Tink2312
<font color=magenta>I didn't ask to be a princess
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2007
Hi 
Well I must admit I've been a bit of a lurker on the UK TR board. I've really enjoyed reading everyone else's, but been a bit lazy in doing my own. NO MORE - so here's my very first PTR (or TR for that matter
) Be gentle with me 
So before I start I'll just give a bit of background (feel free to skip if you want).
My name's Catherine and I'm 23 (fast hurtling towards 24, at which point I'll be in my mid-twenties 
) Anyhoo, I live with my parents due to the massive student debt I have and I'm currently on my way to qualifying as a solicitor. In fact I just started my new job this week 
My parents love FL/ WDW as much as me (well almost as much
) and we've just come back from the trip we took at Easter. He's a little pic of us on TT (we're the crazy dudes in the front row - yes that's me pulling the face 
):
While we were over there we already started looking at the possiblity of going back later in the year. Then when we got home an offer came up that we just couldn't miss....
The plan... so far:
This unmissable offer is in fact free dining. We've always said we'd love to go during free dining, but in the summer it's just far too hot for any of us. So when the offer came up and it was running right through to December and you could get a free upgrade to Saratoga Springs, it was too good to miss
We priced it up for a week, with the plan of staying a week offsite at the Blue Heron in LBV (where we stayed for part of our Easter hol.), but when you factored in the free dining, it actually worked out quite a bit cheaper to stay the full 2 weeks at SSR
So here's what we've booked:
14 nights at Saratoga Springs with free DDP and 14 day ultimate ticket through DisneyUK. We'll be there from 14th November and we check out 2 weeks later on the 28th November.
For three adults that worked out at just over £2,000, which including all the food, accomodation, ticket and parking charges in WDW etc. is a great deal!
We've got no flights at the moment, but we're thinking about booking some in the current Virgin flight sale.
We live about 30-40mins away from Manchester airport, so we always fly from there. Also, my Dad has a leg condition which makes him prone to DVTs, so we tend to fly direct so it's less time on the plane for him. So, all-in-all that makes us pretty restricted on where we can fly from and who we can fly with and it ends up really just being the one and only option of Virgin.
As for car hire, we toyed with the idea of not having a car for at least part of the holiday, but decided we enjoy being able to get around without the use of buses/ taxis too much not to have one. For the past few trips we've either had a full-size 4 door or SUV, so that's what we'll be looking to hire.
On to the actual holiday. Well, we'll have a lot of adr's to make! We're also thinking of doing a few shows/ signature meals that we wouldn't normally do without the DDP.
As for tickets, we've got the Disney Ultimate ticket, but I'm also thinking of buying us all Seaworld tickets as it's my Mum's favourite park and we haven't managed to go since 2005. We're also going to do a few non-Disney days and visit Mount Dora, Daytona and even perhaps St. Augustine.
Well, that's all the planning for now - hope you enjoyed my first installment and I'll keep updating y'all
Well I must admit I've been a bit of a lurker on the UK TR board. I've really enjoyed reading everyone else's, but been a bit lazy in doing my own. NO MORE - so here's my very first PTR (or TR for that matter
) Be gentle with me So before I start I'll just give a bit of background (feel free to skip if you want).
My name's Catherine
and I'm 23 (fast hurtling towards 24, at which point I'll be in my mid-twenties ) Anyhoo, I live with my parents due to the massive student debt I have and I'm currently on my way to qualifying as a solicitor. In fact I just started my new job this week My parents love FL/ WDW as much as me (well almost as much
) and we've just come back from the trip we took at Easter. He's a little pic of us on TT (we're the crazy dudes in the front row - yes that's me pulling the face ):
While we were over there we already started looking at the possiblity of going back later in the year. Then when we got home an offer came up that we just couldn't miss....
The plan... so far:
This unmissable offer is in fact free dining. We've always said we'd love to go during free dining, but in the summer it's just far too hot for any of us. So when the offer came up and it was running right through to December and you could get a free upgrade to Saratoga Springs, it was too good to miss
We priced it up for a week, with the plan of staying a week offsite at the Blue Heron in LBV (where we stayed for part of our Easter hol.), but when you factored in the free dining, it actually worked out quite a bit cheaper to stay the full 2 weeks at SSR
So here's what we've booked:
14 nights at Saratoga Springs with free DDP and 14 day ultimate ticket through DisneyUK. We'll be there from 14th November and we check out 2 weeks later on the 28th November.
For three adults that worked out at just over £2,000, which including all the food, accomodation, ticket and parking charges in WDW etc. is a great deal!
We've got no flights at the moment, but we're thinking about booking some in the current Virgin flight sale.
We live about 30-40mins away from Manchester airport, so we always fly from there. Also, my Dad has a leg condition which makes him prone to DVTs, so we tend to fly direct so it's less time on the plane for him. So, all-in-all that makes us pretty restricted on where we can fly from and who we can fly with and it ends up really just being the one and only option of Virgin.
As for car hire, we toyed with the idea of not having a car for at least part of the holiday, but decided we enjoy being able to get around without the use of buses/ taxis too much not to have one. For the past few trips we've either had a full-size 4 door or SUV, so that's what we'll be looking to hire.
On to the actual holiday. Well, we'll have a lot of adr's to make! We're also thinking of doing a few shows/ signature meals that we wouldn't normally do without the DDP.
As for tickets, we've got the Disney Ultimate ticket, but I'm also thinking of buying us all Seaworld tickets as it's my Mum's favourite park and we haven't managed to go since 2005. We're also going to do a few non-Disney days and visit Mount Dora, Daytona and even perhaps St. Augustine.
Well, that's all the planning for now - hope you enjoyed my first installment and I'll keep updating y'all
Choosing adr's is fun but I keep changing my mind & am driving myself crazy. 
) why I am spending sooo much time looking at menus is because it's free dining & i think once they are booked I will have little or no chance to change any.....therefore I want to get them right before I can book them in June......well that's my excuse & I am sticking to it. 
