Five Reasons Why I Love Disney World!

My dad took me to Disneyland for my 6th birthday.  Disney World didn’t exist then, although Walt was busy buying property in Orlando.  I loved Disneyland…the teacups…It’s a Small World…even now I can smell the cotton candy.

Ever since I became a mom, I’ve been taking my children to Disney World since 1986…why?  Because it really is the place where dreams come true.

Reason # 5:  Where else can you go as an adult and pretend you’re six years old?

Reason # 4:  Space Moutain…’nuf said!

Reason # 3:  Escaping from the real world into a world of delightful fun.

Reason # 2:  Tomorrowland, Adventureland, Frontierland, and the new Pirates of the Caribbean.

Reason # 1:  Memories…the memories I have, beginning when I was six, are some of my best memories.  I remember being scared when I got into the boat for the Pirates of the Carribbean ride back in 1969. 

I remember spinning Jessica in the tea cups when she was two. 

I remember Christina’s squeal as we plummeted down in Splash Mountain on her 6th birthday. 

I remember staying at The Grand Floridian on a business trip that I was able to bring Christina with me…she was 15…and we walked around the world at Epcot and got our pictures taken with Tigger and Winnie-the-Pooh. 

I remember taking Jessica with me in 2004, a week before my breast cancer surgery. We stayed at The Coronado Springs Resort and the day we visited Disney World, I told her as we entered the gate, “remember, today you are six.  Let’s have fun.”  We ate dinner in Cinderella’s Castle and had the best seat in the house. 

I remember 2006, the day after Richard and I got married, we honeymooned at Disney.  We stayed at The Shades of Green and for 6 fabulous days, we were six years old. 

Any day now, I am going to become a grandmother and the one place I can’t wait to take my grand-daughter is Disney World…a place where we can both be Princesses for a day!