It seems as though my trips lately have a common theme- lots of firsts.
So, for this trip my firsts so far include:
-Using a travel agency (mousefantravel)
-taking a Disney cruise!!
-planning a vacation last minute
-traveling in a group (WDWradio!)
I will elaborate on these a bit later in this post.
But, first things first....
ROLL CALL!
So the attendees are as usual.
First, there's my boyfriend, Kevin.
Then, there's me, Angie:
(you may remember me looking like this from my last trip report)
(and here's a more recent picture of me with changed hair so that it doesn't get confusing when I do the Trip Report and you're like, "Who is this person?!?!")
The Plan.
Nov 2- Leaving from Boston mid-morning and catching a flight to MCO. This will be my second time ever flying (I don't know if you all remember that my WDW trip in Sept 2011 was the first time I flew) and last time we flew out of a relatively small airport. I'm a little anxious thinking about flying from such a busy airport this time around. I don't like to put myself in stressful situations (especially if they are socially stressful), but you got to do what you got to do to get to Disney!!!
-We should get to MCO around 2pm, then take magical express to All Star Sports. Music is usually my first choice and this time we were even thinking about trying POP, but money is a huge factor during this trip, so it made sense to go with Sports this time around.
-We haven't set in stone what we will do this first evening, but most likely we will- take a bus to Epcot, ride the monorail loop there and visit the resorts, take a bus to Art of Animation, bask in the glory that IS Art of Animation, daydream a little that we were staying there, then take a bus from there to DTD. We will probably try to get back to the hotel well before it gets dark, since tomorrow will be a big day!
Nov 3- MK all day! Hmm, that's catchy... It looks like MK will be open from 9-9 this day, and we are spending every second of that we can in MK. We will, of course, catch the opening show, and, assuming Wishes will be happening that night, we will stay until the very end. It is important that we MUST experience some of the new FLE or I will just die. Though, I can't decide what I want to do first- "run" to the FLE, or ride haunted mansion. I suppose we will just have to see what feels right when we get there!!
Nov 4-8 Cruise time! We will hop on the bus and head over to Port Canaveral. Not sure how everything is there, so I don't have any plans just yet, just go with the flow. I'm assuming at this point we will meet up with the wdwradio group, but I'm not so sure just yet since I just booked this last night and haven't had time to research!
Reasoning behind certain decisions
-There was a lot to consider with cost this vacation. Kevin and I weren't originally going to make it to disney this year because of money, but we really cut out a lot of costs, things that were really, really tough for us to let go of, and made it work. A lot of decisions for things we are doing on this trip are compromising for money.
-I really wanted to go to WDW (You can't travel all the way from the top of the US east coast to the bottom without going to WDW!), but taking as much time as we wanted to take there would have ended up making the trip cost double! MK is our favorite park and with the FLE we decided to compromise and just do one day at MK, no hopper, just one day.
-It might seem odd that we are staying 2 nights at All Star Sports, considering you would THINK we could save money by only staying 1 night, but it was actually CHEAPER to stay 2!! How? You might ask... Well, the flights we were looking at were over $100 extra combined for the 2 of us on Nov 3, but we found a great deal on a flight on Nov 2 which saved us over $100, so we just spent only $87 on an extra night at the hotel! It'll be much more relaxed that way, too. I have a tendency to feel the need to rush when there's a time limit, so this will help me not do that.
-Why a cruise instead of a cheaper WDW vacation? Well, we are huge fans of the WDWradio show and feel a huge sense of community with fellow "box people." Kevin and I aren't very social people and I think a new experience like this one will really help us get excited about connecting with others with similar likes. The fish extender gift exchange is the best thing I've ever heard about in my life, so I am pumped for that!
On with the Firsts!
I promised earlier I would elaborate on my firsts, so here we go!
-Using a travel agency (mousefantravel)- We were actually required to do this in order to be part of the group, which I completely understand since they will be sponsoring a good chunk of what we are doing. I have to admit, I probably would never have done this if it wasn't required, but after figuring things out with our now-agent, Debra, I'm really glad I did it!! I feel like I can just ask all of my questions to one person instead of trying to call Disney a million times and talk to a million different people. I feel very taken care of. And it helps that she's AMAZING!
-taking a Disney cruise!!- I already described why we are doing this, to be with the wdwradio group!
-planning a vacation last minute- we didn't think we were going to be able to afford a big vacation this year, but after cutting lots of costs, we made it work!
-traveling in a group (WDWradio!)- Other than traveling with my family of about 10 once during a Norwegian cruise to Bermuda, I haven't done much social traveling. This will be a whole new world for Kevin and me!
Well, that's it! Hope you all stay tuned for my upcoming Trip Report! I am planning on taking a notebook with me to take lots of notes this time so I can remember what to write for the TR!!!
So, for this trip my firsts so far include:
-Using a travel agency (mousefantravel)
-taking a Disney cruise!!
-planning a vacation last minute
-traveling in a group (WDWradio!)
I will elaborate on these a bit later in this post.
But, first things first....
ROLL CALL!
So the attendees are as usual.
First, there's my boyfriend, Kevin.
Then, there's me, Angie:
(you may remember me looking like this from my last trip report)
(and here's a more recent picture of me with changed hair so that it doesn't get confusing when I do the Trip Report and you're like, "Who is this person?!?!")
The Plan.
Nov 2- Leaving from Boston mid-morning and catching a flight to MCO. This will be my second time ever flying (I don't know if you all remember that my WDW trip in Sept 2011 was the first time I flew) and last time we flew out of a relatively small airport. I'm a little anxious thinking about flying from such a busy airport this time around. I don't like to put myself in stressful situations (especially if they are socially stressful), but you got to do what you got to do to get to Disney!!!
-We should get to MCO around 2pm, then take magical express to All Star Sports. Music is usually my first choice and this time we were even thinking about trying POP, but money is a huge factor during this trip, so it made sense to go with Sports this time around.
-We haven't set in stone what we will do this first evening, but most likely we will- take a bus to Epcot, ride the monorail loop there and visit the resorts, take a bus to Art of Animation, bask in the glory that IS Art of Animation, daydream a little that we were staying there, then take a bus from there to DTD. We will probably try to get back to the hotel well before it gets dark, since tomorrow will be a big day!
Nov 3- MK all day! Hmm, that's catchy... It looks like MK will be open from 9-9 this day, and we are spending every second of that we can in MK. We will, of course, catch the opening show, and, assuming Wishes will be happening that night, we will stay until the very end. It is important that we MUST experience some of the new FLE or I will just die. Though, I can't decide what I want to do first- "run" to the FLE, or ride haunted mansion. I suppose we will just have to see what feels right when we get there!!
Nov 4-8 Cruise time! We will hop on the bus and head over to Port Canaveral. Not sure how everything is there, so I don't have any plans just yet, just go with the flow. I'm assuming at this point we will meet up with the wdwradio group, but I'm not so sure just yet since I just booked this last night and haven't had time to research!
Reasoning behind certain decisions
-There was a lot to consider with cost this vacation. Kevin and I weren't originally going to make it to disney this year because of money, but we really cut out a lot of costs, things that were really, really tough for us to let go of, and made it work. A lot of decisions for things we are doing on this trip are compromising for money.
-I really wanted to go to WDW (You can't travel all the way from the top of the US east coast to the bottom without going to WDW!), but taking as much time as we wanted to take there would have ended up making the trip cost double! MK is our favorite park and with the FLE we decided to compromise and just do one day at MK, no hopper, just one day.
-It might seem odd that we are staying 2 nights at All Star Sports, considering you would THINK we could save money by only staying 1 night, but it was actually CHEAPER to stay 2!! How? You might ask... Well, the flights we were looking at were over $100 extra combined for the 2 of us on Nov 3, but we found a great deal on a flight on Nov 2 which saved us over $100, so we just spent only $87 on an extra night at the hotel! It'll be much more relaxed that way, too. I have a tendency to feel the need to rush when there's a time limit, so this will help me not do that.
-Why a cruise instead of a cheaper WDW vacation? Well, we are huge fans of the WDWradio show and feel a huge sense of community with fellow "box people." Kevin and I aren't very social people and I think a new experience like this one will really help us get excited about connecting with others with similar likes. The fish extender gift exchange is the best thing I've ever heard about in my life, so I am pumped for that!
On with the Firsts!
I promised earlier I would elaborate on my firsts, so here we go!
-Using a travel agency (mousefantravel)- We were actually required to do this in order to be part of the group, which I completely understand since they will be sponsoring a good chunk of what we are doing. I have to admit, I probably would never have done this if it wasn't required, but after figuring things out with our now-agent, Debra, I'm really glad I did it!! I feel like I can just ask all of my questions to one person instead of trying to call Disney a million times and talk to a million different people. I feel very taken care of. And it helps that she's AMAZING!
-taking a Disney cruise!!- I already described why we are doing this, to be with the wdwradio group!
-planning a vacation last minute- we didn't think we were going to be able to afford a big vacation this year, but after cutting lots of costs, we made it work!
-traveling in a group (WDWradio!)- Other than traveling with my family of about 10 once during a Norwegian cruise to Bermuda, I haven't done much social traveling. This will be a whole new world for Kevin and me!
Well, that's it! Hope you all stay tuned for my upcoming Trip Report! I am planning on taking a notebook with me to take lots of notes this time so I can remember what to write for the TR!!!
