Things to Accomplish...Solo Trip to WDW....Check! - Page 11 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Great final thoughts! Sounds like a fun trip overall despite a few "lonely" thoughts creeping in Your son sounds so sweet and I love his reaction to the fact the extra suitcase was full of gifts for him
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Great wrap-up! I had the funniest mental image picturing you taking a flying leap into Travis' car with all your bags as he drove along the curb! Glad he stopped for you! I think it's probably normal for people who usually travel with family to have lonely moments if solo. It just means you love your family. I hope our paths cross again at WDW -- I'd love to meet up again, and to meet Travis, too.
I echo the thanks for sharing -- was really cool to read about a solo trip from the perspective of a first time solo-tripper. I also have to say that I, too, had a mental picture of you taking a running leap into the car - giggle
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Just found this and read through (so I didn't have to wait for you to continue ), sounds like a great trip, even if you did miss your family! I would love to do a solo trip, but I know I would feel the same way......and besides, I don't think my DH or dd would allow me! . They always have to invade on my space!
And by the way......Happy Belated Birthday! We share the day!!!
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Just found this and read through (so I didn't have to wait for you to continue ), sounds like a great trip, even if you did miss your family! I would love to do a solo trip, but I know I would feel the same way......and besides, I don't think my DH or dd would allow me! . They always have to invade on my space!
And by the way......Happy Belated Birthday! We share the day!!!
I just came across your TR while searching for tips on travelling solo. You had me excited, scared, sad, making mental notes on things to do and not to do and found myself thinking many times how much alike we are when it comes to how we both like to experience WDW. Thanks for sharing and giving this first-time bucket list solo traveler some insight.
Now...where's your Grand Canyon TR?
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I just came across your TR while searching for tips on travelling solo. You had me excited, scared, sad, making mental notes on things to do and not to do and found myself thinking many times how much alike we are when it comes to how we both like to experience WDW. Thanks for sharing and giving this first-time bucket list solo traveler some insight.
Now...where's your Grand Canyon TR?
It was an experience and one I"ll probably do again!! The Grand Canyon....well let's just say it may be awhile before I head west. Right now I'm planning a November trip with my son to WDW to celebrate Food & Wine Festival!!
Thank you for sharing. i really enjoyed your trip report. i have always traveled with my daughter, but now she is 21 and is not interested in Disney anymore. I have traveled once to WDW by myself, but i was meeting lots of PP's and ended up spending lots of times with them. I would like to return to WDW, but not sure if i would want to do a solo trip. Even at home, i won't go to a restaurant or a movie by myself.
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Your son sounds so sweet and I love his reaction to the fact the extra suitcase was full of gifts for him 
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Glad he stopped for you! I think it's probably normal for people who usually travel with family to have lonely moments if solo. It just means you love your family. I hope our paths cross again at WDW -- I'd love to meet up again, and to meet Travis, too.
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), sounds like a great trip, even if you did miss your family! I would love to do a solo trip, but I know I would feel the same way......and besides, I don't think my DH or dd would allow me! 
. They always have to invade on my space! 
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