Upcoming 2026 Trips (Disney and Other)

I grew up in Texas and thought I could take the heat. I was wrong! We have been in Seattle now for close to 40 years. I guess we just became heat wimps as an 85 degree day is a hot day here!

We're originally from Texas as well! My parents moved me out to California in '88 so we moved from a humid heat to a dry heat and now vacation in humidity yet again. ;)

Our resale contract just got placed into our account so my wife went to town getting the rest of the year planned.

October -

• 2 nights @ Vero Beach in hopes to catch some turtle hatchlings make their way to the ocean (my oldest loves turtles)

• 3 nights @ OKW to lounge and spend one day over at Epic Universe

• 6 nights @ Poly for the "Welcome Home" trip with the Family.

December -

• 4 nights @ BLT with our good friends and now fellow Disney family. (We're thinking of only going to Epcot and Hollywood Studios)

• 1 great night of Jollywood Nights.

• We surprised two of my friends from work with a Disney World trip last Christmas. Neither had ever been and one couple had never been on a plane! Converted both of them... lol. So this is considered a bonus trip with the extra points from the new contract and the friends were going with this time thought Jollywood was the best thing ever invented.

And this is all thanks to my wife - she's the planner in the family. I just get to enjoy it. lol

October and December are Great months to visit Florida. Not too hot not too humid. In the old days we would go the first. 2 weeks in December. It was great! Parks were not crowded. Just a lot of Brazilian tour groups. Now there is no real off season. People found out that the winter weather was great. And after Covid, people are not afraid to take kids out of school. It is still our favorite time to go as all the decorations are up. One thing we enjoy is resort hopping to look at the different lobby Christmas decorations and gingerbread houses. Even our grandkids get a kick out if it.

My DW (dear wife) just tells me when she wants to go and what she wants to see and I do the rest. Planning is a bit of pressure, but rewarding in the end. This year we are going for a little over 2 weeks in October for MNSSHP. We are also taking the Grandkids (and their tag along parents) to DLR in april. They are 6 and 10 and never been. They have been to WDW a couple of times with us. Their first trip we stayed at BLT. THe youngest, who was 4 at the time, said. "Ok I live here now". Broke my old heart to tell her no, no we dont.

We have never been to Vero. We hear it is really nice. We do love OKW. It is a fall back at 7 months for us. Feels like a real vacation home.

Hope you enjoy you membership as much as we do!

And Happiness was Texas in the rear view mirror!

September 2026 - Hilton Head. We love this resort and can't wait to be back.

No Disney cruises going on a carnival

April: Mother/Daughter WDW split stay trip with my Mom- 4 nights at Boardwalk followed by 3 nights at Poly. These were both bucket list resorts for us and it was out first time staying at them both.

June: Couples trip to Montreal with my BF, who doesn't like to travel much, and who I have not yet convinced to go to WDW.

July: 3 days at Hersheypark with my BF and his kids (I've been there several times, but his kids have never been there and he hasn't been since he was young)

December: Another Mother/Daughter trip to WDW- 4 nights at AKL (2 nights Jambo, 2 nights Kidani). AKL has been our favorite resort since we first visited it in 2008. I took this same December trip solo last year and fell even more in love with AKL seeing it decorated for Christmas. In 2024, we stayed at AKL in November and missed seeing the tree go up by one night! 😭I can't wait for my Mom to experience it this year!