Introduce Yourself

I’ll drink to that!

I’ve been on this site for a few months now but I still haven’t properly introduced myself!
My name’s Kurt, I’m from New Jersey. My parents had been taking me on vacations to WDW since before I could walk and I’ve grown to become the Disney aficionado of all my friends. I guess they raised me right. I know particularly a lot about the history of the theme parks, and don’t get me started on the Haunted Mansion… Some of my [other] favorite rides are Pirates, the Peoplemover, and Spacehip Earth and my favorite WDW resort is Fort Wilderness Campgrounds. In my free time I have a Youtube channel that I claim is about all theme parks, but it’s really just an output for all this Disney passion floating in my head. I started to make a website, http://www.themeparkrider.com This year I bought my first Annual Pass, and this June I’ll be celebrating my 21st birthday on my 20th trip to WDW. I joined these forums when I was planning my second trip to Disneyland, and now I’m thrilled to have found what seems like a great community of people!
(Also, can you tell I love these emojis?)

@ThemeParkRider Howdy Kurt!

@Redleg13a Hello there!

Great to have you here!

Welcome aboard Kurt and redleg13a!

Matt, I already know you and your history so just, hey dude!

Just came across this thread, so I’ll introduce myself!

Name: Sarah
From: Born & raised, Pierre, South Dakota (State Capital) exact middle of the state (and yes, its true, there are more cows in population than people!)
Now: Canton, South Dakota (about 3,000 people, Southeast corner of the State. About 6 miles from IA border.
Married in 2003 to my husband, Joe. We have two boys, Max (right now 7) and Mason (just turned 3 a couple days ago)
Favorite Ride: Space Mountain

My first trip was with my parents in 1996. My parents saved for years to take us to DW for 2 whole weeks. It was amazing! We were never really Disney people. My parents had never been, but it was just thing you did, take your kids to DW. I fell in love. I loved everything about Disney! I decided I needed to have all the Disney movies (granted i was 16 at the time!!!) and bought them up on VHS, yes, you heard that, VHS. And I still own them all on VHS!

One year later, my dad was in a terrible work accident and became a quadriplegic. There were no more family vacations after that.

2001 I graduated HS, moved away to college. First day of college, first class, sat next to the cutest boy. 2 years later we were married in Vegas on Christmas day! (he can’t forget our anniversary that way!) I’m a paralegal with a small law firm in our small town. My husband is a Domestic Violence/sexual assault investigator for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (the county we live in). We’ve lived here in Canton since 2005.

In 2002 my husband’s parents took us and his sister to DW for their first visit. They realized they were Disney fanatics as well! I think I might have rubbed off on them there. They bought into Orange Lake and go to DW every January for the entire month of January!

My husband and I went a couple times together before kids. After kids our first visit with them was July 2016. We coincided our trip with the National Down syndrome Convention that was held in Orlando that year. (My oldest has Ds) My littlest was just a baby and it went pretty well. We went again with husband’s parents and our nephew in January 2017 (but only for a week) and my youngest was almost 2. (it was a bad idea— ugh for cranky almost 2 year old!) But my oldest was obsessed with the rides and he still talks about it.

Our next trip is planned for 2021 for the 50th!

Oh and we have one husky/black lab rescue mutt, Cubs. And two cats we found outside. Willa is now 10 years old, and Conner is just over 1.

I make the shirts. It’s so much fun to make shirts! I had to convince Grandpa a little bit. But he loved the Grumpy shirt.