Disney Vacation

So, I promised I would write about my trip to Disney World.

My husband and I decided that my son (5 years old) was old enough to go to Disney and enjoy some of the rides and also hopefully remember the trip when he gets older.

The day we were to leave, we got up and finished packing and loading the car and had a few hours to kill before we had to be to the airport. So, we decided to run some errands before we left and figured we'd stop somewhere and have lunch before we got to the airport. We ran to the post office to drop a package in the mail and I ran in with it.

When I come back out, I see my husband sitting across the street in the van looking rather grumpy. When I get over there, I notice that he has turned the van off, so I asked him, "What's wrong?"

He tells me the van won't start. I noticed as I was getting in that there was something on the ground, but it didn't look like oil. He believed that it was transmission fluid leaking from the van. I thought that the stuff on the ground seemed to have a reddish hue to it, so I believed him.

I called AAA to get the van towed somewhere so we could have it fixed while we were away on vacation and my husband decided to walk home to get the car (it was maybe a mile or so from home, in a small town).

So, I'm on the phone with AAA and they are ready to send a wrecker to come get me and they tell me that I haven't paid for my membership and I'll need to do that before they can send service. So, I get transferred over to talk to someone and pay for the membership. After being on the phone with them for about 15 minutes, I am finally all paid up and they are going to send the tow truck...however, they tell me it could be up to 45 minutes for me to wait! By then, we'd be pushing getting to the airport on time for our flight so I let them know this and they said they'd let the tow truck driver know.

So, I sit there and wait for help and finally the wrecker arrives (in only about 15-20 minutes). He, of course, asks what happened and I tell him. He checks out the spot on the ground and tells me that it is gas. I had never even considered that it might be gas since it appeared to be reddish and it was in the front of the van. Thankfully, he had seen another van like ours with a similar problem. Apparently, the gas line on the van is plastic, and there is a coupling on the line that is also plastic, and if it is not tightened properly the line can slip right off.

I was very thankful to the driver, but extremely upset with the dealership. You see, I had just taken my van in for a tune-up the previous week where they replaced the fuel filter. Apparently, they didn't tighten things up like they should have.

Anyway, we got to the airport on time and made it to Florida with no troubles. My son, on the way down commented that this was the best day of his life since this was the first time he had ever ridden on a plane.

Disney Proper
So, after all of the hassle of the previous day, we are ready to go to Disney and have some fun. We made it to the park without any trouble (we purchased a GPS unit for the car, well worth the money!).

We spent 3 days at Disney, and while I enjoyed the time there, I was less than awed by the whole thing. I have been hearing about how great Disney is for years, and have family members that absolutely love the place, so I had high expectations going in.

I felt like it was just a hyped up Cedar Point (without the great roller-coasters). There were some cool things and some neat effects on some of the rides, but a lot of them had rather old animatronics that were just lame. ("It's a Small World" was about the lamest ride in the world!)

However, I am glad that I went, and my son absolutely LOVED it, so overall it was a good vacation. I don't think I'll be going back any time soon, however. For the money that you pay to get in, and the fact that it is Disney, I just expected more.