jhoannam
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- May 12, 2014
Hi Everyone!
Jhoanna here... this will be my first attempt at a Pre-trip Report - lets hope I don't fail miserably. From here on you can call me Jo. The rest of the crew is includes DH - call him D, oldest daughter C, and our little tower of terror is J.
This is us during our last trip in May
It was soooo rainy but we loved every minute, best trip yet. Love the afternoon downpour that would clear out the parks in the evening. Totally different than our last 2 October trips.
Let's take a trip down memory lane.
Here we are during our first trip to WDW in October 2014. This was supposed to be our one and done trip - or at least that's what I told DH, but we all know how that turned out.
DH's had a great time, he said we could go back in a few years, you know once our little one was tall enough to ride all the rides. But I had plans to return to Disney ASAP. We were back at Disney in less than a year, but this time it was the other coast. This was a trip to visit family, but I managed to sneak in a 3 day trip at Disneyland. Here we are in August 2015. This is when DH decided he loved Disney and we should go again. Okay dude, you don't have to tell me that twice.
Our 3rd Disney trip we returned during Fall break 2016, we had an awesome time. The trips just keep getting better and better, but we decided that we wanted a different vacation the following year.
Where did we vacation in 2017? Not Disney World or Disneyland... where did we go? The Bahamas of course. Wait... that's not the Bahamas, that's Volcano Bay - we made it to the dark side. But only for one night.
One night before we caught a ride to the Bahamas on the Disney Dream.
That brings us to our 2019 Trip. Did I mention I manage to make DH a Disney lover? Thanks to the DisBoards I've been able to plan some pretty amazing family trips, so amazing that that DH agreed to go on an adults only trip. DH and I will be making a quick 2 night trip in December, we'll be doing DAH. We are so excited. We are staying at CR, have dinner reservations at California Grill followed by a late night at the Magic Kingdom.
After that I will be back in January for Marathon Weekend with my girl friends, where I will be running my first full marathon.
Which brings us to our 2019 trip. My original plan was to go during the week of Thanksgiving, hoping that SWGE would be open. When Disney announced the 2019 Military discounts I quickly booked us for 6 nights at CBR without even consulting DH. When I told him about our new plans he wasn't excited about going during the extra crowded holiday week. He asked if we could go during his birthday...how could I say no, so I quickly called Disney and switched our dates to mid-August. I will be extremely hot, but the girls won't miss school and it's 3 months sooner.
After I changed our dates DH made another request, he wanted to stay at the Contemporary Resort. I called Disney again and they did have 6 night, lake view with military discount, but it was more than double the CBR reservation. I just couldn't bring myself to spend twice the money. I did however manager to add another day, oops.
That was the plan, we were set, for the first time ever we booked a vacation at more than 180 days in advance. Then I came upon a pre-trip report: Split-Stay-Pallooza - Are we Crazy?!?! - A Late Feb/March PTR
And it got me thinking, maybe we could do CR for DH's bday.
So I looked at the my spreadsheet and got to thinking. If I add another day at the beginning we could go to AK on Monday and take advantage of EMH - we could just stay at ASMo and be close to AK. Then we could switch to CBR and take the gondolas (keeping my fingers and toes crossed that they are running by late summer) to HS & Epcot. Then we could switch to CR, enjoy MNSSHP take a day off and end our trip with DH's bday at MK.
So there you have it, for now, until I freak out about spending 8 nights and change it back to 7 nights.
We are booked at ASMo preferred room for 2 nights, 3 nights at CBR standard room, and 3 nights at CR lake view.
So what's the big secret? DH has no idea about the resort hopping and I want to keep it a secret until we get there! Can I do it? Will I chicken out and change it back a 7 day at CBR? I'm always changing plans - so stay tuned.
Jhoanna here... this will be my first attempt at a Pre-trip Report - lets hope I don't fail miserably. From here on you can call me Jo. The rest of the crew is includes DH - call him D, oldest daughter C, and our little tower of terror is J.
This is us during our last trip in May
It was soooo rainy but we loved every minute, best trip yet. Love the afternoon downpour that would clear out the parks in the evening. Totally different than our last 2 October trips.
Let's take a trip down memory lane.
Here we are during our first trip to WDW in October 2014. This was supposed to be our one and done trip - or at least that's what I told DH, but we all know how that turned out.
DH's had a great time, he said we could go back in a few years, you know once our little one was tall enough to ride all the rides. But I had plans to return to Disney ASAP. We were back at Disney in less than a year, but this time it was the other coast. This was a trip to visit family, but I managed to sneak in a 3 day trip at Disneyland. Here we are in August 2015. This is when DH decided he loved Disney and we should go again. Okay dude, you don't have to tell me that twice.
Our 3rd Disney trip we returned during Fall break 2016, we had an awesome time. The trips just keep getting better and better, but we decided that we wanted a different vacation the following year.
One night before we caught a ride to the Bahamas on the Disney Dream.
That brings us to our 2019 Trip. Did I mention I manage to make DH a Disney lover? Thanks to the DisBoards I've been able to plan some pretty amazing family trips, so amazing that that DH agreed to go on an adults only trip. DH and I will be making a quick 2 night trip in December, we'll be doing DAH. We are so excited. We are staying at CR, have dinner reservations at California Grill followed by a late night at the Magic Kingdom.
After that I will be back in January for Marathon Weekend with my girl friends, where I will be running my first full marathon.
Which brings us to our 2019 trip. My original plan was to go during the week of Thanksgiving, hoping that SWGE would be open. When Disney announced the 2019 Military discounts I quickly booked us for 6 nights at CBR without even consulting DH. When I told him about our new plans he wasn't excited about going during the extra crowded holiday week. He asked if we could go during his birthday...how could I say no, so I quickly called Disney and switched our dates to mid-August. I will be extremely hot, but the girls won't miss school and it's 3 months sooner.
After I changed our dates DH made another request, he wanted to stay at the Contemporary Resort. I called Disney again and they did have 6 night, lake view with military discount, but it was more than double the CBR reservation. I just couldn't bring myself to spend twice the money. I did however manager to add another day, oops.
That was the plan, we were set, for the first time ever we booked a vacation at more than 180 days in advance. Then I came upon a pre-trip report: Split-Stay-Pallooza - Are we Crazy?!?! - A Late Feb/March PTR
And it got me thinking, maybe we could do CR for DH's bday.
So I looked at the my spreadsheet and got to thinking. If I add another day at the beginning we could go to AK on Monday and take advantage of EMH - we could just stay at ASMo and be close to AK. Then we could switch to CBR and take the gondolas (keeping my fingers and toes crossed that they are running by late summer) to HS & Epcot. Then we could switch to CR, enjoy MNSSHP take a day off and end our trip with DH's bday at MK.
So there you have it, for now, until I freak out about spending 8 nights and change it back to 7 nights.
We are booked at ASMo preferred room for 2 nights, 3 nights at CBR standard room, and 3 nights at CR lake view.
So what's the big secret? DH has no idea about the resort hopping and I want to keep it a secret until we get there! Can I do it? Will I chicken out and change it back a 7 day at CBR? I'm always changing plans - so stay tuned.
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I'm here!
. I tried to upgrade our BC to Club Level, nothing available, I guess it wasn't meant to be. 
but I had to switch over to Yacht Club. We are all very excited to be staying CL. 
I am getting back in the swing of things. 
