Wow...
SO, I am a Jersey girl- South Jersey to be more specific. I have had a love for Mickey Mouse since before I can remember. If only my mom could remember who gave me my first Mickey
I would shower them with thanks now as a mom myself!!! I had my first WDW world experience at 8years old. Goofy ate Breakfast with us and I actually thought he ONLY stopped to see me... Now THAT is magic! WDW again for our senior trip... Feeling the addiction coming on strong! Then, It happened!!! The year I graduated from Penn State, my sister moved to San Diego with her marine husband.... Sad??
- NO FREAKING WAY! Instant access to DisneyLand- where it all started, right!?! I went to visit her the very first chance I had-(took my best friend from elementary school with me) Best part about it- MY SISTER HATES IT!
which makes going there with her even more fun! For example....She buys the mickey ice cream ONLY to bite his ears off... she finds no magic there
(deep down she does but it's so fun to be there with a NON-disney lover...) but now even my DS5 knows that Aunt Pam goes with us because she loves them- but Hates Disney but doesn't want to get left out of any memories! Any who- we went to DisneyLand in late September- I'm talking 100 degrees
... and I made them go when it OPENED (8AM) and we left when it closed (2am that day)
We were dying but it was amazing. I fell in love
with that park... POTC was amazing- and I just wanted to eat at that restaurant.. never checked to see what it was called- but Wow!
What a park.
THEN, I went back each year with either My sister- who would go ONLY because she loves me... or with my mom and my sister.... then again with my brother and his 2 kids (Then 5 and 2) and it was like our family park! the last trip that I made there with my sister alone, i was 25- no BF and sad
... she tried to get me to buy the Minnie Mouse bride ears- we had a HUGE fight in the hat store in toon town- I mean BIG... I stomped out- left her there-
I thought it was bad luck.. the whole 9 yards... She told me she put them back and we moved on.!!! Well, that was Nov. 26th 1997. On November 25th 1998 I was there again with MY SISTER and my boyfriend!!!!!!! My sister was so excited to go to Disney that trip- My BF had NEVER been.... so it was cool for me- but i didn't know why my sister wanted to go so badly- she even brought her video camera- that was a huge step- Well, back in Toon Town- in Mickey's house- My sister took off- I thought she left us out of boredom... but here she asked the CMs for a little extra time and private meeting with Mickey BECAUSE my BF said "what better place than your favorite place to ask you this... Will you Marry me!!!!" Will I???????????? Oh my god!My sister whips out the Minnie Ears... she DID buy them almost 1 year to the day and she remembered to bring them!!!
I turned to Mickey and said THANK YOU for my ring!!!!!!! To Mickey- not to Bob... poor Bob! My sister was crying- I was crying--- Mickey was jumping all around- Man, what a great day! That is how it should start!!! it was just wonderful!
So, what does DisneyLand mean to me..... i just told you and boy do I mean it! (one more thing... when California adventure opened, i told my mom we had to get there for the opening celebrations! Now, I was married..... but my mom and I took off to go-
(My sister did choose to stay home that time)... I was so excited to get there- we drove up- i was sick in the car the whole way-
Sick the whole day actually-
sick the rest of the week... Only to find out 2 weeks later thatI was pregnant and didn't know it- So, my 1st son was in the belly for his 1st trip- of course, with DS#2 I HAD to go to WDW pregnant so that his first trip was in the belly as well!)
Disney is a very big part of our family! We laugh a lot- my dad gets annoyed that I make the rum across a park- but i don't want anyone to miss anything that I think might make them happy!!! SO FUN!!!
sorry, was that too long!!!
You asked a very loaded question! but I'm glad you did- I am loving my husband all over and missing my sister- who will crack up if she reads this! She isn't a mean person- she's just HONEST and she says one trip in 100 years is just enough. You have to love her!