Disney Dreaming

The plans are being made, just in the early stages mind you, for our next great Disney adventure. We have discussed what all we'd like to do, how long we want to stay, and have figured out how much it will cost. Our next step is to determine if our BIG trip is worth waiting for (it will take a year for us to save up, assuming finances stay as they are now) or if we would rather cut down and go in early December. Now that IS a dilemma!

In case you're interested, the next time we go we'd like to:

• Stay for 2 weeks
• Buy a 4-day 2-park Universal Studios pass, the Harry Potter area will be open! :o)
• Go to Sea World
• Spend a day at Discovery Cove
• Go to the beach, I'm voting for Cocoa and Ron Jon's
• Stay at a moderate Disney resort (not including the days we'll spend at other parks)
• Disney Dining Plan (for the win!)
• Park Hopper with Water Parks and more option
• Flying is a given
• Rental car (no taxis or depending on park transportation, we're too impatient!)
• Board our dogs
• Have plenty of souvenir money :o)

Unfortunately, those things cost money, and we'll need time to save. We could always cut down the length of our stay and cut out Sea World altogether as well as cut our Universal pass to only 2 days... Or, since Allegiant now flys to MCO, we could just do Disney again and use the Magical Express and Disney transportation. Unfortunately, that will cut down on our time to be actually on park, so that is something to seriously consider. As well, we could leave the dogs with my parents, but they are so stressed right now I don't know if they're up to watching 4 dogs (they already have 2).

Anyway, the plan is this... starting March 1 we are going to STICK to our budget and save save save. We have several bills we still need to pay off from the time without work, so those are top priority. And my husband really needs a new computer so we won't be putting that off for a vacation. I guess only time will tell which option we go for. I bet a lot of it ends up banking on our stress levels. It's been nearly 18 months since our last vacation and we desperately need one! The good news is, we have a general time frame - no more than 1 year from now - until we can go again!