Pre-Trip Not my best move by any measure

Oh boy, that was a huge mistake! In December of 2012 we took our first Disney vacation and fell in love with everything so we promptly re-booked for a December 2013 Disney vacation and hit the jackpot! On December 4th we were selected as the family to open the Magic Kingdom! A once in a lifetime experience

that will never be forgotten. Re-booked for a December 2014 Disney trip like always. Well both my daughters compete in gymnastics and we found out in June that the first meet of the season was on our scheduled vacation dates and there was no availability for any other dates in December. I thought to myself that it wouldn't be a big deal if we skipped a year considering how great the last trip turned out. So, we booked a trip instead to the Smokie Mountains...big mistake. No magic, no Dole Whips, no palm trees, no Star Tours! We had a nice time but not a great time and I still have not heard the last of it from my girls. So.....

Today I booked our 10 day vacation for December 2015 at Wyndham Bonnet Creek in a 2 bedroom Presidential Suite! My self imposed exile from wdwmagic and disboards is over! Letting the planning begin and the surprises take shape. June 7th I can start make dinning ressies. I love reading all the pre-trip and trip reports but I never post my own but I'm so pumped for this trip I plan I detailing how epic this next trip will be.

Thanks for reading!
Paul

 

[ScarletBegonias]

I agree! it'll be here before you know it!

 

[cedardad]

We are closing up our RV this weekend so there will be no more camping this year. Now all I have to do is get ready for Disney, oh I forgot I still need to go to work, take the girls to school and gymnastics, and all the other real world stuff. As much as we love to camp, none of us ever want to camp at WDW. I jokingly told the girls we were staying at Fort Wilderness instead of Wyndham Bonnet Creek and they started to cry! They kept saying they needed their resort vacation and not camping! The only kids in the world to think camping at Disney is punishment. First world problems.
Memory Maker purchased. (always a must have)
The girls first gymnastics meet is the week before we leave and I worry about their concentration. They compete at such a high level that it could be a factor. Anyway, I love all your trip reports and it continues to reinforce to us why we love Disney!

 

[ScarletBegonias]

We are closing up our RV this weekend so there will be no more camping this year. Now all I have to do is get ready for Disney, oh I forgot I still need to go to work, take the girls to school and gymnastics, and all the other real world stuff. As much as we love to camp, none of us ever want to camp at WDW. I jokingly told the girls we were staying at Fort Wilderness instead of Wyndham Bonnet Creek and they started to cry! They kept saying they needed their resort vacation and not camping! The only kids in the world to think camping at Disney is punishment. First world problems.
Memory Maker purchased. (always a must have)
The girls first gymnastics meet is the week before we leave and I worry about their concentration. They compete at such a high level that it could be a factor. Anyway, I love all your trip reports and it continues to reinforce to us why we love Disney!

I had the same reaction to Camping in Disney. no way! LOL (can you says BUGS?)

 

[Cetta]

I always feel like planning is just as fun as being there! We are 11.5 months away from our trip and I know my plans will change a hundred times before we actually get there. We are planning on driving from Indiana which will be the first time we drive long distance without our extended family (we drive to NJ every year but my mom and step dad do most of the driving). I've been to Daytona but I wasn't too impressed. We have always gone to Universal for a day but we are not planning on doing it this next trip. I have never had a good experience with the employees at Universal, just kinda rude and seems like they hate their jobs, but still worth visiting for the attractions. Can't wait to read your trip report.

 

[cedardad]

I always feel like planning is just as fun as being there! We are 11.5 months away from our trip and I know my plans will change a hundred times before we actually get there. We are planning on driving from Indiana which will be the first time we drive long distance without our extended family (we drive to NJ every year but my mom and step dad do most of the driving). I've been to Daytona but I wasn't too impressed. We have always gone to Universal for a day but we are not planning on doing it this next trip. I have never had a good experience with the employees at Universal, just kinda rude and seems like they hate their jobs, but still worth visiting for the attractions. Can't wait to read your trip report.

We live in Michigan and we drove to Tennessee last year. Since we always travel in December the stress level runs high. As long as we can fly cheap with Southwest I will choose to fly. 11.5 month's is going to go so fast.

 

[cedardad]

I had the same reaction to Camping in Disney. no way! LOL (can you says BUGS?)

Way too much work while on vacation! Now if I can only get a butler named Jeaves to attend to us while on vacation and do the laundry and make our ADR's!