gemmybear83
05-18-2009, 01:48 PM
Hello :wave: and welcome to my pre trip report :goodvibes I have a pre trip on the UK boards - but I figure US disers don't get to see it as I doubt they read the UK boards?
Cast members
Gemma (25 will be 26 by the time we go) - uber planner, disney addict and bridezella
Henry (25 but will be 26 in a couple of weeks!) - secret disney lover, loves anything "themed", reluctant planner
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq304/gemmybear83/027-2.jpg
This will be my fourth trip to WDW and Henry's third. We went to WDW for the 1st time together last January staying onsite for the first time at POP and loved it! We got some of the xmas magic and no queues :woohoo: although we did get some frost! We have also been to DLRP together twice.
This is a special trip for us as it will be our wedding planning trip :woohoo: we are planning on getting married in Walt Disney World next December, and honeymooning on the Disney Wonder and one of the deluxe resorts. You can read about all my pre-wedding misadventures here (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2072930) in my planning journal.
Originally we were going to wait until the wedding before we went back to WDW, but as we have never seen our wedding location - and we dont know where to have our evening reception etc we decided we had to go back :thumbsup2
We were going to go for a week - but with the buy 10 get 4 free offer earlier this year (on the disney uk site) it wasnt much more to go for two weeks, and thought we could just spend half days in the parks and the rest lounging by the pool (we did some 12 hour days during our last trip :eek:) We booked up for POP, and then I decided it was boring to stay at the same hotel so upgraded to POFQ....then I started looking wistfully at the new rooms and facilites at CSR-so we have have swapped to a king room at CSR! (We are going to stay at POFQ for the first week of wedding trip with our families instead :thumbsup2).
We will be flying down to London on the 29th September using Flybe (lets our plane doesnt have propellers like this one!
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq304/gemmybear83/flybe400.jpg
then staying at Yotel in London Gatwick Airport that night These are Japanese style hotel pods that are situated in the airport - so just fall out of bed in the morning and board your flight :lmao:! I know they are really small (even by European hotel room sizes :rotfl: but they are so much fun!
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq304/gemmybear83/yotel01.jpg
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq304/gemmybear83/abc_ntl_airporthotel2_080319_mn.jpg
Were flying from London with Virgin Atlantic on the 30th September (9 hour flight urgh!), and were booked to us the ME when we arrive - I have also done all our immigration forms online too.
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq304/gemmybear83/800px-Virgin_atlantic_b747-400_g-vb.jpg
We have also booked DDP for the first time as we have a few places we want to try for wedding - I am slightly concerned about how much food there will be but its fun planning all the ADRS!
Aims of the trip
Visit our wedding location for the first time - Yacht Club Gazebo
Try lots of restaurants for our wedding day meal (and a few just for fun too!)
Go on Splash Mountain! (I've never been on it - it was closed for rehab last year), and its one of Henry's favourites!
Relax! Hit the waterparks, lounge by the pool and play mini golf (I love mini golf even though I'm rubbish at it! Wintersummerland was great last year and we got to play for free due to disney magic!)
Go on our favourite rides and see more of the shows
Celebrate our 5th anniversary over there!
Try MNSSHP for the 1st time
Cast members
Gemma (25 will be 26 by the time we go) - uber planner, disney addict and bridezella
Henry (25 but will be 26 in a couple of weeks!) - secret disney lover, loves anything "themed", reluctant planner
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq304/gemmybear83/027-2.jpg
This will be my fourth trip to WDW and Henry's third. We went to WDW for the 1st time together last January staying onsite for the first time at POP and loved it! We got some of the xmas magic and no queues :woohoo: although we did get some frost! We have also been to DLRP together twice.
This is a special trip for us as it will be our wedding planning trip :woohoo: we are planning on getting married in Walt Disney World next December, and honeymooning on the Disney Wonder and one of the deluxe resorts. You can read about all my pre-wedding misadventures here (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2072930) in my planning journal.
Originally we were going to wait until the wedding before we went back to WDW, but as we have never seen our wedding location - and we dont know where to have our evening reception etc we decided we had to go back :thumbsup2
We were going to go for a week - but with the buy 10 get 4 free offer earlier this year (on the disney uk site) it wasnt much more to go for two weeks, and thought we could just spend half days in the parks and the rest lounging by the pool (we did some 12 hour days during our last trip :eek:) We booked up for POP, and then I decided it was boring to stay at the same hotel so upgraded to POFQ....then I started looking wistfully at the new rooms and facilites at CSR-so we have have swapped to a king room at CSR! (We are going to stay at POFQ for the first week of wedding trip with our families instead :thumbsup2).
We will be flying down to London on the 29th September using Flybe (lets our plane doesnt have propellers like this one!
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq304/gemmybear83/flybe400.jpg
then staying at Yotel in London Gatwick Airport that night These are Japanese style hotel pods that are situated in the airport - so just fall out of bed in the morning and board your flight :lmao:! I know they are really small (even by European hotel room sizes :rotfl: but they are so much fun!
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq304/gemmybear83/yotel01.jpg
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq304/gemmybear83/abc_ntl_airporthotel2_080319_mn.jpg
Were flying from London with Virgin Atlantic on the 30th September (9 hour flight urgh!), and were booked to us the ME when we arrive - I have also done all our immigration forms online too.
http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq304/gemmybear83/800px-Virgin_atlantic_b747-400_g-vb.jpg
We have also booked DDP for the first time as we have a few places we want to try for wedding - I am slightly concerned about how much food there will be but its fun planning all the ADRS!
Aims of the trip
Visit our wedding location for the first time - Yacht Club Gazebo
Try lots of restaurants for our wedding day meal (and a few just for fun too!)
Go on Splash Mountain! (I've never been on it - it was closed for rehab last year), and its one of Henry's favourites!
Relax! Hit the waterparks, lounge by the pool and play mini golf (I love mini golf even though I'm rubbish at it! Wintersummerland was great last year and we got to play for free due to disney magic!)
Go on our favourite rides and see more of the shows
Celebrate our 5th anniversary over there!
Try MNSSHP for the 1st time