200 days is a long time.
201 days ago I was deathly ill
and it was the first time since
I moved to Florida that I wasn't
able to make it to a Disney
park. The next day I promised to
make it every single day once
again (after all, I did have the
record according to Disney of
159 consecutive days at one
point). So I showed up at the
Magic Kingdom and every day
since then have been to the
park. However, today, on my
200th day in a row, I began to
look back at the last 200 days
and I decided to highlight my
five favorite moments during
these days in no particular
order.
Living the Dream
When I moved down here
I made a promise to myself that
I'd take advantage of every
moment. Over the past 200 days
I've gotten a private tour of
the Tower of Terror, sat behind
the Security Desk at Muppet
Vision 3D, special events and a
whole lot more. However, one of
my favorite moments happened
while walking through Disney's
Hollywood Studios on the day
Star Tours officially opened.
While near the exit I saw none
other than the main Imagineers
that worked on the attraction
and rushed over to get a picture
with them! These are my kind of
celebrities!
Family is what it's all
about!
I love my family! I
mean LOVE my family! To me,
family always comes before
everything else so when my
cousin, her husband, and their
three kids came down I was in
heaven! I hadn't seen my cousin
in two years so her kids barely
remembered who I was, but we
soon became the best of friends!
I spent every possible second
with them and it really
reconfirmed my belief that
family should and will always
come first in my book!
The Canadian Invasion!
You know that feeling
you get when you meet someone
and you just feel an instant
connection? I felt that way all
of the WEDfriends, but last year
when Alex (from Hidden Mickey
Monday) came down, we became
like brother and sister and
spent a lot of our time at the
parks. So this year when she
came down and became roommates
with friends from her last
program, they joined us on our
crazy adventures as well. Very
quickly we became a family away
from our actual families. We
don't call it our Disney family
(that's what everyone else does,
we want to be different). We are
Ohana, because Ohana truly does
mean family, and in this one,
nobody gets left behind...or
forgotten...except the Mountie
on occasion.
Hello WEDfriends!
Since day one, I have
loved working on this website,
my book, podcast, etc., but even
more than that I have always
loved the fans of everything I
do! So in May when several of
those fans joined together in
Florida for a meet up (which
lasted two plus days) I felt
incredibly happy! Some of the
highlights were the first ever
From Screen to Theme Amazing
Race (although some competitors
probably wanted to kill me), a
colonial meal at Liberty Tree
Tavern, a late night talk with
the founders of the W.E.D.nesday
Show!, or my favorite, a log
full of WEDfriends!
And the winner is...
I've always been a HUGE
Disney fan and have always
thought of myself as very
knowledgeable on all things
Disney and I finally had a
chance to set out to show people
how much I did know. That's
right, I'm talking about the D23
Scavenger Hunt!
The Peoplemovers (my Dad, Frank,
Dave, and myself) set out on a
fierce two day competition
throughout all four WDW theme
parks. The Disney trivia really
spoke to the Disney nerd in me
while the completion really
spoke to the competitor in me.
After two days, four parks, and
three amazing teammates support,
we won the competition and made
Disney history by being the
first winners of the very first
Disney run WDW Scavenger Hunt!
So there you have it. Five of my
favorite moments from the past
200 days! Looking back now I
realize it was all about the
people. That's what truly makes
Disney such an amazing place. So
thank you to everyone that has
been involved in any of my
memories (both mentioned and
not) over the past 200 days! I can't wait to keep
the streak alive until next
month when I return home to
Wisconsin for a week for a visit
with family!