buzzrelly
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- Joined
- Nov 20, 2005
Hello all…I love reading trip reports and reliving the magic through reading about everyone's vacations, so I thought I could start one of my own! But being that this is my first report, bear with me if I mess things up!
First, our cast of characters and some background. Traveling on this trip was DS13, DD11, DM (MOM?), and Me.
You can probably figure out who's who in the pics without much explanation. I couldn't find a picture of just me alone since I am the designated picture taker. Always have been. Occasionally, DM will offer to take some pics, but she has a hard time figuring out where to touch on my iphone, and I am not the most patient person so I end up behind the camera most times. And honestly, that is just fine by me! I don't love myself in pictures much anyway!
I am the Disney nut in my family, and I have brought up my children to be just as crazy about Disney as I am, as every good mother should!
My Dear Mom took her first trip to WDW (and actually her first trip ANYWHERE!) with us in 2010 and she was hooked. She loves it probably as much as we do! She has come on every trip with us ever since: Cruise on the Disney Magic in 2012, WDW in 2013 and 2014, and then this trip.
I became a DVC member just last year when I thought about how much we love WDW and plan on returning over and over. It seemed a no-brainer for me and I am so glad I finally did it. The only regret I have was not becoming a DVC member sooner! So this trip was to be our first as DVC members, and we booked our home resort of BLT. Before becoming DVC members, our favorite resort was The Contemporary. I LOVE being able to walk back and forth to the MK, or taking the monorail to EPCOT!
Anyway, this year was a year of firsts for us. Our first DVC trip, our first trip to Universal studios, etc. We have never been to Universal and the kids and I have been wanting to see all the Harry Potter stuff, so we decided that with all the money we are saving on our resort with our DVC membership (HA!), why not go spend a couple of days on "The Dark Side," as they like to say! We decided that since we were only going to be at UO for a couple days, we wanted to stay onsite and take advantage of the early admission and front of the line passes. We booked Lowe's Royal Pacific and were very happy that we did. The resort was very pretty and well-maintained and close enough to walk to City Walk. Here we are at our first early admission...
We were up before the sun and anxious to see the Harry Potter areas!
I guess I'll take a break here…my life (the grocery store) is calling! I will post more soon with LOTS of pictures! I took at least 600, plus I have the Photopass and Universal's photo pass (Forget what it's called!)!
Thanks for starting to follow along…see ya' real soon!
I forgot to reserve Post #2 for the Table of Contents. See Post #6, or click here for the Table of Contents
First, our cast of characters and some background. Traveling on this trip was DS13, DD11, DM (MOM?), and Me.
You can probably figure out who's who in the pics without much explanation. I couldn't find a picture of just me alone since I am the designated picture taker. Always have been. Occasionally, DM will offer to take some pics, but she has a hard time figuring out where to touch on my iphone, and I am not the most patient person so I end up behind the camera most times. And honestly, that is just fine by me! I don't love myself in pictures much anyway!
I am the Disney nut in my family, and I have brought up my children to be just as crazy about Disney as I am, as every good mother should!
My Dear Mom took her first trip to WDW (and actually her first trip ANYWHERE!) with us in 2010 and she was hooked. She loves it probably as much as we do! She has come on every trip with us ever since: Cruise on the Disney Magic in 2012, WDW in 2013 and 2014, and then this trip.
I became a DVC member just last year when I thought about how much we love WDW and plan on returning over and over. It seemed a no-brainer for me and I am so glad I finally did it. The only regret I have was not becoming a DVC member sooner! So this trip was to be our first as DVC members, and we booked our home resort of BLT. Before becoming DVC members, our favorite resort was The Contemporary. I LOVE being able to walk back and forth to the MK, or taking the monorail to EPCOT!
Anyway, this year was a year of firsts for us. Our first DVC trip, our first trip to Universal studios, etc. We have never been to Universal and the kids and I have been wanting to see all the Harry Potter stuff, so we decided that with all the money we are saving on our resort with our DVC membership (HA!), why not go spend a couple of days on "The Dark Side," as they like to say! We decided that since we were only going to be at UO for a couple days, we wanted to stay onsite and take advantage of the early admission and front of the line passes. We booked Lowe's Royal Pacific and were very happy that we did. The resort was very pretty and well-maintained and close enough to walk to City Walk. Here we are at our first early admission...
We were up before the sun and anxious to see the Harry Potter areas!
I guess I'll take a break here…my life (the grocery store) is calling! I will post more soon with LOTS of pictures! I took at least 600, plus I have the Photopass and Universal's photo pass (Forget what it's called!)!
Thanks for starting to follow along…see ya' real soon!
I forgot to reserve Post #2 for the Table of Contents. See Post #6, or click here for the Table of Contents
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