My first Trip to Walt Disney World, part 1

Disneyland Resort  vs  Walt Disney World,   part one

If you have been going to Disneyland all your life, but this is your first trip to Walt Disney World, this article is for you!  I grew up going to Disneyland once a year.  My Aunt, who worked at the Disneyland Hotel, gave us ticket books.  I hated it when the E and D tickets ran out!  Later, I was thrilled with the tickets that could get you into any attraction, as many times as I wanted.  Then, I was blown away by my first Annual Pass. I paid 99.00 dollars for my first Southern California pass.  That was a great year.  The way we visited Disneyland changed forever.  Now, we could just run over to Disneyland for an afternoon.  Stay all day, or just an hour, it didn’t matter.  I was a little afraid that I might grow tired of it, but that never happened. My love for Disneyland has only grown.

Then, in 1997, my husband’s nephew told us that they were going to Disneyworld.  My husband suggested that we might like to go with them.  They were happy to have us. So began my preparations for our first WDW trip.  Now, these were the days before the internet, and I was living in South America. (It’s like America, but south!)  My research was limited to books I saw at the travel agent’s office.  I decided that we would stay on-site, at the All Stars.  We would get 4-day passes, and go twice to the Magic Kingdom, because Animal Kingdom had not yet opened.

Right before we left, my agent informed me that, for the same price, he got us a lovely room at the Grosvenor.  I was appalled!  I wanted to be at a Disney resort!  He told me that this hotel was much nicer than the All Stars.  I didn’t care that it was nicer, but it was too late to change.