jenbear123
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- Joined
- Feb 21, 2009
Table of Contents
New dates already?!
Changing of the dates yet again
Decision Making
Yup, we're still undecided
Dodging a bullet and flight plans
Must Do's
Potential ADRs + Something New! + Exciting News!
Ladies and Gentleman, allow me to introduce...
Full Steam Ahead
November Flight Details
November Itinerary Version 1
An April digression with November progression
It's done!!
November Itinerary Day 2
Mail Call
Counting down the days...
Call me crazy
The One-Night Resort Showdown
November Plans Day 3
Poly Planning
November Itinerary Day 4 & A Breakfast Surprise
Special Delivery
Recovery
Lapu-Lapu Anyone?
Wanted: April ADRs
April ADRs: The Results
Let's play the April ADR's Shuffle
Finalized November Itinerary
Scary Dream
9 days to go!!!
You're not going to believe this...
System Overload
Progress - 2 days to go!
On my way tomorrow!!!
I'M BACK!
November Trip Report is up!
Polynesian Update and Another Trip.....WHAT!
More ramblings and such
Hoist the Anchor!
I digress
A X-mas Tree Expedition
Get out the bubbly, it's time to celebrate!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
April Progress: ADRs REVISED
FEBRUARY NEWS!!!!
The New Feb Resort
More Feb updates with a side of Babbling
The Spanish Inquisition
Did you say driving? No way, we're flying!
A Legendary Discovery
Feb Plans Day 2
Feb Plans Day 3
16 days to go!
11 days to go - ELEVEN?!?!
9 days to go!
5 days to go!
2 days to go!
I'm back (again)
DDD
TR is up!
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Planning the Surprise
Ick.
Sour Day turned to Sweet
The Surprise is Set
New Blanket; April Day 1, Day 2 Plans
Cruise Concerns + Tour Trials
27 days to go!
Train Tour is Booked
Garden Grocer Order
And The Ship Sets Sail
Fort Lauderdale Chaos
6 days to go!
3 more sleeps
I'm back...for good this time!NEW
Welcome to my first successful Pre-trip report. I have tried to start one in the past but before I knew it I'd be into the Trip report phase! This time, I am WELL ahead of myself in planning but I thought I'd include all you DISers to help with my planning. I could really use some tips and advice as it's always appreciated.
Let's get started!
When: March 1st-10th, 2010 -- The dates are still quite tentative. It's definitely going to be from March 1st but the return day could vary from either March 10th or 11th. This depends on my sister who is currently working at Disney World on a one-year contract. Her contract ends on March 11th UNLESS she gets an extension, which isn't decided until a couple weeks prior to the end of the contract. We will be able to make a decision on how long we stay once we know if she's getting extended or not. If she isn't extended and her last day is March 11th, we will fly down from Canada and then drive back North in her car (that obviously has to come back to Canada somehow!). If she IS extended then we will simply come down for the full 9 or 10 nights. The length could also depend on our budget as well. I'm hoping to be able to get a good TA room only rate and upgrade to a basic dining package. We would utilize my sister's discount for the theme park tickets and then we'd be all set!
Where: This is still in the works. We are definitely doing a split stay. Having the split stay will allow us the extra money for the Deluxe resort. I'm probably going to have lots of questions about split stays so please let me know your experiences! First 4 nights at Pop Century, the second 5 nights at one of the following (in order of preference): Yacht Club, Beach Club, Boardwalk Inn, or Old Key West. Our first choice is one of the Epcot resorts along the boardwalk that's within walking distance of the International Gateway entrance to Epcot. It's our favourite theme park (not to mention that's where my sister works) so we want to be within a close distance. For those of you who have stayed at either one of the above resorts, I'd love to hear any suggestions, recommendations or comments. We have stayed at Pop Century back in September 2008 trip for 7 nights and really enjoyed it. Considering this will be our "Disney splurge" we don't want to be stuck in a Value resort for the full length of our trip. Not saying that we don't like the Value resorts, we just want to experience something different. Pop Century was good but we'd only stay there for a long period of time again if we were on a tight budget. It wasn't bad because we were hardly in the room anyway. Only thing we didn't like about it was how far away it was from the theme parks and how there was only ONE food court for all the resort guests. It still sticks to the Disney level of service that you would expect. To be honest, we had a better Front Desk experience at Pop Century than we did at Wilderness Lodge! We'd prefer to be in Pop Century out of the Value resort choices as, on many occasions, have noticed on previous trips that all the sport teams and tour groups stick to the All Star resorts. I'm not sure if this will be the case for March, but we don't want to risk having to put up with the loud, rowdy tour group crowds. We might even shorten our stay at Pop Century, but it all depends on how pricing goes.
Who:
Me, 24 years old, I have visited Walt Disney World 6 times in the passed two years and can't wait to get back there again!!! To see where I have stayed at while visiting the World in the past, check out my signature below. My favourite Disney movie is Bambi. My favourite characters are Chip & Dale.
My Mom, only as old as she feels , currently works from home through her own administrative business. She is responsible for my Disney fever. I'm not sure what sparked our Disney "fever" but within the past 2 years, we've tried to make it down to Disney World at least every 6 months or so. Now even more often, since my sister is working down there until March 2010. Growing up, we never had the chance to travel to Disney World when I was young (the best time to visit!!!) so now, we're making up for it. Her motto is: "You're only as old as you feel" and when you're at Disney World, that can be ANY age. Her ultimate dream is to spend 2 weeks at Disney but since I can't get away from work for that long right now, 10 days it shall be. She vows to always stay on-site. She will never settle for anything less. (Complete opposite of my dad, who is el-cheapo when it comes to ANYTHING). Her favourite Disney character is, the one and only, Mickey Mouse.
My Sister, Bubba. No, that's not her real name but that's how we refer to each other. Why? Well, one day we were both watching "Forrest Gump" starring Tom Hanks. For those of you who haven't seen the movie, Forrest makes friends with a man named "Bubba" during the Vietnam war. We both found the name to be very funny and liked it even more when Forrest said it with his accent (I apologize to those from Alabama. Being from Canada, we are not used to the accent). Soon, we found ourselves calling each other "Bubba Joe" and "Bubba Jean", "Bubba" for short and the names have stuck ever since. People will look at us funny when we're in public when we start referring to eachother as "Bubba". It's priceless. Anyway, Bubba may make a few appearances during our trip but will not be staying with us the whole time. - EDIT: Bubba sadly did not receive her extension so will not be joining us. She is 26 years old, currently working in WDW. Her and I get along amazingly well for sisters as we rarely fight or get annoyed with one another. I miss her dearly while she's working in Florida. It's just not the same around here!
Coming up next: Airfare & Must Do's