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Deck 4, Disney Wonder
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With less than 48 hours before we are due to take off I thought I’d better start my pre trip report! I have written a handful of reports before but have never left it this late!
![]() ![]() As fellow TR authors know, it is a big commitment to undertake to do one and as a reader of them it’s very frustrating when you are enjoying one and it never gets finished ![]() Now, you must understand, I am nowhere near the calibre of mkingdon, wizzo, jameluk to name a few who immediately spring to mind, but I hope you, the reader, enjoy my experience of our favourite place and hope that I don’t get too bogged down in the detail! Anyway…..onto the actual report: Who? I am Helen, aged 37 and this will be my 14th trip to the Florida house of mouse DH, Ian, 39 who is on his thousandth trip (ok so I exaggerated, realistically somewhere around 20) Here we are on our last trip in February this year….just for clarification, the one in the middle is not me or DH We are fortunate enough to go regularly but this will probably change as we are about to put our house on the market and (hopefully) move to a grown up house….. When? We leave for our 20 night trip from grey, cold Manchester Airport bound for sunny, warm Orlando on Friday 26th October at 11am on VS75. We are travelling in PE and (from memory) I think we are going on a 747 and have requested seats in the upstairs bubble. Where? 8 nights in Disney’s All Star Music Resort 7 night Eastern Caribbean Cruise aboard the Disney Fantasy 5 nights in Disney’s Bay Lake Tower First priority was booking the Disney Cruise (in fact the whole holiday was based round a 7 nighter) - that was one hell of an expensive way to spend a Friday evening in February (PE flights and cruise booked all at the same time) ![]() ![]() ![]() This will be our 2nd Disney cruise; we loved the 4 nights we spent on the Wonder in November 2010 but it just wasn’t enough time to explore the ship and see/do everything so we have decided to try 7 days. We booked the cheapest stateroom category available and when we received our cabin assignment a few weeks ago we were delighted to find we had been upgraded to a stateroom with a veranda. ![]() So that’s the basics; we also have 2 lots of car hire booked. One from the Airport for 8 days which we will drop off at Port Canaveral and then another one to collect from the port for 5 days and return to the airport. In a change for us, we are going for an SUV rather than a compact as it wasn’t that much more expensive. Ticket wise I have an annual pass which is on its 2nd trip and DH will be getting a DVC annual pass renewal but if he can’t as his ran out a few months ago (not sure how renewal works), he will likely get another annual. The cost of a 21 day versus a DVC annual is negligible. There are only Disney Parks on the agenda this trip so no extra expense there. We haven’t really got a plan as such ![]() I am hoping to go to Celebration on Halloween to see the houses all dressed up and there – only ever drive round before and it is sooo pretty. We will try and catch all the evening fireworks/parades in the first 8 days but that will depend on tiredness (DH works from 4am so it takes him a good few days to adjust!). We have some ADR’s booked (Saana, The Wave, Raglan Road, La Haceinda and Maya Grill) as we were thinking of adding the dining plan onto the 5 night stay but I don’t think it will be worth it now. We have not yet cancelled any of the ADR’s but may do after the cruise – I have a feeling we might want less posh food IYKWIM. We are really looking forward to this trip (as per usual) but for me, after spending our last 2 trips with family joining us, I can’t wait to spend 20 whole nights just me and DH, alone ![]() ![]() All that is left to do now is pack!
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Have a lovely holiday, sounds like a great plan, looking forward to reading the TR.
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Have a lovely holiday
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Deck 4, Disney Wonder
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Thanks and I'll try and get it done soon!
Thank you!
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WDW:'03,'04,'06,'07x2,'08,'09x2,'10x2,'11x2,'12x2, '15x'2,'16,'17,'19. DLP:'02,'05.DLR:'05,'14. DCL:'10,'12,'13,'15x2,'16 Various hotels & villas onsite & offsite! Another Trip Home Pre Trip - October 2012 Our 1st DVC Stay - LIVE - March 2011 'But I don't want to go again... yet' Pre trip November 2010 'You're going to Disney AGAIN?!' Pre Trip March 2010 'And the old folks are coming again' Trip Report October 2009 Index 'It started out as a weekend in Spain! ' Trip Report May 2009 Index |
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Have a wonderful time!
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terribly excting stuff!
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