Why Now, Why Disney?

Why would someone like me, do something like this?

That question is one that even I am not confident on how to answer. First off, I am an Elementary School teacher and High School varsity boys basketball coach from a small town in north central Indiana. Why would I be the type to create a blog about Walt Disney World and all things Disney?

Second, I am a married father of (now) three crazy, awesome kids who does Disney on a teacher’s salary. Why is Disney so interesting to me?

The answer to the first question is simple….I HAVE NO IDEA!

I have no idea why, one day in January, while I am waiting on my 3rd (and LAST) child to be born, I got it in my head that I wanted to write. Most would think the first thing that a guy like me would write about is basketball since that is what I spend so much of my time doing. Coaching high school basketball has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember and after finally getting the chance to lead my own high school program, naturally one would think that I would write about basketball. NOPE!

“You’re dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up.” — Walt Disney

I remember going to Walt Disney World once as a kid. My family didn’t take huge vacations very often. My wife and I decided that when we had children of our own, we were going to take them places. Places they would remember. Some friends from church one day 8 years ago asked if we wanted to go with them to Walt Disney World. Our first child at the time was 2, so we said sure.

I fell in love with Disney on that first trip. I saw the reactions of my 2 yr old daughter and understood why they called it the “Most Magical Place on Earth”. I didn’t remember much from going as a kid, so EVERYTHING was like brand new to me. The rides, the shows, THE FOOD, the characters. That probably answers my second question…why Disney?

Why Not? It’s fun, it’s exciting. It is expensive (Luckily we have a travel agent in the family that makes these trips easy and as inexpensive as possible – Michelle Waitt), but it has been worth every penny (and a lot of pressed pennies) along the way.

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Since that first trip, we have went almost every year, as well as other places with our vacation family, the Waitt’s. However, Disney has taken what were vacationing friends and has molded us into a family.

This blog will hopefully be a collection of thoughts and opinions from our WHOLE Disney family which has begun to expand in recent years. Please join in on the conversations, because that’s what this is meant to be…a place where fans of all things Disney can come together and enjoy one man’s ultimate DREAM and enjoy what that dream has meant to each of us.