Dizney73
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2007
Our plans for this summer's vacation have changed so many times it is hard to remember what we originally planned! I am a planner by nature and love to plan every part of our trips FAR in advance... usually that technique works but not in 2020! This year has really thrown some wrenches into our vacay plans but it's all part of the ride we call life!
We are a family of 4- myself-Jami, DH-Scott, 14 year old DD-Jenni and 11 year old DS-Anderson. We love to travel and are always looking for adventure! We are DVC owners and love to travel to Disney a few times a year as our schedule allows.
As I said...I am not much of a go by the seat of your pants, spontaneous type of person... I like planning everything- every detail! We usually book our vacations very far in advance! We were all booked for Hawaii' for summer of 2020 but then I was unable to secure DVC Aulani reservations for the nights that we needed before our Island cruise. I was going to book a few nights on a cash reservation but $$$ WOW! Couple that with the price of flights from the east coast to Honolulu and I was shaking my head at the cost! Then, just before Black Friday the other cruise line that we booked with ran a sale and I was able to change our reservation to summer 2021 and save $1200. So a Hawaiian cruise is booked for next July and I hope to pick up a night or two at Aulani before or after the cruise.
Of course, DH already scheduled his 2020 vacations at work and well.. they couldn't be changed so we booked a DCL cruise to Alaska because it fit quite perfectly into DH's vacation! We booked an ocean view cabin and had the time of our lives planning it all out! (We cruised Alaska in an Inside cabin on Princess and an AFT balcony on Royal Caribbean in the past.) Alas... this summer 2020 vacation also was cancelled. We took the refund for this cruise and decided that Alaska would be rescheduled for summer 2022. (Update: we actually already booked with NCL for June/July 2022) If you are interested in my pre-trip report for our Alaska trip take a look at A Disney Wonder ... Vancouver, Alaska, Seattle and Mt Rainier .
So where does this leave us now? Of course... we have Disney on the brain! I should mention that we already had a no park ... resort (AKV) only WDW trip booked for June 17-23 but we also cancelled that because we didn't want to fly during this time. Now that our Disney Wonder cruise was cancelled and DH had 14 days of vacation we chose to rebook another resort only stay at WDW and drive! We booked 8 nights at 2 DVC resorts and called it a day. Now... we just needed to wait for more information on Disney's reopening. As more and more weeks were cancelled and speculation grew I was certain that we would cancel this getaway too. But ... NOPE! We might be crazy... we are going to Walt Disney World summer 2020! We have tweaked our days and our resorts more times than I can count! First, we booked OKW, then moved to Beach Club and finally we chose Saratoga Springs. We also added on 2 nights at Disney's Vero Beach resort before our WDW stay! In the end... we dropped 2 nights from our WDW DVC resort stay and added on 6 nights between Hilton Head, Vero Beach and Savannah! All in all... this is going to be a road trip filled with beaches and some unpredictable Disney magic!
Our 2020 WDW road trip: 10 nights... 4 hotels... 3 places we've never been!
Quick Links by Day... The Plan
Day 1 and 2... The 12 hour drive and Hilton Head Island
Day 3,4 and 5... Disney's Vero Beach Resort
Day 5... Kennedy Space Center? and checking into Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort
Days 6,7 and 8 ... Disney's Saratoga springs and EVERY meal at Disney Springs
Vero Beach Update! Good news!
Spirit of the Swamp Airboat tour!
Day 9, 10 and 11... Lunch and Savannah
UPDATE... Canceled HH and booked more nights at Vero and 1 night at VA Beach!
The Final Countdown... 5!
Quick Links by Day... the Road trip!
Day 1... June 28... Off to Virginia Beach
Day 2... June 29... The Virginia Sunrise and off to Vero!
Days 2 and 3... The long drive and our 1st look at Disney's Vero Beach Resort
Day 3...June 30... A Day at Disney's Vero Beach Resort
Day 3 Pictures!
Day 3... Finishing up our night!
Day 4... July 1...Breakfast, our room switch, mini golf, beach and pool!
Day 4... Dinner time!
Day 5... July 2... Our last full day at Disney 's Vero Beach Resort!
Day 6... July 3... Check out Day
Day 6... We are at Walt Disney World!
Day 7... July 4...new Disney Masks and T-Rex for lunch!
Room Update AGAIN!
Day 7... Dinner at the Boathouse!
July 4... Disney Springs was packed!
Day 8... July 5... Breakfast at the Grand Floridian Cafe and lunchES at Disney Springs!
Christmas Shop Pictures
Day 9... July 6... Spirit of the Swamp! It was GREAT!
Day 9... Lunch at Chef Art Smith's Homecoming!
Pics of lunch!
Day 9... Dinner at Olivia's and closing down Disney Springs
Day 10... making the most of our last day at WDW!
Our last Disney Meal... Sana'a!
Day 11... The LOOOONG Drive home!
We are a family of 4- myself-Jami, DH-Scott, 14 year old DD-Jenni and 11 year old DS-Anderson. We love to travel and are always looking for adventure! We are DVC owners and love to travel to Disney a few times a year as our schedule allows.
As I said...I am not much of a go by the seat of your pants, spontaneous type of person... I like planning everything- every detail! We usually book our vacations very far in advance! We were all booked for Hawaii' for summer of 2020 but then I was unable to secure DVC Aulani reservations for the nights that we needed before our Island cruise. I was going to book a few nights on a cash reservation but $$$ WOW! Couple that with the price of flights from the east coast to Honolulu and I was shaking my head at the cost! Then, just before Black Friday the other cruise line that we booked with ran a sale and I was able to change our reservation to summer 2021 and save $1200. So a Hawaiian cruise is booked for next July and I hope to pick up a night or two at Aulani before or after the cruise.
Of course, DH already scheduled his 2020 vacations at work and well.. they couldn't be changed so we booked a DCL cruise to Alaska because it fit quite perfectly into DH's vacation! We booked an ocean view cabin and had the time of our lives planning it all out! (We cruised Alaska in an Inside cabin on Princess and an AFT balcony on Royal Caribbean in the past.) Alas... this summer 2020 vacation also was cancelled. We took the refund for this cruise and decided that Alaska would be rescheduled for summer 2022. (Update: we actually already booked with NCL for June/July 2022) If you are interested in my pre-trip report for our Alaska trip take a look at A Disney Wonder ... Vancouver, Alaska, Seattle and Mt Rainier .
So where does this leave us now? Of course... we have Disney on the brain! I should mention that we already had a no park ... resort (AKV) only WDW trip booked for June 17-23 but we also cancelled that because we didn't want to fly during this time. Now that our Disney Wonder cruise was cancelled and DH had 14 days of vacation we chose to rebook another resort only stay at WDW and drive! We booked 8 nights at 2 DVC resorts and called it a day. Now... we just needed to wait for more information on Disney's reopening. As more and more weeks were cancelled and speculation grew I was certain that we would cancel this getaway too. But ... NOPE! We might be crazy... we are going to Walt Disney World summer 2020! We have tweaked our days and our resorts more times than I can count! First, we booked OKW, then moved to Beach Club and finally we chose Saratoga Springs. We also added on 2 nights at Disney's Vero Beach resort before our WDW stay! In the end... we dropped 2 nights from our WDW DVC resort stay and added on 6 nights between Hilton Head, Vero Beach and Savannah! All in all... this is going to be a road trip filled with beaches and some unpredictable Disney magic!
Our 2020 WDW road trip: 10 nights... 4 hotels... 3 places we've never been!
Quick Links by Day... The Plan
Day 1 and 2... The 12 hour drive and Hilton Head Island
Day 3,4 and 5... Disney's Vero Beach Resort
Day 5... Kennedy Space Center? and checking into Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort
Days 6,7 and 8 ... Disney's Saratoga springs and EVERY meal at Disney Springs
Vero Beach Update! Good news!
Spirit of the Swamp Airboat tour!
Day 9, 10 and 11... Lunch and Savannah
UPDATE... Canceled HH and booked more nights at Vero and 1 night at VA Beach!
The Final Countdown... 5!
Quick Links by Day... the Road trip!
Day 1... June 28... Off to Virginia Beach
Day 2... June 29... The Virginia Sunrise and off to Vero!
Days 2 and 3... The long drive and our 1st look at Disney's Vero Beach Resort
Day 3...June 30... A Day at Disney's Vero Beach Resort
Day 3 Pictures!
Day 3... Finishing up our night!
Day 4... July 1...Breakfast, our room switch, mini golf, beach and pool!
Day 4... Dinner time!
Day 5... July 2... Our last full day at Disney 's Vero Beach Resort!
Day 6... July 3... Check out Day
Day 6... We are at Walt Disney World!
Day 7... July 4...new Disney Masks and T-Rex for lunch!
Room Update AGAIN!
Day 7... Dinner at the Boathouse!
July 4... Disney Springs was packed!
Day 8... July 5... Breakfast at the Grand Floridian Cafe and lunchES at Disney Springs!
Christmas Shop Pictures
Day 9... July 6... Spirit of the Swamp! It was GREAT!
Day 9... Lunch at Chef Art Smith's Homecoming!
Pics of lunch!
Day 9... Dinner at Olivia's and closing down Disney Springs
Day 10... making the most of our last day at WDW!
Our last Disney Meal... Sana'a!
Day 11... The LOOOONG Drive home!
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