Oh my god we missed our bus!

Ever been worried you were gonna miss an ADR, or your favourite parade or fireworks display? Well sure we all have. But usually we end up making it and with plenty of time to spare. Allow me to tell you about a time when I thought we were...... Well to put it lightly "screwed". It was October 2009 and my new wife and I (I guess I should mention I was on my honeymoon) were staying at the Wilderness Lodge concierge level. We had a late night and decided to sleep in. All of a sudden the maid knocks on the door at eight in the morning! Confused I got up and opened the door to inquire about the knock. She apologized and checked over her paper, apparently she was scheduled for clean up. She apologized and said it must have been a mistake. Well I was awake now so I got up to enjoy the concierege level food for breakfast. Mmmmmm. The wife got up and we sat together and enjoyed. Our flight was at four and we were bummed we had to leave as we only did one night at Wilderness Lodge club level and the rest of our trip was at Saratoga Springs resort. We packed our bags and reported to Loida our concierge. I had never flown or done magical express without my mom there so this was all new to me. Well Loida was suprised to see us as she said our bus was at eight in the morning. This explains the maid coming in so early. Well I panicked. Loida senseing this quickly called to get me on the next bus. Well it just left and there wasn't another one till 3 and we needed to check in. Now very panicked, Loida went downstairs. Twenty mins later she arrived with a voucher for a taxi cab. Yes Disney was going to pay for a cab to the airport! Can you get better guest service anywhere else!? I don't think so. So Loida saved the day by remaining calm and getting us to our flight. On time. So when it comes down to it. Try not to panic. Disney always has an ace up their sleeve.

How it began

I guess I should start at the beginning. I went to Walt Disney World when I was eight years old back in October of 1995. We went for two weeks and although we didn't stay on property the whole time (Looking back I can't believe we didn't) We did stay for four nights at The Wilderness Lodge. And I don't think we could have picked a better resort for our first night to stay at. I was awe struck by this place, from the lobby to the pool to the rooms. This was my first trip to Walt Disney World and the moment I saw Spectromagic for the first time on Halloween Night, I was hooked. 1997 came around and my mom asked the family if we wanted to go to California to go to Disneyland. Well I had been waiting for this and I immediately said "YES!"....but my sister said "NO!" She was at that age where it was no longer cool to be seen with your brother or your parents. She was not giving in so my mom said "Well then you can stay with Grandma and Grandpa and your dad, brother and I will all go. Well my dad didn't want to have her do that so he offered to stay behind with her and just my mom and I could go. Well we did but we changed it to Walt Disney World instead of Disneyland. (Fine by me) So we went to WDW in July of 1997 and if you have ever made the mistake of going on the fourth of July weekend then you know how HOT and BUSY it was. I still had a great time with just my mom and we stayed at the Contemporary resort which again just amazed me. This started a yearly thing with just my mom and I and up until 2005 when I met my future wife it was always just my mom and I. (Oh I brought a friend once or twice) Like I said in my previous blog I am now 22 and continue to travel to Walt Disney World occasionally with just my wife but sometimes we like to bring along my parents for nostalgic purposes. Also my mom is a heck of a planner and can have our whole week mapped out (Which is fine by me). So that's my back story some more and I will get into details of my trip as this goes on. As I write this my wife is trying to plan our next Disney Vacation with another couple we know. Of course they are being difficult saying they don't know if they would want to do Disney for 7 days. RIDICULOUS! Take care eh!

Just the start

I've never really been good at writing out my thoughts on a daily basis. However I beleive over time and with some encouragement and support, I can be up there with some of the big time bloggers. Ny bane us Adam Dicks (Get your jokes out now). I'm 22 years old and living in Barrie, Ontario Canada. After searching through the internet it has come to my attention that Walt Disney World and Disneyland is neglected by most Canadians. Now I don't mean that no Canadians visit it no no. I simply mean that I have never seen or read a Canadians perspective on Disney World. There are no books, and no blogs. Of course the obvious answer to this is because, well we live in Canada and it is a lot harder for us to get to WDW or DL on a daily basis like it is for some of the folks living in the states who absolutely love the parks. We've got the wonderful Lou Mongello over at www.wdwradio.com and even the DisneyDaddy right here on Blogger. They both and many others offer great insights into the parks and everything else around the world, and when I say World I am referring to Walt Disney World and Disneyland itself. So here I am. I am going to try and deliver reports from my trips oh and by the way I guess I should mention that I have been to Walt Disney World 26 times and I am also a Disney Store Cast Member right here in Barrie at the Georgian Mall. It is my intention to amass a following of fellow Diznadians and have discussions, share their trip reports, favorite restaurants, attractions and even give us a friendly Canadian point of view on WDW and DL. That's it for now. I have to prepare for the following blogs and I hope if you have read this that you will continue to read it. Thank you for reading and take care eh.