Planning for 2013....who else?

[Our 2 Princesses]

We are!! June 2013... We are hoping for 3 or 4 days at WDW and then a 4 day Dream cruise. Right now we are trying to decide whether we want to try Art of Animation or *gasp* offsite. We have started saving our change and putting $10 a week in a separate savings acct. We booked a dummy cruise while on our Wonder cruise last February. Can't wait!!

[JennStars9]

I looking into planning our next trip and I'm thinking December 2013 for my DDs 5th birthday.

[mommy-on-the-move]

Originally Posted by Our 2 Princesses

We are!! June 2013... We are hoping for 3 or 4 days at WDW and then a 4 day Dream cruise. Right now we are trying to decide whether we want to try Art of Animation or *gasp* offsite. We have started saving our change and putting $10 a week in a separate savings acct. We booked a dummy cruise while on our Wonder cruise last February. Can't wait!!

Ohhh, we're looking at Art of Animation as a possible for us too as I heard it's meant to offer more family suites? (we'll be 4 adults, 5 kids so we'll need either a suite and a room, or, 3 rooms!)

My kids have a big water cooler bottle which they're saving spare change into for ice creams & treats once we're there it's quite amazing how eagle eyed our 4 year old is at spotting loose change around the house!

[DisneyCrazyMomma]

Yep, we are! Will be our first extended family trip, with the inlaws. Not sure I'm looking forward to that part of it, but 2013 for sure. I want January, SIL wants Oct or Nov. We shall see!!

[aLLpInK]

Alright. I feel less crazy planning a trip that far out. Thanks for sharing your plans! I want to go next year so bad but I REALLY want to wait until the construction is finished too (and Art of Animation)!! More excited!!!

[rileyreese]

Me, me, me!!!! We are waiting until DD is almost 3 so we are going in October of 2013 or sometime early 2014!!!

I am going to start saving money after we go to the beach this summer, we stayed at Pop last trip but next trip I want to stay at a monorail resort!

[shine87]

I have a trip coming up in june but am allready planning my 2013 trip Im thinking of doing a split stay at AOA and the refurbed port orleans riverside "royal" rooms for 10 days (this will be my longest trip ever) of course I'm also looking towards a 2015 trip with my parents, then after that we'll start vacationing other places for a few years, maybe. Its scary going someplace new when its just me and dd!!

[MickeyMouseCD524]

My best friend and I are planning to go in 2013 after graduation

[sydneysmom]

This is so fun !!! We have our own "We're Going to Disney World.... In 2 years" thread !! I love it !!! We can all help each other pass the time !!

[aLLpInK]

Originally Posted by sydneysmom

This is so fun !!! We have our own "We're Going to Disney World.... In 2 years" thread !! I love it !!! We can all help each other pass the time !!

[5forDis]

Count me in, too! I'm not sure what month in 2013 we will go, but I really want to wait until the Fantasyland expansion is complete.

I have been going to Disney almost every year since I was 5...now I am 40 (took some years off in my early 20's and a couple of years due to pregnancy/newborns). I am trying to hold off going until 2013, but is so difficult. We went twice in 2010 (April & Oct) & decided not to go this year. Next year we will be in Orlando for Harry Potter, SeaWorld, Aquatica and then off to sail on the Disney Dream. I don't think I am strong enough to be in Orlando and not at least go to the Magic Kingdom

Any predictions on when the construction will be complete?

[pyrxtc]

we want to be in Aluani in December of 2013, Hopefully in a Grand Villa but at least a 2 bedroom over Christmas break. I don't know who else will be coming but I'm hoping my parents will (hopefully my mother is better by then) and I know it will be me and 3 of my kids at least with 2 of them being teens.

[mommy-on-the-move]

It is good to know I'm not the only person looking so far into the future!

So- what type of group is everyone travelling with? We'll be our family of seven (me, DH and our kids who will be age 16 to 3 by then) my parents- mom will be celebrating her 60th and Dad is in his 60s, my sister, her husband, her son who will be 3 and any babies they have between now and then- they're still a growing family, we're a family who is growing-up no longer growing!

We're aiming to spend 2 weeks theme parking- all the Disney parks, Universal etc and then a 3rd week seeing the keys and also things like the space centre. (with the expense of uk to usa flights it makes financial sense to do 3 weeks)

[amylynne01]

It will be DH, myself, our 2 girls who will be 5 and 3.5, and maybe another little baby if that works out for us My parents might come, but they are also planning a big trip to Italy that summer, so they don't know yet.

[monorailsilver]

Add me to the 2013 list. We haven't gone since 2008 & I am dying I tell ya, dying to get there.

We did the every 3 year thing a few times & after our 2008 trip as the tears were streaming down my face as I was passing the view of the castle & Poly from the DME bus my dh said to me "four years, we can't come back for 4 years." Which would be next year.

But last year we got flooded with the March storms in the Northeast so we had to rip out our carpet & spend a Disney trip on tile. Did we have to get tile? No but why risk ruining carpet again, right? So I told him a trip could wait until 2013.

We plan on going in August, probably the 2nd week. I am hoping to go for 10-14 days & stay at the BC for a few days & then the remainder at the Poly.

I haven't started to save yet but I sort of have. Between the QR gift cards, Disney Visa points & my dh has some Holiday Inn or Best Western points that can be redeemed for any hotel/anywhere I have at least 2 nights saved. Not much but it is a start.