May 19th-25th, 2012
Walt Disney World

Ever wonder what it’s like to win a trip to Walt Disney World? We never thought it could happen to us until we found ourselves enjoying a free vacation to Florida. This trip report is full of other once-in-a-lifetime magic, including staying in a Port Orleans Royal Room and getting to be Grand Marshals of a Disney parade.

Table of Contents

Prologue

• Part I: Welcome
• Part II: We’ve Never Won Anything
• Part III: Three Long Months

May 19th, 2012

• Chapter 1: It Begins
• Chapter 2: A Side, Level 1
• Chapter 3: Coronation
• Chapter 4: The Place Where Dreams Come True
• Chapter 5: The Food Overload Begins
• Chapter 6: “Healthy” Dessert?
• Chapter 7: From the Mississippi to Agrabah, Then Into Space
• Chapter 8: We Heart Drizella
• Chapter 9: I Always Cry During Wishes

May 20th, 2012

• Chapter 10: Duffy Is Going to Be ECSTATIC!
• Chapter 11: Bankruptcy
• Chapter 12: Good Food, Eh?
• Chapter 13: The Future is Now
• Chapter 14: Meet the World
• Chapter 15: Bratswurth
• Chapter 16: Epcot After Dark

May 21st, 2012

• Chapter 17: It’s Called ANIMAL Kingdom For a Reason
• Chapter 18: Reaching the Summit
• Chapter 19: The Neverending Safari
• Chapter 20: Birds, Birds, Birds!
• Chapter 21: We’re on a Boat
• Chapter 22: A Hair-Raising Tale
• Chapter 23: ‘Ohana Means Family
• Chapter 24: At the End of the Day

May 22nd, 2012

• Chapter 25: The World of Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Fantasy
• Chapter 26: What Time is the 3 O’clock Parade?
• Chapter 27: Our New Orange Friend
• Chapter 28: Thanks for Lunch, Stitch
• Chapter 29: Don’t Rain on My Parade
• Chapter 30: Before the Parade Passes By
• Chapter 31: Pink Elephants on Parade
• Chapter 32: When I Was Eight
• Chapter 33: Classic Attractions Rock
• Chapter 34: Sunsets Are Prettiest in Disney World
• Chapter 35: More Ketchup, Please

May 23rd, 2012

• Chapter 36: The Hollywood That Never Was, and Always Will Be
• Chapter 37: A Galaxy Far, Far Away
• Chapter 38: Toy Story-Induced Carpal Tunnel
• Chapter 39: I Want Julie Andrews to Narrate My Life
• Chapter 40: Spy Games
• Chapter 41: Elbows Off the Table, Mabel
• Chapter 42: Disney Meets Bob Ross
• Chapter 43: Escaping “The Box”
• Chapter 44: Thank God She Was Jewish
• Chapter 45: The Royal Portraits

May 24th, 2012

• Chapter 46: A Very Potter History
• Chapter 47: Walk, Don’t Run
• Chapter 48: We Basically Paid a Hundred Bucks Each for This Ride
• Chapter 49: Do the Hippogriff
• Chapter 50: Shop Like a Wizard
• Chapter 51: Hogsmeade Temptations
• Chapter 52: Where’s the Foam?
• Chapter 53: Engorgio Turkey Leg!
• Chapter 54: The Butterbeer Scandal
• Chapter 55: Back at Port
• Chapter 56: Breezing Through the Kingdom
• Chapter 57: An Evening Filled with Character
• Chapter 58: Pizza Party
• Chapter 59: One More Sleep

May 25, 2012

• Chapter 60: The Last Morning
• Chapter 61: Our Own Personal Kingdom
• Chapter 62: Photo Pass Overload
• Chapter 63: A Small Smackerel
• Chapter 64: A Horse of a Different Color
• Chapter 65: Always More to Do
• Chapter 66: Last Rides and Waffles
• Chapter 67: Saying Goodbye
• Chapter 68: M-I-C-See Ya Real Soon…

Epilogue

• Closing Thoughts