A big welcome to all joining us. Now, as we gather round the fire, like so many before us, let me tell you a little bit about our Disneymoon...my first Disney Vacation without my parents!
(Surprisingly that makes me
as much as it makes me
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
I waited until April to book it. Can anyone say FREE
DDP?
Aforementioned Free DDP led me to realize we didn't have to stay at a Moderate. Not that there's anything wrong with Moderates. I am fully a fan of POFQ. I would even stay at CSR. I am rather ashamed to admit it, but I am a Deluxe Snob.
There is a legitimate reason for this, though, which I will explain further in another post.
So with all the money we're saving by getting free food, it wouldn't hurt us to bump up to a deluxe. The cheapest one. In the cheapest room. That, ladies and gentlemen, is:
Animal Kingdom Lodge.
Standard room.
September 14-23. 9 nights. 10-day MYW + Park Hopper + Water Park & More.
My DH couldn't care less where we stayed. "Isn't it just like any old hotel room?" he'd say.
He has much to learn.
So I showed him pictures of AKL. "Lookee, lookee! Isn't it pretty? Isn't it cool?" Hoping to get him excited.
The most exciting thing to him, I learned, was when I told him that the smells of Boma lingered in the lobby. I will never understand a man's obsession with food.
He did say he would have liked to stay at a Monorail resort, but no way would he ever spend that kind of money. And I kind of have to agree with him there. It's like, $1,000 more. That's $1,000 we could spend at WDW. Maybe someday in the distant future, we will stay at my "castle," the GF. But for now, we can't sleep in its heavenly beds, we can only sink our toes in its fake sand.
So the AKL was a nice alternative. WL would have been nice, too, even preferred, but "beggars can't be choosers." No standard rooms available with free DDP. Not even woods view. I am told I will love staying at AKL. We'll see if that proves true even in spite of the ongoing construction. It IS a Deluxe, after all.
ITINERARY & ADRs
FRI, SEPT 14
ARRIVAL AT AKL: Late morning, according to what Magical Express tells us.
The first thing my DH wants to do is get one of the those Pineapple Dole Whips he had last time at MK. So we'll hit the MK first for a little bit, maybe grab some lunch there, then I figure we can go wherever. Fantasmic? Illuminations? The possibilities are endless!
SAT, SEPT 15
Epcot - World Showcase
7:30 Dinner at
Le Cellier
Illuminations: Reflections of Earth (if we haven't already seen it)
SUN, SEPT 16
Water Park? DTD?
5:00 Dinner at
Ohana.
MON, SEPT 17
Magic Kingdom Day!
JYESS! I snagged a 5:20
CRT reservation for dinner!
SpectroMagic and Wishes!
TUES, SEPT 18
Epcot - Future World
4:50 Dinner at
Coral Reef (I've heard the food isn't that great, but ever since DH saw the episode of "Boy Meets World" where Cory and Topanga go to WDW, he has wanted to eat there! DH gets what he wants, and we can blame HIM if the food is blah!)
WED, SEPT 19
Animal Kingdom
6:20 Dinner at
Boma
THURS, SEPT 20
"The Studios" & Faaaaaaannnntasmic!
FRI, SEPT 21
Water Park? DTD?
7:00 Dinner at
Marrakesh
SAT, SEPT 22
MK again?
5:30 Dinner at
Narcoossee's
SUN, SEPT 23
Probably spend the last day wandering the streets of MK, utterly depressed.
YAY!!!!!!!!!! 24 days to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sooooo, did DH agree that Disney IS for lovers too?? 
BACK!!! Somehow I did not get an email notice that you posted. But I was busy deleting old subscriptions and noticed you came back. Yes we do care and can't wait to hear about your trip!
Hope you are having a blast just like me! Can't wait to read your TR! 
