Finally caught up! So exciting to read everyone's plans and strategies here. We are currently booked at CBR for 12/12-26. I was able to find a Standard room right before the GC compensation ended based on information from Tom at Disney Tourist Blog (who we briefly met at MK last September
). I booked without telling DH.
Of course he knows now and ocassionally asks me if FD has dropped. I also booked for the same dates at CSR, which is where I originally wanted to stay before I heard about the GC at CBR. My DD and I wanted to stay at POR again (we really loved the create your own pasta at the FC
), but my DH and DS thought is was too swampy (we had to stay at Alligator Bayou because we had 5) and not Disney enough. If POR would be included in the FD for our dates (I doubt it though) and would be pretty comparable in $$, I think I'd switch. We'll see. We had FD at POR last year, and we really, really liked it. If we are not able to get it this year, we might decide to stay off site, but I was telling DH I feel a lot less guilty for splurging on food using the DDP. He said if we stay off site, he'd still take us everywhere we want to eat and pay OOP. He's a keeper!!
Last year was also our first time using Disney Buses, and I loved that DH got to relax after a long day at the parks (we had to stand on some nights-we really didn't mind; other nights we had our own bus and we felt like rock stars
), so here's to hoping we all get our wishes granted
when FD finally does get released. I just want to have my trip all set and I want to know the park hours and I want to make my ADRs and...
I'm on here for the long haul.