Ready For Our Honeymoon Cruise? Oops We're Pregnant! Help Us Plan A Disney Trip PTR!

[SlippinFalls]

All that cruise planning! All those hours researching online! Sometimes life's little surprises show up unexpectedly...next thing you know...you're expecting!

Here is DH and I on our first vacation together. We went to Disney! Here we are visiting Boardwalk Inn.

My Husband and I got married two and a half months ago.It was the happiest day of our lives! I started Radiography school two weeks before the wedding and I was SO BUSY trying to get all the final details finished. We couldn't wait for the wedding day so we could enjoy it and have fun! Which we did!

After the wedding I still had 6 weeks of classes. We had decided a while back that we would take our honeymoon in January during Christmas break. I booked us an 8 night Southern Caribbean cruise for January 5th – January 14th. I spent hours on a message board similar to this one absorbing everything I could about cruising. I made a travel binder detailing our entire trip day by day. I had menus, shore excursions, tips, activities. We were so excited to be leaving the bitter Michigan winter for a tropical tour of the Caribbean!

Fast forward to August 21st. We went up to see my in-laws and on the way home we decided to buy a home pregnancy test, because I was a few days late. My cycles aren't consistent anyway, but I just had this feeling...
When we got home I took the test. Now the wait. My husband turned my back to the tester and held me in a bear hug so I couldn't turn around and see it. But he could!
“Let me look at it!” I said.
“I think it's positive.” he said.
“What?” I said in a yeah-right-tone.
Sure enough it was positive! We were both in shock. Then we started laughing and hugged and kissed each other. It's not the perfect time for us to have a baby, but God knows what's best and we are thrilled about it!

To make a long story short (too late) we had to cancel our cruise last night. Their pregnancy policy states that you must be 24 weeks or less by debarkation date to be allowed to cruise. I would be 26 weeks. So now we have plane tickets to Florida but no cruise. Which got me thinking...January in Florida is kind of cold...it's not really beach weather. What can we do in FL that doesn't involve the beach? Think, think, think.

Just kidding! Of course I thought of Disney! My husband on the other hand came up with Las Vegas! Me pregnant in Las Vegas! Think about that for a second honey. He agreed with me soon after. I'm so lucky to have a husband who enables my Disney obsession!

Now I need help planning! We leave in 4 months!

 

[SlippinFalls]

Ok we've established that we are expecting a baby so Deluxe is out of the question for us right now.

I would love to try POFQ. It seems to be smaller than most resorts and it could also be quieter. I love being able to take the boat to DTD whenever we want. I have a feeling we'll be shopping for some baby things while we're down there!

Two years ago DH and I took our first vacation together at Disney and we stayed at POP Century. We really liked it and our room was really close to one of the quiet pools.

Now, I did some research and found out that we can get a FREE gift card with stays most nights in January. We would get a $200 card if we stay in a value and $300 if we stay in a mod.

If we stay at POP again we will have more money for food and shopping, but since it's our honeymoon I kind of want to stay at POFQ.

Anyone have advice about this? What is your favorite resort? Which has the best bus transportation?

 

[SlippinFalls]

Well we decided on a resort and the winner is....


Port Orleans French Quarter!

We will be arriving on January 5th and staying there for 9 nights! I am so excited! The first Disney resort I ever stayed at was Port Orleans Riverside in 1991. It was called Dixie Landings back then (remember that?). It was so peacefull and my little sister and I spent hours in that pool!

We decided to go with French Quarter because:
We've never stayed there.
The buses stop there first.
There is a hot tub. (I'll be dipping my tootsies only in here!)
It's a smaller resort.

If you love French Quarter tell me why! I'd love to hear your experiances!

We got our reservation material and DVD in the mail yesterday too! I think we will watch the DVD tonight. I hope it's different from 2008's DVD. Although I would probably watch it again anyway!

Next up...Disney Dining! We would like to do at least 3 table service meals. Any suggestions?

 

[Woth2982]

Congrats on the baby! So exciting!

My friends and I REALLY love the breakfast buffets. We eat at like 10 and are not hungry again until later that night! 1900 Park Fare is our favorite. I have also heard Wispering Canyon is awesome, but I cant get a reservation there on the nights I want it

 

[SlippinFalls]

Congrats on the baby! So exciting!

My friends and I REALLY love the breakfast buffets. We eat at like 10 and are not hungry again until later that night! 1900 Park Fare is our favorite. I have also heard Wispering Canyon is awesome, but I cant get a reservation there on the nights I want it

Thanks!
Woo hoo! my first reader!

We are looking at Crystal Palace for breakfast on one of our MK days. We've never been and I like the idea of a buffet because I'll be sure to find something I want to eat there. Plus we have the opportunity to see the characters! (I don't care if we're too old for that)

I always forget about Whispering Canyon! We ate at Artist Point last trip. I love the Wilderness Lodge. So pretty!

 

[francis6306]

You and I must be about the same amount along! I'm due April 23. TOTALLY unexpected (who plans a baby to be born in the middle of their husbands finals for grad school??), but we're getting excited! We are going to Disney in Dec! I can't wait!

I wanna try POR, and in fact, I was thisclose to switching our reservation there, BUT we are going with a group and no body else wanted to switch. Sigh... there's always next time!

Can't wait to see what your plan is!

 

[SlippinFalls]

You and I must be about the same amount along! I'm due April 23. TOTALLY unexpected (who plans a baby to be born in the middle of their husbands finals for grad school??), but we're getting excited! We are going to Disney in Dec! I can't wait!

I wanna try POR, and in fact, I was thisclose to switching our reservation there, BUT we are going with a group and no body else wanted to switch. Sigh... there's always next time!

Can't wait to see what your plan is!

Congrats to you!
My due date is April 24th! The day before my dad's birthday.
Here's hoping we go into labor on the weekend!

Are you going with a big group? December would be so much fun! I'll check out your PTR!

Thanks for reading!

 

[francis6306]

Congrats to you!
My due date is April 24th! The day before my dad's birthday.
Here's hoping we go into labor on the weekend!

Are you going with a big group? December would be so much fun! I'll check out your PTR!

Thanks for reading!

Our group is a good size... 3 couples and 2 kids! Another one of our group just found out she's expecting- so you'll have to keep up so you can know what to expect!

With my daughter, I had to be induced but it was on a friday. It was GREAT though, because I had the same nurses and my doctor was there all weekend long! Are you on Babycenter? You must! They have a disney board too!

 

[SlippinFalls]

Our group is a good size... 3 couples and 2 kids! Another one of our group just found out she's expecting- so you'll have to keep up so you can know what to expect!

With my daughter, I had to be induced but it was on a friday. It was GREAT though, because I had the same nurses and my doctor was there all weekend long! Are you on Babycenter? You must! They have a disney board too!

I will def be following your TR because I have no idea what it will be like to be at WDW while pregnant!
Any advice you can give on that would be awesome! I forsee us taking a few afternoon breaks, which is so against my usual comando ways!

I have not checked out Babycenter yet. I will check it out though, thanks!

 

[francis6306]

You should totally go do an afternoon tea at the GF. Shelley and I are considering booking this for our trip... we just haven't firmly commited to it yet! Everything I have read about it sounds wonderful.

 

[SlippinFalls]

You should totally go do an afternoon tea at the GF. Shelley and I are considering booking this for our trip... we just haven't firmly commited to it yet! Everything I have read about it sounds wonderful.

I would love to try the afternoon tea sometime! I think it's fun to visit the GF and pretend like I'm staying there.
I don't know if I could get DH to join me though. He's not much of a finger sandwiches and tea guy.

 

[SlippinFalls]

Last time DH and I did Disney we had free dining and were on the DDP. I really loved being able to try some new resturants (especially the signature ones!). It was a lot of food and we enjoyed every bite of it!

This time around we don't have free dining and aren't doing a dining plan. We don't eat that much and after looking through all the menus on AllEars and pricing it out OOP, we really wouldn't be saving any money on the DDP. Now we can eat as little or as much as we want and I won't feel like I have to use all our meal credits before we leave. Plus our budget is much tighter now with the baby on the way and we lost our $600 deposit when we cancelled our cruise.

So our plan is to do a lot of counter service meals and snacks and then we have 3 table service meals planned. It was tough limiting it to only 3. It was also tough to come up with 3 since "morning sickness" has ruined my appetite.

Here our our Table Service Resturants we picked:

On our DHS day we have a 12:35pm at 50's Prime Time Cafe.
I have eaten here before and I think it's a fun place to go even if you get a server who isn't "into it".

On one of our rest days we have a 2:00pm at T-Rex.
I ate here last year with my parents and I thought the flatbread was really good. DH has never been to a resturant like this before (ie. Rainforest Cafe) so he might get a kick out of it.

On our MK day we have a 8:10am at Crystal Palace.
We've never been here before. Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day so I'm looking forward to this one. Also we get into MK early and maybe we can get some cool pictures.

I know these are not the most exciting places, but we are more focused on being able to take our time and not be tied down to too many ADR's.

 

[francis6306]

I think those sound great for someone on a budget and NOT on the dining plan! We are doing lots of breakfasts since we have the little one. I would LOVE to try O'hana's for breakfast, but I hear you can get the Tonga Toast from the QS at the Poly... On our next trip I think we'll be going there for breakfast one day.

I hear ya on the appetite! But, I have good news for you, the second trimester is better! I promise! I'm just not there yet! Soon!!! For me, my "sickness" has been in the evening- ugh! So bad.

 

[SlippinFalls]

I think those sound great for someone on a budget and NOT on the dining plan! We are doing lots of breakfasts since we have the little one. I would LOVE to try O'hana's for breakfast, but I hear you can get the Tonga Toast from the QS at the Poly... On our next trip I think we'll be going there for breakfast one day.

I hear ya on the appetite! But, I have good news for you, the second trimester is better! I promise! I'm just not there yet! Soon!!! For me, my "sickness" has been in the evening- ugh! So bad.

We are going to stop at the Poly on this trip to eat at the QS and maybe watch the MK fireworks. I love that resort! When we went in 2008 I told DH our next trip we would save up $$ so we could stay there. Not this time but we will get there one day!

I'm 11 weeks now and I just want to eat all the time now! I just don't feel pregnant yet, but I know that time will come!

 

[Disneychix]

Hi! Congrat's on the baby!!

We loved POFQ when we stayed there. It's small enough to feel intimate-espcially the 'street-like' setting but feels like a resort with the nice pool and boat to DTD.

As far as eating goes-maybe you should look into Planet Hollywood instead of T-Rex. That way you can use the coupon included when you get your Mickey Mail (assuming they will still have this in 2011 packages). I think the food is equally good. The atmosphere is equally loud!

Look at restaurants . com too. They have $25 coupons for House of Blues and some of the Swan/Dolphin restaurants for $2. That would be an awesome savings for you!

 

[francis6306]

Just checking in and seeing how you are doing!

 

[SlippinFalls]

Sorry I've been gone for such a looooong time.

I've been busy with school and we just ended the semester yesterday. Now I have a month off!

I'll be diving back into the planning for our trip now, but I don't know if I'll continue this PTR.

We leave on Jan 5th and I can't wait! We are so excited to get away! I just hope the weather is good!

Oh by the way we found out that we are having...

A BOY!!!!​