Well, this wasn’t something I thought I would be writing for another couple years but after a bad Disney withdrawal hit both my wife and I, we decided to take a look into potentially booking yet another visit.
We had planned to take a break from Disney this year after a WDW trip in 2014 followed by two Disneyland trips last year. Couple that with a struggling Canadian dollar and we felt we might be better served doing a beach vacation as a change of pace. While part of that plan is actually in place, we will be heading to Mexico at the end of March, Our desire to be in Disney definitely got the best of us.
Here are a few pics from our last DL trip. 60th celebration was something we couldn't pass up.
We had been kicking around the thought of doing Disney once again about a month ago after seeing numerous Disneyland photos posted by friends of our who were taking their kids to DL for the first time. We priced out a few DL options and just for fun looked at WDW as well. Wanting to stay at Disney hotel makes four or five days a DL an expensive venture. We decided if we were going to spend the money we might has well get twice the trip by heading to WDW.
With that decision made we made a request through David’s DVC to find out what might be available for our preferred trip dates. Less than 24 hours later we were signing off on an August 4-13 stay in a studio villa at the new Polynesian Resort Villas! Everything came together so quickly it was like a blur but now that things have settled in a tad, we are super excited!
Here is a link to our last pre-trip report and a link to our last trip report if you feel so inclined to check them out.
Ok, so with that long winded preamble in the books let’s get into the nitty gritty.
WHO:
Our cast of characters consist of Me (Matt) and my wife Kelly
and our daughters, Ella (5)
and Lennon (3).
This will be the first time we are tackling WDW just the four of us. Our last two trips have included family to help out with the kids but this time we want to do it on our own.
It has been nice to have some support on these trips to help with nap times and to allow Kelly and I an opportunity to explore the parks on our own or have an occasional quiet meal together but we are excited about it just being us.
WHEN:
We will be making the trip from Edmonton, AB Canada to WDW from August 4-13. Ideally we planned on looking into a September trip but my wife already has the time off work and it allows us to travel without having to take either daughter out of class so early into the school year.
WHERE:
This will be our first stay at the Poly. In the past we’ve stayed on-site at the Swan, Wilderness Lodge and most recently a night at Port Orleans French Quarter followed by seven nights in a one bedroom villa at Wilderness Lodge.
Poly has always been near the top of the WDW resort bucket list so we thought we’d take a stab at staying there without thinking we had much of a chance. Our three options when contacting David’s were the Poly, the Boardwalk and Bay Lake. Turned out our top choice was available and we secured it less than a day after making the request. As an aside, I would TOTALLY recommend David’s to anyone looking at booking DVC accommodations. They work super quickly and were extremely great to deal with throughout the quick process.
This seems like a good place to take a break. When I get a chance to post again I'll start piecing together our plan of attack for the trip. We've been able to book our restaurants but still have a ton of planning to take care of as the months slip by and August gets closer. I look forward to updating our pre-trip report and sharing our plans with the group!
Thanks for reading!
We had planned to take a break from Disney this year after a WDW trip in 2014 followed by two Disneyland trips last year. Couple that with a struggling Canadian dollar and we felt we might be better served doing a beach vacation as a change of pace. While part of that plan is actually in place, we will be heading to Mexico at the end of March, Our desire to be in Disney definitely got the best of us.
Here are a few pics from our last DL trip. 60th celebration was something we couldn't pass up.
We had been kicking around the thought of doing Disney once again about a month ago after seeing numerous Disneyland photos posted by friends of our who were taking their kids to DL for the first time. We priced out a few DL options and just for fun looked at WDW as well. Wanting to stay at Disney hotel makes four or five days a DL an expensive venture. We decided if we were going to spend the money we might has well get twice the trip by heading to WDW.
With that decision made we made a request through David’s DVC to find out what might be available for our preferred trip dates. Less than 24 hours later we were signing off on an August 4-13 stay in a studio villa at the new Polynesian Resort Villas! Everything came together so quickly it was like a blur but now that things have settled in a tad, we are super excited!
Here is a link to our last pre-trip report and a link to our last trip report if you feel so inclined to check them out.
Ok, so with that long winded preamble in the books let’s get into the nitty gritty.
WHO:
Our cast of characters consist of Me (Matt) and my wife Kelly
and our daughters, Ella (5)
and Lennon (3).
This will be the first time we are tackling WDW just the four of us. Our last two trips have included family to help out with the kids but this time we want to do it on our own.
It has been nice to have some support on these trips to help with nap times and to allow Kelly and I an opportunity to explore the parks on our own or have an occasional quiet meal together but we are excited about it just being us.
WHEN:
We will be making the trip from Edmonton, AB Canada to WDW from August 4-13. Ideally we planned on looking into a September trip but my wife already has the time off work and it allows us to travel without having to take either daughter out of class so early into the school year.
WHERE:
This will be our first stay at the Poly. In the past we’ve stayed on-site at the Swan, Wilderness Lodge and most recently a night at Port Orleans French Quarter followed by seven nights in a one bedroom villa at Wilderness Lodge.
Poly has always been near the top of the WDW resort bucket list so we thought we’d take a stab at staying there without thinking we had much of a chance. Our three options when contacting David’s were the Poly, the Boardwalk and Bay Lake. Turned out our top choice was available and we secured it less than a day after making the request. As an aside, I would TOTALLY recommend David’s to anyone looking at booking DVC accommodations. They work super quickly and were extremely great to deal with throughout the quick process.
This seems like a good place to take a break. When I get a chance to post again I'll start piecing together our plan of attack for the trip. We've been able to book our restaurants but still have a ton of planning to take care of as the months slip by and August gets closer. I look forward to updating our pre-trip report and sharing our plans with the group!
Thanks for reading!
Enjoy the pre feelings!