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2 Jul 22, 05:46 PM |
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Just Two Big Kids - August 2022
Never done one of these and not sure what to write but here goes…
Who are we? We are massive big kids and our life is musicals, theme parks, Disney, animals and FOOD! Me - Scott aged 31 and is the planner, organiser and spreadsheet maker. I was diagnosed with ME/CFS a few years ago. It does worry me as I no longer have the stamina as I used to but plans have been made around this. BF - Phil aged 32 and doesn’t really have a say in the matter 😉. Annoyingly is a teacher so school holidays it is for us. Initial Holiday This will be our second trip and we’ve not been since 2014, which was coincidentally our first holiday together! Initially booked back in April 2019, for a two week offsite trip, to go back in August 2020. This was to celebrate our 30th birthdays but we know how that pans out… New Plans With the additional time we’ve decided to add an extra week on our original plans and this has turned into a three week on-site split stay! This allows shorter days and more rest days to help my condition. Keeping an eye on prices and adding up individually, worked out cheaper to book through Ever After Holidays with the Disney offer. Includes flights, private transfers, hotels, Disney tickets with Genie+ and the six park ticket for the other parks. Was within our budget and have still never been able to get it cheaper! The Details Heading down to Heathrow on 5th August and staying at the well recommended Premier Inn on Bath Road. We opted for the meal upgrade for ease. The car will be booked into Purple Parking. For hotel, food and car park, I thought it was a good deal at £180. Head out at 12:45 on VS135. Standard economy seats unfortunately. First 13 nights will be POP. We chose this over CBR for price but super excited for the skyliner. The next 8 nights will be at Surfside over at Universal. We initially were staying at Pointe Orlando but this worked out at less than £100 more so made sense. Also managed 2 nights at RPR for a steal at £195 per night. This was booked without Phil’s consent so he wasn’t happy. He was later sold with the express passes though. Fly back home on Saturday 27th on the VS92 at 18:55. I’ve put a cheeky offer in for upper class upgrade as a surprise for the BF but the flights looking pretty full so doubt it’ll go through 🤞. Disney Plans We’ve got two days at each park, with some reservations booked on rest days to pop in. One day at Typhoon but gutted Blizzard is shut as that was our fave out of the two. We wanted a dessert party but changed this to MNSSHP on 16th. We are unbelievably EXCITED for this. It’ll be our first time. Also, Food and Wine Festival is our first time too. Disney Food Honestly this was stressful as our ADR time opened when I was overrun at a GP appointment and Phil was teaching… but we have everything we want, and lots of them: Yak and Yeti Via Napoli Be our Guest Mama Melrose Tusker House breakfast Rainforest 50’s Prime Time Oga’s Liberty Tree Tavern Biergarten (as a maybe as we loved it the first time) Homecomin’ Frontera Cocina We never had a dole whip on our first visit (HOW DID WE MISS IT)?! So that is on the list with plenty other must do snacks. Other Plans So with our two nights at RPR, we will have three days at Universal. Super excited for Volcano Bay and heading down to SeaWorld and Busch Gardens. Have one time express pass for BG as was really cheap. Nothing for SW but should be fine. A shopping day is planned in this period too. Maybe when we switch hotels. Other Food Toothsome is the only Citywalk place but very keen to go back to places we enjoyed last time. This includes: IHOP Denny’s Cheesecake Factory Outback Steakhouse Final Bits I’ve rambled on enough and well done for reading. With five weeks to go today I’m pretty much already packed 🙈. Cannot wait to put that out of office on with only 24 more working days to go! I am looking forward to writing a trip and food report. See you out there! Edited at 06:16 PM. |
2 Jul 22, 06:30 PM |
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Excited about Disney
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Looks like this will be a fab holiday! 😀
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2 Jul 22, 07:23 PM |
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5 Jul 22, 10:56 AM |
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Have a great time! Following along. 😁
Kat
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26 Jul 22, 04:32 PM |
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So all of our paperwork arrived today, with some dollars we ordered. I was more emotional than I thought I’d be opening it all up!
7 working days to go until the best out of office goes on. |
26 Jul 22, 06:20 PM |
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Sounds like a great holiday look forward to reading along :-)
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26 Jul 22, 06:30 PM |
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Sounds like a great trip, I wish I could get RPR for £195, what a bargain. I would definitely look at getting a DAS pass for your Disney stay, and also for your trip to Seaworld, although you may not need it for Disney if you have Genie+. Have a great time, not long to go.
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26 Jul 22, 08:27 PM |
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29 Jul 22, 05:19 PM |
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Spent my last day in the physical office today. Just 4 more working days working from home. One step closer!
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29 Jul 22, 05:56 PM |
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Doesn’t it feel good to be on the home stretch! Your plans look fab and the theming at Pop is fantastic. That is a great price for RPR, I find the further in advance you book the better the deals! 😁 not long now. Cheers Michelle
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