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Great start. Can't wait to read all of your planning and adventures.
Just warming up...so stay tuned!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Great start -- I am looking forward to seeing what your impressions of B resort are. Have thought about staying there for a while now.
It's a remodeled resort from the Hotel Royal Plaza which I remember seeing in my many travels to DTD or DS now over the years. It been open for just over a year now! The resort has received many good reviews on Tripadvisor and elsewhere, so hopefully it will be a pleasant stay for me!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
It's too bad as I'd like to meet up with you and Mark so much! I met you at the DOD in 2009, but only briefly as I was such a newbie on PP at the time! I'm sure it will happen and hopefully soon!
I do remember that but my goodness, there were so many people, it was hard to meet everyone. I still look at some of the photos from that trip and I can't get over how many of us there were.
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Just let me know when you can of your next WDW adventure!
We're looking at potentially Christmas 2017, although I'm throwing lots of options around. My work won't approve Christmas leave until July of that year, which is really late for us booking flights. I also don't know if I can get my leave until that point and I'm not sure if I can deal with that as a planner. I am half changing my mind and am starting to think of maybe going January 2018 instead. We'll see...
I do remember that but my goodness, there were so many people, it was hard to meet everyone. I still look at some of the photos from that trip and I can't get over how many of us there were.
We're looking at potentially Christmas 2017, although I'm throwing lots of options around. My work won't approve Christmas leave until July of that year, which is really late for us booking flights. I also don't know if I can get my leave until that point and I'm not sure if I can deal with that as a planner. I am half changing my mind and am starting to think of maybe going January 2018 instead. We'll see...
Tough to get out of work in December, but we'll see as your plans unfold. January is possible for certain! If there are a lot of PPs down there at the time and some meets, we will see!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Glad to hear it! Most updates will be on the weekends as that's usually when I can find the time to do these!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
In this update my plans will definitely be taking shape with a lot of major things completed…. at least with this latest one!
Saturday, February 20 2016 One of my priorities for this trip is to attend the Epcot Food & Wine Festival for the very first time. I want to know as much about it and be prepared for it as much as possible. That includes the food and beverage offerings at the booths around world showcase as well as the special events, meals and seminars.
I find the Disney Food Blog to be one of my favorite Disney websites and they provide so much great information with various restaurant reviews, new openings and changes to menus. So for my trip I ordered one of their e-book bundles which includes their guides to WDW Dining and the Food & Wine Festival. The latter is a pre-order right now as the 2016 guide won’t be available until Disney finalizes everything for the 2016 festival. It probably won’t be available for a few more months, but in the meantime, I also get the 2015 guide. This should be a big asset to my planning!
Sunday, February 28 Over the past few weeks I have been looking over the various resort options in Disney Springs as there doesn’t seem to be much available at the various WDW resorts for my dates with the promotional rates. A couple of them were particularly interesting to me, so I decided to book them.
I first booked the B Resort, which is a new hotel in Disney Springs and has been in operation for about a year now. It was formerly the Hotel Royal Plaza. They had some good rates for my dates and I booked it for my final three nights of Wednesday, October 19-Saturday, October 22. They had a special online offer of booking two nights and get the third night for free! I thought this was a good offer, so I went for it and got it!
The B Resort looks quite nice with spacious rooms and has received some very good reviews on sites like Tripadvisor. They also have some eateries as well as a spa, which I may use, if I have time, while not in the parks. http://www.bhotelsandresorts.com/b-resort-and-spa/
I was also interested in the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, which is also located in the Disney Springs area. It may be a bit nicer than the B Resort as they have a few more amenities and more eateries. The rooms are about as nice as the B Resort. They didn’t have as good of a room rate as the B Resort, but I was able to get a pretty good one through AAA. I decided to book the Hilton for my first four nights of Saturday, October 15-Wednesday, October 19. http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/florida/hilton-orlando-lake-buena-vista-disney-springs-area-ORLDWHH/index.html
The two hotels are close by on Hotel Plaza Boulevard, so a split stay shouldn’t be a problem. There is also transportation to all four theme parks for the seven hotels in Disney Springs. It runs about every 30 minutes. I could also walk over to Saratoga Springs and the Paddock stop and take official Disney transport if I want. These may be a bit more convenient at times during my trip.
Monday, February 29 Over the past several days and weeks, I kept checking Jet Blue to see if the fares from the New York City area to Orlando had come down, but they had not. After, getting home from work, I checked the fares again and they finally came down! I was quite happy about this as I had enough Amex points to transfer to my True Blue account for somewhat of a free flight until all the fees are added. Even better as my flights would be out of and returning to Westchester Airport, which I prefer over the big New York City airports.
I transferred my Amex points and there is a small fee for this. Since, this was nearly a free round trip flight I decided on the Even More Space seats, which are quite nice and are only $45 extra each way. I think they are worth it! Even better is, when I chose my seats, I got seat 1A and at the window, which I prefer. These seats also have another perk and that’s expedited security as I can jump ahead in line for this.
So here is what I have for flights: Saturday, October 15- Jet Blue flight # 1895 departs from Westchester at 7:30 am and arriving at Orlando International at 10:12 am. My return flight on Saturday, October 22-Jet Blue flight # 1896 departs from Orlando at 6:15 pm and arrives in Westchester at 8:51 pm.
I am quite happy with these flights as I will have nearly a full day on my arrival and several hours on my departure day to spend in the parks and other things. I am glad I got the two biggies for my trip out of the way!
NEXT: General Hotel Plans and Park Tickets
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Your flight times look great too! Love the 'extra' Disney time on departure day! I always want 'just one more visit' before I get on the Tragical Express!
October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Your flight times look great too! Love the 'extra' Disney time on departure day! I always want 'just one more visit' before I get on the Tragical Express!
I'm very happy with the hotels as I've always stayed on property so another "First" on this trip!
I'm very happy with the flights and I've been taking later flights on departure day the last few trips!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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I met you at the DOD in 2009, but only briefly as I was such a newbie on PP at the time! 
I'm sure it will happen and hopefully soon! 
I was quite happy about this as I had enough Amex points to transfer to my True Blue account for somewhat of a free flight until all the fees are added. Even better as my flights would be out of and returning to Westchester Airport, which I prefer over the big New York City airports.
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