January 1, 2008 – New Years Day (Yeah, Dad, I think they can figure that one out.) After the rental car debacle, and the check-in confusion, and the discouragement of missing the ESPN Club, and… It was 7:00pm. The Plan was pretty much out the window. (Truthfully we had finished everything on The Plan and had...
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OK… yes… it’s true… I admit it… Even Dad sometimes makes a small, little, insignificant, meaningless, unnoticeable, meaningless, minor, superficial (yes I did look up all the synonyms for insignificant) mistake. There Mrs. Mom I said it. I messed up. Here’s the story. We got to Orlando right on time. Everything was going right according to plan. We walked...
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Hot Rod Lincoln…Chevy Van…Little Deuce Coupe…Greased Lightning…  Pink Cadillac… Songs about cars. There are a lot of them out there. America has a love affair with cars. And some cars are good enough to have a song written about them. We had a car like that. It was the perfect travel vehicle. Never in the history of cars...
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“Congratulations”, the boss said, “you’ve been selected to go to Houston. Your report date is June 10.” June 10, I thought, that’s almost a year away. “Hey boss”, I said, “can I check out of right after school is out?” “Sure” he said. Hmmm, let me see. Two weeks (or more) off, no school, no...
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I finally gave up. There was just no way we could afford it. I was depressed. The only time we could all get off to go on a Disney World trip, the prices we’re just too high. There was just no way. October rolled around and I was really getting depressed. I wanted to take...
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The Man-Child views himself as a fine-tuned, never-to-be defeated, invincible, athletic machine. I can’t say he’s very wrong about that. He’s bigger, stronger, faster than I am, but the old man has years of experience, and a bit of cunning on him. This was going to be the Man-Childs year. He was finally going to...
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Below you’ll find some “legal mumbo jumbo” certain people make my put on my blog. 1 – Dad’s Guide to Disney World is based on actual events. 2 – Dad is in no way affiliated with The Disney Company or any of it’s affiliated companies. (Even though he wants to be.) More to come. Social Bookmarking
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I can’t believe it. This is an outrage! I’m going to call somebody at Mouseland and give them a piece of my mind. (Or not, maybe I better keep all the pieces for now.) I’ve been rejected as a Disney Mom. Yes, I know that comes as a shock. I’m trying to cope. They say...
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I’m kind of a computer geek. (I’m sure that comes as a shock to some of you.) It’s true. Sometime in the late 90’s I figured out that you can create a link to the internet from an Excel spreadsheet (Pretty Geeky). So I developed a spreadsheet that would let the family “rate” the attractions...
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I’m going to make a confession. Please don’t tell anyone, they might take away my secret Disney World acronym decoder ring. I’m so ashamed. Here it is – - – sometimes we go to the other theme park in Orlando that must remain unnamed. You know the one that starts with a U. The one...
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