Disney Daydreaming

Welcome to my newest blog, Disney Daydreaming! Wow, finding a Disney blog name that wasn't already taken and wasn't totally lame was pretty tough. But since I spend so much time dreaming about Disney (both day and night) I figured this one was pretty spot on.

A little background about me. I grew up a Disney lover, but not a Disney fanatic. I went to Walt Disney World three times with my family growing up, twice when we were small and once in high school. And I loved it, but it wasn't an obsession until after graduate school. My husband and I picked a Disney land and sea vacation package (Disney cruise and Disney World combo) for our honeymoon in 2005 and since then have been back probably twenty times solo, with kids, or with extended family. We have done commando trips where we have done all four parks in a day (even with a 1-year old baby) and we have done more relaxing trips with naps in the afternoon or leisurely strolls around World showcase as we ate and drank our way through the countries around the lagoon. We have been annual pass holders, have attended special events, gone on behind the scenes tours, and I even ran the Disney marathon in January of 2016. We have been in winter, spring, summer, and fall and while I am not sure I am ready for Christmas or Easter week as a crowd hater, we have seen the Christmas decorations and done Thanksgiving week twice at the land of the mouse. We have stayed at almost every resort on property from value to deluxe and have done some trips using Disney transportation and others with a rental car. So am I the most knowledgeable person in the world about Disney? Definitely not, but we have been there a lot, done almost everything, and I plan each trip to the minute so here I am, ready to share my love and my experience with you!

In 2015, our Disney love investment really went platinum with the purchase of two small DVC (Disney Vacation Club) contracts. This is Disney's version of a timeshare and in 2005 was billed as the best kept secret at Disney. Oh how I wish we had bought in then! In 2016, we went back to where it all began and took our 5 and 7 year olds on a 4-night Disney Dream Bahamian cruise. We are already looking at another cruise for 2018. And we just *might* have bought our third DVC contract while on board the ship!

This blog will be a place for me to share tips and tricks I have picked up along the way about planning the perfect Disney vacation. I'll share our trips (we have some fun ones coming up this year!), answer questions, and hope that I inspire you to stop daydreaming about Disney and make your trip a reality!