Taraven87
Earning My Ears
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- Apr 6, 2015
Hi guys, first time sharing a trip report anywhere, but this past trip was such a doozy I couldn't help but share with you all! The forums were such a huge help as I planned, I wanted to share a bit of the fun I had!
My husband and I are big Disney fans; we actually planned a trip to Disneyland between our 3rd and 4th date! Don't worry, we'd known each other much longer than that by the time the trip actually rolled around... We were pretty confident things would work out. Disney World was a natural choice for our honeymoon. We got married back in June but chose to wait until October for our Honeymoon so we could catch the Food & Wine Festival, and beat some of the heat and humidity. Don't worry, we snuck down to Disneyland for a few days right after the wedding back in June!
We booked the Disneymoon back in 9/14, so I had more than a year to plan. We decided this would be the trip we'd always dreamed of but never thought we'd get to take, and that we'd do all the things we'd always attached a "what if" to. That meant staying longer than we'd ever stayed (2 nights at the Swan and 11 at POR, in addition to 2 nights over at Universal), booking all of the Signature dining we'd been curious about, experiencing the Food & Wine Festival for the first time, Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, and-- the icing on the cake-- an evening at Victoria & Albert's. We weren't sure we'd be able to swing it all, but some very generous friends chose to gift us honeymoon experiences for our Wedding as opposed to traditional gifts, so we were able to really splurge.
Before I dive in, I'll tell you a bit about us! DH and I have been together for 5 years, we met online (as so many couples do these days!). Before we were married, we'd been to Disney World together once, and to Disneyland together 3 times. We live in Northern California, so Disneyland is more convenient than Disney World, but still a bit of a haul when we drive (and we've only flown once). DH had not been to Disneyland in about 20 years before we met, and he tells me as we drove through Anaheim towards Disneyland that first trip, he was asking himself "What am I doing!?" He ended up, much to my relief, loving it nearly as much as I do. I'd lost my mother the previous year, and she had been my Disney partner in crime. I hadn't been in about 4 years before that trip, so it was really meaningful that I'd found someone I loved who was happy to indulge my love of Disney, and who could enjoy it too.
Our first trip to Disney World was less than ideal; we had 3.5 days, skipped AK, and went in the sweltering June heat. DH prefers foggy 50 degree weather, so he was miserable. DH is also a (picky- but he'll deny it!) vegetarian, and really struggled at most of the restaurants we went to. He left that trip of the opinion that Disney World was a dated, watered down version of Disneyland. I love both resorts, and view them as completely different, not at all interchangeable experiences, so I was heartbroken! I vowed to make the Disneymoon the trip where he'd fall in love with Disney World, and he went into it with an open mind; he'd heard me go on and on about what a Disney World trip *could* be so many times, that I think he was eager to be proven wrong. So, I had a year to plan 13 action-packed, magical days at Disney World that would change his mind.
My husband and I are big Disney fans; we actually planned a trip to Disneyland between our 3rd and 4th date! Don't worry, we'd known each other much longer than that by the time the trip actually rolled around... We were pretty confident things would work out. Disney World was a natural choice for our honeymoon. We got married back in June but chose to wait until October for our Honeymoon so we could catch the Food & Wine Festival, and beat some of the heat and humidity. Don't worry, we snuck down to Disneyland for a few days right after the wedding back in June!
We booked the Disneymoon back in 9/14, so I had more than a year to plan. We decided this would be the trip we'd always dreamed of but never thought we'd get to take, and that we'd do all the things we'd always attached a "what if" to. That meant staying longer than we'd ever stayed (2 nights at the Swan and 11 at POR, in addition to 2 nights over at Universal), booking all of the Signature dining we'd been curious about, experiencing the Food & Wine Festival for the first time, Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, and-- the icing on the cake-- an evening at Victoria & Albert's. We weren't sure we'd be able to swing it all, but some very generous friends chose to gift us honeymoon experiences for our Wedding as opposed to traditional gifts, so we were able to really splurge.
Before I dive in, I'll tell you a bit about us! DH and I have been together for 5 years, we met online (as so many couples do these days!). Before we were married, we'd been to Disney World together once, and to Disneyland together 3 times. We live in Northern California, so Disneyland is more convenient than Disney World, but still a bit of a haul when we drive (and we've only flown once). DH had not been to Disneyland in about 20 years before we met, and he tells me as we drove through Anaheim towards Disneyland that first trip, he was asking himself "What am I doing!?" He ended up, much to my relief, loving it nearly as much as I do. I'd lost my mother the previous year, and she had been my Disney partner in crime. I hadn't been in about 4 years before that trip, so it was really meaningful that I'd found someone I loved who was happy to indulge my love of Disney, and who could enjoy it too.
Our first trip to Disney World was less than ideal; we had 3.5 days, skipped AK, and went in the sweltering June heat. DH prefers foggy 50 degree weather, so he was miserable. DH is also a (picky- but he'll deny it!) vegetarian, and really struggled at most of the restaurants we went to. He left that trip of the opinion that Disney World was a dated, watered down version of Disneyland. I love both resorts, and view them as completely different, not at all interchangeable experiences, so I was heartbroken! I vowed to make the Disneymoon the trip where he'd fall in love with Disney World, and he went into it with an open mind; he'd heard me go on and on about what a Disney World trip *could* be so many times, that I think he was eager to be proven wrong. So, I had a year to plan 13 action-packed, magical days at Disney World that would change his mind.