Disney Dreamin'

I'm Disney dreaming right now...and channeling my "last minute" friends who love to plan things spur of the moment!

I am normally a major planner. I have trips (particularly Disney trips) planned 7-11 months out and meals booked at 6 months out. I am typically researching hotels, restaurants, flight options...etc for months before we actually make a decision and book the trip! All that has gone out the window for the time being, because right now, I am trying to plan a trip to Walt Disney World for late May or early June!! As in 2012! That is less than 6 weeks away, and kinda stresses me out! (but in a good way lol)

Our original plan was to visit Disneyland for a chance this year, in October. We had trouble getting DVC rooms at the Grand Californian, and it pains me to pay for hotel, when we already have to pay for park tickets (we get Annual Passes and multiple trips out of them in Florida), and we are not sure we can get to Anaheim on our free plane tickets. So, all in all, that one was looking like a pretty expensive trip. Our current Annual Passes to WDW expire in early July, so we started talking last week about just getting back out there for one more trip before they expire, and putting off the Disneyland trip for a year.

So, thus begins some really quick planning!! We were able to reserve a Savannah View room at Animal Kingdom lodge for the first two nights, and Saratoga Springs for the last 3 nights.That's a pretty low "crowd" time of the year...most of the kids are still in school, so dining reservations are available at some good places, or we may just do quick service most days. We have our Annual Passes, so park tickets are taken care of...the only problem now is plane tickets. We normally fly using our Southwest Airlines reward points...and we have plenty...but wow, it is going to use a lot of points to get us to Florida this time of year!! This may be the new "norm", but it's certainly not what we are used to.