What Do You Have Planned for 2009?

[nluvwithmickey]

Here's what we have planned so far:

Late Feb-early March: 8 days visiting Disneyland staying 5 of those nights at the Disneyland Hotel.

Late November: stays at GF(one night) a 4 day DCL cruise, Dsis and DBIL are renewing their vows on the Wonder, followed by 4 nights at AKV in time to see the X-mas decorations and MVMCP!

 

[ryanmilla]

I was just thinking through our 2009 plans and had a moment. I can't believe we were able to plan all of this. Thanks goodness for DVC. Here is what we have planned so far.

Jan - Ice climbing trip over MLK weekend in upstate NY.
Feb. - DW & DD off to Austria for some skiing with BIL & SIL. (Using airline vouchers we got this past year.)
Mar. - BIL, nephew (18 months), DS4 and I at BCV for 5 nights
Apr. - Either VB or HHI, depending on what GV we can get (most likely HHI).
Jun. - DW, DD, DS head off to Sweden for the summer (DW is swedish and will stay with sister).
Jul. - I head to Sweden for BIL & SIL wedding and then off to Austria for our post-wedding trip with BIL, SIL, & nephew. Using points in Austria. (Oh yeah, this is only a post wedding trip. They are doing a formal honeymoon in Dec).
Aug - Dec. - Work to pay for above trips.
Dec. - Head to Colorado (skiing) or Savannah (parents) for Xmas.

All of this is only possible due to DVC. We are using points for most of these trips. And the ones we are not are either HEAVILY discounted due to relatives or we are staying WITH relatives. Oh and also to the fact that my company gives out a ridiculous amount of vacation time.

 

[RLRDA]

DVC Plans 2009 - I will soon be booking AKV (hopefully concierge) for 5 nights (6 nights if I have to get a SV villa) in August 2009 with a 4 night stay at VB to finish the trip in a relaxing way. I can't book the VB portion until January '09 (7 months). We will have one 9 or 10 night DVC trip in 2009.

Non-DVC Plans 2009 - Planning a trip to Baltimore/Washington DC in June (?) when the Red Sox play the Orioles. We went this year for a short trip (not enough time to see DC) and loved it. Hoping to stay at least 4 or 5 nights in the Inner Harbor area.

 

[Lynn5700]

Were booked at AKV May3-12 in a Savannah View Studio..on a waitlist for concierge. I doubt we will get it lol. I can't wait till Nov so I can book my ADRS...I already have them planned.

 

[Hollymom1229]

Right now the only DVC plan for next year is September 12 - 18 at SSR for my Niece's 3rd Birthday.

 

[Starr W.]

Well let's see

BWV BW view MLK weekend(Thurs-Mon)

VB the week before Easter.

Non-DVC trips

July 4th 1st and maybe last trip to Myrtle Beach .

2nd week of Aug "Up North" in MI

Very high probablility of booking Thanksgiving at WDW.

 

[SoCalDCLfan]

we have three trips planned for the 5 of us (LOVE our DVC!!)

1. February - Disney Cruise 7 night Western Caribbean + Animal Kingdom before our flight leaves on disembark day

2. April - 3 nights at Grand Californian over Spring Break. we live 15 min from Disneyland and have always done day trips. can't wait to stay there!

3. August - 4 nights SSR, followed by Disney Cruise 7 night Eastern Caribbean w/ Tortola, followed by 2 nights AKL

 

[BCM49ER]

We have a 2 br at Beach Club Villas during the third week of March which is Spring Break in our neck of the woods. We bought in to DVC at SSR a little over a year ago and have been able to stay there, VWL and BWV. We have always wanted to stay at BCV but never thought we would have the opportunity. Thanks DVC!

 

[dianeschlicht]

January 20-27 in a 2 bedroom savanna view at AKV with DD, DBIL, DSIL, and DN joining us...followed by...
January 27-31 in a 1 bedroom at OKW for just the 2 of us.

May 5-12 in a 1 bedroom at OKW for just the 2 of us.

Planning to do the first two weeks of December also in a 1 bedroom and split the time between OKW and AKV concierge if we can get it.

 

[MBELSANTI]

I think we might be on same 7 night DCL to Eastern Caribbean w/Tortola as SoCalDCLfan!! If I can get the previous week off of work as well, we will also do a week at WDW to utilize the last of our Annual Passes as they expire 8/17.

If I can't get that second week off, my plan is another week at WDW at either Easter, 3rd week of June after DS gets out of school or the week prior to Christmas. Most likely it will be the week before Christmas. I might even decide to bank for 2010 and go someplace else for a week..perhaps Cancun.

 

[podsnel]

Love this thread, Rob, thanks for posting it!!

Jan 09, St John with DH and another couple or two...

Feb 09, quickie ski vacay in the Poconos with another family

May 09 DH Golf trip with ZBT college buddies, probably to Myrtle Beach

May 16-20 AKV Value Studio for 1 night followed by 3 nights concierge with DGF, Lonnie

Just booked today- Aug 2-7, HHI GRAND VILLA for a family reunion- there will be 26 of us!!! (not all in the GV, obviously!!!)

Late Sept/early Oct- DH & I F&W& Golf at OKW, SSR, BCV, or BWV, wherever is fine with us! Very quick trip-

Nov NJ week- 2 nights at Universal followed by 5 nights in Kidani with all of us.

Another awesome year of mostly DVC vacations!!!

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Love this thread, Rob, thanks for posting it!!

Jan 09, St John with DH and another couple or two...

Feb 09, quickie ski vacay in the Poconos with another family

May 09 DH Golf trip with ZBT college buddies, probably to Myrtle Beach

May 16-20 AKV Value Studio for 1 night followed by 3 nights concierge with DGF, Lonnie

Just booked today- Aug 2-7, HHI GRAND VILLA for a family reunion- there will be 26 of us!!! (not all in the GV, obviously!!!)

Late Sept/early Oct- DH & I F&W& Golf at OKW, SSR, BCV, or BWV, wherever is fine with us! Very quick trip-

Nov NJ week- 2 nights at Universal followed by 5 nights in Kidani with all of us.

Another awesome year of mostly DVC vacations!!!

Boy, you all have a packed schedule. We'll be in your neck of the woods in a few weeks. We're going to spend a few days at Cape May to check out the migrating birds.

 

[Liljam]

We're looking at 5th or 6th thru 11 or 12th of December 09 right now. These exact dates really depend on the amount of guests we end up bringing along. Right now we're looking at two 2BRs or 4 or 5 Studios for comfort reasons (looks like we'll have between 12-16 people going who will want their own space and sleeping areas and will want to do separate things in the parks) and while we love SSR a ton, my DH and I would love to try any of the other resorts. We're not sure though that we'll be lucky enough to get anything at anywhere other than SSR for Dec. due to DVC popularity. We've never been at Christmas time and we're excited. We skipped a May trip because we both wanted to try the winter months for a change and neither of us can really hold out until Feb. 2010 as we had originally planned! (Sigh) so we agreed today December 09 it is!!!!

 

[Sarahtink]

Everyone's trips sound wonderful!

We booked a 2 bedroom for a week in July 09 at AKV Jambo House - are waiting to hear regarding an exchange through II for a week in December 09 to go to Tucson, AZ ... can't wait to go to AKV - we went there for our honeymoon and fell in love with it!!! Still can't believe it's our home resort now ...

Safe and happy travels everyone!

 

[Simba's Mom]

DVC Trips-May3-9 at OKW (already booked)
Thanksgiving at HHI again
1 more solo-either the F&W festival in October or the DVC annual meeting in December. I'll decide after I've been to the F&W this year (first trip there)

Non-DVC trips-June 6-12 at Yellowstone (already booked)
June trip to the Professional Bull Riding in Dallas (this one's tentative-we went this year and loved it, hopefully their tour will stop there next year)

 

[graygables]

26 days at AKV in a 1BR in January. Sucked up all my points forEVER, but that's OK...

 

[rstackjd]

26 days at AKV in a 1BR in January. Sucked up all my points forEVER, but that's OK...

you win!

 

[SLK1]

Just got four days at Vero Beach for March 30-April 3rd.

DH and three DD's are taking a cruise while at the same time, my DS and I are doing an Adventures By Disney tour to Italy. Wow...we are so excited, but my DS is still a bit worried he will have cruise withdrawal!!! I'm sure Rome and Venice will cure him of that.

 

[disneymamaof2]

May 2-9, 2009 at AKV. Can't believe that is all we have planned as of now. We normally start that way, May 2008 was supposed to be the only trip, then added June and now 17 days in December, so hopefully 09 will take the same turn.

 

[P&B's Mom]

I can't believe we have so many trips so far for 2009! I am a teacher, so trips are limited to normal school vacations.

January 2009--quick weekend for two nights at local water park because I have a 4-day weekend over the King holiday.

March 2009--I have a different Spring Break than my kids, so I doubt we will be going anywhere. It does mean that I can play stay-at-home mom--yea!

July 2009--We always go to a relative's cottage in Michigan for one week.

August 11-18, 2009--Going "Home" for the first time! Spending 7 glorious nights in 1-bedroom, Savannah View, at Kidani Village. I have already booked the first 5 nights because it was part of our incentive for purchasing. Need to call at 11-month window to add two additional weekday nights.