Spur of the Moment Trip!

[ter-moo]

It was hilarious to watch my DD14's face yesterday when I asked her if she wanted to take a little trip down to DL next Thursday after her last final (at 10 am). There's a teacher workday Friday, so it gives us a nice long weekend.

She looked at me in confusion (knowing what a PLANNER I am when it comes to Disney excursions) and said, "But Mom! That's, like, less than a WEEK away! How can you possibly plan that?"

Well, I have. We're flying down from the Bay Area (thanks SW for the $49 airfares, even though we have to go to LAX!), renting a car for only $48 for Thurs-Sun from Avis (great code!), staying for $95 a night at the Candy Cane and we got tickets from Ares Travel for less than the advertised pre-purchase DL price!! ($164/3-day hopper)


I'm just a little excited...

Anyway, I was able to throw all of that together quickly in an hour this morning. I checked packages (out of curiosity--never have found one that was cheaper) on DL's website and they were twice as much--WITHOUT the airfare. So that's my 2 cents on packages, for what it's worth...

 

[valenrandy]

congrats!!!!!!

I hope you al have the best time next thurday!
I'm happy SWA gave you a great airfair rate and that you got an excellent rental car rate too. Make sure to do a trip report!

BTW.....

Welcome Back to DisneyLand!!!!!

(its a week early but who cares right )

 

[ter-moo]

Thanks for the good wishes, valenrandy! I KNOW we'll have fun. There's nothing like the original park to put a big smile on my face (and tears in my eyes!!!!)

 

[DoomBugger]

The best trips to the magic place is when you just go on short notice!

 

[valenrandy]

Just like wishes @ wdw, remembr @ dl has the same teary effect!

 

[lvstitch]

It was hilarious to watch my DD14's face yesterday when I asked her if she wanted to take a little trip down to DL next Thursday after her last final (at 10 am). There's a teacher workday Friday, so it gives us a nice long weekend.

She looked at me in confusion (knowing what a PLANNER I am when it comes to Disney excursions) and said, "But Mom! That's, like, less than a WEEK away! How can you possibly plan that?"

Well, I have. We're flying down from the Bay Area (thanks SW for the $49 airfares, even though we have to go to LAX!), renting a car for only $48 for Thurs-Sun from Avis (great code!), staying for $95 a night at the Candy Cane and we got tickets from Ares Travel for less than the advertised pre-purchase DL price!! ($164/3-day hopper)


I'm just a little excited...

Anyway, I was able to throw all of that together quickly in an hour this morning. I checked packages (out of curiosity--never have found one that was cheaper) on DL's website and they were twice as much--WITHOUT the airfare. So that's my 2 cents on packages, for what it's worth...

We'll be there too...although we have been planning this trip since October. We always go this time of year but we usually only go for a quick weekend. The kids here have a 3 days weekend too so we are leaving Thursday night and will be at the parks on Friday and Saturday. I'm too excited to sleep

 

[bumbershoot]

I'm taking an impromptu trip, too. So are you going this coming weekend, or next week? If it's next, if you see a solo traveler wandering around, that's probably me.

"tickets from Ares Travel for less than the advertised pre-purchase DL price!! ($164/3-day hopper)"

Since you've now started the impromptu trips, it is VERY obvious that you need to upgrade during this trip to APs, so that you can have a whole year for less than $100 more each.

I love Disney math!

 

[ter-moo]

I'm taking an impromptu trip, too. So are you going this coming weekend, or next week? If it's next, if you see a solo traveler wandering around, that's probably me.

"tickets from Ares Travel for less than the advertised pre-purchase DL price!! ($164/3-day hopper)"

Since you've now started the impromptu trips, it is VERY obvious that you need to upgrade during this trip to APs, so that you can have a whole year for less than $100 more each.

I love Disney math!

I'm going next weekend. And I actually WAS seriously thinking of getting an AP for myself--don't know about DD. We'll see...

 

[bumbershoot]

Hey, we live in Washington and have APs. We went for a vacay in Sept, had 5 day hoppers, and thought "well if we visit my brother in San Diego and come up for a one day visit, the total of those tickets is MORE than if we just get APs", so we upgraded.

Also that Saturday is a crazy thing that micechat is putting on, where bunches of teams are going to be running around trying to get on every ride in a day. I wish I could participate, but I'm only there until Saturday afternoon.

 

[ter-moo]

Hey, we live in Washington and have APs. We went for a vacay in Sept, had 5 day hoppers, and thought "well if we visit my brother in San Diego and come up for a one day visit, the total of those tickets is MORE than if we just get APs", so we upgraded.

Also that Saturday is a crazy thing that micechat is putting on, where bunches of teams are going to be running around trying to get on every ride in a day. I wish I could participate, but I'm only there until Saturday afternoon.

I wondered why so many hotels were booked... now it makes sense. That sounds fun--and on an EE day possibly DOable!!

 

[DLR29]

I wish I was going after my finals. They start tomorrow!

So what am I doing? Of course I'm on the DIS!

Have fun!

 

[Lilypaige]

Congrats on planning a quick getaway!

If you don't mind sharing, where did you locate a code for Avis?? I'm having alittle trouble coming up with good deals.

 

[minniecarousel]

ooh - sounds like fun!

DH & I are going in early Feb - I work at a school and make photocopies for the teachers. They will be well into the new semester, so it'll be a good time to go.

I love impromptu! We use our DVC points at the DLR so have to plan a little ahead.

Have fun (& what a nice treat for your daughter - after finals!)

 

[valenrandy]

AP is def the way to go!

Just like @ wdw.... It makes my mind up fast since I don't have to worry about tickets anymore. I feel like I saved 200$ when I go only to save another 200$ the next time too

 

[ter-moo]

Congrats on planning a quick getaway!

If you don't mind sharing, where did you locate a code for Avis?? I'm having alittle trouble coming up with good deals.

When renting a car, I always check two places in particular. One is carrentals.com (just to see what some of the going rates are) and then there's a site called rentalcodes.com. It has codes for several companies. I just go to each company's website and check rates with the codes given and see what comes up. This particular one was G540700 and it was a special weekend code. I'm glad I tried it, as I usually don't even look at Avis or Hertz--they're usually more expensive than the others!

 

[pixiewings71]

Bumber, looks like we will be there the same weekend!! You can join our group of 4 big kids if you want! LOL

Enjoy your trip, and seriously consider those AP's. I see you are in SF. We are pretty close to you and since we bought our AP's in July we've been a lot! LOL Spur of the moment weekend trips are really quite fun!!

 

[Lilypaige]

When renting a car, I always check two places in particular. One is carrentals.com (just to see what some of the going rates are) and then there's a site called rentalcodes.com. It has codes for several companies. I just go to each company's website and check rates with the codes given and see what comes up. This particular one was G540700 and it was a special weekend code. I'm glad I tried it, as I usually don't even look at Avis or Hertz--they're usually more expensive than the others!

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Awesome, thanks sooo much for the info!!