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[Tinkermom76]

Woo hoo Jen! Shake it!




That'll be the longest I've been away from George and Alex.... kinda mixed feelings about it.

Ya but ou will be at Disney. They can have some Male bonding time

 

[Mickey_Mom]

Ya but ou will be at Disney. They can have some Male bonding time

Or they'll be ready for a vacation from each other by the time I get back!

 

[Tinkermom76]

Or they'll be ready for a vacation from each other by the time I get back!

LOL you should plan them some father/son activities for while you are gone

 

[DisMomAmy]

Woo Hoo!!! Hooray for double digits!!

Minus one!

 

[stephielela]

I'm looking up return flights again this afternoon (Sunday, October 2nd) and I just can't believe the rates out there right now. I've only booked our arrival flights through Southwest, hoping they'd go down and I'd get a travel credit to use to come home. Bah! Slim to none chance on that happening apparantly!


Delta has:

$119 flight if I want to leave MCO at 6:15am. Yeah, no thank you.
$202 flight if I leave MCO at 5:30pm and with a layover, arrive at BUF at 11pm. Nope, not liking that either.


AirTran has:

$99 flight if I want to leave MCO at 6:15am. Still no thank you to that one.
$139 flight which would be nonstop leaving MCO at 2:10pm. Good option there but earlier than I would have liked to leave.


JetBlue has:

$159 flights leaving MCO at 6am or 8:20am. Still NO.
$179 flights leaving between 6am and 9:45am. Anything after that point is just nothing to consider money wise.


United has:

$99 flight if I want to leave at 6:25am. Enough already with these super early flights!!
$544 flight if I want to leave at 1:55pm with a layover and get home at 6:15pm -- seriously?!?
$119 flight leaving MCO at 2:45pm and with a layover getting home at 8:54pm. Another good option there.


Now intriguingly enough.....



Southwest has:

$202 flight if I leave at 7:15pm and nonstop get home at 9:55pm. That's the one I've been watching and hoping would be the one I get. It's gone up and down since I've been scoping it out.


What's interesting though, is I also see they have a nonstop flight leaving MCO at 7:15pm and getting to BUF at 9:55pm for $124.


The times I want and a great rate considering. So what makes it intriguing?



It's for Monday, October 3rd.


It would be a $234 savings from the October 2nd flight. What I don't know is the $$ I'd spend staying an extra day. The site is blocked from work so I can't price it out.

Yay for double digits!!! I can sympathize with your to do list, I haven't made mine yet, but maybe I will work on it this evening...

My flight times were screwy too becaus eI was using "free" tickets that I earned through Southwest. I couldn't get on the flight I wanted for our arrival day, so I am coming in on the last flight of the day, and I added a day to the end of our trip instead. I'm definitely not saving money, but it's worth it. If I was youI would totally add the day!

 

[DisMomAmy]

OK I guess I missed more than just your double digit dance! Great to-do list. I'm sure I'll come back and look at it again when I start putting mine together. I use the same list for every trip & end up stealing things from other people's lists to make mine even longer.

I'm anxiously awaiting the news about your return flight & the extra night.

 

[Daddy_of_Princesses]

You send me yours first and mine will followup shortly thereafter.

OK, I put the cash in the mail. Now you can wire me the money.

 

[Angies1274]

Great to-do list Tracy! It looks like you've covered everything. Oh and for maybe staying for an extra day!! Don't you just love fuzzy Disney math! I hope it works out for you.

Since I missed the official double digit dance...here it is again.

 

[Mickey_Mom]

Woo Hoo!!! Hooray for double digits!!

Minus one!

Hi Amy! Yay for more dancing!

Yay for double digits!!! I can sympathize with your to do list, I haven't made mine yet, but maybe I will work on it this evening...

My flight times were screwy too becaus eI was using "free" tickets that I earned through Southwest. I couldn't get on the flight I wanted for our arrival day, so I am coming in on the last flight of the day, and I added a day to the end of our trip instead. I'm definitely not saving money, but it's worth it. If I was youI would totally add the day!

That was smart too to add on your day .... I did it too!

OK I guess I missed more than just your double digit dance! Great to-do list. I'm sure I'll come back and look at it again when I start putting mine together. I use the same list for every trip & end up stealing things from other people's lists to make mine even longer.

I'm anxiously awaiting the news about your return flight & the extra night.

Oh gosh yes, I steal from other people's to-do lists .... I'll steal from yours too!

Return flight news, coming up!

OK, I put the cash in the mail. Now you can wire me the money.

Sweet! I'll watch out for your delivery and wire mine off pronto!

Great to-do list Tracy! It looks like you've covered everything. Oh and for maybe staying for an extra day!! Don't you just love fuzzy Disney math! I hope it works out for you.

Since I missed the official double digit dance...here it is again.

Hey Angie!!! Thanks for the swing around the dance floor --

I took care of the fuzzy Disney math today.

 

[Mickey_Mom]

So I did it.


I've been humming and hawing the last few days wondering if I should just go ahead and book the Monday return flight and add a day to the end of our trip, or if I should stick it out a bit longer and see if that Sunday flight I'd been watching went down.


I'm not big on waiting.


So, this afternoon, I checked the flights one more time and they hadn't changed since the last time I'd looked. I called Disney to make sure my $$ numbers jived with theirs for the extra day with the park tickets... and to make sure the availability was there. Everything matched --- it was still only $145 difference. So.....


I booked it! I made another payment toward the package and I bought the return flights!! My credit card was groaning at me, but it's official.


We're now staying Friday, September 23rd to Monday, October 3rd.





I went shopping a bit today (I'll be avoiding opening my credit card statement for a few days when it comes ) for some movie night supplies and found the perfect things for Demetri's MNSSHP parties. More on that soon!

 

[stephielela]

Yay!!!!! Excellent choice!

 

[Tinkermom76]

I'm so sad I have to leave without you

 

[DisMomAmy]

Congratulations on the extra day!!

 

[Mickey_Mom]

Yay!!!!! Excellent choice!

Thanks!

I'm so sad I have to leave without you

I know, but you'll probably have had your fill of us by then anyway.....

Congratulations on the extra day!!

Thanks! I told Demetri today at the dinner table that he would be away from Alex and Daddy an extra day and he was sad for maybe a mili-second.

 

[TanzUnited99]

on adding an extra day to your trip - wish I could do the same!

 

[Tinkermom76]

on adding an extra day to your trip - wish I could do the same!

me too

 

[Mickey_Mom]

on adding an extra day to your trip - wish I could do the same!

Watch out, it's addictive! That's two extra days I've added onto this trip, originally we were coming back on the Saturday!

me too

You're doing the right thing for the girls at school. I hope they won't be upset we're staying a day longer.....?

 

[jenseib]

 

[Tinkermom76]

You're doing the right thing for the girls at school. I hope they won't be upset we're staying a day longer.....?

I think they will be fine... they are getting 10 days in Disney World after all

 

[Mickey_Mom]

Hey! More dancing!

I think they will be fine... they are getting 10 days in Disney World after all

Our movie night tomorrow is featuring Emma's favorite!!