mommaU4
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2005
(Scroll to bottom of page for links to specific planning posts.)
~~~Link to actual trip report: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1988356~~~
Well, after finishing my last trip report, I wasn't sure I would do another.
But we are planning another trip back to Disneyland/California Adventure in October!! YAY! I'm looking forward to it.....and yet I'm not.
Obviously I cannot wait to be back at Disney. That's a given. But sadly our annual passes will be expiring that month and we cannot afford to renew them. We are a family of 6 so that's just too much money, especially combined with the rising hotel, food and gas costs for each trip.
So we'll be going one more time as a family in October, then I'll be going for a few days on my own with the DIS Girls Only Trip in March, and that will pretty much be it for Disney for awhile. It's a sad thought.
BUT I'm not going to let it get me down. We've had some really wonderful trips with our passes and made some great family memories. I know there are some families who can't afford to go at all, so I am truly lucky we were able to do as much as we did.
And I know at some point we will be back in the parks as a family. You can't keep me away from Disney for too long..... Maybe once the DCA refurbishment is complete in a few years. That would be awesome!!
OK, back to this Trip Report. I finally decided since it was our last trip as AP holders I simply had to do a report. Last time I started my pre-trip report it was about 2 weeks before trip time, so it feels a little weird for me to be doing one so far out, but I think it will be a way for me to savor the trip a little more if that makes any sense. LOL
Also I thought it would be a way to keep me busy during the long Las Vegas summer on days when it's just too hot to set foot outside.
LINKS TO VARIOUS *PRE-TRIP* HIGHLIGHTS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SKIP THE CHATTER:
Cast and Crew
It's the most wonderful time of the year..... (or why I love Halloween!)
Pictures from our Halloweentime 2007 trip
Fun with Tigger!
The Kid's "To Do" Lists
More of my Halloweentime 2007 pics
A "mysterious" box, what's in it??
Autumn pictures from Michigan
And now it's time to answer that burning question......WHAT was in the box????
More items from the box....
Matching kids tees
Tote bags
Ariel's Grotto?
Random DL and DCA pics
More DL Halloween shots from last October
Who's hungry?
Food Talk
More 2007 Halloweentime pics
Oh, I am so doing this!!!
Online DCA party pics
Snacking around the parks
Look what I found!
Costumes
Halloweentime 2008 information
Travel items for the trip (or who else is addicted to travel sized items??)
Two itineraries??
Bored........ (or a trip down memory lane)
Changes?? Umm, I don't deal well with changes!!
Not a bad way to spend a Monday....
We added another night!!
A night out at Planet Hollywood
Night out continued...
Priority Seating reservations
Cafe Orleans, party of 18 please!
Back to School
Awesome Halloween party pics!! Thanks MJ! lol
More great pics!
To breakfast or not to breakfast? That is the question!
I will not freak out, I will not freak out.....OK, I'm freaking out!!!
[URL="http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=27428840&postcount=543"] Vegas pics and dessert porn.....yum!
[URL="http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=27561910&postcount=580"]San Gennaro Feast[/URL][/URL]
We'll be Walking in Walt's Footsteps
My must-do list
~~~Link to actual trip report: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1988356~~~
Well, after finishing my last trip report, I wasn't sure I would do another.
But we are planning another trip back to Disneyland/California Adventure in October!! YAY! I'm looking forward to it.....and yet I'm not.
Obviously I cannot wait to be back at Disney. That's a given. But sadly our annual passes will be expiring that month and we cannot afford to renew them. We are a family of 6 so that's just too much money, especially combined with the rising hotel, food and gas costs for each trip.
So we'll be going one more time as a family in October, then I'll be going for a few days on my own with the DIS Girls Only Trip in March, and that will pretty much be it for Disney for awhile. It's a sad thought.
BUT I'm not going to let it get me down. We've had some really wonderful trips with our passes and made some great family memories. I know there are some families who can't afford to go at all, so I am truly lucky we were able to do as much as we did.
And I know at some point we will be back in the parks as a family. You can't keep me away from Disney for too long..... Maybe once the DCA refurbishment is complete in a few years. That would be awesome!!
OK, back to this Trip Report. I finally decided since it was our last trip as AP holders I simply had to do a report. Last time I started my pre-trip report it was about 2 weeks before trip time, so it feels a little weird for me to be doing one so far out, but I think it will be a way for me to savor the trip a little more if that makes any sense. LOL
Also I thought it would be a way to keep me busy during the long Las Vegas summer on days when it's just too hot to set foot outside.
LINKS TO VARIOUS *PRE-TRIP* HIGHLIGHTS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SKIP THE CHATTER:
Cast and Crew
It's the most wonderful time of the year..... (or why I love Halloween!)
Pictures from our Halloweentime 2007 trip
Fun with Tigger!
The Kid's "To Do" Lists
More of my Halloweentime 2007 pics
A "mysterious" box, what's in it??
Autumn pictures from Michigan
And now it's time to answer that burning question......WHAT was in the box????
More items from the box....
Matching kids tees
Tote bags
Ariel's Grotto?
Random DL and DCA pics
More DL Halloween shots from last October
Who's hungry?
Food Talk
More 2007 Halloweentime pics
Oh, I am so doing this!!!
Online DCA party pics
Snacking around the parks
Look what I found!
Costumes
Halloweentime 2008 information
Travel items for the trip (or who else is addicted to travel sized items??)
Two itineraries??
Bored........ (or a trip down memory lane)
Changes?? Umm, I don't deal well with changes!!
Not a bad way to spend a Monday....
We added another night!!
A night out at Planet Hollywood
Night out continued...
Priority Seating reservations
Cafe Orleans, party of 18 please!
Back to School
Awesome Halloween party pics!! Thanks MJ! lol
More great pics!
To breakfast or not to breakfast? That is the question!
I will not freak out, I will not freak out.....OK, I'm freaking out!!!
[URL="http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=27428840&postcount=543"] Vegas pics and dessert porn.....yum!
[URL="http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=27561910&postcount=580"]San Gennaro Feast[/URL][/URL]
We'll be Walking in Walt's Footsteps
My must-do list