6 days and counting!! Help!!!

[gymmom]

I am sooo far behind in EVERYTHING--including our trip planning! Fortunately I made our hotel reservations (POR connecting rooms for 1/22 to 1/29 and Hawthorn Suites for our first night) over a month ago and bought our airline tickets 3 weeks ago (wish I had thought about SW instead of spending the same amount to take a non-direct flight in Delta that will take about 6 hours! ) I think we are only going to use one plus feature, so I bought DQ tickets 2 days ago. I planned to go to our local AAA to buy MYW tickets, but after reading the posts here and checking on mousesavers.com, I decided to just go ahead and order our 5-day hoppers from ticketmania.com. All tickets are to be delivered to POR. At least it saved me some time.

What else to I need to do--besides pack, of course ?

Lisa

 

[DarthGoofy]

Have you thought about making any PS arrangements. You need to do this pronto. Especially if you will be doing any Character Meals.

 

[gymmom]

I don't think we are going to do any character meals. Is that sacrilege? We want to go to Boma, but don't know when yet. I guess we're just going to have to make some decisions, although I understand it's generally fairly easy to get "day-of" PSs at this time of year. We don't have a real itinerary yet--partly because of all the changes in hours and partly because DH is VERY resistent to what he considers "overscheduling" and lack of spontaneity. What can I say?

Thanks for the reminder!

Lisa

 

[LSUDis]

Fill any of your prescriptions that you might need. Stop your mail/paper delivery. Check the weather reports for Florida to decide what to pack. Florida weather is unpredictable this time of year. Get your traveler's checks/cash.

 

[gymmom]

Fill any of your prescriptions that you might need. Stop your mail/paper delivery. Check the weather reports for Florida to decide what to pack. Florida weather is unpredictable this time of year. Get your traveler's checks/cash.

Great ideas!! I'm doing the prescriptions early next week. MIL lives with us, so we don't need to worry about mail/papers. I've been monitoring the weather, but have little faith in the reliability of the forecasts!

Thanks!!

Lisa

 

[Carrieberry]

Lisa,
We are going the same time as you and honestly it looks like you have pretty much everything done. I will be spending this next week going and buying last minute things like OTC meds, video cassettes for the camcorder, travel size toiletries. We have a digital camera so no film needed. The day before leaving I will be printing out our boarding passes online.We have our rental car booked. I too have little faith in the extended forecast, but will be packing layering clothes and jackets. I am basically packing exactly what I pack when we go in early Dec, or what we are wearing here in AZ these days, along with ponchos! We have all of our PS done, and everything else seems to be done. I can't think of what else I need to do either!!

 

[gymmom]

Lisa, I can't think of what else I need to do either!!

Well here's what else is on my list:

Get new walking/running shoes for everyone so they can break in this week
Print out touring plans from UOG--or tear out pages
Make packing lists and do "pratice" pack
Get homework and other assignments from each kid's teacher
Print out MapQuest directions from Orlando to Clearwater area
Get Florida map from AAA
Buy Seaworld tickets at AAA
Buy last minute clothes for kids and myself

Lisa

 

[minmate]

You could always call and make PS's for Boma's for two different nights and then once you're there, you can cancel (or just not show up) for the one you don't want. Kind of use it as a safety net, so if it is a priority for you and you find that it's busier or harder to get the PS's than you thought, you still have a back-up plan.

Also go to allears.net and get the EMH days for your trip to bring with you!

Have a ton of fun! I wish I could be planning a trip!

 

[Amy&Dan]

We leave in less than two weeks and I just now made our PS's this week. Had absolutely no trouble with getting everything we wanted! Last trip I did 90 days out, calling each day to get the next ps, this time between post holiday exhaustion and all the confusion on EMH days couldn't be bothered! I am thinking this is a good time to go and you should be fine to make ressies when you get there (famous last words!).