Rhode Island Folks

[rcgal2]

I wish I could have made it to the RI meet

 

[Goofy442]

They are talking about having one next year, so maybe you can make it then.

 

[Coach Rick]

Hey RI DIS buds...Here I sit at Tree House Villas...Beautiful!!!! Unless you dislike isolation. It is a bit out, and there is no office or any kind of personnel here, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE it...

Just got back from EPCOT, and Illuminations. Great time...well gotta go...there is a Schmirnoff Ice waiting...

Leaving on the Wonder Sunday...

 

[RLRDA]

Hey RI DIS buds...Here I sit at Tree House Villas...Beautiful!!!! Unless you dislike isolation. It is a bit out, and there is no office or any kind of personnel here, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE it...

Just got back from EPCOT, and Illuminations. Great time...well gotta go...there is a Schmirnoff Ice waiting...

Leaving on the Wonder Sunday...

Have a great stay at THV (can't wait to try one) and enjoy your cruise! We check in at AKV tomorrow ~ looking forward to the August steam bath down in WDW

 

[Coach Rick]

Have a great stay at THV (can't wait to try one) and enjoy your cruise! We check in at AKV tomorrow ~ looking forward to the August steam bath down in WDW

Believe it or not, it was a cool 80 degrees at Illuminations tonight, with a gentle breeze. Very comfortable indeed. Haven't really had a hot one yet! And they say it's supposed to get cooler on the weekend. We will be staying at AKV Thursday when we get off the Wonder...maybe we'll see ya round?

 

[RLRDA]

Believe it or not, it was a cool 80 degrees at Illuminations tonight, with a gentle breeze. Very comfortable indeed. Haven't really had a hot one yet! And they say it's supposed to get cooler on the weekend. We will be staying at AKV Thursday when we get off the Wonder...maybe we'll see ya round?

Thursday's the day we switch over to BLT (for the last 3 nights of our trip) so we'll probably be out of there by the time you get off the Wonder . We only had enough AKV points to book 5 nights in concierge so we figured we'd try out BLT this trip, too! Would have loved to catch up with a fellow Rhode Islander.

Leaving for the airport in 15 minutes!! Great update about the weather down there .

 

[castleri]

We are going mid school vacation week this year...21-may 1st...so this way the boys will miss 5 days of school instead of 8 and we still get a ten day trip...trying to talk ds into a short November trip..we have Fl seasonal pass ..so it would be airfare and trying the qsdp $$ only anf the boys have a few days off so they would miss only one or two days out of a five day trip. Do you have any plans yet?

Lori

just curious - how do you get the FL seasonal pass if you live in RI? We recently bought a place in Palmetto, FL for winter use but have been told by fruends that will not qualify for FL pass.

 

[peanmunch]

just curious - how do you get the FL seasonal pass if you live in RI? We recently bought a place in Palmetto, FL for winter use but have been told by fruends that will not qualify for FL pass.

We own land in Florida. Your place in Fl will certainly qualify you. The way we did it was we went to the dmv with our RI licence and two (I think it was two...you can check FL dmv web site) pieces of proof of residencey (we brought a blll with our FL address and i think a tax bill....tell them you bare a part time fl resident and you can get a State of Fl ID. The rest is easy...show your state Id at any ticket customer service and you can buy seasonal or annual passes. you need an Id for each adult who is getting a pass and everyone in your group (kids ect) must be there

Lori

 

[JasonDVC]

If anyone wants a pair of tickets to this Thursday's Patriots game, send me an e-mail or PM.

The seats are in section 125 and are BFV

 

[Goofy442]

Can you believe I called member services to book Feb. vacation and nothing available . They put me on the waitlist and I finally got AKV Jambo but I have to move. My husband said no we are not moving half way through our trip. I going to keep these reservation (just in case) and I got placed back on the waitlist. I asked for BCV or BWV and we will see how we do.

 

[Cheryl726]

Lisa, I thought you were leaving today to drive down to WDW? Have a safe trip.

Cheryl

 

[Goofy442]

Lisa, I thought you were leaving today to drive down to WDW? Have a safe trip.

Cheryl

Thanks, hopefully all will go well. I hate to drive down but no choice this time can't put my son's car on the plane, but wish I could.

 

[Cheryl726]

Lori, I notice you have a trip listed for November, you must've talked your husband into a short trip--lucky you!!

Cheryl

 

[chepic]

FYI, just upgraded our 1 bedroom to a 2 bedroom in OKW for April vacation without any problems....so there are still rooms left for RI April vacation time. This will be the 1st time down there for this time period, and we are hoping that it won't be crazy. Easter is early so it is a totally different week.

cheryl

 

[peanmunch]

Lori, I notice you have a trip listed for November, you must've talked your husband into a short trip--lucky you!!

Cheryl

Woohoooooooo Yes he finally caved!!!!!! We already had Florida seasonal passes (so now we will get three trips out of them!) and extra points so we are indeed goign for a short november trip!! We are staying at SSR in a studio (glup...i'm very used to a one bedroom) and will be trying QS dining plan this trip. we are going down the 4th (at night) and returning the 10th but the kids will only miss two days of school! It will be a very differant trip for us and I'm kind of stumped on the plaaning...lol. we usually go 10 days with basic dining..go to parks in the morning ,..go back shower..go out to a nice dinner and then back to the parks..this will be lots differant..one day at each park..long days..counter dervice...but it will be disney..so I'm sure it will be GREAT!!!!!
Any plans yet!?! Our next trip is April 21-May1 BWV
Lori

 

[Cheryl726]

That's great Lori!! We've stayed at SSR our last two trips, it's our home resort plus that's all that was available when we went in May this year,and we stayed in a studio, it's not bad. We haven't stayed in anything bigger yet so nothing to compare it to, but like you said it's Disney so you'll be fine!! We don't have any plans yet, not that I'm not always thinking! I don't want to take the kids out of school anymore, mainly because Ryan is is middle school now. I won't be able to go this year during Feb vaca, someone else from work has that week, and I'm nervous about April vaca week. The temptation is there, but I just don't know!! Have fun in Nov!!

Cheryl

 

[XQIXX]

FYI, just upgraded our 1 bedroom to a 2 bedroom in OKW for April vacation without any problems....so there are still rooms left for RI April vacation time. This will be the 1st time down there for this time period, and we are hoping that it won't be crazy. Easter is early so it is a totally different week.

cheryl

Hi,
I was able to get Beach Club Villa Studio for 4/16-20 and Villas at Wilderness Lodge 20-24th. I am hoping that this is a good sign that it will not be too crazy as Easter is early in the month and our school break is different that other states! Lets keep our fingers crossed to having a semi empty park with no lines . The airfare on Jetblue and Airtran is crazy though! I hope when Southwest opens bookings to April they are not crazy!! $800 each person R/T is not do-able! I don't think I could do the drive either!

 

[JasonDVC]

... The airfare on Jetblue and Airtran is crazy though! I hope when Southwest opens bookings to April they are not crazy!! $800 each person R/T is not do-able!

I've been following this as well getting ready for our April 12-17 trip. I believe AirTran had fares from about $89 but they were all 1 stop and out of Boston. Soiuthwest's fares for this time opens on October 13. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for low fares but have to admit I'm nervous about it.

 

[chepic]

Hi,
The airfare on Jetblue and Airtran is crazy though! I hope when Southwest opens bookings to April they are not crazy!! $800 each person R/T is not do-able! I don't think I could do the drive either!

That is why we drive!! I know it is long, but with 4 of us, it saves us lots of money.

Jason, thanks for the Southwest info...but unless it is less than $80 each way, we will drive.

cheryl

 

[JasonDVC]

That is why we drive!! I know it is long, but with 4 of us, it saves us lots of money.

Jason, thanks for the Southwest info...but unless it is less than $80 each way, we will drive.

cheryl

Do you drive straight through or do you stay some where overnight? How many nights?

How many days to stay in WDW for when you drive?

Is the drive home miserable?

I'm thinking about doing this when my kids are older so would like to know others peoples experiences. Thanks