Well here goes my first ever Pre-Trip report... I have spent hundreds of hours reading everyone else's trip reports and I think I am ready to try and do my own... My main reason to do this is for the input from the seasoned Disney planners out there to comment or make suggestions. I like so many of you out there have become a Disney planning addict. I am trying to plan the ultimate best trip possible for my family but the love of the planning is what I enjoy.
To explain the title... We haven't travelled since our last trip in 2009 and for any of you that are fans of Dave Ramsey that is why we have not done any trips in 2 years and perhaps why we are so excited about this one... we have truly earned it and will be doing this trip "living line no one else" We have spent the last 2 years not doing anything but pay off debt and I am sure everyone around us is wondering who this Dave is that we always talk about before making any decisions... A lot of our friends are also working the Dave Ramsey plan and every conversation we have someone says would Dave be okay or Dave won't be happy....
Let me first introduce us - Me - Michelle - This is my 6th trip to Disneyworld which includes 3 trips as a kid. My husband and my first trip we just showed up had no idea what we were doing and I don't even remember what we ate while we were there... I do remember having bread and peanut butter in our room but I don't think we ate that for a week. The 2nd trip together was in 2009 with the deluxe dining plan at Caribbean Beach and it was amazing... this is where I discovered DIS boards and everything Disney planning... It was a great trip and that is why we are heading back again...
My husband - Ken - He is a secret Disney lover...He will look through the dining menus, tell me what rides he has to go on and loves watching our daughter at Disney taking in the magic. Oh and he is a Die hard Montreal Canadiens fan so we know what days the games are and will have to be at the ESPN club (if it is still there) for the games during our stay...
Our Princess... Zoe is going to be 6 when we head back to Disney and is already as excited as we are she is planning who she is going to meet... We don't have the heart to tell her that Ariel's Grotto is closed. That was her favourite memory from our last trip and talks about it all the time... she loved her fountain her cave and all the stuff around it... I am going to be making lots of things I have seen on the Creative board for Zoe and can't wait to get started on her new autograph book... there are some amazing creative people on that forum...
We live in Canada in a small town outside of Hamilton, Ontario and we are driving to Disney. We drove last time and actually enjoyed it... I had always said I would never drive to Florida but I am now a seasoned driver and we will do it again. This time we aren't planning to stop for the night and just go right through to Disney. We may be crazy but our DD is a great traveller. We are spending 9 days, 8 nights to the Port Orleans - Riverside with the deluxe dining plan and then 7 nights with my parents at there condo in St. Pete's at the beach in April 2011
Well enough about us and on to my plans...
I have a great travel agent and she has been amazing... We went with Fairytale dreams and travel in Ontario and they have been great. I am doing my own dining reservations only because I want the experience... I know I am crazy!! I just really enjoy the planning of it and if something doesn't work I can make the decision to change the plans right then rather then her having to figure it out.
In case you can't keep up with my writing, I write like I talk and I jump around a lot and talk alot.. Good think I am a quick typer...
Our dining reservation window opens on Saturday October 9th.. luckily it is a Saturday and I didn't have to take a day off work... I really wouldn't have but I am sure my husband wouldn't have been surprised...
So in the next post I will put our 1st draft plans and hopeful restaurants in my next post.. Please Please Please let me know if you think I am missing something that is your favourite or if you think something won't work or should be skipped... I am really looking for input..
Thanks for reading so far.... When I figure out how to add pictures I will get some on here...
To explain the title... We haven't travelled since our last trip in 2009 and for any of you that are fans of Dave Ramsey that is why we have not done any trips in 2 years and perhaps why we are so excited about this one... we have truly earned it and will be doing this trip "living line no one else" We have spent the last 2 years not doing anything but pay off debt and I am sure everyone around us is wondering who this Dave is that we always talk about before making any decisions... A lot of our friends are also working the Dave Ramsey plan and every conversation we have someone says would Dave be okay or Dave won't be happy....
Let me first introduce us - Me - Michelle - This is my 6th trip to Disneyworld which includes 3 trips as a kid. My husband and my first trip we just showed up had no idea what we were doing and I don't even remember what we ate while we were there... I do remember having bread and peanut butter in our room but I don't think we ate that for a week. The 2nd trip together was in 2009 with the deluxe dining plan at Caribbean Beach and it was amazing... this is where I discovered DIS boards and everything Disney planning... It was a great trip and that is why we are heading back again...
My husband - Ken - He is a secret Disney lover...He will look through the dining menus, tell me what rides he has to go on and loves watching our daughter at Disney taking in the magic. Oh and he is a Die hard Montreal Canadiens fan so we know what days the games are and will have to be at the ESPN club (if it is still there) for the games during our stay...
Our Princess... Zoe is going to be 6 when we head back to Disney and is already as excited as we are she is planning who she is going to meet... We don't have the heart to tell her that Ariel's Grotto is closed. That was her favourite memory from our last trip and talks about it all the time... she loved her fountain her cave and all the stuff around it... I am going to be making lots of things I have seen on the Creative board for Zoe and can't wait to get started on her new autograph book... there are some amazing creative people on that forum...
We live in Canada in a small town outside of Hamilton, Ontario and we are driving to Disney. We drove last time and actually enjoyed it... I had always said I would never drive to Florida but I am now a seasoned driver and we will do it again. This time we aren't planning to stop for the night and just go right through to Disney. We may be crazy but our DD is a great traveller. We are spending 9 days, 8 nights to the Port Orleans - Riverside with the deluxe dining plan and then 7 nights with my parents at there condo in St. Pete's at the beach in April 2011
Well enough about us and on to my plans...
I have a great travel agent and she has been amazing... We went with Fairytale dreams and travel in Ontario and they have been great. I am doing my own dining reservations only because I want the experience... I know I am crazy!! I just really enjoy the planning of it and if something doesn't work I can make the decision to change the plans right then rather then her having to figure it out.
In case you can't keep up with my writing, I write like I talk and I jump around a lot and talk alot.. Good think I am a quick typer...
Our dining reservation window opens on Saturday October 9th.. luckily it is a Saturday and I didn't have to take a day off work... I really wouldn't have but I am sure my husband wouldn't have been surprised...
So in the next post I will put our 1st draft plans and hopeful restaurants in my next post.. Please Please Please let me know if you think I am missing something that is your favourite or if you think something won't work or should be skipped... I am really looking for input..
Thanks for reading so far.... When I figure out how to add pictures I will get some on here...
