Hello everyone, and welcome to our Favorite Disney Memories 2010 edition! So much happened in this trip in June 2010 for Sophie’s birthday that I almost don’t know where to start! I’ll do my best, though, and I hope you enjoy my walk down memory lane. At the end of the post, please share your favorite Disney memories in our comments section, and thanks!
The picture at the top was taken at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall for our Princess Storybook Dining character dinner! I think the combination of my niece Stephanie, my daughter Sophie, and Snow White is a great combination!
This trip started with a big surprise for Sophie — she found out the night before we were leaving that Stephanie was coming with us! We arranged for Stephanie to ring the doorbell when she got to our house, and I had Sophie answer it. When she saw her cousin, after hugs and kisses and excitement, she whispered to me “Daddy, why is she here?” It was a great moment, and one that we all will never forget!
One thing we did on this trip that we had never done before was spend an evening at the Boardwalk region of Disney! It was a lot of fun, and we made a point to spend time there before we got all inundated at the parks, so we actually did this before we even checked in to our resort hotel! We made plans to eat at the Captain’s Grille, which is a restaurant one of my friends used to work at, and then we spent the night just walking around the boardwalk, checking out the shopping, enjoying the street performers, and having a great night all around.
This trip was a lot of fun — we even got a great picture of my niece Stephanie and I from the Crystal Palace! This trip had it all; great family memories, fantastic dining using the Disney Dining Plan, Sophie and Stephanie walking around the parks like they were sisters, and Cindy and I just taking it all in and enjoying every minute of it!
This trip was special in many other ways, also, including the fact that we purchased our DVC ownership on this trip! That was such a big decision, but it was the right one, because since we bought our ownership interest, we have been to Walt Disney World with our close family, great friends, and we have stayed at Bay Lake Tower, Kidani Village, the Grand Californian Hotel, and this year, back to Bay Lake Tower!
But, without a doubt, the biggest memory from our trip was celebrating Sophie’s 9th birthday. She loves celebrating at Disney, and one day during that trip, we took the water taxi from Port Orleans French Quarter, our resort, to Downtown Disney. When we were getting off the taxi, the captain wished Sophie a happy birthday, and then he had us hang on a minute, and he pulled out of his bag of tricks a Princess Pirate getup. That little gesture absolutely made Sophie’s day, and she wore the bandana with pride, and also the eye patch and sword too! Lastly, at Hollywood Studios, as we were finishing up our visit for the year, Sophie’s Happy Birthday button became worn out from water rides, heat, sweat, and you name it. One of the Disney artists saw it, took Sophie’s button, wiped off the sharpie, and then proceeded to spend about 15 minutes decorating her name in the Disney font, and adding glitter, and puffy ink, and all that. It was a great keepsake, and absolute proof to how incredible the Disney Cast Members truly are.
Thank you my friends for visiting today, and remember, I love hearing memories, so please send me your favorite memories by leaving them in the comments below! Now, go out there and make today and everyday a great Disney Day!
