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Hello again fellow PP! I am back with a new PTR...I however have decided that instead of a full length TR when I return I will just update this TR with highlights of the trip.
I find I have enjoyed sharing my plans, but found writing a whole TR daunting. So enjoy my PTR/TR for what it's worth.
Cast of Characters: Me (Sparky) Age 32 (33 in 12 days!), DH 44 (45 time of trip), and DD 6 (7 at time of trip)
Package Details: Magic Your Way with Park Hopper 6 days and DDP
I am very happy and excited today! I bought my airfare and I have to say it was quite a task.
Originally the trip was suppose to be 9/12/11-9/19/11 but I found out last night that if we changed it to 9/13/11-9/20/11 we could save a bundle on airfare. In order to pull this off I need 3 things to happen.
1.) Get ahold of the TA to see if we could switch dates, on a Fri after 6 pm.
2.) Availability for the 20th
3.) All this happening before the price went up.
I put in a call and an email explaining the situation and asking my TA to call me ASAP. Leslie, being the fab TA she is called me at 9:15 and said "Your all set for the new dates. Go ahead and get on that airfare!"
So I booked it today! $67 each way, per person! It ends up being $466 for three of us...but wait! There's more! I also have $100 credit through my credit card for miles. So with that it brought the price of 3 tickets down to $366!
SCORE!!!!
I have a list of all the ADR's I want to make and have my park hours chart printed out ready to go. So now I am just waiting for March 1st to come around to plan my park days and on March 16th I can book my ADR's! Here is a list of ADR's I am hoping to get....
CRT breakfast
O'Hana dinner----NEW
O'Hana breakfast---NEW
Sci Fi lunch
Le Cellier lunch
1900 Park Fare dinner---NEW for 2
LTT lunch---NEW for 2
Crystal Palace lunch
Garden Grill dinner---NEW
Hopefully I am able to get these ADR's as I am very peticular even about what meal it is I want for them. Obviously, I am booking CRT and Le Cellier first.
These are some of the counter service restaraunts we have on our list: (though these are negotiable depending on where we are when we are hungry and what we feel like eating)
Pecos Bills
Colombia House---NEW
Cosmic Ray's---NEW (kind of, we haven't been in 6 yrs.)
Harry's
Lotus Blossom China---NEW
Sunshine Seasons---NEW
Yak & Yeti---NEW
Catalina Eddie's---NEW
Fairfax Fare---NEW
We have 21 CS meals, but I think we will end up sharing a few resulting in more meals. Some of the portions of these CS places are huge! I also think that having small amounts throughout the day, leaves a better feeling in my belly. Sometimes, you feel hungry and then when you start to eat half way through, you feel full again. So I think this will work better.
When I actually book my ADRS I will be back with a finalized (however finalized it can actually be ) version of our week.
Because our flight leaves at 11:45 and we are due to arrive at 2:40 i am unsure of whether I want to try to go to a park the first night. I am undecided just because...how do you surprise a 7 yr old with going to WDW and then NOT go to the park as soon as you get there. But I feel that by the time we get there and check in and get to a park, is it really worth it. Also, there is a good chance based on what I have seen in the past that the Halloween Party will be going on that night. I don't think my DD will be any happier going to DHS or Epcot the first night than my alternate plan. Which is....
Our meal at O'Hana for that night and then watch Wishes or Hallowishes, which ever it may be, on the beach. Hit the hay and then up at the crack of dawn so to speak, in the morning. We have never watched the fireworks from the Poly but it sounds good. Maybe the floating light show thing...what's that called and what time is it? Help fellow PP....What do you do?
I am however thinking about doing O'Hana breakfast the last day, earliest time we can get and just take a taxi over. What is the earliest ADR for there? I'll have to look that up. Adding an extra day to our tickets for a total of 7 and hopping over to MK for a couple hours before we have to leave at 6:30pm. So we would have to catch the ME about 2:30.
I am also hoping that on the second day I can get a reservation for DD at BBB in the morning. Also and ADR for CRT breakfast immediately following. DH has a gift certificate for the Richard Petty Driving Experience Ride Along, so he will come with to BBB and then go to that. DD and I will have breakfast and then meet him over there. This gives us all something to do and in case of bad weather there's still time for DH to do his driving.
These are the only major decisions I have made thus far. I now have to wait for the schedules to come out.
I was unsure if we we're going to be able to pull this off. At this point it's definate, the plane tickets are bought. But I couldn't pass up that price!
Talk to you all soon and I can't wait to hear your feedback regarding my questions...
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PLans look wonderful. Congrats on the airfair that Rocks I would never get that to Orlando from Canada. LOL Only in my dreams! I would pay what your paying one way per person! LOL
Congratulations! That's amazing airfare!! (I think you're whole party is what I'm paying for one person! LOL)
Can't wait to hear your plans!
Might I suggest that instead of heading to a park the first night you go to DTD? I took my daughter and we flew in around 5:30 or so, and went to DTD and had dinner and shopped. It'll kill the better part of the evening and that way you're not wasting a full day ticket. If your flight gets into MCO at 2:40 by the time you get through DME and to the hotel it will be close to 4 anyway.
Great plans so far! Awesome air fare, too! The water show is the Electrical Water Pageant. Here some info about it from allears.net. Electrical Water Pageant
hope that you and your family have a magical time at the world
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PLans look wonderful. Congrats on the airfair that Rocks I would never get that to Orlando from Canada. LOL Only in my dreams! I would pay what your paying one way per person! LOL
Thank you! I am so happy over the airfare, I almost get a high getting a good deal on things I need, and I love to share that info! LOL
I have to say, thank goodness that airfare isn't that expensive for me, or I might not be going at all. Ouch.
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Originally Posted by shanmac
Congratulations! That's amazing airfare!! (I think you're whole party is what I'm paying for one person! LOL)
Can't wait to hear your plans!
Might I suggest that instead of heading to a park the first night you go to DTD? I took my daughter and we flew in around 5:30 or so, and went to DTD and had dinner and shopped. It'll kill the better part of the evening and that way you're not wasting a full day ticket. If your flight gets into MCO at 2:40 by the time you get through DME and to the hotel it will be close to 4 anyway.
Thanks! I am so pysched about that airfare! I will keep DTD in mind, that is another option. I am pretty much at a point where I have decided no park the first night. Just trying to figure out alternate plans. I think O'Hana, fireworks, and electrical light parade...might end up being what we do. At least then she will see fireworks.
But the other part of me, thinks 1900 Park Fare, bc then she sees characters the first night. But no fireworks or light show.
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Originally Posted by Cam22
Great plans so far! Awesome air fare, too! The water show is the Electrical Water Pageant. Here some info about it from allears.net. Electrical Water Pageant
Thanks Cam! I also want to say, you are one of those fabulous TR writers I am not. Thanks for sharing your trips!
I kept wanting to call it the electrical light parade, and I knew that wasn't it. Would do that plan or do 1900 Park Fare the first night? It's so hard...maybe she would like to see some characters the first night. But O'Hana and Poly there are 2 things to watch. Idk....I am thinking that when I actually build my schedule it will make the decision easier.
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Originally Posted by bsblady01
hope that you and your family have a magical time at the world
SPARKY!!! OMG...Lol, I don't know why, but I'm super excited that you're writing a PTR...and we're arriving on the 19th. So if you want, we could meet up that night, if you don't have a ressie...We're eating at the Pop because we aren't going to a park, but we ARE heading over to Jellyrolls after dinner to enjoy some dueling pianists. We'll have to figure that out, for sure. I am so excited for you, now that you know you're going for sure! And congrats on the airfare! You paid less for three people than David and I paid for two. Then again, we ARE coming from further away.
SPARKY!!! OMG...Lol, I don't know why, but I'm super excited that you're writing a PTR...and we're arriving on the 19th. So if you want, we could meet up that night, if you don't have a ressie...We're eating at the Pop because we aren't going to a park, but we ARE heading over to Jellyrolls after dinner to enjoy some dueling pianists. We'll have to figure that out, for sure. I am so excited for you, now that you know you're going for sure! And congrats on the airfare! You paid less for three people than David and I paid for two. Then again, we ARE coming from further away.
LOL Thanks! I am glad someone is. Here we are back where we started, making plans for trips that overlap.
I have no idea what I am doing the last night, but I think we could easily squeeze some time in. That would be fab! This time, no mom and instead my DH and DD will be with me. (as you already know from reading, duh). When we get our schedules and ADRs planned we will figure it out!
Thanks about the airfare, I am so happy that I got it that cheap. Cheapest I have paid in the past 2 times I have gone. I just couldn't pass up that price and once the tickets are bought, there is no going back! So here we come!
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Great plans and congrats on the amazing airfare.
Sharon
I would love to meet your husband and daughter. So cool. I'm so excited that we are both able to go again. (We were kind of up in the air about it for a month or so too!)
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I am back with a new PTR...I however have decided that instead of a full length TR when I return I will just update this TR with highlights of the trip.
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Awesome air fare, too! 
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