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sara969 · 07-20-2009, 04:01 AM

Hi everyone,

I have been posting lots of threads lately and i think i should introduce myself.
I was well known on the DLP trip planning board, some of you might remember me from there last year.

My name is Sarah, im 29 married and have got a daughter who will be 4yrs old in November.
I am a Disney Fan, and catch the bug easily

I had fun planning our Disneyland Paris trip last year, you can read my DLP trip report, including photos on the link below

We had a fab time and my daughter was amazed!

Well we have booked a holiday in 2010... it is a big family holiday.
My family, Sister in-law her husband and their son who is 12yrs old.
And my other sister in-law and her partner.
So all together 6 adults 2 kids.

We have originally booked to go to Mexico Cancun, staying 1 week all inclusive at the 5* Moon Palace Hotel.
But when we booked this we had arranged that the children were going to stay with Mother in-Law. However due to a few family problems we had to add our children to the booking.
And then Sister in-law priced up a holiday to Florida.

AND:

For our group to rent a gold villa, car hire included, park tickets, flights etc.. it is £1000 per family cheaper to stay 2 weeks in Florida instead of 1 week in Mexico.

I know Mexico was all inclusive but we can take the spare £1000 that were going to pay for Mexico and take it towards our spending money.
(But i am planning to take a bit more spending money, after seeing Florida shopping mall website, they look amazing

)

We phoned Thomson and they said to swap holidays will not be a problem, we just pay a £35 per person admin charge and any of the money that we have paid off of Mexico will automatically go on our new Florida holliday.
We havnt called back to offically change it yet, we have just got all the details, and a quote.
But we have definately made our decision and we all feel Florida will be better for all of us, and best of all we get a 2 week holiday instead of a 1 week holiday and we get to do Disney

This will be our very 1st holiday to Florida, so its all new to me.
It looks huge and i have got lots to learn and lots to plan.

I know that everyone on here is lovely and will give me lots of help and support when planning our trip. You have all been so helpful already so thank you so much

Sorry to bore you with all of that

Just thought it would be nice for you all to know a bit about me and my family and our holiday situation.

Looking forward to getting to know you all on here, and sharing our help and support.
Best of all i cant wait to write my very 1st WDW trip report

Thanks for reading...
Sarah x x

higgy66 · 07-20-2009, 05:14 AM

Sorry to hear you had to change your plans but WOW - 2 weeks in Florida and £1000 per family cheaper!

Even if you added the DDP for a family of 4 it would not come to £1000 so if you're planning to eat off site that £1000 should cover everything.

I'm a big believer in fate and it's obvious you were meant to go to Florida.

Happy planning!

disneyholic family · 07-20-2009, 05:17 AM

you're talking about two very very different vacations...

having been both places, i'd much prefer 2 weeks in orlando to 1 week in cancun.....even 1 week to 1 week, i'd prefer orlando....for me it's a no brainer....but that's me....as my name says, a 100% disneyholic....

but you have to keep in mind, you're comparing two very different vacations....one is going to be pure relaxation (AKA boring), the other will be anything but relaxing....in fact, you'll need a vacation after your 2 weeks in orlando....but you will have fun....as much fun (or as little) as you want....

so i vote for you to switch to florida!!
but you've already made that decision - so welcome to the planning board!!!
planning the trip is at least half of the fun!!!

sara969 · 07-20-2009, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by higgy66

Sorry to hear you had to change your plans but WOW - 2 weeks in Florida and £1000 per family cheaper!

Even if you added the DDP for a family of 4 it would not come to £1000 so if you're planning to eat off site that £1000 should cover everything.

I'm a big believer in fate and it's obvious you were meant to go to Florida.

Happy planning!

I think the same it was definately meant to be wahoooooo

sara969 · 07-20-2009, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by disneyholic family

you're talking about two very very different vacations...

having been both places, i'd much prefer 2 weeks in orlando to 1 week in cancun.....even 1 week to 1 week, i'd prefer orlando....for me it's a no brainer....but that's me....as my name says, a 100% disneyholic....

but you have to keep in mind, you're comparing two very different vacations....one is going to be pure relaxation (AKA boring), the other will be anything but relaxing....in fact, you'll need a vacation after your 2 weeks in orlando....but you will have fun....as much fun (or as little) as you want....

so i vote for you to switch to florida!!
but you've already made that decision - so welcome to the planning board!!!
planning the trip is at least half of the fun!!!

I am soooooooo excited and if i am totally honest i am feeling much more excited about Florida than i was Mexico, well i was excited about Mexico but even though i joined a Mexico Cancun Forum to trip plan, there wasnt alot to plan.
Not like WDW there is Tons to plan and that is half the excitment! I cant wait!
I am glad that you think we have made the right decision

minimandymouse · 07-20-2009, 07:52 AM

when are you going and where are you staying

sara969 · 07-20-2009, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by minimandymouse

when are you going and where are you staying

I am unsure where the Villa is, they did say but i forgot, im sure it will say when they post out our travel papers.
We are going April 30th 2010 - May 14th as i believe it is not too busy at that time of year.

natalielongstaff · 07-20-2009, 11:18 AM

wow ! sounds like a great trip

Dimplenose · 07-20-2009, 12:33 PM

Sounds like a good trip but have you budgeted for your park tickets? I know we're a family of 4 adults, but we're spending at least £1000 on park tickets this year and are budgeting another £1000+ for food.

Florida holidays look like a bargain but be careful with all the extras (free car hire = £300 insurance fee), then there's all the tipping (I don't begrudge it, but I do have to budget for it), I'm sure there are more things that aren't obvious.

But the biggest expense of all is that one "once in a life time WDW trip" is never enough! We're off on our 4th next week - and we're one of the more restrained families.

Dizneemad · 07-20-2009, 12:54 PM

Just like to say a big welcome to the boards. You will have plenty to book and lots of help here to assist you.
We are going on the 23rd April for 2 weeks so will look out for that totally bemused crowd on my 2nd week.
Now all you need to do is start firing away the questions. ENJOY.

sara969 · 07-20-2009, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dimplenose

Sounds like a good trip but have you budgeted for your park tickets? I know we're a family of 4 adults, but we're spending at least £1000 on park tickets this year and are budgeting another £1000+ for food.

Florida holidays look like a bargain but be careful with all the extras (free car hire = £300 insurance fee), then there's all the tipping (I don't begrudge it, but I do have to budget for it), I'm sure there are more things that aren't obvious.

But the biggest expense of all is that one "once in a life time WDW trip" is never enough! We're off on our 4th next week - and we're one of the more restrained families.

Hiya,

We have been quoted £1200 for the Ultimate Disney pass 2 weeks and the felxi Plus pass for 2 weeks and that is for 2 adults and 1 child.
It will be added to our booking and we have til Feb to pay it off. We have already paid off over £1000 for our Mexico holiday so when we change over this will automatically reduce the bill of our Florida Holiday.
Also the insurance for the car will be added to our booking but because we are 3 families together, the cost of extras like insurance, car parking, food shopping for villa, will be divided by the 3 families.

The £1000 extra which we would have had to pay on our Mexico holiday will be saved for spending money for Florida and we hope to save an extra £1000 so hopefully altogether take £2000 with us and my daughter will take £200 pocket money. (We shall take a credit card for emergency)
Anything left over we can take back with us but im sure that there prob wont be much left over, knowing us

sara969 · 07-20-2009, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dizneemad

Just like to say a big welcome to the boards. You will have plenty to book and lots of help here to assist you.
We are going on the 23rd April for 2 weeks so will look out for that totally bemused crowd on my 2nd week.
Now all you need to do is start firing away the questions. ENJOY.

Thank you so much

Everyone is so helpful here

Im loving all this trip planning but it is much harder planning WDW than it was planning DLRP.
But there is so many fun things to plan, i cant wait!!

Hey i will hopefully see you there

jayduk · 07-20-2009, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sara969

I am soooooooo excited and if i am totally honest i am feeling much more excited about Florida than i was Mexico, well i was excited about Mexico but even though i joined a Mexico Cancun Forum to trip plan, there wasnt alot to plan.
Not like WDW there is Tons to plan and that is half the excitment! I cant wait!
I am glad that you think we have made the right decision

I sooo agree! I've made some disney ADR's, planned which parks on which days and decided on the park tickets...now what?

...All that is left is the wait.... :-(

Pooh's-Honey-Pot · 07-20-2009, 03:42 PM

Oh your first Florida trip! Have a lovely time planning!! The start if May is my absolute favourite time to go! Really warm without the humidity you get with all the rain during summer!

MrGLWatson · 07-21-2009, 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sara969

Hiya,

We have been quoted £1200 for the Ultimate Disney pass 2 weeks and the felxi Plus pass for 2 weeks and that is for 2 adults and 1 child.
It will be added to our booking and we have til Feb to pay it off. We have already paid off over £1000 for our Mexico holiday so when we change over this will automatically reduce the bill of our Florida Holiday.
Also the insurance for the car will be added to our booking but because we are 3 families together, the cost of extras like insurance, car parking, food shopping for villa, will be divided by the 3 families.

The £1000 extra which we would have had to pay on our Mexico holiday will be saved for spending money for Florida and we hope to save an extra £1000 so hopefully altogether take £2000 with us and my daughter will take £200 pocket money. (We shall take a credit card for emergency)
Anything left over we can take back with us but im sure that there prob wont be much left over, knowing us

You won't have enough time to make full use out of both the Disney Ultimate and Flexi pass.
I suggest keep the Disney 14 day Ultimate and just get a 2 day Universal pass.

- Oh just thought, if you were thinking of sharing your tickets with the other families then this will not be possible.
1 - it's against the conditions and
2 - they fingerprint you on first entry.

Gary

07-20-2009, 04:01 AM	#1
sara969 My Little Tinkerbell Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bournemouth. UK Posts: 621	Hello everyone, allow me to introduce myself Hi everyone, I have been posting lots of threads lately and i think i should introduce myself. I was well known on the DLP trip planning board, some of you might remember me from there last year. My name is Sarah, im 29 married and have got a daughter who will be 4yrs old in November. I am a Disney Fan, and catch the bug easily I had fun planning our Disneyland Paris trip last year, you can read my DLP trip report, including photos on the link below We had a fab time and my daughter was amazed! Well we have booked a holiday in 2010... it is a big family holiday. My family, Sister in-law her husband and their son who is 12yrs old. And my other sister in-law and her partner. So all together 6 adults 2 kids. We have originally booked to go to Mexico Cancun, staying 1 week all inclusive at the 5* Moon Palace Hotel. But when we booked this we had arranged that the children were going to stay with Mother in-Law. However due to a few family problems we had to add our children to the booking. And then Sister in-law priced up a holiday to Florida. AND: For our group to rent a gold villa, car hire included, park tickets, flights etc.. it is £1000 per family cheaper to stay 2 weeks in Florida instead of 1 week in Mexico. I know Mexico was all inclusive but we can take the spare £1000 that were going to pay for Mexico and take it towards our spending money. (But i am planning to take a bit more spending money, after seeing Florida shopping mall website, they look amazing ) We phoned Thomson and they said to swap holidays will not be a problem, we just pay a £35 per person admin charge and any of the money that we have paid off of Mexico will automatically go on our new Florida holliday. We havnt called back to offically change it yet, we have just got all the details, and a quote. But we have definately made our decision and we all feel Florida will be better for all of us, and best of all we get a 2 week holiday instead of a 1 week holiday and we get to do Disney This will be our very 1st holiday to Florida, so its all new to me. It looks huge and i have got lots to learn and lots to plan. I know that everyone on here is lovely and will give me lots of help and support when planning our trip. You have all been so helpful already so thank you so much Sorry to bore you with all of that Just thought it would be nice for you all to know a bit about me and my family and our holiday situation. Looking forward to getting to know you all on here, and sharing our help and support. Best of all i cant wait to write my very 1st WDW trip report Thanks for reading... Sarah x x __________________ Our very 1st Trip Report *A magical Christmas in DLP* http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2013968

07-20-2009, 05:14 AM	#2
higgy66 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1,447	Sorry to hear you had to change your plans but WOW - 2 weeks in Florida and £1000 per family cheaper! Even if you added the DDP for a family of 4 it would not come to £1000 so if you're planning to eat off site that £1000 should cover everything. I'm a big believer in fate and it's obvious you were meant to go to Florida. Happy planning! __________________ Janet Steve Maisie (7) Bronwyn (6)

07-20-2009, 07:52 AM	#6
minimandymouse Mouseketeer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: fleet hampshire england Posts: 208	when are you going and where are you staying __________________

07-20-2009, 11:18 AM	#8
natalielongstaff I need a cup of tea and a big bar of free chocolate nowI will be back later too stalk some more Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: leicestershire,england Posts: 71,490	wow ! sounds like a great trip __________________ April 2003 DLRP, November 2004 WDW and Barbados, September 2005 WDW, September 2007 WDW,October 2009 WDW

07-20-2009, 12:33 PM	#9
Dimplenose Stranger from the outside I do tend to go over the top in Disneyness Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Surrey UK Posts: 4,136	Sounds like a good trip but have you budgeted for your park tickets? I know we're a family of 4 adults, but we're spending at least £1000 on park tickets this year and are budgeting another £1000+ for food. Florida holidays look like a bargain but be careful with all the extras (free car hire = £300 insurance fee), then there's all the tipping (I don't begrudge it, but I do have to budget for it), I'm sure there are more things that aren't obvious. But the biggest expense of all is that one "once in a life time WDW trip" is never enough! We're off on our 4th next week - and we're one of the more restrained families. __________________ Libby August 1998 WDW - All Star Sports August 2002 WDW - All Star Sports January 2003 DLP - Newport Bay Club August 2005 WDW - Windsor Palms Villa + Royal Pacific Resort February 2007 DLP - Santa Fe July/August 2009 All Star Music + Royal Pacific Resort

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07-20-2009, 05:17 AM	#3
disneyholic family DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: in my heart i'm always in WDW Posts: 8,551	you're talking about two very very different vacations... having been both places, i'd much prefer 2 weeks in orlando to 1 week in cancun.....even 1 week to 1 week, i'd prefer orlando....for me it's a no brainer....but that's me....as my name says, a 100% disneyholic.... but you have to keep in mind, you're comparing two very different vacations....one is going to be pure relaxation (AKA boring), the other will be anything but relaxing....in fact, you'll need a vacation after your 2 weeks in orlando....but you will have fun....as much fun (or as little) as you want.... so i vote for you to switch to florida!! but you've already made that decision - so welcome to the planning board!!! planning the trip is at least half of the fun!!!

07-20-2009, 12:54 PM	#10
Dizneemad Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 346	Just like to say a big welcome to the boards. You will have plenty to book and lots of help here to assist you. We are going on the 23rd April for 2 weeks so will look out for that totally bemused crowd on my 2nd week. Now all you need to do is start firing away the questions. ENJOY. __________________ 1997 Dixie Landings (April),2000 A/S Movies (April)2001 A/S Movies (May),2002 Carribean Beach (July) 2003 A/S Movies(Dec),2004 Pop Century(July),2005 Boardwalk Villa's (DVC)(April),2006 Boardwalk Villa's (DVC)(Oct),2007 Pop Century(Feb),2007 Boardwalk Villa's(DVC)(Sept),2008 Boardwark Villa's(DVC)(Oct) 2009 Boardwalk Villa's 8 days & Conciege Anilmal Kingdom 7 days(DVC)(MAY),2009 Animal Kingdom Lodge (Sept) Thank you Mr Tesco, 2010 Boardwalk Villa's(DVC)(April)

07-20-2009, 03:42 PM	#14
Pooh's-Honey-Pot Disney Bride June 19th 2006 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich, England Posts: 1,785	Oh your first Florida trip! Have a lovely time planning!! The start if May is my absolute favourite time to go! Really warm without the humidity you get with all the rain during summer! __________________ Sonya Tony and dogs Wilbur & Milly Disney trips:- 1989 - WDW Off Site; 1990 - DLR off site; 1997 - Disneyland Paris off site; 1997 -WDW off site; 2002 - WDW off site; 2003 - WDW off site; 2005 - WDW AS Movies; 2006 - WDW CBR (Disneymoon and Disney Wedding Pavillion Bride!); 2007 -DLR off site; 2008 - WDW POFQ; 2009 - DCL-A week on the Disney Magic (Western) + WDW POFQ; 2010 - Disneyland Paris Hotel Cheyenne; 2010 - WDW Saratoga Springs Resort Take a peek at my 2009 reviews "But We Haven't Lost Last Years Weight Yet"! http://www.disboards.com/showthread....5#post32039625 Check out my 2008 food report "Gluttony . . . Pure Gluttony" http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1837106

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