lebeau
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
First of all, I just want to say thanks in advance for all of the helpful suggestions I know I will get. This board always comes through for me when I am looking for planning help.
We're not planning to do a full-on theme park vacation for a while. But, we are seriously considering a trip to Orlando to do the Halloween party - which we have never done before.
Here is where we stand. Currently, the trip would include myself, my wife and our 3-year-old daughter. We may also invite my wife's parents, but we haven't made up our minds about that yet.
We are planning to go in late September. The 20th will be our 5th anniversary and we may do something special that day. If we invite the grandparents, we'll probably have them keep our daughter so we can do something.
We are planning to drive to Orlando. It'll probably be a rough drive (12 hours) because our daughter hates being in the car seat. We plan to drive at night so she will hopefully sleep through most of it.
I am hoping to keep the budget for the trip right around $1,000.00. A little over or under is no big deal. We can probably pay for the MNSSHP party with accumulated Disney Rewards Dollars from our Chase Visa.
To accomodate that budget, I am looking for nice places to stay off site. I've never planned a trip off site before, so any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
We're also thinking about a day at Sea World. My wife really wants to go. If the grandparents come along on the trip, I'm cosidering surprising my wife with Discovery Cove on our anniversary.
Other than that, we're planning to mill around the pool. I'm sure we'll go to Downtown Disney. We may book a character meal at one of the resorts. But our only theme park activity will be Sea World and the Halloween party.
So, after all that info, here's what I am looking for:
- Any suggestions on places to stay
- Any info about MNSSHP in late Sept (never been to this before)
- Any info about Sea World and/or Discovery Cove
- Any suggestions for any other non-theme park activities in Orlando
- Anything else you guys think I should be aware of. I know you'll collectively think of things that never would have occurred to me.
Again, thanks in advance for all the help!
First of all, I just want to say thanks in advance for all of the helpful suggestions I know I will get. This board always comes through for me when I am looking for planning help.
We're not planning to do a full-on theme park vacation for a while. But, we are seriously considering a trip to Orlando to do the Halloween party - which we have never done before.
Here is where we stand. Currently, the trip would include myself, my wife and our 3-year-old daughter. We may also invite my wife's parents, but we haven't made up our minds about that yet.
We are planning to go in late September. The 20th will be our 5th anniversary and we may do something special that day. If we invite the grandparents, we'll probably have them keep our daughter so we can do something.
We are planning to drive to Orlando. It'll probably be a rough drive (12 hours) because our daughter hates being in the car seat. We plan to drive at night so she will hopefully sleep through most of it.
I am hoping to keep the budget for the trip right around $1,000.00. A little over or under is no big deal. We can probably pay for the MNSSHP party with accumulated Disney Rewards Dollars from our Chase Visa.
To accomodate that budget, I am looking for nice places to stay off site. I've never planned a trip off site before, so any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
We're also thinking about a day at Sea World. My wife really wants to go. If the grandparents come along on the trip, I'm cosidering surprising my wife with Discovery Cove on our anniversary.
Other than that, we're planning to mill around the pool. I'm sure we'll go to Downtown Disney. We may book a character meal at one of the resorts. But our only theme park activity will be Sea World and the Halloween party.
So, after all that info, here's what I am looking for:
- Any suggestions on places to stay
- Any info about MNSSHP in late Sept (never been to this before)
- Any info about Sea World and/or Discovery Cove
- Any suggestions for any other non-theme park activities in Orlando
- Anything else you guys think I should be aware of. I know you'll collectively think of things that never would have occurred to me.
Again, thanks in advance for all the help!