Hi Carissa! I'm glad Chuck will be home soon. I hope you all enjoy the time you have with him before he has to leave again.
Thanks for sharing pictures of Darwin.
Hi Carissa!
Darwin is awesome! Isaiah would freak out if I showed him...he's been begging for a turtle. I'll show him later...not ready to deal with all that right now!
Enjoy your time with Chuck. We miss you...check in when you can!
Hi Carissa!
Let's now answer the question on everyone's mind - What's the big deal about staying on property anyway?
I can say without a doubt that we enjoyed our first on property trip. There was something magical about the resort and to be immersed in that magic 24/7 was wonderful. We absolutely adored being able to hop on the water taxi and head to Downtown Disney with such ease. We all fell in love with Port Orleans Riverside and think it was a fabulous first choice.
So, yeah - I get what the big deal is. But, is it such a big deal to us that we will never stay off property again? Afraid not. If you recall, the only reason we stayed on property this time was because of the great deal we received. In other circumstanaces, I'm not sure we could justify the cost when we would be very happy staying at a place like Windsor Hills. With that said, we do hope to stay at Fort Wilderness one day. Can anyone smell another camping PTR in my future??
I do agree that being immersed in the magic 24/7 is one of the best things about staying on-site!
I would love to read about a Fort Wilderness camping trip -- I think you should start planning that soon.
Hurray for Chuck coming home on Friday! I bet your boys get more and more hyper as the week progresses!
How long will Chuck be home for?
I'm excited to see what you think about williamsburg! It's one of the places I'm considering for vacation next summer.
Carissa....
it finally coming to an end...seems like forever ago we were there huh? I do hope another WDW trip will be in your future and a camping one at FWC sounds just so right for you guys...fit your budget but still get the perks of staying on property
I'll be w/ you whenever you start the planning...
looking forward to reading your mini Williamsburg TR too
J~
Hi Carrissa...
FW is the best. You have to do it.
I keep thinking I am going to make my next trip a FW outing too.
Have you see the waterslide upgrade at the FW pool? They did a great job!
Hi Carissa - I think you summed it up perfectly!! We feel the same way about staying onsite. It was magical! But we too only did it because of a great deal. I'm dreaming of Fort Wilderness cabins some day.
It is a big deal but I also get the cost differences, even with a great promo, it's still more expensive to stay on property.
I really hope you get to do FW as a camping trip, we loved the cabins and it would be fun to camp there as well.
Thanks for your final thoughts!
I would never say never to staying offsite, but since I'm travelling cross country, Id probably save up and go less frequently so I could stay onsite.
Chuck coming home
There is also the perk of having the dining plan, which we enjoyed. Couldn't do that if we stayed off property. But, we loved staying at Windsor Hills, too. I'd be happy with either option so it's a case of whichever happens to work out for each trip.
I was also able to get the 5/2 deal at Pop which saved me a few hundred dollars which was nice.
I don't know how you do it!
the longest I've gone without dh around is a week and it was pure hell!
part of that might have been that I still had 3 kids too young for school and one of them was a newborn.....
I'm so greatful there are people like you and Chuck....