Yes officially 9hrs and 20 minutes going and 1 hour shorter coming back
then there's always the queue at immigration to deal with, which can easily add on another Hour or 2 depending how busy it is, so it makes for a long travel day.
Ugh, I can't imagine being on an airplane that long!! I'd definitely have to psyche myself up for that kind of a journey......I tend to get fidgety after 2 hours and my gravol is only good for a maximum of 4
. No wonder you spend a full two weeks or more when you come. Do you find jet lag very bothersome?
Haha, now I see the benefits of these trip reports, just when you finish reliving your last one, you are almost ready for the next trip. 19 days till our trip!
Yes, we have it timed pretty much perfectly
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19 days......oooooh, I'm more than a little envious of your super-short countdown! I'm getting excited and just want to go NOW. What last minute to-do's are still on YOUR list?
Typical Florida- hot and chance of rain each day. But so glad there are no hurricanes brewing right now!
Sounds great!!
Glad to hear that!!
Yay!!
Have fun! Can't wait to hear all about it! 3 days for me!!
I have my fingers crossed that any foul weather is nothing worse than a sprinkle or two. What all is on this trip's itinerary?
Hi so glad to catch your PTR... We only use airlines that have a direct flight too. We can barely handle going up and down once let alone twice.
I can't wait to follow along and learn some more stuff. I have been checking into Vistana. I contacted a couple of people renting out but the prices for the time we will go is about the same as booking on the website directly. I am more comfortable with that. I have read about a few horror stories with owners and problems renting. I started telling the family about it and will show them pics soon.
Happy Planning!
I have to admit......I hate, hate, hate landing. Sometimes we get lucky and they are super smooth, but we've had a few where its felt like the plane has wobbled and jerked its way down. I'm with you....the less ups and downs we have to endure on each trip, the happier I am. My former boss used to always say,
"Gina, it's not landing you need to be fearful of. It's the ascent. Unlike when you're landing, the plane is full of fuel as you're taking off.....so if you crash, you'll go up in a ball of fire. But think of it this way, sweetheart. You're unlikely to feel a damn thing". Every time we take off, that's all I can think of
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One of the nice benefits of booking directly with SVR is that you can trade your daily housekeeping for free breakfasts at Zimmie's. For each day you waive your housekeeping, you get 2 free adult breakfast buffet vouchers. So, if the cost is about even renting from an owner versus booking direct, you might be able to come out a little ahead with the free breakfasts. Unless, of course, you want housekeeping service very single day....in which case, you would want to book directly with the resort anyway as timeshare stays only have a midweek tidy and a full clean before your check-in.
I'm Here!
We had a Busy weekend, but almost down to the 30 day mark, Is it too early to start packing?
Packing already?!?? Sure, why not!
We won't get out our suitcases until.....oh, maybe the Wednesday before our Friday departure. I work best under pressure
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Jealous of your organization! I need to get that started but it looks like it will be the first week of Oct for that. We are headed to the Ohio State/Penn State game this weekend.
We have no direct flights from our local airport and have never found anything cheap enough to justify driving and fighting city traffic. I think it is funny to me that our indirect flight through DTW on Delta priced at one point the same as your direct flight on Frontier. I don't remember off the top of my head if we are DTW on the way down or back. I know we are Atlanta one direction.
They finally announced a date? Who HOOOOOOO we have had fingers crossed it opened in October.
30 day mark here (I am dragging the suitcase out the first weekend in Oct). We will all be driving past each other on I-Drive all week. I still have to decide on what restaurants we are going to try. Also, doing a hurricane stay away dance for the next 30 odd days. But there is always insurance.
Infinity Falls officially opens on October 4th!
Apparently passmembers can get a one time Quick Queue for the ride once it opens, so we will definitely take advantage of that. I want to be sure to ride it right before we leave the park for the day, so I don't look like a drowned rat after getting soaked on the splashdown. Some of the videos I've seen look like there's the potential to get VERY wet!
Hurricanes are always, ALWAYS on my mind too
. I'm hoping that our late October dates will mean less eventful weather and *maybe* some cooler temperatures, especially after dark. Here's how optimistic I am: I just ordered a new fleece jacket to take with us, thinking we may need it on our Sleepy Hollow evening and our Ferrytale Fireworks Cruise night. Hopefully my sweater purchase doesn't jinx me!! I can see it now.....104 degrees and 94% humidity at 9:05 pm
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You guys are going to make me feel guilty about leaving packing to the last minute
. In my defense, packing should be fairly quick and painless for us as I have all of our new stuff (which is quite a lot.....many days of matching shirts
) in a central spot in our closet. So maybe I can justify that I've already kinda sorta started packing?