dgagnon519
DVC member AKL since 2009 and SSR since 2020
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- Feb 12, 2007
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I thought I started a pre trip report, but I cannot find so guess I didn't. It is probably for the best I have changed our plans at least 10 times and probably will again since our trip is not until June. I love Disney. I cannot get enough. Thank God for these boards or I would never make it. We have been to the World 4 times, but one of the times we did not do the parks, we visited the Dark side instead (Universal), but stayed at Disney Resorts.
We always do a split stay, because we can never pick just one. If we had to pick just one it would be AKL. We are DVC and that is our home. We will be going on our next trip from June 14th to June 30th. The last time we visited the World was August of 2011 so it has been too long.
We have always traveled a pretty big group and will be doing so again. In our room though it will be me, DD12, DS9 and my sister will be joing us from the 15th-23rd. My friend and her kids are going from the 16th to the 23rd. I will have one full week with just me and my babies, well they will always be my babies no matter their age.
We will be trying a moderate for the first time and were juggling between POR and CSR. We finally decided on POR, the Royal Room is what pushed us over. We are going to stay for 2 nights and then transferring over to AKL value studio. We will be staying there for 8 nights. Then we are transferring over to BCV for 4 nights and then our last 2 nights at AOA. I was leary on doing a value for the last 2 nights being that we will be spoiled from AKL and BCV, but my kids love the values. AOA looks amazing and I don't think we will be disappointed.
We are doing the 10 day park ticket with water parks and more. We are not sure if we want the hopper. I figure if we hop i will just upgrade while we are there. I plan to do the photopass +. We will be doing some of the character meals that are included on it and all of the rides that are included on it so it is a good value for us. We always have over over 1500 pictures on our photopass after editing and borders.
I originally planned on doing the dining plan, but the QS plan is not for us, the basic didnt fit with our plans and the deluxe was to much. I am not a big dessert person, but love apps. It looked like TIW made more sense. I rearranged our dining choices and it ends up being a better value for us.
We do use touring plans. I am a huge planner so I love making my little binder with our plans. The kids love it too. It works for us.
This is what I got right now...
6/14 - arrive at POR around 12pm. We plan to grab lunch at Riverside and dinner at Boatwrights. We will just relax today and enjoy resort.
6/15 - GF pirate cruise for DS and hair wrap for DD. We then plan on going to DTD for lunch at TREX and maybe Characters in Flight. We will eat dinner at the resort at Sassagoula. My sister is coming in this night and will arrive around 11pm.
6/16 - Heading to BB today and then checking into AKL. Lunch at Sanaa and dinner at Jiko.
6/17 - EP future world only. Lunch at Le Cellier and dinner at San Angel Inn.
6/18 - HS, lunch at Sci Fi Dine In and dinner at Brown Derby. Fantasmic.
6/19 - Breakfast at Ohanas, Shopping at DTD, Dinner at 1900 Park Fare
6/20 - EP World Showcase, snack around world, dinner at Marrakesh. Illuminations.
6/21 - AK. breakfast at Tusker House and dinner at Boma. DS going to Neverland and DD to community center with her cousins. Adults going to do the monorail crawl.
6/22 - MK, breakfast at CP, lunch at CRT, dinner at BOG. Wishes.
6/23 - AK in Am. Lunch at RFC. BB at night. Dinner at Mara. My sister is leaving tonight which is why I had to pack all of the nighttime entertainment in this week.
We always do a split stay, because we can never pick just one. If we had to pick just one it would be AKL. We are DVC and that is our home. We will be going on our next trip from June 14th to June 30th. The last time we visited the World was August of 2011 so it has been too long.
We have always traveled a pretty big group and will be doing so again. In our room though it will be me, DD12, DS9 and my sister will be joing us from the 15th-23rd. My friend and her kids are going from the 16th to the 23rd. I will have one full week with just me and my babies, well they will always be my babies no matter their age.
We will be trying a moderate for the first time and were juggling between POR and CSR. We finally decided on POR, the Royal Room is what pushed us over. We are going to stay for 2 nights and then transferring over to AKL value studio. We will be staying there for 8 nights. Then we are transferring over to BCV for 4 nights and then our last 2 nights at AOA. I was leary on doing a value for the last 2 nights being that we will be spoiled from AKL and BCV, but my kids love the values. AOA looks amazing and I don't think we will be disappointed.
We are doing the 10 day park ticket with water parks and more. We are not sure if we want the hopper. I figure if we hop i will just upgrade while we are there. I plan to do the photopass +. We will be doing some of the character meals that are included on it and all of the rides that are included on it so it is a good value for us. We always have over over 1500 pictures on our photopass after editing and borders.
I originally planned on doing the dining plan, but the QS plan is not for us, the basic didnt fit with our plans and the deluxe was to much. I am not a big dessert person, but love apps. It looked like TIW made more sense. I rearranged our dining choices and it ends up being a better value for us.
We do use touring plans. I am a huge planner so I love making my little binder with our plans. The kids love it too. It works for us.
This is what I got right now...
6/14 - arrive at POR around 12pm. We plan to grab lunch at Riverside and dinner at Boatwrights. We will just relax today and enjoy resort.
6/15 - GF pirate cruise for DS and hair wrap for DD. We then plan on going to DTD for lunch at TREX and maybe Characters in Flight. We will eat dinner at the resort at Sassagoula. My sister is coming in this night and will arrive around 11pm.
6/16 - Heading to BB today and then checking into AKL. Lunch at Sanaa and dinner at Jiko.
6/17 - EP future world only. Lunch at Le Cellier and dinner at San Angel Inn.
6/18 - HS, lunch at Sci Fi Dine In and dinner at Brown Derby. Fantasmic.
6/19 - Breakfast at Ohanas, Shopping at DTD, Dinner at 1900 Park Fare
6/20 - EP World Showcase, snack around world, dinner at Marrakesh. Illuminations.
6/21 - AK. breakfast at Tusker House and dinner at Boma. DS going to Neverland and DD to community center with her cousins. Adults going to do the monorail crawl.
6/22 - MK, breakfast at CP, lunch at CRT, dinner at BOG. Wishes.
6/23 - AK in Am. Lunch at RFC. BB at night. Dinner at Mara. My sister is leaving tonight which is why I had to pack all of the nighttime entertainment in this week.