Jonophonics
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2018
Hi, newbie to the forum here, I've been following the DIS guys on youtube for a while now, so I decided to check out these forums. Here's a little bit about me and my "Disney" story, feel free to read on! 
I'm not ashamed to say it, I am obsessed with Disney, WDW in particular. Actually my obsession stretches a bit further than that. I've been visiting Kissimmee Florida since 1991 (I was only 18 months old on that visit) and my most recent trip was 2016. (I'm from Scotland)
It was this most recent trip that really got the Disney juices flowing for me again, before that I hadn't been since 2011, and at that point my grandparents had sold their holiday home out there and I thought my love of the area and Disney/Universal etc was going to fizzle out, as I was devastated. I didn't know when I'd ever get back, or if I even wanted to go back. I still don't think I'm over the fact that that villa is no longer considered our "home away from home" but after a few years away, my family (minus grandparents) decided we missed it too much, so we booked our trip.
We rented a lovely villa which was around 10 minutes from where we usually stayed, it did feel a bit strange at first, driving from the airport knowing we weren't going "home", but as soon as we got to our villa, that feeling of sadness soon went away, as this place was stunning.
My brother and I brought our girlfriends on this trip, and neither of them had been before, so everything was new to them, I think this was actually great for everyone else, as it meant we had to go everywhere and see everything. As we went so often in the past, we would tend to just pick and chose our "park days" and relax the rest of the time, but this time it was relentless Disney/Universal - and I LOVED IT!
I was now 26 years old, and for the first time I appreciated everything as a "grown up", if anyone tells you Disney is only for kids then don't listen to them. I enjoyed it this trip more than ever. So many fond memories flooding back, and it was amazing being able to now share them with my girlfriend. We all had our 2 week ultimate passes (Disney & Universal) and we definitely got our monies worth.
We now have a 5 month old little boy and I cannot express enough at how excited I am at the thought of taking him to Kissimmee and the parks. I want so badly for him to be able to experience what I experienced growing up visiting the parks, it will be a while until I'm able to make another trip, but until then I'll have to relay on the DIS to give me my fix!
Hope you're all having a great day!
I'm not ashamed to say it, I am obsessed with Disney, WDW in particular. Actually my obsession stretches a bit further than that. I've been visiting Kissimmee Florida since 1991 (I was only 18 months old on that visit) and my most recent trip was 2016. (I'm from Scotland)
It was this most recent trip that really got the Disney juices flowing for me again, before that I hadn't been since 2011, and at that point my grandparents had sold their holiday home out there and I thought my love of the area and Disney/Universal etc was going to fizzle out, as I was devastated. I didn't know when I'd ever get back, or if I even wanted to go back. I still don't think I'm over the fact that that villa is no longer considered our "home away from home" but after a few years away, my family (minus grandparents) decided we missed it too much, so we booked our trip.
We rented a lovely villa which was around 10 minutes from where we usually stayed, it did feel a bit strange at first, driving from the airport knowing we weren't going "home", but as soon as we got to our villa, that feeling of sadness soon went away, as this place was stunning.
My brother and I brought our girlfriends on this trip, and neither of them had been before, so everything was new to them, I think this was actually great for everyone else, as it meant we had to go everywhere and see everything. As we went so often in the past, we would tend to just pick and chose our "park days" and relax the rest of the time, but this time it was relentless Disney/Universal - and I LOVED IT!
I was now 26 years old, and for the first time I appreciated everything as a "grown up", if anyone tells you Disney is only for kids then don't listen to them. I enjoyed it this trip more than ever. So many fond memories flooding back, and it was amazing being able to now share them with my girlfriend. We all had our 2 week ultimate passes (Disney & Universal) and we definitely got our monies worth.
We now have a 5 month old little boy and I cannot express enough at how excited I am at the thought of taking him to Kissimmee and the parks. I want so badly for him to be able to experience what I experienced growing up visiting the parks, it will be a while until I'm able to make another trip, but until then I'll have to relay on the DIS to give me my fix!
Hope you're all having a great day!
