wingedjojo
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2011
Hi everybody and to my first ever pre-trip report!!!
I've been reading on the Dis for a while now and since we've got a trip planned (finally), it's my chance to do one! Since this is my first ever pre-trip report and I have no idea what I'm really doing, I'm kind of nervous in starting one. So bear with me as i try to do this right and make it something worth reading.
Anyhoo, like any good pre-trip report, I guess I'll start with the basics.
What: our 4th trip to Disney World and 1st ever visit to see Harry Potter
When: June 13 - June 19
Where: offsite; but who cares? we're going to DISNEYWORLD!!!
Why: graduation trip for my sister (from high school) and myself (from college; yes, i'm ancient)
and most importantly...
Who:
First off, there's me of course. My name's Jo, ripe old age of 22, and about to graduate from the University of California, Davis as an animal science major. What's an animal science major, you say? Well, here's a little snippet as to what we like to do:
Grossed out? Here's a better picture:
I'm the one on the right. The guy on the left is my boyfriend who, sadly, will not be coming with us.
Next on the cast list is my mom (age undisclosed):
Contrary to what the picture suggests, she is not an alcoholic. What she is though is a very hard-working individual who raised 3 girls (practically) by herself. While not as big of a Disney fan as most in our family, she tolerates it and we try to make her have as much fun as possible. She's the planner when it comes to flights, hotels and such whereas I deal with the smaller details (i.e. which park, which day, looking for deals, etc.).
My 2 younger sisters: Jan (17) and Jess (19)
Jess is to the left and is currently a second year art studio major at Mills College. She's good at what she does (trust me, otherwise I so would not have endorsed her going to such an expensive school for art - I'm just kidding). Likes Disney enough but sometimes I feel she can go either way. Doesn't give much input other than "don't care."
Jan is the other soon-to-be graduate. No idea what college she's going to yet since acceptance letters haven't gotten out but she wants to go into nursing or something similar. Besides me, I think she's the second biggest Disney fan in the family; she'll probably help me plan most in terms of what to do/eat.
Last in the party is Jan's boyfriend, Edward. I'm pretty sure he's 18; we share the same birthday and he's 4 years younger...so yeah, that's 18.
I'm not sure how he feels about Disney. I guess he likes it enough to come along (or likes my sister enough to come along for her). This is a first for us having Edward come on a "family" vacation so we'll see how that goes. Most likely we'll make him take all our family pictures; possibly pack mule as well.
As I somewhat mentioned before, this is our 4th trip to Disney World. We went in 2000, 2003 and 2007. It wasn't until last year that I discovered the Disboards, introduced them to my sisters, and have been dreaming of the day we can finally use the knowledge we gained off of these boards. Not to mention we are SUPER excited about seeing the Harry Potter land at Islands of Adventure.
I'll leave it here for now and return with more details of our planning. It's gonna be fun times and you're all welcome to come along. Thanks for reading!!!
I've been reading on the Dis for a while now and since we've got a trip planned (finally), it's my chance to do one! Since this is my first ever pre-trip report and I have no idea what I'm really doing, I'm kind of nervous in starting one. So bear with me as i try to do this right and make it something worth reading.
Anyhoo, like any good pre-trip report, I guess I'll start with the basics.
What: our 4th trip to Disney World and 1st ever visit to see Harry Potter
When: June 13 - June 19
Where: offsite; but who cares? we're going to DISNEYWORLD!!!
Why: graduation trip for my sister (from high school) and myself (from college; yes, i'm ancient)
and most importantly...
Who:
First off, there's me of course. My name's Jo, ripe old age of 22, and about to graduate from the University of California, Davis as an animal science major. What's an animal science major, you say? Well, here's a little snippet as to what we like to do:
Grossed out? Here's a better picture:
I'm the one on the right. The guy on the left is my boyfriend who, sadly, will not be coming with us.
Next on the cast list is my mom (age undisclosed):
Contrary to what the picture suggests, she is not an alcoholic. What she is though is a very hard-working individual who raised 3 girls (practically) by herself. While not as big of a Disney fan as most in our family, she tolerates it and we try to make her have as much fun as possible. She's the planner when it comes to flights, hotels and such whereas I deal with the smaller details (i.e. which park, which day, looking for deals, etc.).
My 2 younger sisters: Jan (17) and Jess (19)
Jess is to the left and is currently a second year art studio major at Mills College. She's good at what she does (trust me, otherwise I so would not have endorsed her going to such an expensive school for art - I'm just kidding). Likes Disney enough but sometimes I feel she can go either way. Doesn't give much input other than "don't care."
Jan is the other soon-to-be graduate. No idea what college she's going to yet since acceptance letters haven't gotten out but she wants to go into nursing or something similar. Besides me, I think she's the second biggest Disney fan in the family; she'll probably help me plan most in terms of what to do/eat.
Last in the party is Jan's boyfriend, Edward. I'm pretty sure he's 18; we share the same birthday and he's 4 years younger...so yeah, that's 18.
I'm not sure how he feels about Disney. I guess he likes it enough to come along (or likes my sister enough to come along for her). This is a first for us having Edward come on a "family" vacation so we'll see how that goes. Most likely we'll make him take all our family pictures; possibly pack mule as well.
As I somewhat mentioned before, this is our 4th trip to Disney World. We went in 2000, 2003 and 2007. It wasn't until last year that I discovered the Disboards, introduced them to my sisters, and have been dreaming of the day we can finally use the knowledge we gained off of these boards. Not to mention we are SUPER excited about seeing the Harry Potter land at Islands of Adventure.
I'll leave it here for now and return with more details of our planning. It's gonna be fun times and you're all welcome to come along. Thanks for reading!!!