teentoddlermom
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I have a lot of questions...Just lucked into a sitter so we can go somewhere Veteran's Day weekend, married 20 years on Nov 10th. Went to WDW on honeymoon in '85! Couldn't find any reasonably priced or timely trips from Boston, airfare anywhere is crazy. Even to spend a weekend in NYC would be complicated and expensive. Bermuda out of the question, the flights are crazy with day long layovers, one direct flight out of Boston, now full, for $1900!
So, I got the idea for Disney, even though we were just there in August.
Booked nonstop on Jet Blue for $900 (OUCH) Disney, AAA, Expedia etc show NO availability anywhere on property. I booked a room at POP for 3 nights on Jet Blue website, and am wondering if it is REAL?! They charged my credit card. Could it be a glitch? I have a confirmation number. Would like to change it to a MYW package, but they say they only do room only. Disney has no way to look up this reservation. Bounced around between POP front desk, WDW Travel, and Magical Express 866 number, and no one has any idea how to reserve Magical Express for us??!!
I don't know where to go next, they say keep trying WDW travel for a cancellation, to be able to book the package but is this really likely?
We've always gone in the summer, and are used to crowds, but what realistically are the crowds going to be like? Is every room really taken, or does Disney just not offer as many rooms during this "regular season"
I know with the recent free dining that it's been crowded this fall, but am I crazy for trying to squeeze this in? Any suggestions or advice?
Thanks to you all for any help!
Ok, I was too nervous about keeping the Jet Blue Hotel reservation, I did not want to go and have Disney tell me it was overbooked and send me offsite, so I called back and cajoled and suggested to the Cast Member things I learned on the DIS,... room only one night, ...trying each night separately etc, and it worked! OK I'm crazy, the only thing available was 1 night room only at ALL Stars and 2 nights at VWL ($440 a night EEEK), but it is booked, confirmed, Magical express and tickets all set and includes dining!
Hey, isn't 20 years a reason to celebrate and forget about the cost??!! If I average out the cost per month married, it is only $10 a month. The 3 day weekend is going to cost us more than our 5 night honeymoon in WDW offsite, but we don't get many opportunities to get away! My sister is the greatest for taking the kids! Actually the Disney portion is not the part that seems too expensive to me, it is the killer airfare, and Jet Blue is half the price of all others! 
So, I got the idea for Disney, even though we were just there in August.
Booked nonstop on Jet Blue for $900 (OUCH) Disney, AAA, Expedia etc show NO availability anywhere on property. I booked a room at POP for 3 nights on Jet Blue website, and am wondering if it is REAL?! They charged my credit card. Could it be a glitch? I have a confirmation number. Would like to change it to a MYW package, but they say they only do room only. Disney has no way to look up this reservation. Bounced around between POP front desk, WDW Travel, and Magical Express 866 number, and no one has any idea how to reserve Magical Express for us??!!
I don't know where to go next, they say keep trying WDW travel for a cancellation, to be able to book the package but is this really likely?
We've always gone in the summer, and are used to crowds, but what realistically are the crowds going to be like? Is every room really taken, or does Disney just not offer as many rooms during this "regular season"
I know with the recent free dining that it's been crowded this fall, but am I crazy for trying to squeeze this in? Any suggestions or advice?
Thanks to you all for any help!
Ok, I was too nervous about keeping the Jet Blue Hotel reservation, I did not want to go and have Disney tell me it was overbooked and send me offsite, so I called back and cajoled and suggested to the Cast Member things I learned on the DIS,... room only one night, ...trying each night separately etc, and it worked! OK I'm crazy, the only thing available was 1 night room only at ALL Stars and 2 nights at VWL ($440 a night EEEK), but it is booked, confirmed, Magical express and tickets all set and includes dining!
Hey, isn't 20 years a reason to celebrate and forget about the cost??!! If I average out the cost per month married, it is only $10 a month. The 3 day weekend is going to cost us more than our 5 night honeymoon in WDW offsite, but we don't get many opportunities to get away! My sister is the greatest for taking the kids! Actually the Disney portion is not the part that seems too expensive to me, it is the killer airfare, and Jet Blue is half the price of all others! 
...what a coincidence
