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So yesterday morning I woke up super early and did my five mile hike with my sister in law. I was home by 7:50 and ready for the day!. On the way home, I just about ran out of gas so I told Muffin I was going out again to get gas and then get my car washed. He said fine and that he would take Lilly for a walk in the meantime. So far, a totally normal start. Right?
The tile dude came early this morning to finish the grout and it really does look nice. Then we sat down and made a list of all of the stuff we needed for our renovations and divided it into what we had to get before Thanksgiving and what could wait until we came back from vacation. So far, so good.......
Then we started talking about whether or not to switch out our fall decorations for Christmas ones now or wait until we get back from vacation. Also, for the first time in forever, ( pretty clever, huh?) we are considering a fake tree, so we talked about that. I hate the idea but we honestly won't get to enjoy a real one for very long this year as we don't get home until December 13th.
Somehow, in the middle of all of this, Muffin decided that he really didn't want to stay at AKL again and that we should take one more look to see if anything else was still available. For real. I told him I wasn't even sure we could switch again at this point, but he looked so distraught, I said I would call.
So, I spoke with a lovely cast member who informed me that we could indeed switch resorts and just pay the price difference at this point if anything was available. She checked and lo and behold, there was availability at........wait for it.......the Yacht Club!!
The price difference was 584.00 for the week and normally, I would have said forget it!! HOWEVER!!
On Friday, my sister in law asked me to go out to lunch with her and stop by the local casino. Well! I brought 60 bucks with me and came home with 790 bucks!!! I'm pretty sure you can guess where this is going, but we are now back at the Yacht Club!!
I only needed to switch a few ADR's around and talk with the nice people at DME to see if we can get new luggage tags. They are going to send the tags, but even if we don't receive them on time, we can use our AKL ones and just cross off the resort name and switch them over.
While part of me is a little sad, we have been fortunate enough to stay at AKL this time of year several times and this will be a new adventure. We also don't need to rent a car now and Muffin has decided that he will not make a sales call while we are on vacation.
The ADR changes were fairly easy. We are now having a breakfast at Trattoria al Forno instead of Boma and eating dinner at the Yachtsman Steakhouse in stead of Jiko. We are keeping everything else as is.
I truly hope this is it, but we do, after all, have two more weeks!!!!
OMG! Can't believe you changed resorts this close to your vacation! But what an awesome change! Love that you added Trattoria al Forno for breakfast and Yachtsman Steakhouse for dinner! I am so excited for you!
Should I be surprised on this switch? Not in any way! Glad you were able to do it as well as the adrs too! I can't believe how lucky you are at the casino!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Your luck at the casino amazes me! I am glad you were able to switch. 13 days will fly by! Oh, a tip from a friend who was just down there. Pack bug spray. We've never had issues with bugs but apparently they were eaten up at Epcot last week. So bring a can just in case!
Can I just send you a check and have you head to a casino for me? You must be the luckiest person. Ever. that there was space at the Yacht Club!
Colleen, I have been unusually lucky this year!! I am actually pretty excited now about the Yacht Club!!
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OMG! Can't believe you changed resorts this close to your vacation! But what an awesome change! Love that you added Trattoria al Forno for breakfast and Yachtsman Steakhouse for dinner! I am so excited for you!
Thanks, Donna!!
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Should I be surprised on this switch? Not in any way! Glad you were able to do it as well as the adrs too! I can't believe how lucky you are at the casino!
Thanks, Dave!!!!
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Your luck at the casino amazes me! I am glad you were able to switch. 13 days will fly by! Oh, a tip from a friend who was just down there. Pack bug spray. We've never had issues with bugs but apparently they were eaten up at Epcot last week. So bring a can just in case!
Thanks, Amy and thanks for the tip!! We'll be sure to bring bug spray!!
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Congrats on your change to Yacht Club! We had breakfast at Trattoria al Forno in October. It was outstanding! Hope you enjoy it!!
Oh, and if I send you $20 would you use it next time you go to the casino?
How about $50 for me or even more as the payback will be much higher?
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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You must be the luckiest person. Ever. 
that there was space at the Yacht Club!
Glad you were able to do it as well as the adrs too! 
We'll be sure to bring bug spray!!
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