RachelleBeaney
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- Jun 12, 2012
Hello my DIS friends
I'm back with a new pre-trip report for my next upcoming trip to the Disney Parks in the US. My husband Jared and I are taking the trip to celebrate our 10th Wedding Anniversary. It will also be our 10th anniversary of discovering the wonder that is Disney Theme Parks, as we first visited Disneyland on our honeymoon.
If you've never read one of my reports before, my name is Rachelle. My wonderful husband (and best friend) Jared and I love travelling to Disney and taking fantastic photos (mostly Jared does the photo taking). We also love music and our three cats and dog!
Jared's favourite attraction at any Disney park is Splash Mountain and mine is currently tied between Mystic Manor (at Hong Kong Disney) or the new Pirates of the Caribbean at Shanghai Disney (that ride is EPIC!). I'd have to say the Disneyland Resort is my favourite, though the Tokyo Disney Resort is a close second. I'm fully aware I have nostalgic reasons for Disneyland being my favourite (it was the first we ever visited).
Throughout our 10 years of Disney Theme Park adventures we've visited every Disney park in the world, except Disneyland Paris, and every Universal Studios Park too!
And we thought the best way to celebrate a decade of us, and a decade of our Disney adventures was with another trip!
As we live in Perth, Australia getting to Disney is both time consuming and expensive, so we sadly can't go annually or bi-annually like some of you (I am super jealous of you that can!). Because of this, we try and fit as much as we can in the trips we do take. Sadly my husband has a new job that only allows him to take 2 weeks annual leave at a time (in Australia we are entitled to 4 weeks per year, and he is, but he can only take 2 at once). We managed to wheedle an extra 2 days but only have a fortnight for our Disney Trip this time around (those of who you've read my previous reports, you'll know we usually take more time!). I shouldn't complain too much, he gets lots of good travel perks with his new job.
As well as celebrating our Wedding Anniversary on this trip we are also catching up with some wonderful Disney friends we made on our Disney Fantasy Cruise in 2015. We've all kept in touch throughout the years, and Jared and I have watched jealously as they've taken a few more cruises together. We'll be meeting up with our friends Derrick and Becky at Walt Disney World and Todd and Kim at Disneyland.
Of course I'm super excited about the opening of Star Wars land which, surprisingly, will be open on both coasts during our visit. I was only expecting Disneyland's version to be open during our trip! I am hoping that Rise of the Resistance will be open by October at Disneyland so we can experience that! It will also be our first time experiencing Pandora at Disney's Animal Kingdom (really looking forward to that). And lastly, the new ride at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure - will be open by the time we visit.
So there are a lot of new things for us to look forward to and to plan for, so I'll be outlining all of my planning thoughts and ideas here, along with what we've already booked.
And now I invite you to join me again as we start planning this new Disney adventure...and you can start by having a look at some of my favourite pictures from our last few Disney adventures:
Blue Splash Mountain - Tokyo Disneyland
Rope dropping Carsland - Disney California Adventure
Venetian Canals - Tokyo Disney Seas
Minnie says Hi - Shanghai Disneyland
Castle Framed - Tokyo Disneyland
Be Our Guest - Magic Kingdom
The original castle - Disneyland
Chim-Chim-Chimmeny- Disneyland
Hogwarts - Universal Studios Japan
Shanghai Disneyland
Mystic Point - Hong Kong Disneyland
Mickey waves - Tokyo Disneyland Dreamlights
Dragon Fire - Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley - Universal Studios Florida
Carsland - Disney California Adventure
Castaway Cay and the Disney Fantasy
Enchanted Storybook Castle - Shanghai Disneyland
Onboard Big Thunder - Tokyo Disneyland
Alice Maze - Shanghai Disneyland
Classic Tea Cups - Disneyland
Mystic Manor - Hong Kong Disneyland
Partners - Disneyland
Fireworks - Shanghai Disneyland
Mermaid Lagoon - Tokyo Disney Seas
Arabian Coast - Tokyo Disney Seas
I'm back with a new pre-trip report for my next upcoming trip to the Disney Parks in the US. My husband Jared and I are taking the trip to celebrate our 10th Wedding Anniversary. It will also be our 10th anniversary of discovering the wonder that is Disney Theme Parks, as we first visited Disneyland on our honeymoon.
If you've never read one of my reports before, my name is Rachelle. My wonderful husband (and best friend) Jared and I love travelling to Disney and taking fantastic photos (mostly Jared does the photo taking). We also love music and our three cats and dog!
Jared's favourite attraction at any Disney park is Splash Mountain and mine is currently tied between Mystic Manor (at Hong Kong Disney) or the new Pirates of the Caribbean at Shanghai Disney (that ride is EPIC!). I'd have to say the Disneyland Resort is my favourite, though the Tokyo Disney Resort is a close second. I'm fully aware I have nostalgic reasons for Disneyland being my favourite (it was the first we ever visited).
Throughout our 10 years of Disney Theme Park adventures we've visited every Disney park in the world, except Disneyland Paris, and every Universal Studios Park too!
And we thought the best way to celebrate a decade of us, and a decade of our Disney adventures was with another trip!
As we live in Perth, Australia getting to Disney is both time consuming and expensive, so we sadly can't go annually or bi-annually like some of you (I am super jealous of you that can!). Because of this, we try and fit as much as we can in the trips we do take. Sadly my husband has a new job that only allows him to take 2 weeks annual leave at a time (in Australia we are entitled to 4 weeks per year, and he is, but he can only take 2 at once). We managed to wheedle an extra 2 days but only have a fortnight for our Disney Trip this time around (those of who you've read my previous reports, you'll know we usually take more time!). I shouldn't complain too much, he gets lots of good travel perks with his new job.
As well as celebrating our Wedding Anniversary on this trip we are also catching up with some wonderful Disney friends we made on our Disney Fantasy Cruise in 2015. We've all kept in touch throughout the years, and Jared and I have watched jealously as they've taken a few more cruises together. We'll be meeting up with our friends Derrick and Becky at Walt Disney World and Todd and Kim at Disneyland.
Of course I'm super excited about the opening of Star Wars land which, surprisingly, will be open on both coasts during our visit. I was only expecting Disneyland's version to be open during our trip! I am hoping that Rise of the Resistance will be open by October at Disneyland so we can experience that! It will also be our first time experiencing Pandora at Disney's Animal Kingdom (really looking forward to that). And lastly, the new ride at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure - will be open by the time we visit.
So there are a lot of new things for us to look forward to and to plan for, so I'll be outlining all of my planning thoughts and ideas here, along with what we've already booked.
And now I invite you to join me again as we start planning this new Disney adventure...and you can start by having a look at some of my favourite pictures from our last few Disney adventures:
Blue Splash Mountain - Tokyo Disneyland
Rope dropping Carsland - Disney California Adventure
Venetian Canals - Tokyo Disney Seas
Minnie says Hi - Shanghai Disneyland
Castle Framed - Tokyo Disneyland
Be Our Guest - Magic Kingdom
The original castle - Disneyland
Chim-Chim-Chimmeny- Disneyland
Hogwarts - Universal Studios Japan
Shanghai Disneyland
Mystic Point - Hong Kong Disneyland
Mickey waves - Tokyo Disneyland Dreamlights
Dragon Fire - Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley - Universal Studios Florida
Carsland - Disney California Adventure
Castaway Cay and the Disney Fantasy
Enchanted Storybook Castle - Shanghai Disneyland
Onboard Big Thunder - Tokyo Disneyland
Alice Maze - Shanghai Disneyland
Classic Tea Cups - Disneyland
Mystic Manor - Hong Kong Disneyland
Partners - Disneyland
Fireworks - Shanghai Disneyland
Mermaid Lagoon - Tokyo Disney Seas
Arabian Coast - Tokyo Disney Seas
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