September 2007 POP'ers??? MoJiTooooOoOoOOooo!!!!

[becky_AK]

So I called today to see if I could add 2 more days to our reservation (we are already staying 14 days...but I wanted more!!) Husband thinks I'm crazy. Anyway, we are now going to be in FL 9/20-10/6. I tried to get Pop for nights of 9/20-9/21 at Pop since that is where our current reservations our, but there was no room But...the good news...the CM I talked to said "well how about I give you a good deal" He offered to give us the 2 nights at Coronado Springs for the same price as Pop! I figured I couldn't turn that down since I've never stayed at a moderate before (or Pop for that matter). Anyway, so we are now leaving Portland, Oregon on 9/19 @ 9:45pm and we arrive in Orlando on the 20th @ 6:45am. We will check into CSR and probably sleep all day & enjoy the resort. Mid-morning on the 22nd we will switch over to Pop. I'm just soooo excited right now...I get to experience the 2 resorts I've always wanted to stay at.

By the way...DH doesn't know I added 2 more days. He's going to be so pissed at me for doing that, but I figure if I'm traveling all the way from the west coast I want to be there as long as I possibly can

 

[Patsfan7]

Are you trying to get rid of me????

You know I love you and would never get rid of you... and if I didn't have four rooms to move, I would move with you, hell, I will ask the others if they want to move if you do move!

I think you should save the money, and just meet up with all of us!!!! Don't you remember last year??? It would so not be worth paying all that extra money just to walk around the pool and meet nobody! A couple of drinks at night is nice, but I would save my money, so that I could buy the $300 worth of Margaritas at Mexico. That's all I'm saying....we have a car, so I could drive you back to All Stars after the poolside meet if you want! I will behave myself that night.... but watch out for the EPCOT dessert reception.... I will have spent the day doing... Mexico, Norway, Mexico, China, Mexico, Germany, Mexico, Italy, Mexico, America, Mexico, Japan, Mexico, Morraco...has frozen drinks, so no Mexico this time, France, has awesome frozen drinks....UK, Mexico, Canada, Mexico.... dinner at Spoodles(sangria)....then dessert reception... then you will have to get yourself back to All Stars. No, really, that day I have slated for AK, so I guess I will be fine, but I WILL BE VISITING MEXICO AT LEAST ONCE THAT NIGHT!!!!!


Oh, and I love your hair, you look so young and cool, not old and frumpy like me! I bought you something yesterday, I hope I make it to the postoffice before september! I am TERRIBLE at getting stuff out the door!!!! I apologize in advance for it being so late!!!!

 

[dreamergirl78]

FINAL PAYMENT is due 45 days before your trip. Deposits are due I think its 2weeks after you book your package. Holding a room or package does not guarantee anything for promotions. All it does is hold your package. In order to get free dining you would have to call and rebook your package to include the free dining promotion. Then cancel the other one.

Ok, I am going to go clean the kitchen now. I am soooo tired of housework!

Arn't the deposits due 45 days before the start of your visit? So basically for people going Starting in the end of August it should be around July 7th??? then for your trip starting on the Sept. 12th it should be around July 28th or so???
My Disney Agent said there are plenty of Free Dining's left at POP for certain days... maybe it is just your day!!! Also, did you have your room pre-booked??? If you did you should have been guaranteed a room...

the deposits are due July 24th right?. I have our agent still trdying to get us into the POP for Sept. 7th - 17th So please send us some Pixie Dust!!!!!! For everyone else here is some pixie dust for you and good luck

 

[markjb01]

FINAL PAYMENT is due 45 days before your trip. Deposits are due I think its 2weeks after you book your package. Holding a room or package does not guarantee anything for promotions. All it does is hold your package. In order to get free dining you would have to call and rebook your package to include the free dining promotion. Then cancel the other one.

Ok, I am going to go clean the kitchen now. I am soooo tired of housework!

Ok Ok, I mis spoke.. I know the Final Payment is due then... I am just trying to do to many things at once!! HA HA... if it was only my deposit due I would have much more money in the bank account LOL

 

[keliblue]

So I called today to see if I could add 2 more days to our reservation (we are already staying 14 days...but I wanted more!!) Husband thinks I'm crazy. Anyway, we are now going to be in FL 9/20-10/6. I tried to get Pop for nights of 9/20-9/21 at Pop since that is where our current reservations our, but there was no room But...the good news...the CM I talked to said "well how about I give you a good deal" He offered to give us the 2 nights at Coronado Springs for the same price as Pop! I figured I couldn't turn that down since I've never stayed at a moderate before (or Pop for that matter). Anyway, so we are now leaving Portland, Oregon on 9/19 @ 9:45pm and we arrive in Orlando on the 20th @ 6:45am. We will check into CSR and probably sleep all day & enjoy the resort. Mid-morning on the 22nd we will switch over to Pop. I'm just soooo excited right now...I get to experience the 2 resorts I've always wanted to stay at.

By the way...DH doesn't know I added 2 more days. He's going to be so pissed at me for doing that, but I figure if I'm traveling all the way from the west coast I want to be there as long as I possibly can

you go girl !!! what a deal Don't tell your husband until you get there and then wait until we firmly have him locked in a closet... then spring the news

 

[DisneyAprilFool]

Becky- I TOTALLY agree with you. We are only going for... 8 days and I'm wanting to add another day (or 2 or 4!!!). But with school age kids (they'll be entering 2nd and 6th grade next year)- I wonder how many days I can get away with pulling them out for vacation here I know some states, it's completely illegal! (And I don't want to get into a debate- but give me a break!!! I was pulled out of a week of my Junior year to go to EuroDisney- I think I need to return the favor for MY kids! LOL!). Anyways, I probably WILL add on another day. When it comes down to it- I'm spending so much as is, with plane tickets and the park (if it was just the park- we'd go every year!)- might as well enjoy it!

Another day closer! WOO HOO!

Did I ask this before? Anyone else trying to lose weight before going to the park? I need to drop... a bit of weight Okay- realistically, 50 pounds to be at a good weight IMHO (although 40 would be fine)- and I'd like to do it before WDW. I mean- my back hurts walking for a few hours right now- it would KILL me walking in WDW all day long at this point! So I'm working out and trying to eat right- and haven't dropped a pound yet .

SIGH!

 

[CathrynRose]

Colleen.... you almost have me considering it.

It's a $300 difference.... I just didnt think it was the end of the world, plus, I really LIKE POP!

 

[Msslaydbug]

Becky- I TOTALLY agree with you. We are only going for... 8 days and I'm wanting to add another day (or 2 or 4!!!). But with school age kids (they'll be entering 2nd and 6th grade next year)- I wonder how many days I can get away with pulling them out for vacation here I know some states, it's completely illegal! (And I don't want to get into a debate- but give me a break!!! I was pulled out of a week of my Junior year to go to EuroDisney- I think I need to return the favor for MY kids! LOL!). Anyways, I probably WILL add on another day. When it comes down to it- I'm spending so much as is, with plane tickets and the park (if it was just the park- we'd go every year!)- might as well enjoy it!

Another day closer! WOO HOO!

Did I ask this before? Anyone else trying to lose weight before going to the park? I need to drop... a bit of weight Okay- realistically, 50 pounds to be at a good weight IMHO (although 40 would be fine)- and I'd like to do it before WDW. I mean- my back hurts walking for a few hours right now- it would KILL me walking in WDW all day long at this point! So I'm working out and trying to eat right- and haven't dropped a pound yet .

SIGH!

I would like to lose about 30lbs before vacation .. that still isn't my goal but it is better than nothing !!

 

[keliblue]

Becky- I TOTALLY agree with you. We are only going for... 8 days and I'm wanting to add another day (or 2 or 4!!!). But with school age kids (they'll be entering 2nd and 6th grade next year)- I wonder how many days I can get away with pulling them out for vacation here I know some states, it's completely illegal! (And I don't want to get into a debate- but give me a break!!! I was pulled out of a week of my Junior year to go to EuroDisney- I think I need to return the favor for MY kids! LOL!). Anyways, I probably WILL add on another day. When it comes down to it- I'm spending so much as is, with plane tickets and the park (if it was just the park- we'd go every year!)- might as well enjoy it!

Another day closer! WOO HOO!

Did I ask this before? Anyone else trying to lose weight before going to the park? I need to drop... a bit of weight Okay- realistically, 50 pounds to be at a good weight IMHO (although 40 would be fine)- and I'd like to do it before WDW. I mean- my back hurts walking for a few hours right now- it would KILL me walking in WDW all day long at this point! So I'm working out and trying to eat right- and haven't dropped a pound yet .

SIGH!

If I were you I would add the days now !! and take them off later if you change your mind. I am booked for more days then we want but we are waiting for SW air to release our dates then I will drop a day at the beginning or end of our trip. If you wait to long you might not get your days. Easier to cancel then to add.

As for loosing weight.. Hello !! I am a total butterball and need to loose 50 pounds I would be sooooooo thrilled if I could loose 20 before the trip

 

[becky_AK]

Did I ask this before? Anyone else trying to lose weight before going to the park? I need to drop... a bit of weight Okay- realistically, 50 pounds to be at a good weight IMHO (although 40 would be fine)- and I'd like to do it before WDW. I mean- my back hurts walking for a few hours right now- it would KILL me walking in WDW all day long at this point! So I'm working out and trying to eat right- and haven't dropped a pound yet .
SIGH!

Oh yes--I'm trying to lose about 40-50 pounds. I have a 5 1/2 month old son and I gained 80 pounds during my pregnancy! Yikes! Anyway, I keep saying "I just had a baby" and realized that I can't really use that excuse for much longer considering he is almost 6 months old. So I've been working out about 5 nights a week at the gym & I try to do little things around the house everyday, and I just starting following the Weight Watchers diet, but guess what!!! I haven't lost a pound yet either. Before I had my son I never had to worry about my weight & now I'm really struggling to lose even a pound, so it's really frustrating for me.

Anyway, we can all be there for each other & motivate each other in our quest to lose weight

 

[becky_AK]

you go girl !!! what a deal Don't tell your husband until you get there and then wait until we firmly have him locked in a closet... then spring the news

Haha...I really am not going to tell him. I'm just going to order the airplane tickets, tell him the day/time that we leave & then once we are in Orlando I'll tell him the news. He can't do anything once we are there right?

 

[Msslaydbug]

Oh yes--I'm trying to lose about 40-50 pounds. I have a 5 1/2 month old son and I gained 80 pounds during my pregnancy! Yikes! Anyway, I keep saying "I just had a baby" and realized that I can't really use that excuse for much longer considering he is almost 6 months old. So I've been working out about 5 nights a week at the gym & I try to do little things around the house everyday, and I just starting following the Weight Watchers diet, but guess what!!! I haven't lost a pound yet either. Before I had my son I never had to worry about my weight & now I'm really struggling to lose even a pound, so it's really frustrating for me.

Anyway, we can all be there for each other & motivate each other in our quest to lose weight

My "baby" is 9 !! I can't get away with saying that anymore !

 

[keliblue]

The beauty about this is that at WDW it really doesn't matter I may have looked like a beached whale at the water parks but no one cared but me and even I stopped caring after awhile... I was having toooooo much fun Can you pass that Mickey Ice Cream Bar PLEASE !!!

 

[DizGeek]

Anyway, so we are now leaving Portland, Oregon on 9/19 @ 9:45pm and we arrive in Orlando on the 20th @ 6:45am. We will check into CSR and probably sleep all day & enjoy the resort.

Ahh....if I were you...I'd make sure you get plenty of sleep on that plane....you wont be able to check into the resort until 3pm.

 

[dreamergirl78]

Another day closer! WOO HOO!

Did I ask this before? Anyone else trying to lose weight before going to the park? SIGH!

Yes I am. 1 hour of pilates every morning, and I am going to try to start walking at night. I need to lose a bunch, but I am learning to take it one day at a time! Good luck with your goals!

Colleen.... you almost have me considering it.

It's a $300 difference.... I just didnt think it was the end of the world, plus, I really LIKE POP!

Cat, honestly do what you want to do. If saving money is important (which I KNOW I would want) then switch. You can always come to POP for a visit. and I PROMISE not to rat you out to the DIS morality police that you guys pool hopped! Remember we will hang out regardless of where you decide to stay!!!

 

[CathrynRose]

Ahh....if I were you...I'd make sure you get plenty of sleep on that plane....you wont be able to check into the resort until 3pm.

Not always true... I checked in at 9am in January.

Cat, honestly do what you want to do. If saving money is important (which I KNOW I would want) then switch. You can always come to POP for a visit. and I PROMISE not to rat you out to the DIS morality police that you guys pool hopped! Remember we will hang out regardless of where you decide to stay!!!

UGH! I dont know what to do. I think Ill wait until we're closer to dooms-day..... we'll see if something comes up.

I really like POP!

Ill ask the gang tonight. Why are you guys trying to talk me into Music?!?!?!

 

[CathrynRose]

 

[DizGeek]

Not always true... I checked in at 9am in January.

You lucked out....their policy is 3pm.

Hopefully, she lucks out as well.

 

[Patsfan7]

Not always true... I checked in at 9am in January.



UGH! I dont know what to do. I think Ill wait until we're closer to dooms-day..... we'll see if something comes up.

I really like POP!

Ill ask the gang tonight. Why are you guys trying to talk me into Music?!?!?!

I'm REALLY NOT trying to talk YOU into it... I just would save MYSELF the money. I would grab the rooms at Music while they are still available, and IF POP became available with free dining then I would switch back. I am sure that all the Value resorts will sell out of the free dining package, and at that point you will lose the option of switching to Music....in essence, (given enough people in the room), Disney is paying you to stay there...ok, paying you in food, but none the less... so i am sure they will sell out.

I would rather have the sure thing with the free dining... then you can do the same waiting game you are doing now for POP, and if it becomes available, jump on it! I know that it is $300 out of your pocket, but an additional $300 out of your friends pocket too right? Think of what that $600 could buy you!!!! On the nights that we are hanging out and I'm too drunk to drive you home... you could take ten taxis back to music!!!!! PLUS, I would love to come visit your hotel too! Of course what you do with your money and vacation is up to you, I am just pointing out the upside to saving money. You know I'm all about that!

 

[dreamergirl78]

Not always true... I checked in at 9am in January.

UGH! I dont know what to do. I think Ill wait until we're closer to dooms-day..... we'll see if something comes up.

I really like POP!

Ill ask the gang tonight. Why are you guys trying to talk me into Music?!?!?!

NOOOOOOOOOOO Don't think that. I want you at POP but $300 is a lot of money. Well to me it is anyway. Do what you want Cat! I just don't want you to regret not saving $300!