Applemomma
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2006
Sometimes planning too far in advance gives you too much time to think! And that is certainly true in my case ..... 
I was thinking about our arrival day and how I can make it as stress free as possible. This was also about the same time I was reading posts on the Transportation Board about returning rental cars to MCO being a pain. So it struck me .why not bypass the rental counter at the airport and let Magical Express take us to the resort. That would certainly be less stressful for my mom since driving around Orlando would not be on her top ten list of things that dont stress you out! Great no problem Ill do Magical Express and pick my rental car up on property since we do want one (or at least I do) for grocery runs, getting mom around to the parks with the scooter in the truck instead of worrying about waiting for buses.
But then it occurs to me again wait now, I didnt book a Disney Hotel for the lst night of our trip because I figured wed spend a night at on off property resort after going to Ocala to visit my best friend so now Magical Express back to the airport and returning the car to the airport was something I was kind of thinking Id avoid. Well then theres nothing else to do but extend our stay on property no-brainer right?
But wait if Im going to extend the stay its only a short mental leap to why am I only staying at one resort?. Why arent I doing a split stay? After all who knows when Ill ever have a deal like the 40% off code again. Well bad news my Dreams agent tells me that I can extend the stay at AKL probably no problem but doing a split stay is considered a new booking and as I had already figured out that the pin code email I got for the discount expired the end of February a second booking at the discount is a no go. Dang.
But wait again! I never, I repeat never, throw out anything Disney sends me discount-wise because you never know when Im going to hit the lottery .okay I only ever win $2-$3 free tickets but a gal can hope cant she? So I go digging in my in box and low and behold theres a second code .that has NO EXPIRY!!!! Can you hear the heavens opening and the angels singing?
So a second email fired off to DU and cha- ching!!! Its done! We are now booked at AKL for four nights and then WL for the last three! Im so excited! Initially I had a tough time deciding which of these two resorts Id like to try and now I get to do them both! I told me mom that the next time we do this if theres code well try out the monorail resorts.
Also went ahead and booked out rental car that I'll pick up at the Double Tree. Got a good deal through a link on the Diss transportation page for Budget and saved $100! And then just to top things off I booked a scooter through Walker Mobility for Mom, even though she hasnt fully agreed to it yet .easier to cancel a reservation though then scramble for one at the last minute right?
And now I only have 230 days to fill ..time to start my binder .and of course theres ADRs coming up on May. Which means park hours will be out and I can get our rough game plan going!
And lets not forget its going to take 200 plus days to teach my father how to use the microwave.
Just realized I started counting down more then 400 days ago ..which means Im half way there!
I was thinking about our arrival day and how I can make it as stress free as possible. This was also about the same time I was reading posts on the Transportation Board about returning rental cars to MCO being a pain. So it struck me .why not bypass the rental counter at the airport and let Magical Express take us to the resort. That would certainly be less stressful for my mom since driving around Orlando would not be on her top ten list of things that dont stress you out! Great no problem Ill do Magical Express and pick my rental car up on property since we do want one (or at least I do) for grocery runs, getting mom around to the parks with the scooter in the truck instead of worrying about waiting for buses.
But then it occurs to me again wait now, I didnt book a Disney Hotel for the lst night of our trip because I figured wed spend a night at on off property resort after going to Ocala to visit my best friend so now Magical Express back to the airport and returning the car to the airport was something I was kind of thinking Id avoid. Well then theres nothing else to do but extend our stay on property no-brainer right?
But wait if Im going to extend the stay its only a short mental leap to why am I only staying at one resort?. Why arent I doing a split stay? After all who knows when Ill ever have a deal like the 40% off code again. Well bad news my Dreams agent tells me that I can extend the stay at AKL probably no problem but doing a split stay is considered a new booking and as I had already figured out that the pin code email I got for the discount expired the end of February a second booking at the discount is a no go. Dang.
But wait again! I never, I repeat never, throw out anything Disney sends me discount-wise because you never know when Im going to hit the lottery .okay I only ever win $2-$3 free tickets but a gal can hope cant she? So I go digging in my in box and low and behold theres a second code .that has NO EXPIRY!!!! Can you hear the heavens opening and the angels singing?
So a second email fired off to DU and cha- ching!!! Its done! We are now booked at AKL for four nights and then WL for the last three! Im so excited! Initially I had a tough time deciding which of these two resorts Id like to try and now I get to do them both! I told me mom that the next time we do this if theres code well try out the monorail resorts.
Also went ahead and booked out rental car that I'll pick up at the Double Tree. Got a good deal through a link on the Diss transportation page for Budget and saved $100! And then just to top things off I booked a scooter through Walker Mobility for Mom, even though she hasnt fully agreed to it yet .easier to cancel a reservation though then scramble for one at the last minute right?
And now I only have 230 days to fill ..time to start my binder .and of course theres ADRs coming up on May. Which means park hours will be out and I can get our rough game plan going!
And lets not forget its going to take 200 plus days to teach my father how to use the microwave.
Just realized I started counting down more then 400 days ago ..which means Im half way there!
If you're going to be there over the same time we are I'm hoping to have a dismeet so hopefully we'll get to meet in person!
