Sarilas' O-fficial Pre-Trip Report -1/2009 (a.k.a. Vacation, Take TWO!) - Page 6 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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That sounds like a smart move on your part switching to 2 rooms instead of the suite. Like Dyan said, make sure to request connecting rooms with your ADRs!
Thanks everyone! I called and talked to Disney reservations again and she said the words adjoining and connecting were interchangeable and that because we were one family reserving the two rooms they would definitely be connected by a door between. So no changes necessary! WHEW!
So, yeah. I um, changed our room res. back to the Family Suite at ASMusic. Truthfully what did it for me was discovering that with the preferred room price and possible need for a fridge (I was caving on that one), the Family Suite was obviously the better deal. At about $17 per night for a preferred room, times two rooms especially! Not to mention that something just struck me as not Kosher when our original one reservation was split into two separate ones to allow for two rooms... that just left me wondering what horrible accidental charges and such might transpire! But nonetheless, we're back to one room, one res. number and I'm generally a happy girl. Still hoping I can be a happy girl with a AAA discount, but that'll have to wait till October apparently.
I DID get some creativity completed today though! I present to you... Our vacation travel binder!
Thanks to some scrapbooking paper pieced Disney characters and a fun travel sticker set (Are we there yet?), I think it turned out pretty darn cute! I bought dividers for the inside paperwork as well... though that whole thing about ACTUALLY organizing the papers still eludes me.
Oh! The binder looks great. Much nicer than my folder full of scratch paper. And I loved your bulletin board idea, too. That would be fun both before and after a trip.... I may have to borrow some of your ideas!
"I feel like I need an Excel spreadsheet for time and transportation management!"
Yes, I did start an excel spreadsheet to keep track of everything! Didn't want to book the ADR at the time of a parade or something.....I even color coded it! DH is now calling the Disney trip planning my part time job! And I already have a "real" part time job!
Seriously, I had no idea there was this much coordination involved in a Disney trip - but if we miss something, and hear about it later I'll be sooooo upset so Excel was the way to go!
Have fun with all your plans!
Kris
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Oh! The binder looks great. Much nicer than my folder full of scratch paper. And I loved your bulletin board idea, too. That would be fun both before and after a trip.... I may have to borrow some of your ideas!
Beth
Thanks, Beth! I was coveting everyone else's binder creations and mine turned out pretty A-OK! Now if I can only get what's INSIDE to look as nice!
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"I feel like I need an Excel spreadsheet for time and transportation management!"
Yes, I did start an excel spreadsheet to keep track of everything! Didn't want to book the ADR at the time of a parade or something.....I even color coded it! DH is now calling the Disney trip planning my part time job! And I already have a "real" part time job!
Seriously, I had no idea there was this much coordination involved in a Disney trip - but if we miss something, and hear about it later I'll be sooooo upset so Excel was the way to go!
Have fun with all your plans!
Kris
Kris, my husband says the SAME thing to me! LOL If only I could parlay my OCD behavior into a paying job!
I love your binder. How creative. My DH thinks I may have just lost it. Every nite he comes home I have little scraps of paper in my Passporter that I pull out to ask him yet another question about the plans. I'm having a ball, but my binder is getting way to crowded so today I decided I needed to make some spreadsheets!!!
Your binder looks great! Glad they were able to clarify adjoining/connecting - that must be a recent change for them. I always found it very confusing. I'm sure you'll staying in the family suite. Can't wait to hear more
I love your binder. How creative. My DH thinks I may have just lost it. Every nite he comes home I have little scraps of paper in my Passporter that I pull out to ask him yet another question about the plans. I'm having a ball, but my binder is getting way to crowded so today I decided I needed to make some spreadsheets!!!
I can't WAIT to get my PassPorter! I'm waiting for the 2009 version to come out in October-ish - that feels SO far away!
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Your binder looks great...I am glad all of your plans are working out!
Thanks! I'm just waiting on January's hours to come out now - it's 6 months away... but still no hours!
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Your binder looks great! Glad they were able to clarify adjoining/connecting - that must be a recent change for them. I always found it very confusing. I'm sure you'll staying in the family suite. Can't wait to hear more
I know, right?! All that trouble to switch rooms and I end up switching right back. LOL
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Cool binder. Glad you sorted out the room situation...hope the rates come thru for you.
You know how I'm just a WEE bit riled up about the January EMH not being available yet, right? Well I decided to try looking on the Disney World Moms Panel site to see if anyone else was trying to find out when they'd be released. Apparently I was the only basket case worrying about it, because nobody else had asked! So I KIND OF wrote and asked the Moms if anyone had an inkling...
And Kimberly chose to answer my question. (Thank you, Kimberlyyyyyyyyyy!)
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Truthfully what did it for me was discovering that with the preferred room price and possible need for a fridge (I was caving on that one), the Family Suite was obviously the better deal. At about $17 per night for a preferred room, times two rooms especially! Not to mention that something just struck me as not Kosher when our original one reservation was split into two separate ones to allow for two rooms... that just left me wondering what horrible accidental charges and such might transpire! But nonetheless, we're back to one room, one res. number and I'm generally a happy girl. Still hoping I can be a happy girl with a AAA discount, but that'll have to wait till October apparently. 
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staying in the family suite. Can't wait to hear more
Margaret
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