cdsmiler81
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Hello all!!!
You'll appreciate the excitement that we have just booked Hotel New York for next March!!!!!! I am sooooooooooooooo excited!!! Why?! (Other than the obvious?!) Here's why!!
1. For some reason our council have different Easter holidays planned for 2016 than pretty much all of the rest of UK! So our first week of Easter hols is earlier than everyone else, so straight away I realised that we'd probably get a cheaper rate for a holiday SOMEWHERE...but whoops....my browser ended up on the DLP UK site! lol So we're not even going to need to take DD out of school, but it looks like almost everyone else (France inc!) won't be off!
2. After looking at the fab rates on the UK DLP site, I browsed other country sites to see what the best deal is - Ireland came out tops with the fab pound/euro rate AND 2 days 2 nights free! So with DH having a annual pass, we only needed a room for 1 adult and 1 child (will discuss the fact I'm pregnant later!). DD will still be free (being 6 at the time - glad to get another free child trip in before it's too late!), so the prices were incredible! Which leads me on to the next point...
3. We have booked HOTEL NEW YORK (never been, so excited!!) for the same price as we booked Santa Fe this past October!!! Ish! Works out on todays exchange rate at around £480 ish for 4 nights/5 days!). And not only do they do hot items for breakfast (we're planning on leisurely days - prob won't bother too much with EMH, maybe one day...) but they also apparently now have pancakes?!?
4. My best friend is coming too!! She's always fancied it, never been, but her son isn't a big ride lover, and we always said that one time she should come with us! Yeay! 2 rooms booked!
5. First DLP trip with a baby!!
Lol In theory, little bubba who's currently cooking away will be about 8 months old. So it will be an interesting experience!! We haven't added baby to the booking yet - we'll wait til it's born - they'll be free anyway! DH isn't keen on the bigger rides so he's happy to be baby sitter, or even return to the hotel with baby for naps (hmmmm, he loves a nap does DH! lol) - and HNY is much closer to be able to do that!!
Sooooooooooooooo excited!! Just booked it via the UK booking line - spoke to a lovely enthusiastic CM called Geoff/Jeff who sorted the booking via the Irish deals, we only had to pay a deposit, chatted about our last visit and Ratatouille, about possible HNY refurb (it's next on the list for refurb as we all know but he hasn't yet got any details yet, but assumes we'd be contacted if it causes a problem with the booking) - all done in less than 20 mins! Simples!!!! Oh, and he took a few special requests during booking too - adjoining rooms, asked if we had any specific location requests....which in hindsight I should have asked for a ground floor room (thinking it would be easier with a buggy!!), but I didn't, but I can email HNY closer to the date, no problems. Wasn't expecting that to be honest - so used to asking closer to the time!
So I'll stop waffling now!! I just know you lot won't mind me getting over excited!!!!!
C x
You'll appreciate the excitement that we have just booked Hotel New York for next March!!!!!! I am sooooooooooooooo excited!!! Why?! (Other than the obvious?!) Here's why!!
1. For some reason our council have different Easter holidays planned for 2016 than pretty much all of the rest of UK! So our first week of Easter hols is earlier than everyone else, so straight away I realised that we'd probably get a cheaper rate for a holiday SOMEWHERE...but whoops....my browser ended up on the DLP UK site! lol So we're not even going to need to take DD out of school, but it looks like almost everyone else (France inc!) won't be off!
2. After looking at the fab rates on the UK DLP site, I browsed other country sites to see what the best deal is - Ireland came out tops with the fab pound/euro rate AND 2 days 2 nights free! So with DH having a annual pass, we only needed a room for 1 adult and 1 child (will discuss the fact I'm pregnant later!). DD will still be free (being 6 at the time - glad to get another free child trip in before it's too late!), so the prices were incredible! Which leads me on to the next point...
3. We have booked HOTEL NEW YORK (never been, so excited!!) for the same price as we booked Santa Fe this past October!!! Ish! Works out on todays exchange rate at around £480 ish for 4 nights/5 days!). And not only do they do hot items for breakfast (we're planning on leisurely days - prob won't bother too much with EMH, maybe one day...) but they also apparently now have pancakes?!?
4. My best friend is coming too!! She's always fancied it, never been, but her son isn't a big ride lover, and we always said that one time she should come with us! Yeay! 2 rooms booked!
5. First DLP trip with a baby!!
Lol In theory, little bubba who's currently cooking away will be about 8 months old. So it will be an interesting experience!! We haven't added baby to the booking yet - we'll wait til it's born - they'll be free anyway! DH isn't keen on the bigger rides so he's happy to be baby sitter, or even return to the hotel with baby for naps (hmmmm, he loves a nap does DH! lol) - and HNY is much closer to be able to do that!!Sooooooooooooooo excited!! Just booked it via the UK booking line - spoke to a lovely enthusiastic CM called Geoff/Jeff who sorted the booking via the Irish deals, we only had to pay a deposit, chatted about our last visit and Ratatouille, about possible HNY refurb (it's next on the list for refurb as we all know but he hasn't yet got any details yet, but assumes we'd be contacted if it causes a problem with the booking) - all done in less than 20 mins! Simples!!!! Oh, and he took a few special requests during booking too - adjoining rooms, asked if we had any specific location requests....which in hindsight I should have asked for a ground floor room (thinking it would be easier with a buggy!!), but I didn't, but I can email HNY closer to the date, no problems. Wasn't expecting that to be honest - so used to asking closer to the time!
So I'll stop waffling now!! I just know you lot won't mind me getting over excited!!!!!
C x
Have a great time planning and counting down. 
