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Decided not to do Seaworld this trip. Checked cost of admission, and then a dining experience and found that for the three of us we would be spending around $400.00 for ONE DAY! Yikes, we have a room at Contemporary, we have AP's for park admission at Disney and we LLLLOOOVVVEEE Disney (esp. MK and EPCOT) so why would we go off property to another park and spend that kind of money?, NOPE so of course after checking on this situation and changing back to Disney only, had to rework dining and other plans...told you I am ADHD planning). DGD is definitely gonna get her Pirate Cruise Adventure now for sure!!!
Hopefully plans are pretty close to set...will be totally set once adr time comes.
And Nope we are not gonna change our minds and go back to Deluxe dining with the savings...instead we decided to keep that money we would havespent at Seaworld so we can ALL enjoy our time at the beach.... things like going out to eat each night instead of me cooking for 3 days just cause we are gonna be in a villa with a full kitchen...now I ask you, what kind of vacation would that be?????????? (I'm not lazy, I just plan on cooking breakfast, quick bite lunches: as in sandwiches, and then going out for nice dinners those three nights and not worrying about the prices.)
Also who knows what wonderous things I will discover about Palm Beach Shores area that hubby will want to do, he is big on sightseeing, me I prefer lounging on the beach, so we compromise and meet in the middle.
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Last edited by disneygramma; 03-08-2009 at 07:13 PM..
But, i only try to plan " what park which day or what order so my kids the the maximum amount of NEEDED rest. I.E, We always do AK BEFORE MK, cause AK closes earlier, hence a better night sleep for M.K.
So, yes i DO plan...
Now that is a GREAT tip for those families with small children and us old people!
I think your plans look great! I am the Disney planner in my family. If I didn't plan, we'd never go!!!
DH loves that I plan it all out. Now, we don't go down to what ride we'll be on when but we know where we'll be and what time we are eating dinner at least. Everything else is generalities! We have to have some kind of structure...military people are like that! I find it so much more relaxing to plan and go than to do what we did my first time ever, which was just go...it was so much more harried, trying to decide what to do.
I hope you have a magical time and keep on planning!!!!!!!
My DH loves that I plan it out too. He was military years ago and my dad was too (many years ago) so maybe that is why I love planning so much on everything (not just Disney!)
We also don't plan the rides, just the parks, and the table service meals and still keep some flexibility. I'm with you...who wants to spend so much time debating and discussing what park or where to eat once in Disney, that is wasting valuable fun time!!!!! I say Plan Ahead and be prepared (then allow for the oopsies that life throws out so you can change when needed like when DH was sick in bed for 2 day of our trip and missed some stuff, it all worked out, we used his missedmn2 TS, and my missed 1 TS and DGD missed 1 TS on one morning to have an in-room breakfast dining service ended up being a serendipity morning for us all in that it was super relaxing, quiet and private and plenty of food getting 2 full meals to share).
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Your plans look terrific! I too love overplanning! I get to call tomorrow for ADRs and I have sitting by me right now 4 different sheets that I've worked and reworked for dining.
Your plans look great! That's about how I plan. I try not to really overplan, I try to have an idea of what park(s) we will do each day so I will know where to book our meals. If the kids want to change where we go, then we do.
One little tip: My boys did the Pirate Cruise at Caribbean Beach resort. They were told a story about Cap'n Jack Sparrow! They really enjoyed it!
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NOPE so of course after checking on this situation and changing back to Disney only, had to rework dining and other plans...told you I am ADHD planning). DGD is definitely gonna get her Pirate Cruise Adventure now for sure!!!
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