Teamubr
From somewhere outside StL
- Joined
- Nov 7, 2010
We are inside of 2 months now, so I figured it was time to start a September at the Fort thread.
This will be a short trip for us, but our 3rd in a year. Getting as much out of the APs as possible. We (DS and I) will be coming in the Tuesday after Labor Day (the 4th). We are leaving StL on Monday and driving until we are close to the Fort. Haven't decided where yet, but want to stop within an hour or two of the Fort. Plan to arrive early on the 4th and take whatever Premium site is available. I broke down and rented a Fort golf cart instead of Kenny. We are only staying 4 days and the convenience of picking up and dropping off at the Meadows was worth the extra cost and not have to lose prime hours on Tuesday and Friday to return the cart with Kenny.
We are only staying Tuesday to Saturday. 4 park days. Saturday the 8th, we will pack up and drive to Gulf Shores for a week at the beach. This is the rescheduled week from having to miss the GSP DIS meet in May. I haven't taken 2 weeks of vacation in nearly 20 years, but the hours I put in over the last 2 years for this project at work made me realize I should actually use the 4 weeks of PTO I get every year.
DW doesn't have as much PTO time and will be flying to Orlando on Wednesday night (Sept 5th) after work. She doesn't enjoy the 15 hour drive and this works out for all of us. She snagged a $67 one way flight, so it was a cheap, easy solution. We've never taken the DME, so she will get to try that out too.
We are 65 days out. Just started thinking about what parks DW wants to see in her 2 days and what parks Ian and I will get to do on our own. Right now, DW says she wants to see MK fireworks, Toy Story Land at DHS. She loves Soarin' and wanted a FP for that and mentioned AK. I reminded her that was 4 parks in 2 days. Oh boy. I think Ian and I will hit AK and get a FOP FP for Tuesday and maybe EPCOT on
Wednesday. I'll check out the crowd calendars and see what parks look best on Thursday and Friday. I have until next weekend when FPs open up to work it out.
I haven't made any ADRs for meals this trip. We are good with eating at the camper or hitting a CS in the parks. We will be there over free dining and that has made it hard to get reservations in the past, so we'll probably just see where we are when we get hungry and see what we can get on the MDE app.
Anyone else going to be there?
j
This will be a short trip for us, but our 3rd in a year. Getting as much out of the APs as possible. We (DS and I) will be coming in the Tuesday after Labor Day (the 4th). We are leaving StL on Monday and driving until we are close to the Fort. Haven't decided where yet, but want to stop within an hour or two of the Fort. Plan to arrive early on the 4th and take whatever Premium site is available. I broke down and rented a Fort golf cart instead of Kenny. We are only staying 4 days and the convenience of picking up and dropping off at the Meadows was worth the extra cost and not have to lose prime hours on Tuesday and Friday to return the cart with Kenny.
We are only staying Tuesday to Saturday. 4 park days. Saturday the 8th, we will pack up and drive to Gulf Shores for a week at the beach. This is the rescheduled week from having to miss the GSP DIS meet in May. I haven't taken 2 weeks of vacation in nearly 20 years, but the hours I put in over the last 2 years for this project at work made me realize I should actually use the 4 weeks of PTO I get every year.
DW doesn't have as much PTO time and will be flying to Orlando on Wednesday night (Sept 5th) after work. She doesn't enjoy the 15 hour drive and this works out for all of us. She snagged a $67 one way flight, so it was a cheap, easy solution. We've never taken the DME, so she will get to try that out too.
We are 65 days out. Just started thinking about what parks DW wants to see in her 2 days and what parks Ian and I will get to do on our own. Right now, DW says she wants to see MK fireworks, Toy Story Land at DHS. She loves Soarin' and wanted a FP for that and mentioned AK. I reminded her that was 4 parks in 2 days. Oh boy. I think Ian and I will hit AK and get a FOP FP for Tuesday and maybe EPCOT on
Wednesday. I'll check out the crowd calendars and see what parks look best on Thursday and Friday. I have until next weekend when FPs open up to work it out.
I haven't made any ADRs for meals this trip. We are good with eating at the camper or hitting a CS in the parks. We will be there over free dining and that has made it hard to get reservations in the past, so we'll probably just see where we are when we get hungry and see what we can get on the MDE app.
Anyone else going to be there?
j