Dsnygirl
04-21-2014, 05:10 PM
I'm so excited that I just have to share! :)
We were not doing Disney this year. Nope, not at all. Our year off.
We went to Florida in February to visit friends and family, research the area, and did what my DH lovingly called "upscale dumpster diving" - visited AKL for Mickey bars & a drink by the pool (and of course, zebra domes), hit DTD for dinner & shopping, watched Wishes at the Poly and got Lapu Lapus. Perfect.
Knew we were returning in August - same deal - visiting friends, research the area for our future move... no Disney.
Fast forward to the realization (okay, not the FIRST realization, but summer is fast approaching and it's become more real) that our girls both hit milestone birthdays this summer (13 & 16 - HOW did they get so big?? Must be all the pixie dust... :pixie:) and my DH and I hit 20yrs on this crazy ride together in the fall.
So... we decided that maybe a day at MK would be a good idea. And then... maybe a 2nd day with a hopper so the girls could split a day b/w two other parks for their birthday might be an even better idea.
Then... the realization that the new FP+ program was going to disallow us from doing as much as we'd like if we didn't buy tickets in advance... and finding out after a phone call to Disney that if you stay on property you get 30 more days to book things than if you don't... we started thinking about surprising the girls with 2 nights at CBR, our "home" resort so-to-speak. ;)
I, at this point, started scheming my own idea... our FAVORITE resort is AKL, having stayed there once with the girls and once on our own. We visit the resort even when we aren't staying there, as we just love it... so I thought, with the summer discount, how awesome would it be to surprise all 3 of them with staying THERE, instead of CBR?? :D
So.... that is what we're doing, although no one realizes it but me... and for THREE nights, as it works better with our friends' schedule. (Bummer! :mickey:)
I can NOT wait... my DH is excited just to know we're going to CBR for 3 nights... the girls know nothing of it... so I am SO looking forward to driving to AKL, letting them think we're just grabbing zebra domes to take to CBR, and then telling them to take their luggage out, we're home.... WOOT!! :cloud9::cloud9:
We were not doing Disney this year. Nope, not at all. Our year off.
We went to Florida in February to visit friends and family, research the area, and did what my DH lovingly called "upscale dumpster diving" - visited AKL for Mickey bars & a drink by the pool (and of course, zebra domes), hit DTD for dinner & shopping, watched Wishes at the Poly and got Lapu Lapus. Perfect.
Knew we were returning in August - same deal - visiting friends, research the area for our future move... no Disney.
Fast forward to the realization (okay, not the FIRST realization, but summer is fast approaching and it's become more real) that our girls both hit milestone birthdays this summer (13 & 16 - HOW did they get so big?? Must be all the pixie dust... :pixie:) and my DH and I hit 20yrs on this crazy ride together in the fall.
So... we decided that maybe a day at MK would be a good idea. And then... maybe a 2nd day with a hopper so the girls could split a day b/w two other parks for their birthday might be an even better idea.
Then... the realization that the new FP+ program was going to disallow us from doing as much as we'd like if we didn't buy tickets in advance... and finding out after a phone call to Disney that if you stay on property you get 30 more days to book things than if you don't... we started thinking about surprising the girls with 2 nights at CBR, our "home" resort so-to-speak. ;)
I, at this point, started scheming my own idea... our FAVORITE resort is AKL, having stayed there once with the girls and once on our own. We visit the resort even when we aren't staying there, as we just love it... so I thought, with the summer discount, how awesome would it be to surprise all 3 of them with staying THERE, instead of CBR?? :D
So.... that is what we're doing, although no one realizes it but me... and for THREE nights, as it works better with our friends' schedule. (Bummer! :mickey:)
I can NOT wait... my DH is excited just to know we're going to CBR for 3 nights... the girls know nothing of it... so I am SO looking forward to driving to AKL, letting them think we're just grabbing zebra domes to take to CBR, and then telling them to take their luggage out, we're home.... WOOT!! :cloud9::cloud9: