Well, if you have been reading this trip report, you will know that I made my decision pretty quickly. I did post a poll looking for suggestions and then based upon people's thoughts, decided..
Yes, I know, it is already in my signature. I decided on Pop. Since we won't be arriving until midnight or later, it didn't make sense to pay for a moderate since all we are doing is paying for a bed for 7 hours or so. Also, on the AKV side, I thought about it and decided that I wanted the kids to walk into AKL for the first time when they were awake, not when they were tired and cranky. Is that crazy?
I was able to get the
AAA rate but booking was a little weird in my mind. I called CRO and after the CM quoted me the rates, I had to ask if it was the AAA rate and she "Oh yeah, I forgot" (or something similar) and then gives me new rates. I decided on a standard room since the only difference in a preferred room is that it is closer to the bus stop, pool, and food court. Well, since we are only staying one night and have a car, none of that mattered. OK, now to the weird part, I was surprised that I had to provide my sister's address including zip code. I am not sure why they needed it.
Luckily, I was able to dig out my address book because I only mail something to her once a year, i.e. Christmas card, so I have no idea what her zip code is. Thinking back, this is only the second time that I have used CRO and the first time, last year, was a solo trip. My previous non-DVC trips have all been booked by
travel agent.
Now, I bet you are all wondering what we will be doing with the extra hours that we now have. Well, I came up with 3 options:
1) turn it into a park day
2) move Chef Mickey to breakfast and then spend the rest of the day at AKV even if our room isn't ready yet
3) after breakfast at Pop, go play mini-golf and then head over to AKV to spend the rest of the day there (until Chef Mickey's that night)
DSis and I discussed it and we think that we will go with option 3. A park day would be nice but we are going to be running the kids ragged for the following 3 days, so a relaxing day to start off will be nice. We also decided against moving Chef Mickey to breakfast because DSis and the kids have already had breakfast there.
the flights we want are $443 per person round trip (maybe plus tax)! I then check my December dates and the prices are better but that doesn't help me for this trip.
, but we will be able to go play mini-golf in the morning and then head over to AKV after that and spend the rest of the day enjoying the resort.
You are as close to TF Green as I am to Manchester.
Well, I have been traveling most of this week for work and it seems like every day when I read USA Today, there was an article on the rising costs of flying. So I am not feeling too bad about the airfare prices. Besides, I remember 10-15 years ago, when airfares were much higher than they have been recently.
) will be held. AllEarsNet states that it will be the weekend of 11/15. But the WDW calendar doesn't have a date yet. I asked CRO last night when I was buying my MVMCP ticket for my December trip and they didn't know. But when I called MS ( DVC Member Services) this morning, the CM said the weekend of 11/15. So what are we to do? If my ticker is correct, our 180 day window opens tomorrow.
