Disney Dream Coming True!!

[Lotti08]

So every year that we go to Orlando, we say - we'll have to give it a miss next year and save for the year after and then everytime, i manage to persuade my family to go back again!! As we're from London and go for 3 weeks it works out to be a pretty expensive vacation.. Especially with all the Disney merchandise and malls / outlets etc!!

This year, i was really scared we wouldn't actually get back but looks like i've worked them round to another trip!! We're hoping to book flights (which i have found at a great price, but with a stop over in Charlotte - my name!!) this weekend, and are hoping to go from 4th - 26th October - right in time for the EPCOT 30th Anniversary and the Food & Wine Festival

I'm just so excited and had to tell people

Anyone else get this crazy excitedness before a trip?! Disney is so important in my world lol

Lotti <3

 

[jlevis]

Lotti,

Excited - you bet. We've been some 40 times and go every year at least once. I still get excited as we get closer to leaving. We drive and when we cross the border from Georgia into Florida I get goose bumps. This year we're going for my 70th birthday in August and our sons and their families will be joining us so I'm already getting excited. There is nowhere I'd rather be than at Disney World.

 

[Crush Dude!]

So every year that we go to Orlando, we say - we'll have to give it a miss next year and save for the year after and then everytime, i manage to persuade my family to go back again!! As we're from London and go for 3 weeks it works out to be a pretty expensive vacation.. Especially with all the Disney merchandise and malls / outlets etc!!

This year, i was really scared we wouldn't actually get back but looks like i've worked them round to another trip!! We're hoping to book flights (which i have found at a great price, but with a stop over in Charlotte - my name!!) this weekend, and are hoping to go from 4th - 26th October - right in time for the EPCOT 30th Anniversary and the Food & Wine Festival

I'm just so excited and had to tell people

Anyone else get this crazy excitedness before a trip?! Disney is so important in my world lol

Lotti <3

Oh i know what you mean!

We go for 3 weeks also :sohappy:

We went 3 years running and then went on DCL last year!

This year we are headin out to wdw for 3 weeks and topping it off with another week on The Fantasy :sohappy:

At the moment ill be booking a flight with the stop in Charlotte as its about €500 cheaper than direct

Congrats on booking, Food and Wine always looks awesome :slurp:

 

[Lotti08]

Lotti,

Excited - you bet. We've been some 40 times and go every year at least once. I still get excited as we get closer to leaving. We drive and when we cross the border from Georgia into Florida I get goose bumps. This year we're going for my 70th birthday in August and our sons and their families will be joining us so I'm already getting excited. There is nowhere I'd rather be than at Disney World.

Aww, congratulations on such a wonderful milestone!! Nowhere better to celebrate - make sure you get your Birthday button, and that all of the Cast Members know your fantastic celebration

I hope you have a wonderful time!!

Lotti
<3

 

[real mad hatter]

Give Me A Break.

Would all you folk from the UK and Ireland stop boasting about your three week vacation,i was going to do a three week myself but decided to stick to the fortnight and now wish I did go for the treble,especially with free dining,so please don't rub it in:ROFLOL:.Now iam going to work out how to make a two week vacation feel like a three week.P.S. sorry Jlevis,just realised your from USA,but you've got a good excuse being it's your birthday,lucky sods,have a drink on me,I'll get my DW to foot the bill:wave:

 

[Lotti08]

Would all you folk from the UK and Ireland stop boasting about your three week vacation,i was going to do a three week myself but decided to stick to the fortnight and now wish I did go for the treble,especially with free dining,so please don't rub it in:ROFLOL:.Now iam going to work out how to make a two week vacation feel like a three week.P.S. sorry Jlevis,just realised your from USA,but you've got a good excuse being it's your birthday,lucky sods,have a drink on me,I'll get my DW to foot the bill:wave:

Haha that really made me laugh!! Sorry to boast.. But i do love it!! You should stay an extra week, and just say you were having so much fun that you don't know where the time went - how can people be mad at you then!?

Also, not sure if it's an American thing, but please could you explain what DW is? Is it something like Darling Wife? I've seen it a lot and have been trying to figure out for ages what it means haha.

Also, if you could make it mid-late September now, i would be most grateful - i don't even mind missing my Birthday if it means holiday comes sooner!!

Lotti <3

 

[djpoore94]

I totally get your excitement. I'm leaving in 25 days for a quick trip with my mom (her first visit!), but was a little bummed that DH & I would not be doing our usual week long trip this year. We had been trying to figure out what to do during our vacation week in September and two nights ago we did some math, looked at our current finances and booked a Disney trip!! We booked our room, airfare and 6 of the 7 nights dinning reservations in the span of about an hour and a half. I'm beyond excited :sohappy:

 

[PolynesianPrincess]

Haha that really made me laugh!! Sorry to boast.. But i do love it!! You should stay an extra week, and just say you were having so much fun that you don't know where the time went - how can people be mad at you then!?

Also, not sure if it's an American thing, but please could you explain what DW is? Is it something like Darling Wife? I've seen it a lot and have been trying to figure out for ages what it means haha.

Also, if you could make it mid-late September now, i would be most grateful - i don't even mind missing my Birthday if it means holiday comes sooner!!

Lotti <3

So excited to hear about your vacation!! We will be there Sept 24-Oct 1 so we leave right before you arrive!

And DW usually means Dear Wife but I think on this site people mean Disney Wife :lol:

 

[Crush Dude!]

Would all you folk from the UK and Ireland stop boasting about your three week vacation,i was going to do a three week myself but decided to stick to the fortnight and now wish I did go for the treble,especially with free dining,so please don't rub it in:ROFLOL:.Now iam going to work out how to make a two week vacation feel like a three week.P.S. sorry Jlevis,just realised your from USA,but you've got a good excuse being it's your birthday,lucky sods,have a drink on me,I'll get my DW to foot the bill:wave:

:ROFLOL::ROFLOL::ROFLOL:

Next year hop off The 3 Weeker at Old Key West with 46% off:wave:

 

[KCheatle]

Wow! I think I live in the wrong place! Who gets a 3 or 4 week vacation? I'm lucky to get a week off every year! I must say I'm a tad bit jealous!!

I know the feeling of trying to convince the family to go. My husband is much better at seperating himself from Disney than I am when we are not there. However, the second we get off the plane in Orlando he's a like a kid in a candy store and all of the sudden I am the logical one. It's weird, but it works. He spends all year arguing that we shouldn't be spending money on a Disney trip and it should be put into savings, etc. etc. etc. I spend the whole trip saying "you don't need another t-shirt, you don't need a lanyard, you don't need mickey crocs, etc. etc. etc." It's actually kind of funny,

Have a fun time! We leave in 40 days and I can't hardly stand it!! :sohappy:

 

[real mad hatter]

Acronyms or Abbreviations.u

Haha that really made me laugh!! Sorry to boast.. But i do love it!! You should stay an extra week, and just say you were having so much fun that you don't know where the time went - how can people be mad at you then!?

Also, not sure if it's an American thing, but please could you explain what DW is? Is it something like Darling Wife? I've seen it a lot and have been trying to figure out for ages what it means haha.

Also, if you could make it mid-late September now, i would be most grateful - i don't even mind missing my Birthday if it means holiday comes sooner!!

Lotti <3

No,it stands for Disney Wife,like DH is hubby,and DS is son,and so on,DD daughter,iam still getting used to ones I don't recognise myself.:wave:

 

[Sharkreef11]

Holy smokes three week trips!? Man am I jealous. That would be a dream come true. I get excited that we get ten days for our vacations! Someday hopefully :animwink:. Three weeks in October will be phenomenal. We went last October and were able to experience food and wine for the first time. It truly is worth the hype and was amazing. Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party was a blast and it was so refreshing to walk on rides with never having to wait!

 

[popcenturylover]

Wow! I think I live in the wrong place! Who gets a 3 or 4 week vacation? I'm lucky to get a week off every year! I must say I'm a tad bit jealous!!

I know the feeling of trying to convince the family to go. My husband is much better at seperating himself from Disney than I am when we are not there. However, the second we get off the plane in Orlando he's a like a kid in a candy store and all of the sudden I am the logical one. It's weird, but it works. He spends all year arguing that we shouldn't be spending money on a Disney trip and it should be put into savings, etc. etc. etc. I spend the whole trip saying "you don't need another t-shirt, you don't need a lanyard, you don't need mickey crocs, etc. etc. etc." It's actually kind of funny,

Have a fun time! We leave in 40 days and I can't hardly stand it!! :sohappy:

I know what you mean! I wish that I could get a 3 or 4 week vacation! I'm lucky if I can get off for 2 weeks at a time! I'm also jealous that you're leaving in 40 days, we have 184!:hammer:

 

[Crush Dude!]

Holy smokes three week trips!? Man am I jealous. That would be a dream come true. I get excited that we get ten days for our vacations! Someday hopefully :animwink:. Three weeks in October will be phenomenal. We went last October and were able to experience food and wine for the first time. It truly is worth the hype and was amazing. Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party was a blast and it was so refreshing to walk on rides with never having to wait!

3 Weeks in The World, cant be beaten! Beeing able to take everything at your own pace makes it so relaxing, and, with Free Dining the variety if Restaurants that can be experienced is Amazing!! :sohappy:

 

[Lotti08]

Thanks for all the great comments and advice everyone - but my family will not be pleased as you're just adding to my excitement!! 8 months of me in their ears about going, watching over our vacation videos, planning what we'll do etc

Also, thanks for clearing up the DW confusion

Lotti <3

 

[disneygirl76]

So every year that we go to Orlando, we say - we'll have to give it a miss next year and save for the year after and then everytime, i manage to persuade my family to go back again!! As we're from London and go for 3 weeks it works out to be a pretty expensive vacation.. Especially with all the Disney merchandise and malls / outlets etc!!

This year, i was really scared we wouldn't actually get back but looks like i've worked them round to another trip!! We're hoping to book flights (which i have found at a great price, but with a stop over in Charlotte - my name!!) this weekend, and are hoping to go from 4th - 26th October - right in time for the EPCOT 30th Anniversary and the Food & Wine Festival

I'm just so excited and had to tell people

Anyone else get this crazy excitedness before a trip?! Disney is so important in my world lol

Lotti <3

So excited that you get to come back to the World! Yeah!!!! :sohappy: Yes, I get that excited! I love going to WDW every year! I'm like a kid again, bouncing around and just so happy! So I totally understand how you feel! I'm super excited for you!! :sohappy: