Who wants to plan with me? mid Nov - mid Dec - We're up to 110! WOW!

[bouncy54]

We just booked our flights yesterday!!! $59 down and $98 back for Nov. 13-22nd!

Nice price! I had to pay $450 for our plane tickets.. EACH! Of course, Seattle is a bit further from WDW than PA.

 

[lee_d]

Where are you staying? WL Wods View w/ BB's
*When are you going? Dec 5 - Dec 12
*Who's in your group? M 40, DW 33, DS 6, DS 2, DS 8MOS
*What is everyone hoping for as far as ADRS? CP,Liberty,Biergarten
*What are you looking most forward to? watching and enjoying our kids for the first time
*Are you using any other site to help you plan? No
*What are you doing to get in the Disney spirit now? alot of planning, notes, showing vid's of disney honeymoon to boys, once a month giving a small " disney surprise" to my boys until ec

 

[lee_d]

Forgot to add..got the 40% PIN and booked

 

[kittycat9]

Where are you staying? WL Wods View w/ BB's
*When are you going? Dec 5 - Dec 12
*Who's in your group? M 40, DW 33, DS 6, DS 2, DS 8MOS
*What is everyone hoping for as far as ADRS? CP,Liberty,Biergarten
*What are you looking most forward to? watching and enjoying our kids for the first time
*Are you using any other site to help you plan? No
*What are you doing to get in the Disney spirit now? alot of planning, notes, showing vid's of disney honeymoon to boys, once a month giving a small " disney surprise" to my boys until ec

Cute ideas, and WTG on the 40% Pin code (I could only dream). Have you been to the Biergarten? My DH wants to go, sounds fund - seems like it's a good place.

 

[oregonmommyof2]

Nice price! I had to pay $450 for our plane tickets.. EACH! Of course, Seattle is a bit further from WDW than PA.

I feel your pain, from Portland ours was almost 375 each...

 

[newtodis]

Kittycat9
*Where are you staying? AKL Club (Sav.Stnd)
*When are you going? Nov 28 - Dec 4 (booked, but might add 26-27 w/deal)
*Who's in your group? DH, and Boys (ages 6 & 3, almost 7 & 4 then)
*What is everyone hoping for as far as ADRS? DxDP (le Cellier, jiko?)
*What are you looking most forward to? Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Special
*Are you using any other site to help you plan? Are there others? Would love to know.
*What are you doing to get in the Disney spirit now? Reading, deciding where we want to go, planning - Getting my strategy in place.

Welcome!!

*Where are you staying? Port Orleans Riverside
*When are you going? Nov 30 - Dec 6
*Who's in your group? ME 34 DW 37 DD 4
*What is everyone hoping for as far as ADRS? CRT, Biergarten and Teppan Edo
*What are you looking most forward to? Food and it will be our very first trip!!
*Are you using any other site to help you plan? No but I bought the passporter's travel guide
*What are you doing to get in the Disney spirit now? Planning, planning and more planning!! Gonna beef up on a few movies when we get closer to the date.

Welcome! Glad you were able to follow the link! I'll check out your thread hopefully tonight when I get some time and see if I can offer you any more specific details.

Where are you staying? WL Wods View w/ BB's
*When are you going? Dec 5 - Dec 12
*Who's in your group? M 40, DW 33, DS 6, DS 2, DS 8MOS
*What is everyone hoping for as far as ADRS? CP,Liberty,Biergarten
*What are you looking most forward to? watching and enjoying our kids for the first time
*Are you using any other site to help you plan? No
*What are you doing to get in the Disney spirit now? alot of planning, notes, showing vid's of disney honeymoon to boys, once a month giving a small " disney surprise" to my boys until ec

Welcome!!!

 

[newtodis]

It looks like we're up to 26 already! That's awesome!!

 

[lee_d]

Cute ideas, and WTG on the 40% Pin code (I could only dream). Have you been to the Biergarten? My DH wants to go, sounds fund - seems like it's a good place.

thanks!!! no have never been to Biergarten, but from the reviews I have heard(on this board) it is a good place for food and for the boys. We got the DDP and have been looking at different places for our trip, one TS every eve.

 

[newtodis]

thanks!!! no have never been to Biergarten, but from the reviews I have heard(on this board) it is a good place for food and for the boys. We got the DDP and have been looking at different places for our trip, one TS every eve.

Do you have the Grand Floridian Cafe on your list? We've been for lunch and dinner and both DH and I both say that it was one of our top meals every time we've been. It's never super busy so you should be able to go any time. If you do an early dinner, you can go out the back doors and watch Wishes from the deck outside which is nice too.

 

[disneyfan55]

thanks!!! no have never been to Biergarten, but from the reviews I have heard(on this board) it is a good place for food and for the boys. We got the DDP and have been looking at different places for our trip, one TS every eve.

In all the years of us visiting WDW, our first time was Sept 2008 for lunch. We also just ate there for lunch in Feb. It's very good food with a variety and the show is cute. For lunch (esp with TIW) it's a good deal I think. I think for dinner they add a few things but it wasn't worth it for us but if on DDP it won't matter for you except for the tip amt.

 

[AmberHeartsDisney]

Cute ideas, and WTG on the 40% Pin code (I could only dream). Have you been to the Biergarten? My DH wants to go, sounds fund - seems like it's a good place.

Do what i did! Request maps- dvds save vacations to your disneyworld.com account! we did that and got a pin too! We also signed up for mobile alerts! http://www.disneyparksmobile.com/

 

[lee_d]

Do what i did! Request maps- dvds save vacations to your disneyworld.com account! we did that and got a pin too! We also signed up for mobile alerts! http://www.disneyparksmobile.com/

I agree with Amber. we had planned on taking our vacation last year but for reasons beyond our control we didn't. So for over a year i have went on and priced, changed, canceled and ordered anything and everything. We didn't get a PIN, that I remember but when we called WDW to price out my wife asked and sure enough we had a PIN that is good till 12-16-10. My in-laws are going also and I signed them up and and listed my wife's email address for them and the next day they received the same PIN. Its worth setting up multiple email accounts and signing up for everything!!

 

[lee_d]

In all the years of us visiting WDW, our first time was Sept 2008 for lunch. We also just ate there for lunch in Feb. It's very good food with a variety and the show is cute. For lunch (esp with TIW) it's a good deal I think. I think for dinner they add a few things but it wasn't worth it for us but if on DDP it won't matter for you except for the tip amt.

thanks for the advice!! so you are saying the lunch has the show also? if so i might have to change out my itinerary.

 

[lee_d]

Do you have the Grand Floridian Cafe on your list? We've been for lunch and dinner and both DH and I both say that it was one of our top meals every time we've been. It's never super busy so you should be able to go any time. If you do an early dinner, you can go out the back doors and watch Wishes from the deck outside which is nice too.

No I don t have it yet. Since my in-laws are coming, partially to help with the boys, I want to take my wife to a nice restaurant with no kids in tow..lol

 

[AmberHeartsDisney]

I agree with Amber. we had planned on taking our vacation last year but for reasons beyond our control we didn't. So for over a year i have went on and priced, changed, canceled and ordered anything and everything. We didn't get a PIN, that I remember but when we called WDW to price out my wife asked and sure enough we had a PIN that is good till 12-16-10. My in-laws are going also and I signed them up and and listed my wife's email address for them and the next day they received the same PIN. Its worth setting up multiple email accounts and signing up for everything!!

i did everything possible and we called and there was out pin! we got the 20-30-40 pin good until Dec 2010 which was perfect for us!

 

[kittycat9]

Do what i did! Request maps- dvds save vacations to your disneyworld.com account! we did that and got a pin too! We also signed up for mobile alerts! http://www.disneyparksmobile.com/

We've done all of that for the past couple of years (through our last trip and this one) - Nada. We can hope, but we're not banking on anything. I'm already booked, and have made several (legitimate) calls inquiring on some info of late and double check on pin codes each time - still nothing. It's all up to the marketing dept I think, and they just don't have love for us x-urban Chicagans, LOL. Heck - I even have a second planning DVD on it's way, since I lost the other one (seriously - how lame am I).

Anyway - that's alright, I told the guy today that for us it just means that we won't be adding on a couple more days to our trip (which was our secret plan).

On to weather and what to consider.... I have little ones going, one boy will be just shy of his 7th birthday (we're celebrating while there) the other closing in on 4yo. Are we talking pants and short sleeves w/jackets at night. Shorts w/jackets - or what? We're from chicago, so we're used to low 60's (sometimes high 50's) at night being 'summer' w/80-90 during the day, LOL.


ETA: We didn't do the mobile alerts - we're with Sprint, and get a killer discount. Love 'em and sticking with them

 

[disneyfan55]

thanks for the advice!! so you are saying the lunch has the show also? if so i might have to change out my itinerary.

yes. I don't know the actual schedule, but pretty much it most likely will play during some time while you are there. You probably can get the times they go on stage.

 

[kittycat9]

yes. I don't know the actual schedule, but pretty much it most likely will play during some time while you are there. You probably can get the times they go on stage.

What show?

 

[disneyfan55]

What show?

In Biergarten in Germany.

 

[kittycat9]

In Biergarten in Germany.

OOOHHHHH - I'm completely back on the GF Cafe post. Wearing my hair color today.