Thompson & Buss Disney Vacation Web Site

Planned Disney Vacations

December 2008 at Disney World

We will travel to Disneyworld in December 2008 for 10 nights. We will stay at the Disney Polynesian resort and will celebrate New Year's Eve at Disneyworld. We will visit all of the parks and have a great time!

Northwest - depart 12/26/08 11:05 am (Flt 2295, 5ABC), arrive Memphis 12:40, leave Memphis 1:50 (Flt 1036*, 4 ABC), arrive Orlando 4:44
Northwest - depart 1/5/2009 3:13 pm (Flt 583* 2 ABC), arrive Memphis 5:51, leave Memphis 7:00 (Flt 3481 2ABC), arrive Des Moines 8:19

February 2009 at Disney World

Dad & Mom will travel to Disneyworld in February 2009 for 9 nights. We plan to stay in a 1 BR DVC villa at Saratoga Springs resort. We will visit all of the parks and have a great time!

Northwest - depart 2/6/08 11:05 am (Flt 2295, 9AB), arrive Memphis 12:40, leave Memphis 1:45 (Flt 1036, 16 DE), arrive Orlando 4:36
Northwest - depart 2/15/08 5:03 pm (Flt 1033 10 DE), arrive Memphis 6:13, leave Memphis 6:55 (Flt 3496 9 CD), arrive Des Moines 8:35

March 2009 on the Disney Magic

We will travel to Orlando in March 2009. We will stay at the Polynesian or the Boardwalk for two nights before boarding the Disney Magic for a 7 night eastern Caribbean cruise.

Delta - depart 3/12/2009 7:30 am (Flt 6486 3 ABC), arrive Cincinnati 10:17, leave Cincinnati 11:00 (Flt 1247 2 ABC), arrive Orlando 1:07
Delta - depart 3/21/2009 1:30 pm (Flt 1248 2 ABC), arrive Cincinnati 3:44, leave Cincinnati 4:55 (Flt 6414 2 ABC), arrive Des Moines 5:48

July 2009 at Disney World

Dad, Mom, Stephanie & Emily will travel to Disneyworld in July for 8 nights. We plan to stay in a 1 BR DVC villa at Saratoga Springs or Boardwalk resort. We will visit all of the parks and have a great time!

November 2009 at Disney World (this may be changed to the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show)

Dad & Mom will travel to Disneyworld in November 2009 for 8 nights. We plan to stay in a 1 BR DVC villa at Boardwalk resort. We will visit all of the parks and have a great time!

December 2009 at Disney World

We will travel to Disneyworld in December 2009 for 9 nights. We will stay at the Disney Polynesian resort or the new DVC Bay Lake Towers and will celebrate New Year's Eve at Disneyworld. We will visit all of the parks and have a great time!

March 2010 on the Disney Magic

We will travel to Orlando in March 2010. We will stay at the Polynesian for two nights before boarding the Disney Magic for a 7 night eastern Caribbean cruise.

Previous Disney Trips:

Our first one was in August 1999. This one was a 3 day land / 4 day cruise package. For the land portion of the vacation, we stayed at Boardwalk. The cruise was aboard the Disney Magic and sailed to Nassau and Castaway Cay.

Our second was much different. It began on July 26, 2000 with 10 days in Kissimmee, FL with David's baseball team, the Iowa Sting, for the 16U AAU National Championship. We stayed in a hotel 2.5 miles from Disney World. Mom, Tony, Ryan and Steph spent most of this time at the parks. After the tournament, we flew back to Des Moines on August 5, 2000 and spent 1 week preparing for a 7 day cruise. We returned to Orlando on August 11, 2000 for the inaugural Disney Magic 7 day cruise that began on the 12th. We sailed to St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Castaway Cay.

Our next Disney adventure was another cruise in August 2001. We were in the same 2 rooms that we were in during the 2000 cruise.

We next took a cruise during Spring Break 2002. This cruise added some excitement because the ship caught fire a few days before our cruise began.

We next took a cruise during Spring Break 2003. This cruise sailed to Key West, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. We could not go ashore at Grand Cayman because the seas were too rough for the tenders..

Our Spring Break 2004 cruise again took us on the eastern route. We visited St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Castaway Cay.

We surprised Stephanie on Christmas morning 2004. She opened one of her gifts and found homework inside. After she showed us a very bewildered look, we handed her our "gift certificate" that informed her that we were about to embark on another Disney cruise; however, she had until 7:30 the next morning to prepare. What a surprise! We spent a fun New Years Eve on the Disney Magic.

We traveled to the Polynesian Resort at Disneyworld from December 27, 2005 through January 3, 2006. This resort is across a small lake from Magic Kingdom. We visited all of the parks and had a great time!

Our next one was a cruise on the Disney Magic during March 2006. We sailed on the Disney Magic 7 day cruise starting March 18, 2006. We flew in the night before. The cruise took an eastern Caribbean route. The route took us to St. Thomas, St. Maarten and Castaway Cay.

We traveled to the Polynesian Resort at Disneyworld from December 26, 2006 through January 2, 2007. We visited all of the parks and had a great time!

We traveled to the Polynesian Resort at Disneyworld from July 7, 2007 through July 14, 2007. We celebrated Mom's 50th birthday by visiting all of the parks and had a great time!

In November 2007, Dad and Mom traveled to the Grand Floridian Resort at Disneyworld from November 3rd through the 10th, 2007. We visited all of the parks and had a great time!

In December 2007, we traveled to the Polynesian Resort at Disneyworld from December 26, 2007 through January 2, 2008. This resort is across a small lake from Magic Kingdom. We visited all of the parks and had a great time! We had so much fun that we decided to purchase shares in the Disney Vacation Club (DVC) which will allow us to enjoy Disney vacation for years to come!

In February 2008, Dad and Mom traveled to the Polynesian Resort at Disneyworld from February 2 - 9, 2008. This resort is across a small lake from Magic Kingdom. The primary purpose of the trip was to allow Dad to attend the National Biodiesel Conference and Expo in Orlando. While we were there, we also visited all of the parks and had a great time!

In March 2008, we traveled to Orlando on March 13, 2008 and stayed for 2 nights at Polynesian Resort and visited Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Disney Hollywood Studios. We then boarded the Disney Magic on Saturday, March 15th and returned to port on Saturday, March 22nd. We visited St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Disney's Castaway Cay. Dad, Mom & Stephanie were in room 8534. David, Jessica and Zach were in room 7014. David and Jessica got engaged on the beach in St. Maarten!!

We traveled to the Boardwalk Villas at Disneyworld from June 7, 2008 through June 12, 2008 and celebrated Stephanie's birthday on June 10th. Emily joined us during this trip for her birthday. We stayed in a 1 BR DVC Villa at Boardwalk resort, which is between Epcot and Disney Hollywood Studios. We visited all of the parks and had a great time! I hope to add pictures soon.

We traveled to the Boardwalk Inn at Disneyworld from August 13, 2008 through August 18, 2008 because our Lake was flooded (what an excuse!!). We visited all of the parks except Animal Kingdom and had a great time! I hope to add pictures soon.

Dad & Mom traveled to the Boardwalk Villas at Disneyworld from November 2008 through November 15, 2008. We stayed in a 1 BR DVC Villa at Boardwalk resort, which is between Epcot and Disney Hollywood Studios. We visited all of the parks and had a great time! I hope to add pictures soon.

This site is filled with pictures from these trips. Follow the links above for pictures and information.

Kathy's 1973 Trip