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- Joined
- May 31, 2000
OK - here is the situation.
Melissa and I have been very lucky for the past couple of years. We had ap's and we were always able to score good rates at the resorts. In the past year and a half or so, we stayed -
May 2000 boardwalk villas and wilderness lodge
sept 2000 polly concierge
feb 2001 grand floridian
may 2001 boardwalk villas and contemp. tower
Then our passes ran out. We are going to disneyland oct 31-nov 4 and staying at the paradise pier, and then we are going with a bunch of couples and friends in January to walt disney world for drinking around the world and staying at the dolphin. And we have the rough plans for a trip next march to go to usf and stay at hard rock hotel. So we are still pretty lucky. The thing is, we were sort of glad not to renew our annual passes so that we wouldn't feel stupid buying new tickets for disneyland or usf.
But then it happend. Everybody posting all these crazy rates on here. And we found ourselves plotting and planning. Should we squeeze in another trip? No, we shouldn't.
Well, we do have a couple of days left on old hopper passes that around somewhere. humm.
Se we began planning our george w. bush jr. trip, and it is almost here - we are to leave this Friday, unless we take a last minute ditch. The whole idea was that we had to plan the trip for $600 or less.
Now, apparently we aren't good budget-ears, or else that is pretty tough to do.
We scored $54 one way tickets on air-tran from flint michigan, so it is $108 x 2= $216.
We have reservations at all star music (do you remember we asked about it on here) for $49 plus tax = $55 x 3 = 165.
So we have $381 already. That is given. Now we have a little over $200 to work with.
OK, time to budget. We said we wouldn't take Mears, but we can save like 20 bucks there. That is about $50, taking us to $430. Plus this will save a lot on tip over tiffany; we'll only have a carry on a piece so this will be just a couple bucks each way.
So we planned our day to go to marketplace on Friday evening, and eat at wolfgang pucks express. Let's say $25. OK 455.
Saturday to MGM in the am, then to epcot. For a late lunch we want to go to espn club and watch the auburn game and have a couple of beers. Let's say $500.
For supper, we have 7:30 illuminations, o0ps, $550.
Now, we can go to pleasure island free, so adventurers club with a couple of drinks each, $570.
Uh oh. Sunday MK. Lunch at cosmic rays, $590.
Yikes. We have PS for 'ohanas for supper; we thought that was being value conscious, you know, all you can eat. So now we are at $650. And we didn't really splurge on anything....I think we are going to skip out on rose and crown. And maybe we could switch dinner at ohanas with tonga tost and breakfast at kona. We could shave a beer somewhere, and I think we can pull it in for $600. Well, we'll get close I guess. Dang, how much has this been costing when we stayed at deluxes and ate at deluxes??
Well, I guess I should have posted this on the budget board or the trip planning board or something, but I started posting it here on the resort board, because I was thinking about people dogging on value air lines like air tran, and knocking on the value resorts like all stars. So here we are. If you were us, would you throw in the towel and spend next week end at home, or would you spend an unexpected weekend at wdw, even if you flew air tran, slept all stars, rode mears, and ate cheap?
Do you think we can do it for the $600?
DR
Melissa and I have been very lucky for the past couple of years. We had ap's and we were always able to score good rates at the resorts. In the past year and a half or so, we stayed -
May 2000 boardwalk villas and wilderness lodge
sept 2000 polly concierge
feb 2001 grand floridian
may 2001 boardwalk villas and contemp. tower
Then our passes ran out. We are going to disneyland oct 31-nov 4 and staying at the paradise pier, and then we are going with a bunch of couples and friends in January to walt disney world for drinking around the world and staying at the dolphin. And we have the rough plans for a trip next march to go to usf and stay at hard rock hotel. So we are still pretty lucky. The thing is, we were sort of glad not to renew our annual passes so that we wouldn't feel stupid buying new tickets for disneyland or usf.
But then it happend. Everybody posting all these crazy rates on here. And we found ourselves plotting and planning. Should we squeeze in another trip? No, we shouldn't.
Well, we do have a couple of days left on old hopper passes that around somewhere. humm.
Se we began planning our george w. bush jr. trip, and it is almost here - we are to leave this Friday, unless we take a last minute ditch. The whole idea was that we had to plan the trip for $600 or less.
Now, apparently we aren't good budget-ears, or else that is pretty tough to do.
We scored $54 one way tickets on air-tran from flint michigan, so it is $108 x 2= $216.
We have reservations at all star music (do you remember we asked about it on here) for $49 plus tax = $55 x 3 = 165.
So we have $381 already. That is given. Now we have a little over $200 to work with.
OK, time to budget. We said we wouldn't take Mears, but we can save like 20 bucks there. That is about $50, taking us to $430. Plus this will save a lot on tip over tiffany; we'll only have a carry on a piece so this will be just a couple bucks each way.
So we planned our day to go to marketplace on Friday evening, and eat at wolfgang pucks express. Let's say $25. OK 455.
Saturday to MGM in the am, then to epcot. For a late lunch we want to go to espn club and watch the auburn game and have a couple of beers. Let's say $500.
For supper, we have 7:30 illuminations, o0ps, $550.
Now, we can go to pleasure island free, so adventurers club with a couple of drinks each, $570.
Uh oh. Sunday MK. Lunch at cosmic rays, $590.
Yikes. We have PS for 'ohanas for supper; we thought that was being value conscious, you know, all you can eat. So now we are at $650. And we didn't really splurge on anything....I think we are going to skip out on rose and crown. And maybe we could switch dinner at ohanas with tonga tost and breakfast at kona. We could shave a beer somewhere, and I think we can pull it in for $600. Well, we'll get close I guess. Dang, how much has this been costing when we stayed at deluxes and ate at deluxes??
Well, I guess I should have posted this on the budget board or the trip planning board or something, but I started posting it here on the resort board, because I was thinking about people dogging on value air lines like air tran, and knocking on the value resorts like all stars. So here we are. If you were us, would you throw in the towel and spend next week end at home, or would you spend an unexpected weekend at wdw, even if you flew air tran, slept all stars, rode mears, and ate cheap?
Do you think we can do it for the $600?
DR
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