Chapter 1: The financially responsible decision to buy an annual pass
This story begins with two Disney loving friends who excel in enabling each other in all sorts of shenanigans (mostly the good kind.) Topping this year’s list was my decision to purchase an annual pass for the first time ever. I had a week long trip with my family in September of 2023, and another trip planned with my retired RV friends who were planning to be in FL in late February 2024. So it really seemed like the financially responsible decision to purchase my first ever annual pass. Naturally, I shared this sound line of thinking with my Disney loving bestie, and she also determined that she needed her first ever annual pass because it was clearly the financially responsible thing to do. Also, this is the year of turning 50, so we deserved it. (Acutally she’s much older than me, having turned 50 in December. I don’t turn 50 until the end of June.)
[WARNING: Once you have an annual pass it seems to make sense to go to Disney more often, because the more times you go, the less expensive each trip is. Absolutely justifiable. And this is how two trips blossom into SIX trips. However, when you have to stay on Disney property (which I do) and you have to travel by plane (which I do) and you have to eat at all the great WDW restaurants (which I do) and you have to take advantage of your 20% pass holder merchandise discount (which I do) and you have to have all the proper park apparel & Mickey ears (which I do) you will spend waaaaaaaaay more money than you ever thought you would.]
Evidence of the four completed trips this year that don’t get trip reports because 1) I’m just not that ambitious, 2) not all of the folks involved were particularly thrilled to participate in photo ops, and 3) there’s probably only so much of my wordy narrative you guys would be willing to put up with:
(Our September 2023 Family Trip)
(October 2023 15th Birthday trip with my son)
(January 2024 VMX Veterinary Conference Trip)
(February 2024 trip with my dear friend (since 3rd grade!) who came up with the grand idea to create a Disney meet up while RVing in Florida)
Now since we both have APs, we decided that it was imperative that we plan our first ever Bestie Disney trip. Through the years, we have been to Disney several times with our own families, and once together with a group of friends for the Wine & Dine half marathon. And there have been extensive planning sessions and consultations for our various separate trips, but never have we just had a trip to ourselves. And so this is the story of two best friends touring Disney World exactly the way we wanted to without having to worry about making anyone else happy.
This is April, my top fan and enabler, the Daisy to my Minnie, and my BFF since 7th grade:
She rocks the Mickey ears, which is a good thing since she probably owns like 50 pairs. Also, you need to know that these ears actually smell like beignets!!
Our story takes place over last weekend, May 10-13. Because what better thing for moms to do on Mother’s Day weekend than ditch the kids and go to Disney World? (And in case you were wondering, no children were harmed in the execution of this trip. They are all teenagers who have been to Disney multiple times, and we would have made them ride Small World with us anyway if they came, which for all of them is worse than the ninth circle of hell.)
Stay tuned for Chapter 2.
I have the same one!
