I Can't Believe We're Really Doing This?! & I Refuse To Cancel!

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So, I was supossed to be in Disney World a month ago(Aug.12-Aug.18)..but unfotunetly I had to cancel because my grandparents renewed their vows and if I would have been in Disney I would have missed it. My grandparents never had a real wedding so 50 years later they decided to do it. It was beautiful and everyone had a blast, so I am glad I wasn't in Disney during it. But I was so bummed when i had to cancel!

I was going to Disney with my DBF. We have been together for two years, going on three, and he has never been to WDW before! I was so excited to finally take him. I seriously talk about it all the time. My family and I were in Disney last in October 2009, and DBF wasn't able to come with us. You know I still talk about that trip and look at the pictures with him. I can't help it, I am OBSESSED.

But we had to cancel and can I just tell you, Disney makes that nearly IMPOSSIBLE to do...
The two of us went in my room with my phone and all of our info for the trip (ADR's, Reservation #..etc.) and as we are waiting for them to put a representitive on the phone they are playing songs from the rides, I was dying. I didn't wanna do it! And when we finally got someone he was kept asking me if I wanted to switch it to another date, I told him I wasn't sure when we were going to make it there because we both work so we have to get the dates approved at work first so we were just calling to cancel for now and when we can, we will book another vacation with them for sure. I was so upset I cried.

But now I am happy, because we are going this time!! The dates are February 13th-February 18th 2011. I cannot wait and DBF is super excited. I told him I refuse to cancel this time, I don't care who is getting married .

Let me introduce us!
My name is Stephanie, I am 20 and this will be my third time going to WDW. My first time ever in Disney was in 2001, I was 11 and my grandmother(yes, the one that just get remarried) took me to Disneyland in California. Then in 2005 I went to WDW with my family for the first time, and my mom have been obsessed since. We are both constantly online looking up dates to go. We recently got to go again in October 2009 and my grandparents came along with us. We had a really good time, but I missed my DBF! He stayed at my house and watched my doggies while we were away, because he could not get off from work.

My DBF is Stevie, he is 21 years old and he cannot wait to get to WDW! He is sicl of hearing about it and would like to experience it all for himself. He has been dealing with my Disney obsession for over two years now, and he wants to see what it is all about. I cannot to go because I know he is going to LOVE it.

This is us:

I can't wait to have a picture of us together in Disney to put up!

 

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As we were planning this trip we were trying to decide on a date that makes sense. We both have birthdays in March, I am thee 24th, he is the 30th. But DBF has recently joined the Navy and we do not know if he will be here for those dates, so we needed something sooner. Then my mom came to me with these dates, I didn't even realize she did it so that we would be in Disney for Valentine's Day. When I first saw the dates I was like these are random .

We are going to be staying at All Star Music Resort. I have stayed at All Star Movies and Caribbean Beach Resort before, and I really enjoyed the All Stars. DBF wanted to stay at Corronado Springs, but we got such a good deal this time and I told him that if we do All Star Music this time, we will deffinetly do Corronado Springs next time.

We will be arriving at MCO at 9:55PM on the 13th. I am a little bummed about this, only because throughout our entire trip MK only has extra magic hours that night. Every other night we are there MK closes at 8PM, but the first night we are there they are open till 12AM and I did not get tickets for that day because we are not arriving till like 10PM. But I am happy we will be in WDW at all so I can't complain.

We got 5 day park hoppers, I did not get water parks because when I asked about the weather in February they told me the warmest it will be is 73 degress. But, the pools are heated and are 80 degress all of the time. But we only have 5 days, so I would rather hop from park to park and swim at the resort, then try to squeeze in water park time. DBF is a little bummed about this because he really wanted to go to Typhoon Lagoon for the wave pool and the crush and gusher water coasters. Maybe I will add water parks and surprise him, but for right now I am satisfied with what I have. If anyone has ever been to WDW in February and think it is worth it to add water parks please let me know! I have never been in February so I can only go by what I was told about the weather at that time.

We got free QSD for our trip. I have always had the DDP and we would have to work around our reservations and I hate that. So I figured we would be able to do more and get more done with QSD. I know we definetly want to eat in Epcot because of all of the different options there. I love Casey's Corner in MK, so I know we will be eating there as well. But we have a lot of options with the QSD and if we really wanted to we could always make reservations and just pay out of pocket for a nice sit down dinner. We are also saving money this way because I will not have to pay tips and therefore I will have more spending money .

 

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While we are there the park hours are as follows:

Animal Kingdom
14th: 8-6 w/ extra magic hrs in the morning.
15th: 9-6
16th: 9-9 w/ extra magic hrs at night.
17th: 9-6
18th: 9-6

Epcot-Future World & World Showcase
14th: 9-7 & 11-9
15th: 9-7 & 8-9 w/ extra magic hrs in the morning.
16th: 9-7 & 11-9
17th: 9-7 & 11-9
18th: 9-12 w/ extra magic hrs at night. & 11-9

Hollywood Studios
14th: 9-10 w/ extra magic hrs at night.
15th: 9-7
16th: 9-7
17th: 9-8 w/ extra magic hrs at night.
18th: 9-7

Magic Kingdom
14th: 9-8
15th: 9-8
16th: 9-8
17th: 8-8
18th: 8-8

I did not include our first night there, because we are not arriving till late, so I didn't get tickets for that day (the 13th).

Parades/Shows/Fireworks:

Magic Kingdom
Wishes is every night at 8PM
Dream Come True Parade is everyday at 3PM
The Spectromagic Parade is the 14th and the 17th at 7PM

Epcot
Illuminations is every night at 9PM

Hollywood Studios
Block Party Bash is everyday at 3PM
Fantasmic is the 13th and the 17th at 7PM and 7:30PM

Animal Kingdom
Jammin' Jungle Parade is everyday at 3:45PM

Now I just have to figure out when I am going to what parks