Whichever it is I just know that the chance to visit my favourite place (apart from home, of course) is getting closer. And most days my thoughts turn to one element or another of our vacation.
The vacation is now paid for (took us 13 months to do it, but it's all done now!). We have two weeks staying at the Coronado Springs Resort with the Quick Service Dining Plan 'thrown in for free' with our package deal. So now my thoughts turn to the details before our vacation can begin.
Being based in the UK we have to sort ESTA's (Electronic System for Travel Authorisation) for the whole family, a minor expense at $14 each and at least they will last us 2 years.
Another minor expense is hotel accommodation the night before we fly. We live about a 3 - 4 hour drive away from our departure airport and as check-in for our flight is around 8.00am it is a lot easier to travel down the day before and stay overnight in a cheap hotel close to the airport. So I have been doing a bit of internet searching and have managed to find a really cheap deal for the night :). Another, not so minor expense, is what to do with the car whilst we are away on vacation...thankfully there are lots of different options at different prices. I think I have settled on an option that will mean the car is ready and waiting for us at the airport when we return from our two weeks away - I hate having to think about the end of a vacation before it's even started!!
It will be our first time staying at Coronado Springs Resort so that in itself is something to look forward to. I have been checking out all the information I can about the resort, liking Facebook pages and following Twitter accounts. I really like to go in knowing what to expect so I can start to plan in my head what we will be doing whilst there! The Rix Lounge looks very inviting for a bit of adult time, thankfully our kids are old enough to look after themselves now which means me and Simon will be able to sneak a couple of hours drinking cocktails!
The grounds look amazing and we are already discussing taking runs around the lake. I think the main pool area is going to be a big draw for our two kids and will be fantastic when we have a chill out day away from the parks....oh ok half a day away from the parks!
I still haven't made any ADR's, and at the moment there is really only one restaurant that we can all agree on, which is Teppan Edo in the Japan pavillion at Epcot. I think we enjoy the freedom of roaming the parks with no real ties too much and are finding it really hard to commit ourselves to ADR's...and as far as we are concerned the 'quick service' options are so varied that we are quite happy eating on the go. Plus any ADR's we do make will have to be extra to our Quick Service Dining Plan and out of our 'expenses' budget!
We do however, have one date set whilst on vacation and that is to meet up with good friend Michelle from The Minnie Minxes podcast who is organising a little get together in Epcot one day to travel our way around the world....hopefully including food and drink!!
So vacation planning is taking shape slowly but surely and I shall fill you in with more details the closer we get :)
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