Hello! One month out from our next trip and that means it's Pre-Trip Report time. If you haven't met our trio before I will warn you before you read too far that we are obsessive planners. The first spreadsheets and tables were made about 8 months ago and have been updated, revised, examined, evaluated, and re-evaluated at least a hundred times since then. The best part of all of that is that we rarely follow said plans! The way we see it, the more we plan and arrange our days, the more we know about possibilities and when things go awry (as they always do) the better chances we have of making things still work out!
Which brings me to the first point of order: the thread title. Last summer we made a 13-day visit to the world, dividing our stay between Bay Lake Tower, Yacht Club, and Old Key West (and yes, we are obviously DVC). We bought Premium APs during the big DVC discount sale to enjoy all the benefits during those two weeks. Then DW got into running and we decided to do the Tower of Terror 10-miler weekend (all the pics in this pre-trip will be from that one). A nice, extra 5 days use out of those APs! This coming summer we were NOT planning a Disney trip...but then, well...I got DW some Grand Floridian points for her birthday (minimum purchase - teacher salary doesn't allow for more!!) and we decided to do a relatively short visit this summer, just 2 nights at GF and 4 nights at OKW. Plans were made (and re-made) and then about a month ago, we heard about the Disney Soccer Academy. Our DD (10) really enjoys soccer. She's not a star athlete, but loves to play - and yours truly is a soccer nut (play, coach, watch, read about, etc). The last session of the program nicely coincides with the end of our trip, so we added another 5 nights (2 at OKW, 3 at SSR) by renting some points and here we are. Turning a 6-day trip into a 10-day trip, with the 4th of July in there, and 4 days of soccer camp for DD. Now, on to the actual plans!
Which brings me to the first point of order: the thread title. Last summer we made a 13-day visit to the world, dividing our stay between Bay Lake Tower, Yacht Club, and Old Key West (and yes, we are obviously DVC). We bought Premium APs during the big DVC discount sale to enjoy all the benefits during those two weeks. Then DW got into running and we decided to do the Tower of Terror 10-miler weekend (all the pics in this pre-trip will be from that one). A nice, extra 5 days use out of those APs! This coming summer we were NOT planning a Disney trip...but then, well...I got DW some Grand Floridian points for her birthday (minimum purchase - teacher salary doesn't allow for more!!) and we decided to do a relatively short visit this summer, just 2 nights at GF and 4 nights at OKW. Plans were made (and re-made) and then about a month ago, we heard about the Disney Soccer Academy. Our DD (10) really enjoys soccer. She's not a star athlete, but loves to play - and yours truly is a soccer nut (play, coach, watch, read about, etc). The last session of the program nicely coincides with the end of our trip, so we added another 5 nights (2 at OKW, 3 at SSR) by renting some points and here we are. Turning a 6-day trip into a 10-day trip, with the 4th of July in there, and 4 days of soccer camp for DD. Now, on to the actual plans!
