Revelations....

I love it when a revelatory thought hits me, like a meteorite from heaven! And I’ve had two of those “revelations” in the last 10 minutes – my mind is reeling, and the only solution is to get these thoughts on paper.

First – I am in the middle of reading a wonderful blog (http://www.pescadoamarillo2012.blogspot.com) about a 100 day cruise, which was actually ten 10-night cruises back-to-back. The blog is great – there are wonderful pictures, it’s full of detail, and the best part? Spelling and grammar is good. ‘Nuff said.

So, I’m reading along, and there is a quick discussion about why the couple chose to do 10 cruises to the same destinations, rather than one long World Cruise, which would have been amazing…right? Here is her answer:

“We've been to all the islands we're visiting many times. We know which beach is our favorite, which snorkel site is best, how to get to the local bus station and which bus to take to get where we want to go. We know whose brother in law has a boat we can hire for the day, and which taxi driver is our favorite… It's easy, it's familiar, it's comfortable. 

In fact, we've been on the Emerald Princess so many times that we say that boarding the ship on the first day is like coming home after a really long shore excursion.”

That’s it! That is the perfect answer to the question I am asked all. The. Time. “Why do you keep going back to Disney World?” “Don’t you want to go other places?” “Don’t you get bored?”

Well, no we don’t get bored, because we don’t do the same things every time. And we DO go other places, frequently! We cruise, we ski, we go to the lake…And yes, we plan other, longer trips too. But going to Disney World is like going to a second home for us. It’s like other people going to the river, or going to the hunting lease. We don’t have to plan every detail, because we know where everything is. We know how to get around, and if we want to just stay at the hotel for a day and sleep in, or lay by the pool? We can do that too…we’re not missing anything that won’t be there the next time we come back!

And on top of all of that? It’s my Happy Place. I can sit at the end of Main Street, late in the evening, and watch the fireworks over the Castle…and it’s just perfect. The last trip my hubby and I took, we laughed more than I can remember laughing in a year – which leads me to my next “revelation.” And that will be in the next post…