Mrs Hobbes
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Is it too soon for a pre-trip report?
As I start this pre trip report it is exactly 3 months 3 weeks and 3 days to our next Disney trip
: Maybe a little early but I have to do something, everything is planned and I can't pack yet 
This is my first ever trip report so bear with me. I love reading everyone else's so it is about time I gave it a whirl
Ok so here goes, settle back, make yourself comfy and enjoy
Who
Me & DH Im going to call him Grumpy
(hes not really but we call him that when were teasing him)
This will be our 2nd trip together but the 3rd trip for each of us as we have both went before we met.
DD age 6 Shes going to be Stitch because well the photo speaks for itself!
This will be her 2nd trip to WDW
DSD age 11 Im going to call her Eeyore as hes her fav
This is her 1st trip to WDW!! We are so excited to be able to show her the World
And our friends, they are a family of 4 with 2 girls age 11 and 14.
Also their 1st trip to WDW Im trying to hold back on giving them help unless they ask for it!! Ideally I would love to plan everything for them but I think theyd kill me! I have to think back to my first trip, before the days of websites and dis I went to WDW knowing nothing, reserving nothing and still had an excellent time with no regrets. We will do some stuff together that weve planned but some days they will do there own thing. They want to go off site and explore what else Orlando has to offer. We have no interest in shopping or the other parks; 2 weeks is barely enough time to cover everything we want to do in Disney! We will start going off site when DD is a bit older and weve had a few more trips to WDW.
A little Background
We wanted to take Eeyore with us to WDW for Christmas last year but we were not able to, family politics got in the way. We still went because it wasnt fair on Stitch to miss out. However we felt awful and we wanted to share it all with her so badly. It has been Grumpys dream to take both his girls to WDW. We promised Eeyore before we went in December that we would go again and that next time she would come. We didnt want this to be an empty promise and to not take another trip for 5 years. So this was one of the reasons we were motivated to buy DVC, it meant that we would be able to go back and lots more times too! Grumpy and I have always loved Disney so thinking that all our vacations for the foreseeable future would have a Disney flavour is not a problem for us:
We closed with DVC in January 2008 and started planning our next trip. We tackled it differently this time and worked with Eeyores mum as to when she would let her go. We got Eeyore so excited about it that mum wouldnt be able to say no. Emotional blackmail yes but hey needs must! We got agreement that she could come with us in February and that she would be allowed to miss a week of school. To be honest I think mum was hoping that I wouldnt be able to get time off work because Im a teacher
However I only work part time and I have a very understanding head teacher, she has stepchildren herself so she could understand the situation. She told me it would be fine for me to go and we work out cover nearer the time. Grumpy got the time off work as well and we just had to wait for the flights to come out. As we were waiting for flights, Grumpy started talking about our forthcoming trip to his friend at work. The friend expressed a wish to take his family but he had priced it up and he just couldnt afford it. Grumpy and I chatted we looked at the points charts; we had extra developers points too. Yes we had the points for a 2 bed, no I didnt mind if they came with us. So Grumpy made the offer, they were thrilled and it was lovely being able to share a little of the Disney magic with our friends.
When
Monday 9th February to Monday 23rd February
Our friends arrive on Thursday 12th and depart Saturday 21st
Where
We are travelling up to Gatwick on Sunday 8th February and staying at Acorn Lodge where we got a great deal: £134 for the family room, breakfast, transfers and parking
This is our first trip home since buying into DVC in January this year so we will be staying at Jambo House at Animal Kingdom Villas. This will be our first time at a deluxe resort!
Feb 8th 12th We are staying in a dedicated value studio
(from what Ive read some of these have savannah views so we have our fingers crossed, however with the closing of Sunset Savannah until April 15th 2009 we do not hold out much hope)
Feb 12th 23rd 2 bedroom standard view
We get the big bed!!
Well thats a start, planning and itineraries to follow:
As I start this pre trip report it is exactly 3 months 3 weeks and 3 days to our next Disney trip
: Maybe a little early but I have to do something, everything is planned and I can't pack yet This is my first ever trip report so bear with me. I love reading everyone else's so it is about time I gave it a whirl
Ok so here goes, settle back, make yourself comfy and enjoy
Who
Me & DH Im going to call him Grumpy
(hes not really but we call him that when were teasing him)This will be our 2nd trip together but the 3rd trip for each of us as we have both went before we met.
DD age 6 Shes going to be Stitch because well the photo speaks for itself!
This will be her 2nd trip to WDW
DSD age 11 Im going to call her Eeyore as hes her fav
This is her 1st trip to WDW!! We are so excited to be able to show her the World
And our friends, they are a family of 4 with 2 girls age 11 and 14.
Also their 1st trip to WDW Im trying to hold back on giving them help unless they ask for it!! Ideally I would love to plan everything for them but I think theyd kill me! I have to think back to my first trip, before the days of websites and dis I went to WDW knowing nothing, reserving nothing and still had an excellent time with no regrets. We will do some stuff together that weve planned but some days they will do there own thing. They want to go off site and explore what else Orlando has to offer. We have no interest in shopping or the other parks; 2 weeks is barely enough time to cover everything we want to do in Disney! We will start going off site when DD is a bit older and weve had a few more trips to WDW.
A little Background
We wanted to take Eeyore with us to WDW for Christmas last year but we were not able to, family politics got in the way. We still went because it wasnt fair on Stitch to miss out. However we felt awful and we wanted to share it all with her so badly. It has been Grumpys dream to take both his girls to WDW. We promised Eeyore before we went in December that we would go again and that next time she would come. We didnt want this to be an empty promise and to not take another trip for 5 years. So this was one of the reasons we were motivated to buy DVC, it meant that we would be able to go back and lots more times too! Grumpy and I have always loved Disney so thinking that all our vacations for the foreseeable future would have a Disney flavour is not a problem for us
:We closed with DVC in January 2008 and started planning our next trip. We tackled it differently this time and worked with Eeyores mum as to when she would let her go. We got Eeyore so excited about it that mum wouldnt be able to say no. Emotional blackmail yes but hey needs must! We got agreement that she could come with us in February and that she would be allowed to miss a week of school. To be honest I think mum was hoping that I wouldnt be able to get time off work because Im a teacher
However I only work part time and I have a very understanding head teacher, she has stepchildren herself so she could understand the situation. She told me it would be fine for me to go and we work out cover nearer the time. Grumpy got the time off work as well and we just had to wait for the flights to come out. As we were waiting for flights, Grumpy started talking about our forthcoming trip to his friend at work. The friend expressed a wish to take his family but he had priced it up and he just couldnt afford it. Grumpy and I chatted we looked at the points charts; we had extra developers points too. Yes we had the points for a 2 bed, no I didnt mind if they came with us. So Grumpy made the offer, they were thrilled and it was lovely being able to share a little of the Disney magic with our friends. When
Monday 9th February to Monday 23rd February
Our friends arrive on Thursday 12th and depart Saturday 21st
Where
We are travelling up to Gatwick on Sunday 8th February and staying at Acorn Lodge where we got a great deal: £134 for the family room, breakfast, transfers and parking
This is our first trip home since buying into DVC in January this year so we will be staying at Jambo House at Animal Kingdom Villas. This will be our first time at a deluxe resort!
Feb 8th 12th We are staying in a dedicated value studio
(from what Ive read some of these have savannah views so we have our fingers crossed, however with the closing of Sunset Savannah until April 15th 2009 we do not hold out much hope)
Feb 12th 23rd 2 bedroom standard view
We get the big bed!!
Well thats a start, planning and itineraries to follow
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