I have finally finished the spreadsheet of all of our trips. You can view it here. There are 61 of us going to Disney!
Please check the spreadsheet to make sure your info is correct.
If your info is not on this and you would like it to be, please leave a comment with the following:
1. Your name (or an alias is fine)
2. The dates of your trip
3. How many adults and children are going
4. Where you are staying
5. If you are getting the meal plan
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers
7. How much you hope to save
8. If you are flying
9. If this is your first trip or not
{ 45 comments… read them below or add one }
For those of you who have not finalized plans on where to stay let me help you a little. I work at the WL as a server and the meal plan is well worth it. Food is not cheap at disney. The other advise is that when you stay at any of the pop’s your transportation is more of a hassile. Figuring in the money spent for a hotel on the monorail line vs time spent traveling is something to think about. With kids it is just a lot easier. Or in the case of WL the boat runs directly to Mk. Any questions just ask.
Couponing Princess- I hope you mean when staying at an all stars as Pop does NOT share a bus and there is only one Pop. We have stayed at Pop 3 xs and loved it. Busses aren’t bad at Pop. Staying at a Monorail resort is nice (we will be staying at BLT next trip b/c of new baby), but you are talking about a $200+ difference per night. And I DO highly recommend the meal plan, as it always saves us $$$! Last year we saved $538 by utulizing our dining credits well!!! Good luck planning everyone!!!!
Coupon Princess-I’m the one going to Disneyland- Any suggestions for springbreak. We probably will have to drive from Portland, OR because of $$’s flying. (2 days each way driving) Also, losing a day w/family. So really a night or two at a pop if at all. A day or two at Disneyland doesn’t sound worth it. But it’s something I really don’t want to pass up this time! Been a couple of years since last trip.
My husband, son and I have a camper so we stay at the Fort Wilderness campground. It is right beside the Fort Wilderness Lodge and you can ride the bus or the boat to the MK. It is a FABULOUS place to stay. For those that do not have a an RV, there are cabins to rent. It is a little pricey but I think they have kitchens so you could actually bring food to save $$. There is soooooooo much to do at the campground: playgrounds, horse and pony riding, pools, bike trails, etc. One of our favorite things to do is every night the campground has a sing along w/ Chip-n-Dale around a campfire. They sell Smores kits but I would definately recommend bringing your own (they are expensive). They also have popcorn, hotdogs and drinks. If you are staying at a Disney resort and have kids you could take the bus to the sing along. Also after the sing along they show a different Disney movie every night on a BIG screen under the stars. Bring chairs or blankets. They do have bleachers to sit on but it’s great to spread a blanket on the ground and lay back to watch the movie. The sing along starts around 7pm I believe and then the movie starts at 8pm. The campground is just unbelievable and you can spend some fabulous family time together while winding down for the night. I would move into the campground if it was allowed!!! LOL!!!
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) Glenda
2. The dates of your trip June 16 to June 25, 2010
3. How many adults and children are going–2 Adults 2 Children
4. Where you are staying–Port Orleans Riverside
5. If you are getting the meal plan–No
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers–Yes
7. How much you hope to save–$2,000
8. If you are flying–No
9. If this is your first trip or not–No
Hey there! I viewed my information and I am #22. Everything is correct except we are not flying. I absolutely love your site and visit it several times daily!
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) Jaime
2. The dates of your trip 1/17 – 1/23
3. How many adults and children are going–2 Adults 2 Children
4. Where you are staying–Disney Cruise 1/17-1/21 and Port Orleans Riverside 1/21 -1/23
5. If you are getting the meal plan–No
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers–No
7. How much you hope to save–Already saved and paid for!
8. If you are flying–Yes
9. If this is your first trip or not–No
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) Katy
2. The dates of your trip 1/21-1/25
3. How many adults and children are going–2 Adults 3 Children
4. Where you are staying– Contemporary Resort, Bay Tower
5. If you are getting the meal plan–yes
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers–No
7. How much you hope to save–paid for
8. If you are flying–Yes
9. If this is your first trip or not–first trip w/kids!
Ooops…we have park hopper tix!
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1. Your name (or an alias is fine) Deanna
2. The dates of your trip 11/27/11-12/3/11
3. How many adults and children are going–6 Adults 2 Children
4. Where you are staying–Pop Century
5. If you are getting the meal plan–No
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers–Yes
7. How much you hope to save–$4000, to cover vacation, food, gas (driving), souvenirs
8. If you are flying–No
9. If this is your first trip or not–No
1. Your name: Amy
2. The dates of your trip: January 2011
3. How many adults and children are going: 2 adults 2 children (will be almost 3 and 20 months)
4. Where you are staying: Unsure
5. If you are getting the meal plan: Probably
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers: Yes
7. How much you hope to save: $3000
8. If you are flying: Yes
9. If this is your first trip or not: No for the adults, yes for the kids
Just one little correction for the Donner Family – we have 3 adults, 1 kid going not the other way around.
Thanks so much for all the work you’ve done pulling together this list, especially in the midst of the website changes.
1. Your name: Squirt
2. The dates of your trip: Mid September
3. How many adults and children are going: 2 adults 1 child (3 years old) (Also have family going as well, GRAND TOTAL OF 10)
4. Where you are staying: Pop Century
5. If you are getting the meal plan: Yes
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers: Yes
7. How much you hope to save: $3000
8. If you are flying: Yes
9. If this is your first trip or not: Yes
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) KimB
2. The dates of your trip Sept 26th – Oct 2nd
3. How many adults and children are going 3 adults, 3 children
4. Where you are staying Animal Kingdom Villas
5. If you are getting the meal plan unsure
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers-2 adult annual passes, everyone else, no
7. How much you hope to save 4k
8. If you are flying -no
9. If this is your first trip or not- no
1. Your name: Jessica
2. The dates of your trip: November 2010
3. How many adults and children are going: 4 adults & 2 kids (3 & 1 yrs old)
4. Where you are staying: unsure
5. If you are getting the meal plan: unsure
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers: no
7. How much you hope to save: as much as possible
8. If you are flying: Yes
9. If this is your first trip or not: first trip w/ kids
1. Your name (or an alias is fine)
Kayla
2. The dates of your trip
March 1-6
3. How many adults and children are going
2 adults 2 kids + I’m pregnant!
4. Where you are staying
Pop Century
5. If you are getting the meal plan
No Meal Plan
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers
Nope already have days left from previous trips
7. How much you hope to save
LOTS!!
8. If you are flying
Most likely, waiting for a Southwest Ding
9. If this is your first trip or not
Nope, I’ve been 25+ times.
Cindy
Week of 9/16/05
2 adults 1 5 year old boy (bday is 9/16/
Need advice on where to stay, eat, etc…
Thanks!
Ok the spreadsheet has been updated through this point. :)
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) Julia
2. The dates of your trip either, 2/13-2/20 or 9/11-9/18
3. How many adults and children are going–2 Adults 3 possibly 4 Children
4. Where you are staying–Camelot, or Del Sol, unless an awesome deal happens for Disneyland Hotel
5. If you are getting the meal plan–Not sure, how that works, is that just for the cruise, or available at disneyland also?
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers–Yes
7. How much you hope to save–$1500
8. If you are flying–No
9. If this is your first trip or not–No
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) REBECCA
2. The dates of your trip 3/27 – 4/3 2010
3. How many adults and children are going 2, 2
4. Where you are staying ALL STARS MUSIC
5. If you are getting the meal plan YES
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers NO
7. How much you hope to save 1000.00
8. If you are flying
9. If this is your first trip or not
Let me varify. I am not saying to stay at a deluxe resort. However think of who you are going with. i.e. a 2 year old that does not want to be on a bus long. Or the ride back after a late dinner. I can give you advise it may or may not work for you. Just thought Id give a little insight. I am not sure about disneyland but my understanding is two there is enought to see everything. but that is only hear-say. if you are at the WL whispering canyon I am sure you will hear me. lol
Updated through this post
I would love to be added, but I’m not positive on some of the things.
1. Your name (or an alias is fine)- Leesa
2. The dates of your trip- August 2011
3. How many adults and children are going- 2 adults 2 children (will be 2&4)
4. Where you are staying- unsure
5. If you are getting the meal plan- Yes
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers- unsure
7. How much you hope to save- $3, 500
8. If you are flying- unsure (We live in Michigan so it would be a LONG drive, but we aren’t sure yet)
9. If this is your first trip or not- YES!
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) – Holly
2. The dates of your trip – 4/3-4/10
3. How many adults and children are going – 4 adults, 2 children
4. Where you are staying – offsite – Cypress Palms Condos
5. If you are getting the meal plan – no
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers – no
7. How much you hope to save – as much as possible!
8. If you are flying – yes
9. If this is your first trip or not – not our first trip.
I’ve found tickets to be the least expensive through Intercot.com. While they appear to be more at first, Intercot’s prices include taxes, while other sites don’t.
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) – Carly
2. The dates of your trip – 1/27-2/09
3. How many adults and children are going – 2 adults and 1 child (2)
4. Where you are staying – with family
5. If you are getting the meal plan – no
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers – my mom works there, so all passes are provided!!!
7. How much you hope to save – as much as I can!
8. If you are flying – flying from Redmond, OR to Orlando, FL (purchased 1 ticket; used a companion ticket for 1, and used miles for 1 ticket = total cost $515.36)
9. If this is your first trip or not -I’ve been several times; husband’s 2nd trip; daughter’s 2nd trip
oops – husband’s 3rd trip!
My family opted for the Disney Cruise for our vacation. We paid about $900 for a 3 night cruise for the 3 of us which includes everything (meals, drinks, entertainment, room service). The only thing not included are your shore excursions, if you want to do any, and any adult beverages you might want.
The nice thing is, I booked the cruise then had months to make payments on it. When we leave for our cruise in 5 weeks, most everything is already paid for. We even got a $50 shipbord credit to spend on the cruise.
There is a group of 14 of us going on the cruise and the ages range from 3 – 69. Disney provides amazing entertainment onboard that will please all ages. There are separate clubs for young kids, older kids and teens.
We will only have 1 day to spend at a park, and we are taking our 3 year old daughter to the Magic Kingdom. Since she is not into princesses, I made reservations at the Crystal Palace for lunch with Pooh & Friends, she adores them. With the “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” promotion, my husband and I have already completed our volunteer service and will be receiving 2 free tickets into the Magic Kingdom. Yea!
My family of six (me and hubby along 1 boy (16) and 3 girls (17, 10 & 8) are planning to drive to Disney World with our stay beginning on August 19 and staying until August 29th. We will have a 10 day MYW pass with the Water Park Option. No meal option (unless free dining happens to fall during our vacation period). In August, you have to take advantage of the water parks. We have been going every year since 2000 and have stayed at different resorts but we love the Pop Century! Not only is it the newest of the value resorts but it has its own bus service versus the other all-star resorts which shares their buses. I consider myself a Disney World nut and have helped save $$$ not only for my family but for others as well :) Feel free to email me with questions!
We are going in 2 weeks from today…YEAH!! My Hubby, 4 yr old duaghter Joy, 19month old son Ben and myself are going to WDW from Jan 28-Feb 4. We are flying nonstop from Bradley to MCO and staying at the POP Century (our 3rd time at POP and our 4th time with our daughter, but 9th time for me) for 7 nights with 7 day park passes (no hoppers kids can only handle one park per day). We also have the meal plan of 1 quick, 1 table and 1 snack.(3rd time doing the meal plan)…All said and done for our family of 4 but only 3 have to pay is $2312.64 or $770.88 per person.
Name Brenda
Vacation Dates 12/10/10 – 12/18/10
Number of adults, kids 2 Adults, 2 teenage boys (early high school graduation gift)
Name of the resort you are staying at onsite – not sure where yet
If you plan to get park hopper: Definitely Park Hopper, not sure about water parks yet
If you plan to get the meal plan: not sure yet, but hoping they may offer a free plan in the fall!
Estimated amount of money you hope to save for the trip: at least $1000
Flying
Last trip was December 2006, we were guests at a friend’s Disney wedding
Other: Also going to Universal
Hooray!! I booked today!!!
Name: Traci
We are going Sept 18th – 26th. Our school system is taking a fall break at that time and the calendar was just released. I also just got my PIN for % off resorts for the 2nd half of the year, which was what I was waiting for. 2 adults and 3 children ages 8, 5 and 1 at the time of travel. We are staying at Pop Century. Previous stays were at Polynesian and Grand Floridian but incomes change so… Definitely Dining Plan. Park Hopper now but it may change. No water parks. We are driving from GA. Baby Girl’s first trip, our third. Going to pay cash every month until paid off. We will rent a double stroller everyday. Pricey but with 3 small children it is worth it for all 3 to ride in and haul the diaper bag and cooler.
Sorry, $2770 for 8 nights
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) Nora
2. The dates of your trip ?? haven’t decided yet
3. How many adults and children are going 5 adults 2 kids
4. Where you are staying- Maybe on WDW property, possibly a resort nearby
5. If you are getting the meal plan- No
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers- Yes
7. How much you hope to save- ??
8. If you are flying- No, Griswalding it!! Oh, what fun we have in the car for over 10 hours!With bathroom inspections every 30 minutes or so!!
9. If this is your first trip or not- No for the “grown ups” and Yes for the kids.
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) -Jessica
2. The dates of your trip- April 9 to April 12 and agian August 20 to August 22.
3. How many adults and children are going- 4 adults and 1 child( April he will be 19 months and August he will have just turned 2)
4. Where you are staying- We got a great deal at the Ramada Orlando Celcbration Hotel & Convention Center for $29.00 a night on Hotwire.com. We have not yet booked a room for August(we will most likely do the same)
5. If you are getting the meal plan-no
6. If you are getting Park Hopper-no. We are doing the Give a day get a day for our free ticket. ( our son is still so small he will never remember anything)
7. How much you hope to save-1k. ( My in laws live in Kissimmee so we only need spending money)
8. If you are flying- Yes we got our tickets threw Southwest. I love that they dont charge for up to 2 bags per person!
9. If this is your first trip or not- To Disney yes to Florida no.
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) Beth
2. The dates of your trip MArch 29th- April 5th
3. How many adults and children are going 2 vs 2
4. Where you are staying Pop centry I hope
5. If you are getting the meal plan yes, not sure which
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers no, too lazy
7. How much you hope to save, saved for 3 years –got it now!
8. If you are flying yep
9. If this is your first trip or not 1st with the kids!!!
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) – Lisha
2. The dates of your trip – May 15-May 20 (Then heading to Cocoa Beach until May 23rd)
3. How many adults and children are going – 2 Adults 1 child
4. Where you are staying – Pop
5. If you are getting the meal plan – Not unless we get the QS PIN
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers – No
7. How much you hope to save – As much as Possible! =)
8. If you are flying – Yes we’re flying SW
9. If this is your first trip or not – Yes First trip =)
M name is Carrie and we are planning to go either in December of this year or February of next (either way, it’s our Christmas gift). Our group includes my husband, myself and our three sons, ages 15, 13 and 2 at the time of travel. We’ve always stayed at Port Orleans French Quarter in the past and would like to stay there again. I have heard good things about Pop Century though, so that may end up being a more affordable option for us. I suspect we’ll get a 7-day hopper, but do not know for sure. I would like the trip to be under $3000 without airfare for all of us (we may drive). This is my umpeenth trip (I worked there for 6 months in 1994), my husband’s 3rd, my older sons’ 4th and my baby’s 2nd (we went for one day last spring).
I think I know way too much about things at Disney World, but I always find this site entertaining and bringing back good memories – keep up the good work :0)
1. Stephanie
2. 5/16-5/21/2010
3. 2 adults 4 children
4. Port Orleans Riverside
5. Thinking of getting meal plan for character dining
6. Park Hopper yes
7. hoping to save $1500
8. no flying
9. first trip for 2 kids
1. Denise F
2. 5/27 – 6/2
3. 3 adults 1 child
4. Port Orleans Riverside
5. Meal plan includes 1 counter, 1 table & 1 snack each day
6. park hopper + water parks
7. Total was $3,200. We paid cash from our tax return.
8. not flying
9. not my first trip but it is my son’s
shoot, Port Orleans French Quarter, not Riverside. That’s where I stayed last time!
1. cmomtwice
2. 9/25 – 10/2 (celebrating our 10th anniversary)
3. 2 adults 2 children
4. Port Orleans Riverside
5. Meal Plan only if it is free
6. park hopper yes
7. Realistically, I would like to save $1000 additional from what I’ve already saved.
8. driving
9. Our 9th trip. Our kids 5th trip.
1. Your name (or an alias is fine)- Becky
2. The dates of your trip- May 26th – May 30th
3. How many adults and children are going- 2 adults and 2 children
4. Where you are staying – pop century
5. If you are getting the meal plan – yes
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers – no
7. How much you hope to save – $1800
8. If you are flying – no
9. If this is your first trip or not – 1st trip
We did not plan to go to Disney but when we started looking at vacation ideas this year we just got a Chase Visa Disney card and they have 0% interest plus our family of 4 can go for 4 nights and 5 days with the full dining plan for $1400.00!!! we just couldn’t pass it up! Thank you so much for all of your advise I am going to try to read all of your past Disney Training since this was a very last minute decision my 2 girls are SO excited!!
1. Your name (or an alias is fine) – Tracy K
2. The dates of your trip – January or February 2012!
3. How many adults and children are going – 6 to 7 adults
4. Where you are staying – Not sure
5. If you are getting the meal plan – Probably
6. If you are getting Park Hoppers – Probably
7. How much you hope to save – As much as possible!
8. If you are flying – No
9. If this is your first trip or not – Not mine but my husbands. We are going with my family, which we went 20 years ago!