19 days to D'Land, got my documents today...

[mollyeilis]

Just wanted to share. OK so I shared on some crazed Dis-ney fan site already. But I felt like doing so here.

Because I can say "we have enough left (after my disneyshopping excursions) in SR-earned Disney gift cards to upgrade our tix to APs", without confusing people. Upgrade with cards, or could pay cash for that upgrade and get that much worth of souvenirs (though mine are already purchased, with those disneyshopping excursions, LOL). Or that many beignets from Cafe Orleans. Or that many...you get the picture.

The Costco Travel (they go through WDTC) Disneyland package is cute, with little areas for the tickets, for the preferred seating passes Mickey's ToonTown Morning Madness passes, etc. Very cute. I was going through it methodically, as I love to do, and my 3 year old picked it up and dumped it on my lap. DH cringed, and I looked up and said to DH "he doesn't know me that well yet, does he?" I must look through things, in the way they arrived, something like 3 times before just spreading it all out. I'm a goof.


Anyway, they're here, they're here! We're 19 days away from D'land, and only 12 days away from leaving in our car for our CA trip, and I have NO idea what we're going to pack (other than my disneyshopping excursion clothes), but who cares?! 19 days!


OK I really gotta tone down this excitement or my brain my explode.

[Hedy]

[Mandi]

Yay! I remember when I first booked a DLR trip and got all my packet stuff. I think I read and reread everything at least a dozen times.

Getting AP's is so worth it, as long as you'll go at least one more time in a year. Have you decided when you're going to upgrade? I would say be sure it's after EE but that won't matter since you're onsite. So I'd do it the first day so you can get the 10% on food. That adds up quicker than you'd think, especially if you're doing any character meals.

[mollyeilis]

I keep getting my brain confused, thinking of that. Since the bulk of our planning was when we were staying at Carousel, I kept thinking we'd upgrade the last day, for EE reasons. But now that we have it through PP, we can do it whenever. So we'll probably do it the first day.

Do you know what restaurants give the discount? Does Blue Bayou?

Tonight after DS goes to sleep, i'm going to look over the packet and our TripTik from AAA over and over...

About the APs, since we might not see my brother on this trip (he lives in San Diego and is going to try to come up, but his wife will be traveling for work and can't make it), we have a few days that DH will take off in early December. We plan on doing just one day on that trip, and if we do NOT upgrade from our 5 day PHs, we will have wasted money by buying those one-day tickets.

And we want to go a few more times to see my brother, b/c he's nice and lives in a good place and DS loves his uncle. So you can see all those one-day passes really adding up!

[Mandi]

Do you know what restaurants give the discount? Does Blue Bayou?

Every restaurant gives the 10%, with the exception of the ODV's. So even the restaurants in the hotels will give you a discount. Also, most restaurants in DTD do too (if not all?). I know RFC does for sure. Just show them your AP prior to ordering. So it definitely benefits you to go ahead and upgrade right away since you don't have to worry about the EE deal.

[mollyeilis]

Ooh that's so good to know.

RFC, I *finally* got my permanent Safari Club membership card with the $10 coupon! Whew. Since we're actually leaving on the 10th, I felt like that was getting a little too close. Wonder if the AP and Safari Club discounts can be combined...hmm...

What is ODV?