Subscribing now.... with the caveat that in a couple of weeks my time will be less everywhere here.
Yea!!OH looky who I found.
To my little corner of the DIS! So glad to have you join in!
Yay for Poly! I would love to stay there sometime.
And I'm totally jelly of your London trip. I'm gaga over Harry Potter but I think we're skipping over Universal on this trip
Looking forward to seeing how your plans pan out. And don't worry. We're over a year out as well and our plans have changed about a dozen times already.
! Thanks for stopping by!! There's not a lot of action going on around here at the moment I'm afraid. Guess that's one of the downfalls of starting your PTR SO early!
And it wasn't hard at all! I had this whole speech planned out with all kinds of arguments prepared and all he said was, " sure whatever you want" 
. Now my big decision is where to stay for the extra night..... I've narrowed it down to these four choices. POFQ, WL ( I can handle construction for one night), Boardwalk or just add another night to our Poly reservation.
. DH thinks the room decor is kinda boring, and of course there's the resort change...
Also one fun thing, remember a couple of posts back I said I was going to try to convince DH to fly down to Disney a day earlier than we originally planned? He totally went for it!!
Try that when you want a pair of Manolo Blahniks.
Love exploring a new city.
But I must admit that everytime I see OR I think people are emphasising the word "or"
"We were going to go to Portland... OR... maybe Seattle."
Suckah!... I mean, good for your guys!
Well, I'm not probably not the best person to ask.
When I get to a hotel/resort, I want to unpack and not think about packing or living out of a suitcase for a while.
So I would choose to add a day to the Poly.
What time are you scheduled to arrive? Or do you know yet?
A girl and her shoes....
Hi, Kelly!
That's the beauty of the DIS, though! When your own thread is slow-going, that's when you can go lose yourself in other people's plans and trips!I've been busier posting on everyone else's threads than my own! Ha!
That's a smart man right there. He must understand that a happy wife = a happy life.Also one fun thing, remember a couple of posts back I said I was going to try to convince DH to fly down to Disney a day earlier than we originally planned? He totally went for it!!
Exactly... So there's your answer. If you can't think of many cons to just adding a night on at the Poly, then... Well. There you go. (And it's what I would do, personally!)
Ehhhh, this is tricky. I always book plans on my arrival day, be it an ADR or a party ticket. But that being said, you might recall the traffic nightmare I got stuck in on my way down for my April trip, and how I very nearly missed my ADR at Boma. So it's really about rolling the dice. And also, Murphy's law... If you decide to err on the side of caution and not book anything, your travel day will go amazing with zero hiccups. That's just how the universe works.
I remember doing the same last year! It'll fly by, you'll see!
Also one fun thing, remember a couple of posts back I said I was going to try to convince DH to fly down to Disney a day earlier than we originally planned? He totally went for it!!
And there is the boat to DTD (which is so nice...plus someone might be in OKW at that time and might wave as you go past 
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That's a smart man right there. He must understand that a happy wife = a happy life.
Exactly... So there's your answer. If you can't think of many cons to just adding a night on at the Poly, then... Well. There you go. (And it's what I would do, personally!)
you might recall the traffic nightmare I got stuck in on my way down for my April trip, and how I very nearly missed my ADR at Boma. So it's really about rolling the dice. And also, Murphy's law... If you decide to err on the side of caution and not book anything, your travel day will go amazing with zero hiccups. That's just how the universe works.
naturally that is how the universe works!I remember doing the same last year! It'll fly by, you'll see!
oh I wish we had an extra couple days of play time!POFQ looks like a lovely resort and if you love the food court that is a bonus because...food!
The extra night in the Poly is also a good plan, the only thing I would say is that you aren't guaranteed to be able to keep the same room so you might have to still pack up and move even if its just to a different room in the hotel. But its the Poly! Can you really go wrong???
So my question is, if I just call and add on an extra day at the Poly to my existing res. wouldn't they just have us in the same room the whole time?
Sometimes they make you make a separate reservation (don't ask me why I have no idea!) and in that case they might make you move but if they will let you add it to the existing reservation without a new ressie number hopefully you shouldn't have to move! I seriously think sometimes it really depends on what kind of mood you get the reservation CM in on how well they do these kind of things!
I think in that case I would book a ADR, on the day we fly in we will be flying in from the UK at like 11am getting in at like 3:30pm and I am going to book a ADR that so barring any major delay I think you will be cool
I dread that overnight flight!
If the availability is there, they will just change the dates on your existing reservation. The only reason they would book it as a separate reservation is if that one night is on a different type of rate or promotion from the rest of your stay. (Examples: If your first night was Room Only, but the rest of your stay was a package with dining. Or if your first night was at Rack Rate, and the rest of your stay was at a military or other promotional rate.) I am changing/adding dates for clients all the time. In fact, my own booking for October 2016 was originally scheduled for checking in on Oct. 24th and checking out Oct. 28th. I've since called and changed it to checking in on Oct. 22nd, and checkout remains the same. Since it was the same package with Dining at Rack rate, they just tacked the two nights onto the front-end and gave me my updated total. It really is that easy. Give them a call.So my question is, if I just call and add on an extra day at the Poly to my existing res. wouldn't they just have us in the same room the whole time?
I think my reasoning for maybe staying at a different resort for the first night only is MOSTLY just to stay at a different resort, they all have such cool things to offer. But I must admit I also like the idea of settling in somewhere and making it home....can you tell I'm terrible at making decisions?
Yes, I noticed.
! So glad to have you join us! i actually have a done a split stay before at DL, we did 2 nights at Paradise Pier Hotel and 2 nights at the Disneyland Hotel. From that experience I found I never needed to stay at Paradise Pier again! Decisions, decisions!! 
