skier_pete
DIsney-holics Anon
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2006
Welcome, welcome, yet again to what is my now SEVENTH trip report! And thank you to any loyal readers that still find my ramblings mildly interesting.
Im going to keep the introductions brief: I have been on the DIS since 2006 and have been a Disney fan all my life, but DW and I became true Disney World addicts with our first stay on-site when our DD was 3.5. Since then weve taken 8 trips to WDW, 2 to DL including an ABD tour, and one Disney Cruise earlier this year.
We also recently bought into DVC, which in a way led to THIS trip. We werent really thinking we could afford a trip this year as we already took a cruise, though we wanted to do a getaway trip just the two of us. The points we ended up buying came with some freebie points, allowing us to plan a short trip with no hotel expense, and we scrounged up the money to pay for the rest. We left DD with DMIL, and planned a 5-day escape. She knew we were going to Florida and "a day" at Epcot, but no more.
The main reason we wanted to do this trip was to DO food and wine. Not just for a day, but to really get into it and try all the different foods and beverages, and maybe check out a seminar or two (or four). So while this report will have our entire trip, understand it is mostly going to be about FOOD & WINE. All the booths. Much of the food. A real detailed experience.
At the very first booth we stopped at, we decided to also RATE all the food we ate. And here is the scale we came up with
1 = BLECH!
2 = Meh
3 = OK
4 = YUM!!!
5 = Gimmie MORE!!!!
Thus, the name of our trip report! "It's a 5 - gimmie more!"
I also want to make a point at this stage to thank those DIS-friends that took the time out of their vacation or their personal life to spend a little time with us on the trip. I find one of the great things that the DIS has given us is that we now seem to always make friends that we get to spend time with.
So, come along and take a whirlwind 5-day tour of WDW with us. There wont be much sleep --- but theyll be plenty to eat and drink!
Im going to keep the introductions brief: I have been on the DIS since 2006 and have been a Disney fan all my life, but DW and I became true Disney World addicts with our first stay on-site when our DD was 3.5. Since then weve taken 8 trips to WDW, 2 to DL including an ABD tour, and one Disney Cruise earlier this year.
We also recently bought into DVC, which in a way led to THIS trip. We werent really thinking we could afford a trip this year as we already took a cruise, though we wanted to do a getaway trip just the two of us. The points we ended up buying came with some freebie points, allowing us to plan a short trip with no hotel expense, and we scrounged up the money to pay for the rest. We left DD with DMIL, and planned a 5-day escape. She knew we were going to Florida and "a day" at Epcot, but no more.
The main reason we wanted to do this trip was to DO food and wine. Not just for a day, but to really get into it and try all the different foods and beverages, and maybe check out a seminar or two (or four). So while this report will have our entire trip, understand it is mostly going to be about FOOD & WINE. All the booths. Much of the food. A real detailed experience.
At the very first booth we stopped at, we decided to also RATE all the food we ate. And here is the scale we came up with
1 = BLECH!
2 = Meh
3 = OK
4 = YUM!!!
5 = Gimmie MORE!!!!
Thus, the name of our trip report! "It's a 5 - gimmie more!"
I also want to make a point at this stage to thank those DIS-friends that took the time out of their vacation or their personal life to spend a little time with us on the trip. I find one of the great things that the DIS has given us is that we now seem to always make friends that we get to spend time with.
So, come along and take a whirlwind 5-day tour of WDW with us. There wont be much sleep --- but theyll be plenty to eat and drink!