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Mom's 1st visit to Mickey at WDW (12/2/10 - 12/12/10) - UPDATED 12/2
Well welcome to my very first pre-trip report! I wasn’t going to start this report until we got closer to the date of our trip but, today was a tough day and what better way to cheer up then start writing about the upcoming trip to visit Mickey at WDW! Every trip report I have read up to this point has been great, and they keep me looking forward to our own trip to WDW. I hope that my trip report will be able to accomplish the same for others and that you enjoy it as much as I enjoy reading yours! Well that’s enough of the introduction let’s get on to the pre-trip report.
The Basics
Dates: Dec. 3, 2010 – Dec. 12 2010
Hotel: Port Orleans – French Quarter
Cast: Kaniala (Myself) – 2nd Visit to WDW
Jennifer (Mom) – 1st Visit to WDW
Dominic (Uncle) – 1st Visit to WDW
More info to come on our cast I promise
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WOW, this looks great, awesome job on your first trip report!
More please.
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Great start.
Thank you everyone!
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Originally Posted by islandgirl
Great start!!
It is never too early to start (or at least that what I'm telling myself!! I started my PTR & I'm not going until Feb 2011!!)
I noticed some other PTR reports for next year so I figured it was ok to start mine. I didn't see yours so I will make a point to look for it!
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Can't wait to see what you plan to do for your trip!
That will be coming up. We are still waiting for the park dates to post for December so we can make some semi-solid plans (they will probably change) I feel like a little kid waiting for Christmas!
I guess the best way to tell everyone here how we decided to visit WDW is to start from the beginning. First off I am the only one that has been there before when I was 16 and a junior in high school. Well I loved Disney World! I always enjoyed going to DL and WDW just made me love Disney even more. That was my only trip to WDW and it wasn’t enough so at some point I knew I would be going back.
Fast forward many years from high school to about 2 years ago. Well at that point I was planning a trip to go with my girlfriend and we had almost everything planned and ready to go when something came up and we had to cancel. 6 months ago things didn’t work out and we decided to break up. I didn’t have any hard feelings about it but, I realized that I was single and now could book a trip to WDW and as a bonus I only have to pay for my own trip woohoo!!!
I don’t remember exactly when I decided on going but, my first plan was to visit WDW in late September. With so many things going on such as the Food and Wine Festival , MNSSHP and my birthday to celebrate I knew that it would be a great time for me to visit. Well with that my plan was forming! I realized that my mom has never been to WDW (the only time she has left the state was to go to Phoenix in Summer!) and this would be the perfect time for her to take her first real vacation outside of Hawaii.
Well I told her I was going to WDW and asked if she would like to come with me. Well she said yes and we started to look up information for our trip and it started. Well we had some discussion about our trip and somehow she convinced me to have the dates changed from going in late September to the first week of December. She hijacked my trip! Haha well not really; I wanted to visit during the holidays also but, I just like to tease her about it.
After a while into planning I was thinking that it would be nice if my Uncle who lives in Colorado would come with us also. He was very close to our family when he lived in Hawaii and used to go out with us almost everywhere. The last time we saw him was when he visited for my brother’s wedding and I figured we were overdue to see him again. Well my mom was thinking the same thing and told me she invited him to accompany us during our trip. Well with that change we have our cast and dates for WDW.
Well right now I am at home and I have some type of cold as I was running a fever last night. I really can’t do much but, I can watch Ratatouille and inform everyone of my cast! There are benefits to staying home (today is my day off anyway). Well anyway here is our cast for our trip
Kaniala (Myself) – I am 26 (will be 27 while at WDW) and I have been to DL several times and WDW once before. I have gone with different people and my first trip to DL was when I was about 6. I loved each trip and the thing I love most about both DL and WDW is the themes that Disney incorporates to each land and ride. I personally believe that is a huge part of the magic that Disney is known for. Obviously my favorite Disney character would be Stitch and hey I live in Hawaii so it just makes him all the more special to me
Jennifer (Mom) – Well my mom is 48, one of the greatest mom's , and is looking forward to her first trip to WDW. The only time she has left the state previously was to go to Arizona when my brother was planning to move to there for school. Well after I decided I would be taking a trip to WDW I asked her if she would like to come with me. She said yes and another was added to the trip. She says when she was younger she related to Cinderella. Now her favorite character is Tigger but, she is still waiting for her Prince Charming
Dominic (Uncle) – My uncle is 39 and will be meeting us at WDW from Colorado.This would be his first trip as well. He has moved to Colorado about 8 years ago but, before the move was very close to our family growing up. My uncle would go with us to the movies, beach, and basically just spend time with the family. He made a few trips back to Hawaii for the bigger occasions such as my cousin’s wedding, and my brother’s graduation and wedding . It is going to be great to see him and spend a week in WDW. His favorite characters are either Jack or Zero from Nightmare before Christmas.
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, MNSSHP and my birthday to celebrate I knew that it would be a great time for me to visit. Well with that my plan was forming! I realized that my mom has never been to WDW (the only time she has left the state was to go to Phoenix in Summer!) and this would be the perfect time for her to take her first real vacation outside of Hawaii.
She hijacked my trip! Haha well not really; I wanted to visit during the holidays also but, I just like to tease her about it.
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