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rsuaver
Senior Member - 9K
posted: Dec. 15, 2012 @ 8:50a
Disney world is packed during Xmas. Availability in disney properties can be iffy. I always recommend staying inside, but last minute planning means paying rack rate. No issues with staying outside but hotel shuttles are bad or parking is expensive. Airfare expensive. If you drive, it's more convenient as they are plenty of family restaurants outside disney world.
Recommend a couple of sites since you say you don't have a clue... Allears.net. And Disboards.com
Oh, and stay clear of places selling discount tickets. Most are reused and tied to someone else's fingerprints. Few legal places sell them but discount is less than 5%
BrlDsguise
Frivolous Member
posted: Dec. 15, 2012 @ 9:05a
1) Disneyland is in CA not FL
2) Have you done any planning whatsoever? Even if we wanted to be your personal travel agent we don't even know the dates or your budget.
The short timeline is going to kill you in terms of accommodations. Wouldn't hurt to check VRBO for rental properties anyway. Check out places in the Windsor Hills subdivision (there are a few others too, check out DISBOARDS forums for everything Disney, really). They have condos and houses. It's ultra close to the parks and, in my experience, you get so much more for your money. Secondly, I'd recommend either picking up the book Unofficial Guide to Disney World or signing up for access to their website/app (touringplans.com). They have crowd calendars for picking better days to go to which parks, touring plans to help you maximize your time there, and an app that gives you live line times and other info for while you're at the park. Well worth the money IMHO.
I'm tempted to say that this is a joke. On the chance that it's not....well... you'd best get cracking, and I mean like 24/7 from now til you leave, and even then some. You will need a commando plan if you hope to see anything in the World. Invest a couple bucks in a personalized plan from someone like TourGuide Mike and some very detailed tour books. Understand all of your ticket options. That alone could take you half a day. Unless you are a seasoned WDW vet, without proper and detailed preparation, you are asking for an aggravating, disappointing waste of money. Plan to be up early and be there at rope drop, and plan on wall to wall people.
Xmas is NOT a time to wing it. The topic is far more vast than you can imagine. Many entire boards devoted to just this one topic. But really, you need a book to take with you... start there. Otherwise you will get hung up forever on the boards, and you just don't have enough time.
Good luck, let us know how you make out.
momgoingbroke
Killer cook.
posted: Dec. 21, 2012 @ 12:32p
froster said: I am asking because I want to be very careful and well planned this time(failed many times before on travel planning) ..thanks and appreciate"careful and well planned" and you haven't even picked out a hotel yet?? Wow...
Sorry to bust your chops but it just doesn't compute with me! Good luck and have fun. I'd suggest you get to AAA very fast for some of their maps and guides, if you are a member.
Fangle1948
New Member
posted: Dec. 22, 2012 @ 9:25a
Skip the commercialized beaches and drive out the Canaveral National Seashore, places like Playalinda beach.
Fangle1948
New Member
posted: Dec. 22, 2012 @ 9:26a
Delete - clicked post once and got 2 extra versions free. The joy of using a tablet instead of a real PC.
Fangle1948
New Member
posted: Dec. 22, 2012 @ 9:26a
Delete - clicked post once and got 2 extra versions free. The joy of using a tablet instead of a real PC.
jaimelobo
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Dec. 22, 2012 @ 11:47a
Fangle1948 said: Skip the commercialized beaches and drive out the Canaveral National Seashore, places like Playalinda beach.Three posts; wow Playalinda excites you, doesn't it?
SinglePapa
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Jan. 1, 2013 @ 9:42p
Just returned in time for school from another near-free prime-season Disney vacation Dec.21-Jan.1 (our tenth Disney school break and counting!)
President's Day is a question mark, as NYC school break is halved by the Hurricane Sandy make-ups. Looking forward to best Spring Break ever March 25-April 7 (may even double-up for a caravan NYC-Disney-NYC Spring Break, nice 20 hours flat, more great relief drivers should apply!)
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