carrie6466
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:: pops head in :: Hello. I know I posted early in this thread, but haven't really been on DIS much since my trip last summer. I'm ready to start planning already, but I can't book until March for a DVC resort 
I'm kind of in limbo right now. It's frustrating to me, as this is our first year owning DVC and if we were staying at a hotel I would have booked already.
Our dates are going to be (tentatively) 10/6 - 10/13. 7 nights, 8 days and we're hoping to either stay at AKL or Old Key West. I'm told it should be no problem to get either of those resorts. We'll pretty much stay at any WDW resort and don't mind the busses, so we'll be fine.
Definitely want to go to a MNSSHP. We did it once before and loved it. We're really looking forward to doing it again. Not going to go for the dining plan this time, becuase we are going to try to go again in August of 2013, so probably going to get an AP. I think that will be our cheapest option at this point.
The only 2 things this trip totally hinges on is a) that my husband doesn't get demoted, because our county is broke and has been demoting/laying off people. He's been there too long for a layoff, but they've been demoting trying to save money, too. And b) there won't be a problem with school. I don't think there will be. I have to see how some meetings in March go, but everything should be fine.
So, there it is. Not much of a plan, but it's a start. I'm just counting the days til March right now, so I can book something!
I'm kind of in limbo right now. It's frustrating to me, as this is our first year owning DVC and if we were staying at a hotel I would have booked already.Our dates are going to be (tentatively) 10/6 - 10/13. 7 nights, 8 days and we're hoping to either stay at AKL or Old Key West. I'm told it should be no problem to get either of those resorts. We'll pretty much stay at any WDW resort and don't mind the busses, so we'll be fine.
Definitely want to go to a MNSSHP. We did it once before and loved it. We're really looking forward to doing it again. Not going to go for the dining plan this time, becuase we are going to try to go again in August of 2013, so probably going to get an AP. I think that will be our cheapest option at this point.
The only 2 things this trip totally hinges on is a) that my husband doesn't get demoted, because our county is broke and has been demoting/laying off people. He's been there too long for a layoff, but they've been demoting trying to save money, too. And b) there won't be a problem with school. I don't think there will be. I have to see how some meetings in March go, but everything should be fine.
So, there it is. Not much of a plan, but it's a start. I'm just counting the days til March right now, so I can book something!
Those prices put a vacation to WDW out of our budget! At $250 - $300 per ticket we can wait patiently for either Southwest (who we love) or even JetBlue (who we haven't flown with before) to publish theirs and then depending on what they have out on the first day we might wait for a seat sale...they ALWAYS have a seat sale at some point. We fly out of Buffalo and we always get stuck with connections with the "big" airlines. Not a big deal if the price is right...but with Southwest your bags are free and you get direct flights. We just got back last week and had to fly indirect...I hope never to do that again...very tiring.
And DMiL and DGM won't be getting out much, so no worries about cramming us all together in one car during that week! But if we all flew in together, we'd have to get 6 of us from and back to the airport, ie the SUV or van. I'm babbling at this point. 
We are going to POR Oct 4-12 and attending 
Need your advice asap, as we have to book by Feb 9 according to the offer we received. TIA 
