novajeanjellybean
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- Nov 14, 2004
Hello All—Welcome to my first Pre Trip Report!!
This will be my 3rd trip to Walt Disney World and my sister and I will be planning the trip for our large group made up of friends and family. We will be a group of about 15 people…..a few are subject to change LOL. I decided to write a pre trip report to chronicle the planning for a large group filled with so many different personalities. As I'm sure some of you can relate to.
My sister and I’s first trip was in 2002, we did ZERO research and basically missed out on a lot. I mean, we tried to walk up to CRT. Our next trip was in 2011, a family trip, and was awesome. We totally planned it and had a great time.
My sister will be chiming in from time to time with additional information. She’ll be in the RED letters.
We are booked at Caribbean Beach Resort for December 15-22 with FREE DINING. Whoop Whoop!!! 131 days to go.
The Group:
Me:
I’m an avid Disney lover and super Disney planner. I love the Dis and have been a member since 2004. I mostly lurk, and have learned so much from these boards.
My Dsis, her hubby, and their 2 boys, (3 and 11). This will be the 3-year old’s first trip.
My wonderful parents
My friend C and her daughter (age 3) This will be their first trip.
My Friends J and H and their twins (age 1) This will be their first trip.
We also have some possibles (we call them asterisks), my DBF, my cousins, C’s cousin, and C’s DBF….We’re waiting to see if they will be able to go, but won’t know until closer to the trip.
How it all started:
My sister and I originally wanted to plan a trip for August 2017, but due to other obligations had to move the trip back to December 2017. We asked some of our friends if they wanted to join and they said YES!!! We set up a planning meeting for March to go over some of the main points about a Disney vacation and most importantly, price.
Everyone was in and after reading these boards, we found out that Free Dining would most likely be offered around the time we were planning to visit. Our family had the Disney Dining Plan during our last visit and completely loved it. For our family, it’s not about the dollar for dollar savings, it’s about having the food paid upfront.
We read the boards some more and found out the tentative date that Free Dining would drop. And of course, on that date, I overslept But my AWESOME friends were up, and trying to get through to Disney. I swear we each called Disney about 100 times and NO ONE could get through. And there we NO ROOMS available online. There was speculation that all the rooms were gone and that we missed it. Then one random call in the afternoon, it initially gave a busy signal, and then because I was washing my hands and couldn’t hang up, the phone went through to the beautiful sound of calling the Walt Disney World Resort. I booked my room and conference called C on 3 way so that she could book too. The rest of our group was able to book shortly thereafter. In hindsight, I wonder if Disney didn’t drop the Free Dining until the afternoon on purpose. We see you Disney, LOL.
Any Who….We were DISNEY BOUND!!!!
Next Steps—Flights and Dining Plans…….
This will be my 3rd trip to Walt Disney World and my sister and I will be planning the trip for our large group made up of friends and family. We will be a group of about 15 people…..a few are subject to change LOL. I decided to write a pre trip report to chronicle the planning for a large group filled with so many different personalities. As I'm sure some of you can relate to.
My sister and I’s first trip was in 2002, we did ZERO research and basically missed out on a lot. I mean, we tried to walk up to CRT. Our next trip was in 2011, a family trip, and was awesome. We totally planned it and had a great time.
My sister will be chiming in from time to time with additional information. She’ll be in the RED letters.
We are booked at Caribbean Beach Resort for December 15-22 with FREE DINING. Whoop Whoop!!! 131 days to go.
The Group:
Me:
I’m an avid Disney lover and super Disney planner. I love the Dis and have been a member since 2004. I mostly lurk, and have learned so much from these boards.
My Dsis, her hubby, and their 2 boys, (3 and 11). This will be the 3-year old’s first trip.
My wonderful parents
My friend C and her daughter (age 3) This will be their first trip.
My Friends J and H and their twins (age 1) This will be their first trip.
We also have some possibles (we call them asterisks), my DBF, my cousins, C’s cousin, and C’s DBF….We’re waiting to see if they will be able to go, but won’t know until closer to the trip.
How it all started:
My sister and I originally wanted to plan a trip for August 2017, but due to other obligations had to move the trip back to December 2017. We asked some of our friends if they wanted to join and they said YES!!! We set up a planning meeting for March to go over some of the main points about a Disney vacation and most importantly, price.
Everyone was in and after reading these boards, we found out that Free Dining would most likely be offered around the time we were planning to visit. Our family had the Disney Dining Plan during our last visit and completely loved it. For our family, it’s not about the dollar for dollar savings, it’s about having the food paid upfront.
We read the boards some more and found out the tentative date that Free Dining would drop. And of course, on that date, I overslept But my AWESOME friends were up, and trying to get through to Disney. I swear we each called Disney about 100 times and NO ONE could get through. And there we NO ROOMS available online. There was speculation that all the rooms were gone and that we missed it. Then one random call in the afternoon, it initially gave a busy signal, and then because I was washing my hands and couldn’t hang up, the phone went through to the beautiful sound of calling the Walt Disney World Resort. I booked my room and conference called C on 3 way so that she could book too. The rest of our group was able to book shortly thereafter. In hindsight, I wonder if Disney didn’t drop the Free Dining until the afternoon on purpose. We see you Disney, LOL.
Any Who….We were DISNEY BOUND!!!!
Next Steps—Flights and Dining Plans…….
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