WanderlustNZ
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2012
Post updated April 28
If there was such a prize, I think I would win. If anyone has been following my plans they will know that they have changed many times and sometimes quite drastically.
However, I believe that they are now pretty set in stone and an updated itinerary is listed below. The links are included as they show pics of my accommodation. However, some of the information included in the links is now incorrect.
I have booked most of the big things (Flights, accommodation and Disney Tickets) but there is still a lot left to sort out and pay for.
25 Sep: Fly to LA via Hawaii. Arrive late in the evening. Check into Marriott LAX
26 Sep: Fly to Salt Lake City with Delta. Drive to Logan, Utah. Night at Best Western Weston Inn
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50487795&postcount=58
27 Sep: Drive to Jackson, Wyoming. 2 nights booked at Grand View Lodge. Go to Bar T 5 Wagon Cookout.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50454872&postcount=37
28 Sep: Wildlife tour of Grand Teton National Park with the Teton Science School
29 Sep: Drive through Grand Teton NP into Yellowstone NP. One night at Lake Yellowstone Hotel in a Frontier Cabin. Dinner booked in the hotel dining room.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50560359&postcount=95
30 Sep: Drive to Old Faithful Inn (1 night). Scored one of the hard-to-get ensuite rooms in the original part of the Inn. Dinner in the Inn Dining Room.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50439608&postcount=16
1 Oct: 2 nights booked at the Yellowstone Gateway Inn in Gardiner.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50509301&postcount=70
2 Oct: Wildlife tour with the Yellowstone Association.
3 Oct: Night booked at Three Bear Lodge in West Yellowstone (Goldilocks Themed Family Room)
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50439608&postcount=16 (Last 2 pics)
4 Oct: Drive most of the day back to Salt Lake City. Jet Blue flight to Long Beach. Transfers to Anaheim. 3 nights booked at Park Vue Inn.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50676469&postcount=104
5-6 Oct: DLR
7 Oct: Flight to Hawaii. Aulani booked for 3 nights by renting DVC Points. Made 3 ADRs.
10 Oct: Flight back to Auckland.
There is a chance of snow in Yellowstone late Sep/early Oct, but I've also read that it's a great time to visit. The crowds are much lower, the elks are in rut, and the bears are on the move to prepare for hibernation. We had initially planned to go to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons last year before deciding to go instead to WDW. I'm pleased we changed those plans as the government shutdown would have completely ruined our trip. I'm hoping it was an omen telling us to wait till this year.
If there was such a prize, I think I would win. If anyone has been following my plans they will know that they have changed many times and sometimes quite drastically.
However, I believe that they are now pretty set in stone and an updated itinerary is listed below. The links are included as they show pics of my accommodation. However, some of the information included in the links is now incorrect.
I have booked most of the big things (Flights, accommodation and Disney Tickets) but there is still a lot left to sort out and pay for.
25 Sep: Fly to LA via Hawaii. Arrive late in the evening. Check into Marriott LAX
26 Sep: Fly to Salt Lake City with Delta. Drive to Logan, Utah. Night at Best Western Weston Inn
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50487795&postcount=58
27 Sep: Drive to Jackson, Wyoming. 2 nights booked at Grand View Lodge. Go to Bar T 5 Wagon Cookout.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50454872&postcount=37
28 Sep: Wildlife tour of Grand Teton National Park with the Teton Science School
29 Sep: Drive through Grand Teton NP into Yellowstone NP. One night at Lake Yellowstone Hotel in a Frontier Cabin. Dinner booked in the hotel dining room.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50560359&postcount=95
30 Sep: Drive to Old Faithful Inn (1 night). Scored one of the hard-to-get ensuite rooms in the original part of the Inn. Dinner in the Inn Dining Room.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50439608&postcount=16
1 Oct: 2 nights booked at the Yellowstone Gateway Inn in Gardiner.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50509301&postcount=70
2 Oct: Wildlife tour with the Yellowstone Association.
3 Oct: Night booked at Three Bear Lodge in West Yellowstone (Goldilocks Themed Family Room)
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50439608&postcount=16 (Last 2 pics)
4 Oct: Drive most of the day back to Salt Lake City. Jet Blue flight to Long Beach. Transfers to Anaheim. 3 nights booked at Park Vue Inn.
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50676469&postcount=104
5-6 Oct: DLR
7 Oct: Flight to Hawaii. Aulani booked for 3 nights by renting DVC Points. Made 3 ADRs.
10 Oct: Flight back to Auckland.
There is a chance of snow in Yellowstone late Sep/early Oct, but I've also read that it's a great time to visit. The crowds are much lower, the elks are in rut, and the bears are on the move to prepare for hibernation. We had initially planned to go to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons last year before deciding to go instead to WDW. I'm pleased we changed those plans as the government shutdown would have completely ruined our trip. I'm hoping it was an omen telling us to wait till this year.