ready to talk plans?
Here we go!
Originally we had planned to depart on May 8th late in the afternoon- arriving at MCO around 8pm.
We're flying Airtran and as you all may know- they aren't known for keeping their flight times.
So yes, as in a previous post I stated- they changed the flight time on me and we were going to be arriving around 9 pm which meant once we picked up the rental car (we always rent one) and got to the Poly- it would be pretty late.
I was okay with that so I told Airtran that it was fine.
Fast forward about a month and things happened at Rhett aka Mark's work where some people were let go and a coworker resigned...and he decided that knowing his work the way he does- he'd never have a good vacation Monday- Friday- that the only days he'd relax without the phone ringing off the hook were Sat- Sun.
Sooooooooo- long story short, I called Airtran, told them my plight and they changed my flight to the day before without charging me the $75 change fee OR the difference in price for flights.
I looked into staying at a value- it was going to cost $102 for one night at All Star Sports. Rhett said without pause he was sticking with his previous statement of never staying in a value again and told me to look up POFQ- our favorite Mod. We like it for the small quaintness of the resort and Rhett likes to run in the mornings down the walk by the water to POR and back. That was $146- so I booked it. Was able to change the rental car to one day earlier for $22 more, so the total for changing my trip by one day was $168.
Very good Disney Math-- rationalize the heck out of leaving one day earlier.
With the background laid- here's the plan...
Friday May 7--
Arrive MCO late- pick up rental car, head to POFQ.
Saturday May 8-- Wake up, Rhett will get me coffee in a cute little refillable mug and then go for his morning run.
I will do what I do best while on property- watch Stacy, of course!
Since I never had us arriving until later that day- the only reservation I made was for much much later at night at 'Ohana. So we'll just head to the Poly for check in.
I never requested a building- I really couldn't decide where I wanted to be. I have this love affair going on with the monorails.
When I grow up I really really want to drive one but for now I have to just ride. I didn't know if I wanted to ask for a longhouse with a monorail view or not- so I only requested "balcony". I'm hoping since I didn't ask for much we can get that. Actually I don't want to be near the pool- and would rather be in a quiet area- so it will be interesting where we land.
Once we get there we'll get settled and do whatever until that night when we go to dinner. We may or may not head to MK for lunch at Columbia Harbor House.
After dinner we are hoping to catch Wishes from the beach in a hammock.
So there you have it- day one of the trip!
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And here I was excited that mine starts with 7 months. 
That ended up much better than expected!
Drop by and tell us about your job.
I know I cringe every time DH's phone rings when we are at WDW. 
