Wow, what a great thread - thank you PoohBearFriends!! Awesome info and you're so helpful!
I'm taking my girls for a Mother-Daughters trip; driving down on New Year's Day and we'll be in the parks Jan 2 - 6. So excited!! We've stayed at BWPPI a lot but they were booked for one of the nights I needed, so we're three doors down at the BW Ahaheim Inn (and I got one night free with BW points)! We weren't really ready to do a DL trip, but some of the closures are DD7's favorite things (F!, Tom Sawyer island) and I knew I just had to get her there before all the construction starts. And so we can see Aladdin before it goes away for forever. I'm also glad we're getting there in time to see Soarin one last time before that goes down (and changes if the rumors are correct). Now I'm just praying for no crazy El Nino storms - that could really be a problem.
We have F! dining package at BB on Saturday (our first night). Praying that weather doesn't shut F! down for that night!
DD16 knows about it, but it will be a Christmas surprise for DD7. Having fun planning, but with a full time job and 4 kids (and a husband who also wants my attention, ha!) I don't have as much time as I'd like to plan and obsess!