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Pre-Trip Planning - 8 days to go!!! </font>
8 days to go until we leave!
There is still so much to do! I'm going to start packing this weekend so I can see what clothes I still need to wash
Today I booked our hotel for the 2 nights we will be in Fort Lauderdale. We're staying at the Comfort Suites Airport/Cruise Port in a standard Queen suite. The suite has 1 Queen bed, 1 Queen pull-out sofa, a 25" TV, and a fridge. Plus they have continental breakfast and a free shuttle to the cruise port. My sister and her family will arrive the day after us and are staying there for 1 night in their own room. We got an internet rate of $80.99 for the first night and $125.99 for the second night.
I also reserved our rental car today. Originally I had booked through Avis because that's who we always seem to use but I wasn't really thrilled with the rate - $188 for a full-size, plus taxes & surchares and a toddler safety seat for a week would have brought the total to $298.47. That just seemed way too high. So I started doing some research of the other companies and used some of the codes listed on Mousesavers.com. I ended up cancelling the car with Avis and rented a full-size with Budget. Their rate for the week including taxes & surcharges was $229.55. Adding the toddler safety seat ($35 for the week), brings the total to $264.55. That's $34 cheaper than Avis. I also checked out Dollar but Budget was the cheapest of the three.
So, we're all set for Fort Lauderdale and all set with our rental car. It's really coming together! But I'm getting scared when I think about the fact that we're leaving in 8 days! It feels like there's still so much to do to get ready!!
This Saturday we're taking our 2 dogs and 1 cat to the vet to get them all updated on their vaccinations so they're ready for their stay at the kennel while we're gone.
Savannah is really looking forward to the trip. She knows we're going on a "big boat" first with her Aunt, Uncle, and cousins. But she's really looking forward to the Disney portion of the trip! This past weekend Savannah received a postcard from Mickey (actually from our Fairy Godmailer Laurie
) and she was SO excited! She carried the postcard around with her for the rest of the day. She kept asking me to read her what the card said and eventually she ended up memorizing it and then pretended she was "reading" the card herself!
More to come as the countdown continues.....