Monday 26 January 2009

Google Earth

I've been playing around with this and some of the images are amazing.

This is where we'll be staying, POP Century.














Friday 23 January 2009

Itinerary...

Now I've got rid of Arabian nights and Pirates dinner adventure, I need to re-jig our itinerary.

Of course it's all dependant on whether I get the ADR's I want.

I'm going to keep the plans for the day the same, but may have to change what day I do them on, if that makes sense. Eg, Day at Magic Kindom, meals at the castle, wishes at night time, meal at POP. I want to do that on the 13th, but Iif I can't get the reservation for then, I'll do the whole thing on the day I can.

So I won't need to do too much re-jigging if I only need to change what date I do things on. I'm not going to waste time on figuring out which days are busiest in which parks etc, they're going to be crowded anyway, and with the fastpass it doesn't really make much difference, so I'm easy about which days we go where.

OK, here's what I have so far.

Date: 06/10/09
Breakfast: Airport
Day at: Travelling/hotel
Lunch: Plane or POP Century
Dinner: POP Century
Night/show: Pool side
Notes: Flight at 9:55am. arrive at Sanford at 2:15pm, hotel buy 4pm, check in, check out hotel, unpack, relax.

Approx. cost of the day. $40


Date: 07/10/09
Breakfast: Donald's Safari breakfast at Animal Kingdom
Day at: Animal Kingdom
Lunch:
Dinner: Boma at Animal Kingdom Lodge
Night/show: Kiss Goodnight
Notes:

Approx. cost of the day. $160


Date: 08/10/09
Breakfast: IHOP
Day at: Seaworld
Lunch:
Dinner: Dine with Shamu
Night/show: Shamu at night
Notes: Day after must be a rest day

Approx. cost of the day. $100


Date: 09/10/09
Breakfast: POP Century
Day at: Downtown Disney/Shopping/Disney Quest
Lunch:
Dinner: T-Rex restaurant
Night/show:
Notes:

Approx. cost of the day. $200


Date: 10/10/09
Breakfast: POP Century
Day at: Epcot
Lunch:
Dinner: Coral Reef
Night/show: Illuminations
Notes:

Approx. cost of the day. $100


Date: 11/10/09
Breakfast: POP Century
Day at: Universal Studios
Lunch:
Dinner: Louie's Italian Restaurant
Night/show:
Notes: Taxi-$30 return

Approx. cost of the day. $100


Date: 12/10/09
Breakfast: POP Century
Day at: Typhoon Lagoon/I drive
Lunch: At the park
Dinner: Ponderosa
Night/show:
Notes:

Approx. cost of the day. $80


Date: 13/10/09
Breakfast: Included in package
Day at: Swimming with Manatees/snorkelling
Lunch: Buffet included
Dinner:
Night/show: Theme park of choice
Notes: Pick up from resort at 6:45am, returning at around 6pm.

Approx. cost of the day. $20


Date: 14/10/09
Breakfast: POP Century
Day at: Magic Kingdom
Lunch:
Dinner: 1900 Park fare
Night/show: Wishes
Notes:

Approx. cost of the day. $100


Date: 15/10/09
Breakfast: POP Century
Day at: POP Century/Downtown Disney
Lunch: POP Century
Dinner: Teppan Edo
Night/show:
Notes:

Approx. cost of the day. $200


Date: 16/10/09
Breakfast: POP Century
Day at: Disney Hollywood Studios
Lunch: Sci-fi theatre
Dinner:
Night/show: Fantasmic
Notes:

Approx. cost of the day. $120


Date: 17/10/09
Breakfast: Spiderman breakfast
Day at: Universal's Islands of Adventure
Lunch:
Dinner: Cafe Stoo-pendous
Night/show:
Notes: Late lunch or early dinner for Cafe Stoo-pendous.

Approx. cost of the day. $150


Date: 18/10/09
Breakfast: Denny's
Day at: I-drive attractions/shopping
Lunch:
Dinner: Sweet Tomatoes/wherever is closest to us when we get hungry
Night/show: Kissimmee/poolside
Notes: Will need Taxi to get to I-drive, then Kissimmee.

Approx. cost of the day. $270


Date: 19/10/09
Breakfast: POP Century
Day at: Tying up loose ends. Any Disney parks to finish things we've missed
Lunch:
Dinner:
Night/show: Wishes, Fantasmic or Illuminations.
Notes:

Approx. cost of the day. $100


Date: 20/10/09
Breakfast: POP Century
Day at: Last day, favourite park
Lunch: The park
Dinner: Airport/flight
Notes: Day at park until 2pm, back to POP to collect bags and get transfer, at airport for 3pm, flight at 5:15pm, home at 8:30am.

Approx. cost of the day. $100

Thursday 22 January 2009

Getting closer!

I've decided that since we're having loads of fantastic meals on site and there are plenty more to replace them, to cancel Arabian nights and Pirates dinner adventure meals.

I don't think the kids would have enjoyed Arabian nights anyway, and there are so many places that are cheaper and closer we can go to.

So that has brought the total holiday cost down from 2977 to 2900. I'm now 58% of the way exactly, having paid £1682 and only having £1218 left to pay in total!

Wednesday 21 January 2009

Only £1295 left to pay!

It's just hit me how close that is! Just £940 left for the holiday and £355 for the tickets.

Tuesday 20 January 2009

One more down...

£30 more off the holiday. I can slowly see, every payment, how close I am to paying it all off!

Saturday 17 January 2009

Update!

At long last I yet again have a laptop, a new one this time. SO...

Since I last posted, quite a bit has been paid off. As of today, I have £970 to pay for the holiday, and £380 for the tickets, making a grand total of £1350!