November 2013 Pin Code Watch

[skeettafic]

We're going in November as well. Planning on booking this weekend. We are going to book for November 10-15 but can move things around a little if we need to for a discount. We're going to book at POR.

[mommy2twinprincesses]

Was planning to go in April but just changed to Nov. 8-13. This will be a shorter trip for us than usual. Does anyone happen to know if POFQ is usually included in fall FD?

[steeners81]

We are booked 11/10-11/18 at the BC. Really hoping for a room discount

[disneyfantotheend]

We stayed at POFQ in 2010 with free dining. I think most resorts have it, just that some have much more limited availabilty than others. AoA Little Mermaid rooms is the exception to that rule.

[fitzperry]

Originally Posted by mommy2twinprincesses

Was planning to go in April but just changed to Nov. 8-13. This will be a shorter trip for us than usual. Does anyone happen to know if POFQ is usually included in fall FD?

I tried to book FD at POFQ for my mom last November very shortly after the promotion started but there were no rooms available there. Got POR instead. You'll want to stay on top of it--I suspect since it's smaller they offer fewer rooms at discounts.

[GSUJillybean]

We're looking at Nov. 8-17 of 2013. We normally go during December, so I'm worried the Christmas decorations won't be out.

[FigmentChick]

Originally Posted by GSUJillybean

We're looking at Nov. 8-17 of 2013. We normally go during December, so I'm worried the Christmas decorations won't be out.

I have an inside source - you'll be fine for the Christmas decorations. They have them all up & ready by the first Christmas parade and that will be Friday, November 8th next year.

BTW - love, love, love your avatar!!!!

[GSUJillybean]

Thanks!

Now I just have to decide where we're going to stay! We did CSR in Jan, and I LOVED it, but I kinda wanna try something new.

[andee515]

I'm in we are planning Oct 31- Nov 10. It will be me my DH and DDs 11 and 7 and awesome DS 5. It has been over a year since my last trip, middle DD and I went 6/2011, but it was almost a year before that for the others... My DH is not as fond of wdw as I. He thinks I'm a little crazy. I chalk it up to never going as a child, I was deprived...

My sinister plan this year, is to go to a conference there in November ( my work will pay for 7 out of 10 nights), and I have told him if we get APs that we can get TIW card and go for next to nothing again Oct 2014 for a conference, this way we all get to go twice!!! Then, I'll find a AP room only discount halfway between the 2 trips and say innocently "We already have AP and TIW, we can use our airline points, and look the resort is so cheap, that this is basically free...wink wink

[jennapens]

We have 8 of us going to WDW Nov 28th - Dec 7th probably staying at the POP again. I am so excited to be there for my DD's 5th birthday. I'm hoping for a FD discount for at least a portion of the trip!!

[ladybugmum]

Hello all...

We have made two trips to Disney, both in early November (Jersey Week..as we are Jersey folk). And while we did get to see alot of Christmas...we also missed alot as well. Soooo, I was thinking to go later in the month. Am I right in figuring the week after THanksgiving is an ok week? By ok, I mean...everything Christmasy is UP, and it isn't too crazy of a week? Any discounts given at that time traditionally?
Anywho...glad to be here.

All the best

Melissa D.
Jersey Girl
2010 - Poly
2011 - WL
2013 - ??

[SarahD]

You're probably ok to go the week right after Thanksgiving. You'll still have high crowds through Sunday of Tgiving weekend, but it should lighten up a lot on Monday. The problem with 2013 if that Thanksgiving is VERY late, so the Pop Warner football championship will be starting the first weekend in December, so you'll have that to contend with at the end of your week. The biggest issue is that both Thanksgiving and Pop Warner are blackout dates for offers, typically. So you may have a hard time getting a good deal with those events on back to back weekends. We went in early December last year with free dining and it was fantastic. Light crowds, warm temps, parks decorated. Unfortunately, this year, there isn't much time between holiday and pop Warner, so it may be a no-go for us. Cost aside, it is a fantastic time to hit the parks.

[ladybugmum]

Thank you SaraD! I was wondering about Pop Warner too. Does Thanksgiving fall on the 21st or the 28th? I guess I should look that up! Also, I was hoping for some kind of discount (duh). My husband is a firefighter and he has to arrange his weeks off by the end of December - maybe even earlier. So once those dates are cast...it is really, really hard to change them. Maybe I will pick another week...thank you for responding!

[disneyfantotheend]

Thanksgiving is the 28TH next year.

[FigmentChick]

Originally Posted by ladybugmum

Thank you SaraD! I was wondering about Pop Warner too. Does Thanksgiving fall on the 21st or the 28th? I guess I should look that up! Also, I was hoping for some kind of discount (duh). My husband is a firefighter and he has to arrange his weeks off by the end of December - maybe even earlier. So once those dates are cast...it is really, really hard to change them. Maybe I will pick another week...thank you for responding!

awwww...c'mon....go at the beginning of November like the rest of us crazy Jersey people!

Just kidding. Because Thanksgiving is so late next year, and I know it will coincide with Pop Warner week, I would do a week or two before Thanksgiving if it is possible for you.

We changed our normal stay from the third week of October to the first week of November because I want to see the crossover from Fall to Christmas AND still enjoy the F&W Festival.

Happy planning!