Aandd Beyond
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2018
Gimme A Little INTRO there, Gomer.....
Hi-I'm Amy, 41-yrs old, and head over heels for all things Disney. I am the head purchaser for an internet company-so I most days I sit at my little cubicle surrounded by my lovely Disney memories and dream of my next trip. I love the planning part, I spend hours poring over Vlogs, Instagram, Disboards trying to narrow down exactly what I want to do on my next trip. I make spreadsheets and graphs only to arrive at Disney and turn into Dug-"SQUIRREL!"
My BF, Derrick is 35, and every bit as much into the parks as I am. He is a warehouse supervisor at the same internet company-so we pretty much do everything together. He loves photography and enjoys documenting both our Disney travels as well as other places. If you are interested you can check him out on Instagram at travelthrumyeyez.
About Us:
We live outside of Pittsburgh PA and when we aren't planning our next trip we enjoy suffering along with the Pirates and watching the Penguins and Johnstown Tomahawks play hockey. We love searching flea markets, estate sales and yards sales for, yep you guessed it Disney Stuff. Derrick has managed to turn this hobby into a small business to help pay for trips and we sell a lot of items on Ebay, Etsy and Amazon. We have been to Disney eight times as a couple and have yet to get tired of it. People constantly ask us why we are going to Disney again and let's be honest unless you are a Disney person you just don’t get it.
Colby and the other Max
Mostly we travel just the two of us, occasionally my 15 yo daughter will go but she is very particular about what time of the year, so she stays with her dad or my mom when we visit. She is literally the only child I know who says "oh, we are going AGAIN?"
There Reaction when we tell them we are going to Disney again !!!
In addition we have two fur babies Max and Betty, Max of course is in honor of Goofy's son and well we wanted our second dog to have a Disney name, but Betty was a rescue and already accustomed to her name so the best we can do is Donald appears to have a long-lost cousin named Betty so um yeah we are just going to go with that.
We mostly stay at Value Resorts or off property. We are the type of people that boot camp the parks we want to be there from rope drop until the last firework explodes in the sky, so we aren’t very particular with hotel accommodations we just want a place to lay our heads and shower. I have yet to enjoy the feasting of the Dining Plan so we mostly just pick out a few ADR and do either quick service meals or our personal favorite-the popcorn bucket refills-to be honest there are some days when that is the only sustenance we need-not really but I am happy eating it all day every day and it's one of the snacks Derrick misses most about the parks. Probably our favorite part is just being there, I love the atmosphere and magic of it all. We love meeting the characters and enjoy long drawn out pantomimed conversations especially with Chip & Dale and the #1 Donald.
Ultimately, we would like to make new friends with like-minded people who understand the joy of park hopping and whose eyes don't glaze over when we mention Festival of Fantasy or the International Festival of the Arts. I love reading about everyone's little slice of Disney heaven and hope that our trip makes you smile because I know that each trip brings us so much happiness to be able to share that with someone else would be just as magical.
This travel report will cover our 4-day 3-night trip to Disney World September 14-17. Where we ambitiously tried to do not one but two MNSSHP, our first trip to TSL, Dino Bash in AK and oh yeah, the International Food and Wine Festival. Can we cram it all in on one trip-and did we mention weather was in the mid 90's-stay tuned to see how successful we actually were and how successful I am at recapping the whole crazy trip…
Hi-I'm Amy, 41-yrs old, and head over heels for all things Disney. I am the head purchaser for an internet company-so I most days I sit at my little cubicle surrounded by my lovely Disney memories and dream of my next trip. I love the planning part, I spend hours poring over Vlogs, Instagram, Disboards trying to narrow down exactly what I want to do on my next trip. I make spreadsheets and graphs only to arrive at Disney and turn into Dug-"SQUIRREL!"
Fav Disney Park: MK
Fav Non-Signature: 'Ohana
Fav Quick Service: Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn
Fav Nighttime Show: Main Street Electrical Parade
Fav Rides: HM-Dinosaur-Soarin
Fav Character: Stitch and Goofy
Fav Non-Signature: 'Ohana
Fav Quick Service: Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn
Fav Nighttime Show: Main Street Electrical Parade
Fav Rides: HM-Dinosaur-Soarin
Fav Character: Stitch and Goofy
My BF, Derrick is 35, and every bit as much into the parks as I am. He is a warehouse supervisor at the same internet company-so we pretty much do everything together. He loves photography and enjoys documenting both our Disney travels as well as other places. If you are interested you can check him out on Instagram at travelthrumyeyez.
Fav Disney Park: DHS
Fav Non-Signature: Trail's End
Fav Quick Service: Casey's Corner
Fav Nighttime Show: Main Street Electrical Parade
Fav Rides: Dinosaur-FOP-SDD CBJ
Fav Princess: Tie between Belle and Ariel-has tattoos of both
Fav Character: Donald Duck
Fav Non-Signature: Trail's End
Fav Quick Service: Casey's Corner
Fav Nighttime Show: Main Street Electrical Parade
Fav Rides: Dinosaur-FOP-SDD CBJ
Fav Princess: Tie between Belle and Ariel-has tattoos of both
Fav Character: Donald Duck
About Us:
We live outside of Pittsburgh PA and when we aren't planning our next trip we enjoy suffering along with the Pirates and watching the Penguins and Johnstown Tomahawks play hockey. We love searching flea markets, estate sales and yards sales for, yep you guessed it Disney Stuff. Derrick has managed to turn this hobby into a small business to help pay for trips and we sell a lot of items on Ebay, Etsy and Amazon. We have been to Disney eight times as a couple and have yet to get tired of it. People constantly ask us why we are going to Disney again and let's be honest unless you are a Disney person you just don’t get it.
Colby and the other Max
There Reaction when we tell them we are going to Disney again !!!
We mostly stay at Value Resorts or off property. We are the type of people that boot camp the parks we want to be there from rope drop until the last firework explodes in the sky, so we aren’t very particular with hotel accommodations we just want a place to lay our heads and shower. I have yet to enjoy the feasting of the Dining Plan so we mostly just pick out a few ADR and do either quick service meals or our personal favorite-the popcorn bucket refills-to be honest there are some days when that is the only sustenance we need-not really but I am happy eating it all day every day and it's one of the snacks Derrick misses most about the parks. Probably our favorite part is just being there, I love the atmosphere and magic of it all. We love meeting the characters and enjoy long drawn out pantomimed conversations especially with Chip & Dale and the #1 Donald.
Ultimately, we would like to make new friends with like-minded people who understand the joy of park hopping and whose eyes don't glaze over when we mention Festival of Fantasy or the International Festival of the Arts. I love reading about everyone's little slice of Disney heaven and hope that our trip makes you smile because I know that each trip brings us so much happiness to be able to share that with someone else would be just as magical.
This travel report will cover our 4-day 3-night trip to Disney World September 14-17. Where we ambitiously tried to do not one but two MNSSHP, our first trip to TSL, Dino Bash in AK and oh yeah, the International Food and Wine Festival. Can we cram it all in on one trip-and did we mention weather was in the mid 90's-stay tuned to see how successful we actually were and how successful I am at recapping the whole crazy trip…