I have never been to Disney. My fiance hasn't been in over 20 years. Our daughter is almost 4, and I thought this would be the perfect time to take her. We leave in 57 days! The first thing I did was order the DVD from the website and sign up for promotional offers. If we like Disney, and I suspect we will, we plan on going back every year until our daughter gets too old for it. After watching the DVD, I bought the Unofficial Guide to Disney and joined *****************. We first chose POFQ resort for our stay. When the spring special ZHE promotion came out, we switched to AKL. We are staying one more night and paying a mere $200 more for AKL than POFQ would have cost. We got the dining as a money saving strategy. My fiance is a HUGE eater. Being on the dining plan will force him to eat one counter service and one TS meal a day. Otherwise, he would go nuts and order a lot of food. I'm taking snacks and I have made ADR's at buffet restaurants almost every day to help fill him up. We'll be at Disney for 6 days, and I have budgeted $1,000 spending money for the trip. I have no idea if this is enough, but we're not knick-knacky people. I don't think we'll be buying too many souvenirs, and our food is paid for via DDP. I also bought my daughter really cute Disney outfits and dresses on Ebay for the trip. I bought myself two shirts so far, and I plan on buying another every week until we leave. My plan includes saving $150 every week to help pay for the trip. So far, I am actually ahead of things on that front. We have managed to put more aside each week than planned. We're just so excited that we have been skipping the trips to the mall where we easily spend $200 on a movie, lunch, Build-A-Bear, ice cream, and the Disney Store. Instead, I bought a 1-year membership to the zoo where I spend $4 on the carousel and $10 on lunch. Huge savings, and she loves it.
I have made a reservation at the kennel for our dogs and made arrangements to rent a car. We are driving from Nashville! My fiance refuses to fly. He's so scared that he has scared our daughter, too. So, she won't fly either. Guess who is doing all of the driving. Yep, me. We're leaving on a Sat morning and taking all day to get there since we will have to stop occasionally for food, exercise, and bathroom breaks. We're spending that night at a nearby Orlando hotel for $55. In the morning, we'll eat from the free breakfast and head to the park. At lunch time, we'll break and check into the hotel. I have gotten touring plans for 3 of the parks so far. I plan on one park per day. The MK will take 2 days, and we'll also be visiting the AK two days. My fiance and daughter LOVE animals. So, we have to visit twice.
Those are my plans so far. I am in the process of making a list of EVERYTHING we will need during the trip. I'm a list maker by nature, and my lists always take a super long time because I keep thinking of something else we might need. I have also begun packing! Only 57 days to go!!!
I have made a reservation at the kennel for our dogs and made arrangements to rent a car. We are driving from Nashville! My fiance refuses to fly. He's so scared that he has scared our daughter, too. So, she won't fly either. Guess who is doing all of the driving. Yep, me. We're leaving on a Sat morning and taking all day to get there since we will have to stop occasionally for food, exercise, and bathroom breaks. We're spending that night at a nearby Orlando hotel for $55. In the morning, we'll eat from the free breakfast and head to the park. At lunch time, we'll break and check into the hotel. I have gotten touring plans for 3 of the parks so far. I plan on one park per day. The MK will take 2 days, and we'll also be visiting the AK two days. My fiance and daughter LOVE animals. So, we have to visit twice.
Those are my plans so far. I am in the process of making a list of EVERYTHING we will need during the trip. I'm a list maker by nature, and my lists always take a super long time because I keep thinking of something else we might need. I have also begun packing! Only 57 days to go!!!
)and its STILL exciting.
