Hi everyone!! Thought I would do a post on my previous Disney Trips :)
My very first holiday abroad was when I was 4, in 1997 and we went to Disneyland Paris for a few days. I don't remember much but my parents videoed the trip so we have the memories from it to look back on :) Of course I grew up with watching the Disney movies anyway, there's footage of me when I was 2 watching Beauty and the Beast on video and during the song "Belle" I was walking around with a wee wooden basket pretending to be Belle :) One of my favourite moments in the film is when she sits at the fountain and the sheep come along.
Then in 2001 we went on our first trip to WDW!!! We went for a week in May and I loved it! We stayed off property and rented a car, although I do remember getting lost when we first tried to find our hotel!!
Fast forward to 2004 we had a holiday to DLP for another few days but this time we stayed on property!! We stayed at Sequoia Lodge and it was a good age for me and my sister since if we wanted to go on rides my parents were happy to let us go onto the ride ourselves and we would meet them at the exit :) DLP also had a second park so there was more to do for us on this trip.
Christmas 2005 came and to be honest 2005 wasn't a great year for me or my family, but for Christmas my grandparents surprised us with a trip to WDW for a week with them and my auntie and uncle. It was a great holiday and definitely made my love for Disney even stronger :)
2008 brought my third trip to WDW with my sister, Granny, Auntie and Uncle for two weeks. This was the first time I had stayed on Disney property and I loved the Disney transport system, it worked really well for us. Also being there for two weeks allowed us to take our time and also we had two lazy days to relax by the pool and make sure we had a nice tan ;) hahaha
After the trip in 2008, I honestly had no idea when my next Disney trip would be, I had GCSE's and A Levels in front of me after that trip. Then in 2011, in my final year of secondary school, loads of people in my year were planning holidays with friends, then I was talking to my friend an we both said how it would be nice to go away to somewhere where it wasn't all about getting drunk and the beach and we both suggested DLP!! So we went in June 2011 to celebrate the end of school, exams and my birthday :D We even had my Birthday dinner in Cafe Mickey!! This was a brilliant trip, we enjoyed the rides, the characters and just the freedom of it all. At the end of that trip I honestly imagined that the next time I would go to Disney, most likely WDW, was when I had a stable job after uni and could afford to go!!!
Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined, even in 2008, I would have the courage to even apply to the program and contemplate living in another country for 10 weeks!!! And yet here I am accepted onto the program and going!! Yes I will still miss my family so much but there's Skype and I know this experience will make me stronger as a person. Especially since I decided to stay at home whilst studying at university, which means I have never lived away from home before. Also I will be able to say that my first job was working for Walt Disney World!!! :D I'll be able to work and play in the most amazing place!!
Have a Magical Day!!! Only 145 days to go!!!
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