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In 1999, our family made our first trip to
Walt Disney World and the Disney cruise ship. Our love of all things
Disney quickly grew after that trip. This web site lists the trips we
have taken and includes many pictures from the trips. We hope to
continually add more information and pictures as well as links to Disney
information.
Planned Disney Vacations
2010
(27,11,20)
March 2010
at Disney World plus Disney Cruise (DVC & Cash) -
ACTIVE TRIP!!!!
Dad, Mom & Steph will travel to
Orlando in March 2010.
We will stay at Bay Lake Towers for two nights before boarding the Disney Magic
(8534) for a 7
night eastern Caribbean cruise We will then return to the Bay Lake Towers for 2
nights before returning home. The vacation will run from March 11, 2010 through
March 22, 2010.
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Delta - depart
3/11/2010 11:05 am (Flt 3708 Seats 2A, 3C, 3D), arrive Memphis 12:39, leave
Memphis 1:50 pm (Flt
2171 Seats 2B, 2C, 2D),
arrive Orlando 4:45 pm
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Delta - depart
3/22/2010
3:35 pm (Flt 2583 Seats 2B, 2C, 2D), arrive Minneapolis 6:17 pm, leave
Minneapolis 7:15 pm (Flt 3535 Seats 2A, 2C, 2D),
arrive Des Moines 8:22 pm
(28,11,21)
June 2010 at Disney World
(DVC) - booked
Dad,
Mom & Steph will travel to
Disneyworld in June 2010 to celebrate
Steph's graduation and visit Disney's Star Wars Weekend. We will stay at
Boardwalk Villas. The trip will be very short. We will fly down
on Friday June 11th and return on Monday, June 14th.
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Allegiant - depart 6/11/2010
6:55 pm CDT (Flt 108 Seats 11C, 11D, 11E), arrive Orlando 10:35
EDT
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Allegiant - depart 6/14/2010
4:10 pm EDT (Flt 107 Seats 11C, 11D, 11E), arrive Des Moines
6:15 CDT
(29,11,22)
November 2010 at Disney World
(DVC) - booked
Dad &
Mom will travel to
Disneyworld in November 2010. We plan to stay at
Bay Lake Towers. We have booked the trip for 10 nights (November 5-15,
2010). Dad hopes to schedule some golf at Walt Disney World during
this trip. Follow the link above to learn more about courses at Disney
World.
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Delta - depart
11/5/2010
11:05 am (Flt 3708 Seats 2A, 2B), arrive Memphis 12:40, leave Memphis 1:35 pm (Flt
2099 Seats 2C, 2D),
arrive Orlando 4:37 pm
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Delta - depart
11/15/2010
3:50 pm (Flt 2028 Seats 2C, 2D), arrive Detroit 6:32 pm, leave
Detroit 7:50 pm (Flt
3417 Seats 2A, 2B),
arrive Des Moines 8:38 pm
(30,11,23)
December 2010 at Disney World
(Cash) - booked
We will travel to
Disneyworld in December 2010 for
10 nights. We plan to travel to Orlando on Sunday, December 26, 2010
and return to Des Moines on Wednesday, January 5, 2011. We will stay at the Disney
Polynesian resort and will celebrate New Year's Eve at Disneyworld.
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Delta - depart
12/26/2010
9:20 am (Flt 3514 Seats 2A, 2C, 2D), arrive Minneapolis
10:29, leave Minneapolis 1:00 pm (Flt
2323 Seats 2B, 2C, 2D),
arrive Orlando 5:14 pm
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Delta - depart
1/5/2011
4:50 pm (Flt 2074 Seats 2B, 2C, 2D), arrive Minneapolis 3:46 pm, leave Minneapolis
5:25 pm (Flt
3403 Seats 2A, 2C, 2D),
arrive Des Moines 6:30 pm
(30,11,24)
March 2011
Disney World (DVC) -
in planning stages
Over the
past couple of years, we have vacationed over New Years Eve, February as
well as spring break. Steph begins college in August 2010 and we
purchased more DVC points. These changes may lead us to reconsider
vacation planning. One option we are considering at this point is
deleting the February trip and turning the spring break trip into a Disney
World trip (perhaps longer, perhaps more golf, perhaps???)
Previous Disney Trips
Disney Trip
Count (total # of Disney trips, DCL, WDW)
1973
KATHY'S
1973 TRIP
1999
AUGUST 1999 LAND AND SEA - (1/1/1) This
TRIP was a 3 day land / 4
day cruise package. For the land portion of the vacation, we stayed at
Boardwalk. The cruise (in rooms 6534 & 6532) was aboard the Disney Magic and sailed to Nassau and
Castaway Cay.
2000
JULY and AUGUST 2000 LAND AND SEA - (2,1,2) and (3,2,2) 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
(in room 6046) that began on the 12th.
We sailed to St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Castaway Cay.
2001
AUGUST 2001 CRUISE - (4,3,2) Our next Disney adventure
was another cruise (in room 6046) in August 2001. We were in
the same 2 rooms that we were in during the 2000 cruise.
2002
MARCH 2002 CRUISE - (5,4,2) We next took a cruise
(in room 6120)
during Spring
Break 2002. This cruise added some excitement because the ship caught
fire a few days before our cruise began.
2003
MARCH 2003 CRUISE - (6,5,2) We next took a cruise
during Spring
Break 2003. This cruise sailed to Key West, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel
(8548).
We could not go ashore at Grand Cayman because the seas were too rough for the
tenders..
2004
MARCH 2004
CRUISE - (7,6,2) Our
Spring Break
2004 cruise again took us on the eastern route (8548). We visited St. Maarten,
St. Thomas and Castaway Cay.
NEW YEARS EVE
2004 CRUISE - (8,7,2) 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.
2005
NEW YEARS EVE
2005 WALT DISNEY WORLD - (9,7,3) 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!
2006
MARCH 2006 CRUISE -
(10,8,3) Our next one was a cruise on the Disney
Magic (8548) 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.
NEW YEARS EVE
2006 WALT DISNEY WORLD - (11,8,4) 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!
2007
JULY 2007 WALT
DISNEY WORLD - (12,8,5) 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!
NOVEMBER 2007 WALT DISNEY WORLD -
(13,8,6) 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!
NEW YEARS EVE 2007 WALT DISNEY WORLD -
(14,8,7)
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!
2008
FEBRUARY 2008 WALT DISNEY WORLD -
(15,8,8) 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!
MARCH 2008 LAND
AND SEA - (16,9,9) 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!!
JUNE 2008 WALT DISNEY WORLD -
(17,9,10) 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.
AUGUST 2008 WALT DISNEY WORLD
- (18,9,11) 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!
NOVEMBER 2008 WALT DISNEY WORLD - (19,9,12) 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. During this trip, we purchased DVC points at
Bay Lake Towers.
NEW YEARS EVE 2008 WALT
DISNEY WORLD - (20,9,13) In
December 2008, we
traveled to the
Polynesian Resort at
Disneyworld from December 26, 2008 through January 5, 2009. This
resort is across a small lake from
Magic Kingdom.
We hosted a web cam (Ustream.tv)
during the entire stay.
2009
FEBRUARY 2009 WALT DISNEY WORLD -
(21,9,14) Dad &
Mom traveled to
Disneyworld from February 6-15, 2009. We stayed in a 1 BR DVC
villa at Saratoga Springs
resort. We visited all of the parks
and had a great time! We
hosted a web cam (Eyesonears.com)
during the entire stay.
MARCH 2009 LAND
AND SEA - (22, 10, 15) We traveled to
Orlando in March 2009. We stayed at the
Polynesian for two nights before boarding the Disney Magic (room 8548) for a 7
night eastern Caribbean cruise We then returned to the Polynesian for 2
nights before returning home. The vacation ran from March 12, 2009 through
March 23, 2009. We hosted a
web cam (Eyesonears.com) during the
entire stay. Streaming from the ship while at sea was an experience.
JULY 2009 WALT DISNEY WORLD -
(23,10,16) Dad,
Mom, Stephanie & Emily traveled to
Disneyworld in July
2009 for 9 nights (July 24th through August 2nd). We stayed in a 1 BR DVC
villa at Boardwalk
resort. We hosted a web cam (Eyesonears.com)
during the entire stay.
NOVEMBER
2009 WALT DISNEY WORLD - (24,10,17)
Dad &
Mom traveled to
Disneyworld in November 2009 for 9 nights. We stayed at
Bay Lake Towers. Bay Lake is the newest Disney Vacation
Club (DVC) resort. It opened in August 2009. Our names are
included on the fountain out front as being one of the 1st 1000 families to
purchase an ownership stake in this resort.
We hosted a web cam (Eyesonears.com)
during the entire stay.
DECEMBER
2009 WALT DISNEY WORLD (25,10,18)
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Dad, Mom & Steph traveled to
Disneyworld in December 2009 for 9 nights. We stayed at the Disney
Polynesian resort and celebrated New Year's Eve at Disneyworld. We hosted
a web cam (Eyesonears.com) during the entire stay. Everyone enjoyed
watching NYE fireworks. We even had families who watched the fireworks
last year on the internet join us at our room this visit.
2010
FEBRUARY 2010 WALT DISNEY WORLD (26,10,19)
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Dad and Mom traveled to
Disneyworld
February 5th - 16th, 2010 for 11 nights. We stayed at the Disney
Boardwalk Villas resort. We hosted
a web cam (Eyesonears.com) during
the entire stay.
The original plan was to return to Des Moines
on Sunday, February 14th. The weather forecast in Des Moines raised
safety concerns and also the concern that we may be forced to spend the
night in Minneapolis led us to change our return date by one day. The
airline could not accommodate us with a return on Monday, February 15th, but
could on Tuesday, February 16th. Despite what everyone may believe,
this was not done just to stay at Disney 2 more days. Although we
made sure we enjoyed it. As a footnote, Dad actually got more work done
this week than in a normal work week in the office (less distractions).
This cannot become a habit however. During the bonus day, we did get a
chance to check out the golfing facilities at Disney World. We also
got the ball rolling on the addition of more DVC points.
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