Thursday Treasures
April 5, 2012
How Becoming a Disney Annual Passholder
Changed my Disney Experience
By Catherine Jones
I've been going to Disney World since I was 18
months old. Let's juts say I'm a Disney fanatic 'bred and buttered.'
My mom has been going since 1972 and my dad since 1975. We LOVE
Disney World and everything about it. It's the one place where we
all can relax and enjoy being together. I have many fond memories of
going as a child, but the one thing I remember is that we never had
enough time to do everything. That has always been the downside of
living four hours away and having to plan when we can go and having
only a day or two to visit all four parks. We always had to cut
something out that we really wanted to do and had to make promises
that we would catch it next time we come back.

One of my first times meeting Minnie Mouse with my dad
Over the last few years we have tossed around the
idea of becoming Annual Passholders and this past March that idea
became a reality! We arrived at Pop Century (our favorite resort)
and hopped on the bus over to the Magic Kingdom. When we arrived, we
ran (literarlly) over to the ticket counter and purchased our annual
passes! The first time I held my pass something changed in me. I
realized that I no longer have to rush to fit everything I want to
do into one trip. I can come back whenever I want! At that moment my
Disney experience changed forever. Over the next few days I started
to notice things I had never seen before. I've been to Disney
upwards of 20 times and I was seeing new things! I was in shock. All
the little details I had and have been missing because I want to fit
everything into one trip! Needless to say, we are planning to get
full use of our annual passes this year and we will continue to be
Passholders for years to come!

My mom and I eating lunch in Mexico: October 2010
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