Art of Animation Sept 2012 Who's going to AoA?

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

If you want you can add the LM next to my name.

Yes, there seem to be several of us coming from Ohio. We are just south of Columbus. Sure hoping some good airline rates come along at some point cause if not, we're driving and I dread that drive. Ugh!!

We are actually keeping our eyes on Columbus air also. We normally fly out of Detroit(1 hr 45 mins from us) but Columbus is not much further and Cleveland which is 1 hr is probably our last shot since it is the most expensive. right now Southwest is $1200 for the 4 of us.

We're staying at CSR for most of the week but ending our trip with one night at AoA. We'll arrive in the morning of September 21 - staying in the Nemo section. We have a four-year old son, so look for us in the Nemo pool and in the Cars courtyard!

We will be there Sept 8-13. so excited.
me dh + 3ds(3,11,7)
We booked a lion king suite. And the boys actually all agreed on this room That is a good sign for a great vacation.

Maybe, we will all run into each other at the pool!

Well you will definately see Robin(disneydiva) and I by the pool having a drink that Sat (9/22) we arrive and also the 24th for DH and my anniversary. We are all having dinner at Cape May to celebrate. 13 Lucky years!

 

[HonnyDipp]

We just made our reservations for POP this September. The agent was telling us that it wasn't too late to switch to AoA. Waiting to have a family meeting. So excited to be planning again!

 

[TSM]

we usually fly southwest out of Columbus also but Air Tran was alot cheaper this time even with charging baggage fees. We got 3 roundtrip tickets for about 750. I got them a few weeks ago though it looks like they may have went up a little already!

 

[ToFarAway]

We will be at AoA Sept.26 to Oct.4. Switched from Pop today. I havent told my daughter yet. So excited!!!

 

[Mama loves planning]

We are coming all the way from Australia and originally had bookings at Pop, and were told that AoA had no availability for our dates. Due to a bout of insomnia last night I happened to be up in the middle of the night and noticed that Disney was offering AoA with free dining for our dates. Just thought it was worth another email to our TA and 'bingo' she has managed to switch our bookings to AoA LM section. Yay for insomnia! We are staying 3 weeks, Sept 19 to Oct 11 and we are soooo excited!!! I'm having trouble containing my excitement as my children don't know about this trip as it's a surprise, and they are home today on school holidays....I must keep it in!! So moral of the story, if you are told there is no availability, keep trying because Disney often open up more rooms and you can be lucky! I've never stayed in a brand new resort before. Gonna be very cool.

 

[popcenturylover]

We are actually keeping our eyes on Columbus air also. We normally fly out of Detroit(1 hr 45 mins from us) but Columbus is not much further and Cleveland which is 1 hr is probably our last shot since it is the most expensive. right now Southwest is $1200 for the 4 of us.







Well you will definately see Robin(disneydiva) and I by the pool having a drink that Sat (9/22) we arrive and also the 24th for DH and my anniversary. We are all having dinner at Cape May to celebrate. 13 Lucky years!

I arrive on the 23rd so, I may see you then. Congrats on your anniversary!You have 2 years on me and my DH!

 

[LuvLuvLuv]

LM

Sept 27-Oct 1

 

[tink15823]

We will be staying in Lion King . Sept 28th - Oct 7th . I am sooo excited we love the larger than life look of this resort .

 

[ollyg]

Please add LM to our stay

 

[popcenturylover]

Please add LM to our stay

You are only about an hour away from me!

 

[ollyg]

You are only about an hour away from me!

Howdy Neighbor!!

 

[KELLY]

We are actually keeping our eyes on Columbus air also. We normally fly out of Detroit(1 hr 45 mins from us) but Columbus is not much further and Cleveland which is 1 hr is probably our last shot since it is the most expensive. right now Southwest is $1200 for the 4 of us.







Well you will definately see Robin(disneydiva) and I by the pool having a drink that Sat (9/22) we arrive and also the 24th for DH and my anniversary. We are all having dinner at Cape May to celebrate. 13 Lucky years!

Sorry Ot here but we ended up paying 1076.00 for 4 of us on SW. That is the most we have paid in a long time. Last year we paid 650.00 for all 4 of us for the same flights. I will say that I was expecting to pay 1000.00 this year with gas and all. But they were a little under 1000.00 when they first came out and then went to 1076.00. That is when I booked didn't want to chance them going up again. I checked yesterday they are up to 1186.00.

So glad I booked. I hate paying more than 1000.00 for all 4 of us. I will say that at least there is no addtional cost with SW. I may pay the 40.00 to have them check us in on the way home. I will have acess to internet but not sure that I want to be doing that on vacation.

So happy everyone is getting AOA. I hope there is a bounceback in our room for FD again this year. Dh gave the ok for 2 weeks next year. We have been at 11 days for the past 2 years. But he only gets one paid week so next year he just said he will take off the 2.

 

[MuchLovedMama]

Sorry Ot here but we ended up paying 1076.00 for 4 of us on SW. That is the most we have paid in a long time. Last year we paid 650.00 for all 4 of us for the same flights. I will say that I was expecting to pay 1000.00 this year with gas and all. But they were a little under 1000.00 when they first came out and then went to 1076.00. That is when I booked didn't want to chance them going up again. I checked yesterday they are up to 1186.00.

So glad I booked. I hate paying more than 1000.00 for all 4 of us. I will say that at least there is no addtional cost with SW. I may pay the 40.00 to have them check us in on the way home. I will have acess to internet but not sure that I want to be doing that on vacation.

So happy everyone is getting AOA. I hope there is a bounceback in our room for FD again this year. Dh gave the ok for 2 weeks next year. We have been at 11 days for the past 2 years. But he only gets one paid week so next year he just said he will take off the 2.

Yeah we are hoping at some point to get SW tickets out of Columbus for $200 or less. Sept of 2010 we paid $139 per person which was an incredible deal. Sept of 2008 we paid $200 per person. Last Sept I did see it as low as $181 so I still have faith although it's about $300 right now.

3 of our 6 adults prefer to drive anyway while 3 of us prefer to fly. Those of us wanting to fly were given a max of $210 pp. Otherwise we're stuck driving 900+ miles per way. Ugh!!

 

[tink15823]

Were flying SW for our Sept trip from Pittsburgh we book as soon as they dropped free dinning . Today I checked and our tickets went up $600 from what we paid .i just looked at Air Tran . The prices sure did go up.

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Just popping in to say Hi and I will try and get those of you who recetly posted added to our list. Today hasn't been a good day, 2 DD's home with the stomach flu. For awhile there I thought I was just gonna camp out in the bathroom with them. I haven't slept in 24+ hours. I may have 2 DD's home again tomorrow morning. Anyhow hope everyone is having a better day!

 

[popcenturylover]

Howdy Neighbor!!

Howdy to you!

 

[popcenturylover]

Just popping in to say Hi and I will try and get those of you who recetly posted added to our list. Today hasn't been a good day, 2 DD's home with the stomach flu. For awhile there I thought I was just gonna camp out in the bathroom with them. I haven't slept in 24+ hours. I may have 2 DD's home again tomorrow morning. Anyhow hope everyone is having a better day!

Sorry to hear about your girls. Hope your day gets better!

 

[MaryPoppins1964]

Just switched our Ressies from Pop To AoA LM room - 9/22 - 9/29. So excited to see the new resort.

 

[MaryPoppins1964]

As I posted before Sept.22-29th. It is a mother/ daughter trip. She will only miss 4 days of school. She has no school on the 28th. I am very excited for this trip.

Ok, so who is going to MNSSHP? We are planning on the 25th.

We will be there the same week - we are also planning MNSSHP for the 25th. Trying not wish our summer away, but we are getting really excited!

 

[stephie1012]

9/29-10/5 LM
switched from POR. cant wait! Kids still think we are staying at POR, they have no clue anything about AoA or that its even there. DD is going to flip when she sees the room.