July 2013 First trip for me in 13 years.

MauMau

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Hello we are going to Disney World in July of 2013 I know we are way head of the game on planing but I am a perfectionist when it comes to planing. I am working on plans for my 30th B-day cruise to the med (6 years from now).

About Us
Any way we Me 24 DW 23 Niece 4 and Nephew 3 are going to go to WDW in July 2013 and we will be staying in Port Orleans Riverside. My wife went with her family in 2009 and that's were they stayed. So that's were she wants to stay so as normal she'll win.

Getting There
We will be driving from the Cleveland area and renting a car from Enterprise as I don't want to put 2500 miles on my own car. Plane tickets are too much and because my sister-in law has never flown I want to put her mind at ease and drive with her kids. The best part is DW's aunt lives in North Carolina so its almost exactly half way, and it will give me the opportunity to meet family I haven't met yet.

At Disney
We are going to stay at Disney July 13 - 20. We are getting the water park fun and more option. With the dinning package plus which gives 1 table service 1 quick service and 1 snack per person per day. Which is a great deal as far as what park well do what day we don't have that planed yet. I really really want to take the kids and DW to Kennedy Space Center one day. The day we get in if everything goes to plan we will get in at around 6pm on the 13th and we will use that first night to relax and prep for the next day.

The Downside
The problem is right now we are not able to book our package for our dates until around Sept. Which I guess is ok because it will give me more time so I can put a bigger deposit down.

Trip Cost
As of right now our total trip cost on this years prices is $4600 and that's if we decide to rent a car.

Thank you for sticking with me I can be long winded sometimes I will update when ever anything changes.
 
Welcome! I've only been around for a few days as well, but let the planning begin!
 
So we have our a driving plan as of right now. Will it change as we get closer most likely.

Thu July 11
Pick up rental car

Fri July 12
4:00 AM: Get double check to make sure we got everything
5:00 AM: Out the door and over to my SIL's to pick up the kids
5:30 AM: Settle in for the long 20hr drive
7:00 AM: Potty break
8:00-9:00 AM: Stop for breakfast and to give kids a break
9:00 AM: Continue drive
11:00 AM: Potty break
12:00-1:30 PM: Stop for lunch
1:30 PM: Continue drive
3:30 PM: Potty break
5:00-6:00 PM: Arrive at DW's aunt's house in NC

Sat July 13
5:30 AM: Up and out the door
8:00-9:00 AM: Stop for breakfast
9:00 AM: Continue drive
11:00 AM: Potty break
12:00-1:30 PM: Stop for lunch (we should be well into FL by now)
1:30 PM: Continue drive
3:30 PM: Potty break
5:00-6:00 PM: Arrive at Port Orleans Riverside
6:00 PM: Relax and rest up for the night and prep for tomorrow.

Does anyone see any problems with this. Anyone who has experience driving this long with kids. Ive taken them on drives before but never this long. Any tips for the drive would be great. We do plan on bringing our portable DVD player.
 














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