Trekeo

by Stephanie

At our house we are referring to 2009 as the year of Disney due to the number of Disney trips we have planned this year.

January 09:  Scot and I traveled to Walt Disney World so that Scot could run his first marathon, the Walt Disney World Marathon. We spent the week following the race touring the parks. It was a nice change of pace for us to visit WDW during the cooler and slower winter months. We experienced wearing jeans and a coat there for the first time.

For a video review of Scot’s experience with the Walt Disney World Marathon, click here.

June 09:  The whole family (Scot, Stephanie, Mariah and Madison) will be vacationing in Walt Disney World for two weeks in the heat and crowds, but don’t fear. I will have a plan to avoid the heat and crowds as much as possible. We will also have a few friends join us along the way.

Above: A June 2006 family vacation at Walt Disney World.

September 09:  Mariah and I will be heading back to Florida for a week to celebrate Mariah’s Sweet 16 Birthday! Plans include a four day cruise to the Bahamas on the Disney Wonder and visiting one of the Disney parks on Mariah’s 16th birthday. Mariah will get FREE admission on her birthday as part of Disney’s What Will You Celebrate campaign. If you are counting, I will be the only one going on all these trips (yea, me!) so I actually bought an Annual Pass this year. I guess it pays to be the vacation planner.

Scot and I have made plans to take each of the girls on trips to celebrate a couple milestones in their lives. I will take the girls on a trip to celebrate their 16th birthdays. Scot will take them on a trip to celebrate their high school graduation. They get to choose what we will do on these trips within reason and budgetary constraints. Mariah’s 16th birthday is the the first of these trips.

Mariah chose to go on her first cruise and I was able to find a decent deal on the four day Disney Wonder. We will visit Nassau, Castaway Cay (Disney’s private island) and have a day at sea. We are both very excited. I can’t wait to introduce my daughter to cruising and I know she will love the Disney touches. They have some great production shows, fireworks, animation classes, movies, etc.

Above: The Disney Wonder in Nassau during crew drills.

As you can see, it will truly be a year of Disney for us. Is there such a thing as too much Disney? Stick around to find out. We will be loading Trekeo with lots of trip reports and video reviews. I hope you explore Disney with us.