Hello all!
I’m a relatively new member to this board, and have found it to be extremely helpful, not only in planning my upcoming trip, but also in getting myself pumped up from reading others TR’s and PTR’s! I figured that I’d throw out my plans for my trip, and take you all along for the ride.
So, without further ado:
The Players:
Project Gemini: Me, Joe! I’m a diehard Disney fan, which has been to WDW over 10 times. I teach Social Studies at a small Catholic school in Buffalo, NY, as well as a part time professional theatre actor and comedian. I absolutely LOVE hockey (Go Sabres!), movies, and all around nerdery.
ProjectGirlfriend: My Girlfriend, Laura. We’ll have been together for over a year at the time of our trip. She’s studying to become an elementary school teacher, and is our resident photographer, and classic movie geek. We’re absolute soul mates, and love Disney, movies, and anything else geeky that you could possibly think of.
The Lodgings:
We’ll be staying at Pop Century. I stayed there in 2008 on a trip with my family, and absolutely fell in love with the theme (Besides teaching history, I am an absolute pop culture junkie), and the fact that they have their own bus line. Laura and I are both children of the 80’s/90’s so we’re hoping to stay in one of those 2 buildings (We actually put in a request for them when we booked the trip, but I’m not sure how much good that will do).
The Rest of the Story:
We both went to L.A. last summer and visited Disneyland, and we immediately decided to attempt a trip down to WDW this summer. Both being teachers, obviously money is on the thin side, so we’re attempting to make this trip as cost effective as possible.
One way we are trying to do that is to weigh the pros and cons of driving from Buffalo to WDW. I’ve used the AAA gas calculator (http://fuelcostcalculator.aaa.com/) to come up with a “Magic Number” of $403.62. If we can find a set of 2 round trip flights for under that (or what ever the magic number becomes as gas prices fluctuate), We’ll fly. I personally, right now, am leaning towards driving over flying, if only to add to the Adventure of the trip.
We are also attempting to take advantage of Free Dining, which has historically been offered around the times we are going. We are waiting for any announcement, and have set our dates so that we can change them to fit if need be. This is also one of the reasons we’re looking at driving over flying, because of the extra flexibility it will give us.
That’s the plan so far! Our next big planning milestone is this upcoming Friday, when we can book our first ADR! Right now, the plan is to book Hoop-de-do for our first night, but I’ll let you know how that goes!
I’m a relatively new member to this board, and have found it to be extremely helpful, not only in planning my upcoming trip, but also in getting myself pumped up from reading others TR’s and PTR’s! I figured that I’d throw out my plans for my trip, and take you all along for the ride.
So, without further ado:
The Players:
Project Gemini: Me, Joe! I’m a diehard Disney fan, which has been to WDW over 10 times. I teach Social Studies at a small Catholic school in Buffalo, NY, as well as a part time professional theatre actor and comedian. I absolutely LOVE hockey (Go Sabres!), movies, and all around nerdery.
ProjectGirlfriend: My Girlfriend, Laura. We’ll have been together for over a year at the time of our trip. She’s studying to become an elementary school teacher, and is our resident photographer, and classic movie geek. We’re absolute soul mates, and love Disney, movies, and anything else geeky that you could possibly think of.
The Lodgings:
We’ll be staying at Pop Century. I stayed there in 2008 on a trip with my family, and absolutely fell in love with the theme (Besides teaching history, I am an absolute pop culture junkie), and the fact that they have their own bus line. Laura and I are both children of the 80’s/90’s so we’re hoping to stay in one of those 2 buildings (We actually put in a request for them when we booked the trip, but I’m not sure how much good that will do).
The Rest of the Story:
We both went to L.A. last summer and visited Disneyland, and we immediately decided to attempt a trip down to WDW this summer. Both being teachers, obviously money is on the thin side, so we’re attempting to make this trip as cost effective as possible.
One way we are trying to do that is to weigh the pros and cons of driving from Buffalo to WDW. I’ve used the AAA gas calculator (http://fuelcostcalculator.aaa.com/) to come up with a “Magic Number” of $403.62. If we can find a set of 2 round trip flights for under that (or what ever the magic number becomes as gas prices fluctuate), We’ll fly. I personally, right now, am leaning towards driving over flying, if only to add to the Adventure of the trip.
We are also attempting to take advantage of Free Dining, which has historically been offered around the times we are going. We are waiting for any announcement, and have set our dates so that we can change them to fit if need be. This is also one of the reasons we’re looking at driving over flying, because of the extra flexibility it will give us.
That’s the plan so far! Our next big planning milestone is this upcoming Friday, when we can book our first ADR! Right now, the plan is to book Hoop-de-do for our first night, but I’ll let you know how that goes!
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