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Winter (January - March) 2002 WDW Trip Reports
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- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: BWR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Elementary, Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
Rookie
- Comments: According to Susanne, "Overall
it was a fantastic trip. We had a plan, but were flexible enough
to change it when necessary. Weather, crowds, behavior (adults
included) was perfect! I've already started my list of to do's
for our next trip!!"
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: CBR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran
- Comments: In Sheri's words, "Just got
back from an Easter trip. I managed to do another report so
here it is. Next trip will be over Memorial Day. I'm getting
spoiled living so close now. It's another long one. I honestly
don't think I'm capable of a short one!" So here
begins another classic Niklewski tale. Enjoy!
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Plane, Shuttle Service
- Resort: ASMoR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Toddler, Elementary,
Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Infrequent,
Rookie
- Comments: David provides a very informative
narrative of his family's trip to WDW in March. At the
end of the report, he expands on several things including his
impressions of the All Star Movies Resort, Fastpass, and so
on. This is a very valuable report to read for trip planners
that are infrequent visitors, as it covers a lot of the basics
extremely well.
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Plane, Shuttle Service
- Resort: ASSR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Pre-School, Elementary,
Teen, Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Infrequent,
Rookie
- Comments: In this first ever trip report,
Stephane shares about his family's trip to WDW. Stephane
provides a great play-by-play of the trip and ends the report
with a list of lessons-learned.
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: Offsite, OKWR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
DVC Member
- Comments: Despite less than ideal weather,
this was a fantastic trip! So many things just happened out
of the blue to make it special... the trip was pretty close
to perfection :-) (Note:
As Sue spent a great deal of time at Pleasure Island and in
other adult venues, on this trip, this report has some information
that may not be appropriate for young readers.)
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Plane, Shuttle Service
- Resort: BWR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Frequent
- Comments: Doug provides a great play-by-play
narrative of a weeklong visit in early February. He visited
all the parks, Pleasure Island, and some of the resorts and
provides a fun summary list at the end of the report.
If you're wondering what it's like to do WDW solo, read this
one!
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Plane, Shuttle Service
- Resort: Offsite
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Infrequent
- Comments: In the interest of spending
as little as humanly possible on this trip, Alan states, "...
for this trip I'm not even staying at the All Stars, I'm going
to be off-site. And no rent-a-car for convenience either; I'm
doing all the parks with shuttles. And even a shuttle bus from
the airport, no limo for me." If you want to get
a different view of WDW, you'll enjoy this report.
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: Offsite, ASMoR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Toddler, Pre-School,
Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
Rookie
- Comments: Gary provides a short and sweet
report on his family's visit in February. Driving down
from Kentucky, the family enjoyed nice travel days... and then
five park-packed days at WDW. The crowd levels were way
high for this time of year, but the Gresham clan thoroughly
enjoyed their vacation.
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Plane, Personal Car
- Resort: ASMuR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran
- Comments: Mark and his wife flew down
to WDW to visit their CM daughter once again. As usual,
Mark provides a great narrative on the happenings during the
trip. As usual, the Fendrick clan maximized their in-park
touring time. If you enjoy the parks and lots of details,
you'll enjoy a Mark Fendrick trip report.
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Plane, Shuttle Service
- Resort: BWR
- Accommodations: 2 Bedroom Vacation Home
- Ages Represented in Group: Teen, Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
Rookie, DVC Member
- Comments: I'll quote Steve to intro this
report, "I can be somewhat prolific - attested to by those
with the endurance to read last year's trip report. That said,
if you're looking for a quick and easy, summary style report
please move on. If, however, you enjoy visiting WDW vicariously
and would enjoy immersing yourself in the finer details, sit
back, put your feet up, grab a favorite beverage and read on."
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: ASMuR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Toddler, Pre-School,
Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
Infrequent, Rookie
- Comments: Lisa's family visited WDW during
the Millennium Celebration and decided to visit again during
the 100 Years of Magic Celebration this year. The trip lasted
for just over a week and Lisa documents the vacation well.
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: Offsite, OKWR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
DVC Member
- Comments: As Sue puts it, "Some people
might wonder how I can come so often and not get bored with
WDW. While there is no doubt there are many things I skip time
after time, there is usually something unique to the season
going on. This time it's Mardi Gras at Pleasure Island."
(Note: As
Sue spent a great deal of time at Pleasure Island and in other
adult venues, on this trip, this report has some information
that may not be appropriate for young readers.)
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Plane, Shuttle Service
- Resort: ASMoR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Rookie
- Comments: Victoria and her sister Mae met up
at WDW for a thoroughly enjoyable trip. In addition to providing
a great play-by-play of the vacation, Victoria closes the report
with a great list of trip planning tips.
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: ASMoR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Teen, Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran
- Comments: David and his wife Debbie and daughter
Caity enjoyed a week and a half trip to WDW. The Hastings considered
staying at Wilderness Lodge or Animal Kingdom Lodge, but a fantastic
Winter room rate pulled them into the All Star Movies Resort.
This is a fantastically detailed report. Enjoy!
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: ASMoR, AKL
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Toddler, Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
Frequent, Infrequent
- Comments: Karen, her sister Alane, and
her niece Katie stopped in for a five day stay at WDW in late
January. This report features some great information on
touring the parks with a toddler, as well as a fantastic summary
section at the end of the report.
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Plane, Shuttle Service
- Resort: WL
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Infant, Elementary,
Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
Rookie
- Comments: Ok, I just dare you to read
about the practical joke that Mike pulled on John (the one with
the walkie talkie) and not laugh out loud. Go ahead, I
dare ya. Besides that piece of information, Mike gives
a great narrative of a great trip. It's good to have one
of MousePlanet's veteran trip report writers back in the saddle!
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: SOG
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Infant, Toddler,
Pre-School, Elementary, Teen, Adult, Senior
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
Frequent, Infrequent, Rookie, DVC Member
- Comments: This report is unique because
the Gillen family stayed at Shades of Green, the Department
of Defense resort at Walt Disney World. Glenn provides
some information about the resort as well as some other details
about DOD perks that are available to military and DOD employees.
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: Offsite (Hard Rock Hotel at Universal)
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Frequent
- Comments: In Steven's email to me he wrote,
"What I feel is unique about the report is I am a very
frequent Disney World visitor and former cast member, and yet
we did not set foot in any Disney parks (I can't believe I did
that!). I have often told my friends that you could enjoy a
trip to Disney doing all the non-park activities, and on this
trip I came pretty close to doing just that. Instead, we concentrated
on Universal's parks, SeaWorld, and the Space Center, with visits
to Disney restaurants, entertainment, and shopping areas on
a near daily basis. We also spent a day at Celebration, which
was very enjoyable."
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: Offsite, AKL
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Teen, Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
DVC Member
- Comments: This was a shorter trip in which
Sue and her son Chris visited WDW with Chris's dad. They
only stayed for three nights, but two of them were in a concierge
room at Animal Kingdom Lodge. They enjoyed a Sunrise Safari,
a special event only available to AKL concierge guests.
(Note: As Sue spent
a great deal of time at Pleasure Island and in other adult venues,
on this trip, this report has some information that may not
be appropriate for young readers.)
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