jenng1983
Disney fanatic in Canada
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2015
I've been reading Dis Boards for a while now, and apparently I registered way back when because when I tried to register, my email address was already in use. I thought these forums were strictly WDW, but now that I've stumbled upon the DLR section, and see people doing PTRs and TRs, I am super pumped! I will try to figure out the avatar and signature thing, but for now, I will start with a little about us. I'm a bit of a chronic planner, and I like to write, so this could get long. Settle in!
I'm Jenn, and I love coffee, red wine and Disney. I went on my first ever WDW trip in 1993, I was 9/10. It was my family's first ever (and only) family vacation (minus my dad, who was terrified to fly). My mom got the trip as a work incentive or something. It was originally a trip for 2 to the Bahamas but because of my dad's fear of flying, my mom asked if she could change it and they luckily said yes. They paid our flights, hotel and rental car, my mom paid for our tickets. I remember little bits here and there from it, and pull out our 3 photo albums frequently to look back on. There are 3 VHS tapes somewhere taken with our gigantic rented camcorder, but between a cross country move, a divorce and all of us going our separate ways, they're missing.
DH is James, he loves me and therefore Disney.
Kids are DSS, 15 and DD, 5. Both love Disney almost as much as me. I feel so blessed to be able to take them places and give them the experiences my parents couldn't/wouldn't. I scrimp and save every penny I can to be able to go, and with our Canadian dollar being so crappy right now, I need to save even more.
In February 2016, we took our kids on their first ever Disney trip, first time ever leaving Canada for them even. I won't go into too many details of that trip, as I may write a TR (is a year later too late to write one??), but I can't resist telling a little bit. We kept the secret until Christmas 2015 (SO HARD!) and they were so excited. We drove to Anaheim, from our home in Calgary. We left on a Friday afternoon, alternated driving through the night and following day with minimal stops until Vegas, where we arrived at noon Saturday. Stayed the night, and left early Sunday morning for Anaheim. Stayed for 8 glorious nights and sadly came home. This is when the Disney Bug bit the other 3 members of my family and we were planning our next trip back immediately ("Once in a lifetime" trip DH called it at the beginning... right.)
We talked about dates, and because that first trip was over DH's birthday, we decided that we would go this year in June, over DD's birthday. She will get to turn 6 years old IN Disneyland! I, of course, got carried away and told her how we'd do a princess makeover, eat lunch with the princesses and all sorts of other fun (expensive) things that popped into my head and immediately regretted, so I hope she forgets some of those things and/or forgive me if I don't follow through.
Ok, going to post this, go feed my animals and I'll be back with some of the details of our planning so far!
I'm Jenn, and I love coffee, red wine and Disney. I went on my first ever WDW trip in 1993, I was 9/10. It was my family's first ever (and only) family vacation (minus my dad, who was terrified to fly). My mom got the trip as a work incentive or something. It was originally a trip for 2 to the Bahamas but because of my dad's fear of flying, my mom asked if she could change it and they luckily said yes. They paid our flights, hotel and rental car, my mom paid for our tickets. I remember little bits here and there from it, and pull out our 3 photo albums frequently to look back on. There are 3 VHS tapes somewhere taken with our gigantic rented camcorder, but between a cross country move, a divorce and all of us going our separate ways, they're missing.
DH is James, he loves me and therefore Disney.
Kids are DSS, 15 and DD, 5. Both love Disney almost as much as me. I feel so blessed to be able to take them places and give them the experiences my parents couldn't/wouldn't. I scrimp and save every penny I can to be able to go, and with our Canadian dollar being so crappy right now, I need to save even more.
In February 2016, we took our kids on their first ever Disney trip, first time ever leaving Canada for them even. I won't go into too many details of that trip, as I may write a TR (is a year later too late to write one??), but I can't resist telling a little bit. We kept the secret until Christmas 2015 (SO HARD!) and they were so excited. We drove to Anaheim, from our home in Calgary. We left on a Friday afternoon, alternated driving through the night and following day with minimal stops until Vegas, where we arrived at noon Saturday. Stayed the night, and left early Sunday morning for Anaheim. Stayed for 8 glorious nights and sadly came home. This is when the Disney Bug bit the other 3 members of my family and we were planning our next trip back immediately ("Once in a lifetime" trip DH called it at the beginning... right.)
We talked about dates, and because that first trip was over DH's birthday, we decided that we would go this year in June, over DD's birthday. She will get to turn 6 years old IN Disneyland! I, of course, got carried away and told her how we'd do a princess makeover, eat lunch with the princesses and all sorts of other fun (expensive) things that popped into my head and immediately regretted, so I hope she forgets some of those things and/or forgive me if I don't follow through.
Ok, going to post this, go feed my animals and I'll be back with some of the details of our planning so far!