jrsharp21
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2006
My immediate family (wife, adult daughter, her fiancé, and adult son) have our now annual trip back to WDW for Marathon Weekend in January. The way the dates fell for Marathon Weekend and New Years Eve being on a Sunday, we decided why not spend NYE at Disney World. So that was a cool change from our normal race weekend plans.
Just recently it dawned on me that it was my parent's 50th anniversary this August. They are big Disneyland fans. They had annual passes for a long time. Their honeymoon was in Disneyland. They have never been to Disney World though. So my thought was what better place to celebrate their 50th anniversary than Disney World. While they live in California and us in Texas, we weren't able to make it out for the 50th celebration. But we did send them a card with a hidden message in it. It was one of the cards where the inside is actually a piece of paper that can be turned over. On the inside cover of the card we had a letter printed out, with the WDW 50th logo on it, and attached to that inside cover. The letter basically said they do so much for us, that it was time to celebrate them, and what better place than somewhere that just celebrated a 50th anniversary themselves. We wanted them to "be our guest" in January at WDW. It was a pretty cool reaction they had.
So now I am in the midst of planning their trip for them. Putting their flights together, their hotel(s), and park tickets with reservations. To be honest, I love doing this for people. So I am having a blast. At the same time I am super excited to experience Disney World with them on their first trip to the resort. They are so used to the convenience of Disneyland, having DCA right across the esplanade, and Downtown Disney, right outside the esplanade. They have no idea how big WDW resort is. They will be experiencing "the bubble" for the first time. Looking forward to that day at the end of December / early January.
Just recently it dawned on me that it was my parent's 50th anniversary this August. They are big Disneyland fans. They had annual passes for a long time. Their honeymoon was in Disneyland. They have never been to Disney World though. So my thought was what better place to celebrate their 50th anniversary than Disney World. While they live in California and us in Texas, we weren't able to make it out for the 50th celebration. But we did send them a card with a hidden message in it. It was one of the cards where the inside is actually a piece of paper that can be turned over. On the inside cover of the card we had a letter printed out, with the WDW 50th logo on it, and attached to that inside cover. The letter basically said they do so much for us, that it was time to celebrate them, and what better place than somewhere that just celebrated a 50th anniversary themselves. We wanted them to "be our guest" in January at WDW. It was a pretty cool reaction they had.
So now I am in the midst of planning their trip for them. Putting their flights together, their hotel(s), and park tickets with reservations. To be honest, I love doing this for people. So I am having a blast. At the same time I am super excited to experience Disney World with them on their first trip to the resort. They are so used to the convenience of Disneyland, having DCA right across the esplanade, and Downtown Disney, right outside the esplanade. They have no idea how big WDW resort is. They will be experiencing "the bubble" for the first time. Looking forward to that day at the end of December / early January.