Alexle2007
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General area you are looking at?So where is a good place (Not Disney) to take DD6 to this summer? I wanted to do DC but DW thinks she's too young. Can't come up with anything for some reason.
General area you are looking at?So where is a good place (Not Disney) to take DD6 to this summer? I wanted to do DC but DW thinks she's too young. Can't come up with anything for some reason.
Sunday/Monday would fall in the 2 week extension. Anything earlier is out, you’re right!I think MD falls outside of the change window though
Yep! I should have thought it last round. That’s ok. We’ll just head to Hershey.Sunday/Monday would fall in the 2 week extension. Anything earlier is out, you’re right!
I personally would not advise driving from Baltimore to Hershey and then back in a day, if I was on vacation. I’d fly into BWI, stay at the Inner Harbor area for a night or two (there’s the Aquarium, Science Center, Port Discovery, Ripley’s, pirate cruise, the speed jet, Fort McHenry) then drive to either Hershey or Lancaster (They are about equal) Do Hersheypark, Chocolate World, Hershey Experience, Trolley ride, etc and Lancaster has Dutch Wonderland (which is awesome for 6 year olds), the Amish Farm, Strasburg Railroad, Cherry Crest Farm (one of our favorite things to do) and then head towards Philly (Crayola Factory, Sesame Place, other stuff) and then back to BWI or fly out of Philly.@DaveL we are doing Philly/hershey/baltimore/OCMD this summer. Its a little jumpy but it surrounds my ILs (they live in rural PA). All of those places have fun stuff for kids and none are too far from the next. Idk where you are located but you could fly into Baltimore as your base and drive to Hershey or Philly or Dc for day trips. I think Baltimore is 1 to 1.5 hours from any of those.
General area you are looking at?
THANK YOU so much for saying this!!!! I had a flight already booked for MD but at a horribly early time because the afternoon flight was going to cost $800 more (4 tickets). Since it was booked after the last go around, I thought I was out of luck on changing. But you gave me the idea to a do a double move to take advantage. All said, I got the afternoon flight and ended up with $120 refund! I know you know this, but it can’t be said too much, YOU ROCK!Sunday/Monday would fall in the 2 week extension. Anything earlier is out, you’re right!
1.). I'm not sure why it has been said that LHR is difficult to fly in/out of? It's just like any airport, has it's hassles although busy. It's one of the shortest flight distances from the US so I actually would recommend flying in there. London is always my recommended "first trip to Europe from the US" cities as there isn't a language barrier, yet it definitely feels very European. It's one of my favorite cities!This thread has been very helpful and I’m still in awe of what so many of you have managed to do with your points. I have plans kind of in the works now for our upcoming trips to wdw and cruises. But we’re starting to plan a trip to Europe for 2021 or 2022. We’ve never been before so I’m looking for advice on what points/cards will benefit us the most. Our plans are to fly in to London, with stops afterward in Paris and ending in Rome for a few days with hopefully a day trip/train ride to Venice. It’s the very early stages of planning and I’ve got lots of research to do, but this is where I’ll start. Afterall, for years all of my best research for our wdw trips has been done here on the DIS in the other trip planning forums!
So my biggest questions for now are-
1. Is London the best city for us to start in? I thought I read several pages back that London was tough to fly out of so that’s why I thought we’d start there instead. Also, flying out of Pittsburgh- any recommendations on a particular airline?
2. Is there a hotel brand we should focus on building a stash of points for? Not looking for anything super high end but definitely places with a good reputation (clean and safe).
3. Once in London, what is the best way to get to Paris and then on to Rome?
We hope to take this trip in June of 2022 right after DS graduates from college. Would love to go in May but DD will be playing college softball and we won’t know when her season will end. Second option would be August 2021 before he starts his last year but I heard lots of places close in august in Europe. Is that true and how would it affect our trip? Fyi our travel party will be me, DH, DS22, DD20. Thanks in advance! Europe is a whole new animal for us as we have stuck mostly to the US, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
1.). I'm not sure why it has been said that LHR is difficult to fly in/out of? It's just like any airport, has it's hassles although busy. It's one of the shortest flight distances from the US so I actually would recommend flying in there. London is always my recommended "first trip to Europe from the US" cities as there isn't a language barrier, yet it definitely feels very European. It's one of my favorite cities!
Just wanted to get a second trip in. We are doing Disney the first week of June so looking for something maybe mid July thats not extremely hot.
Thanks everyone, I will have to look at Hershey/Dutch Wonderland. We'd be coming from Omaha and of course flying SW. So would have to see if Philadelphia or Baltimore work better for flights.
I just had to reply to this cuz, well, I rarely ever hear anyone talk of Knoebels! lol. I basically grew up on going to Knoebels Grove as a kid (born/raised in Bloomsburg, PA), and try to go back as much as possible when we visit family in PA. Even after 30 years I still think it's awesome!We are personally doing Philly —> OCMD w/ family —> Baltimore —> Hershey —> ILs —> Philly over a two week period. I’m so excited! We haven’t been to Hershey/DW/Knoebels since we were teens? except a quick stop at chocolate world last time we saw ILs when my son was 18 months.
My ILs both went to Bloomsburg U!I just had to reply to this cuz, well, I rarely ever hear anyone talk of Knoebels! lol. I basically grew up on going to Knoebels Grove as a kid (born/raised in Bloomsburg, PA), and try to go back as much as possible when we visit family in PA. Even after 30 years I still think it's awesome!