czechplz
Big Al's #1 Pal
- Joined
- Feb 25, 2017
Hello! Welcome to my pre-trip planning days! I feel like I want a spot to sort of journal my thoughts and ideas while planning a trip with 3 other very passive adults. That's what this place is here for, right?
THE CABALLEROSI attended the Epcot Dis Meet in 2017. I dragged my best friend of 18 years, Britani, along with me. Enter Britani. She is a very Disney gal from Indiana. I lived in Florida at the time and she was watching me take all of these trips there with friends who aren't her. One day, I surprised her with a trip to the World for her birthday. We stayed at my favorite resort, Coronado Springs. I thought this was my dream trip. A private party in Epcot and a whole week with my best friend in my favorite place. What could have made it any better? Enter Khymm. Khymm was a fellow Dis-er that we met at the animal Kingdom meetup. He was travelling solo and we hit it off pretty well so we invited him to hang out with us during our last two days there. We three kept in tight communication after the trip. Khymm and I wound up having Thanksgiving there later that year since we would both be alone for the holiday.
My husband is in the military and we were forced to move to the exact opposite corner of the country, Washington. Before leaving, I had one last hurrah and then left Walt Disney World, thinking it would be a decade before I would get to return. Less than 8 months later, another meetup was announced (during my birthday!) and Khymm and I decided we had to be there. I invited my other best friend to join, as he has been going through a VERY rough year and I just missed him to pieces. Enter Brandon. Brandon is very much so a big brother to me, but I haven't seen him in three years. He was never really a disney kid, but I let him be my friend anyway. He pretty much turned into a Disney kid overnight. He became so ecstatic for the trip that he so badly needed. He's still sending me text messages about how monumental it will be for him. It warms my heart.
Enter Britani again. Khymm decided it wouldn't be a Caballero trip without her. She wasn't in the financial spot to go to Disney again so soon so he offered to pick up her tab. All of a sudden it dawned on me that I would actually be in my favorite place with my favorite people (minus my family, of course!). I will never be able to convey how important this is to me.
CH-CH-CHANGES!One thing that people need to know about me is that I am a very meticulous planner. I also cannot make a decision to save my life, which is not a good combo at all. When we first started the trip, we booked at Beach Club because I always wanted to stay there. Once the military discounts were released, we had to move to Yacht Club as no discounts were available at BC. I wasn't too confident though that we would be comfortable staying in a small room. We reluctantly downgraded to Art of Animation in a family suite. Boom! Free dining came out! We dropped the military discount and swapped to the free dining promotion, as it was a bigger discount and upgraded to the Deluxe plan. During a previous trip, I stayed at Art of Animation and I really wasn't a fan. Because of that, I kept getting a gut feeling that AoA was not going to make me happy. I found myself staying up late, constantly checking the prices of other Disney resorts. I finally took the dive one night. Following my gut, I canceled AoA and booked a one-bedroom at Kidani Village. To compensate for the price hike, we dropped down to the regular dining plan. I finally felt satisfied with all of the changes in the three-month period and was finally able to start making dining reservations and other park plans.
THE GAME PLAN
Khymm's awesome workplace decided to give him free tickets for the four of us to go to Universal Orlando for the day, both parks so that is in our plans. Right now, everything looks like this:
1-Bedroom Savanna View at Kidani Village with 5-Day Park Hoppers and the DDP.
THE CABALLEROS
My husband is in the military and we were forced to move to the exact opposite corner of the country, Washington. Before leaving, I had one last hurrah and then left Walt Disney World, thinking it would be a decade before I would get to return. Less than 8 months later, another meetup was announced (during my birthday!) and Khymm and I decided we had to be there. I invited my other best friend to join, as he has been going through a VERY rough year and I just missed him to pieces. Enter Brandon. Brandon is very much so a big brother to me, but I haven't seen him in three years. He was never really a disney kid, but I let him be my friend anyway. He pretty much turned into a Disney kid overnight. He became so ecstatic for the trip that he so badly needed. He's still sending me text messages about how monumental it will be for him. It warms my heart.
Enter Britani again. Khymm decided it wouldn't be a Caballero trip without her. She wasn't in the financial spot to go to Disney again so soon so he offered to pick up her tab. All of a sudden it dawned on me that I would actually be in my favorite place with my favorite people (minus my family, of course!). I will never be able to convey how important this is to me.
CH-CH-CHANGES!
THE GAME PLAN
Khymm's awesome workplace decided to give him free tickets for the four of us to go to Universal Orlando for the day, both parks so that is in our plans. Right now, everything looks like this:
1-Bedroom Savanna View at Kidani Village with 5-Day Park Hoppers and the DDP.
- 5/5/19 - Arrival Day
- 5/6/19 - Hollywood Studios
- 5/7/19 - Universal Day
- 5/8/19 - Epcot and Magic Kingdom
- 5/9/19 - Magic Kingdom and Epcot
- 5/10/19 - Break Day
- 5/11/19 - Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom
- 5/12/19 - Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom
- 5/13/19 - Departure Day
- 5/14/19 - MY Departure Day
THE WAITING
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