Maggie.lobe
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2010
Hello
This Report is not going to be helpful for people that is planing a future trip to Walt Disney World, because things have change A LOT since this happened, and is probably not going to be read by a lot of people, but for me this was the most amazing trip, and what started my obsession.
First Introductions:
let´s go back in time to 12 years ago.
is 2001
I´m studying psycology on the national university in nuevo leon mexico, I´m 19 and all I know about disney is my obsession with the movies, and the princess, obsession caused by my family that would use a Disney quote for almost every situation, WE LOVE DISNEY Movies.
and I met My friend Cecilia, and her sister got married in Orlando, and after the wedding they went to this place called Disney World,.. "So, Cecilia, tell me more about this World" I say.
next thing I know we are planing a trip to go to WDW in 9 months.
I´m a Student, in Mexico! no money! and no Visa. so the process started.
I got a part time job at a copy center right across from my school.
and got a Visa.
So by October, Job Check, Visa Chek.
still I was not making that much money, Actually only 50 USD by Week, so I set my Mind on saving every penny I get. my mom and dad help me a little too.
My friend Cecilia told us the cheapest way to get there was by Bus, and it was, she fail to mention that it was the longest trip by bus ever! 36 hours!
but we were, Wait What.... we ARE young so, what the bleep..
we had 2 more friends that decided to go, in this amazing adventure, so the total party was:
This is Me Margarita a.k.a Maggie.
This is Jannet
This is Alba
this is Cecy.
Here we are on the bus, on or way to Orlando
we were going to be 2 weeks in orlando, and will stay at Cecilia´s sister´s house, she just had her 3rd baby and was happy to welcome some company that was able to talk in more than just cry´s and demands.
we did not plan much (FIRST BIG MISTAKE OF THIS TRIP)
we did not have any idea of how we were going to be moving to the parks, or how far Cecilia´s sister lived from Disney.
We were not going to pay for ticket´s (Cecilia´s Sister was married to a Man that used to work at Disney, yes we had free tickets YAY )
and on the 4th of january 2002 on a bus on our way to Orlando.
if you have the time I invite you to search in google maps Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. we are far far from orlando.
we arrive at the border, is the international bridge and we have to ask for a permit, and the lines begin.
Fun Fact:
so it turns out that the 4th of january is when EVERYONE who came from US to MX for the holidays is going back home.
So we had to wait 10 HOURS and I´m not kidding, 10 hours on the bus, on a line to cross the border
we started the trip at 7 am, we made 3 hours to the border.
we arrive at 10 am to the international border in Laredo Texas.
and then at 8 pm we were FINALLY on the line for the permit,
that took another hour.
we had a bus connection with greyhound at 4 pm, not needed from me to tell that we lost that connection
we talk to the manager and he got us in another bus that was going to leave laredo at 12am and we waited.
in the time we were there we went to burger king around the corner from greyhound to get dinner we were starving.
and all we got was only 500 USD each to spent in the trip. that was our entire budget, so when Jannet took her money out to pay for her meal, she didn´t notice that it fell out of her purse, and she lost all of her money
and that is how our first day went. not a good begining right?
it get´s more and more "intersting"
but please continue reading there is a Happy ending.. sort of
to be continue...
This Report is not going to be helpful for people that is planing a future trip to Walt Disney World, because things have change A LOT since this happened, and is probably not going to be read by a lot of people, but for me this was the most amazing trip, and what started my obsession.
First Introductions:
let´s go back in time to 12 years ago.
is 2001
I´m studying psycology on the national university in nuevo leon mexico, I´m 19 and all I know about disney is my obsession with the movies, and the princess, obsession caused by my family that would use a Disney quote for almost every situation, WE LOVE DISNEY Movies.
and I met My friend Cecilia, and her sister got married in Orlando, and after the wedding they went to this place called Disney World,.. "So, Cecilia, tell me more about this World" I say.
next thing I know we are planing a trip to go to WDW in 9 months.
I´m a Student, in Mexico! no money! and no Visa. so the process started.
I got a part time job at a copy center right across from my school.
and got a Visa.
So by October, Job Check, Visa Chek.
still I was not making that much money, Actually only 50 USD by Week, so I set my Mind on saving every penny I get. my mom and dad help me a little too.
My friend Cecilia told us the cheapest way to get there was by Bus, and it was, she fail to mention that it was the longest trip by bus ever! 36 hours!
but we were, Wait What.... we ARE young so, what the bleep..
we had 2 more friends that decided to go, in this amazing adventure, so the total party was:
This is Me Margarita a.k.a Maggie.
This is Jannet
This is Alba
this is Cecy.
Here we are on the bus, on or way to Orlando
we were going to be 2 weeks in orlando, and will stay at Cecilia´s sister´s house, she just had her 3rd baby and was happy to welcome some company that was able to talk in more than just cry´s and demands.
we did not plan much (FIRST BIG MISTAKE OF THIS TRIP)
we did not have any idea of how we were going to be moving to the parks, or how far Cecilia´s sister lived from Disney.
We were not going to pay for ticket´s (Cecilia´s Sister was married to a Man that used to work at Disney, yes we had free tickets YAY )
and on the 4th of january 2002 on a bus on our way to Orlando.
if you have the time I invite you to search in google maps Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. we are far far from orlando.
we arrive at the border, is the international bridge and we have to ask for a permit, and the lines begin.
Fun Fact:
so it turns out that the 4th of january is when EVERYONE who came from US to MX for the holidays is going back home.
So we had to wait 10 HOURS and I´m not kidding, 10 hours on the bus, on a line to cross the border
we started the trip at 7 am, we made 3 hours to the border.
we arrive at 10 am to the international border in Laredo Texas.
and then at 8 pm we were FINALLY on the line for the permit,
that took another hour.
we had a bus connection with greyhound at 4 pm, not needed from me to tell that we lost that connection
we talk to the manager and he got us in another bus that was going to leave laredo at 12am and we waited.
in the time we were there we went to burger king around the corner from greyhound to get dinner we were starving.
and all we got was only 500 USD each to spent in the trip. that was our entire budget, so when Jannet took her money out to pay for her meal, she didn´t notice that it fell out of her purse, and she lost all of her money
and that is how our first day went. not a good begining right?
it get´s more and more "intersting"
but please continue reading there is a Happy ending.. sort of
to be continue...