I am NOT a Disney fanatic

Let me get that right out in the open.  I am honestly not a big Disney fan.  I don't have a room dedicated to Mickey Mouse (or even a shelf of knickknacks!), I don't own every Disney movie (I don't even have all the classics!), and I don't dress head to toe in red, white and black.  In fact I think I only have two sweatshirts and three hats from WDW.

AND YET, I absolutely love Walt Disney World in Florida.  I don't know what it is about that place, but I just adore it.  The details, the cleanliness, the happy and helpful people.  Yeah, pretty much everything.  And it doesn't hurt that the rollercoasters are pretty much as much as I can handle.  So, even after taking a trip with the boys last year, I had the urge to go again this year and so back we are going.  We're even staying at the same resort - Wilderness Lodge.

Now I am fully convinced that part of what I love about a Disney vacation is the planning.  I'm a  planner/researcher by nature, so the kind of vacation that inspires "crowd calendars" and "touring plans" is right up my alley.

With that in mind, my current Disney vacation planner/memory book should make perfect sense.

Cover:

Front Page - note the journaling cards on the left and the package of colored washi tapes on the right:

Each day has a divider featuring the logo of the park we plan to visit that day:

Each day has two pages with little sections for ADRs, plans and thoughts about the day.  Each one features a park logo at 20% transparency behind the words:

I plan to use this book as a mini-scrapbook, so I printed pages to use for sticking things like maps, tickets, receipts, tags, all the stupid little things that I can't seem to throw away but also can't seem to find a place for.  I'll use the journaling cards to write little blurbs here and there and may even add pictures after we get home.  I did a gorgeous blurb.com album for our vacation last year so this would just house a few special pictures.

We are part of the My Magic FastPass+ testing so touring plans actually were sort of necessary.  Last time we just had a general idea of which parts of the park we'd hit in what order.  Since we're going in September, I don't anticipate really needing a "plan", but having the FP+ times noted will be useful.  I put these in page protectors so that I can carry them in my bag to the parks.

I also have all of our dining reservations printed and housed in a page protector.

I've really enjoyed putting all of this together and now I can't wait to put it to use!