Hiya all......
Well we have done it - gone and decided we are going to Florida again -from the UK - so no small undertaking.
As the title says - we are BIG Harry Potter fans - and are hoping that the new attraction at "the Dark Side" will be open whilst we are out there - hence not going until October.... fingers are crossed ALL round. Hope you die hard Disneyholics will forgive our little diversion - we are coming a long way after all.......
Anyhow - our party consists of
ME!! Tessa - girl on a diet (constantly!!) Girl - who am I kidding - 45 years old!!!
DH - long suffering hubby (my toyboy at 40!!) who LUCKILY loves to let me plan it all....
DD7 - my hunny bunny - has a crush on one Ron Weasley!!! How.... yeughhhh... she is NOT allowed to have those feelings yet!
DD8 (9 next week) my snuggle bug who just KNOWS everything - that age... I remember it well ..... sorry Mum!!
History:
We have been before - once pre kids as a couple, stayed in a cheap hotel on I-drive - NEVER again. Once with kids - April last year - after spring break - in a villa off the 27 - Woodridge/Silver Creek - unallocated till arrival - it was FABULOUS - a fantastic holiday AFTER we got there - snow in UK delayed departure..
Our outline plans...
Going out to Florida on the 15th October 2010 for 2 weeks, flying from Gatwick to Orlando MCO , hire car, staying in a villa with a pool (unallocated till arrival.... shudder.....but it is the way the tour operators do it I'm afraid...) at Emerald Island, so not tooooooo far from the magic.
Last time was ok, but wanted to be closer for driving. We have booked with Virgin Holidays - so it is costing an arm and a leg, but they did such a great job last time what with the weather delays etc, we thought they deserved our custom!!
We have done the usual Brit thing of buying tickets to cover the Disney parks and the Universal Parks in advance so we can go to either set any day we want - with hopping and water parks etc...
We plan to book (soon ) one night in a Universal resort hotel in order to gain front of the line (FOTL) access for 2 days- like fastpass for pretty much every ride. Will give us a little hotel break in the middle of the trip too.. and we won't have to drive up and down those busy roads to Universal so much.
Eating - we plan on cooking some days, but also, need my Perkins fix for breakfast!!! and we do love eating out near the 192 - so much variety, and cholesterol!! But the diet goes to heck on holidays..... can't fit in enough holidays for my liking......
That will do for now, need to sign up for TGM, need to plan what we will be visiting this time, do we do ADRs this time? how will we get to the airport this end? will we stay overnight in an airport hotel before travel?? Who will have the guinea pigs when we are away? Lots of thinking to do - the great thing about a pre trippie is it gets you focussed!!
It is LESS THAN A YEAR TO GO so I am starting to get twitchy.
Am watching the Harry Potter sites like a hawk - it had BETTER be open!!
Tessa
Well we have done it - gone and decided we are going to Florida again -from the UK - so no small undertaking.
As the title says - we are BIG Harry Potter fans - and are hoping that the new attraction at "the Dark Side" will be open whilst we are out there - hence not going until October.... fingers are crossed ALL round. Hope you die hard Disneyholics will forgive our little diversion - we are coming a long way after all.......
Anyhow - our party consists of
ME!! Tessa - girl on a diet (constantly!!) Girl - who am I kidding - 45 years old!!!
DH - long suffering hubby (my toyboy at 40!!) who LUCKILY loves to let me plan it all....
DD7 - my hunny bunny - has a crush on one Ron Weasley!!! How.... yeughhhh... she is NOT allowed to have those feelings yet!
DD8 (9 next week) my snuggle bug who just KNOWS everything - that age... I remember it well ..... sorry Mum!!
History:
We have been before - once pre kids as a couple, stayed in a cheap hotel on I-drive - NEVER again. Once with kids - April last year - after spring break - in a villa off the 27 - Woodridge/Silver Creek - unallocated till arrival - it was FABULOUS - a fantastic holiday AFTER we got there - snow in UK delayed departure..
Our outline plans...
Going out to Florida on the 15th October 2010 for 2 weeks, flying from Gatwick to Orlando MCO , hire car, staying in a villa with a pool (unallocated till arrival.... shudder.....but it is the way the tour operators do it I'm afraid...) at Emerald Island, so not tooooooo far from the magic.
Last time was ok, but wanted to be closer for driving. We have booked with Virgin Holidays - so it is costing an arm and a leg, but they did such a great job last time what with the weather delays etc, we thought they deserved our custom!!
We have done the usual Brit thing of buying tickets to cover the Disney parks and the Universal Parks in advance so we can go to either set any day we want - with hopping and water parks etc...
We plan to book (soon ) one night in a Universal resort hotel in order to gain front of the line (FOTL) access for 2 days- like fastpass for pretty much every ride. Will give us a little hotel break in the middle of the trip too.. and we won't have to drive up and down those busy roads to Universal so much.
Eating - we plan on cooking some days, but also, need my Perkins fix for breakfast!!! and we do love eating out near the 192 - so much variety, and cholesterol!! But the diet goes to heck on holidays..... can't fit in enough holidays for my liking......
That will do for now, need to sign up for TGM, need to plan what we will be visiting this time, do we do ADRs this time? how will we get to the airport this end? will we stay overnight in an airport hotel before travel?? Who will have the guinea pigs when we are away? Lots of thinking to do - the great thing about a pre trippie is it gets you focussed!!
It is LESS THAN A YEAR TO GO so I am starting to get twitchy.
Am watching the Harry Potter sites like a hawk - it had BETTER be open!!
Tessa