3rd Times a Charm! Cali here we come! My first ever Disneyland trip and PTR! - Page 6 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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If the two of you pretend like the "free" $600 isn't even yours, and you put it straight into vacay fund, you could totally swing a Disney trip for $1200! Preferrably at FQ from August 11-15, Ahem Hope all is well and you're back with some good news soon . . . . . .
don't worry about money inssues mel
Juan lost his job once and I was supporting us both for a little while so I know how it is - it can be very stressful on a relationship but you are a strong couple and you will come through
congrats on the tax refund
I have been coughing on and off for 3 weeks so I hear you on that end too but feel better soon and hurry back I can't wait to read what else you have in store
If the two of you pretend like the "free" $600 isn't even yours, and you put it straight into vacay fund, you could totally swing a Disney trip for $1200! Preferrably at FQ from August 11-15, Ahem Hope all is well and you're back with some good news soon . . . . . .
Thanks!
I think that is what we are going to do- just pretend the $600 each is only good for a WDW vacation! lol!
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WOW.
Not sure what you are wowing but I def can agree that I felt a lot of shocking "wow" the last few weeks.
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don't worry about money inssues mel
Juan lost his job once and I was supporting us both for a little while so I know how it is - it can be very stressful on a relationship but you are a strong couple and you will come through
congrats on the tax refund
I have been coughing on and off for 3 weeks so I hear you on that end too but feel better soon and hurry back I can't wait to read what else you have in store
You know what is so funny... I thought there was no way I would be stressed- I waste SO much money on stupid things like $7 dog treats that Liam destroys in 5 minutes, clothes I don't end up wearing, craft and scrapbook projects I have no intention of doing... and on and on... but when push came to shove I have really been able to budget my money and its very empowering to realize you CAN survive on your own. Hopefully I will be back to report some good and excited news soon! Heres hoping!
We can no longer affor a trip to Disneyland this year
We can no longer afford a Disney Cruise this year
We would've been SOL if we had booked either the original April or May trip I had wanted because of Rob's situation.
So where does that leave us?
As you have probably suspected with a roughly $1200 budget for a vacation sometime aroung August. Why $1200? Because job or not Rob and I are each getting the extra bucks from taxes in May/June like the rest of the country.
We are looking at two possible scenarios...
(1) Flying into Fort Lauderdale on a Friday and visiting my Grandma, Aunts, Uncle, Cousins for the weekend, getting a rental out of the airport and driving to WDW on Sunday. One of my cousins is getting married in either August or September, if its August we will work this out around her wedding. We would go to Disney and stay through Thursday morning which would give us 3 full days and 2 half days.
(2) If I can't go to my cousins wedding because they chose September we are thinking about pushing the vacation back to Thanksgiving. Flying in Tuesday of that week after I get out of work, driving back and forth to Coral Springs to spend Thanksgiving with my family there. We would have 3 full days, an evening and a half day.
Not sure which one BUT I think its about time to start a new PTR. What do you think?
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Well you already know how I feel . . . . August!!!! And make sure when you start the new PTR, you make a link here. . . . Hope it all works out for you guys, Mel.
sorry mel
can't wait to hear what is going on and what you decide
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Well you already know how I feel . . . . August!!!! And make sure when you start the new PTR, you make a link here. . . . Hope it all works out for you guys, Mel.
Thanks for the well wishes. I am not really bummed about missing the bigger Disney vacays anymore. Having the money to go the WDW itself under these circumstances is pretty awesome. I will def keep you guys up to date. Once I have the time and energy to restart I will start a new PTR (AGAIN!!?!?) over in the WDW forum so that I can try and get a few more opinions from over there!
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Sorry things did not work out as you wanted them too...but I am glad that you are still upbeat by getting a couple of days in there in August or Thanksgiving...
I am sending more pixies that the job prospects open up and that before we knoe it you will be planning either a DL or a cruise trip for the upcoming future....
If you can keep your spirits up, things have a way of working out... sometimes for the better! It happened to us last year when I lost so much time off work for medical reasons and we had to put off a cruise till this year. Instead of a big vacation, we spent a week with my BIL's family at Christmas. We had a fantastic time and I got to know them a lot better. We ended up spending a few hundred dollars instead of a few thousand dollars, and still had a wonderful time.
Keep your spirits up, Mel, and who knows... it's the "Year of a Million Dreams"... isn't it???
to hear things didn't work out, Mel, but I can't wait to hear what you cook up next!
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Mel -
Sorry things did not work out as you wanted them too...but I am glad that you are still upbeat by getting a couple of days in there in August or Thanksgiving...
I am sending more pixies that the job prospects open up and that before we knoe it you will be planning either a DL or a cruise trip for the upcoming future....
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If you can keep your spirits up, things have a way of working out... sometimes for the better! It happened to us last year when I lost so much time off work for medical reasons and we had to put off a cruise till this year. Instead of a big vacation, we spent a week with my BIL's family at Christmas. We had a fantastic time and I got to know them a lot better. We ended up spending a few hundred dollars instead of a few thousand dollars, and still had a wonderful time.
Keep your spirits up, Mel, and who knows... it's the "Year of a Million Dreams"... isn't it???
I am trying my best, and have really decided that one way or another I am going to make the Thanksgiving trip happen. Whether that means I go solo and relax on my own, get to have my favorite person (Rob) with me, or end up inviting a girlfriend along. I am actually arguing with Rob right now because he is having a tough time finding work. But at the end of the day, we both let the positive attitudes win out and its been alright. Plus my horoscope said to support the one you love and something good will happen around the 28th. Maybe, just maybe, there is some truth to those and if I can try and stay positive for Rob over the next few days there will be a good turn.
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to hear things didn't work out, Mel, but I can't wait to hear what you cook up next! 
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