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When do you decide it is time?
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iluvstitch
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I usually decide to come back while i'm on vacation. I'll say "we should stay here next time" or "we have to eat here on our next trip". I usually book our WDW vacation about 8 months in advance.
When I went on the DCL this summer, we decided on going only 4 weeks before the cruise! I went to WDW in July and DCL in August. -Steph
When I went on the DCL this summer, we decided on going only 4 weeks before the cruise! I went to WDW in July and DCL in August. -Steph
As many of you we do start talking about the next trip before we even leave Florida, but since we were going about every 2 years until my daughter was born, we would not start planning until about a year before we would go. I am hoping that we will start going every year and then for me it would be an endless cycle - plan, go, plan agian, go again.....
Our flight is in about 14 hours. Super excited, but in the same breath I am terrified. Last time we went was in 2000 when my wife was pregnant with our daughter. So I have not been on a plane since 9/11.
I just want to get there. I hope to sleep on the plane, but know i won't be able to.
Our flight is in about 14 hours. Super excited, but in the same breath I am terrified. Last time we went was in 2000 when my wife was pregnant with our daughter. So I have not been on a plane since 9/11.
I just want to get there. I hope to sleep on the plane, but know i won't be able to.
bluesnut
Member
well
When we stayed at Fort Wilderness we would look at our calender for the school vacations and my mom would spend time calling the reservation line making all of our reservations.
Now we have a vacation place down there so. We get a three day weekend--"You want to go to Florida?" "Sure!" we get in the car--18 hours later here we are.
I love it. We also know how to go cheap. And it is very doable if you know what you are doing.
When we stayed at Fort Wilderness we would look at our calender for the school vacations and my mom would spend time calling the reservation line making all of our reservations.
Now we have a vacation place down there so. We get a three day weekend--"You want to go to Florida?" "Sure!" we get in the car--18 hours later here we are.
I love it. We also know how to go cheap. And it is very doable if you know what you are doing.
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colliera
Member
ETA
I've planned trips out as far as a year and a half and had trips where I decided to go when I woke up that morning and was on my way by lunch. Because of that I can't joke about going if I don't mean it around my family because they take any suggestion to go seriously and I have to face the reprecussions if we don't.
I've done the expensive trips where everyone went, we stayed 7 or 8 days and did dinner shows, character meals, and backstage tours. I've done the least costly trips where just I and my wife went, we stayed only 4 days, stayed off propertly, and stocked up at the Kissimmee Wal-Mart for breakfast snacks, and toured on those left over days on tickets from other trips. But when you are touring the parks the magic is the same regardless of the planning or the expense.
A few cost cutting tips however:
If you aren't tied to what I call the "school season" and can visit at times school is in session it helps. But remember WDW is an international destination. There were quite a few European and South American tourists there earlier this month whose schools or seasons don't match those in the US.
If you have time to plan start watching those airfares 2 or 3 months out in advance EVERYDAY. When those cheap fares hit they sell out quickly. Be ready to act.
If you can tour anytime then stay away from any holiday, the Spring break period, and any special event that is being promoted at WDW that might bring in large groups. I sandwiched in this year's trip after New Year's Day and before the Marathon and Family Fittness events. That's true of course if you aren't going specifically for a given event. Sometimes you go because of the event/holiday. Crowdwise Christmas/New Year's is about the worst. But it's the most beatuiful and the hours and entertainment are extended because of the crowds.
For years I've emptied my pockets at the end of the day of any spare change I had. You'd be suprised how quickly that loose change adds up.
Keep an eye on discounts at www.mousesavers.com.
Even when you think that trip just isn't going to happen, well how does the song go? " . . . fate steps in and sees you through."
:animwink:
I've planned trips out as far as a year and a half and had trips where I decided to go when I woke up that morning and was on my way by lunch. Because of that I can't joke about going if I don't mean it around my family because they take any suggestion to go seriously and I have to face the reprecussions if we don't.
I've done the expensive trips where everyone went, we stayed 7 or 8 days and did dinner shows, character meals, and backstage tours. I've done the least costly trips where just I and my wife went, we stayed only 4 days, stayed off propertly, and stocked up at the Kissimmee Wal-Mart for breakfast snacks, and toured on those left over days on tickets from other trips. But when you are touring the parks the magic is the same regardless of the planning or the expense.
A few cost cutting tips however:
If you aren't tied to what I call the "school season" and can visit at times school is in session it helps. But remember WDW is an international destination. There were quite a few European and South American tourists there earlier this month whose schools or seasons don't match those in the US.
If you have time to plan start watching those airfares 2 or 3 months out in advance EVERYDAY. When those cheap fares hit they sell out quickly. Be ready to act.
If you can tour anytime then stay away from any holiday, the Spring break period, and any special event that is being promoted at WDW that might bring in large groups. I sandwiched in this year's trip after New Year's Day and before the Marathon and Family Fittness events. That's true of course if you aren't going specifically for a given event. Sometimes you go because of the event/holiday. Crowdwise Christmas/New Year's is about the worst. But it's the most beatuiful and the hours and entertainment are extended because of the crowds.
For years I've emptied my pockets at the end of the day of any spare change I had. You'd be suprised how quickly that loose change adds up.
Keep an eye on discounts at www.mousesavers.com.
Even when you think that trip just isn't going to happen, well how does the song go? " . . . fate steps in and sees you through."
:animwink: