Club34
Well-Known Member
there is a range of emotions that occur with the accompanying events...
-planning is always fun. daydreaming. selecting destination restaurants and which parks on which days. the possibilities are endless. the "world" is ours!
-the suitcase staging area in the days [er, weeks...um, months] before departure. determination. all business. charts, graphs, lists.
-hitting the cold air [i live in the north] as i leave my house for the airport before dawn and smelling the polluted air of o'hare field knowing that i am finally going home. i am on an adventure. a sense of bewilderment accompanies me on my quest.
-the first hint of warm, humid florida air [juxtaposed against the cold, polluted o'hare field air i just left 3 hours ago] as you exit the plane into the tunnel thingy. this is when it really hits me. happiness begins. i hate airports. i LOVE arriving at mco. and within seconds, i'm on the first ride of the trip...the airport monorail thing. i am usually calm and happy and trying to ignore the unhappy people walking against the current because their trip is over.
then there is a bit of a lull. disney magical express is usually a little less than magical especially if its crowded. but that feeling usually dissipates as i track the bus route progress on my phone GPS. and then for me the holy grail of feelings...
-when i smell the lobby air and fountain at CSR. La Fuente de Las Palomas! the vacation has started!
- i usually go to epcot on day 1 after check-in. usually a nice early dinner [it will be le cellier this fall]. then after a grand disney feast and the sun has set, i begin getting tired after a long day of travel. and i walk the long walk back to my bus through future world taking in the ambiance and sounds at dusk. this too is a great feeling.
-finally [i know you didn't ask for all this], that first morning waking up at home. the quiet mornings around lago dorado are rarely mentioned among disney addicts. well, you are missing out. and the first one of the trip is usually the best. breakfast never tasted so good [an omelet at the pepper market] and then onto the MK and thus we are back at the OP's original poll and going through the MK turnstiles. the music. the smell. the hum of the monorail.
sorry if i bored you all. but i will balance this long list with the single worst feeling of the trip. after a week to ten days of pure unadulterated joy, you ignorantly return from a long day at one of the parks to find your eviction notice on your door. oh yeah, i don't really live here and i have to go home. this leads to one of the worst acts i ever perform in my life anywhere- packing a suitcase in a disney hotel [because it means you're leaving]. just put me in jail, that would be better. :]
-planning is always fun. daydreaming. selecting destination restaurants and which parks on which days. the possibilities are endless. the "world" is ours!
-the suitcase staging area in the days [er, weeks...um, months] before departure. determination. all business. charts, graphs, lists.
-hitting the cold air [i live in the north] as i leave my house for the airport before dawn and smelling the polluted air of o'hare field knowing that i am finally going home. i am on an adventure. a sense of bewilderment accompanies me on my quest.
-the first hint of warm, humid florida air [juxtaposed against the cold, polluted o'hare field air i just left 3 hours ago] as you exit the plane into the tunnel thingy. this is when it really hits me. happiness begins. i hate airports. i LOVE arriving at mco. and within seconds, i'm on the first ride of the trip...the airport monorail thing. i am usually calm and happy and trying to ignore the unhappy people walking against the current because their trip is over.
then there is a bit of a lull. disney magical express is usually a little less than magical especially if its crowded. but that feeling usually dissipates as i track the bus route progress on my phone GPS. and then for me the holy grail of feelings...
-when i smell the lobby air and fountain at CSR. La Fuente de Las Palomas! the vacation has started!
- i usually go to epcot on day 1 after check-in. usually a nice early dinner [it will be le cellier this fall]. then after a grand disney feast and the sun has set, i begin getting tired after a long day of travel. and i walk the long walk back to my bus through future world taking in the ambiance and sounds at dusk. this too is a great feeling.
-finally [i know you didn't ask for all this], that first morning waking up at home. the quiet mornings around lago dorado are rarely mentioned among disney addicts. well, you are missing out. and the first one of the trip is usually the best. breakfast never tasted so good [an omelet at the pepper market] and then onto the MK and thus we are back at the OP's original poll and going through the MK turnstiles. the music. the smell. the hum of the monorail.
sorry if i bored you all. but i will balance this long list with the single worst feeling of the trip. after a week to ten days of pure unadulterated joy, you ignorantly return from a long day at one of the parks to find your eviction notice on your door. oh yeah, i don't really live here and i have to go home. this leads to one of the worst acts i ever perform in my life anywhere- packing a suitcase in a disney hotel [because it means you're leaving]. just put me in jail, that would be better. :]
