Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Disneyworld Trip

Today is a day of mixed emotions (and irony). The final arrangements are being made this morning for our Disneyworld trip that we won from Southwest Airlines last year for our entry to their home video contest to answer the question "What would you do for $100?" (As they marketed their $100 in savings by not paying bag fees...)

Trip for 4 to Disneyworld Orlando, Florida
Rental Car
Hotel
4 day park hopper tickets
Airfare (for all 6 of us actually ;)

Here was our entry for anyone who missed it last year, or for anyone that wants to enjoy it again:




Also, this morning I received word, that Robbins Barstow passed away. He is the grandfather of home video production. A real pioneer to amateur videography. He is noted for many great home video memories, but one most notably, was a Disneyland vacation his family won in 1956.
Enjoy:



I hope we can record our trip as well as he did, to keep the spirit of home movies alive as one door closes, another opens.

-A special thanks goes out to the fantastic people at Southwest Airlines...that really, truly put people first. They don't just say that. They actually go beyond the call of duty, always.