Not only is this my first PTR, it’s almost my very first post here at DIS. Keep this in mind, and please bear with me!
I took my first WDW trip 13 years ago for my sweet sixteen. That trip included my dad, mom, and sister. We spent 5 nights at the All Star Jazz in the middle of the sweltering summer. The family’s grown since then so our cast is much larger this go-round. Not only that, but we’ll have a chance to enjoy WDW in cooler temperatures (hopefully not TOO cool!)
The who:
Me – The pseudo-planner for this vacation. A travel agent friend of my grandmother’s booked the trip for us. I’m almost embarrassed about how excited I am for this trip. I’ve been obsessed since I found the DIS boards and discovered touringplans. The cousins now assume I’m calling about something “disney” every time I call. When I’m not researching, I’m busy Disney shopping.
DH – The Scrooge. I may be exaggerating a little, but not by much. First time WDW’er, but has been to Disneyland, as he grew up in LA. He's entirely too cool to be excited.
DD(s) – Both 9. Both Disney first-timers. They’re both very excited about Toy Story Mania because they’ve shown it on the Disney Channel evidently. Other than that, they don’t know much about WDW.
DSis - 27 by the time we make it to WDW. This will be her second visit, like me.
My Mom and Dad – No telling how many trips they’ve made. I believe I remember hearing my mom say she first visited when the park opened because her father worked at the park.
Grandmother – The one who made this all possible. We’ve talked about this trip for a couple years now, but she made it happen. It seems like almost as soon as she mentioned wanting to do this, we had airline tickets in hand.
Aunt, Uncle, Cousins (22 and 20,) Second Cousin (7 mos,) and Uncle’s Father – I believe they took a family trip to WDW about 10 years ago.
The what: 4 day Park Hopper with Dining plan.
The when: December 19-24
The where: Saratoga Springs. 2 Studios and 1 3-Bedroom Villa.
Hopefully I'll get my 10 posts up soon so that I'll be allowed to post pictures.
More to come very soon!