ª"˜ª¤.¸Official Team May 2014 Thread!¸.¤ª˜"ª

Coming all the way from Australia!! (Probably I hope this won't be my first and last trip but the first of many more!!) It's very expensive though, but worth every penny. Can't wait!! We have been saving for the last 2 years but unfortunately my dog has needed 2 operations in the last 2 years so that was an unexpected expense that used up our spendings money, so now we have 5 months to try save, save, save!
 
Coming all the way from Australia!! (Probably I hope this won't be my first and last trip but the first of many more!!) It's very expensive though, but worth every penny. Can't wait!! We have been saving for the last 2 years but unfortunately my dog has needed 2 operations in the last 2 years so that was an unexpected expense that used up our spendings money, so now we have 5 months to try save, save, save!
Oh man that's along trip
 
I'm working on summarizing our plans and thought I'd share what I have so far.
My Goal:
To have a general idea of what we want to do based on whats been recommend to us, or that we are interested in. But I want us to be flexible, and not have times planned.
Since I'm going with my 4 year old daughter, my hubby, and 2 older (17 and 22) step children and my mom - I think we will be splitting up for some rides so that the older ones can go on the more "intense rides", and I think/hope these will make sure they don't miss our reservations.

so yeah, I'm in the process of making up these cards (will get printed front and back, likely laminated for each park.
Thoughts? worth the work or not? Its making me feel more organized... whether or not anyone else will refer to them, I don't know. LOL

 
I'm working on summarizing our plans and thought I'd share what I have so far.
My Goal:
To have a general idea of what we want to do based on whats been recommend to us, or that we are interested in. But I want us to be flexible, and not have times planned.
Since I'm going with my 4 year old daughter, my hubby, and 2 older (17 and 22) step children and my mom - I think we will be splitting up for some rides so that the older ones can go on the more "intense rides", and I think/hope these will make sure they don't miss our reservations.

so yeah, I'm in the process of making up these cards (will get printed front and back, likely laminated for each park.
Thoughts? worth the work or not? Its making me feel more organized... whether or not anyone else will refer to them, I don't know. LOL

http://s990.photobucket.com/user/Lexiekinprints/media/Publication1_zps016f43b1.jpg.html

Looks good. Plan plan buy once your there relax.
 

Coming all the way from Australia!! (Probably I hope this won't be my first and last trip but the first of many more!!) It's very expensive though, but worth every penny. Can't wait!! We have been saving for the last 2 years but unfortunately my dog has needed 2 operations in the last 2 years so that was an unexpected expense that used up our spendings money, so now we have 5 months to try save, save, save!

What an amazing journey! I hope this trip will be everything you hope it will be! WDW is definitely a magical place! Our dog is in an operation, so I know what you mean. I wish you the best! :)
 
Alright, we switched hotels for our trip since we aren't going to have 5 people but instead 4.... So May 29-June 3 at all star sports.
 
Hello

Another May visitor reporting in!!

Its the first time we have visited at this time of year, so Its going to be quite a transition for us. We've previously tended to visit end Feb / start of March (hitting the beginning of Flower & Garden). in 2013 we managed this plus 2 weeks at Halloween for Food and Wine / MNSSHP & MVMCP which was such a lot of fun.

The May trip will be another one filled with firsts for us - a trip aboard the Fantasy from the 17th - 24th, then a week at the Wilderness Lodge afterwards. Of course, couldn't resist adding a couple of nights to the beginning of the holiday so we could catch the end of Flower & Garden Festival - couldn't miss it if we could help it! So were delighted to be going back to POFQ for 2 nights from the 15th of May. So of course we have the bonus of managing to make it to SWW for the first time too - we can pop by early on the first morning (might as well make the jet lag useful...) before heading over to F&G, then back on the 25th for a full day of the madness.

And all of this is only 130 days away - I really do need to be more prepared! The weather, the crowds, the very big boat... :scared1:
 
Hello Another May visitor reporting in!! Its the first time we have visited at this time of year, so Its going to be quite a transition for us. We've previously tended to visit end Feb / start of March (hitting the beginning of Flower & Garden). in 2013 we managed this plus 2 weeks at Halloween for Food and Wine / MNSSHP & MVMCP which was such a lot of fun. The May trip will be another one filled with firsts for us - a trip aboard the Fantasy from the 17th - 24th, then a week at the Wilderness Lodge afterwards. Of course, couldn't resist adding a couple of nights to the beginning of the holiday so we could catch the end of Flower & Garden Festival - couldn't miss it if we could help it! So were delighted to be going back to POFQ for 2 nights from the 15th of May. So of course we have the bonus of managing to make it to SWW for the first time too - we can pop by early on the first morning (might as well make the jet lag useful...) before heading over to F&G, then back on the 25th for a full day of the madness. And all of this is only 130 days away - I really do need to be more prepared! The weather, the crowds, the very big boat... :scared1:

Nice. Vacation !!
We are doing the Dream 5/24 before WDW on 5/29. We also have never been in the summer. Usually fall and early spring. We will be bringing the kids so 6 of us. Logistical Tetris to say the least. We are are at the Riverside ( ya discount )
Are you bringing children
 
Hi Everyone,

Can I join you? My family is finally going back to WDW after having to cancel our trip 2x last year. We are going in early May and staying at the AOA in a Lion King Suite. Best part is that I just called and got the new discount applied to our reservation and saved about $350 between the hotel discount and the extra day ticket :cool1:

Looking forward to plan with you guys.
 
Ok opinions needed... I applied the discount to our reservation this morning. We are currently booked for May 2-7 Contemporary TPV room. Our new total is $4267. I am being indecisive about our resort. We could stay at Poly in a standard view room for a total of $3570. Or we could stay at Wilderness Lodge for a total of $3066. We are traveling with a 6 year old and an 8 month old. What would you all do?? Keep the reservation at the Contemporary, or change to save more money? Is it worth the extra $$ for a TPV room at the Contemporary (we had one at Poly last time)? Is it worth being on the monorail, or would Wilderness Lodge be just as convenient since it is so close to MK. Questions and decisions. Hmmmm. :confused3
 
Ok opinions needed... I applied the discount to our reservation this morning. We are currently booked for May 2-7 Contemporary TPV room. Our new total is $4267. I am being indecisive about our resort. We could stay at Poly in a standard view room for a total of $3570. Or we could stay at Wilderness Lodge for a total of $3066. We are traveling with a 6 year old and an 8 month old. What would you all do?? Keep the reservation at the Contemporary, or change to save more money? Is it worth the extra $$ for a TPV room at the Contemporary (we had one at Poly last time)? Is it worth being on the monorail, or would Wilderness Lodge be just as convenient since it is so close to MK. Questions and decisions. Hmmmm. :confused3
We always opt to save money, so I would vote for the Wilderness Lodge! For us, the monorail isn't a big selling point because we prefer using our car (not sure whether or not you will have your own vehicle).
 
Ok opinions needed... I applied the discount to our reservation this morning. We are currently booked for May 2-7 Contemporary TPV room. Our new total is $4267. I am being indecisive about our resort. We could stay at Poly in a standard view room for a total of $3570. Or we could stay at Wilderness Lodge for a total of $3066. We are traveling with a 6 year old and an 8 month old. What would you all do?? Keep the reservation at the Contemporary, or change to save more money? Is it worth the extra $$ for a TPV room at the Contemporary (we had one at Poly last time)? Is it worth being on the monorail, or would Wilderness Lodge be just as convenient since it is so close to MK. Questions and decisions. Hmmmm. :confused3

I have found the monorail invaluable when traveling with wee ones. We knew we would be spending a ton of time at the Magic Kingdom and having the quick transport back to the Poly proved to a blessing many a time.

As to switching resorts, I'd be prone to switching to the Poly over having a TPV, but that's us. We love the Poly and the ambiance, in general, of the whole resort.

I know I am going to have a hard time this upcoming trip not staying there. We are trying AKL for once instead.
 
Ok opinions needed... I applied the discount to our reservation this morning. We are currently booked for May 2-7 Contemporary TPV room. Our new total is $4267. I am being indecisive about our resort. We could stay at Poly in a standard view room for a total of $3570. Or we could stay at Wilderness Lodge for a total of $3066. We are traveling with a 6 year old and an 8 month old. What would you all do?? Keep the reservation at the Contemporary, or change to save more money? Is it worth the extra $$ for a TPV room at the Contemporary (we had one at Poly last time)? Is it worth being on the monorail, or would Wilderness Lodge be just as convenient since it is so close to MK. Questions and decisions. Hmmmm. :confused3

I have not stayed at those places. What theme is better for the 6y/0 ?
 
Are these discounts just for packages, or can they be applied to room-only reservations?
 
We got our discount today!... went from 6,743.42 to 6,280.80 USD. Was kinda hoping for a bigger discount I guess, but AOA only had 15% off.
Still happy though...something is better then nothing!
 
Could you please add us to the list? We will be there from 5/23-6/2 doing a split stay. We are first staying at BC from 5/23-5/26 and then moving over to VWL from 5/26-6/2 (staying in a Studio). We are very excited to be going at this time of year and cannot wait. I know this will be a very busy time of year too, with Memorial Day weekend and all, but we are planning on doing a ton of relaxing and taking advantage of RD. We are also trying to stay away from the parks that have EMH and will not be going to SWW because we heard that it gets crazy busy at DHS during the weekends. Since we have the WP&F option, we are also planning on spending 2 days at TL and a day at DisneyQuest :goodvibes.
 
Could you please add us to the list? We will be there from 5/23-6/2 doing a split stay. We are first staying at BC from 5/23-5/26 and then moving over to VWL from 5/26-6/2 (staying in a Studio). We are very excited to be going at this time of year and cannot wait. I know this will be a very busy time of year too, with Memorial Day weekend and all, but we are planning on doing a ton of relaxing and taking advantage of RD. We are also trying to stay away from the parks that have EMH and will not be going to SWW because we heard that it gets crazy busy at DHS during the weekends. Since we have the WP&F option, we are also planning on spending 2 days at TL and a day at DisneyQuest :goodvibes.

Sounds awesome !!
 
Well, we have decided not to go in May after all; we just went in Dec, and have another trip planned for Oct. If only the flights from California were cheaper. Have a great trip everyone!! I'm off to find an Oct group!
 














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