Ok - not so slight would be more appropriate. Even more appropriate would be to call it an overwhelming desire to know all the ins and outs of a great DisneyWorld trip.
We've been to DisneyWorld several times over the past 10 years. Chris and I have been 4 times ourselves, not to mention 2 trips to DisneyLand in between. Cole has only been twice but still has as much of a Disney addiction as I do - must be hereditary.
I've also mentioned in previous posts that I love to plan. LOVE IT! I especially love planning Disney trips. My little daily pick-me-up in between studying about brain anatomy is surfing the Disney planning boards. I'm usually hanging around disboards.com or my newest uber-obsessive planning board, tourguidemike.com. On these boards, we discuss every aspect of the trip, from making hotel reservations, and the best ticket package to getting all the hard-to-get Advance Dining Reservations such as Cinderella Castle.
One additional aspect of my obsessive planning is The Spreadsheet (cue the voices of angels). The Spreadsheet has every aspect of our vacation planned, and is color coded by day and activity. But wait... there's more! In addition to listing the parks and restaurants for the day (complete with time and reservation number), I also have every attraction in each park laid out in a daily touring plan. For example, on our Magic Kingdom day, I have each moment scheduled from park opening at 8am until the time we go to bed - I've even scheduled rest time :)
Chris's eyes start to glaze over when I want to show him my latest additions to The Spreadsheet, but he indulges my obsession and listens to me obsess over scheduling dinner at 5:45 or 5:50 pm. I get giddy even thinking about it. It's a sickness, but I hope there's no cure!
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All of our big vacations since we've been married have been to Kauaii. I like planning our trips. I don't color code, though! Neither of us really like to be over-scheduled, especially at the beach. We like to wake up and decide what to do based on the weather or what we feel like. We plan our few guided excursions and that's about it. At least every other day is wide open!
Geez woman... isn't the point of vacation to relax?
LOL, I'm a "fly by the seat of my pants" vacationer. I like to wander around until I find something I want to do or see, or eat. I'm perfectly willing to just sit and watch people and soak up the atmosphere of where ever I happen to be.
I never plan anything. LOL, if we vacationed together we might kill each other, so I guess I won't plan on sneaking into your bags after all!
Tiffany-
I'm all about relaxing on most vacations - just ask Chris :) If we go to Mexico or someplace like that, he's usually the one bugging me to go do something.
Disney is different though - there's so much to see and do that I want to make sure we get as much in as we can! I did schedule in some rest times :)
HEYYYY! Okay, so I think I lost your blog address and just found it through another's blog.....
just wanted to say hey, and we are thinking of going to disneyland next spring....maybe you should plan it for us!
Laura! Hey you!
Of course I'd be happy to plan anything Disney related :) Kaye said she ran into you the other day - we need to get together and catch up!
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