What Do You Have Planned for 2009?

[DisDaydreamer]

Nothing booked yet, but we're looking at HHI in April and BWV during F&W.

Gonna be one of those years w/o VB though...

I'll live

 

[PEANUT1]

Looks good Rob, it is fun to plan ahead.
-We are doing AKV 1BR value Jan4-10. We are going to add on at AKV so if we get developer points we will be doing a week at SSR.
-A wedding in May in Houstin Tx
-Possibly a wedding in May at Disney
-Beach trip at Ocean City, NJ June 20-27
-Hawaii in October for our 10th anniversary.
-Hopefully disney in December (never been to MVMCP) maybe with Dev Points.

Wow....that seems like a lot of vacations....I think I will have to do some OT at work to pay for all of it

 

[BEASLYBOO]

Hopefully, HH in second week of June! This will be my 3rd attempt for HH, unfortunately it's not my home resort so I have to wait till Nov to book.

Wish me luck!

Then in August, 4 days at OKW (Favorite FLA Resort)

 

[edk35]

We are planning 2-3 nights at AKV (just added on there) and 7-8 night at BCV IF WE CAN THEM.....next June or July. Still on the fence about June vs. July. Other than that....a short weekend trip to Hershey PA next spring maybe. We have a dd graduating so a busy year and summer. We are happy to be able to get away for 9-10 days next summer.

 

[tomandrobin]

A good fun thread!

We are going to SSR Dec 27 thru Jan 4th...A great way to start the year!

Our spring schedule is wide open. Our DD is graduating from HS and too many things going on to plan a trip. If a weekend opens up, we may get away.

June we are going to Westin St John for DD's graduation.

Third week in July we are going to Vegas for a long weekend, to celebrate our friends 25th anniversary.

August we are going to Atlantis.

Sometime in the fall, we will go to the Food and Wine Festival.

And we will end the year at WDW for New Years, like the past 4 years!

 

[HayGan]

Sounds like some great plans everyone!

We won't be making as many trips as others but we do have one nice long trip planned for June. Our June trip will be:

May 30 - June 1: Universal RPH (gasp )
June 1 - June 6: AKV Kidani 1BR savanna view
June 6 - June 11: BCV 1BR (we hope)
June 11 - June 13: North Carolina for some gem hunting

We will probably do a week of camping in a local state park as well. We are thinking of possibly doing a few days around Christmas at WDW but I'm kind of doubtful that it will happen in 2009 (oh well - just more points to bank for 2010!) With kids in school, it is getting harder and harder to get away so those 2 week trips are probably going to be a yearly thing for 10 - 12 years!

 

[keishashadow]

Sounds like some great plans everyone!

We won't be making as many trips as others but we do have one nice long trip planned for June. Our June trip will be:

May 30 - June 1: Universal RPH (gasp )
June 1 - June 6: AKV Kidani 1BR savanna view
June 6 - June 11: BCV 1BR (we hope)
June 11 - June 13: North Carolina for some gem hunting

We will probably do a week of camping in a local state park as well. We are thinking of possibly doing a few days around Christmas at WDW but I'm kind of doubtful that it will happen in 2009 (oh well - just more points to bank for 2010!) With kids in school, it is getting harder and harder to get away so those 2 week trips are probably going to be a yearly thing for 10 - 12 years!

careful visiting the darkside, u may find u like it...nwa, ha, ha
imo, a great way to spend the pricey weekends

we're up in the air this year since DH moved to new dept @ work & won't know what vacation dates he'll get until this Nov/Dec...guess they don't know about the 11 month window

Have last week in June @ WL & last week in July @ BW booked, considering the week before Xmas; since it's one of the weeks his employer always closes down or will book a cruise for end of '09 beginning of '10

isn't it nice to dream

 

[DiznyDi]

Just my husband and me at SSR May 1-10 (already booked).

Our daughter is using our VWL points for her honeymoon in October.

My husband and I will be returning Dec. 3-12 with a split stay VWL/SSR.

Our son is currently stationed with the US Army in Hawaii. His unit has been notified they will be deploying to Iraq after the first of the year. So...a trip to Hawaii may be in our future, as well.

 

[lanand3]

I have a 1br booked for May 6 for 8 nights at SSR and have a 7night eastern dis cruise for Nov 7th. It's gonna be a great year

 

[georgemoe]

Right now just DW and I at SSR on May 13 for 7 nights. We are hoping to change to BCV's at 7 months if possible.

My daughter and family have SSR booked in June on our pts and DW and I will book SSR Sep/Oct for F&W and HHN's at Universal.

 

[rstackjd]

Only one Disney trip, but a busy year for us.

Feb 7-14 - Caribbean Cruise aboard Norwegian with a group of lawyer friends - still room for more lawyer types in the group if anyone is interested!

June 10-14 - Nashville for the CMA Fest and our law school annual dinner

July 25-August 1 - AKV Concierge ! 10th Anniversary Trip! Finally - a WDW Trip!

That should about do it for the year.

 

[ead79]

As far as Disney trips go, here's what we're hoping to do in 2009:

--Quick trip in March at the Dolphin (hooray for Starwood points!)

--Annual week-long December trip - we haven't decided where we want to stay yet, but we're toying with a split stay on points between the GF and a studio at SSR, though trying out Kidani may tempt me too much, LOL!

--DH doesn't know, but I'm hoping I can surprise him with a quick trip in November for his 30th birthday. It would be a trip filled with his favorites. We would likely stay at the Yacht Club on cash so he could try Stormalong Bay. Plus, it would be nice to sample the Food & Wine Festival.

 

[dnoyes]

November 2009 we will be at the AKL for my youngest daughters 21st birthday. Should be about 12 in our party with 4 of us in our 40's and eight girls between the ages of 20-22 I think we'll need a vacation after our vacation.

We also have a quick trip at SSR this December (7 days) with some friends of ours here in Idaho.

No other trips in the works for us because we're building a cabin in eastern Oregon and that should take up any off time we have next summer.

 

[ransom]

We plan to be back at VWL for a couple of weeks in October 2009.

It'll be our first trip for F&W as well as MNSSHP. We're really looking forward to it!

 

[Golden Rose]

We've got one trip booked, and we may do up to three others. (We also visit family in Dallas and San Antonio for long weekends fairly often, which doesn't exactly count as a vacation! Even when we do Sea World...)

Two Disney trips planned

January 20 - 25 SSR on developer points, may add one more night
October ??? - probably going to do BWV for F & W; may do split stay at AKV

We may also do a cruise sometime next year. We love cruises and we didn't do one this year (we bought DVC instead), so we're definitely considering it. However, since we just bought one DVC contract and are in the process of doing a resale add on, we may need to use points for all our vacations next year...

We're also hoping to adopt in the next year, so we will almost certainly have to travel for that. (I can only hope!) Not precisely a vacation, but it will almost certainly involve travel for several days.

 

[ACDSNY]

Nov 2009 is our extended family trip, so far we have 18 of us booked on the Nov 15 Wonder cruise. Some of us will spend the week prior to the cruise at AKV and others will just do a day or two at WDW. We might have another 10 or so joining us before it's over with.

 

[njmeisje]

We are slaves to the school schedule, so we try to make the very best of it. We're going to Beaches in Turks & Caicos for Spring Break. Our summer vacation will be 9 days at BCVs with 4 days in HHI on the ride home.

 

[fasttrakphil]

Quick 5 day in a BWV studio in early February.Plus 5 days at the World
{Not sure which resort yet} and a 3 Day Disney Wonder Halloween Cruise
in late October and early November

 

[disneymom8589]

We have 2 exciting events coming up in 2009.

1. Our DD is getting married in July and we're giving her and her future DH a
honeymoon in Cabo San Lucas using DVC points.

2. DH and my 25th anniversary is also in July and we're going on a 7 night
Disney Eastern Caribbean cruise in early August (after the wedding!)

 

[Chellymouse]

this may make anyone pull their hair out!!
We have at least 3 scenerios and we are past 7 month for one and hitting 11 month for the others!

My DMIL has some plane tickets she needs to use, so, we are patiently waiting to see if P&PP is coming back in 2009. If it is, we may go for a few days in March while I'm on spring break (gotta love grad school!)

If there isn't P&PP, then my DMIL said she may treat us to a few days on my "semester break" (a whole week!) in May.

However, we have invited our friends to join us for a trip next summer and we are waiting to hear from them for sure because if they do come with us, we may scrap the trip with DMIL, however, they keep wavering and I don't want to take any chances!! Make or move I always say!!

If none of the above works out, we are planning on a 10-12 day trip in Oct. for food and wine and MNSSHP as I will have graduated in August and will be patiently waiting on my new licensure so we figured that would be a good time to go.

However, DH says we may take a short trip right after graduation in August to celebrate that we made it through grad school! Depending on airfare of course!

I know I'm going at least once in 2009! How many and when remains TBD!!