Funny thing I knew that I had started a pre-pre-trip report a while back and knew that I was repeating some of the stuff I wrote in that one but for the life of me could not find it so I started a new one....(liked this title better anyway). Wouldn't you know it that after I wrote and posted this I found the other one. So as to not confuse myself I deleted that one and for those that read it and are hearing the same stuff over again I apologize....but I promise the new stuff will be coming soon...lol
So I left off with my decission that this trip was missing something. My sister and nephew so I called and mentioned to her that I was planning a trip would she be interested in going...
Well of course she was interested in going
, but that is where the happiness ended. My sister inherited my mother's worrisome nature. Don't misunderstand me...I worry however my sister worries about things that have not even happened yet. So I could hear the excitement die in her voice....
First she was worried about her job...not that she should be becuase they have already offered her a position when the merge goes through but she is worried anyway. Then she worried about money....heh we always worry about money so why should this time be any different. Then there was the issue of vacations, and also that she babysits her nephew for her MIL who has custody....
So I told her I would send her some numbers but that I wanted her to think about it.
So I did...sent her prices for a value (2 rooms), a family suite, and the POR (since it is where we stayed the last time and we loved it).
So I waited, called her a couple of times, gave her the speech....
"Look we are never going to be loaded but if you are waiting until you have tons in the bank then your grandchildren will be driving and you will ahve wasted all this perfect time vacationing with your son".
"It's not like you are going to buy a house so you should enjoy traveling..."
"Just switch holidays with your MIL...she asked you to do it last year when she went on vacation"
She was still unsure but at least she seemed a little more excited...told me she would look over the numbers and get back to me.
So I started planning anyway....I knew that she would change her mind. So I called AAA, got some discounts....wrote her an e-mail and told her I would put down the deposit for us and that she could just pay at the 45 day mark.....
And then she said ok "BOOK IT".....yeah we were going to Disney. I hung up the phone and realized wait...where were we staying?????
Called her back and she said that we should stay at the value so a value it is. Called back this wonderful woman at AAA who helped me book my bosses WDW trip and but a hold on two rooms at the POP. That night I am playing with numbers again and realize that if we stay together in a room at POR it will be actually cheaper. So once again call the Dsis...
"So how much cheaper?" she asks. I tell her like $200 each of us cheaper....
"Oh then book us at POR...." she tells me. So I call my AAA lady back and change my hold to one room in the Alligator Bayou section of the POR. I also get excited becuase we can stay for 7 nights and 8 days......YEAH (this is getting better and better).
A few days pass and I get a call from Dsis....(now remember that this is the woman who did not want to go becuase of finances and not having a million dollars saved in the bank)...
"Hey did you put a deposit down yet?" she asks.
"No....don't tell me you are cancelling?" I ask her.
"Nah...I just figured, well this will probably be my last trip for awhile and I want it to be different then our last trip so why don't you call the AAA lady back and see how much a room at the WL or AKL would be?
Ok...this is the woman who was worried about money and now she wants to go Deluxe....but who am I to complain but I tell her that AKL and WL the max is 4 in a room so she says price the other ones and let her know.
SO I call AAA back and get prices on the Boardwalk, Beach Club and the Poly....they were high even with the discount but then I start thinking...the last trip we stayed for 5 nights / 6 days....we got to do a lot but had wished for an extra day which is why we were doing a 7 night / 8 day....so maybe I can lose a day and go deluxe. So I get the prices for a 6 night / 7 day and after doing some math it is doable.....
So after calling my sister back and asking her if a "new adventure" by going Deluxe was worth losing one of our extra two days she jumps at it so there you have it...
From two rooms at the POP to a room at POR we are staying at the
POLY...
This has been my dream since I first started dreaming of WDW.....
So I book it, paid the deposit and we are set in a room with a garden view at the Polynesian Resort....
But now I have to wait till October to book our ADR's (I never booked that early that I had to wait....
) But I figure it will give me time (since once i say we are booked Dsis has done her part of the vacation...she is not the planning type...lol) to really play around and get some great ideas of where we want to eat...
So I ask Dsis and the kids any place special you want to eat?
And they give me the list of places we ate the last time....Ok this was not going to happen.
So being that I am the planner of the vacation I decide since Dsis wanted to go Deluxe to make this a "new adventure" then we were going to go all out....we would not eat at any place we ate the last time....
Which left me with a whole lot of research on Allears to figure out which ones we were going to try this time.....
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