Ang1e
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The Troop
Me 37 just love it all
DH Enz 46 ..has gone along with the Florida/Disney thing for years but think he finally loves it too!
DD Gabs 14 ..loves Pirates of the Caribbean .money burns a hole in her pocket
DS Gianni 11 .loves Chip n Dale ..cant wait to spend!
Following our trip last October wed all decided that we wouldnt be returning to Orlando for a least a couple of years on the basis that if we left it a bit there would be new things to see and do. So far so good!
With this in mind the opportunity for a few trippettes came along we had a wonderful family trip to New York over Easter, I went ski-ing with some girlfriends (the things youll do for a friends 40th :wink, DH went to Portugal on a golfing trip (again a 40th! Guess were all getting to that age
)
Then lo and behold whilst DH was in Portugal over the last May bank holiday my fingers slipped on the keyboard and up popped expedias web page shock horror! Well once there I had a play about with some dates and OMG there we some good deals. As long as someone (me) booked a flight leaving on 10th August and returning on 19th they would take 4 people to Orlando including hotel and car hire for under £2000.00.
Well whats a girl to do?? I call DH up to tell him about this wonderful deal (under the guise of telling him how much we were missing him of course
) oh right, thats good he says. Er hello???? Not the right answer.
DH gets home a couple of days later ..Ive been checking (only a billion time a day) to make sure the offers still good well if he isnt going to come out with it and say lets go for it Im going to go on and on and on (you get the idea) about it.
So we decide that as long as we keep it below the £2000 mark wed go for it. Used tripadvisor to check out a couple of hotels ..called the children down and showed them the hotels on the shortlist ..The Meridian Palms or Disneys All Stars (I think .one of the budget ones anyway!) .it came out a little dearer with the Disney hotel and not that I was trying to sway the decision either way but I did go on and on (I do that a lot) about the benefits of staying at Disney. You know what they chose???? To stay off property ..2 BIG beds won the day.
And we said we'd only go in August as a last resort because you'd be mad to go there then what with the heat and the humidity
Well no sooner said than done and credit card in hand and plonked in front of the pc I go ahead and book to go back to The Magic :spining:
So thats it all I need to do is plan everything for the 4 of us to hit the parks again.
After a bit of discussion and opinion seeking I ignored what DH and the children said (you have to let them think theyve planned it) and I went ahead and planned an itinerary and booked tickets.
The internet is a wonderful place as is the credit card in hand thing ..I duly booked and paid for 7 day hopper plus non-expiry tickets (come on you know well be back again!), e-tickets from Seaworld which cover SW and Busch Gardens for 7 days. Then the biggie (for me) Cirque du Soleil. Every time weve been Ive stood outside the Cirque tent and gazed longingly at it but its never appealed to the rest of the troop. This year they gave in (after me going on and on and on ..and threatening to go on my own) and I booked for us all to go
Whilst on our holiday I did start writing out notes but that sort of fell to the wayside so Im just going to cover a few things instead ..hope it reads ok. It probably wont flow as well as a normal trippie. Sorry!
Me 37 just love it all
DH Enz 46 ..has gone along with the Florida/Disney thing for years but think he finally loves it too!
DD Gabs 14 ..loves Pirates of the Caribbean .money burns a hole in her pocket
DS Gianni 11 .loves Chip n Dale ..cant wait to spend!
Following our trip last October wed all decided that we wouldnt be returning to Orlando for a least a couple of years on the basis that if we left it a bit there would be new things to see and do. So far so good!
With this in mind the opportunity for a few trippettes came along we had a wonderful family trip to New York over Easter, I went ski-ing with some girlfriends (the things youll do for a friends 40th :wink, DH went to Portugal on a golfing trip (again a 40th! Guess were all getting to that age
)Then lo and behold whilst DH was in Portugal over the last May bank holiday my fingers slipped on the keyboard and up popped expedias web page shock horror! Well once there I had a play about with some dates and OMG there we some good deals. As long as someone (me) booked a flight leaving on 10th August and returning on 19th they would take 4 people to Orlando including hotel and car hire for under £2000.00.
Well whats a girl to do?? I call DH up to tell him about this wonderful deal (under the guise of telling him how much we were missing him of course
) oh right, thats good he says. Er hello???? Not the right answer.DH gets home a couple of days later ..Ive been checking (only a billion time a day) to make sure the offers still good well if he isnt going to come out with it and say lets go for it Im going to go on and on and on (you get the idea) about it.
So we decide that as long as we keep it below the £2000 mark wed go for it. Used tripadvisor to check out a couple of hotels ..called the children down and showed them the hotels on the shortlist ..The Meridian Palms or Disneys All Stars (I think .one of the budget ones anyway!) .it came out a little dearer with the Disney hotel and not that I was trying to sway the decision either way but I did go on and on (I do that a lot) about the benefits of staying at Disney. You know what they chose???? To stay off property ..2 BIG beds won the day.
And we said we'd only go in August as a last resort because you'd be mad to go there then what with the heat and the humidity
Well no sooner said than done and credit card in hand and plonked in front of the pc I go ahead and book to go back to The Magic :spining:
So thats it all I need to do is plan everything for the 4 of us to hit the parks again.
After a bit of discussion and opinion seeking I ignored what DH and the children said (you have to let them think theyve planned it
) and I went ahead and planned an itinerary and booked tickets.The internet is a wonderful place as is the credit card in hand thing ..I duly booked and paid for 7 day hopper plus non-expiry tickets (come on you know well be back again!), e-tickets from Seaworld which cover SW and Busch Gardens for 7 days. Then the biggie (for me) Cirque du Soleil. Every time weve been Ive stood outside the Cirque tent and gazed longingly at it but its never appealed to the rest of the troop. This year they gave in (after me going on and on and on ..and threatening to go on my own) and I booked for us all to go
Whilst on our holiday I did start writing out notes but that sort of fell to the wayside so Im just going to cover a few things instead ..hope it reads ok. It probably wont flow as well as a normal trippie. Sorry!
