pregnantw4thprincess
Mouseketeer
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- Nov 22, 2015
Hi all
I am currently planning our trip for December 28-January 6th...Last minute, I know, but we decided on a whim that we'd better take one last vacation before the new baby is born in March!
Our party will be either 3 or 2 adults (depending on whether or not DSD can get the time off of work) as well as one child and an infant. We are trying to narrow down our options for resorts so that I can get it booked as soon as DH gets his Christmas bonus! Talk about cutting it close, but it is what it is!
First of all, I am debating whether we should do a split stay...I was able to find a room at either the Poly DSSV or WL SV for the entire stay, or we could stay at AKL SV for the first half, and then the Contemporary TPV for the second...I am leaning towards the split stay because we could visit MK whenever we want for the second half, plus being able to sit on the balcony and watch the fireworks while the baby sleeps would be so amazing...it would also be super nice to be able to just walk home from MK. The thing that gives me pause is the AKL half of our stay...I am worried it would be a nightmare to have to bus everywhere we go.
Our main parks for the day will be, in order of days, MK, AK, HS, Epcot, MK, Epcot, MK, HS, MK, MK...If we only get base tickets, these will be the park that we visit each day, but if we are convenient to MK and get hoppers, then I anticipate that we will visit MK at some point every day.
Also, should we bother getting the Park Hopper/Water Park Fun and more passes? DD 7 really wants to do the water parks...we will be there while each one is open in turn (they are being shut down one at a time), but I have been reading that it may be coooooooold. I feel like if we pay the extra for the Hopper passes, we may as well pay the extra $87 to get the water parks, too...but if it's going to be too cold to use them, maybe we should just get the base tickets? The park hopper tickets are a $240 total upgrade (based on 3 adults, 1 child), then the addition of the water park to that is $87, for a total of $327. If we do wind up staying on the monorail, I can see the park hopper definitely being worth it as we could pop over to MK or Epcot pretty much whenever, but not sure otherwise.
Oh, and one last thing (I'm so sorry for how long this is, but I'm overwhelmed)...Is it pretty safe to assume that I will not be able to get any ADRs or good FP+ considering how close we are booking?
If you made it to the end, thank you so much!
I am currently planning our trip for December 28-January 6th...Last minute, I know, but we decided on a whim that we'd better take one last vacation before the new baby is born in March!
Our party will be either 3 or 2 adults (depending on whether or not DSD can get the time off of work) as well as one child and an infant. We are trying to narrow down our options for resorts so that I can get it booked as soon as DH gets his Christmas bonus! Talk about cutting it close, but it is what it is!
First of all, I am debating whether we should do a split stay...I was able to find a room at either the Poly DSSV or WL SV for the entire stay, or we could stay at AKL SV for the first half, and then the Contemporary TPV for the second...I am leaning towards the split stay because we could visit MK whenever we want for the second half, plus being able to sit on the balcony and watch the fireworks while the baby sleeps would be so amazing...it would also be super nice to be able to just walk home from MK. The thing that gives me pause is the AKL half of our stay...I am worried it would be a nightmare to have to bus everywhere we go.
Our main parks for the day will be, in order of days, MK, AK, HS, Epcot, MK, Epcot, MK, HS, MK, MK...If we only get base tickets, these will be the park that we visit each day, but if we are convenient to MK and get hoppers, then I anticipate that we will visit MK at some point every day.
Also, should we bother getting the Park Hopper/Water Park Fun and more passes? DD 7 really wants to do the water parks...we will be there while each one is open in turn (they are being shut down one at a time), but I have been reading that it may be coooooooold. I feel like if we pay the extra for the Hopper passes, we may as well pay the extra $87 to get the water parks, too...but if it's going to be too cold to use them, maybe we should just get the base tickets? The park hopper tickets are a $240 total upgrade (based on 3 adults, 1 child), then the addition of the water park to that is $87, for a total of $327. If we do wind up staying on the monorail, I can see the park hopper definitely being worth it as we could pop over to MK or Epcot pretty much whenever, but not sure otherwise.
Oh, and one last thing (I'm so sorry for how long this is, but I'm overwhelmed)...Is it pretty safe to assume that I will not be able to get any ADRs or good FP+ considering how close we are booking?
If you made it to the end, thank you so much!