We usually try to travel on Wednesdays and Saturdays to get the lowest prices.
We've stayed several times at the Hyatt Internation airport hotel - it's so handy waking up and being at the airport. Makes it super easy to deal with luggage. There is a great roof top pool that we like to swim in at night and watch the planes fly in. Restaurants (fast food and sit down) / shopping available. It's very convenient. It can be expensive, but with some of the discounts available (such as AAA) the price can be right. Once we even got a package with a really nice breakfast included.
I've been kicking this idea around for a little while now (actually the day after the previous summer deals went away, d'oh! 
) So excited to get to bring down my middle sister and her daughters/my nieces (will be 11, 9 and 7) for a six night stay. Our six night stay at our favorite moderate, POR, is booked, and just did flights yesterday. Our mom is coming down to join us as well. Originally I was just going to do a resort stay, just so I could afford to get us down to our Happy Place, and there's SO many things sister and I want to do on a trip, but gets pushed to the back burner. Grandma and Grandpa couldn't let the girls not go to the parks though So they are getting 2 day tickets for their birthday gifts (this will be their bday/xmas gifts from me this year). That made it more affordable for me to get sister and myself the same tickets. We plan to play at Winter Summerland (mom and I have, sister and nieces have not), and hang out doing activities at AKL (since we're not going to AK this trip). Our package comes with a day at the waterparks...I haven't been to one in 15-20 years (same for sister) and the girls have never been--so that will be fun--as they LOVE swimming at the resort pool. Then the boat over to DS and just hanging out at POR for our 3 "down" days. MK and Epcot for our park days--and even then doing things the girls don't normally do/ever done...Sorcerers of the Kingdom, A Pirate's Adventure, Agent P, and Tom Sawyer's Island. As one who doesn't usually do the DDP as of late, I went ahead and did the QSDP for this trip. We have been very fortunate and have been to WDW many times over the years (even the little ladies), but this will be the first with no table service meals. And it's another thing we're actually looking forward to for this trip, just doing what we want, when we want For this trip I went with the "knowing it's paid for" factor. So very much looking forward to the end of this summer. Oh yeah, we'll be there 7/31-8/6 lol! Plan on telling the girls the first week of their summer vacation...so they can be all excited and look forward to it and I don't have to keep a secret any longer than that lol (it'll be about 2 weeks after the two older girls' birthdays).
How exciting. I have added you to the Roll Call. We look forward to hearing all about your planning. The boat ride to DS is absolutely one of my favorite things about POR, and one of the few things I can honestly say I have missed the last 3 years when I have stayed offsite. Hope you have a fantastic trip!Woot! What a great group here
I'm not far behind youWHOOP WHOOP! I am finally at double digits...
yay! I have a Storybook one that I'm "ok" with but I'd much rather have it another night - so I'm stalking too! I'm also stalking for a Yak & Yeti which seems silly to me when most other reservations are open! But so I sit checking at weird hours, hoping that one will open up!Finally got the Sci Fi ADR I was stalking! Now if I can line up the Storybook ADR for a day that works, my evil plan will be complete
I bought one AP last summer, the rest of the family had 10 day base tickets. This year, we planned our trip two weeks earlier so that my AP would still be valid. With the discounts on food and merchandise, the free Memory Maker, and the free parking, I made out pretty good, plus we get a small discount on the special events.I was so excited about the AP discount - with our tix this time we were close to the break even point. However, hopes have been dashed - the travel agent said the room class we like isn't available as part of the deal - so we'd have to upgrade the room (which would negate the savings we'd get in terms of a discount!) I didn't realize how much I really wanted that pass (even though we have zero plans to go again until 2021). Silly, right?
