TrolleyTrouble2713
Mouseketeer
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- Oct 14, 2019
Hi! This is my first trip report, so I'm going off of everyone else's example.
Myself (24M) and my mother and father took a trip to WDW from 12/14-12/18. I guess I'm going to break it up into multiple parts, so this one will be:
Background
We booked this trip about 6 weeks prior. My parents haven't been to WDW since 2007. I was there once in that time, on my Senior Trip in 2013. I do the planning for pretty much all the family trips, so this one was no exception. My planning files were called Rising Snow as my two priorities were holiday decorations and Rise of the Resistance, so I've leant this report the same name.
Flight was through American. We used Advantage Miles to cover it, I'm not sure what the cost was otherwise.
Our lodging was at the Hilton Buena Vista Palace across from Disney Springs. We used Honors Points, so again I can't recall what the cash value was. BUT I do know that both standard "Resort View" rooms and the pricier "Disney Springs View" rooms were the same 200k point value, so we went for the latter.
Tickets were a bit funky. We wanted to do the Christmas Party since we had never been down to see all the decorations before, so to save money I changed two of our tickets to the Mid-Day Magic package. Since we bought them for "starting on 12/15" we were able to actually use them on the 16th and 17th. The other ticket, the one we used on the 15th, was a normal park ticket. We bought that one through Disney, and the MDM and Party tickets through UndercoverTourist.
We also purchased a dining package for the Epcot Candlelight Processional.
We flew to Orlando on Saturday the 14th, got there about 3:30. That's where I'll start the report.
Myself (24M) and my mother and father took a trip to WDW from 12/14-12/18. I guess I'm going to break it up into multiple parts, so this one will be:
Background
We booked this trip about 6 weeks prior. My parents haven't been to WDW since 2007. I was there once in that time, on my Senior Trip in 2013. I do the planning for pretty much all the family trips, so this one was no exception. My planning files were called Rising Snow as my two priorities were holiday decorations and Rise of the Resistance, so I've leant this report the same name.
Flight was through American. We used Advantage Miles to cover it, I'm not sure what the cost was otherwise.
Our lodging was at the Hilton Buena Vista Palace across from Disney Springs. We used Honors Points, so again I can't recall what the cash value was. BUT I do know that both standard "Resort View" rooms and the pricier "Disney Springs View" rooms were the same 200k point value, so we went for the latter.
Tickets were a bit funky. We wanted to do the Christmas Party since we had never been down to see all the decorations before, so to save money I changed two of our tickets to the Mid-Day Magic package. Since we bought them for "starting on 12/15" we were able to actually use them on the 16th and 17th. The other ticket, the one we used on the 15th, was a normal park ticket. We bought that one through Disney, and the MDM and Party tickets through UndercoverTourist.
We also purchased a dining package for the Epcot Candlelight Processional.
We flew to Orlando on Saturday the 14th, got there about 3:30. That's where I'll start the report.
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