When now drive when we go to Disney World.  We used to fly, but the costs of airfare has gone crazy.  A few years ago we put a hitch on the car, and borrowed a hitch carrier.  We take the luggage, and put it on there, and wrap everything with a tarp so that nothing gets wet during the drive. This also saves some space inside the car.  Last year we realized upon arrival to Disney World that one of our suitcases was badly torn up.  I guess it was the age.  When we returned home I had the wife start hunting through websites for decently priced luggage.  She was in heaven by me asking her to do some more shopping.

I am not one that likes to spend on much.  This stands true especially when it is something that only gets used 2-3 times per year.  Our little one doesn’t want to part with hers because it has Tinkerbell on it.  If wife could find a specially made one with Eeyore on it, then I am sure she would get one of them.

How many times have you replaced your luggage over the past few years?

I have been going back and forth with my wife about taking a vacation out to California.  Why?  Well, when I was a kid I got to go to California to visit my uncle.  He worked at the L.A. Zoo managing the elephant, and camel ride.  I didn’t mind the heat out there.  I want to take my daughter, and wife out to California so that she can experience all that is out there.  One of the main things that I want both to see is DisneyLand.  Neither of them can understand that the size of the entire DisneyLand is about equivalent to I would venture… The Magic Kingdom.  What I told her is that we could save money by taking our camper.  Granted I would need a good towing plan like the Good Sam towing, or AAA so that if anything happens I have it covered.  She doesn’t want to make that trip because it is approximatelly 7 days drive out, and 7 days drive back.  Then you have to add on time to stay, and enjoy what you went to see.  Maybe even add in a stop in Vegas, and the Sequoia forest.  The only way that I could allow it to happen would be during the summer, and that isn’t the brightest thing someone could do.  Why is that the only time?  Well, I don’t want my daughter missing that much school, and what we do take her out of is enough.

If you have any good thoughts on how I can convince them to go to CA. then please let me know.

In November we have been offered to go back to Disney World with my parents, and anyone else that is staying in the Treehouse Villa that she is getting.  Wife, and I originally weren’t going back to Disney until 2011 because we were going back when we went on our cruise.  Being that my parents are offering to take us we told them ok.  Over the past many years we have taken my mom whenever we went to Disney, so this will be nice.  Dad usually lets moms go and enjoy herself, and she loves spending time with me, wife, and the little one.  Let’s hope that she can get the rest of the family to go, as she really wants this to be a family vacation.  Last time we went away with my family my little brother went out drinking with my wife, and she came home a totally different person.  She doesn’t drink like that much, but when she does you sure do know it.

This November we are planning on going to Busch Gardens, Universal Studios, and maybe 1 day in Disney.  Money isn’t something I can afford to throw away, so we are still a little vague on our actual plans.  Wife has decided that she is going to look into some sort of diet pill, or maybe even multivitamins to help her with her weight loss.  Walking the parks is great, but when in Disney you need something to help you if you do tend to eat a lot.

By November I am hoping that they have some of the NEW Fantasyland completed, and working.  I also want to see if they have any video of the new Disney boat… The Disney Dream.  We are very anxious to go on that cruise, and to our surprise my other little brother told me that he wants to go with us.  Maybe he likes the way we vacation.  Who knows…

Here is our first album of photos.

These are flowers and more throughout the parks.  This will be updated daily while we are in Disney.

This photo was taken at the entrance to Epcot which is currently running the Flower & Garden Festival.

Keep looking for more photos.