The Millers Make Magical Memories PTR - PassPorter Community - Boards & Forums on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel
The Millers Make Magical Memories PTR
About This Page: This is a discussion on The Millers Make Magical Memories PTR within the Sharing the Adventure: Disney World Trip Reports, part of the PassPorter Community - Boards & Forums on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel; Who:
Me, Eileen, 50 years old. Teacher, chauffeur, Disney lover, 3 trips to the World (1976, 1994, 2004)
DH, David, ...
Welcome! We're happy you've found the PassPorter Community -- the friendliest place to plan your vacation to Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland, and the world in general! You are now viewing the PassPorter Message Board Community as a guest, which gives you limited access. As our guest, feel free to browse our messages by selecting the forum you want to visit from the list below.
To post messages and ask questions, join our FREE community today and you'll get access to tools and resources not available to guests, such as our vacation countown timers, "living" avatars, private messaging system, database searches, downloads, and a special PassPorter discount code. Registration is fast, simple, and completely free. Just click the Join Our Community link.
If you think you've already joined, log in below now. If you don't remember your member name or password, please visit our Member Name and Password Recovery page. You are also welcome to contact us.
Who:
Me, Eileen, 50 years old. Teacher, chauffeur, Disney lover, 3 trips to the World (1976, 1994, 2004)
DH, David, 50 years old. Industrial Sales, Volunteer EMT,
3 trips to the World (1971, 1994, 2004)
DD, Doodlebug, 12 years old, Student, dancer, actor, singer 1 trip to the World (2004)
When: August 21st-28th
Why: It’s time! After our 2004 trip, I was aiming for a trip every other year, but when DH was laid off shortly after we returned home, we had to put those dreams off. He has finally been in a stable job for 3 years, and has the vacationtime, so we are doing it! It helped make the decision easy when the 40% off room discounts for my dream resort came out for the times we want to go. I also plan on celebrating our DDs 13th Birthday (a month early) there.
What next?: So many decisions to make. How to get there, where to stay, what tickets, dining plan or not? Stay tuned for these answers and more.
__________________
DD sitting on the fountain in the courtyard at POFQ-8/2004
Eileen in South Jersey Disney, Here we come!
I hope that you and your family have a magical time at the world
__________________
Heather - "I'm Tinkerbell's biggest fan!"
WDW - August 1997 Off Property
WDW - January 2005 AKL
WDW - May 2006 Pop Century
WDW- november-dec 2007 pop century
WDW- dec/jan 2009/2010 pop century
WDW- oct/nov 2012 art of animation
WDW- sept 2013 port Orleans riverside
First up: When to go...... I would love to go to Disney in the fall, December or late winter. However, since I am a teacher, those dates are not possible. So the next best choice...late August. I know-it is hot, humid and hurricane season, but we learned lots of good survival tips for that kind of weather. When we went in 2004, we had good luck going early, leaving in the middle of the day and going back at night. This was before the night EMH-they were only offering morning EMH. We stayed hydrated and had a misting fan. Late August is better crowd-wise than early August-students are back in school in the south so not as many from the local area there. Also, the big groups that are often there in July are gone. I was hoping to go the last week of Aug. into Labor Day weekend, but I have to be back in school on September 1. So...we are leaving August 20 and returning August 28.
Next: Mode of travel. We live in southern NJ not too far from Delaware. Last time, we drove. It takes 2 days-we left at 7 am and stopped for the night in Santee, SC. Arrived at POP Century 6 pm the second day. Hit some heavy weather between Jacksonville and Orlando-Hurricane Jeanne had just blown through the area the day before we left. Anyway-we (I) did not want to drive this time. Flying is a 2 hour trip, but DH refuses to fly, so that is not an option. So that leaves the train. We are about 20 minutes from an Amtrak station. It is about a 20-22 hour trip to Orlando, but at least we can sleep. We are 3 hours from the Auto Train station-that is another option. It would be nice but not mandatory to have the car. We were going to do that but I waited too long to make reservations, so now the cost is 2x what taking the passenger train would be. So, we are going to take Amtrak from Wilmington, DE to Orlando, FL and hire a car service to take us to and from the station.
Up next: Where to stay, what tickets to get.
__________________
DD sitting on the fountain in the courtyard at POFQ-8/2004
Eileen in South Jersey Disney, Here we come!
Now, Where to stay?? The 2 times we have stayed on property, we have stayed at (the original) Port Orleans/POFQ with one night at POP. We liked POP a lot-enough to consider it for a longer time. And, with the discount being offered, we could spring for a split stay with time in my dream resort, Beach Club. So we have 4 nights at POP, then 3 nights at BC. I also justified the stay at BC because they have Stormalong Bay and we can skip a water park (we only do the lazy river and milder slides in a water park anyway). Our rooms are booked (thanks to our travel agent Judi!).
Our tickets: We opted not to get the Dining Plan (we missed out on free dining)-we would have had to get 2 separate base tickets and would end up costing more than what we would probably spend on meals-DD is considered adult, but does not eat adult portions most of the time. We will probably end up sharing meals, so we will pay as we go. We are also foregoing the park hopper tickets-we had them before and it does give you flexibility, but I think we can do 1 park/day and still get in everything we want to do. I will be getting our tickets from Undercover Tourist (they had the best prices).
Next up: Dining and Park plans.....
__________________
DD sitting on the fountain in the courtyard at POFQ-8/2004
Eileen in South Jersey Disney, Here we come!
About This Page: This is a discussion on The Millers Make Magical Memories PTR within the Sharing the Adventure: Disney World Trip Reports, part of the PassPorter Community - Boards & Forums on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel; Who:
Me, Eileen, 50 years old. Teacher, chauffeur, Disney lover, 3 trips to the World (1976, 1994, 2004)
DH, David, ...
Disney, Here we come!
-Hurricane Jeanne had just blown through the area the day before we left. Anyway-we (I) did not want to drive this time. Flying is a 2 hour trip, but DH refuses to fly, so that is not an option. So that leaves the train. We are about 20 minutes from an Amtrak station. It is about a 20-22 hour trip to Orlando, but at least we can sleep. We are 3 hours from the Auto Train station-that is another option. It would be nice but not mandatory to have the car. We were going to do that but I waited too long to make reservations, so now the cost is 2x what taking the passenger train would be. 
So, we are going to take Amtrak from Wilmington, DE to Orlando, FL and hire a car service to take us to and from the station. 
So we have 4 nights at POP, then 3 nights at BC. I also justified the stay at BC because they have Stormalong Bay and we can skip a water park (we only do the lazy river and milder slides in a water park anyway). 
Our rooms are booked (thanks to our travel agent Judi!).
Linear Mode
