Pre-Trip Think the undoable and do the unthinkable

FlaggNL · May 22, 2015

kristiwoody said:
Woo hoo! We're going just a couple of weeks before you. I am SO EXCITED. We were the same way, thought we weren't going to go this year, but couldn't help it Looking forward to hearing about your plans!

hej that's great! Where are you staying? How many times were you in the world?

Most plans are already in the TR. We are staying at POFQ from Oct 16 until Oct 24. Oct 18 we have diner in Sci-fi. Oct 22 we will be at MNSHHP and we have memorymaker. When we hit the 90 days mark we will try to get ADR for BOG. We did not filled in every day so we will go with the flow I guess. We have a 7 day hopper pass and maybe we will do a day in Universal. This trip we didn't rent a car since we stay on property. Trying to find out public transport from WDW to Univ, but seems to be a long ride....... enjoy your pre feelings!!

sheriffwoody · May 22, 2015

We're staying in Bay Lake Tower this time with rented points. I LOVE POFQ! That's where we stayed on our honeymoon so it'll always be special to me. This is only our 4th trip since we both went for the first time in 2012. Sounds like you have a great trip planned! We are only doing 5 days

Someday I want to do more. I thought about adding a couple of universal days on the end, but they close at 5pm those days, so I'm not sure I want to spend the money for it. Also, I remember seeing someone who used Uber to get from WDW to Uni, so that might be an option. We drive down from Tennessee, so we have our own transport

Minnesota disney fan · May 24, 2015

kristiwoody said:
We're staying in Bay Lake Tower this time with rented points. I LOVE POFQ! That's where we stayed on our honeymoon so it'll always be special to me. This is only our 4th trip since we both went for the first time in 2012. Sounds like you have a great trip planned! We are only doing 5 days Someday I want to do more. I thought about adding a couple of universal days on the end, but they close at 5pm those days, so I'm not sure I want to spend the money for it. Also, I remember seeing someone who used Uber to get from WDW to Uni, so that might be an option. We drive down from Tennessee, so we have our own transport

Hi, I just had to add my 2 cents worth about transportation to Universal from WDW. I have only heard bad things about Uber, so don't actually know myself? We are staying at WDW in Nov. and are planning a day trip to Universal and are going to call a taxi cab. We have gone back and forth between Mears shuttles vs. taxi's. We have kinda settled on a taxi, as the cost will be about the same and you don't make several stops as with Mears. As I said, I don't have any first hand knowledge of Uber, but have heard horror stories about it. I guess I would recommend checking out all the Disney sites and transportation sites regarding these options. I hope we picked the best with a taxi? good luck

FlaggNL · May 26, 2015

kristiwoody said:
We're staying in Bay Lake Tower this time with rented points. I LOVE POFQ! That's where we stayed on our honeymoon so it'll always be special to me. This is only our 4th trip since we both went for the first time in 2012. Sounds like you have a great trip planned! We are only doing 5 days Someday I want to do more. I thought about adding a couple of universal days on the end, but they close at 5pm those days, so I'm not sure I want to spend the money for it. Also, I remember seeing someone who used Uber to get from WDW to Uni, so that might be an option. We drive down from Tennessee, so we have our own transport

Wow the honeymoon in POFQ, we did our Honeymoon to DLP almost 5 years ago

And as I mentioned before, that's one of the main reasons we go again this year! We will see of we have time to do Universal as well. Since we stay on the property maybe Universal will be in our next trip in the (near) future. And when we do I don't think we will use Uber

Although thanks gfor the tip!

FlaggNL · May 26, 2015

Minnesota disney fan said:
Hi, I just had to add my 2 cents worth about transportation to Universal from WDW. I have only heard bad things about Uber, so don't actually know myself? We are staying at WDW in Nov. and are planning a day trip to Universal and are going to call a taxi cab. We have gone back and forth between Mears shuttles vs. taxi's. We have kinda settled on a taxi, as the cost will be about the same and you don't make several stops as with Mears. As I said, I don't have any first hand knowledge of Uber, but have heard horror stories about it. I guess I would recommend checking out all the Disney sites and transportation sites regarding these options. I hope we picked the best with a taxi? good luck

Hej thanks for the tip! When we do Universal I guess we will use a taxi. Although it is possible we don't do Universal this time......

Nubs70 · May 26, 2015

FlaggNL said:
hej that's great! Where are you staying? How many times were you in the world? Most plans are already in the TR. We are staying at POFQ from Oct 16 until Oct 24. Oct 18 we have diner in Sci-fi. Oct 22 we will be at MNSHHP and we have memorymaker. When we hit the 90 days mark we will try to get ADR for BOG. We did not filled in every day so we will go with the flow I guess. We have a 7 day hopper pass and maybe we will do a day in Universal. This trip we didn't rent a car since we stay on property. Trying to find out public transport from WDW to Univ, but seems to be a long ride....... enjoy your pre feelings!!

On transport to and from UNI.

You can rent a car from the on property rental place at WDW. A free shuttle will will pick you up at POFQ to get the car and drop you back off upon return.

sheriffwoody · May 26, 2015

I must have weird friends because everyone I know who has used Uber has had a fine experience. Maybe it depends on the city, who knows. Taxis are just so high in Orlando from what I've heard and have terrible service. We drive anyway, so we've never had to worry about it.

FlaggNL · May 27, 2015

Nubs70 said:
On transport to and from UNI.

You can rent a car from the on property rental place at WDW. A free shuttle will will pick you up at POFQ to get the car and drop you back off upon return.

That's what we thought of also! If we do a Universal day we probably will rent a car.... maybe also some time for some shopping centers that day

Thanks!!

FlaggNL · May 27, 2015

kristiwoody said:
I must have weird friends because everyone I know who has used Uber has had a fine experience. Maybe it depends on the city, who knows. Taxis are just so high in Orlando from what I've heard and have terrible service. We drive anyway, so we've never had to worry about it.

Last October we also had a car, so there were no worries, so I guess if we do universal we will rent a car at Disney

FlaggNL · Jun 8, 2015

Time for a little tiny update

We're not even in WDW yet, we just passed the 130 day mark. But we are already thinking about a trip in 2016. The UK website of Disneyworld has such a great opportunity

Free dining plan, 200 $ gift card, free memory maker, 14 day ultimate ticket for the price of 7

Only thing is you have to book before July 9th and stay in WDW between Januari and November 2016. So we are discussing summer holiday or October

Don't now yet, but mu best guess so far is being back in the World in 2016 during our summer holidays somewhere in July

LieutLaww · Jun 8, 2015

Yup Disney does seem to gives us UK people some decent deals on certain things

FlaggNL · Jun 8, 2015

LieutLaww said:
Yup Disney does seem to gives us UK people some decent deals on certain things

Yeah you are so right! But the great thing is that it is aviable for all European citizens!

LieutLaww · Jun 8, 2015

yea handy that too, tho i do think we get the short end of the stick on hotel pricing

Nubs70 · Jun 8, 2015

I would consider the week prior to Food & Wine. It seems like the last remaining slower times.

FlaggNL · Jun 9, 2015

LieutLaww said:
yea handy that too, tho i do think we get the short end of the stick on hotel pricing

I guess you are right

FlaggNL · Jun 9, 2015

Nubs70 said:
I would consider the week prior to Food & Wine. It seems like the last remaining slower times.

We have to take school of Sacha in consideration, so my best guess is we go for another October trip

FlaggNL · Jun 10, 2015

FlaggNL said:
We have to take school of Sacha in consideration, so my best guess is we go for another October trip

I had to qoute myself

Because we changed to July/August 2016

A 14 day trip will give us the most benefit with this UK acion prices

Minnesota disney fan · Jun 10, 2015

FlaggNL said:
Time for a little tiny update We're not even in WDW yet, we just passed the 130 day mark. But we are already thinking about a trip in 2016. The UK website of Disneyworld has such a great opportunity Free dining plan, 200 $ gift card, free memory maker, 14 day ultimate ticket for the price of 7 Only thing is you have to book before July 9th and stay in WDW between Januari and November 2016. So we are discussing summer holiday or October Don't now yet, but mu best guess so far is being back in the World in 2016 during our summer holidays somewhere in July

Just curious, have you ever been to Florida in July??? If not, it can be brutal with hot temperatures, very high humidity, large crowds, south American tour groups. Our family went once in July, BUT we lived in the south at that time, so we were used to the heat and humidity. Guessing that since you are from the UK, you would not be too used to that kind of tropical climate. I guess I would take all that into consideration, and I hope you have a wonderful trip whenever you go

FlaggNL · Jun 11, 2015

Minnesota disney fan said:
Just curious, have you ever been to Florida in July??? If not, it can be brutal with hot temperatures, very high humidity, large crowds, south American tour groups. Our family went once in July, BUT we lived in the south at that time, so we were used to the heat and humidity. Guessing that since you are from the UK, you would not be too used to that kind of tropical climate. I guess I would take all that into consideration, and I hope you have a wonderful trip whenever you go

Thanks for the tip! I once was in WDW in July! But that was when I was 18, so long long time ago

We are aware of the temperatures, the humidity and the crowd. But like I said, it is our summer holiday and the benefits are the most when we go for a trip for 14 days. We have to go within a holiday period of Sacha, since she is still attending college. And we can't keep her out of school without problems with school and the law. You are right that we are not used too the tropical climate, but we are not from UK but The Netherlands, although it is nearby

Last October we also had high temperatures only the humidity was much lower than in July and we had no rain. We haven't decided yet, but for now July is the biggest chance of going!

FlaggNL · Jun 11, 2015

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