OMG! 15 DAYS!!! NO WAY!!!!!!! Color me jealous! How exciting is that!? Our first trip with the kiddos in 05 was the end of Feb through the beginning of March! It was a great trip and the park of empty!
I'm soooooooooooo stinkin excited that our dates match now! WOOOOO HOOOOO!!!! WOOT WOOT! Yippeeee!!!!
FYI, I got a letter in the mail yesterday letting me know that the kiester coaster is closing for refurb mid Feb and should re-open mid March. I'm mulling over the options for March because I think DD would be disappointed that she couldn't go down the slide! Wouldn't it be funny if we ended up at the same resort?
BTW, I'm so with you on the Kona Coffee thing! I'll be making monorail stops in a few weeks, I assure you
I love to hear about about March! The crowd levels and 1 and 2! I LOVE THAT. That is what we had in September too.
How was the weather then? We froze when we went in January, so it better be warmer by late Feb/early March, but PopArtGirl has me worried about freezing in March!
I hadn't heard that about the slide, a bit of a bummer, but H is still too little to go down on his own, so it will just be Joe and I out of luck. I only hit it once this past trip and Joe did 2 or 3 times. I think we'll be alright, espeically since we have 7 following days at BLT.
And speaking of BLT, according to the CM on the phone there is "plenty of lagoon view left for your dates."
Monorail. Top of the World Lounge. Walking to MK. Wishes.
Just sayin'.
I am SO EXCITED to meet you!!!!!!!!! We should do a Kona Coffee meet!
(or if you do end up at BLT, we can meet WHEREVER! Top of the World?! Seriously, I'm starting to dance in my chair!
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WOW!! 15 days!! That is so awesome, you are going to have a fabulous trip!!!!
I'm getting more and more excited when I start planning and looking at pictures. I can't hardly believe we are doing it!
WOWZERS!!!!! That's awesome! So excited for you (and insanely jealous at the same time!)
Thank you!!! I can hardly wrap my head around it. And I DON'T want to think of that bill when we check out.
Wow! Fifteen Days!! That's fantastic!! We'll be there February 27th - March 6th.
DIS MEET! DIS MEET!! I haven't a clue what our plans are yet/park days/ADRs etc, but we can PM back and forth and try to figure something out.
15 days!!! I would have switched too!!!
About the weather though...
Last year we were mid March. I needed a sweatshirt and my toes froze at night in my flip flops. So I went to Japan and bought socks to wear with them.
So watch the forecast!
I LOVE that you bought toe socks! An excellent excuse to do so.
I don't mind a sweatshirt at night - as long as the majority of the day is nice. Even if it's jeans and a t-shirt, I'm good with that. I just don't want to repeat of January 2009 - 35 degree weather and news reports of all the oranges freezing in Florida...winter coats in the Magic Kingdom. Ugh.
Could you swim during the day still? Was it that cold every night?
I am so envious that Joe has that much vacation he can take at once! My DH has been with the same co. for like 8 years and still can only take one week at a time! This really sucks because we would love to take a long roadtrip someday. You guys are going to have so much fun!
I was wondering, do you get the dining plan when you go? Why, or why not. And do you feel like it saves or costs you more money. I can't decide for our trip. Just thought I'd ask a more seasoned wdw traveler....15 days...WHATEVER. Ok, jealosy over
Oh man! That stinks about only being able to take a week at a time! Joe has been with the same company for over 12 years - so that helps. Even the new company out here in NYC is owned by the same company (Thomson Reuters), so he kept all his benefits. Which was a huge relief to us!! They are really good about allowing people on his team to take time whenever. On my old team, when I worked for the same company, it was NOT like that, I probably would not have been allowed 2 weeks straight either.
The last time we got the Dining Plan was in November 2008 (we did do the Quick Service Dining Plan once in 2009 because we were staying at CSR and their food court is more expensive). We always spend LESS than what the dining plan would have cost us and like the fact that without it we can eat whatever and whenever we'd like. We never do a TS every single day - with a little one they just get frustrating, he gets antsy after a while - plus its even more money OOP for the tips. I often don't want a dessert with a CS meal, but maybe an ice cream later - so it goes to waste. I don't like keeping track of how many credits and all that either. It's just so much easier - and cheaper - for us to do OOP all the way. I usually make all our ADRs and take a guess as to what we will order and what CS we will eat at, and do the math. OOP always comes out on top. This past trip in September we saved over $100 versus the
DDP - and really, its much more than that because we didn't have a TS every day with a required tip. And we just ate whatever/whenever we wanted - and I counted in things like the bag of jelly beans and bag of chips I NEEDED
from the gift shop and the giant box-o-Mickey coconut head patties we brought home. It always comes out cheaper for us.
HOWEVER, with all that said, when Henry is becoming a young boy/man we might end up back on the DDP because he'll probably be eating everything, so it might end up cheaper then. Often times he still eats off our plates now.
I hope that helps! Oh - we also order some snacks/breakfast items to the room, so we save some there too...plus it saves on time, we eat while we get ready for the parks. We only ate breakfast out once in September.
15 DAYS!!!!!!
I may just pass out
I would love to go for 15 days and at 2 BEAUTIFUL resorts no less
Wow, you are a lucky duck!
Im so excited for you guys!!!!!
I sent you a pm a couple of days ago trying to figure out how to link my tr to my siggy. If you can tell me how to do it, I will try (or get my dh to try) to do it. THANKS
I can't hardly believe it's truly booked and happening!! We've talked about doing a 2 week trip, but never have taken the plunge!
I got your PM, sorry I haven't replied - there are some other ones too I need to get on. I will help you! It's been a rough week, I'd be on the DIS for a few minutes and then my head would start throbbing. I laid in bed a whole lot!
I'm feeling a bit better today though, so I do plan to get to those! I'm excited to read your TR...espeically already knowing your title!
15 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are so lucky.
It's kinda crazy! I'm really looking forward to planning it!
I'm thinkin' a cup or 12 of Kona Coffee will be consumed by yours truly. 
Riding the monorail into Epcot to view those beautiful flowers with a cup of Kona in my hand...
Yes, I think riding the monorail with a cup of Kona in your hand will be fabulous!
BTW, What is your home resort? I don't think you're crazy for going for 15 days. That was my original dream vacation. Well, it got scaled back to 12, but even that was *plenty* of time to do everything we wanted to do within a budget. So much time to do so many cool things!
