January 20111...let's start planning

[sandynd]

Hi Elle, The age range I've seen is 5-22. PM me if you're interested - I will try to set up a group.

 

[umieesa]

I was also interested in having my kids participate in the YES program in　January, but I'm not too familiar with it. Do I have to join some sort of group to participate or is it enough to book with Disney and let them know I homeschool?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[elle bell]

sandynd Thanks for the info. It looks like my DD will be 6 months too young to participate. Good luck getting a group together.

 

[sandynd]

I was also interested in having my kids participate in the YES program in　January, but I'm not too familiar with it. Do I have to join some sort of group to participate or is it enough to book with Disney and let them know I homeschool?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

If you're going for Homeschool Days, you can just go as a family, you do not have to be part of a group. I answered your PM before I read this. Homeschool days are January 25-27 2011 I believe.

 

[Tiana]

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[sandynd]

From the Disney YES Website:

Just announced! The next Disney Homeschool Days event is planned for September 8 & 9, 2010 and January 24 & 25, 2011.

So there you go!!

 

[PrincessKellen74]

Just booked Jan.5-12 for the Half Marathon that my hubby is running! I simply can not wait...is it Jan yet???

Also, we are staying POFQ, first time there and first time staying a Mod!!

 

[hroyale]

We've booked BCV for the first 5 nights of our trip.

We'll probably do AKV for the final two nights.

This will be our third year in a row going the last week in Jan. It will probably be the last for a while so I want to make the most of it. ;-)

Heather

 

[CrystalCastle]

I see it's almost been a month since our last post! Jan 2011 planners, how's it going? Are you hanging in there? I get more excited with each passing day!

 

[JennaWest]

We are planning a Jan 2011 trip, we always go in Jan or Sept. That is my sister, her husband, my and my soon to be husband -9 days away- and this coming feb. will be our parents 25th wedding anniversery so we wanted to take them to disney, they haven't been for probably 15-20 years.
We debated on what rooms to get, we thought we decided on 3 bwv studios but we called and they are already booked before the 7 months. So we debated, do we go do we not go, wait a few months, lets try a few othe options and wa-la we are going to try for 3 pref. view studios at bwv or bcv. After all we should splurge a little, it is their 25th!

Does anyone have suggestions on healthier choices for resturants, our parents have been on a health kick, we always get dxddp and hit every steakhouse, atleast once.

 

[kanderson89]

Just made reservations this afternoon!! Jan 2-9 at WL again. Now, let's hope for a code/pin/discount. But in the meantime, on with dinner reservations!

 

[JanuaryF]

We've started planning a trip for January 26-Feb 2, covering two birthdays (my 39th, and my daugther's 7th). Right now I'm too excited to think about much else!

We are trying to keep costs down so we can do this more often, and would love to stay onsite, but it would really depend on whether there is a deal or not. (Fingers crossed that there is a deal!) No deal means we will need to more seriously look at off site.

Seems kinda funny that I don't know what the rates are going to be for 2011, where we are going to be staying, or what the park hours are going to be, but I need to make my ADRs in August. Craziness!

 

[CrystalCastle]

We are planning a Jan 2011 trip, we always go in Jan or Sept. That is my sister, her husband, my and my soon to be husband -9 days away- and this coming feb. will be our parents 25th wedding anniversery so we wanted to take them to disney, they haven't been for probably 15-20 years.
We debated on what rooms to get, we thought we decided on 3 bwv studios but we called and they are already booked before the 7 months. So we debated, do we go do we not go, wait a few months, lets try a few othe options and wa-la we are going to try for 3 pref. view studios at bwv or bcv. After all we should splurge a little, it is their 25th!

Does anyone have suggestions on healthier choices for resturants, our parents have been on a health kick, we always get dxddp and hit every steakhouse, atleast once.

Congrats to your parents on 25 years!! What an awesome way to celebrate! I wish I was more help on the restaurants but I don't typically watch what I eat while I'm there. I hope someone else here can help you out with that.

Just made reservations this afternoon!! Jan 2-9 at WL again. Now, let's hope for a code/pin/discount. But in the meantime, on with dinner reservations!

I'm with you! I am hoping there is a discount again this Jan. What places are you planning on eating at? I've only been twice and am always looking for new places to try.

We've started planning a trip for January 26-Feb 2, covering two birthdays (my 39th, and my daugther's 7th). Right now I'm too excited to think about much else!

We are trying to keep costs down so we can do this more often, and would love to stay onsite, but it would really depend on whether there is a deal or not. (Fingers crossed that there is a deal!) No deal means we will need to more seriously look at off site.

Seems kinda funny that I don't know what the rates are going to be for 2011, where we are going to be staying, or what the park hours are going to be, but I need to make my ADRs in August. Craziness!

I hope there are deals so your family can stay onsite! Celebrating 2 birthdays at WDW sounds like a wonderful vacation!!

 

[studentmom]

We're hoping to go 1/25-2/3 and stay at Pop this time.
We haven't been to WDW since 2007, so I'm trying to see what all has changed since then.

We're so excited!!

 

[jasonhutch]

We are planning to go from 1/17/2011 - 1/23/2011 next year. We have gone the past two years in January as well: 1/19/2010 - 1/25/2010 and 1/20/2009 - 1/27/2009. We've gotten very lucky with the weather our past two trips. We just missed the big freeze this past January. We've only had one day (out of 14) where it rained at all. Temps have been mostly in the 70s with some 80s mixed in as well! Crowd levels have been very low. We used TourGuideMike to plan both trips and avoid the crowds. It's awesome to be the only ones in line for the bus at the hotel in the morning and look over at another park's line with a ton of people in it! We have been lucky enough to be chosen as the "opening family" at Magic Kingdom during both of our trips!

We have twin 5-year old boys who love Disney World! They are starting Kindergarten this Fall so I'm a little leery to take them out of school, but hopefully it won't be a big deal.


We're hoping for a free dining offer this year. That seems to save us the most money. We stayed at All-Star Sports the first year and got two adjoining rooms at POP last year. We'll probably stick with something in the Value category this time.

If anyone has any questions about WDW in January, let me know!

 

[elle bell]

Anyone else getting excited about booking their ADR's?

Crossing my fingers that I can get an early ADR for breakfast at CRT! It should be a great way to start off our trip!

 

[studentmom]

We are planning to go from 1/17/2011 - 1/23/2011 next year. We have gone the past two years in January as well: 1/19/2010 - 1/25/2010 and 1/20/2009 - 1/27/2009. We've gotten very lucky with the weather our past two trips. We just missed the big freeze this past January. We've only had one day (out of 14) where it rained at all. Temps have been mostly in the 70s with some 80s mixed in as well! Crowd levels have been very low. We used TourGuideMike to plan both trips and avoid the crowds. It's awesome to be the only ones in line for the bus at the hotel in the morning and look over at another park's line with a ton of people in it! We have been lucky enough to be chosen as the "opening family" at Magic Kingdom during both of our trips!

We have twin 5-year old boys who love Disney World! They are starting Kindergarten this Fall so I'm a little leery to take them out of school, but hopefully it won't be a big deal.


We're hoping for a free dining offer this year. That seems to save us the most money. We stayed at All-Star Sports the first year and got two adjoining rooms at POP last year. We'll probably stick with something in the Value category this time.

If anyone has any questions about WDW in January, let me know!

That sounds wonderful! I'm really looking forward to going in the winter this time. They've had free dining in January before? That would be so cool if they did that, again! The cost of airfaire alone is going to make up almost half of our vacation total, so any discounts would be welcome, lol.

 

[studentmom]

Anyone else getting excited about booking their ADR's?

Crossing my fingers that I can get an early ADR for breakfast at CRT! It should be a great way to start off our trip!

Oh, I am! I do hope we try a new restaurant this time, though. We always seem to choose the same ones, lol. Hope you get CRT! We've never been there before.

 

[elle bell]

studentmom What places have you eaten at?

The only table service dining we've done at WDW is Chef Mickey's and Tokyo Dining.

Here's our ADR list for our next trip:
Crystal Palace
CRT or Akershus as a back up
Jiko or California Grill (DH and I haven't decided which one yet)

 

[studentmom]

studentmom What places have you eaten at?

The only table service dining we've done at WDW is Chef Mickey's and Tokyo Dining.

Here's our ADR list for our next trip:
Crystal Palace
CRT or Akershus as a back up
Jiko or California Grill (DH and I haven't decided which one yet)

We've done Le Cellier, Kona, Boma (breakfast), Crystal Palace, Ohana (breakfast), Chef Mickey's (breakfast), Akershus (breakfast), and Mama Melrose and 1900 Parkfair (dinner). We've had wonderful meals at all of them. I would like to try something in the place of mama melrose, 1900 parkfair, and maybe Chef Mickey's, though. Tutto Italia and Raglan Road sound yummy


Does anyone know if they still do that Pirate Princess Party?