Let me start by saying that this is my first trip report of any form so I hope I don't bore you.
Me and my fiancé made our first trip to Disney World in August of 2010. At this point in our relationship we had been dating for roughly 2 1/2 years. We had made short day trips to places like Tulsa, St. Louis and Memphis but this was our first true "vacation" that we had taken together. Obviously we fell in love with the place. We had each been several times as children but in 2010 we were both in our early twenties and the experience was just unbelievable.
Since that trip we have been back each year. August of 2011 with my brother and my mom, July 2012 with just the two of us, and July 2013 with some friends of ours. I proposed on July 7th at Main Street USA this past summer. The trip was one of the best yet. We had stayed at PoP Century for every trip but on our latest excursion I moved us over to the Polynesian on the proposal day (roughly half of our trip).
Now to the plan. Seeing as that we love Disney so much our honeymoon destination would no doubt be in central Florida. The wedding day was set for June 28, 2014. A small ceremony in the backyard of the house that we would have purchased and had renovated between January and the wedding day. Every detail had been planned (due to the length of our dating) and all we were waiting for was the days to get here. The honeymoon was set to be from the 28th-July 9th at the Polynesian. We had plans to visit Universal and Islands of Adventure for one day each, rent a car, do some resort hoping and dining, spa, fireworks cruise, cabana by the pool……….. I could go on but Im sure that the fact that it was a Disneymoon by Disney vets would give you an idea. It was going to be perfect.
Then, this past Friday my fiancé presents the idea of us getting married (no wedding) and heading down for a quick three night four day "honeymoon" to the world in December. We each have the week of Christmas and New Years off of work so we could get by without having to move around any time off that we already had scheduled. Oh and there is the fact that the two of us have wanted to see the property at Christmas time. I was a little hesitant and then she threw out the idea of still going in June/July.
Of course I agreed to this. So now we will get married in December, head down on December 20th-23rd for a stay at Wilderness Lodge. This is a resort that we have heard such good things about on the inter webs and on podcasts (the several that I am hooked on) so we figured we had to see the place. We eventually would like to stay at all of them but we can picture ourselves at the different resorts at different times of the year. For instance we would not want to stay at the WL in the summer we would prefer Poly. At the same time we don't want to stay at the Poly in December, we would prefer WL or Contemporary. We know we are weird but certain resorts seem more appealing at different times of the year to us.
The plan is to see MK, EPCOT, and HS as far as parks go. We will be annual pass holders starting with this trip and we will purchase tickets to MVMCP on the 20th and attend after our dinner at Artist Point shortly after arrival. We will rent a car from the Swan rental location on the 21st (this will be the first time that we will be renting a car) and touring AKL, BC, YC, BW. Of course we will hit all of the monorail resorts too. You can see that our park time will be somewhat limited this trip but, we feel like we have seen the parks enough that it is time to venture out and see other areas throughout the 42 square miles that is Disney World.
This will be a very different trip than any other that we have taken and we are nervous. We want to be sure that we really get to experience the Christmas spirit that Disney puts their twist on while still hitting some of our favorite attractions. There are just things that are unknown to us. What to wear in December? How will the rental car be? How will annual passes be? How will WL be? Not to mention the fact that we have never booked a trip with such short notice and the ADR situation was a little grim last night….
Now that you've fumbled your way through my lengthy post I ask for any advice that you might have for making a trip this time of year. I also ask that you keep a watch out for the questions I will post in the trip planning forum. Ill take any advice I can get and I think Ill probably get some of the best answers here on these forums. There are people on these boards that are much more experienced than myself and I love to learn new things. Especially when it has to do with Disney World ins and outs!
Ill keep you posted on the status of our trip/planning. Thank you for reading!!
Me and my fiancé made our first trip to Disney World in August of 2010. At this point in our relationship we had been dating for roughly 2 1/2 years. We had made short day trips to places like Tulsa, St. Louis and Memphis but this was our first true "vacation" that we had taken together. Obviously we fell in love with the place. We had each been several times as children but in 2010 we were both in our early twenties and the experience was just unbelievable.
Since that trip we have been back each year. August of 2011 with my brother and my mom, July 2012 with just the two of us, and July 2013 with some friends of ours. I proposed on July 7th at Main Street USA this past summer. The trip was one of the best yet. We had stayed at PoP Century for every trip but on our latest excursion I moved us over to the Polynesian on the proposal day (roughly half of our trip).
Now to the plan. Seeing as that we love Disney so much our honeymoon destination would no doubt be in central Florida. The wedding day was set for June 28, 2014. A small ceremony in the backyard of the house that we would have purchased and had renovated between January and the wedding day. Every detail had been planned (due to the length of our dating) and all we were waiting for was the days to get here. The honeymoon was set to be from the 28th-July 9th at the Polynesian. We had plans to visit Universal and Islands of Adventure for one day each, rent a car, do some resort hoping and dining, spa, fireworks cruise, cabana by the pool……….. I could go on but Im sure that the fact that it was a Disneymoon by Disney vets would give you an idea. It was going to be perfect.
Then, this past Friday my fiancé presents the idea of us getting married (no wedding) and heading down for a quick three night four day "honeymoon" to the world in December. We each have the week of Christmas and New Years off of work so we could get by without having to move around any time off that we already had scheduled. Oh and there is the fact that the two of us have wanted to see the property at Christmas time. I was a little hesitant and then she threw out the idea of still going in June/July.
Of course I agreed to this. So now we will get married in December, head down on December 20th-23rd for a stay at Wilderness Lodge. This is a resort that we have heard such good things about on the inter webs and on podcasts (the several that I am hooked on) so we figured we had to see the place. We eventually would like to stay at all of them but we can picture ourselves at the different resorts at different times of the year. For instance we would not want to stay at the WL in the summer we would prefer Poly. At the same time we don't want to stay at the Poly in December, we would prefer WL or Contemporary. We know we are weird but certain resorts seem more appealing at different times of the year to us.
The plan is to see MK, EPCOT, and HS as far as parks go. We will be annual pass holders starting with this trip and we will purchase tickets to MVMCP on the 20th and attend after our dinner at Artist Point shortly after arrival. We will rent a car from the Swan rental location on the 21st (this will be the first time that we will be renting a car) and touring AKL, BC, YC, BW. Of course we will hit all of the monorail resorts too. You can see that our park time will be somewhat limited this trip but, we feel like we have seen the parks enough that it is time to venture out and see other areas throughout the 42 square miles that is Disney World.
This will be a very different trip than any other that we have taken and we are nervous. We want to be sure that we really get to experience the Christmas spirit that Disney puts their twist on while still hitting some of our favorite attractions. There are just things that are unknown to us. What to wear in December? How will the rental car be? How will annual passes be? How will WL be? Not to mention the fact that we have never booked a trip with such short notice and the ADR situation was a little grim last night….
Now that you've fumbled your way through my lengthy post I ask for any advice that you might have for making a trip this time of year. I also ask that you keep a watch out for the questions I will post in the trip planning forum. Ill take any advice I can get and I think Ill probably get some of the best answers here on these forums. There are people on these boards that are much more experienced than myself and I love to learn new things. Especially when it has to do with Disney World ins and outs!
Ill keep you posted on the status of our trip/planning. Thank you for reading!!
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