What a "Wonder"-ful World! PTR....is leaving for the most Magical place on Earth!

Pinky166 · May 16, 2009

Well I thought it was about time I got my act together & get on with my Pre Trip Report.....so make yourself comfy & let the planning begin!!! :cool1:

The Cast:

Me = Claire (will be 34 at time of trip :eek:

)
DH = Lee (will be 35 at time of trip)

This will be our 6th Trip to the "Place where the Magic happens", our last one being in December 2008 when we had a fantastic 17 nights & our first experience at Christmastime in WDW. :santa:

I should point out that December was supposed to be our last trip to WDW for a while as we both want to travel to other countries. However last August when they announced Free Dining & 40% off I decided to just have a little look at the pricing. Lee was lying on our sofa having broken a bone in his hand the day before & was dosed up to the eyeballs on strong pain killers when I discovered the amazing prices! :worship:

So what is a girl to do? She should get her unconcious husband to agree to another trip of course! :rotfl2:

Lee really isn't a big Disney fan & just goes along with it to please me :lovestruc

but he managed to murmur a "thats a good price" & I had it booked within seconds before he had time to come to his senses. :lmao:

I booked 14 nights at Old Key West with Free Dining & a 14 day park hopper but within a few days I had managed to persuade hubby that we should do a short cruise whilst we are there to see if we like it. :rolleyes1

With that in mind I changed our Disney UK booking to 13 nights at Old Key West with Free Dining & a 21 day park hopper followed by a 4 night Cruise on the "Wonder" & how rude would it be if we came back off the cruise & just came home? :teeth:

A little bit more persuading got me 4 more nights staying at SSR (AHEM - :rolleyes1

- more on that later!) when we disembark....so in total we have an amazing 21 nights in Disney Heaven!!! :cloud9:

Fast forward to 2009 as I didn't do any other planning last year (other than booking our flights & paying in full for the cruise when the $ was 2 for 1! :yay:

) as I wanted to have something to look forward to when we got back from our December trip to help combat those Post Disney Blues. Once Christmas & New Year were behind us I started to plan, there were one or two things we missed in December due to us both being ill, me the first half of the trip & Lee the second half. :headache:

The main one being a trip to the Kennedy Space Center, we have never been before & although I could take it or leave it I think Lee would enjoy it so that is a definate for September.

Other things that I have booked so far are the Hilton Gatwick Hotel for the night before the flight, I got a great deal using Tesco Club Card Vouchers thanks to a thread from Joh (Wilma-bride) :thumbsup2

. I also booked the car park at Gatwick when BCP had an early booking offer on, 23 days parking for £109!! I've also rented a car for 10 days with Alamo (at the Swan/Dolphin). So everything is booked & paid for in full, most of the spending money is loaded onto our FairFx Cards, I just want to get a few $$$ in cash. Now I am sitting back waiting for the September hours & the ADR window to open up. :rolleyes:

I'll leave it there for now & will post my plans & adr's in the next day or so...

wickesy · May 16, 2009

Sounds great so far Claire. Love the thought of you taking advantage of your 'high' husband to book it in the first place, and then thinking it would be 'rude' to fly straight home after the cruise. :lmao:

I'm sure you will love SSR, it's a lovely resort and we had a great time there last month. :thumbsup2

Beth__WDW23/6/02 · May 16, 2009

Lee was lying on our sofa having broken a bone in his hand the day before & was dosed up to the eyeballs on strong pain killers when I discovered the amazing prices! So what is a girl to do? She should get her unconcious husband to agree to another trip of course!

Great way of booking a holiday :thumbsup2

Sounds like a great holiday planned

Can't wait to read more. :banana:

bombhead444 · May 16, 2009

Looks like you have another great trip planned. :thumbsup2

I know what you mean about the post disney blues i always need our next hol booked so i have something to look forward to once were back to normality.

I hope your both going to be well for this trip and enjoy the space center.

jen_uk · May 16, 2009

Sounds like a great trip :thumbsup2

Love the fact you got your hubby to agree while drugged up, must try that on dh :lmao:

The Fetherstons · May 16, 2009

Oooh wow Claire your plans sound great :thumbsup2

It is coming around so quick :cool1:

, hope to see you there :thumbsup2

for a meet, drinkie shop etc :thumbsup2

We have 12 days before we can start ADRs, the only one I have booked so far is T Rex :banana:

irongirlof12 · May 17, 2009

sounds fantastic :thumbsup2

Tillybud · May 17, 2009

sounds great and I love the fact you took advantage of your dh's situation

can't wait to hear some more :goodvibes

Pegasus928 · May 17, 2009

Are us blokes really that easy to take advantage of :scared1:

Remind me to never get dosed up on pain killers if my DW is ever planning anything. Sounds like us fellas need our wits about us at all times.

Great trip in the making. Hope it all goes to plan.

Can't wait to hear if DH breaks his foot between now and then and you end up staying on an extra couple of weeks to do Disneyland Calafornia, followed by a short hop over to Hong Kong

mandymouse · May 17, 2009

Your plans sound great Claire :thumbsup2

You're going to love the Disney Wonder ::yes::

wicket2005 · May 17, 2009

Lovely to hear all about your plans and hope you are both well on this holiday, fingers crossed. It is a shame we are not there at the same time because I would have tried to meet up. At least I can point you in the direction of all the best Pandora shops when I do my report. :thumbsup2

CustardTart · May 17, 2009

Can't believe I missed this, Claire!!! Hope Richard and I can meet up with you and Lee whilst we're in the World together!!! And I agree with Mandy - you are going to LURVE the Wonder... :goodvibes

natalielongstaff · May 17, 2009

great pre-trip Claire :cool1:

jjk · May 17, 2009

all sounds great Claire :thumbsup2

mark&sue · May 17, 2009

What an amazing trip you have planned. I so loved our Disney cruise and of SSR is my most fav. disney resort.

hope you have a great time

susan

Pinky166 · May 17, 2009

wickesy said:
Sounds great so far Claire. Love the thought of you taking advantage of your 'high' husband to book it in the first place, and then thinking it would be 'rude' to fly straight home after the cruise.

I'm sure you will love SSR, it's a lovely resort and we had a great time there last month.

I am so mean aren't I.....but it works. :rotfl2:

More to come about SSR. Watch this space!

Beth__WDW23/6/02 said:
Great way of booking a holiday.

Sounds like a great holiday planned Can't wait to read more.

Thanks Beth.

bombhead444 said:
Looks like you have another great trip planned.

I know what you mean about the post disney blues i always need our next hol booked so i have something to look forward to once were back to normality.

I hope your both going to be well for this trip and enjoy the space center.

Thanks.

I didn't think I would suffer with the "PDB's" when I came home in December as we already had this trip booked but I still did. :sad2:

I really hope we aren't ill again this time. :scared1:

jen_uk said:
Sounds like a great trip Love the fact you got your hubby to agree while drugged up, must try that on dh

It worked really well - good luck. :thumbsup2

The Fetherstons said:
Oooh wow Claire your plans sound great
It is coming around so quick, hope to see you therefor a meet, drinkie shop etc
We have 12 days before we can start ADRs, the only one I have booked so far is T Rex

Thanks Kerry. It will soon be here. :cool1:

It would be great to meet up. :thumbsup2

We will have to cross check our plans & see if anything matches up as I think we only have 2 or 3 days that cross over.

irongirlof12 said:
sounds fantastic

Thanks Andrea.

Pinky166 · May 17, 2009

Tillybud said:
sounds great and I love the fact you took advantage of your dh's situation can't wait to hear some more

Thanks for reading.

Pegasus928 said:
Are us blokes really that easy to take advantage of

Remind me to never get dosed up on pain killers if my DW is ever planning anything. Sounds like us fellas need our wits about us at all times.

Great trip in the making. Hope it all goes to plan.

Can't wait to hear if DH breaks his foot between now and then and you end up staying on an extra couple of weeks to do Disneyland Calafornia, followed by a short hop over to Hong Kong

Sorry if I've scared you Kenny but ::yes::

you should keep your wits about you at all times. :lmao:

I love that idea, maybe I should assist him in breaking his foot.

mandymouse said:
Your plans sound great Claire You're going to love the Disney Wonder

Thanks Mandy - I can not wait to get on the ship! :banana:

wicket2005 said:
Lovely to hear all about your plans and hope you are both well on this holiday, fingers crossed. It is a shame we are not there at the same time because I would have tried to meet up. At least I can point you in the direction of all the best Pandora shops when I do my report.

It is a shame Bev but I am glad you will be reporting on the Pandora situation. :goodvibes

CustardTart said:
Can't believe I missed this, Claire!!! Hope Richard and I can meet up with you and Lee whilst we're in the World together!!! And I agree with Mandy - you are going to LURVE the Wonder...

Thanks hun! We will definately have to meet up. Have you decided on MNSSHP yet?

natalielongstaff said:
great pre-trip Claire

jjk said:
all sounds great Claire

Thank you both for reading. :flower3:

mark&sue said:
What an amazing trip you have planned. I so loved our Disney cruise and of SSR is my most fav. disney resort.

hope you have a great time

susan

Thanks Susan. I can not wait for the cruise, I am just hoping it doesn't go too fast....but if it does then I guess I will have to try and get hubby to agree to another one.

raph_b · May 18, 2009

Sounds like another amazing trip you've got planned Claire

I hope you and Lee manage to avoid getting ill this time round!

I think you'll be there for my 30th birthday

(I thought 30 sounded old but 34 :lmao:

)

And I love the fact you've managed to get a cheeky cruise and 4 nights at SSR added on as a bonus! Tell us more.............

CustardTart · May 18, 2009

Pinky166 said:
...Thanks hun! We will definately have to meet up. Have you decided on MNSSHP yet?

No not yet, Claire! I really need to sit down and discuss a whole host of holiday things with DH but life just seems to keep getting in the way... :sad2:

He's away at the mo and won't be able to take anything I say onboard as he's distracted by work issues. I will let you know as soon as I get to speak with him properly... :hug:

FWIW I'm leaning towards the MNSSHP as it'll be on our doorstep... :thumbsup2

gemmybear83 · May 18, 2009

Lovely pre trip Claire - and I am sure you are really looking forward to your stay at "SSR"!

What a "Wonder"-ful World! PTR....is leaving for the most Magical place on Earth!

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