the Yanks and Rebels invade Disney

[ehstrojette]

Trying to find a title is about as hard as starting this thread



This is will be the first real trip us adults have been on(went when i was 3 in 74)

all the kids have never went

our cast

My family
Me,(Stacy) hubby(Jeff), DS(4)Ryan, DD(6)Mackenzie,DS(18) Josh

My sisters family
Sister-Karen Her Hubby-Dan , Neice(5) Paige, and Nephew(3)Kegan

My parents
just Mimi and Grandaddy to us

Staying offsite in a beautiful 7 bedroom villa through Florida Lake Villas
http://www.floridalakevillas.com/viewthevillas/viewvilla4.asp

 

[ehstrojette]

There was suppose to be 17 of us but my sister who is preggo and due in April isn;t coming after all. Her Fiance is a NYPD officer who is transfering to a upstate police dept so he doesn;t think they will get the time off plus they needed to start looking for a house. We were suppose to split the 2150 cost of the house(total after security deposit) so it would have been 534 each family but since she dropped out we have to pay her part.. not too happy about that one. it would have made us pay 717 each. Well me and my sister told my youngest sister she should have to pay something to us to help offset it cause she knew about this trip for over 2 yrs. Well she is giving us 100 each. guess 617 is better than 717 right.

Well yesterday mom says don;t count them out yet, NYPD might get off if he talks to his new police dept... My head is spinning going, not, going, not.
Well the 12 of us have ADR's at Chef Mickeys on Weds at 7:15 cause it will close early for P&PP. We woudl have to cancel those since i dont think you can add 4 and a newborn to your reservation right

 

[ehstrojette]

was on the phone last night with by BFF and now she wants to go, I would love having them stay with us but my sister will be like" I only want family staying" even though it would save us all money. She looked up some hotels in the area and it would be cheaper for her to stay at one of those.. The Howard Johnson maingate east is only 39.99-49.99 depending on which discount site your on. I didn;t know they made it so cheap. I hope her hubby can work the numbers for them to go. I haven;t seen her in 2 yrs and spending a whole week with her would be awesome

 

[ehstrojette]

Well my mom is visiting, I have bought 3 books and will have my TGM ready to plan everything out. I am getting so excited!!

I wish I could change the title.. no one but me wants to read this..j.k

 

[OhMari]

I'm here.
Wow, good luck with the planning.
We rented a house our first time. My kids still talk about the rented house with a pool and they could of cared less about WDW.

 

[ehstrojette]

I'm here.
Wow, good luck with the planning.
We rented a house our first time. My kids still talk about the rented house with a pool and they could of cared less about WDW.

I hope that isn;t the problem. I am worried about getting to do everything we want in the parks

our plan is

Friday- leave and drive to the villa
Sat relax then DTD
Sun-AK
Mon-Epcot
Tues- off day / pm to mk or epcot for fireworks?
Wed- MK/ 7:15 ADR at chef mickeys (pp&p night)
Thur-DS
Friday-am MK/clean,pack relax
Sat head home

eat most meals when we can at home to save money

I am nervous about everything being that it is the first time there. I am a planner and I dont want to make a mistake. I fear I will mess up somehow or someone will complain. I am following TGM's plans and this PP&P is messing up my MK day to see the fireworks, that is why I am trying to figure out a time to see them. We are doing just Magic your way tickets but we are buying from UCT and they have the buy 4 days get 2 free so we have that extra day where we could go on Tues or Friday night to see the fireworks at Disney. What would you do?????

 

[DiamondDiva305]

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[OhMari]

that extra day where we could go on Tues or Friday night to see the fireworks at Disney. What would you do?????

If you are not to tired I would do the Fireworks Tuesday nite, since this is your day off to unwind. It is a nice way to end your vacation too. But Friday nite might be really busy with weekend people coming in and they like to start their trip off with going to the MK.

 

[ehstrojette]

100 days left

 

[ehstrojette]

does anyone know about toll roads? Somewhere i read it is like 2-3 bucks through the toll roads. I am staying off S.poincinia(sp) rd below 17 in the Cresent lake subdivison. how is the best way to get there from I4 from Daytona area? we will be driving down I26 to I4 around the area I think. Will we hit toll roads to get to the parks?

 

[ehstrojette]

Less than 90 days left till we hit the road. I am so worried about not having enough spending money but I think 2500 should be enough. figured for 8 days is about 300 a day. I believe we should get the tax rebate before we go s that will help for back up money. Good thing DH SS# ends in 04 we will get it first.

My youngest sister who backed out of the trip only has 1 month left till she has her baby and her BF and her have found a house they like in the same hometown cause he took a job with the Corning PD after working as NYPD police officer.

My middle sister who will be going with us is the only person I talk Disney to besides you guys. She has 2 kids about the same ages as mine so it will be easy to do fun things together for the kids

speaking of kids. I bought my son a backpack harness for disney, I tell you the kid can run away fast and he thinks it is so funny.. not . Do any of you guys use them?

 

[ehstrojette]

Added pics of all of us. There is a rare pic of me on there too.lol enjoy

 

[carissanboys]

Great start so far! The house you're staying at looks amazing!! If you've read my TR you know that we loved staying in our townhouse. It's nice to have all of that space.

 

[joelp]

I am nervous about everything being that it is the first time there. I am a planner and I dont want to make a mistake. I fear I will mess up somehow or someone will complain. I am following TGM's plans and this PP&P is messing up my MK day to see the fireworks, that is why I am trying to figure out a time to see them. We are doing just Magic your way tickets but we are buying from UCT and they have the buy 4 days get 2 free so we have that extra day where we could go on Tues or Friday night to see the fireworks at Disney. What would you do?????

First off - relax ...

Since this is really your first time at WDW: the key to WDW is to relax and not try to see/do everything. So don't plan to stick religiously to any touring plan once you get to the parks ... go with the flow ...

Also, you should sit down with your fellow travellers and prioritize what you want to see in the parks - and don't be afraid to split up if different people want to do different things ...

And with a few younger kids, remember this advice -

Go early - take an afternoon break - and then head back to the parks later ...

This is a "must" with the little ones - and the adults will appreciate a rest, too - especially later in the week when all the walking starts to take its toll ...

Also - make sure to get "First Visit" pins at Guest Services the first park you visit ...

For Saturday - by "DDD" did you mean "DTD"?

You may want to save AK for later in the week -it closes earlier than the other parks, so it makes for a short day ...

You should try to hit MK Fiday night for "Wishes" - that's a great way to end the trip, and that will give you a "whole" day at the MK ... you could pack/clean during the Friday afternoon break and Saturday morning.

On Tuesday night, if you're not too wasted from the beach, you may want to head back to Epcot (one day at Epcot is not nearly enough time!!)

That will use up your 6 days of tix ...

 

[ehstrojette]

Everyone thinks I am nuts for planning so far in advance but I think you have to plan this early.

Now I would like to put a bag together for each of the kids and need help deciding what to put into it and also what to put the stuff into. I have autograph books i bought for the younger 4 kids and misting fans for them also. I think I will ask someone on the Design board for the names to iron on each bag but I need help on other things to fill it.

I also need to find a hotel around GA/FL board which will sleep 7 people in one room like a suite or something. There are places where kids stay free under 18. I would like it to be less than 120 for the night, can i find some place to stay or should I come farther towards orlando. I live in Tennessee near Kingsport/Bristol area and would be going I26 to 195 way

 

[ehstrojette]

whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!




Disney is 2 1/2 months

 

[VroomVroomLightning]

LOL..I know the feeling about money...We got a call last week sometime from my sister in law and brother asking.."Hey do you wanna go to Disney World with us in October" I said "OH YES" Then they said it was going to be for a WHOLE week then they really had me hooked. SO since I live with my mom and younger brother we asked if they wanted to go too. We knew my mom would be worried about money but I talked to her and told her "Mom, we can do it this is Disney World, we gotta do it" So she agreed and the excitement level hasn't let down yet. We have been on here everyday and doing something that has to do with planning. Then we are figuring out a payment plan for the whole package since we booked through Disneyworld.com and how to have spending money too..So my mom told my younger brother that he has to deal with it that we are saving money so all this litle stuff he finds essential might be put off til after vacation...We both plan on taking at least 1000 dollars for spending money if not more. But, we have the dining plan so most food is already paid for. So that leaves me at spending 125 dollars a day, which I kind of doubt I will do because we plan on buying a lot of "Disney" stuff before we get there.
Thank you very much for stopping by my pre trip report..I will be checking up on you daily now too!!

Now that I am done rambling I will let you be..lol..I tend to talk and talk and don't know when to stop...But stop by anytime to share your excitement!!

 

[BrittBritt]

Everyone thinks I am nuts for planning so far in advance but I think you have to plan this early.

Now I would like to put a bag together for each of the kids and need help deciding what to put into it and also what to put the stuff into. I have autograph books i bought for the younger 4 kids and misting fans for them also. I think I will ask someone on the Design board for the names to iron on each bag but I need help on other things to fill it.

I also need to find a hotel around GA/FL board which will sleep 7 people in one room like a suite or something. There are places where kids stay free under 18. I would like it to be less than 120 for the night, can i find some place to stay or should I come farther towards orlando. I live in Tennessee near Kingsport/Bristol area and would be going I26 to 195 way

Putting bags together for the kids will be so much fun! There's tons of stuff to help you with that on the DISign board. I'm in the middle of printing out some of the activity sheets I found there to bring with us in the car.

You'll have to keep us posted on your sister's baby and whether or not they've decided to join you guys on your trip!

 

[VroomVroomLightning]

I cannot say enough about the DISboards and I love everything I find on here...The people are great and YAY..lol..my nephew is here with me right now so I am extra excited because to see the excitement in his eyes when he sees Mickey Mouse is one you cannot deny that it is magical!!

 

[ehstrojette]

I cannot say enough about the DISboards and I love everything I find on here...The people are great and YAY..lol..my nephew is here with me right now so I am extra excited because to see the excitement in his eyes when he sees Mickey Mouse is one you cannot deny that it is magical!!

I know what you mean. I can;t wait to see the excitment through the eyes of my kids and my niece and Nephew. I know I am gonna cry, I am over emotional anyhow. Disney will do me in. You should watch some of the surprise we are going to disney videos on Youtube.. they are awesome. I wish I never would have told the kids so I could surprise them too but maybe next time

I have a new Nephew coming very soon but I am sad that they decided not to come on the trip cause I dont know when I will be able to see him, he will be about 7 months old at Thanksgiving unless my sister comes here this summer for a visit. They will miss out on so much fun