We went to Disney for our honeymoon in 2001—just 3 weeks after 9/11. On the EPCOT day we did eat around the world instead of drink. This is morbidly funny now as I was about ten years from developing full blown alcoholism.
In fact, the next time we went was in 2012 with my then 8 year old Son and I had just finished a 90 day stint in rehab.
Relapsed on day 4 after seeing bottles of booze in the Wilderness Lodge gift shop. With no hesitation I bought a pint of Bacardi, took it to the gym bathroom nearby and killed it in about 5 minutes.
Safe to say it’s been a very, VERY bad stretch of years since then.
Yes to visiting another country in person rather than Epcot. My wife and I took our daughter to England when she was in her mid-twenties. In awe of the quaintness of the Cotswolds, she exclaimed, “it’s like DisneyWorld, except it’s real!”
Jay, we’ve lived in Florida since 2017, and got season passes that first year. Our extended family ranges from newborn (MK half-day) to recent college grad/elder millennial (drink around the world twice a trip). Having attempted this feat more times than I can count, the best tip is to get a Disney gift card and load it when you’re sober. When that puppy is out of funds so are you.
We went to Disney for our honeymoon in 2001—just 3 weeks after 9/11. On the EPCOT day we did eat around the world instead of drink. This is morbidly funny now as I was about ten years from developing full blown alcoholism.
In fact, the next time we went was in 2012 with my then 8 year old Son and I had just finished a 90 day stint in rehab.
Relapsed on day 4 after seeing bottles of booze in the Wilderness Lodge gift shop. With no hesitation I bought a pint of Bacardi, took it to the gym bathroom nearby and killed it in about 5 minutes.
Safe to say it’s been a very, VERY bad stretch of years since then.
Yes to visiting another country in person rather than Epcot. My wife and I took our daughter to England when she was in her mid-twenties. In awe of the quaintness of the Cotswolds, she exclaimed, “it’s like DisneyWorld, except it’s real!”
Jay, we’ve lived in Florida since 2017, and got season passes that first year. Our extended family ranges from newborn (MK half-day) to recent college grad/elder millennial (drink around the world twice a trip). Having attempted this feat more times than I can count, the best tip is to get a Disney gift card and load it when you’re sober. When that puppy is out of funds so are you.