Things I Love About Disney World

An Ode to Disney World.  Here are just a few of the things I love about you:

• Riding the Railroad train around the Magic Kingdom – 1st stop of the morning, giving us a glimpse of what they day has in store
• Girls dressed up like their favorite Princess
• Mickey shaped pretzels
• Having my ADRs all planned out and reserved, 180 days before our trip
• Imagining what it would be like to live in the Swiss Family Treehouse
• Cast Members with huge clusters of balloons for sale, on Main Street USA
• Being swept away by the sensation of a happy, worry-free, fantasy world
• The Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue
• Seeing the monorail.  Riding it, even better.
• The queue for Pirates of the Caribbean
• Souvenir shopping
• Eating at a great, themed restaurant and exploring the grounds of a Deluxe Disney Resort… which we can’t afford to stay in
• Waiting for the bus to take us to the parks in the morning
• Frontierland ~ the music, snacks, atmosphere, and shooting gallery
• Nighttime Electrical Parade
• Getting a great deal on our off-season Disney trip package
• Seeing multiple generations, all with equal smiles on their faces
• Resort refillable mugs
• Character Meals ~ not sure why, since they are so chaotic…but I do
• Seeing things that remind me of childhood Disney trips, which haven’t changed a bit
• The Castle
• Spotting a character for my daughter, which she hasn’t previously met.
• Mickey’s Magical Express bus meeting us at the airport, and whisking us off to start our vacation
• it’s a small world
• Obsessing over plans, ideas, and details for our impending trip, months before we leave
• Fireworks
• Having a list of things you “Can’t wait to do next time…”

I’d love to hear – what’s on your list?

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