*** New Official February 2013 Thread ***

[GrumpyFamilyof5]

Heavier than the first week of February but not THAT bad. Things start to pick up on the 16th so I'd use your earlier days to hit your must-dos and the last two days to revisit favorites.

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phew..Thanks!

 

[apentney]

4weeks from right now I will be locking down the house to begin our journey to WDW

 

[rscherrer]

Assuming we missed the boat, but I'd also like someone to explain, if possible. Thanks

Sorry, I do not read this thread often, so I did not reply sooner.
The deal was at Target, before Christmas. They ran it two weekends. There was a coupon from target that was a $10 Target GC for every $50 spent. So, like many others, I printed off a bunch of coupons and went to Target early morning, before the crowds. Target only accepts 4 of the same coupon per transaction, so I bought 4 $50 WDW GC, then went back and bought 4 more, redeeming the Target GC'c (4 x $10) for a total of $40 off $200 in GC. Plus, I used the target red card, which gets you 5% off your purchase. (an additional $8.00 off the $160.00 left after redeeming the target GC, or 4%). So I went through a total of 5 times, buying 20 GC. I went through the same cashiers line every time, as she was a college student and did the transactions without any hassles (some cashiers are really strict, and call mngr over), and then used those to but my WDW admission tickets through the ticket office. I ended up with $40.00 in GC for target at the end, which I used for my regular shopping (so I saved part of my cash right then). All this means is that I have 3 tickets, plus some extra GC that I will use for food and/or store purchases in the park. Target ran this LY, and again this year. postings were all over the deal sites (dealsaver, slickdeals, and fatwallet). I do not know if they will run it any other time of the year, but it is the ONLY way I know to get truly discounted tickets, other than UCT- and that really only works out to about 6-7%. The pkgs are good discounts, but it is spread over 2 or 3 things, so you really can't distinguish what the overall discount is. This way, I can stay at a DTD resort, for fairly cheap, plus take discounts on everything else. The magic mornings was a concern, but hopefully the low crowds will balance not getting those. I have purchased a package before at Disneyland, but that was several years ago, and I was making more money then. Needed to stay on a tight budget. I would love to do this annually, but I really need to keep it down on the spend in order to do that. I redeemed the cards thru the ticket office, with a really nice CM, and we talked and joked all thru it (as I had to read her 17 cards with 16 digits each to complete the trans). She asked me how this was all happening and I explained a little, but no specifics so as not to get target in trouble. However, whe shared with me that someone had called in and redeemed 94 cards. I do not know if they were $25 or $50 increments, but it could have been $4700 for which potentially may have only costed $3572
I don't know if target will have this anytime soon again, but I think it is a good bet they will run this at christmas again.

 

[luckycharliegirl]

I'm in New Orleans and although its 47 deg out. I'm in jeans and a heavy sweater. My daughter has short sleeves and a coat

If it was 47 degrees here right now, I'd be outside in a Tshirt!!! Our elevation makes for a very warm sun!!

 

[melissarose]

TWENTY-NINE DAYS!!!

p.s. totally random non-disney related thought but everyone on this board is so darn friendly i just wanted to say i just applied to graduate school so can you all keep your fingers crossed?! lol i'm hoping disney vibes bring me good luck!!!

 

[sommergirl25]

TWENTY-NINE DAYS!!!

p.s. totally random non-disney related thought but everyone on this board is so darn friendly i just wanted to say i just applied to graduate school so can you all keep your fingers crossed?! lol i'm hoping disney vibes bring me good luck!!!

Good luck! I'm not sure what is entailed with getting into grad school but I'm sure it is nervewracking.

 

[BeBeCee]

Howdy! A little late to the Official February 2013 Thread but doing the happy dance here in Texas. Less than 4 weeks away and our Winnebago Sightseer will be headed to Fort Wilderness which we love, love, love. We will be arriving 2/2 and departing 2/10. Hitting all the parks and can't wait!

Chef Mickey's 2/3 1030am
Akershus 2/4 1045am
Ohana 2/5 515pm
Be Our Guest 2/6 530pm
Crystal Palace 2/8 1145am
HDDR 2/8 4pm

 

[aaarcher86]

TWENTY-NINE DAYS!!!

p.s. totally random non-disney related thought but everyone on this board is so darn friendly i just wanted to say i just applied to graduate school so can you all keep your fingers crossed?! lol i'm hoping disney vibes bring me good luck!!!

Good luck! Nice way to ease into grad school - A Disney trip!

Howdy! A little late to the Official February 2013 Thread but doing the happy dance here in Texas. Less than 4 weeks away and our Winnebago Sightseer will be headed to Fort Wilderness which we love, love, love. We will be arriving 2/2 and departing 2/10. Hitting all the parks and can't wait!

Chef Mickey's 2/3 1030am
Akershus 2/4 1045am
Ohana 2/5 515pm
Be Our Guest 2/6 530pm
Crystal Palace 2/8 1145am
HDDR 2/8 4pm

Please please PLEASE tell me you have Lonestar on your Winnebago!!! Or at least Barf. Give me Barf

(If you haven't seen this movie you HAVE to watch it on the drive down!)

 

[wdwtwins]

Howdy! A little late to the Official February 2013 Thread but doing the happy dance here in Texas. Less than 4 weeks away and our Winnebago Sightseer will be headed to Fort Wilderness which we love, love, love. We will be arriving 2/2 and departing 2/10. Hitting all the parks and can't wait!

Chef Mickey's 2/3 1030am
Akershus 2/4 1045am
Ohana 2/5 515pm
Be Our Guest 2/6 530pm
Crystal Palace 2/8 1145am
HDDR 2/8 4pm

Awesome! Have fun!

 

[Wood Nymph]

Howdy! A little late to the Official February 2013 Thread but doing the happy dance here in Texas. Less than 4 weeks away and our Winnebago Sightseer will be headed to Fort Wilderness which we love, love, love. We will be arriving 2/2 and departing 2/10. Hitting all the parks and can't wait!

Chef Mickey's 2/3 1030am
Akershus 2/4 1045am
Ohana 2/5 515pm
Be Our Guest 2/6 530pm
Crystal Palace 2/8 1145am
HDDR 2/8 4pm

We have reservations at 'Ohana on February 5th at 5:15pm, too! If you see a family of six, two grandparents, two parents and two kids, five and three years olds, that's us.

 

[wvasweetness]

We have reservations at 'Ohana on February 5th at 5:15pm, too! If you see a family of six, two grandparents, two parents and two kids, five and three years olds, that's us.

We will be there at 5:30 - 4 kids under 5, total of 8 of us. Might see you there.

 

[BeBeCee]

We will be there at 5:30 - 4 kids under 5, total of 8 of us. Might see you there.

Yay! We are a small party of three (our daughter is also 5) but sounds like we will be in good company that night. The little ones will love the coconut races!

And Wood Nymph, hope to see you at race time too!

 

[LucyBC80]

TWENTY-NINE DAYS!!!

p.s. totally random non-disney related thought but everyone on this board is so darn friendly i just wanted to say i just applied to graduate school so can you all keep your fingers crossed?! lol i'm hoping disney vibes bring me good luck!!!

32 days here!

Good luck, I hope you hear good news soon.

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[Kathymford]

I need to cancel Ohana for 2 adults on Feb 27 at 7:50pm. I'm not sure when I will do it though. Let me know if anyone is interested in coordinating.

 

[Wood Nymph]

We will be there at 5:30 - 4 kids under 5, total of 8 of us. Might see you there.

Yay! We are a small party of three (our daughter is also 5) but sounds like we will be in good company that night. The little ones will love the coconut races!

And Wood Nymph, hope to see you at race time too!

It sounds like a party! That place will be rocking with all those five and under kids running around. We have never been to 'Ohana before, but I've heard great things about it.

 

[kkayluvsdis]

Great to hear such good things about 'Ohana! We'll be there for the first time on our arrival night. Hoping to catch wishes from the beach at the poly after. just hit the 20s on our countdown...woo hoo!!!

 

[kkayluvsdis]

TWENTY-NINE DAYS!!!

p.s. totally random non-disney related thought but everyone on this board is so darn friendly i just wanted to say i just applied to graduate school so can you all keep your fingers crossed?! lol i'm hoping disney vibes bring me good luck!!!

What are you getting your graduate degree in? My husband got his PhD at Cornell and I definitely remember how nerve racking the application process was for him/us! Good luck!!

 

[melissarose]

What are you getting your graduate degree in? My husband got his PhD at Cornell and I definitely remember how nerve racking the application process was for him/us! Good luck!!

I am going (hopefully) for my Masters in urban planning! Hopefully will hear back after my trip! February/March is when they start to send out acceptances!!

 

[tink68]

Looking at my calendar and just realized that we only have 40 more days until our trip! Woohoo!!

 

[Terkina]

37 days until our trip We applied for our ESTA's today. Now we have to book our rental car. and then we are ready for the trip