Tink2312
<font color=magenta>I didn't ask to be a princess
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Hi there,
We're home (unfortunately). Got back on Saturday morning from a rather chilly Orlando
Thankfully, overall we had pretty great weather, but boy from Thanksgiving onwards it was COLD. I'm so glad we took our coats - totally worth the strange looks we got when boarding the plane - amateurs 
Anyway, we had an awesome time despite Dad's illness, which thankfully he seems to now have recovered from just as we've returned home - typical!
The crowds were very low the first week and were very manageable even around Thanksgiving. The resort was fantastic and we all agreed that if/ when we buy into DVC, SSR should be our "home". We can't wait to go back next year
As for having free dining, it was every bit as good as we'd hoped. Although we love our favourite restaurants offsite, we didn't miss them at all.
The food in Disney is overpriced, but not having to assess whether paying $35 for a tiny piece of fish (Coral Reef) was worth it, we could just enjoy what essentially overall is very good food (or certainly the dishes we sampled).
We worked out that we "spent" roughly $2,250 on food during the 2 weeks and we actually managed to use every last one of our credits (and shockingly we didn't come home with loads of Pez etc in our suitcases). Taking that total an the price of the tickets off the total price of the WDW UK package, means that the accomodation worked out at about £10/ night
I'll try to get round to doing a brief trippie soon for anyone that's interested.
Thanks guys, by the way, for all the help with planning this last trip
I'm itching now to get on with planning our trip next October/ November
After all, I better get a move on - it's only 10 months, 28 days until I go
We're home (unfortunately). Got back on Saturday morning from a rather chilly Orlando
Thankfully, overall we had pretty great weather, but boy from Thanksgiving onwards it was COLD. I'm so glad we took our coats - totally worth the strange looks we got when boarding the plane - amateurs Anyway, we had an awesome time despite Dad's illness, which thankfully he seems to now have recovered from just as we've returned home - typical!
The crowds were very low the first week and were very manageable even around Thanksgiving. The resort was fantastic and we all agreed that if/ when we buy into DVC, SSR should be our "home". We can't wait to go back next year
As for having free dining, it was every bit as good as we'd hoped. Although we love our favourite restaurants offsite, we didn't miss them at all. The food in Disney is overpriced, but not having to assess whether paying $35 for a tiny piece of fish (Coral Reef) was worth it, we could just enjoy what essentially overall is very good food (or certainly the dishes we sampled).
We worked out that we "spent" roughly $2,250 on food during the 2 weeks and we actually managed to use every last one of our credits (and shockingly we didn't come home with loads of Pez etc in our suitcases). Taking that total an the price of the tickets off the total price of the WDW UK package, means that the accomodation worked out at about £10/ night
I'll try to get round to doing a brief trippie soon for anyone that's interested.
Thanks guys, by the way, for all the help with planning this last trip
I'm itching now to get on with planning our trip next October/ November
After all, I better get a move on - it's only 10 months, 28 days until I go 
