lizzyb
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2007
I have been a long time trip report reader and I absolutely love reading about everyone's experience as it got me all excited for my trips or helped make decisions. Therefore, I decided I should contribute in case there is anyone else like me. This is my first trip report so please be patient.
Backstory
This trip is two and half years in the making. We booked a cruise on our last sailing in September 2019. We were to sail in September 2021 but we know how that all played out. Our sailing was the last one to be cancelled which I was ok with since I did not want to cruise with heavy Covid restrictions. Also, coming from Canada further complicated matters. Thankfully we had booked this sailing as a back up and we were ready to go.
This will likely be our last vacation with all five of us as DS is off to university in the fall and my other DS is only a few years behind him. We hadn't been to Disney World in several years so we decided to go all in... land and sea.
When we started looking at WDW we quickly realized how expensive it had become. Even comparing September 2021 to May 2022 the resort (Art of Animation) was going to cost $1,100 more, and that is US funds. We decided it simply was not worth it considering that there was no more magical express, early entry was only half hour and then we would be restricted to eating mostly on property.
We booked the week at Home2 Suites by International Drive. The hotel was close to the parks (maximum drive time to parks was about 20 minutes), gave us a free breakfast and saved us well over $2,000US.
I was concerned about missing the "Disney Magic" as we had always stayed onsite but truthfully, I did not and would not hesitate to stay offsite again.
Next up: Day one- May 7, 2022
Backstory
This trip is two and half years in the making. We booked a cruise on our last sailing in September 2019. We were to sail in September 2021 but we know how that all played out. Our sailing was the last one to be cancelled which I was ok with since I did not want to cruise with heavy Covid restrictions. Also, coming from Canada further complicated matters. Thankfully we had booked this sailing as a back up and we were ready to go.
This will likely be our last vacation with all five of us as DS is off to university in the fall and my other DS is only a few years behind him. We hadn't been to Disney World in several years so we decided to go all in... land and sea.
When we started looking at WDW we quickly realized how expensive it had become. Even comparing September 2021 to May 2022 the resort (Art of Animation) was going to cost $1,100 more, and that is US funds. We decided it simply was not worth it considering that there was no more magical express, early entry was only half hour and then we would be restricted to eating mostly on property.
We booked the week at Home2 Suites by International Drive. The hotel was close to the parks (maximum drive time to parks was about 20 minutes), gave us a free breakfast and saved us well over $2,000US.
I was concerned about missing the "Disney Magic" as we had always stayed onsite but truthfully, I did not and would not hesitate to stay offsite again.
Next up: Day one- May 7, 2022