deedee2177
Disney Darling
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2012
Our Honeymoon Re-do!! 11/15/15 – 11/20/15
Now that I officially finished my TR from April 2014 (took me long enough, huh?), now it is time to move on to my PTR for our November trip! Let me start with some background first because this will be a very different trip than our last trip.
Now that I officially finished my TR from April 2014 (took me long enough, huh?), now it is time to move on to my PTR for our November trip! Let me start with some background first because this will be a very different trip than our last trip.
It will be just me and my DH, Keith, on this trip. We are looking at this as a Honeymoon Redo! Keith and I went to Disney for our Honeymoon back in 2011. Being born in South Florida I had the opportunity to go to Disney many times and loved it and I had always wanted to go there for my Honeymoon. Keith had only been once when he was younger. I had to do a bit of convincing but he ultimately agreed to go to Disney (smart man). Unfortunately, Keith cracked his tooth while we were there and he was in a lot of pain the entire trip. Needless to say our trip was not that magical. Even with the pain he was in he fell in love with Disney as well. We have been back twice since...November 2012 with the kids and April 2014 with the kids and the Grandmas (PTR and TR included in my signature).
So, while on our last trip (April 2014), Keith and I had the opportunity to have a date night just the two of us. We spent time in HS and MK, and we had such a great time! It was during this date that we started talking about doing a trip just the two of us. Of course we felt guilty just thinking about this and not bringing the kids. However, the fact we are planning on taking the kids back in April 2016 helped to deal with the guilts. So, we decided we would try to take the trip in 2015.
The first thing we had to do was decide who would watch our son. My step-daughter would obviously just stay with her Mom so that was pretty easy. We talked to my Mom and she absolutely jumped at the opportunity to watch my son. She retired last year so she loves spending all the time she can with the kids.
With the biggest decision made we started thinking about time frame. We decided to go in November because we really enjoyed that time of year when we went in November 2012. So, after looking at my work schedule, my step-daughter’s dance schedule and my Mom’s travel schedule we decided on 11/15 – 11/20. We are keeping fingers crossed for Free Dining because a big highlight of this trip for us is actually being able to sit down at a meal just the 2 of us. We never go out to eat just the two of us so this will be a nice treat!
With the dates decided upon I began thinking about the types of tickets we would get (to hop or not to hop). We did decide to get the Park Hopper because we have had it during our last trips and loved having it! I then brought up Keith the idea of going to Universal (please don’t throw anything at me). I have not been since the Harry Potter stuff had opened (and I love Harry Potter), and Keith has never been. So, we will be going to US/IOA one of the days on the trip.
Now we have the dates and tickets decided on….3 day Park Hopper and US/IOA tickets (1 day 2 parks). The next big decision is where are we going to stay? I’m not able to make our reservation until May so I still have some time to decide. I’m leaning toward Pop and if Free Dining is offered we will upgrade to the DDP. However, the possibility of staying at a Moderate during Free Dining is not completely off the table. I know POR has been excluded from the FD offers in the past which is the Moderate I would really like to stay at, but we will just wait and see if the offer comes out. At one point we were even thinking about renting DVC points, but I think we have decided not to do that this trip and maybe do that during our April 2016 trip with the kids…gives us more room which we don’t need this trip since it will just be me and Keith.
So, the other day I shared the following plans with Keith:
11/14/15 – Pick up Rental Car (we will be driving from NC)
11/15/15 – Head out EARLY…like 5am early, and arrive around 2pm
11/16/15 – US/IOA
11/17/15 – Magic Kingdom
11/18/15 – Animal Kingdom/Epcot
11/19/15 – Magic Kingdom/Hollywood Studios
11/20/15 – Home 
Keith started telling me he really likes to start and end our trips in MK…which I do as well. I explained to him historically they usually have the MVMCP on that Thursday so we would have to leave the park at 7pm. His reaction, “Unless we buy tickets to go to the Party!” WHAAAATTTTT?????? I hadn’t even bothered bringing up this possibility because I didn’t think he would go for it. He said this is our Honeymoon Redo so let’s do it right! Woohoo!! So, now I’m keeping my fingers crossed they will have a party that night! We would go to Hollywood Studios that morning, take a break after lunch (aka nap) and then head to Magic Kingdom for the evening and party! 
Keith and I are not too interested in meeting the characters at the party, our focus will be the rides and food! I have read that the lines for the rides are not too bad during the party which would be ideal for us. However, I would love to hear about your experience...so feel free to share.
I’m still making final decisions on my ADRs so I will leave that for a later update. Please feel free to share your comments/thoughts/experiences on anything I have shared so far. No need to lurk…I promise I am nice.
Thank you so much for joining in!
