Tom You’ve Just Turned 30…What’s Next?...We’re Going to WDW!! (01/09-01/22) PTR - Page 7 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Yeah, I think having three adults helps make the free dining a much better deal for you guys too. Then you upgrade your tickets to APs while you are there and you could always purchase the TiW card for a future trip if you wanted.
Our APs and TiW card expire in October so we are cramming in a short four day trip just before that. I promised DH at least 12 months disney free after that so I'm aiming for December 2012 too
Yeah, I think having three adults helps make the free dining a much better deal for you guys too. Then you upgrade your tickets to APs while you are there and you could always purchase the TiW card for a future trip if you wanted.
Our APs and TiW card expire in October so we are cramming in a short four day trip just before that. I promised DH at least 12 months disney free after that so I'm aiming for December 2012 too
I think you are right that it is having three adults that makes the free dining a better deal for us. If we were staying deluxe the AP room rate may win out but we are staying mod. I think my DH would move to Disney if we could. He wants to go atleast 3 times a year.
Well Terminix came and we are all exterminated again. I swear I am going to be doing laundry from the Fleas until the day we leave for Disney. Luckily they guarantee no more fleas so if we see one we call them back. They also did a bed bug inspection and said they didn’t see any so I was happy about that. While we had to be out of the house we ran some errands today and got Alex a couple nice shirts for our trip. Plus I got PP mail today and got my PP Pouch and our PP pins. Also got my Open Mouse book, has a lot of great information on how to make Disney great for Alex. Except for the book it all goes in the Disney box.
So far so good on fleas, I got a couple bites but I think it is just something I am going to have to deal with til all the eggs hatch since I guess nothing can kill the eggs. Although Terminix says the spray they use has an IGR (whatever that is) plus Terminix comes back every 3 months so I know we will be rid of them eventually. I think they are mostly in the basement now, so the animals are going down there and picking some up but they are covered with advantage so they are little flea killers.
Anyway now I am starting to look at rental cars. I am thinking we should get our reservation now before rates go up because I think they will as it gets closer. Looking at the rates for how long we will need it was an eye opener. We want a Mini Van and it is almost a three week rental, we might as well put a down payment on a car. Tom has one place to call and hopefully they will do good on a rate. I am looking at some I-95 touring books since that is the route we take.
I realized the other day I never put up a picture of my Disney box. I don’t have one yet but I will put one up on my next update.
Day Eleven and Twelve (1/17/12-1/18/12)
This will be another MK day, we have a breakfast ADR at the Crystal Palace. Then I think we are going to do a haircut at the Harmony Barbershop (I think that’s the name of it) for Tom. With Alex’s sensory issues he doesn’t like haircuts so I don’t think we will get one for him. I don’t want a haircut to be what he remembers of MK cause then he will cry if we try to go again. (All we have to do is pull into the parking lot of the place we go here and his nervous legs as we call them starts going) That night we have a dinner ADR at Tony’s Townsquare. We will have already seen wishes once on this vacation so I don’t know if we will stay for it or just head back to the cabin after dinner.
We do not have a breakfast ADR on 1/18 because this is our Islands of Adventure day. We went there last year and it was so crowded it was ridiculous. I hardly got to see the WWOHP cause it was wall to wall people. Hopefully it will not be as crowded this time but with the movie having just come out it prob. will be. This time I’d like to see more of IOA and ride more of the rides. We went to US last time too but Tom didn’t like it too much and after we went on the Simpsons ride we had to leave soon after cause it didn’t sit well with him. I think US could really use an update it seems dated to me compared to IOA but maybe that is why people like it. Some people say the rides at MK are dated as well so I guess it is up to everyone’s taste. That night we are going to the SOA dinner show. This is another one Tom and I thought would be really fun. Plus it is at 8PM so we will get plenty of IOA time.
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We want a Mini Van and it is almost a three week rental, we might as well put a down payment on a car. Tom has one place to call and hopefully they will do good on a rate. I am looking at some I-95 touring books since that is the route we take.
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