I'm in, and from the beginning this time!
Your so... Lucky and smart to have three trips already lined up before your AP expires.
October and December look like a great time to vacation in Florida. We have always wanted to go to Florida in October to enjoy the parks, but our schedule is too hectic in the fall to take a vacation. The decorations look very festive.
Great start to your pre trip report, keep it coming!
Welcome, welcome! And right from the start, no less!!
We are
very blessed to have so many trips lined up......its something I am thankful for on a daily basis. Our good health, the necessary finances. I will admit I sent up a little prayer of thanks when April airfare turned out to be so affordable (cheaper than both our October and December flights.....and one of us free, one way, with True Blue points to boot!). The travel budget is getting rather stretched these days!!!
We're just in that new stage of being able to travel in the off-seasons (it still feels strange not being tied to the school calendar!), so we have A LOT of months on the calendar to conquer. We've already visited in January, May, August, and December. This fall, we'll scratch October off our Orlando Bucket List, and then in the spring we'll conquer April. Late September 2016 might be the next possibility, or perhaps early November.....so that's a good start. I can't see us ever making the trek in June or July .... too hot and too busy ... but every other month is definitely up for grabs.
We are there the few weeks before you arrive, doing HHN also
Very cool!! Are you HHN first timers like us, or have you visited before?
I just heard today that Insidious was officially announced as the 2nd of the themed houses. Heaven help me
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Happy Pre-trip report! I love the excitement leading up and I hate post trip blues which I am deeply into at 5 days post trip. No TR for me so I need to get on my photobook before it all escapes my memory.
We really enjoyed October last year, We were there 3-12, fabulous weather. I wish you the same.
We are trying for a December Florida trip(as well as a 2016/17 relocation too Orlando area!!) but probably not central Fl. Oh how fun it is to plan
Coming home is THE WORST. They were talking about the post-trip blues on this weeks The Trip podcast, and I couldn't help think how comforting it was to know other people suffer from it, too. Photobooks are definitely a good outlet, though, and a fun way to relive all those happy memories. Its one of my first forms of therapy when we return from a trip!
Fingers crossed our October weather turns out to be as pleasant as you experienced. I am fretting a bit about the humidity....three August vacations have me very wary. Most of all, I hope its not too rainy. So far, we have been SO lucky with little rain on each of our vacations, so I often wonder if we'll be washed out one of these days!! (and have no justification to complain, lol).
Relocating to Orlando.........that's my dream too, but probably more in retirement than now. I am jealous!
Loved your last trip report, Gina!
Looking forward to reading about your plans for October!
Welcome aboard! Thanks for reading along!
Woohoo! So glad you started this! Will have to live vicariously as we have no trips to Orlando planned -so far anyway-:we have a "free" timeshare certificate for a week but it has limited availability and areas. Of course Orlando is one that has lots of options so I am tracking air fare to there (well to there and Aruba
. ) Please - need details with lots of pics on HHN
. And my oldest wants to go to Niagra Falls too-although she may get her wish to return to Washington DC next spring (mom and daughter trip).
Speaking of timeshares- I recall you guys own in Sheraton Vistana (Resort?)-do you belong to Timeshare Owners Group (TUG)? Someone was giving away a week 23 2 bedroom unit (Falls area I think) for just the maintenance fees (???$800 yearly-might have been much less-I was also looking at a week in Hawaii and may have mixed up the MF in my mind/recall. Actually it is quite likely I did
). But anyway thought of you
Have you ever been to Niagara Falls before? If not, its a great trip....tons to do, and the Falls themselves are a sight to behold. I've never been to DC, yet but I'd love to go. New York City and San Francisco are also on my USA short-list. If I ever win the lottery, I'd sell my house in a heartbeat, invest in the fanciest set of luggage I can buy, and just start travelling from place to place until I couldn't bear to get on another plane. I'm guessing it would take me quite a while to get tired of exploring!!
We have often thought of picking up an extra timeshare week, but let me tell ya ... the declining Canadian dollar has us glad we only have the two
. Maintenance fees due January 1st are gonna kill us this year with 25-30 cents on every dollar in exchange. I think you're probably right on with the maintenance fees.....fixed weeks in Falls look to be generally around that price. You should buy it, Monykalyn ... then we could meet you there and paint the town red!
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I meant to get another entry up today, but our new phones arrived by courier this morning (we've finally retired our androids and moved into the trendy world of iPhones) so I've been busy downloading apps, fiddle-diddling with all the features, and getting it all set up like I want it. I'm sure the novelty will wear off soon
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I also received the shirts I ordered for us for Halloween Horror Nights....knowing costumes were a no-no, Steve wanted us to have themed t-shirts and we found some really fun ones online. They're so darn cute and turned out spectacularly well, so I'll try and post a pic as soon as I can figure out how to do so from my fancy-schmancy new phone. Surely to goodness "there's an app for that"!!