Magic, Amtrak & Zoos - Oh My! About This Page:

[angelridout]

Dates: Monday March 9 – Saturday March 14
Adventurers: Angel (44)
Itinerary:
Monday 3/9: Fly to John Wayne airport, partial day at Disneyland
Tuesday 3/10 : Disneyland
Wednesday 3/11: San Diego Zoo
Thursday 3/12: DCA
Friday: 3/13: Amtrak
Saturday: 3/14: Still on Amtrak, arrive home around 4pm
Meets: None scheduled, but if you’re going to be there let me know, I’d love to meet other Passporters!
Celebration: My first vacation in 3+ years!

Hi – My name is Angel and I’m a disneyaholic. This is my pre-trip report, I hope to have the rest of the trip report written & ready to post with photos when I get home. This trip originally started out as a 3 day weekend trip to DL for my Mom & I. The plan was to fly down on a Friday night & come back on Monday night. Next thing I know we have added a few days, added a trip to the zoo and a train trip back home. Cool! I was getting ready to make our reservations through the Disney website when Mom called to say that she couldn’t go. *sigh* I almost cancelled everything but a nagging little voice in the back of my head said “yeah, but wouldn’t it be fun to do another solo trip?” I decided to listen to that little voice and went ahead and booked my reservation. Making reservations on the Disney website is so convenient, I love being able to make payments each payday. A few weeks later I found fairly inexpensive airfare & booked that through Alaska’s website.

It was not smooth sailing yet, about 3 weeks ago I ended up in the ER with severe stomach pain & other unpleasantness. By 9am the next morning they were yanking out my gall bladder. The surgery wasn’t too bad, it’s been hard learning to eat a low fat diet though. On the plus side I’ve lost 20 pounds. I’m a little worried about trying to eat low fat at Disney but that’s another post. I was off work for 2 weeks and on pain killers for most of that time so it’s kind of a blur. Next thing I know I’m back at work and 2 weeks closer to my Disney trip!

I leave 2 weeks from tomorrow. Last week I made my Amtrak reservations & went to my local train station & picked up my tickets. Somehow holding actual tickets in my hand make it seem more real. Las Monday I had a note on my door from UPS stating that they had left a package at my apartment office. I wasn’t expecting anything so I just figured I’d pick it up when I did laundry over the weekend. Meanwhile I had been watching my mail like a hawk, I knew my Disneyland travel documents should be arriving soon, days went by and no Disney envelopes. Hmmm...today I called Disneyland Travel and told them I hadn’t received my stuff yet. The nice agent looked in the computer and told me they were shipped on Feb 14th. I started to say something and then she said the magical words for the day – “they were shipped UPS” Ohhh...that’s what that package is. I hung up the phone and immediately high tailed it to the office to pick up that magical package. I happily spent the next 45 minutes going over everything, reading all the fine print (twice) and re-organizing the paperwork so that it was in chronological order. I gathered up all of the literature & tickets that I had so far collected and put it all in that wonderful Disney folder. The next two weeks are going to go by far too slowly!

The weather today was: Cloudy & kind of drizzly
The best thing today was: Looking through all of my Disney documents
The worst thing today was: Doing laundry
The funniest thing today was: Realizing that the package I had ignored for almost a week contained my all important Disney stuff
Today I tried: Calling Disney travel
And the result was: They were very friendly & helpful
The most magical moment today was: Picking up my package from the office

[dworldluver]

Happy planning and have a magical trip. Look forward to reading trip report

[chezp]

Great start! So sorry to hear about the surgery. Lots of healing

[Colexis Mom]

Have a great trip!!

[w-steele]

Well, we won't be at Disney the dates you are, we're there on the 7th and 8th, but if you'd like, I could meet you at the Zoo when you come down this way. We have annual pass there as well. Just let me know what date and time and I'll be there with my scooter. In fact, I just checked, we have a couple of FREE passes you could use and get in on us. Just let me know.

[angelridout]

Originally Posted by w-steele

Well, we won't be at Disney the dates you are, we're there on the 7th and 8th, but if you'd like, I could meet you at the Zoo when you come down this way. We have annual pass there as well. Just let me know what date and time and I'll be there with my scooter. In fact, I just checked, we have a couple of FREE passes you could use and get in on us. Just let me know.

I think I'm going to be at the zoo on Wednesday but I'm not 100% sure yet. The zoo tickets came with my package but thanks for the wonderful offer!

[DyanKJ130]

Great start! to hear about your mom! Looking forward to hearing all about your trip