I've booked 14 nights at the POP Century resort (eeekk!!!) from Gatwick to Stanford with Thomas Cook. I added on transfers to and from the airport to the hotel and deluxe travel insurance for us all. I went round all the travel agents near me and got each one to knock a bit more off each time and add extras, until I got the best price at £2058!
That's including everything (flights, accommodation, transfers, deluxe insurance) apart from the park tickets.
So it's even cheaper than the Thomas Cook one I found online! It just goes to show it's worth it to shop around!
I paid £40 to the TA and £20 for the tickets yesterday, so now owe £1650 for the actual holiday, and £770 for the tickets.
Here is my planned itinerary: (Plans in red need to be booked in advance)
Tuesday 6th
- Arrive at 2:35pm
- Check into POP around 4pm
- Have a wander around the hotel,check out some 99 cents stores and do a bit of shopping
- Relax at hotel
- Dinner at hotel or restaurant nearby
Wednesday 7th
- Magic Kingdom for the day
- Back to POP for a break
- Magic Kingdom again for Crystal Palace (CM) (around $45) and fireworks
Thursday 8th
- Epcot (not worlds)
- Back to POP for a break
- Epcot for the Worlds
- Coral Reef dinner (around $40) at Epcot and fireworks
Friday 9th
- Breakfast at Sizzlers or Ponderosa
- Seaworld
- Dine with Shamu (around $60)
Saturday 10th
- Breakfast at 1900 Park Fare (CM) (around $41) at Grand Floridian
- Check out I-drive and it's attractions
- POP day (pool, games arcade, fountain, food, pictures etc)
- Dinner at Boma at Animal Kingdom Lodge (around $53)
Sunday 11th
- Universal Studios
- Back to POP for a break
- Dinner in Kissimmee after having a wander around
Monday 12th
- Typhoon Lagoon
- Crazy golf
- Dinner at Whispering Canyon (around $40) at Wilderness Lodge
Tuesday 13th
- Breakfast at Donald's breakfast Safari in AK (CM) (around $41)
- Animal Kingdom for the day
- Back to POP for a break
- Animal Kingdom for dinner at Rainforest Cafe (around $45)
Wednesday 14th
- IHOP for breakfast
- Shopping
- Back to POP for a break
- Pirates dinner adventure (PAID)
Thursday 15th
- Islands of Adventure
- Late lunch at Mythos (around $45)
- Back to POP for a break
- Dinner at T-Rex cafe (around $50) and shopping at Downtown Disney
Friday 16th
- 'Ohana's Breakfast (CM) (around $41) at the Polynesian Resort
- POP day
- Arabian Nights dinner (PAID)
Saturday 17th
- Disney Hollywood Studios
- Back to POP for a break
- Dinner at Mama Melrose (around $40) at Hollywood Studios and Fantasmic fireworks
Sunday 18th
- Character breakfast at THE Castle! Cinderella's Royal Table (around $80)
- Rest of the day at Magic Kingdom
- Dinner at Sizzlers or Ponderosa
Monday 19th
- I-drive
- Shopping
- Second favourite park
- Start packing
- Garden Grill (CM) (around $60) at Epcot
Tuesday 20th
- Pack up rest of things
- Ask POP to look after bags
- Chef Mickeys for breakfast (CM) (around $41)
- Favourite park till about 2pm ish
- Back to POP to collect bags and get airport transfer
- Airport for 3pm to leave at 5:15pm
- Say goodbye to heaven.....till next time. :)
I may need to change some of these at this comes to $681 before tips! If I gave a 20% tips at each meal, it will come to about $817!
If I took the worst case (hopefully!) exchange rate of $1.60 to the £1, it'll cost a total of £510! £425 without tips.
That is A LOT of money. I will keep this as it is just in case I find a way to afford that! I have until the 180 limit to come up with that extra money. If not, I just won't book a few of them.
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