The Willy's head to Walt's World..again!!! 5/18: TR Started!!

[bertegirl]

Way to go...We paid $800 for the 4 of us. (technically 3 of us) We only have 1 airport to chose and 2 airlines that do nonstop so for us it was worth it.

 

[wlwilliams9]

My goodness, when are the May hours going to be posted? I have a tentative plan while I wait for the hours. DH and I are bummed they are cutting back hours because we like to sleep in and stay out late while at WDW. It looks like this time around, we’ll have to drag our booties out of bed before 10am! Anyway, here’s the plan:

Saturday, May 9th
Check in at Poly early afternoon
Head to DTD for some shopping and Earl of Sandwich (Drool!)
Pool/Nap time
Spirit of Aloha show

Sunday, May 10th (Our 7th Anniversary & Mother’s Day)
Chef Mickey’s for breakfast
Magic Kingdom
California Grill for dinner (more drool!)

Monday, May 11th
Hollywood Studios
Lunch @ Sci-Fi Theater
Dinner @ Flying Fish Café

Tuesday, May 12th
Epcot
Akerhaus Princess Storybook breakfast
Tutto Italia for dinner

Wednesday, May 13th
Typhoon Lagoon in the morning/early afternoon
Animal Kingdom in the late afternoon/evening
Dinner @ Jiko

Thursday, May 14th
Breakfast @ Kona
Magic Kingdom
Plaza Restaurant for lunch
Dinner @ Whispering Canyon Café

Friday, May 15th
Epcot
Either Rose & Crown or Nine Dragons for lunch
LeCellier @ Dinner

Saturday, May 16th
Ohana’s for breakfast
Enjoy the Poly pool before we head home this evening


The time sure does fly by when you type it out like this!

Up Next: Our funniest pics from WDW!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Hi! What a great PTR so far. Your DD is too cute for words.

You've got some great plans and great ADR's. I am anxiously waiting for the May Park Hours too. I think we will be lucky if they are posted in January. I have a feeling they won't be posted until next month. It's really hard to plan our your days and your adr's when you don't have the park hours. I'm worried about the parks closing early too. We like taking a midday break and then going back to stay out late. Oh well. It will still be Disney.

Can't wait to read more.

 

[Villainess]

So glad you were able to get your cash back for the extra credits and a great deal too! We are flying Spirit as well; did you pay the extra $ to choose a seat now? We did - couldn't believe it was $10/seat/way. Ridiculous, but we wanted to sit together, esp. w/ my 2 little ones.

 

[ScotsMinnie]

OK, so back in November we booked our wonderful Disney vacation and the search for the cheapest airfare began. I signed up for the SW Ding, Spirit $9 fare club and DH is already a NWA Worldperks member so I checked prices every day, multiple times….obsess much!?! Finally, mid-December, I booked a great $9 fare on Spirit from DTW to MCO & back, departing in the morning and returning in the evening. Our total for the 3 of us, with airfare and baggage fees, was $465. Sounds too good to be true? Well it was! About a week later, I was checking on my reservation and noticed that the time had changed on our outbound flight from the morning to the late afternoon. WHAT? That’s a whole day of Disney wasted and I wasn’t having that, so I called Spirit and cancelled the flight. They actually gave me my money back! I was totally expecting a credit. UGH, back to the drawing board!

Over the holidays, fares were ridiculously high, but I’d check several times a day anyway! On 1/6, I was on Spiritair.com and they were offering $35 off for 35 hours and I found a pretty good price of $558 for the 3 of us so I booked again. When I went to my profile to check my flight, I noticed that I had booked 5/6, not 5/9, OMG! I really screwed up! The flights on 5/9 we’re actually $150 more, Oh man! Again, I get on the phone and call, like 5 minutes after I made the screw up! This time, I was only offered a credit or they could change my flight to the more expensive one. Credit please! Now, I’m P.O’ed because I made such a boo boo and was now obligated to fly Spirit. Back to watching the fares…again.

Finally, we come to today. I log on to Spirit Air around 1pm because that’s usually when their promos begin and they are offering $9 fares and $35 off for 35 hours again. I check the flights I want and WOW!!! $427.50 for the 3 of us, airfare and baggage fees. Score!! That still leaves $130.50 left in credit so I call my SIL, who is going to WDW with us and ask her if she’d like me to book their (SIL, BIL, DNiece) flights with my $9 fare club too and she said, “YES”! I paid for the total and she is paying me back for their flight which means I get my money back for the credits I wasn’t going to use. Did that make sense? Oh, who cares, I’m so excited!

I only hope Spirit doesn’t change their times on me again!!

That was great timing - glad you got them sorted. I am very jealous of your airfares. (Ours cost us the equivalent of about $3000 - and that was a good price!)

My goodness, when are the May hours going to be posted? I have a tentative plan while I wait for the hours. DH and I are bummed they are cutting back hours because we like to sleep in and stay out late while at WDW. It looks like this time around, we’ll have to drag our booties out of bed before 10am! Anyway, here’s the plan:

Saturday, May 9th
Check in at Poly early afternoon
Head to DTD for some shopping and Earl of Sandwich (Drool!)
Pool/Nap time
Spirit of Aloha show

Sunday, May 10th (Our 7th Anniversary & Mother’s Day)
Chef Mickey’s for breakfast
Magic Kingdom
California Grill for dinner (more drool!)

Monday, May 11th
Hollywood Studios
Lunch @ Sci-Fi Theater
Dinner @ Flying Fish Café

Tuesday, May 12th
Epcot
Akerhaus Princess Storybook breakfast
Tutto Italia for dinner

Wednesday, May 13th
Typhoon Lagoon in the morning/early afternoon
Animal Kingdom in the late afternoon/evening
Dinner @ Jiko

Thursday, May 14th
Breakfast @ Kona
Magic Kingdom
Plaza Restaurant for lunch
Dinner @ Whispering Canyon Café

Friday, May 15th
Epcot
Either Rose & Crown or Nine Dragons for lunch
LeCellier @ Dinner

Saturday, May 16th
Ohana’s for breakfast
Enjoy the Poly pool before we head home this evening


The time sure does fly by when you type it out like this!

Up Next: Our funniest pics from WDW!

The California Grill is def the best meal out we had last time. Watching Wishes from the rooftop terrace is really great. The music is piped in so make sure you get your timings right so you catch it. Your server will tell you when it is starting and they will hold your next course so it doesn't get cold! Not cold up there but a bit breezy so best take a little jacket for the little one just in case!

 

[wlwilliams9]

Hi! What a great PTR so far. Your DD is too cute for words.

You've got some great plans and great ADR's. I am anxiously waiting for the May Park Hours too. I think we will be lucky if they are posted in January. I have a feeling they won't be posted until next month. It's really hard to plan our your days and your adr's when you don't have the park hours. I'm worried about the parks closing early too. We like taking a midday break and then going back to stay out late. Oh well. It will still be Disney.

Can't wait to read more.

Thanks for coming over to my PTR! I was inspired by one of your posts and had to check out some of those Old Navy T's. I will definitly be ordering a couple of those shirts on sale!

So glad you were able to get your cash back for the extra credits and a great deal too! We are flying Spirit as well; did you pay the extra $ to choose a seat now? We did - couldn't believe it was $10/seat/way. Ridiculous, but we wanted to sit together, esp. w/ my 2 little ones.

I haven't picked seats yet. I'm watching the flight to see if I really need to or not. You can check to see what seats are available on the website. So far, there are only 3 seats that have been reserved on the way down and 7 on the way back. If it looks like it's starting to get crowded, I'll purchase then. Charging for seats is RIDICULOUS!

That was great timing - glad you got them sorted. I am very jealous of your airfares. (Ours cost us the equivalent of about $3000 - and that was a good price!)





The California Grill is def the best meal out we had last time. Watching Wishes from the rooftop terrace is really great. The music is piped in so make sure you get your timings right so you catch it. Your server will tell you when it is starting and they will hold your next course so it doesn't get cold! Not cold up there but a bit breezy so best take a little jacket for the little one just in case!

Yikes! $3000 for flights !! I guess that's the price to pay when you live over seas.

We LOVE CG! We ate there last year for the first time and it is now a must do! I think I will plan our dinner during Wishes. Last year, we ate there before the Pirate & Princess Party. Yum! I can't wait.

 

[kgle]

Woohoo so it looks like you, Brandi, and I will all be at AK on the same day!

 

[Villainess]

Our flight was half - 1/3 full when we booked so we opted for the seats. I wrote a letter of complaint to Spirit about charging for the seats and received an email that had a virus attached to it (thankfully I caught it quickly and no damage done) that basically stated they offer the choice of seating as an option and the luggage charge as an option (the email stated, "you can bring a carry on for no charge) to ensure they can offer low fares due to the high cost of fuel and that you don't have to choose a seat - my argument was that they are discriminating against families with young children who need to have seats together. In the end our "cheaper airfare" through them was $2 more than Continental.

 

[wlwilliams9]

I just had to share...

My DD is sitting at the table in the kitchen playing with her Play-Doh, being a good girl....Cute huh? Well, she is also singing over and over, "Applebottom jeans, boots with the spurs, shorty get low, low, low, low, low"! Where does she get this stuff?

OK, so I MAY have had that song stuck in my head yesterday and I MAY have been singing it all day!

 

[wlwilliams9]

I thought I would share some of the funny pics we have from our previous vacations.

Here is Buzz and Mr. Potato Head getting fresh with me. They're both total flirts!

This lady was walking around Fantasyland. Mike HAD to take a picture!

Finally, the Photopass photogs were making fun of us because not only did we have a fan for Emily, but we had one for us too!

Hope these put a smile on your face!

 

[ScotsMinnie]

That pic of the woman's a@@ is the funniest thing I have seen for ages!!!!! Do you think she had any idea that is what she looked like from the back?

 

[tinkgurl]

Well, I'm hooked! Your DD is adorable! And that picture of that lady walking around Fantasyland......wow couldn't anyone else with her tell her?! Well since we're singing "Applebottom jeans......." The song for this picture would have to be "Baby got back"

 

[wlwilliams9]

That pic of the woman's a@@ is the funniest thing I have seen for ages!!!!! Do you think she had any idea that is what she looked like from the back?

Well, I'm hooked! Your DD is adorable! And that picture of that lady walking around Fantasyland......wow couldn't anyone else with her tell her?! Well since we're singing "Applebottom jeans......." The song for this picture would have to be "Baby got back"

We couldn't believe she was wearing those shorts and no one told her that her a$$ was hanging out. "Oh my God, Becky, look at her butt. She must be one of those rap guy's girlfriends"! Baby got too much back for my poor eyes!

 

[tinkgurl]

We couldn't believe she was wearing those shorts and no one told her that her a$$ was hanging out. "Oh my God, Becky, look at her butt. She must be one of those rap guy's girlfriends"! Baby got too much back for my poor eyes!

My eyes! My eyes! They've seen too much! Good grief. You should start a thread on the Theme Parks section about the craziest things you've seen people wear at the parks and post this picture!

 

[BridetobeDisney]

OMG that lady is hilarious! Gosh the things people wear.

I'm glad you got a good price for your flight. All that stuff is foreign to me. I've never been on a plane.

Aww Emily was singing one of my favorite songs! It's so catchy.

If we are all at AK the same day, we have to meet up!

I'm worried about them cutting hours too. How early will they close?

 

[Lady Lallie]

That lady!! My goodness gracious. I would hope someone would tell me if I left the house looking like that!!

Your picture also made me feel better about the mullet pic we took while riding the train in MK.

 

[wlwilliams9]

Mike's brother was in a serious car accident this afternoon. DH is at the hospital now. I guess my BIL fell asleep at the wheel. he's broken his neck and broke the back of the other driver.

One one hand, I'm upset because you never want to see someone hurt and I know Mike is very upset, on the other hand, my BIL has a serious drug problem and has majorly screwed up his life. We all knew it was a matter of time before he hurt himself or others. Maybe this is the wake up call he needs to get himself clean. The family has tried everything. We've shut him out, done an intervention, his wife left and he lost all custody of my DNiece & DNephew. He can only see them supervised and after taking a drug test. He lost his $250,000/year job this past summer and has been homeless since. He was driving one of his friends trucks at the time of the accident. He was found with a crack pipe on him, but no drugs. They did blood work, but I haven't heard if he was high.

Is it wrong that I'm more mad at BIL than upset?

 

[kgle]

Mike's brother was in a serious car accident this afternoon. DH is at the hospital now. I guess my BIL fell asleep at the wheel. he's broken his neck and broke the back of the other driver.

One one hand, I'm upset because you never want to see someone hurt and I know Mike is very upset, on the other hand, my BIL has a serious drug problem and has majorly screwed up his life. We all knew it was a matter of time before he hurt himself or others. Maybe this is the wake up call he needs to get himself clean. The family has tried everything. We've shut him out, done an intervention, his wife left and he lost all custody of my DNiece & DNephew. He can only see them supervised and after taking a drug test. He lost his $250,000/year job this past summer and has been homeless since. He was driving one of his friends trucks at the time of the accident. He was found with a crack pipe on him, but no drugs. They did blood work, but I haven't heard if he was high.

Is it wrong that I'm more mad at BIL than upset?

Wendy, I totally understand where you are coming from. At some point you just stop feeling sorry or bad for someone when you have offered all the help you can give. I know that a part of you is upset about him being hurt, but I get the being mad part. When my sister was in the hospital that day for hypothermia I couldn't help but get SO mad at her. Sometimes I just feel apathetic, like when my mom told me she was arrested a week ago. Its ok

 

[wlwilliams9]

Wendy, I totally understand where you are coming from. At some point you just stop feeling sorry or bad for someone when you have offered all the help you can give. I know that a part of you is upset about him being hurt, but I get the being mad part. When my sister was in the hospital that day for hypothermia I couldn't help but get SO mad at her. Sometimes I just feel apathetic, like when my mom told me she was arrested a week ago. Its ok

Thanks Kara! Mike's home now and very upset. I guess the other driver was all right afterall. He was checked out and released from the hospital, thank God! My BIL did break two verts in his neck and back and shattered his foot. He's already started to withdrawl. Mostly he's feeling sorry for himself saying they should have left him to die, which breaks my MIL and Mike's heart to hear. He was high at the time. The cops were at the hospital ready to arrest him, but of course, he was admitted and surgery is pending. Thanks for the hugs!!

 

[tinkgurl]

Mike's brother was in a serious car accident this afternoon. DH is at the hospital now. I guess my BIL fell asleep at the wheel. he's broken his neck and broke the back of the other driver.

One one hand, I'm upset because you never want to see someone hurt and I know Mike is very upset, on the other hand, my BIL has a serious drug problem and has majorly screwed up his life. We all knew it was a matter of time before he hurt himself or others. Maybe this is the wake up call he needs to get himself clean. The family has tried everything. We've shut him out, done an intervention, his wife left and he lost all custody of my DNiece & DNephew. He can only see them supervised and after taking a drug test. He lost his $250,000/year job this past summer and has been homeless since. He was driving one of his friends trucks at the time of the accident. He was found with a crack pipe on him, but no drugs. They did blood work, but I haven't heard if he was high.

Is it wrong that I'm more mad at BIL than upset?

Ugh, I'm so sorry! And no it's not wrong that you're more mad than upset. Your family has tried everything and he still won't change his life around. He obviously does not care about seeing his kids at all either.