Not sure if you want to keep this here but thought I would post it anyway.
This past weekend, my wife and I went to WDW with some friends. We stayed at Dixie Landings, yes I cannot get used to calling it Port Orleans. This brought back a flood of memories, and maybe some of you can relate.
When we lived in upstate NY, (a couple of years ago), we started coming down for extended stays about 10 years ago. We stayed at Dixie Landings for most of those times. As we walked around the resort, I remembered the kids when they were 10-8-and 5, squealing and jumping into the pool when we first got there. They were always so well behaved, the look in their eyes when we would get near the parks, was pure excitment. The days spend were such a joy and one adventure would lead to another, and the kids would just eat it up. As they got older, of course, the excitment tempered but each year brought a new dimension for them. The first time they got to go off on our own, and come back on the bus, the first boys they met, and liked, ggrrrrrrrr. We did stay once at CB, but it was DL that we will always have a fondness for, like a first love. All the places that we went in the resort brought back a memory of the kids when they were with us. I was saddened at first, for those days when the kids were at that age when Disney was so exciting for them, and us watching them. We will never get to live that again with them, but have those great memories. Ones that relive often with video.
We now belong to the DVC so we don't get back to DL that much, but we do live in Florida, and enjoy Disney much more than we did before. I just want to say to cherish every moment you are there with your kids, because that won't happen again, and all you will have are those sweet memories that will stay with you forever. Those are great memories to have.
This past weekend, my wife and I went to WDW with some friends. We stayed at Dixie Landings, yes I cannot get used to calling it Port Orleans. This brought back a flood of memories, and maybe some of you can relate.
When we lived in upstate NY, (a couple of years ago), we started coming down for extended stays about 10 years ago. We stayed at Dixie Landings for most of those times. As we walked around the resort, I remembered the kids when they were 10-8-and 5, squealing and jumping into the pool when we first got there. They were always so well behaved, the look in their eyes when we would get near the parks, was pure excitment. The days spend were such a joy and one adventure would lead to another, and the kids would just eat it up. As they got older, of course, the excitment tempered but each year brought a new dimension for them. The first time they got to go off on our own, and come back on the bus, the first boys they met, and liked, ggrrrrrrrr. We did stay once at CB, but it was DL that we will always have a fondness for, like a first love. All the places that we went in the resort brought back a memory of the kids when they were with us. I was saddened at first, for those days when the kids were at that age when Disney was so exciting for them, and us watching them. We will never get to live that again with them, but have those great memories. Ones that relive often with video.
We now belong to the DVC so we don't get back to DL that much, but we do live in Florida, and enjoy Disney much more than we did before. I just want to say to cherish every moment you are there with your kids, because that won't happen again, and all you will have are those sweet memories that will stay with you forever. Those are great memories to have.
