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[PrincessSharon]

”Who Names a Trip Report After “Brother Bear”?!

Who names their trip report after Brother Bear? Well, I do. I was watching it recently, as it is part of my pre-trip ritual to watch a bunch of Disney movies, and I realized how similar the movie was to my trip! In case you haven’t seen BB, here’s a synopsis:

A young Inuit hunter seeks vengeance against a bear, only to be magically changed into a bear himself, and his only chance to change back is with a talkative bear cub.

So what does that have to do with a Disney trip, you ask? Well, err … not much actually! But that isn’t what I was talking about anyway. Actually, what I meant was the song On My Way. In case you haven’t heard it, here are the lyrics:

Tell everybody I'm on my way
New friends and new places to see
With blue skies ahead yes
I'm on my way
And there's nowhere else
that I'd rather be

Tell everybody I'm on my way
And I'm loving every step I take
With the sun beating down yes
I'm on my way
And I can't keep this smile off my face

'Cause there's nothing like seeing
each other again
No matter what the distance between
And the stories that we tell
will make you smile
Oh it really lifts my heart

So tell 'em all I'm on my way
New friends and new places to see
And to sleep under the stars
Who could ask for more
With the moon keeping watch over me

Not the snow, not the rain
Can change my mind
The sun will come out, wait and see
And the feeling of the wind in your face
Can lift your heart
Oh there's nowhere I would rather be

'Cause I'm on my way now-
well and truly
I'm on my way now

(I'm on my way now)
REPEAT

Tell everybody I'm on my way
And I just can't wait to be there
With blue skies ahead yes
I'm on my way
And nothing but good times to share

So tell everybody I'm on my way
And I just can't wait to be home
With the sun beating down yes
I'm on my way
And nothing but good times to show
I'm on my way

Yes, I'm on my way

Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about. So now you ask what that has to do with a Disney trip. Well, aren’t we just full of questions today! I’ll explain…

I’ll begin with a confession. My name is Sharon, and I am a trip report addict. "Hi, Sharon." I really enjoy reading about others’ experiences at Disney, and it helps me not miss the parks so much. So one fine day, I was reading a trip report on another board of a girls only trip and in my reply, I offhandedly mentioned that if they ever took another girls only trip, I wanted to come too! Others echoed my sentiments and before long, a big girls only trip was in the works!

Then a few of the ladies invited their moms, so I asked my DM if she wanted to go, and being that we share the same DNA, she of course said “YES!” My DM and I are very close, and in fact, we’ve taken a mother-daughter Disney trip in the past to Disneyland. Searching for Disneyland trip reports is what led me to the Passporter boards.

Anyway, even though my mother and I share the same DNA, she is not the uber planner that I am. In fact, my parents are the kind of whack-nuts who just go on vacation without doing any planning at all! It’s a good thing they have me! I do every bit of planning for the vacations we take together, with very little input from them. They are always happy with my choices, so it’s gotten to be a nice routine. I have fun planning, and they just show up and have fun doing. In fact, DM always invites me on every vacation they schedule, just to get me to plan it. (And to think, I used to believe it was my effervescent personality that they wanted.)

So why am I mentioning all that? There you go with the questions again! DM knows we are going, but she has no idea that we’re staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. She thinks we’re staying at Pop Century. She hasn’t even asked me, she just assumed we’re at Pop because that’s where we stayed the last time we stayed at WDW together. I am really good at keeping surprises, so no worries there! I have a few other surprises for DM, but I’ll talk about those later.

If you’ve read any of my TRs of trips that I took with DM, you’ll know we have a lot of laughs and eat a lot of sugar (remember that $5 tube of sugar?), so this trip should be lots of fun for both of us.

I’m really excited about my stay at the AKL. It’s the only resort that I’ve never even set foot in before. I’ve only seen it from pictures in trip reports and specials on the Travel Channel. I’ve had the AKL episode of Great Hotels on my TiVo for three months and I’ve watched it once or twice in that time. We are using DME, and from what I understand, Pop Century and AKL use the same bus, so I plan to keep up the Pop charade until we step off the bus at AKL. My only worry is how to get the DME tag on DM’s suitcase without her noticing. I think I’ll wait until the very last second at the airport, and then go, “Hey Mom, is that Denzel Washington?” and when she turns to look, I’ll slip it on.

Shortly after booking, I learned of the free dining plan. I decided that since our dates happened to be on the tail end of the free dining, we should give it a try. I am an AP holder, but my DM would need park tickets, so whatever I lost in AP room discount I figured would be made up in the food. I ended up only getting a one day MYW ticket (non hopping) for each of us, and I’ll just let DM use both. We also are going to attend MNSSHP, so DM won’t need a ticket for that night. DM will go home on Monday, and I’ll spend the rest of the trip hanging out with a bunch of people I’ve never met before (or have met only briefly).

Among these wonderful people that I’ve never met are a number of Passporters. Once I discovered the Passporter boards, I was in TR-addict heaven. So many, many wonderful trip reports to read! I “met” many wonderful people, and even joined in a girls only trip on this board!

So now do you see how that song fits in? Go up and read the lyrics again, and you’ll say “Oh yeah, now I get it!” And probably be humming that bouncy little tune, to boot!

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