kmaria
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 26, 2007
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- 136
Hi guys!
So back in January, I originally booked a trip for 7 nights at Port Orleans Riverside. We stayed at FQ on our honeymoon in February 2014 and thought we'd try out Riverside next. Animal Kingdom Lodge has been my bucket list resort basically since it emerged. But it's always been way out of the realm of possibility for us.
Quick story - on the last full night of our honeymoon we were dining at Sanaa. On the way back to the bus, I was taking in the atmosphere of the resort and I was just overwhelmed with this sad achy feeling because I wanted to stay there SO bad.
Like, sad alligator tear were rolling down my cheeks. LOL. I had to do my best to stop them on the way down to the bus. Looking back, I really wish we'd have stuck around a bit to explore the area some more, but my stomach had not been good for much of our trip and that night was no different. Such a wasted opportunity though!
Fortunately, things have really worked out this time and we were able to change our booking to AKL. So that's it - we're headed there Nov 19- 26th. Praying that nothing comes up between now and then that will ruin this for us, because we desperately need our Disney fix. I'm budgeting like crazyyy.
It will be a first for us at AKL, a first for us to see the parks decorated for Christmas, and our first Thanksgiving spent at Disney World. I'm pretty stressed about the Thanksgiving part, but my husband is a teacher so we have to take advantage of the breaks. Unfortunately, Disney World is the last place I want to be in the summer months.
I have a lot to learn about visiting the parks during the holiday season, and I can't wait to dig in!
So back in January, I originally booked a trip for 7 nights at Port Orleans Riverside. We stayed at FQ on our honeymoon in February 2014 and thought we'd try out Riverside next. Animal Kingdom Lodge has been my bucket list resort basically since it emerged. But it's always been way out of the realm of possibility for us.
Quick story - on the last full night of our honeymoon we were dining at Sanaa. On the way back to the bus, I was taking in the atmosphere of the resort and I was just overwhelmed with this sad achy feeling because I wanted to stay there SO bad.
Like, sad alligator tear were rolling down my cheeks. LOL. I had to do my best to stop them on the way down to the bus. Looking back, I really wish we'd have stuck around a bit to explore the area some more, but my stomach had not been good for much of our trip and that night was no different. Such a wasted opportunity though!
Fortunately, things have really worked out this time and we were able to change our booking to AKL. So that's it - we're headed there Nov 19- 26th. Praying that nothing comes up between now and then that will ruin this for us, because we desperately need our Disney fix. I'm budgeting like crazyyy.
It will be a first for us at AKL, a first for us to see the parks decorated for Christmas, and our first Thanksgiving spent at Disney World. I'm pretty stressed about the Thanksgiving part, but my husband is a teacher so we have to take advantage of the breaks. Unfortunately, Disney World is the last place I want to be in the summer months.
I have a lot to learn about visiting the parks during the holiday season, and I can't wait to dig in!
