LarryGadget
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 18, 2002
With 350+ days leading up to our family’s land and sea adventure, I thought I would start a pre-trip planning report to help pass the time and to hopefully get advice from other experienced Disney World and Disney Cruise Line vacationers as our plans evolve.
I’ll start with a little background. We are a family of 4 residing in Davidson, North Carolina. My wife, Lisa, and I have 2 grown daughters, Emily (26) and Caroline (24). I first went to Disney World as a child with my parents and younger brother in 1976. In the late 80s I lived in Southern California and visited Disneyland often. When Lisa and I married in 1991 we spent our honeymoon at Disney World. Time passed, our daughters were born, and when they were 4 & 6 years old we took our first Disney World trip in 2002. Stayed at the Beach Club and also did a 4 day cruise on the Wonder. We were hooked. Over the past 20 years we made another 10 or so trips as a family, sometimes land and sea, sometimes just the parks, and a few times cruise only.
Just for fun, I’ve included 2 pictures below from our first trip with kids in 2002 and then another from a more recent trip early in 2022.
So that brings us to this next trip. It’ll be all 4 of us, and with the busy schedules of our daughters it could be the last as a family for a while. The initial plan is for 2 days in the parks starting December 20, 2023 followed by a 4 day Disney Wish cruise, and then 4 more park days to close out the trip. Tentative resort and cruising plans below.
2-Night Contemporary
Dec 20 - 22, 2023
4-Night Disney Wish Cruise from Port Canaveral
Dec 22 - 26, 2023
4-Night Wilderness Lodge
Dec 26 - Dec 30, 2023
So that’s all for now. As the coming months unfold I will add more detail. Thanks for reading!
I’ll start with a little background. We are a family of 4 residing in Davidson, North Carolina. My wife, Lisa, and I have 2 grown daughters, Emily (26) and Caroline (24). I first went to Disney World as a child with my parents and younger brother in 1976. In the late 80s I lived in Southern California and visited Disneyland often. When Lisa and I married in 1991 we spent our honeymoon at Disney World. Time passed, our daughters were born, and when they were 4 & 6 years old we took our first Disney World trip in 2002. Stayed at the Beach Club and also did a 4 day cruise on the Wonder. We were hooked. Over the past 20 years we made another 10 or so trips as a family, sometimes land and sea, sometimes just the parks, and a few times cruise only.
Just for fun, I’ve included 2 pictures below from our first trip with kids in 2002 and then another from a more recent trip early in 2022.
So that brings us to this next trip. It’ll be all 4 of us, and with the busy schedules of our daughters it could be the last as a family for a while. The initial plan is for 2 days in the parks starting December 20, 2023 followed by a 4 day Disney Wish cruise, and then 4 more park days to close out the trip. Tentative resort and cruising plans below.
2-Night Contemporary
Dec 20 - 22, 2023
4-Night Disney Wish Cruise from Port Canaveral
Dec 22 - 26, 2023
4-Night Wilderness Lodge
Dec 26 - Dec 30, 2023
So that’s all for now. As the coming months unfold I will add more detail. Thanks for reading!
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