l think l rode it three times and loved to choose where l wanted to live,i know because i always choose to live under the sea,rather than space. Then off to was World of motion,now called test track,was cool in itself. Then world showcase loved the viking boat ride and then being sent backwards toward the falls,oh that was cool, sorry but the showcase with movies bored me,was beat buy the time we saw them all,anyway that evening l bought a hat which l still own that celebrated disney worlds 25th anniversery and had the castle in the background and flashed rainbow colors and l thought so cool. Well my uncle saw me in it and laughed and told people standing around for the fireworks in a sarcastic/mocking voice "hey everyone look at the big baby in the babys hat with blinking lights" Well thats when a crowd started into a roar of laughter,boy still hurts so many years later, l forgave him now,but at the time i was speechless. Ok last day of our trip we all agreed except for one (uncle) that were going to the greastest of all parks,WALT DISNEYS WORLD MAGIC KINGDOM :sohappy: Well my uncle threw a fit and said that he's not going to no "babies park,for little babies" thank god majority ruled and we went. But he was so mad caused we were there that he made suck an unpleasent day at the magic kingdom that it's the first time l really didn't have a good time and wanted to go. Who knew it was the last time i'd ride two or three of my favorite rides that are no longer there (20k,toad,skyway) Well i wasn't able to return to disney until july of 03 (solo) and was ticked cause l missed the last tour of keys to the kingdom (darn off site hotel bus) by 10 minutes. But made the best of and can't wait till this june/july to relive some of the memories,only wish i can find a special lady to share it with. But that visit had to be my worst trip at disney,what ticks me off is my uncle and family been there several times since then on florida residents discounts,but being the christian guy that l am, l forgave him,just harder to forget at times. Well sorry to bore ya and ramble on,keep up the great posts and updates.
