Making Good on a Very Merry Promise! COMPLETE!

[dismom9761]

Love the pictures,your kids are adorable!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

UPDATE HERE!
Okay… since you really want to know!
So… we have decided on the week after Thanksgiving. Sort of. We are starting our vacation on Friday, the day after Turkey Day and heading back home the following Friday. Because… we can! And we are driving. It’s only a 10 hour drive from here and flights for the 5 of us plus a rental car… out of the question.

Now… where should we stay?

This is where I begin to spend every waking hour on the DIS and the Disney website. I was lurking and reading everything! I priced every possible thing you could imagine. See… we have 3 kids. That means our options are: Values - family suites; Moderates – POR, using a trundle; Deluxe or DVC. Deluxe and DVC… tooooo much! Mods… double beds – no, we are not little people.

I finally decided that the best thing to do was get 2 connecting rooms at a Value… it’s actually cheaper than the family suite. I added all that up with tickets and presented my findings to the moneymaker. He choked a little bit. He then suggests we check off-site. Darn. He remembered that I was willing to stay off-site for the trip that never was and he called me on it. So… we checked out that Hilton … turns out you can’t get that room for $150 a night anymore! We checked every other hotel known to man. The fact remains that 5 people in one hotel room just isn’t very comfortable. The boys have to share a bed and one of them always falls out! And Abby has to sleep on a pull out sofa or a roll away and that leaves her feeling like the stepchild.

So I started looking at vrbo.com. Lots of folks rent a house or a condo. I found a few things and showed them to Tom later that night. One of them was a new condo-tel place called Lake Buena Vista Resort and Spa. It looks lovely. Brand new. Granite counter-tops, stainless appliances, big huge flat screen TV in the LR. We looked at a 2 bd/2 bath unit and saw that it had a king in the master, twins in the 2nd, and a pull out sofa in the living room. Abby could sleep on the sofa. Uh-oh, she heard that. She said, “People, for once in my life could I sleep in a real bed on vacation?!?” Well… there’s a 3 bd/3 bath for about fifty more bucks – total. SURE! In fact, you can have your own bedroom and bathroom. We were, even if ever so briefly, rock stars to her! So we booked it right then. We are staying off-site to the tune of $1200 for 7 nights.

PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME NOW THAT YOU KNOW!!!

I do wish we were staying on-site… right there in the middle of it all. I love the total immersion… the all Disney, all the time. But the truth is, DH does not. Plus, this way we can spread out and hopefully not hate each other by the time our vacation is over! So, we did it my way last time and this time we will try it his way. He’s happy… that goes a loooong way in my book! And if it is a disaster… it’s all HIS fault.

I’ve given you a lot to read today so I’ll stop here. Coming soon… how many days will we visit the parks? What night are we going to MVMCP? Are we going to any “other” parks on this trip? I hope you will all stick around to find out… even though I’m a traitor.

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Love the pictures,your kids are adorable!

Thanks Amy! Yeah, I think I'll keep 'em!

 

[dismom9761]

I have to say I am excited to read a pretrip (and hopefully trip report ) with someone staying offsite.There are six in my family and I can see a time when we have to stay offsite to afford to go. I think having a kitchen and washer/dryer would be awesome!

 

[Trentmom]

Hey Love!!

See I have missed two installments

They are great

Your boys are too cute

Your dd is very pretty....your phone is going to be ringng off the hook when she gets a bit older...I wonder if dh will like that??

That condo/suite sounds great. Shame you couldn't do onsite this time, but you got to make everyone happy, espcially the moneymaker..


I am guessing you are doing disney parks for 5 days and THe OTHER Park and is PARK IN CRIME.....THE OTHER TWO DAYS...

am I right??

 

[Tat2ddisneymom]

SHAME ON YOU FOR NOT STAYING ON PROPERTY!!!!

I'm only kidding...that sounds like a nice place. I think Disney DOES charge WAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY too much for their villas, just because its Disney and they can. Sounds like you got a sweet deal, though. I've stayed off property before and liked it just as well as if I had been on property.

 

[kindakrazy2]

Yeah Tat's back!

Score on the 3 bedroom Buzz! Is it close to Disney?

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Yeah Tat's back!

Score on the 3 bedroom Buzz! Is it close to Disney?

It is pretty darn close to Disney. At least it seems to be from what I can tell... I'll let you all know if it was close enough when I get back! I hope we like it!

Tat... glad that you've liked it off prop. That's encouraging. I just don't want to be disappointed, kwim?

Sharky... you're so funny! No, DH will NOT like boys coming anywhere NEAR his little girl! She's already got posters of Zac Efron and the Jonas Bros. all over her bedroom walls and her favorite thing to read now is Tiger Beat mag!

Your guess is partly right... but what is "park in crime"?

 

[kindakrazy2]

Your guess is partly right... but what is "park in crime"?

You know, the "other" "other park"! The one with "Islands" in it!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

You know, the "other" "other park"! The one with "Islands" in it!

UNI?!??! Nope... not going there. I've never heard it called that. The joke is totally lost on me... I don't get it!

We are going somewhere else though! Some of you know already so

 

[dismom9761]

Sea World?

 

[Trentmom]

It is pretty darn close to Disney. At least it seems to be from what I can tell... I'll let you all know if it was close enough when I get back! I hope we like it!

Tat... glad that you've liked it off prop. That's encouraging. I just don't want to be disappointed, kwim?

Sharky... you're so funny! No, DH will NOT like boys coming anywhere NEAR his little girl! She's already got posters of Zac Efron and the Jonas Bros. all over her bedroom walls and her favorite thing to read now is Tiger Beat mag!

Your guess is partly right... but what is "park in crime"?

I used to love TIger Beat...DH is in trouble for sure..I had Corey Haim and others all over my wall

Park in Crime(instead of Parnter in Crime).....Island of Adventure

Meaning, Universal is the other park...the one we don't talk about..as it is not Disney

 

[Poohtigeey]

Wow I missed alot today! I need to just become a hermit, and stay home & DIS all day! Until we leave for Disney that is!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Sea World?

Shh... it's a secret... just between you and me, okay?

I used to love TIger Beat...DH is in trouble for sure..I had Corey Haim and others all over my wall

Park in Crime(instead of Parnter in Crime).....Island of Adventure

Meaning, Universal is the other park...the one we don't talk about..as it is not Disney

I couldn't believe that Tiger Beat was still in print! You're younger than me... for me it was Shawn Cassidy! Oh, be still my heart!

And thanks for spelling that joke out for me... I appreciate it!

Wow I missed alot today! I need to just become a hermit, and stay home & DIS all day! Until we leave for Disney that is!

I was wondering where you've been and did you just call me a hermit?

 

[Trentmom]

Shh... it's a secret... just between you and me, okay?



I couldn't believe that Tiger Beat was still in print! You're younger than me... for me it was Shawn Cassidy! Oh, be still my heart!

And thanks for spelling that joke out for me... I appreciate it!



I was wondering where you've been and did you just call me a hermit?

Shawn Cassidy?? Partridge Family???

I think I also had New Kids on the Block, Kirk Cameron, Mario Lopez....etc....

No problem...I am always here to help

 

[Poohtigeey]

Nicole!

One more post, and you're a veteran!!!!!

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Nicole!

One more post, and you're a veteran!!!!!

I'm a VETERAN BABY!









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I wasn't even paying attention to that today! I just posted my 500th on DDads' thread telling Trentmom, Kindakrazy and OrangeBlossom that they almost made me pee my pants! CLASSY!

 

[Poohtigeey]

I'm a VETERAN BABY!

I wasn't even paying attention to that today! I just posted my 500th on DDads' thread telling Trentmom, Kindakrazy and OrangeBlossom that they almost made me pee my pants! CLASSY! ​

Congrats!!!! My 500th was a HUGE vent about an arrogant teacher on RoxanneandSteves PTR. Oh well. We're there. That's all that matters. No one re-reads our CRAZY comments anyway, right?​

 

[Trentmom]

I'm a VETERAN BABY!









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I wasn't even paying attention to that today! I just posted my 500th on DDads' thread telling Trentmom, Kindakrazy and OrangeBlossom that they almost made me pee my pants! CLASSY!

It wa a very fitting 500th post

 

[Trentmom]

Congrats!!!! My 500th was a HUGE vent about an arrogant teacher on RoxanneandSteves PTR. Oh well. We're there. That's all that matters. No one re-reads our CRAZY comments anyway, right?

Roxanne and Steve?? That reminds me of the movie Roxanne with Steve Martin in it..that movie always cracked me up