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I love Disney.\u00a0 There, I said it.\u00a0 It\u2019s a confession and a proud statement at the same time.\u00a0 It began when I was a little girl with Peter Pan decorations on my bedroom wall and it continues to this day when I watch \u201cOnce Upon A Time\u201d on Sunday nights.\u00a0 And I love making new Disney memories.<\/p>\n
Where did this obsession actually begin?\u00a0 Well, in my first picture with Santa in 1954 there are pictures of Mickey and Pluto on the walls behind Santa\u2019s chair.\u00a0 Then there was Sunday night television with Walt Disney.<\/p>\n
As a child I can remember seeing all the Disney movies when they were released.\u00a0 My most vivid memory was \u201cMary Poppins\u201d at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.\u00a0 To this day when I watch Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in that movie I am thrown back to Radio City Music Hall with my parents, sisters, aunts and cousins.<\/p>\n
This same phenomenon occurs every time I visit Walt Disney World.\u00a0 Every time I arrive at the Walt Disney World Resort I remember my firsts \u2013 first trip in 1975 with co-workers, my first anniversary trip with my husband and our first family trip with our three children in 1993.\u00a0 Call me crazy but I\u2019m pretty sure this is why we return each year (sometimes more than once).<\/p>\n
As I write this article, it is nine days until we head down to Walt Disney World.\u00a0 This trip is our first time we\u2019ll be there for all of the holiday festivities.\u00a0 Although we have been to Mickey\u2019s Very Merry Christmas Party, it was during the first week and decorations were put up the night before we were leaving.\u00a0 I am very excited to be able to see the parks and resorts in all their holiday glitz.<\/p>\n
I know for a fact that I\u2019ll want to go back every year at the same time because I\u2019m sure to make some fantastic memories with our niece and nephew. \u00a0We will stay at a Disney Vacation Club resort for the first time.\u00a0 Also, for the first time, we\u2019ll be attending the Tomorrowland Terrace Dessert Party and we\u2019ll play both Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom and the Pirate Adventure in the Magic Kingdom.<\/p>\n Heading on over to Epcot for the Candlelight Processional and the holiday story tellers and you\u2019ve got me in tears.\u00a0 For those of you who\u2019ve done the math, I am just shy of my 60th<\/sup> birthday and more of a kid than ever when it comes to anything Disney.<\/p>\n As a child, I lived in a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York where Christmas lights were incredible.\u00a0 Garland was strung across our main street where all of our favorite stores were located.\u00a0 Main Street in the Magic Kingdom will certainly evoke all those memories.\u00a0 A family we knew had an entire town in their garage and enough crystal lights to look like a movie set.\u00a0 For the first time I expect that my memory will pale when I see the Osborne Family Lights at Hollywood Studios.\u00a0 I\u2019m fully prepared to cry like a baby standing there among the spectacle and be in awe of the beauty.<\/p>\n In addition to all of the decorations and the parties I\u2019m looking forward to special desserts to be served during the holidays.\u00a0 Gingerbread shingles, cupcakes that look like Santa Mickey, cookies decorated with characters.\u00a0 Why, there\u2019s even a five legged goat treat at The Contemporary!<\/p>\n![\"\u00a9Disney\"](\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_ms_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1202ZY_000847MA-300x200.jpg\")
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