i know that convential wisdom says to rent the points and book cash, but we just like the ease of booking thru ms. plus i did some calculating before vakl add on last year and i don't think that once it all said and done in 2042 the cost will be all that different for points users.
we will be driving, a little less than cindy's drive from chicagoland, we usually drive to tallahassee for the night and then get to the world about lunchtime. last (06) christmas we drove all the way to gainesville in one shot, due to nbc changing game time to sunday night. last labor day trip we left after school and drove to baton rouge, makes for a long second day, should've gutted it up and drove to pensacola.
i have just caught up on the whole thread, btw what happens to the posts from the other thread when they merge? i couldn't tell if they got put in here or what.
we did the
mvmcp last christmas, member discount night, i think that makes it more crowded, it was rainy and drizzly most of the night, kind of a miserable parade, and jordan was pretty much out by then, but it cleared for fireworks, complete with tinkerbell, but i'm not sure that i would go on dvc night again. we forgot to get our comp photo, of course after the showers who wanted to get their picture taken?
being another christmas baby myself, i had a lot of the same experiences. a little luckier that it was early, my mom instituted a rule that we wouldn't start christmas until after my day, but i remember a reindeer cake one year. it frustrates the kids who want to start decorating at thanksgiving, but i make them wait, (don't want a live tree in the house more than two weeks, anyway).
we made our second hhi trip two summers ago, be sure to eat at the sea shack, it was one of our favorites. don't know if we'll go back to sea pines again, plenty of stuff to do on the rest of the island. but we really like it there and vero as well, we went there at labor day for our second time.
angie, my fil is a cm, works in security. he retired and then just went back last year, basically to pay for this cruise. he is at the sports complex now, but worked all over the world, so you may have run across him out there. he got us onto the pooh ride when they were doing the cm only rides.
i think i have gone on too long, but i was just rying to catch up a little bit. i know there is something else i wanted to reply to, ...maybe later.
It's supposed to be back into the seventies and sunny come Monday so it is going to be a very long weekend.
Our DS13 is off to hunt and ski for the weekend. I hope he packed every layer we imagined he might need. I'd hate to have a popsicle return home on Sunday. 
They barely stop cars coming and going over the border, so it doesn't surprise me that we have an immigration problem in the U.S.
I no longer worry about crossing the border. It's as simple as going to the mall for a day of shopping, which is sad to say.
Now Costa Maya we have never been to, so we are excited to visit a new place!!!! 
Love-Eeyore! We're glad you found us! 
(can you tell I'm still excited even though this is cruise #4). They love DCL, want this as their only vacation if they get only one vacation and do not want any other cruise ship. We are all excited for the Christmas cruise also but it seems too far away right now.
