tinkfan160
Believer in Faith, Trust, & Pixie Dust
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2013
Introduction
Hello! After lurking on the Dis and reading trip reports all the time I decided to try my hand at my own. I lurked on the boards for quite a while before making an account, so I guess I just have to work my way up to doing things! This report shouldn’t be too long since it is just covering one day at the Magic Kingdom and a brief trip to Downtown Disney the next day, but I thought it would be a good way to dip my toes into writing a trip report. Before I get too much into the trip, I guess I will introduce myself a little more and the other people who will be found in this report.
My name is Chelsea. I’'m 22 (almost 23) and a self-proclaimed Disnerd! I have always loved Disney, but instead of my love disappearing the older I get I think it is growing! My favorite princess is Belle and my favorite non-princess is Tinkerbell (hence my username). I have however, recently developed a love for the newest queen in the Disney family. Despite Frozen being a little overwhelming, I love Elsa and the movie. This may have something to do with my previous love of Idina Menzel though! I don’'t really have a favorite non-face character, but I do find Marie from the Aristocrats to be particularly adorable. My first experience with Disney was at the age of 4 during the time that Barbie made appearances at Epcot. We were in Florida visiting my grandparents and took a 2 day trip to Epcot and the Magic Kingdom. We stayed at Port Orleans Riverside, although back then it was still Dixie Landing. I don’'t remember the trip, but I have seen photos and to make it simple, I was horrified of just about everything! I was scared of all of the characters…even the face characters. Needless to say, our trip to see Barbie wasn’t too successful. After that it was some time before we went again. However, we have gone to Disney in some capacity several times. As an only child with a Disney loving mom and dad, vacation choices were pretty simple. In December 2002, we did 3 park days combined with a 4 day cruise on the Wonder. We stayed at Caribbean Beach. This was a trip that my dad had promised we would go on when I turned ten and I didn’t let him forget it. We were on the ship for New Year’s Eve, which was awesome! So technically, this trip spanned two years. Our next trip was in December 2004. This was a week in the parks and we spent Christmas at Disney. For this trip we stayed All Star Movies. Clearly we enjoy staying on property! From there we kind of took a little break from Disney. We did a one day trip to Epcot while visiting my grandparents as they had never been there, but off the top of my head I can’'t remember when this was. We also did a day trip to Magic Kingdom in 2007 while we were visiting my grandparents during Spring Break to meet up with my best friend and her family who were there for the whole break. Finally in 2008, we returned for a longer trip. We did Spring Break with my best friend and her family. We stayed at Pop Century and while it was fun, we learned that they had a different vacation style than us, which wasn’t always fun. From there other than visiting Downtown Disney a couple of times, we didn’t return for a full trip as a family until July 2013. I had done a day trip to Disneyland with my aunt while visiting California, and even though I enjoyed it – it just wasn’t the same to me. We worked the trip around my Dad’'s birthday. This was a new time to visit for us, but we loved it. We also discovered our favorite resort, Port Orleans French Quarter. I lurked on here a lot prior to this trip, but finally joined officially after we got home. Now I am a daily reader of the boards, I comment on occasion, but I still do a lot of lurking! Well now that you know a little about our history with Disney, I will briefly introduce the other members of this trip report.
On his birthday with Wreck it Ralph and Vanellope!
Bill (who I will refer to as Dad): My father is a 53 year old child! He is my partner in crime and even though both of my parents love Disney, he and I have a different level of devotion than my mom does. If she wasn't around to keep us thinking rationally, we would probably be at Disney at least once every year, if not more! He’'s a big, kind of intimidating guy who is constantly told he never looks happy, but once you get him on Disney property he’'s like a little kid again. I know he was at Disney World at least once when he was younger, but he didn’t come from a Disney obsessed family like the one we have. I’'m not sure if he has a favorite character, but my mom and I like to place him somewhere between Goofy and Grumpy, so he has a lot of shirts with them on it!
Modeling a nice Olaf hat!
Ann (who I will refer to as Mom): As previously mentioned, my mom loves Disney, but is a lot more rational than my dad and I. Eventually, she usually gives into our shenanigans, but she doesn’t make it easy! Similar to my dad, she visited the parks a few times when she was younger, but didn’t have the same enthusiasm in her family either. She loves Eeyore and has recently developed a love for Olaf. I like to tease her that those two characters couldn’t possibly be any more different.
With Prince Charming at 1900 Park Faire
Jan (who I will refer to as Grandma): My grandma, who is 77, has not been to the Magic Kingdom since the 1970s when my mom and uncle were little. In fact, she still has part of one of the ticket books for the rides that she showed me. She did visit Epcot with us quite a few years ago and has been to Downtown Disney, but that’'s all. Unlike the rest of us, she does not share our Disney enthusiasm. She likes it, and I will spoil the trip report a little and say that she did enjoy this trip, but she doesn’t seem to understand what we like so much and I’'m still not entirely sure she gets it even after going. I don’'t know if she has any favorites, but the only ride priorities she mentioned were the Teacups and Dumbo.
If you’ve read this first part…...thank you! I’'m a little nervous to write this, since I've read so many great reports, but I guess everyone has to have a first! Even though this is only a trip report for a day trip, I was surprised at how much we accomplished given the time of year, so I thought it would be fun to show others what can be achieved in such a short period of time! My next post will include where the idea for this trip came from and from then on I will try and break the day up into pieces. I’ve never posted with pictures, but I know there is a limit so that might also determine how I break things up.
Hello! After lurking on the Dis and reading trip reports all the time I decided to try my hand at my own. I lurked on the boards for quite a while before making an account, so I guess I just have to work my way up to doing things! This report shouldn’t be too long since it is just covering one day at the Magic Kingdom and a brief trip to Downtown Disney the next day, but I thought it would be a good way to dip my toes into writing a trip report. Before I get too much into the trip, I guess I will introduce myself a little more and the other people who will be found in this report.
My name is Chelsea. I’'m 22 (almost 23) and a self-proclaimed Disnerd! I have always loved Disney, but instead of my love disappearing the older I get I think it is growing! My favorite princess is Belle and my favorite non-princess is Tinkerbell (hence my username). I have however, recently developed a love for the newest queen in the Disney family. Despite Frozen being a little overwhelming, I love Elsa and the movie. This may have something to do with my previous love of Idina Menzel though! I don’'t really have a favorite non-face character, but I do find Marie from the Aristocrats to be particularly adorable. My first experience with Disney was at the age of 4 during the time that Barbie made appearances at Epcot. We were in Florida visiting my grandparents and took a 2 day trip to Epcot and the Magic Kingdom. We stayed at Port Orleans Riverside, although back then it was still Dixie Landing. I don’'t remember the trip, but I have seen photos and to make it simple, I was horrified of just about everything! I was scared of all of the characters…even the face characters. Needless to say, our trip to see Barbie wasn’t too successful. After that it was some time before we went again. However, we have gone to Disney in some capacity several times. As an only child with a Disney loving mom and dad, vacation choices were pretty simple. In December 2002, we did 3 park days combined with a 4 day cruise on the Wonder. We stayed at Caribbean Beach. This was a trip that my dad had promised we would go on when I turned ten and I didn’t let him forget it. We were on the ship for New Year’s Eve, which was awesome! So technically, this trip spanned two years. Our next trip was in December 2004. This was a week in the parks and we spent Christmas at Disney. For this trip we stayed All Star Movies. Clearly we enjoy staying on property! From there we kind of took a little break from Disney. We did a one day trip to Epcot while visiting my grandparents as they had never been there, but off the top of my head I can’'t remember when this was. We also did a day trip to Magic Kingdom in 2007 while we were visiting my grandparents during Spring Break to meet up with my best friend and her family who were there for the whole break. Finally in 2008, we returned for a longer trip. We did Spring Break with my best friend and her family. We stayed at Pop Century and while it was fun, we learned that they had a different vacation style than us, which wasn’t always fun. From there other than visiting Downtown Disney a couple of times, we didn’t return for a full trip as a family until July 2013. I had done a day trip to Disneyland with my aunt while visiting California, and even though I enjoyed it – it just wasn’t the same to me. We worked the trip around my Dad’'s birthday. This was a new time to visit for us, but we loved it. We also discovered our favorite resort, Port Orleans French Quarter. I lurked on here a lot prior to this trip, but finally joined officially after we got home. Now I am a daily reader of the boards, I comment on occasion, but I still do a lot of lurking! Well now that you know a little about our history with Disney, I will briefly introduce the other members of this trip report.
On his birthday with Wreck it Ralph and Vanellope!
Bill (who I will refer to as Dad): My father is a 53 year old child! He is my partner in crime and even though both of my parents love Disney, he and I have a different level of devotion than my mom does. If she wasn't around to keep us thinking rationally, we would probably be at Disney at least once every year, if not more! He’'s a big, kind of intimidating guy who is constantly told he never looks happy, but once you get him on Disney property he’'s like a little kid again. I know he was at Disney World at least once when he was younger, but he didn’t come from a Disney obsessed family like the one we have. I’'m not sure if he has a favorite character, but my mom and I like to place him somewhere between Goofy and Grumpy, so he has a lot of shirts with them on it!
Modeling a nice Olaf hat!
Ann (who I will refer to as Mom): As previously mentioned, my mom loves Disney, but is a lot more rational than my dad and I. Eventually, she usually gives into our shenanigans, but she doesn’t make it easy! Similar to my dad, she visited the parks a few times when she was younger, but didn’t have the same enthusiasm in her family either. She loves Eeyore and has recently developed a love for Olaf. I like to tease her that those two characters couldn’t possibly be any more different.
With Prince Charming at 1900 Park Faire
Jan (who I will refer to as Grandma): My grandma, who is 77, has not been to the Magic Kingdom since the 1970s when my mom and uncle were little. In fact, she still has part of one of the ticket books for the rides that she showed me. She did visit Epcot with us quite a few years ago and has been to Downtown Disney, but that’'s all. Unlike the rest of us, she does not share our Disney enthusiasm. She likes it, and I will spoil the trip report a little and say that she did enjoy this trip, but she doesn’t seem to understand what we like so much and I’'m still not entirely sure she gets it even after going. I don’'t know if she has any favorites, but the only ride priorities she mentioned were the Teacups and Dumbo.
If you’ve read this first part…...thank you! I’'m a little nervous to write this, since I've read so many great reports, but I guess everyone has to have a first! Even though this is only a trip report for a day trip, I was surprised at how much we accomplished given the time of year, so I thought it would be fun to show others what can be achieved in such a short period of time! My next post will include where the idea for this trip came from and from then on I will try and break the day up into pieces. I’ve never posted with pictures, but I know there is a limit so that might also determine how I break things up.