December 7, 2013 - Winter Fantasy Cruise

[Dixielady908]

Morning everyone,

We are heading out for the airport shortly. Hope everyone has a great week, I am sure I will be checking in from time to time.

I'll post a pic our of new house after we close.

enjoy the warmer weather....good luck on tuesday.....cant wait to see a pic of the house.

 

[Va-NanaTink]

Was messing around on the UA website and found r/t airfare for Dec for $181 each!!best price we've found in a long time, so we snatched them!! Then got a room booked at the Hyatt for Friday night!! No WDW stay before or after this cruise since we will be back in January with the fam!! Is it time to go?

 

[philatiger]

Was messing around on the UA website and found r/t airfare for Dec for $181 each!!best price we've found in a long time, so we snatched them!! Then got a room booked at the Hyatt for Friday night!! No WDW stay before or after this cruise since we will be back in January with the fam!! Is it time to go?

Congrats, that is a good price. It will be here before we know it

 

[Dixielady908]

Was messing around on the UA website and found r/t airfare for Dec for $181 each!!best price we've found in a long time, so we snatched them!! Then got a room booked at the Hyatt for Friday night!! No WDW stay before or after this cruise since we will be back in January with the fam!! Is it time to go?

Wow that is a fantastic deal......I didnt realize that thoes dates were out yet....guess I'm gonna have to check on that

 

[Va-NanaTink]

go for it, Denise!!!!

 

[Va-NanaTink]

OK, I waited 25 minutes!!! Denise, you were on line too!....

Now.....

 

[Va-NanaTink]

Good morning!

I'm still home today as we are having freezing rain and sleet and have been told to stay off the roads until 10AM. Office opens at 12....I get off at 2:30---tell me, do you believe the hassle to get in will be worth the two and a half hours I would be there to work?

Me neither!

 

[philatiger]

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.....

 

[philatiger]

Good morning!

I'm still home today as we are having freezing rain and sleet and have been told to stay off the roads until 10AM. Office opens at 12....I get off at 2:30---tell me, do you believe the hassle to get in will be worth the two and a half hours I would be there to work?

Me neither!

I completely agree...

 

[Va-NanaTink]

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.....

Hope you are having a FANTASMIC time!!!! Tomorrow is the big day!!!

 

[philatiger]

Hope you are having a FANTASMIC time!!!! Tomorrow is the big day!!!

Having a great trip so far. We like Saratoga Springs, didn't think I would. We requested congress park and got our request. Look out over Downtown Disney, a short walk over and the bus stop is out front.

Had been reading about complaints on buses, but we never waited more than 5 minutes for a bus, guess we were lucky with the timing. Did HS yesterday morning and MK last night. Going back to HS tonight for the American Idol finale show and fantasmic tonight.

We had another great pay it forward yesterday. We had done Toy Story mania in the morning and had a fast pass for 3:00. Decided to not go on again and gave them to 2 girls who looked stunned. Fast passes were sold out. At the MK last night a woman walked up to us and gave us 3 fast passes for BTMR. We used 2 and gave the 3rd to a single guy. I just love Disney.....there is still magic there.

 

[Dixielady908]

OK, I waited 25 minutes!!! Denise, you were on line too!....

Now.....

Yeah, I was on for awhile, but was reading trip reports.....so congrats!!! Also, I went to UA site and it was going to cost us round trip 779.00 so you did get a fantastic deal....think I will wait until southwest comes out with their dates....

Good morning!

I'm still home today as we are having freezing rain and sleet and have been told to stay off the roads until 10AM. Office opens at 12....I get off at 2:30---tell me, do you believe the hassle to get in will be worth the two and a half hours I would be there to work?

Me neither!

I would just forget about it and stay home. Unless they would prefer that you come in but for 2.5 hours its just not worth it....really, how much work are you going to get done??

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.....

So whats the weather there?? Tomorrow we are going up to 60...however, thursday we will be going up to a lovely 14 degrees....gotta love this weather....

Having a great trip so far. We like Saratoga Springs, didn't think I would. We requested congress park and got our request. Look out over Downtown Disney, a short walk over and the bus stop is out front.

Had been reading about complaints on buses, but we never waited more than 5 minutes for a bus, guess we were lucky with the timing. Did HS yesterday morning and MK last night. Going back to HS tonight for the American Idol finale show and fantasmic tonight.

We had another great pay it forward yesterday. We had done Toy Story mania in the morning and had a fast pass for 3:00. Decided to not go on again and gave them to 2 girls who looked stunned. Fast passes were sold out. At the MK last night a woman walked up to us and gave us 3 fast passes for BTMR. We used 2 and gave the 3rd to a single guy. I just love Disney.....there is still magic there.

Thats is awesome, I know there is Magic there....how can there not be??

well better run....here at work so I better go.....

later

 

[MinnieCruzer]

Was messing around on the UA website and found r/t airfare for Dec for $181 each!!best price we've found in a long time, so we snatched them!! Then got a room booked at the Hyatt for Friday night!! No WDW stay before or after this cruise since we will be back in January with the fam!! Is it time to go?

Awesome price! Is that from Dulles? I checked from Norfolk and it was $330. Last year we were able to use our Delta companion fare and it was around $500 for both of us. Hope that works again!

 

[MinnieCruzer]

Good morning!

I'm still home today as we are having freezing rain and sleet and have been told to stay off the roads until 10AM. Office opens at 12....I get off at 2:30---tell me, do you believe the hassle to get in will be worth the two and a half hours I would be there to work?

Me neither!

Definitely not! It's warmed up a little here in VA Beach but there's still quite a bit of snow on the ground. The lake behind the house has pretty much thawed now. Right now it's in the mid-30's and raining. We fly to St. Maarten on Friday--yippee!

 

[Dixielady908]

Definitely not! It's warmed up a little here in VA Beach but there's still quite a bit of snow on the ground. The lake behind the house has pretty much thawed now. Right now it's in the mid-30's and raining. We fly to St. Maarten on Friday--yippee!

I really like St Maarten.....have fun and bring some of the warm weather and sun back out to us....

 

[Va-NanaTink]

Having a great trip so far. We like Saratoga Springs, didn't think I would. We requested congress park and got our request. Look out over Downtown Disney, a short walk over and the bus stop is out front.

Had been reading about complaints on buses, but we never waited more than 5 minutes for a bus, guess we were lucky with the timing. Did HS yesterday morning and MK last night. Going back to HS tonight for the American Idol finale show and fantasmic tonight.

Glad you like SSR! It's our home resort and we love it. We've never really had the problem others complain about with the buses. We've waited longer at other resorts, like VWL for example, or POFQ. I sometimes wonder if the complainers expect that as soon as they step out of their room the bus will arrive! We like Grandstand, it's pretty quiet but Congress Park for the view is a close second! Nice stroll over to DTD as well!

Glad to hear the magic is still there! We are officially 100 days out!!

Yeah, I was on for awhile, but was reading trip reports.....so congrats!!! Also, I went to UA site and it was going to cost us round trip 779.00 so you did get a fantastic deal....think I will wait until southwest comes out with their dates....

Yikes! The price is still there for the $181!! We leave at 2:30 PM on Friday and we don't fly back until 4 on Saturday, but it's all good!

So whats the weather there?? Tomorrow we are going up to 60...however, thursday we will be going up to a lovely 14 degrees....gotta love this weather....

Our high is supposed to be 60º Tuesday, 67º on Wednesday then down to 44º on Thursday and 37º on Frdiay with a low of 23º. We are all going to be SICK!!!

Awesome price! Is that from Dulles? I checked from Norfolk and it was $330. Last year we were able to use our Delta companion fare and it was around $500 for both of us. Hope that works again!

Maybe you should drive up here and fly out of Dulles! I just looked at the price, it's still that low.

Definitely not! It's warmed up a little here in VA Beach but there's still quite a bit of snow on the ground. The lake behind the house has pretty much thawed now. Right now it's in the mid-30's and raining. We fly to St. Maarten on Friday--yippee!

It's cold and damp, though everything has melted. It is 42º right now.

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

Hopefully in a few days things will calm down around here and I can pay more attention to the Dis... watching on FB is easier for me .

My DD turns 16 tomorrow and this month has been crazy planning her party which was this past Saturday. The girls got a limo and headed to Hollywood and then off to McDonalds for dinner. Nothing like arriing at McD's in a limo.

THey had a sleepover at the Grand Californian and then breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen.

All went well but it was tiring.

Hope I haven't missed anything important.

 

[Va-NanaTink]

Hopefully in a few days things will calm down around here and I can pay more attention to the Dis... watching on FB is easier for me .

My DD turns 16 tomorrow and this month has been crazy planning her party which was this past Saturday. The girls got a limo and headed to Hollywood and then off to McDonalds for dinner. Nothing like arriing at McD's in a limo.

THey had a sleepover at the Grand Californian and then breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen.

All went well but it was tiring.

Hope I haven't missed anything important.

Sounds like a fun birthday!!

 

[Dixielady908]

Hopefully in a few days things will calm down around here and I can pay more attention to the Dis... watching on FB is easier for me .

My DD turns 16 tomorrow and this month has been crazy planning her party which was this past Saturday. The girls got a limo and headed to Hollywood and then off to McDonalds for dinner. Nothing like arriing at McD's in a limo.

THey had a sleepover at the Grand Californian and then breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen.

All went well but it was tiring.

Hope I haven't missed anything important.

Wow great birthday party....
Did you vote on a name for our group? We want to start getting that set sometime in February....

 

[kde175]

Hopefully in a few days things will calm down around here and I can pay more attention to the Dis... watching on FB is easier for me .

My DD turns 16 tomorrow and this month has been crazy planning her party which was this past Saturday. The girls got a limo and headed to Hollywood and then off to McDonalds for dinner. Nothing like arriing at McD's in a limo.

THey had a sleepover at the Grand Californian and then breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen.

All went well but it was tiring.

Hope I haven't missed anything important.

Wow!!!! Sounds like an amazing birthday!!!