Crazy planners join in! The Unofficial January 2012 Thread!

[laurainsem]

So I know, it is REALLY early to begin planning and bonding. But really, if we have to wait till 2012, why not dream a bit!

Anyone else out there like me daydreaming/nightdreaming about beautiful empty parks in 1 year 8 months (not that i'm counting or anything)?????? Please tell me i'm not alone and need to consider DIS rehab?!

If your a January 2012er, join me in chatting about the wonderful month of January. The cool weather, semi-empty parks, lack of hurricane worries, awesome codes... Aahhhh, January how I love you!

 

[Yummy]

Wow! And I thought I was a little nuts because I'm not-so-secretly planning for a May 2011 trip! Actually, I was secretly planning for a free-dining September 2010 trip behind my sweetie's back, but then we decided to do some home renovations, so my scheme went down the drain So now instead, I'm trying not to be too sad, and putting all my eggs in the May 2011 basket!

Enjoy the next 20 months, and try not to make everyone around you crazy!(as I've been doing since our last trip in December 2009)!

 

[laurainsem]

LOL! Yup, i'm in total withdrawal. I want to go back sooooooooooooo bad and know I need to be a good girl and wait a while. If I spend money on a trip any earlier, I won't be able to afford to go see my new baby niece! Thanks for the support. I'm doing my best not to make people nuts, but it may be too late. They already think i've gone mentally insane with my love of all things Disney!

 

[PrincessMama22]

That's okay. I've just started talking to my husband about planning for November of 2011. That will be our daughters 2nd birthday and she shares her birthday with Mickey Mouse. I can't wait!!!! The dreaming before going is so much fun and makes everything all that much better!!!

 

[leshunlenese]

I have a trip planned this october but its a short trip and ive already decided to go back jan 2012 as a graduation celebration. i get my college degree dec2011!!hopefully!!

 

[CrystalCastle]

I'm planning on going for the marathon for as many years as I can. So Jan 2011 and Jan 2012 planning for me!!!!!!!!

 

[mom2t]

Going the last week in Jan. to SS if we get a pin for 40% for a 2 bedroom.

 

[letthewookiewin]

We are planning to go to WDW in January 2012. I am thinking that we will arrive on the 6th and hopefully stay for 7 nights. While there my youngest son and I will both have a birthday. We are not telling the boys b/c we have had several trips that had to be canceled. I know where I would like to stay. However, where I would like to stay may not end up being where we stay. It will just depend on how our finances go between now and then. My DH wants to be on the DlxDDP, b/c he doesn't want to do any CS.

I have told my bil and his family they were welcome to come with us on the trip. If they go, it will be my nephew's first trip. I have a feeling, if they go, my in laws will want to go as well. Then our trip will turn into a Grand Gathering.

The only good thing about having to wait that long is all the planning that can be done. Since I don't know for sure how long we're going to stay, or which DDP we will be on, I will make several ADR plans.

Also, I have to redo my spending money spreadsheet. We have a big piggy bank that I use to save spending money in. It's painted green with pink Mickey heads all over it.

 

[girlsx2]

Oh, I'm sure I'll start planning a trip for 2012....don't know exactly when.. I took the girls last March during spring break and was going to hold off a year or so, but I couldn't stand it and booked a trip for this Nov for just a few days. But any days at Disney is better than none for me!!

 

[letthewookiewin]

I agree girlsx2. A couple of days at WDW is better than no days at WDW.


I just wonder if it will be cold enough in January to need scarves. I just learned to knit this year, and I've been knitting several for our trip. That way I don't have to wear the same one every day. I already have one for my youngest, and I'll make one for my oldest if he wants one. So far for me, I have a blue-ish grey one, and I'm working on an avocado green one. I want to get at least a pink one and maybe a stripped one made before we go. Then I want to knit matching hats for each scarf.

 

[mommy2_3]

im planning our trip for april 2011 & dec.27th 2012-jan. 2nd 2013 lol! the first trip we will be there for my DD1 3rd bday and the 2nd trip we are celebrating our 5th wedding annv.!

 

[leshunlenese]

I agree girlsx2. A couple of days at WDW is better than no days at WDW.


I just wonder if it will be cold enough in January to need scarves. I just learned to knit this year, and I've been knitting several for our trip. That way I don't have to wear the same one every day. I already have one for my youngest, and I'll make one for my oldest if he wants one. So far for me, I have a blue-ish grey one, and I'm working on an avocado green one. I want to get at least a pink one and maybe a stripped one made before we go. Then I want to knit matching hats for each scarf.

I would bring them i did a disney college program starting one january and while sum days it felt like summer other days it did fell like winter and get cold. and im from georgia so our winters might be a bit similar then again ive only been to texas in the summer

 

[rjmum]

Add me to the crazy lot!!!!
We started planning our Jan. 2012 trip less than a month after we got back from WDW in June! I put my second "payment" into the Disney Trip fund last week and did the happy dance. LOL My 9 yo DD has already started her disney spending $ savings too.
We LOVED Disney, but it was WAY too hot and WAY too crowded for us in June. So we picked January. Can't swing Jan 2011, so Jan 2012 here we come!!!

 

[mdsouth]

For me, my next WDW trip is only a figment in my imagination.
We went last year in July. It was super hot and crowded. So, I would love to go in one of the cooler months. 2012 would be the earliest I would be able to go back.

Like you all here, I Disney and would love to go at least once a year. My DH doesn't care for it, the expense especially and crowds. We stayed last year for 7 nights with the Buy 4 Get 3 Free. That was too much for him. He really put a damper on the trip at times. So, this time, I am planning on leaving him at home and taking the kids with me.

I am a teacher, so that is why most of our family vacations are in the summer.
I am thinking of going around New Year's and taking a few extra days off if possible. I really want to avoid the summer heat!

The nice thing about having to wait until at least 2012 to go back is that the renovations in Fantasyland will be completed by then and we will be able to experience the updates instead of having to walk around a bunch of construction walls!

 

[mom2maggie]

Does anyone know when in 2012 the renovations of Fantasyland are supposed to be complete?

 

[letthewookiewin]

According to another thread "Fantasyland Expansion Phase I (includes Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, and Ariel Realms, and Dumbo’s circus area) Opens 2012", but it doesn't give a specific date. On the AllEars website, it says that construction should conclude on that part by 2011. Phase II of the expansion, that includes Pixie Hallow, isn't supposed to be finished until 2013.

 

[laurainsem]

Wow, i'm so excited there are several of you planning for 2012!! I really thought this would become a "dead" thread as it seemed I was the only one crazy enough to start planning!

January is such an awesome time to go. We went in October last time and decided January would be our norm, as it was sooo much more laid back. The weather can get a little chilly but for the most part is warm and cozy. For northwesterners, this is just perfect. Plus, there are barely any lines and the park has a nice, calmer atmosphere.

Thanks for joining in everyone! I hope to get to know ya'll better while we plan!!

 

[letthewookiewin]

My DH thinks that I am totally crazy for planning already. I emailed him something that I called a TPS (trip pricing sheer) report. If I had called it a WDW trip pricing trip, he wouldn't have deleted it before looking at it. I had already tried to go over prices with him and he would just roll his eyes and say, "which ever option is the cheapest is the one that I want to go with." I priced out 6, 7, and 8 days trips, with resort options of PC, CSR, WL, CR /w MK view, and BLT studio /w MK. Then I did pricing options at each resort, and each length, with options of no DDP up to the DlxDDP. Then after all that work, he couldn't look at it b/c he has an older version of Excel than I do and his computer wouldn't open it. I just made him look at it on my computer, and his opinion was still "I don't care, just whatever is cheapest."

I've heard January is a great time to go. We went last in October and had a blast. That time of the year just won't work for us anymore. My DS's are getting old enough that they can play football, so we can't go during football season. My DH and I were watching the movie 2012 and we were joking about changing our trip from January 2012, to be there for December 21, 2012. Which would be cool normally, but I can't wait that long. As of today, it has been 3 years and 10 months since we were last at WDW. It's going to be hard enough to wait for January 2012. The good news is that it gives us more time to hear about the changes they are making to the Fantasyland Expansion.

 

[laurainsem]

You sound like me! I'm already putting pricing sheets together, making the family listen to me ramble about places to eat and stay, and all that other good stuff. Trip planning is what keeps me going. Without a WDW trip in the works, i'd go nuts! I don't care how far out it is, it must be planned!

I'm thankful because it looks like we have another Disney trip in the works for this upcoming Spring. It won't be with my family but i'll be taking a youth and possibly some of her family to one of the parks (WDW or DL). She is a young girl from the church I was a pastor at. I just moved and her and I became very close, as she was the only youth in the entire congregation (very small church). It should be a blast as she's never been to either park!

 

[lmillercrew]

Just talked to SIL on the phone tonight, and she is planning on going back in June 2012 and wants to go with MIL and FIL, and whoever else wants to go. SO, of course I said count us in! I'm going to need that much time to save our money. Now I have a goal!!!! If we go back then, it will have been 5 yrs since we've been there. Where will we stay? How long will we stay?