Our “Free” trip to Disney or how I “tricked” Dh into going to WDW PRE TRIP REPORT

[agotta]

Cast

Me-25 yo obsessive Disney planner. Loves to plan trips especially for people who don’t even know they are going yet

DH- 24 yo DVD God. Thought we weren’t going back to Disney until we bought a house and started having babies. Signed up for the ½ marathon with me…


Backstory-

So our last trip was in April and let’s just say it didn’t go as well as planned. Dh and I agreed that we would focus on buying our first home and starting a family before we went back. Then I heard about the WDW marathon weekend. I told DH this was a great idea. What great motivation to get in shape. I promised him it would just be a quick weekend, no parks….Fast forward to today. Our trip is now 6 nights long, with 4 days at the parks, and oh did I mention that I dropped out of the ½ and he is running it by himself? I am not a horrible wife, I am running the 5K now and will be there to cheer Dh on!!

One of the reasons that DH agreed to this trip is because I told him I would rent all our DVC points for the year and we would use that money to pay for this trip with dining! Of course, it hasn’t quite worked out that way, but I still think we got a pretty good deal 

Itinerary:

01/05 – Arrive at MCO around 11:30. Pick up our Alamo rental car and head to VWL. Lunch at Roaring Forks and onto WWOS for marathon/5K registration. Dinner at Pepper Market for DH’s carb load!

01/06- Sleep in late, check in at POP and then off to EPCOT and MGM for a few hours. Off to bed early

01/07- DH will be up before the sun. The marathon starts at 6. I will join him around 8 and the run the 5K at 10. Back to the hotel to shower and depending on how we feel, DQ. Early anniversary dinner at Yachtsman Steakhouse.

01/08- EPCOT, dinner at Le Cellier, MK
01/09-Animal Kingdom, MGM
01/10-MK dinner at O'Hanana, back to MGM
01/11-DTD and then off to MCO for our flight home at 6

 

[agotta]

Bump

 

[melk]

Sounds good to me....can't wait to read the report!

 

[joece]

Sounds wonderful

What a clever way to get into a WDW trip of joy!

Cannot wait for a trip report!

 

[luvmy2sams]

Yippee! I've been holding off on writing our pretrip report, because it's still a few months until January. Thanks for posting yours, which gives me permission to start working on mine. We leave January 7th. Keeping our secret is getting more difficult each day!

 

[agotta]

Yippee! I've been holding off on writing our pretrip report, because it's still a few months until January. Thanks for posting yours, which gives me permission to start working on mine. We leave January 7th. Keeping our secret is getting more difficult each day!

Ohh I love WDW suprises! Where are you staying? We are VWL for our first night I am gonna be spoiled by that! And then POP for the rest of our trip unless I can get this new pin code to work!!

 

[luvmy2sams]

Ohh I love WDW suprises! Where are you staying? We are VWL for our first night I am gonna be spoiled by that! And then POP for the rest of our trip unless I can get this new pin code to work!!

We'll be at All Star Movies for the duration. The kids love the resort, but I'd secretly rather be at Wilderness Lodge. I'd live there if they'd let me. Hopefully we'll be able to keep our mouths shut for 3 more months.

 

[fizz13]

If last january is anything to go by, you guys are gonna have a great trip. great weather and nice crowd levels. have fun,
Claire xx

 

[agotta]

Bump for us. 23 days to go!!

 

[MamaLema]

and oh did I mention that I dropped out of the ½ and he is running it by himself?

 

[agotta]

Just giving myself a 16 day bump (kinda sounds like a disease ) and an update on our itinerary. I guess I will retype all of this in one thread once we get back. My changes are highlighted

Itinerary:

01/05 – Arrive at MCO around 11:30. Pick up our Alamo rental car and head to VWL. Lunch at Whispering Canyon (dh saw the skillet and insisted we go!) and onto WWOS for marathon/5K registration. Dinner at Planet Hollywood for DH’s carb load! (free dinner with package!)

01/06- Breakfast at Kona and off check in at POP. Return rental car to Dolphin and then off to EPCOT and MGM for a few hours. Off to bed early

01/07- DH will be up before the sun. The marathon starts at 6. I will join him around 8 Back to the hotel to shower and depending on how we feel, DQ. Early anniversary dinner at Yachtsman Steakhouse.

01/08- EPCOT, dinner at Le Cellier, MK
01/09-Animal Kingdom, MGM
01/10-MK dinner at O'Hana, back to MGM
01/11-DTD and then off to MCO for our flight home at 6

ADR's

Kona (breakfast) OOP
Yachtsman DP
O'Hana DP
Le Cellier DP
Boma OOP
Sci-Fi DP

We are also planning a trip to Jellyrolls for quick CP reunion and also Raglan Road with our Clear Channel GC!!

 

[tubachick]

I don't see anything wrong with anything you said Good luck for the run, and have FUN!!!!