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here is the cake we ended up with -- white cake with fondant, white buttercream icing and chocolate mousse. The flowers were sugar, the entire thing was edible
Just booked out bounce back with free dining for POR for next June. Far enough out to grab a standard room before the discounts were all gone. I know I could always upgrade to a garden or better. My question - I really want to stay in AB, not the mansions. The walks aren't the issue, nor is...
Book it through Disney. Put down the deposit as others have said. Then google Disney Vacation Account. Use it like a savings account, it will even budget funds as often as you designate. If your account is open for 120 days, they will send you a gift card for $20 for each $1000 you spend...
Just spent 9 days on property at POP. Had a cigar or 3 each day, at the hotel at night, no one seemed to mind, we sat out on a bench overlooking the lake. A few nights just strolling around the outskirts of the buildings. If it was daytime I used the smoking area by the 60's pool. Never had...
We went with the dining plan because I did not want the worry of how much we spent at meals, were they going to eat it all, waste the food, order the most expensive items, can I have a mickey bar......
The cost was $4099. After adding up our receipts we would have spent $2705.92 at table...
ok now for the dreaded part your waiting for -- the costs
Now to pull off a stunt like this it took us about a year of planning and saving everywhere we could, plus some creative spending.
My wifes aunt works at WDW -- she scored us 40% off our rooms and 15% off our tickets.
9 nights Pop...
Hello all,
I mostly lurk on these boards, post once and a while, and way over plan our trips. Didn't want to just post this in trip reports, as I thought you guys might like to see what the actual costs were if your new to planning a trip like this.
First time we have been to WDW since 2008...
We leave on July 29th. Anyone in park now if you'd be so kind as to send one to our kids - that would be awesome!
We will be in park from 8/3 thru 8/10 - PM me an address and we will send out a card or three. I'll edit this post when full
Edit - ok we have a couple to send out -- keep an eye...
first -- thanks for all the posts, pictures and info.
after 17 emails back and forth with Kathy (including the automated responses) I came up with the following:
Good Morning Eric,
I have officially added your custom cake to your reservations at The Crystal Palace on August XXXXX pm with...
Put us down -- Aug 3-10 at POP, only now its not just Dad_of_4_girls -- its Dad-of-2-extra-boys-too. 6 kids makes us the Brady's.
Booking our stuff this week, looking for pin codes or any other cost savers we can find!
Went over to Ralphs foods for some supplies.
Breakfast at the motel
Universal Studios. Cold out - mid 50's
Saw some characters, rode the Studio Tour, The Simpsons, lunch at Jurrasic Cafe, rode the Jurrasic Park ride, the Mummy, did the special effects, another ride on The Simpsons...
Just a quick update so far...
Plane took off 45 mins late - made our connection in San Fransico no problem, then off to Burbank.
Got to Burbank - grabbed the shuttle to Budget to pick up our rental and got upgraded for free to a brand new white Suburban.
Checked into the Holiday Inn...
Look out SoCal - all 5 of my girls ae on their way
I will try and do some of this live as we go. Its 5:15am Chicago time - 22 degrees. Gotta go get the girls up and make our way to O'Scare (O'Hare) for our 9:45 United flight
The cast - me - wife Melissa - and the 4 girls - Katie 10, the...
I shopped pretty hard and ended up getting a Ford Expedition XL - seats 7 - from Budget using offer code/number
BCD X443040
This was renting at Burbank - it will work at LAX and anywhere budget rents - it was either 1 day free or 30% off I dont remember -- Is for 1 week
car 368.45...