stephielela
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i love your spreadsheet! very organized and colorful! i'm working on mine...
Good Morning, well afternoon!! I was up at the butt crack of dawn to make our ADRs and Emily's BBB appt. Actually, I only had 1 ADR (CRT) to make since I read on the boards that there is a glitch in the online system and made the others on Friday!!Anyway, I was able to get everything I wanted except Le Cellier. They had early & late dinners available, but I didn't want those so I made a lunch ADR there and a dinner ressie at Nine Dragons.
So, without furher ado, here is the list!
12/3 - Arrival Day
6:20pm - Ohana's (if we hang at the resort and relax tonight)
6:40pm - Flying Fish Cafe (if we go to the BW and check out the decorations at BW/BC/YC)
12/4 - MK
8:10am - Chef Mickey's
5:00pm - Whispering Canyon Cafe
12/5 - DHS
8:00am - Play & Dine
1:30pm - Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater
6:45pm - Mama Melrose's
12/6 - MK
8:05am - Crystal Palace
9:30am - Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
5:50pm - Cinderella's Royal Table
12/7 - EPCOT
12:05pm - Le Cellier
6:30pm - Nine Dragons
12/8 - AK
10:00am - Ohana's & Kona Cafe (haven't decided yet!)
2:15pm - Tusker House
6:30pm - Artist Point
12/9 - DTD & MVMCP
5:30pm - California Grill
12/10 - EPCOT
Lunch - Via Napoli
Dinner - Hacienda de San Angel
(waiting for Disney to start taking ADRs)
12/11 - MK & Departure Day
8:15am - 1900 Park Fare
2:30pm - The Wave
There you have it folks! Let's hope some discounts are released for our dates soon!!![]()
Watch out for when the holiday pricing kicks in with that pin. I am thinking that Dec. 17th starts Holiday pricing and the room rates JUMP!
OMG!!
I just checked my old email that is still in my maiden name and guess who got the Monster 40% off PIN? YUP, That's right, I DID!! Woo HOO!!
The problem is that it's not for the week we have planned. It's good the week before and the week after! For 40% off, we are willing to change our dates though! I think I am going to book a trip with the Monster PIN for Dec 12-18 and keep our existing ressie in case the Disney Visa discount covers the week we really want to go, 12/3-12/11! Make sense???Fun part is, I've been making ADR's for that additional week just in case we got this PIN
Ugh! This Monster PIN is almost more trouble than it's worth!! Anyway, we have room only ressie for Dec 12-18th with the PIN. It saves us a little, but because holiday pricing starts on the 17th it's not as great as it could be! We also want to arrive on 12/10 and the 10th & 11th aren't covered with the PIN so we have to have a seperate ressie for those days and to get the DDP, we have to have to buy 7 day tix with the 1st ressie and 1 day tix with the 2nd ressie. So confusing!Anyway, I have all of our ADR's booked for that week too, just in case!
We are still hoping that Disney Visa will offer 40% off for our 12/3-11th trip because that would save us even more $$$, like $500 more! I checked the historical board on MouseSavers and it looks like Disney Visa has been offering the 40% off room rates for the past several years so I am hopeful!
I've also been keeping my eye on airfare! Crikey, the cost to fly from Detroit to Orlando is riDONKulous this year! Last year we flew r/t for $350 total, that included 3 checked bags & 3 carry-ons! I'm not booking anything until we are absolutely sure of our dates, but come on, the cheapest flights I've found are $630 for 3 seats, not including bags.
Don't tell Mike, but I'm actually considering driving down!We bought a new Town & Country van last month and I absolutely LOVE it, leather, moonroof, dual DVD's and satelite TV, but the thought of driving 18+ hours....yikes! I've done that drive before and vowed never to do it again. Mike is all about driving down because he thinks it would be fun! I would probably enjoy the drive down because we are on our way to Disney, it's the drive home that I dread! I guess I'll just keep watching those airfares and hope they drop!!
On a personal note, Stephanie (Charlefours) and I have been getting together twice a week to walk at our local park and her DD & Emily have become fast friends as have Stephanie and I. It's been great to get out and get some exercise. I've been slowly losing some weight and want to restart the C25K program next week now that I am finally over this horrible cough. Back up, beep, beep, beep! Emily had croup a couple of weeks ago, then I got it and the cough was HORRIBLE and ANNOYING!
I've also made room in my bedroom for our eliptical machine, which was buried under a bunch of crap in the basement storage room! I used to go a good 45 minutes on that thing, now I'm winded after 4 minutes!!I plan on elipticalling on the days I am not doing the C25K! I should be one hot mama again in no time!! Now if things like brownies and ice cream would quit calling me into their evil lairs!!
Hey Wendy! Just wanted to comment that I am having the same issue with airfare!!! When we went in Sept 2009 round trip from Philly to Orland literally cost me under $200 a person!!! I can't find anything for less then $250 at this point and then factor in the cost of the check bag fees were talking like close to $300 a person!!! UGH!!!I'm holding out hope for SW... They release there airfare for December on Tuesday and I sure hope we can get a good deal!!! Fingers are crossed!
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Hey Wendy-have you checked out AirTran? We always have good luck with them and they have flights for around $90 one way right now..they fly from Detroit to MCO![]()