Hello everyone! Planning is in full swing on the longest trip (Disney or otherwise) we’ve ever taken so I thought this might be a good time to take a shot at a trip report.
The Cast:
DH & me on our 20th anniversary Fantasy cruise in May 2014. We’re fairly seasoned Disney addicts and this will be our 10th trip together since 1992. In addition Dave had gone several times as a kid with his parents and has done one solo trip. I have done two solo trips and two trips that were just me and my mom. We’re DVC owners so our gift to our travel companions is going to be a no charge room
My Cousin Brian & his wife Christine will be out travel companions for this trip. Here they are on our rainy DHS day in December 2009.
On that last trip we took with them in 2009 we laughed so hard we cried, and there was a lot of “Woo Hoo”ing (hence the title of this trip report). I honestly don’t think I ever laugh as hard as I do when we’re all together, so I’m incredibly excited for this trip (I think we all are).
The dates:
September 25 through October 5, 2015. Right now the plan is to try to coordinate flights from two different cities in Michigan. DH & I live on the East side so we’ll fly from Detroit and Brian & Christine live on the West side, so they’ll fly from Grand Rapids. We’re going to be renting a vehicle, so we’d like to try to all arrive close enough to the same time that we can meet up at the airport. If that doesn’t work out, someone can always take the ME to the resort and we’ll meet up there.
The location:
Two bedroom villa at Disney’s Old Key West Resort. This will be our first time staying in anything other than a studio villa, so we’re excited for that as well.
One other thing that will be very different on this trip is our dining. On the 2009 trip we purchased the DDP and did a lot of buffet meals. DH & I have also tried using the DDP and the Deluxe DDP on past trips. This trip will not involve a DDP as DH had bariatric surgery in October (he’s already lost 80 pounds) and can only eat a few ounces of food at one time. We’re still planning on a few TS meals and two dinner shows, but I anticipate DH and I sharing a lot of meals. We’ll also be packing a lot of our own snacks since he needs to eat every two to three hours. Since we’ll have a car and a full kitchen we’ll be taking a trip to the grocery store to stock up on food (and I’ll probably purchase most of our toiletry items there, rather than pack them in suitcases). We’re still planning to enjoy our meals and food, just not as much of it!
The Cast:
DH & me on our 20th anniversary Fantasy cruise in May 2014. We’re fairly seasoned Disney addicts and this will be our 10th trip together since 1992. In addition Dave had gone several times as a kid with his parents and has done one solo trip. I have done two solo trips and two trips that were just me and my mom. We’re DVC owners so our gift to our travel companions is going to be a no charge room
My Cousin Brian & his wife Christine will be out travel companions for this trip. Here they are on our rainy DHS day in December 2009.
On that last trip we took with them in 2009 we laughed so hard we cried, and there was a lot of “Woo Hoo”ing (hence the title of this trip report). I honestly don’t think I ever laugh as hard as I do when we’re all together, so I’m incredibly excited for this trip (I think we all are).
The dates:
September 25 through October 5, 2015. Right now the plan is to try to coordinate flights from two different cities in Michigan. DH & I live on the East side so we’ll fly from Detroit and Brian & Christine live on the West side, so they’ll fly from Grand Rapids. We’re going to be renting a vehicle, so we’d like to try to all arrive close enough to the same time that we can meet up at the airport. If that doesn’t work out, someone can always take the ME to the resort and we’ll meet up there.
The location:
Two bedroom villa at Disney’s Old Key West Resort. This will be our first time staying in anything other than a studio villa, so we’re excited for that as well.
One other thing that will be very different on this trip is our dining. On the 2009 trip we purchased the DDP and did a lot of buffet meals. DH & I have also tried using the DDP and the Deluxe DDP on past trips. This trip will not involve a DDP as DH had bariatric surgery in October (he’s already lost 80 pounds) and can only eat a few ounces of food at one time. We’re still planning on a few TS meals and two dinner shows, but I anticipate DH and I sharing a lot of meals. We’ll also be packing a lot of our own snacks since he needs to eat every two to three hours. Since we’ll have a car and a full kitchen we’ll be taking a trip to the grocery store to stock up on food (and I’ll probably purchase most of our toiletry items there, rather than pack them in suitcases). We’re still planning to enjoy our meals and food, just not as much of it!
, checking out some other areas of Florida or whatever else we can come up with!