When we went to Walt Disney World
for our honeymoon a couple years back, I got hooked on the parks. What does
that mean? A couple of things really.. First off, I read a couple of Disney
Parks forums daily (sometime multiple times a day..), secondly, I am always in
planning mode for our next trip, even if we don’t have one specifically planned
(there is always a ‘next trip’ in the works)
I like to look at the resorts to
see where we can stay next time. One
of the sites I frequent has weekly WDW updates, so I can keep track of what is
going on down there (updates, scheduled referbs, etc..). I read the forums to
see what other fans have seen and experienced, that way, I can keep up with all
the changes in the parks (like the updated MagicBand program and the newly
opened 7 Dwarfs Mine Train ride).
Since we are in the Disney
Vacation Club (DVC), we will be going on average every year or so. Our last
trip (January) was a big one, so it used up 2 years’ worth of points, so our
next trip was going to be a ways off. We had an idea of when it was going to
be, but nothing firm. Well.. we have nailed it down on when we want to go. We
are looking to go down with my parents the week before Thanksgiving, next year.
We wanted to go when crowds are down, but we still wanted to see the parks all
done up for Christmas.
I like going during the off-peak
times when crowds are low, and points (to book rooms) are less. This time frame
is the 2nd lowest time to go, points wise. They start with the
Christmas decorations right after Halloween.
There are so many things to do,
you can’t do it all in one trip, and I have been trying new things each trip--Things
that would normally be out of my comfort zone. I’m not one for the ‘thrill
rides’ but on recent trips, I tried Expedition Everest and the Tower of Terror.
This time, I may try the Rocken’ Rollercoaster or Space Mountain. I mean, can
you really say you’ve been to Disney as many times and never been on Space
Mountain?
We are now inside the 15 month
window, well within the acceptable window for planning a trip for normal
people.. It looks like we are looking at a stay at the Boardwalk Villas, steps
away from EPCOT, and a quick boat ride to Hollywood Studios.
I’ve been looking for what types
of restaurants we will eat at. One thing is for sure, we will do dinner one
night at the Liberty Tree Tavern. This has become our favorite place to eat.
Since we will be traveling with our new addition, we will be looking mostly at
all-you-can-eat places so Evy can just eat off our plates. My mom is a huge
seafood lover, so it seems that a meal at Cape May will be in order.
We like to not duplicate places
we have eaten before until we have been everywhere, so we will be looking to
try places we haven’t been to before, but we may end up duplicating meals. We
still have time to figure things out. I am always open to suggestions. Where is
your favorite place to eat?
Feel free to read my reviews from previous trip in earlier postings on this blog.
Feel free to read my reviews from previous trip in earlier postings on this blog.
