Three Weeks in The World and 20 Happy Thoughts: a DTR (During Trip Report!) - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Three Weeks in The World and 20 Happy Thoughts: a DTR (During Trip Report!)
In less than 48 hours I will be landing at MCO to begin a three-week visit to WDW! While this will be my first off-site trip (because staying on-site for three weeks would be...well...financially impossible), I'll be in the parks almost every day and would like to share, here in this thread, the highlights of my trip with all of you. The bonus part of being off site is that I'll have an internet connection so that I can post every day!
I have to admit that this is a rather strange trip. I'm there working on a project I've been working on for some time now (long story, not really talking about it) so technically it is a 'working' trip. But it is also Disney! So that's very exciting. The trip is also odd because of the changing cast of characters. I'll be starting out the trip with my mother (for four days), continuing the trip with fellow passporter Melissa Sue (for three days), and spending the last week and a half (ish) solo.
Am I excited? YOU BET! But I'm also a little sad. You see, I'm married--happily married, in fact--and I won't get to see my husband for those whole three weeks . He'll be at home, working and taking care of the dogs. I've been a bit freaked out about the whole leaving him for so long thing (ok--a LOT freaked out), and I've been dealing with it by reading all kinds of threads on here to pump myself up for the excitement of Disney...and trying not to think about the sadness of leaving him. So far it's been going pretty well. Yay Passporter!
Thus, what I thought I'd do is this: every day (ideally) I'll post a happy thought from that particular day--a WDW-related highlight of the day. That way you can all get a Disney fix from the comfort of your own homes...and I can have a whole bunch of people to share my trip with even though I'll be solo for a good portion of it. Does that sound like a plan? If so--stay tuned! The first park on our list is AK, where we will be THIS SATURDAY!
I think I may also be forced to write a 'list of things I'm excited about' post sometime tomorrow, as I really am kind of upset about the husband thing. I don't know why--I travel without him often. It's just that this trip is so LONG.
If you want to know more about me and guest star number one--my mom--check out my trip report from my last trip...that I'm just about to finish RIGHT NOW. Nothing like waiting until the last minute, right?
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. He'll be at home, working and taking care of the dogs. I've been a bit freaked out about the whole leaving him for so long thing (ok--a LOT freaked out), and I've been dealing with it by reading all kinds of threads on here to pump myself up for the excitement of Disney...and trying not to think about the sadness of leaving him. So far it's been going pretty well. Yay Passporter!
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