ronnmel
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I have no official trip booked, and I'm not even done this TR, but I feel like talking about my possible next trip. We've been talking about it A LOT lately. So here are my random thoughts about this (so far) hypothetical trip.
It seems more than likely that we'll go in January. If Ron's DD comes with us, then the dates will be around the 2nd/3rd of January, to no later than the 14th. We don't want her to miss more than a week of school. But of course, that is only if her new high school and her mom accept that she misses school. If she doesn't come we have two choices. Obviously we'd like to do the 5K, so we'd be aiming at going from the 8th to who knows when. If for some reason the 5K is sold out by the time we are ready to book, then I guess we'll go end of January instead.
The other thing we've been talking about is where to stay. We briefly considered using his parents' time share, but that would require renting a car, and staying 20-30 minutes away from the park. Not that interesting, especially if we have to take lots of mid-day breaks. Obviously we could stay at a value again (DD13 is interested in AS-Music for some reason). But we looked into renting DVC points and we could actually get a studio for barely more than a value room! That would be so awesome! Only problem is, the cheapest studio (AK Villa) is also the one that supposedly sells out the fastest. Since we can't commit to anything before the fall, who knows if renting will even be possible.
Last thing we talked about is just how our schedule will have to change. I've read a couple of interesting blogs lately about bringing toddlers, including one today from Touringplans.com. It just gives me even more confidence that bringing a 6 months old is a good idea, as well as nice tips on how to make it work.
Random thoughts over.
It seems more than likely that we'll go in January. If Ron's DD comes with us, then the dates will be around the 2nd/3rd of January, to no later than the 14th. We don't want her to miss more than a week of school. But of course, that is only if her new high school and her mom accept that she misses school. If she doesn't come we have two choices. Obviously we'd like to do the 5K, so we'd be aiming at going from the 8th to who knows when. If for some reason the 5K is sold out by the time we are ready to book, then I guess we'll go end of January instead.
The other thing we've been talking about is where to stay. We briefly considered using his parents' time share, but that would require renting a car, and staying 20-30 minutes away from the park. Not that interesting, especially if we have to take lots of mid-day breaks. Obviously we could stay at a value again (DD13 is interested in AS-Music for some reason). But we looked into renting DVC points and we could actually get a studio for barely more than a value room! That would be so awesome! Only problem is, the cheapest studio (AK Villa) is also the one that supposedly sells out the fastest. Since we can't commit to anything before the fall, who knows if renting will even be possible.
Last thing we talked about is just how our schedule will have to change. I've read a couple of interesting blogs lately about bringing toddlers, including one today from Touringplans.com. It just gives me even more confidence that bringing a 6 months old is a good idea, as well as nice tips on how to make it work.

Random thoughts over.
