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Bennett's Own Trip Reports
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Note that these personal trip reports
are arranged in reverse chronological order. Disneyland
and Walt Disney World reports are intermixed.
- Time of Year: Holiday Season
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: OKWR
- Accommodations: 2 Bedroom Vacation Home, Standard
Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Toddler, Pre-School,
Teen, Adult, Senior
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
Infrequent, Rookie, DVC Member
- Comments: This report documents a family reunion
of twelve Bennetts. It was the first time in seventeen years
that we were all together for Christmas. This time, Mom and
Dad sprung for an all-expenses-paid trip for the whole family.
The planning started a year and a half before the trip and was
the most detailed I've ever done (because of the large size
of our group... and the fact that we were visiting during the
Christmas holidays). I also tossed in a few pictures, just for
good measure.
- Time of Year: Fall
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: OKWR
- Accommodations: 2 Bedroom Vacation Home, Standard
Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Toddler, Pre-School,
Adult, Senior
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
Infrequent, DVC Member
- Comments: This was our fifteenth trip to WDW.
Not as many as some folks, but not a bad number for a family
that lives 1500 miles from the resort. We visited with
my parents this time, with a short stay on our own after Mom
and Dad depart after a week. We visited WDW right after
the terrible events of September 11th, and the whole resort
was obviously affected.
- Time of Year: Spring
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: VWL
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Infant, Pre-School,
Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
Rookie
- Comments: Well, the annual pass bug bit
us, and we decided to return to WDW for awhile in the Spring.
We planned our timing around the Flower & Garden festival
at Epcot, as we usually do for our Spring trips. This
was our first stay at the new Villas at Wilderness Lodge and
our first visit with Michael, the newest addition to our family.
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: Offsite
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- Disneyland Experience Represented in Group:
Infrequent
- Comments: I visited Disneyland more to
meet up with some MousePlanet folks and to handle some business
issues, but of course, I visited the parks, too. This
is an odd report from me. It's not a play-by-play, but
rather more of a summary-style report on the things I saw and
did (and my impressions of the new park, too).
- Time of Year: Fall
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: OKWR
- Accommodations: Standard Room / 2 Bedroom Vacation
Home
- Ages Represented in Group: Pre-School, Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran,
Infrequent
- Comments: This is the first time I've ever
provided daily updates during my trip. Better yet, it's
the first time I've ever included pictures with any of my reports!
On this trip, we brought Barb's parents along for the ride.
The pre-trip report is a long one, then it's a daily play-by-play
from there.
- Time of Year: Spring
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: Offsite
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Pre-School, Adult
- Disneyland Experience Represented in Group:
Frequent
- Comments: This is a description of my
own family's trip to Disneyland. Barb and Allan joined
me on this trip, actually a business trip with some Disney time
tacked on. We stayed at the Best Western Park Place Inn
while we were in Anaheim. This was Allan's first trip
to Disneyland, and it was a lot of fun with him since DL blows
WDW's MK out of the water on great attractions for kids.
- Time of Year: Spring
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: OKWR
- Accommodations: Two-Bedroom Vacation Home
- Ages Represented in Group: Toddler, Adult, Senior
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran, Infrequent
- Comments: This report is now the heavyweight champion
on this web site! The file size is over 302Kb, which means
it's a long one. The text describes the background and
plans for our annual trip to WDW, then gives a detailed play-by-play
of the vacation. Taking a 2 1/2 year old was a new experience
for us, but we still have the best vacation we've ever had up
to know (the next one will only be better yet!)
- Time of Year: Spring
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: Holiday Inn at the Park
- Accommodations
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- Disneyland Experience Represented in Group: Veteran
- Comments: This is the documentation of my own 1999
solo trip to Disneyland. It was a rerun to my trip last
April, but I had a wonderful time with the West coast ADDers
and tons of time just absorbing the atmosphere. I hope
you enjoy the report!
- Time of Year: Fall
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: OKWR
- Accommodations: Two-Bedroom Vacation Home
- Ages Represented in Group: Toddler, Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran, Virtual
Rookie
- Comments: This report describes the background
for our annual Fall trip to WDW. This time, Barbara's parents
(Allan's Grandma and Grandpa) joined us at Old Key West. We
also made a brief stop in Jacksonville on the way down to visit
Barb's sister and brother-in-law and a few short, just fun stops
along the route for good measure.
- Time of Year: Spring
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: BVR, Offsite
- Accommodations: Studio
- Ages Represented in Group: Toddler, Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran, DVC Members
- Comments: My wife, Barbara, is the author of this brief
trip planning summary for our trip to the Boardwalk Villas Resort.
The main reason for the trip is to enjoy the Epcot International
Flower and Garden Festival, so Barb's report covers alot of
the details of that show. We also visited the new Animal Kingdom
park, which opened just before our arrival in Florida.
- Time of Year: Spring
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: Holiday Inn at the Park
- Accommodations
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- Disneyland Experience Represented in Group: Veteran
- Comments: This is the documentation of my own solo
trip to Disneyland in April. I took the "Walking
in Walt's Footsteps" tour on Saturday, met up with some
of the West coast ADDers, and spent tons of time just absorbing
the atmosphere. I hope you enjoy!
- Time of Year: Winter
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: Holiday Inn, Fullerton
- Accommodations
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- Disneyland Experience Represented in Group: Veteran
- Comments: This is my own report on my March 1998 trip
to Disneyland. As usual, this is a verbose, play-by-play style
report with a lot of details. I hope you find it entertaining
and helpful as you plan your own West coast visit.
- Time of Year: Fall
- Travel Method: Personal Car, Plane
- Resort: OKWR / WL
- Accommodations: 2 Bedroom Vacation Home / Standard
Room / Studio
- Ages Represented in Group: Infant/Toddler, Teen, Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran, Infrequent,
DVC Members
- Comments: This is my own 1997 "Remember the Magic"
trip report. I hope you find it helpful as you plan your own
trips. Except for Mike Scopa's report from July 1998, this is
the most lengthy one in this collection.
- Time of Year: Fall
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: OKWR
- Accommodations: 2 Bedroom Vacation Home
- Ages Represented in Group: Infant/Toddler, Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran, Infrequent,
DVC Member
- Comments: This report covers my latest trip to WDW.
We started the trip with a weekend in Charleston, South Carolina
-- then spent twelve days at OKWR and WDW. Besides Barb and
I, our newborn son Allan, and Mom and Dad (Allan's namesake)
Bennett joined us for this trip. The report covers day-to-day
activities, but also focuses attention on the trip planning
process and WDW touring with an infant (a new experience for
us).
- Time of Year: Fall
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: Offsite
- Accommodations
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- Disneyland Experience Represented in Group: Infrequent
- Comments: Disneyland, September of 1996. We stayed
at the Holiday Inn Anaheim Center again. We spent part of five
days in the parks on this trip.
- Time of Year: Late Fall
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: OKWR
- Accommodations: 2 Bedroom Vacation Home
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran, Rookie,
DVC Member
- Comments: This was our annual trip to Old Key West
Resort. At the time, OKWR was stilled called the Vacation Club
Resort. Our good friends Mike and Stacey joined us on this journey.
One of the features of the trip was our use of the Food 'N'
Fun program, so I spent alot of words describing our meals at
many wonderful restaurants at WDW.
- Time of Year: Fall
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: Offsite
- Accommodations
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- Disneyland Experience Represented in Group: Infrequent
- Comments: Disneyland again, in September of 1995. We
stayed at the Holiday Inn Anaheim Center again on this trip.
This is a much longer report than the ones of the previous trips.
- Time of Year: Early Fall
- Travel Method: Personal Car
- Resort: PBR, OKWR
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Veteran, DVC Member
(at the end of the trip anyway)
- Comments: This is a relatively short report of our
trip in 1994 when we went to WDW to celebrate our 5th anniversary
and ended up buying into the Disney Vacation Club. The trip
also included a Premier Cruise.
- Time of Year: Spring
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: Offsite
- Accommodations
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- Disneyland Experience Represented in Group: Infrequent
- Comments: In August 1994, Barb and I visited Disneyland
again. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Anaheim Center on this trip,
after our less than thrilling experience at Maingate the previous
time. Holiday Inn Anaheim Center is a keeper! It's a very nice
hotel, close to the park, with hourly shuttle service...and
as a Holiday Inn offers Priority Club Points (a major issue
for me).
- Time of Year: Spring
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: Offsite
- Accommodations
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- Disneyland Experience Represented in Group: Infrequent
- Comments: Another business trip took me to LA in the
Spring of 1994, and Barb and I were able to spend some time
at Disneyland again. This time we stayed at the Holiday Inn
Maingate.
- Time of Year: Spring
- Travel Method: Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: Offsite
- Accommodations
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- Disneyland Experience Represented in Group: Infrequent,
Rookie
- Comments: In 1993, Barb and I were able to spend some
time at Disneyland after a business trip to Southern California.
This brief report covers most of the details. We stayed at the
Holiday Inn Buena Park on this trip.
- Time of Year: Spring, Early Fall
- Travel Method: Personal Car, Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: CBR, DL, WDW Hilton, Offsite
- Accommodations: Standard Room
- Ages Represented in Group: Adult
- WDW Experience Represented in Group: Frequent
- Comments:
- This is a compilation report of several trips that
Barb and I took in 1988 1989 (our honeymoon) 1990 1991, and
1993. The reports are all relatively short, but cover information
that is useful for planning trips even if the trips were quite
awhile ago.
- Time of Year: Summer
- Travel Method: Personal Car, Plane, Rental Car
- Resort: Offsite
- Accommodations
- Ages Represented in Group: Misc.
- Disneyland Experience Represented in Group: Infrequent
- Comments: This short report covers general impressions
and thoughts about my first few trips to Disneyland.
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