The Top 25 Reasons My Family Goes To Walt Disney World Resort

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

1. Two words....DOLE WHIPS! 
2. The weather.
3. Mickey shaped food just tastes better!
4. To add more Disney ornaments and coffee mugs to our collection.
5. We can visit 11 countries without needing a passport.
6. Where else can we get our own Key to the World?  
7. Where else can we spend our Disney Dollars? Nowhere else can money that is NOT legal tender be spent so freely. 
8. To improve our Spanish- "Por favor manténgase alejado de las pueratas!"
9. Because people keep telling us to "Have a Magical Day." 
10. Because we look great in 3-D glasses.
11. The resorts.
12. To eat stuff we shouldn't knowing that we can walk it off (Mickey ice cream bars, Dole Whips, Turkey legs, Dole Whip floats, No Way Jose sundaes, Dole Whips, anything at Boardwalk Bakery, Dole Whip floats, funnel cakes, Dole Whips, cinnamon rolls at the Main Street Bakery....).
13. Because we have a hard time finding Hidden Mickey's in our own hometown.
14. Because everyday should start with a wake-up call from Mickey and end with fireworks.
15. To pay no attention to what's on TV for a whole week except for Stacy and the Nine Must Dos at Disney.  My husband has it memorized.  
16. Not minding if our hair is messy or clothes are plastered to our bodies because you just experienced Splash Mountain or Kali River Rapids. Or the alternative..not minding what we look like wearing big ponchos to stay dry.
17. We can ask a stranger to take a photo of our family and not wonder if they will run off with our camera.
18. We actually like planning our meals, naps, outfits . . . 6-months in advance. 
19. To kiss big mice, converse with walking trash cans, and pick up hitch-hiking ghosts. 
20. Because we are homesick and want to hear "Welcome Home!"
21. The RIDES!!!!!
22. Ohana . . . it means family. 
23. Because it is Walt Disney's world with all its glory, beauty, excitement, innovation, and nostalgia created with his vision.
24. It truly is "The Happiest Place on Earth."
25. Because it is there my family meets with a shared joy, building shared, precious memories that can't ever be duplicated or replaced. From the expressions of wonder and the giggles of happiness from my children to sincere words of happiness expressed by my father on his first trip last year, I have been very blessed.  I pray with all my heart that when I am old and my memory begins to fail me that these are the memories that I can hold onto. 

I would like to thank those who contributed ideas to the above list and and hope that others contribute their own by commenting on this post!

Till next time....Happy planning!