October 2011- who's in? Let's plan and countdown together!!

[Travel Mum]

Count me in please! We are planning to visit WDW and Orlando for our first time October 1- 15, 2011. It will be myself, DH and our 3 DD's who will then be aged 13, 10 and 6. The first 7 nights will be onsite at POR (we are a family-of-five) during which time we will focus on doing the Disney parks and DTD. The next 7 nights we will hire a car and stay offsite (in more spacious accommodation) but not decided where yet. During this week, we will visit Sea World, Universal and IOA plus have a shopping day or two. We will get Park Hopper passes with the Waterparks so will probably visit one water park the first week and go back to do the other the second week. We will also go back to MK to do MNSSHP one night in the second week. We will then drive to Cape Canveral and visit the Kennedy Space Centre, spend the night and then we are booked to do a 7 night Western Caribbean cruise on Freedom of the Seas. It will be the trip of a lifetime for us as we have to travel far to get there and spend an absolute fortune to do it. However I'm so excited and just can't wait It still seems so far away though and I wish for this to make it happen faster!!

Since I posted this, we have made our POR booking and we are adding two days on and now arriving earlier on 29 September so that we get free dining!

 

[queenb123]

we plan on being there 10/22-10/30...can't wait not sure where we will be staying hoping for Cont. but may be CBR.

the plans... if it all workd out.
Sat arrive Character dinner
Sun-Wed... parks , water parks (1st time), MNSSHP
Thur Universal for Harry Potter during the day, liitle ones go to aunties house (she's in Orlando) so me and my oldest can go to HHN... hehehe (1st time there as well)
Fri... Universal//IOA
Sat Hollywood studios
Sun..leave

We hope to get FD as well. Just have to see how it plays out. So far away but I know it will be here soon as I know it.

 

[vikkii19]

Since I had to cancel this year's November trip due to complications with my pregnancy... October seems so far away. Oh well, that means I get to plan a new trip all over again.

We were planning October 2nd - October 8th, but with free dining ending Sept 29th for now, I extended it to September 29th to October 8th, staying at POFQ.

It will just be my DH and I for now. The in-laws want the baby while we're gone, but we might decide to bring her. We'll play that by ear depending on how good a baby she is.

 

[sjs314]

Welcome to all the new October 2011 travelers !

Everytime I see someone say they booked to get the free dining I think maybe we should change our dates as it would save us so much money, only thing is we are leary because of it being hotter and more humid the begining of October. What to do ?

I keep thinking I should change our booking to lock in FD then wait to see what comes out in discounts for the fall, good thing is I do have until Dec 20th to book the FD

 

[Zife]

Hey all. We're in too. We weren't planning on doing a trip next year, but I went into CAA (Canadian AAA) when I moved to change my membership, and walked out with a trip booked to WDW. I guess I'm addicted

Traveling Party
Me (Zife)
DW (Rin)

When are we going?
Sept 29-Oct 6 - Taking advantage of FD, upgrading it to Deluxe (we did this last year too and loved it). Oct 4 is Rin's BDay, so gotta find something special to do.
Oct 6-10 - Off-World

Where are we staying?
AKL, Club Level Savannah View
The first time Rin ever went to WDW (and the first time I stayed on-World) was our honeymoon in 2008. We did 3 nights at AKL and 4 at POFQ. We loved AKL, and it's become our 'home' resort. We're huge fans of Club Level, just for the simplicity of making bookings.

What will we do when we get there?
Obviously all 4 parks, plus hopefully we'll actually do a waterpark this year.
We might check out La Nouba again (did it on our honeymoon, and it turned us into Cirque freaks).
Lots of great food, and probably some character meals.
We're planning on checking out MNSSHP. We did MVMCP last year and *loved* it, so hopefully MNSSHP won't dissapoint.
After we move on from WDW, we plan on checking out Universal, IoA and Sea World. We might take a day off of WDW (check-out day) and go to Discovery Cove too.

Rin is the planner between the two of us (I do my share of research, but far less than her), so I'm having a hard time finding anything to do for her birthday that we didn't do on either my bday or our honeymoon...

 

[2Tiggies]

I'm trying to get the best of both worlds (threads) here. I have posted on the September 11 thread and now on here as we are going for 15 nights from the last week of September and into October.

 

[crazy4wdw]

Please add me to the October 2011 list.

10/15/11 - 10/23/11, Port Orleans French Quarter Resort

Thanks!

 

[mma800]

Please add me to the list!

We will have our first Halloween and first Beach Club stay 10/28-11/2/11

I have splurged and reserved a 2 BR CL suite at BC for my family of five plus 1 uncle. (not a villa)
Dh and I were at MNSSHP when we were engaged, but the kids will surely adore it!

Never done free dining--maybe it will be extended for 2011?? Getting excited and thanks for letting me join in!

 

[SoScary'09]

Hey everyone! We're in as well. Under 12 months so we're starting to get excited!

We are a party of all adults!:
Me (26)
Sis (23)
Mom (she'd hate me forever for posting her age)

Where/When:
Oct 29th-Nov 5th at the Poly! This is going to be our first stay at this resort so it should be fun.

We're going specifically for MNSSHP again on Halloween night. Costumes are still in the planning process...

 

[stephgles]

Its Official. I booked our trip yesterday under a % off pin. I am booked for October 23-29 under the pin. Unfortunately the first 2 days Oct 21-22, will not be covered, so I will book have to book separately for those dates.

Good thing is a still have some no expiration date tickets that I can use for the first 2 days.

Wilderness Lodge here we come

 

[Nermel9]

Its Official. I booked our trip yesterday under a % off pin. I am booked for October 23-29 under the pin. Unfortunately the first 2 days Oct 21-22, will not be covered, so I will book have to book separately for those dates.

Good thing is a still have some no expiration date tickets that I can use for the first 2 days.

Wilderness Lodge here we come

Ugh are there some blackout dates in October with the pin you used? I'm hoping for an October pin, and I was hoping to go 10/14-10/22, but if 10/21 and 22 aren't covered, I'm assuming the whole week is out...

Guess I'll have to rethink my dates if I get a pin!

 

[stephgles]

Ugh are there some blackout dates in October with the pin you used? I'm hoping for an October pin, and I was hoping to go 10/14-10/22, but if 10/21 and 22 aren't covered, I'm assuming the whole week is out...

Guess I'll have to rethink my dates if I get a pin!

That was the only 6 days that pin was offered. Next time frame under the pin was mid November for 6 days as well. I booked as 40 off of 6 nights is better than nothing. Remember it is still early in the game. I am going to keep checking but happy with what I got. Dh on the other hand is not thrilled with needing 2 separate reservations

 

[Monny2AE]

Count me in!!!!

I just booked a room only ressie for Oct. 15-22 and am crossing fingers for a discount or free dining to be released between now and then!!!

Traveling Party
ME- Obsessed with Disney.
DH- He enjoys it when we get there but he doesn't get as excited as I do. He says he'd be more excited if it didn't cost so darn much .
DS- He'll be 7 by the time the trip arrives.
DD- She'll be 4 by then. She's finally 40" so I'm excited for all that she will get to experience that she couldn't last trip.

My parents and my sister's family MAY be joining us but I kind of doubt it.

Where are we staying?
CBR!!!
We're staying at CBR for the 5th time. Our first stay was our honeymoon in 2001 and I always feel like we're going home when we stay there. It holds such great memories for us. I'd love to stay deluxe but my wallet doesn't agree.

What will we do when we get there?
We love our Park Hoppers and visit all the parks. We usually spend at least 2 days at MK and DHS. AK is our least favorite and we only spend about a half day there. I'm debating the water parks for this trip. DH doesn't think it's worth the extra money but if the weather is cooperative it might be fun.

Can't wait to start planning!!!!

 

[Nermel9]

That was the only 6 days that pin was offered. Next time frame under the pin was mid November for 6 days as well. I booked as 40 off of 6 nights is better than nothing. Remember it is still early in the game. I am going to keep checking but happy with what I got. Dh on the other hand is not thrilled with needing 2 separate reservations

Thanks! I called to see if I had a pin, and it turned out I did, and it covered the first week of October, 40% off, so I booked AKL for 10/1-10/9! I wanted to go a little later in the month, but I'm happy with the dates, who can argue with 40% off!

 

[JLVermillion]

Who are we ? The Vermillion family... myself 40 , DH 46 , DD1 25 and her DBFD 25 , DD2 24 , DSiL 27 , DGKDs 2 & 3 and hoping the other 18 Vermillions.

Where and When ? Beach Club Villas 2 BRM Oct 28 - Nov 5 2011. DH and I will be there on the 28th alone for some couples F&W time.

What will we be doing ? Parks, F&W , SAB and everything that comes along with a visit home to the world. We always have to play it by ear when all us Vermillions are together.

 

[stephgles]

Thanks! I called to see if I had a pin, and it turned out I did, and it covered the first week of October, 40% off, so I booked AKL for 10/1-10/9! I wanted to go a little later in the month, but I'm happy with the dates, who can argue with 40% off!

Awesome

 

[Family Loves Disney]

I am totally in!! We are planning on visiting in October for our DD's birthday. Actually, I say "we", but DH isn't completely on board yet. But since I'm the planner and the one that comes up with the $$ to pay for the trip, he will be

We are:
Me - the planner and compulsive fanatic about all things Disney
DH - doesn't quite understand my love of Disney, but accepts me anyway
DD (5) - Drama queen princess
DD (5) - Roll with the punches, go with the flow princess

My family is the same way Me being the planner and OCD fanatic all things Disney, DH not quite understanding my love for Disney and accepts me anyway, DD (7) Drama queen princess or Diva depending on the day (she has SDD - Severe Diva Disorder), DS (10) roll with the punches (most of the time, he has autism, sometimes he doesn't roll at all).

 

[Family Loves Disney]

The following is our potential plans:

Traveling Party
ME - as said before, I'm a Disney OCD fanatic on all things Disney & will be celebrating my 40th birthday too (although my actual birthday is in February, I love going to WDW in October vs February, went Feb 2010 on my actual birthday and I did not pack for the cold weather, we went the week it snowed in Georgia and the cold weather followed us to Florida! It or shall I say I was miserable even though we were at WDW)
DH - will be staying home and going hunting for his vacation while we are at WDW
DS (by then he will be 11)
DD (by then she will be 8)
DN (by then she will be 15) - this will be her first time ever to WDW! I'm so excited to be taking her for her first time. Plus she is going to help me out with DS as we will give Luke a vacation too from being a working service dog for DS, he is going to a Dog Spa Resort.

Where are we staying?
Wilderness Lodge

We will be there October 14th thru 22nd. Want to bump it up early because it will save me money, but as it is, I have to pull the kids out of school a for few days to go then (the kids will have a mini fall break that week) and if I bump up the dates, I will have to pull them out for 5 days instead of 3, DH is not keen on that idea.

This is our first time staying at a Deluxe Resort, DS wanted to stay at a resort with bunkbeds.

What will we do when we get there?
All parks, maybe a water park (water parks scare me with DS because water is one of his OCDs and he wonders off), definitely MNSSHP for a second time, and maybe Universal IOA to see the Harry Potter area. But what I have been reading, it may not be worth going because of overcrowding and long lines, not a place to be taking an autistic child with crowd & long line issues. Not sure what Univeral IOA's policy is for disabled children. Here in Atlanta, a little girl and her family were banned from Universal because the little girl screamed on one of the roller coaster rides and the person sitting in front of her had a fit and was yelling at the little girl for screaming and was disciplining her before the parents came up to her. Of course you can imagine what happened next, someone with the little girl's family video taped the whole thing and next thing you know Universal is kicking the little girl out of the park and banning her from the park for life. So my opinion of a place that bans children from a place that supposedly is geared towards families is not a good one.

 

[JLVermillion]

Please add me to the list!

We will have our first Halloween and first Beach Club stay 10/28-11/2/11

I have splurged and reserved a 2 BR CL suite at BC for my family of five plus 1 uncle. (not a villa)
Dh and I were at MNSSHP when we were engaged, but the kids will surely adore it!

Never done free dining--maybe it will be extended for 2011?? Getting excited and thanks for letting me join in!

We will be there also 10/28-11/5. Hoping the 18 in the family will be there also. Will try to again with the lime green Mickey ears and see if any Disers say hello.

 

[Bookmomhp]

Hi everyone! We had a trip all booked and paid for last October, but had some last minute major scheduling conflicts and had to cancel so we are trying again in 2011. This will be our second visit to WDW.

We have our dates picked and flight booked. We'll be staying October 15-22. However, we haven't decided on a resort yet. We are leaning toward either BC/YC or AKL. We stayed at the Poly last time and loved it but want to try something different. I'm looking forward to getting to know all my fellow October travelers.