Hi! We're joining the April party a little late - I had been planning for a July trip (to coincide with a conference I have to attend) that would have also been a birthday celebration for DD6 and DH. DH and I decided that we want nicer weather, though, so we bumped up our trip to April. I booked the airfare with Southwest and got a great deal (3 RT tickets for under $500), though unfortunately it involves a 2-hour ride to/from a farther airport instead of using one of the airports that are only an hour away - but I just can't talk myself into spending an extra $400-$500 to save those two hours of driving... Rooms are also booked:
AoA Cars 4/23-4/28 (with a day trip to
Legoland during this time)
Poly 4/28-5/2
This will be our second trip to WDW - all three of us went for the first time last March (we survived a first visit during Easter week!) with my brother and SIL, who have been a few times now. DH wasn't overly excited but went because it was DD's first trip - and a surprise - so he wanted to see her reaction (which was so great!). Little did he know he would be bitten by the Disney bug...
Last year we stayed at Pop and liked the theme but had SO much trouble sleeping there. We're crossing our fingers and hoping that our room choices this year will be a little quieter. Some other things we are doing differently this time are going during a less crowded time of year, adding the park hopper option to our tickets, planning to take more breaks, and not using the
DDP (just didn't feel we really got our money's worth last time). We did make a few ADRs, though, for places we just loved or didn't get to try last time - and I've been able to find everything we wanted even though we just decided on the dates for the trip last week!
4/24 Crystal Palace 8:10am
4/26 Sci Fi 12:50pm
4/27 Akershus 8:05am
4/28 BOG 8:05am
4/29 Spirit of Aloha 5:15pm
4/30 BOG 4:00pm
5/1 'Ohana 6:30pm (I'm debating whether we should keep this or go for the room service dinner I keep reading about, though!)
So here's our trip:
Polynesian, April 18-25, regular dining plan
ADRs: CRT breakfast, Ohana breakfast, BOG dinner, others TBD.
Squeeeee!!!
Edit: Resort booked and we did some math. Since we were planning a 3-4 day trip in the fall and another trip next January, it made more sense for us to purchase Annual Passes. Big squeeeee!!
Looks like we will be arriving at Poly just a few days after you leave! What room requests are you thinking of making? We booked a standard, but I'm still overwhelmed by the choices we have, and wondering what construction will look like by the time we arrive.
I'm considering going the Annual Pass route, too. My brother and SIL are expecting their first child to arrive next week, so they are already planning an extended family trip for his first birthday next January. I'm 99% sure that DD and I will go, but DH is still on the fence about whether he would join us. If I buy an AP for just myself and get DH and DD's tickets through
UT, I could save at least $300 on the combined cost of the two trips, compared to just buying MYW packages each time. It would be an even bigger benefit if I decide to visit the world by myself during that July conference...
I'm hesitant to take the plunge, though, just in case something comes up and I can't go next January - it's so far away!
Well, this is it! 3 months to go, and I am now officially "All In" - I just bought my plane ticket! Not the cheapest I'd seen the fares, but still less than I've paid in past years and well within my price target. Flying Delta for the first time. Paying my second visit to ATL (only previous stop there was 2013 on the old AirTran). Now I just need to get my flight info added for DME.
How awesome!
It has been a very busy time with the holidays. And I have been going through Disney depression worse than ever because November of last year we were in Disney. April still seems far away!
Instead I am buying gift cards ahead of time for meals so it is kinda like pre-paying. Not sure about the trading credits.
