So what did this all cost? Take a guess. Remember that I am pretty good at finding deals. We also have a timeshare so the 8 days we spent at Disney's Boardwalk Villas only cost us our exchange fee. I also had $370.28 on our Disney rewards Visa card to use towards this trip. We have been saving our reward dollars since 11/07. We used $230.28 towards the 10 day passes and the other $140 towards the All Star Sport Resort stay.
The total below includes everything for all 12 days from the time we got to the airport to go to Florida until we arrived back at the airport from Florida. Yes, it includes all the Starbucks on the way home.
The grand total out of pocket for everything was:
$2,980.06.
Here is the break down:
Food & Drinks: $408.76
Grocery delivery: $101.71
Resort fee: $95.00
Airfare: 1,255.50
Disney 10 day passes: $445.72 (was $676 before Disney rewards)
Disney All Star Sport Resort: $284.79 (was $424.79 before Disney rewards)
Timeshare exchange fee & Insurance: $203.00
Souvenirs: $145.88
Tips & misc: $40.00
Not bad I must say. We purchased our airline tickets last summer and paid our timeshare exchange & insurance fees last February. 1/2 of the cost was paid in advance so that was nice. The rest will be paid as soon as the credit card bill comes in a couple weeks.
We had an awesome time. I love to travel and spend time with my family. I would go to Florida again but I wouldn't go back to Disney World. I think once is enough. Disneyland is MUCH closer for us. We can be there in 5 hours by car. We will stay close to home when we need our Mickey fix. Besides we like Disneyland & California Adventure better!
Friday, January 23, 2009
The last day of our vacation, day twelve 1/11/09
Our plane left at 1:05pm. Perfect! We could sleep in a little bit, have breakfast and be on our way. The resort arranged for transportation to the airport. We checked our bags with the resort so we didn't have to do it at the airport. They printed our boarding passes the day before so we didn't even have to wait in line for those. It was a sad ride to the airport. Monday morning back to reality.....Yeah!!!
The airport in Orlando is huge. It has a mall in it, a hotel and restaurants galore. The best thing in the whole entire airport was STARBUCKS!!!!! Oh yes! coffee. Good coffee. I had not had a good cup of coffee since I left Surprise. Tully's is my favorite but Starbucks was just fine. We all got a big, huge, gigantic cup of coffee. We boarded our plane and were off as scheduled. We had a layover in Atlanta and as we got off the plane there it was STARBUCKS!!!! We all had another big, huge, gigantic cup of coffee. Yes we did!!
As we boarded the plane from Atlanta to phoenix we were amped and ready to get home and get settled in. We were exhausted and Tyler was dying to see his dog. My sister took care of Daisy Mama for us. She picked her up and took her home the night before we left. They fell in love with her and told us when we called to check on her that we were not getting her back. Well we did! I have a yard full of dog poop to prove it.
About 45 minutes into the second flight I was ready to duck tape Tyler's mouth shut. He would not shut up. My nerves were shot. As I thought About it I realized that we forgot to order Tyler's 2nd coffee decaf. OMG we were in for it. That kid loves coffee but we ALWAYS order decaf. He was so wired. We told the Airport in Orlando decaf and as the flight went on I wonder if they had used decaf. I swear it was like he was on drugs. He was a coffee crack head!
The plane ride was pretty turbulent for about an hour. The flight attendants couldn't even bring snacks and drinks because it was so bumpy we all had to buckle. That's OK, I don't thing Tyler needed anymore caffeine.
We arrived on time and Larry was there to get us. We got our luggage and we were off to the parking garage. When we got there Larry had forgot where he parked. Up and down the rows we went. Just what we wanted to do....more walking! We finally found it and headed home.
We got home and Todd and Tyler went to my sisters to get the dog and I stayed home and unpacked. We were all in bed by 10pm because after all we had to get back to work the next day so we could start earning more money for the next vacation!!!!
The airport in Orlando is huge. It has a mall in it, a hotel and restaurants galore. The best thing in the whole entire airport was STARBUCKS!!!!! Oh yes! coffee. Good coffee. I had not had a good cup of coffee since I left Surprise. Tully's is my favorite but Starbucks was just fine. We all got a big, huge, gigantic cup of coffee. We boarded our plane and were off as scheduled. We had a layover in Atlanta and as we got off the plane there it was STARBUCKS!!!! We all had another big, huge, gigantic cup of coffee. Yes we did!!
As we boarded the plane from Atlanta to phoenix we were amped and ready to get home and get settled in. We were exhausted and Tyler was dying to see his dog. My sister took care of Daisy Mama for us. She picked her up and took her home the night before we left. They fell in love with her and told us when we called to check on her that we were not getting her back. Well we did! I have a yard full of dog poop to prove it.
About 45 minutes into the second flight I was ready to duck tape Tyler's mouth shut. He would not shut up. My nerves were shot. As I thought About it I realized that we forgot to order Tyler's 2nd coffee decaf. OMG we were in for it. That kid loves coffee but we ALWAYS order decaf. He was so wired. We told the Airport in Orlando decaf and as the flight went on I wonder if they had used decaf. I swear it was like he was on drugs. He was a coffee crack head!
The plane ride was pretty turbulent for about an hour. The flight attendants couldn't even bring snacks and drinks because it was so bumpy we all had to buckle. That's OK, I don't thing Tyler needed anymore caffeine.
We arrived on time and Larry was there to get us. We got our luggage and we were off to the parking garage. When we got there Larry had forgot where he parked. Up and down the rows we went. Just what we wanted to do....more walking! We finally found it and headed home.
We got home and Todd and Tyler went to my sisters to get the dog and I stayed home and unpacked. We were all in bed by 10pm because after all we had to get back to work the next day so we could start earning more money for the next vacation!!!!
Our vacation, day eleven 1/10/09
Today was spent in the Magic Kingdom. We rode some of our favorites and caught a show. It was our last day of our 10 day pass. We spent 2 days in the Animal Kingdom, 2 days in Epcot, 3 days in Disney Hollywood Studios and 3 days in the Magic Kingdom. As I walked around that day the thought of vacation coming to an end made me sad. I know that people say they are always ready to go home at the end of vacation but I wasn't. I could of spend another week on that boardwalk. We headed back to the resort around 9pm. We had dinner outside again and enjoyed our last night. Because of the parks winter hours they closed early enough for us to enjoy dinner on the boardwalk several nights. It was a perfect way to end a day.
Our vacation, days nine & ten 1/8 & 1/9 2009
Day nine 1/8/09
What to do today? Sleep in that's what. After we slept in and spent some time by the pool we headed back to Hollywood studios. We did our favorite rides again and caught our favorite shows. It was a short day there but that was OK. We enjoyed sleeping in and hanging out by the pool. When the park closed we went to the boardwalk and had dinner at the ESPN club then sat on the boardwalk and looked at the water. The pictures below are from the Toy Story ride. It was so awesome. This ride has just opened up at Disney's California Adventure. YEAH!!
Day ten 1/9/09
Today we decided to go back to Epcot. This would be our second and last day in this park. My first impression of Epcot was not so good. We were not even going to go back. We decided that because we had so many days on our pass and it was a boat ride across the river that we would give it another try. I have to say I did like it better the second time. We did the rest of the things that we didn't get to do the first day. There were a few cool things. Most were more educational & interesting than fun. That's OK because we pulled Tyler out of school for a week. We left and went back to the boardwalk, ordered a pizza to eat on the water and had a pretty good time just hanging out as a family. 
Our vacation, day eight 1/7/09
On the eighth day we returned to our favorite park Animal Kingdom. Again we had an awesome day there. We rode the super cool roller coaster a few more times and we went on a few more safaris. We caught a show that we didn't get so see the first day we were there and we also saw the Lion King again. It was a pretty good show. Tyler was selected to help with one of the dance scenes. I know the photos below suck. There was a lot of smoke in the room and all of the flashes were making weird spots on my pictures.
It was a nice day. The weather was cooler and there was an overcast. A little rain as well. I have to say it was nice to have the cooler weather. The warm weather made it nice for swimming but it did make it a little sticky in the parks some days. We watched a super cute parade on this day. No one does a parade like Disney!!!
We also experienced a pretty cool African music performance. That group knew how to get a crown moving. I looked around and everyone was moving their body in some way.
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