Where would we ever be without the internet?
Our parents managed to plan magnificent vacations for us
when we were kids. However there were fewer choices then, if you were staying
at Disney your options were few so most people stayed off property. If you
checked in and you didn’t like your room you went to a different hotel. We’re
staying on property and paying for it before we leave. If I want to change
hotels I have to worry about the hassle of a refund being processed. Same goes
for my ADR’s for Cinderella’s Royal Table and the Hoop-Dee-Doo Review; we’re
paying 180 days in advance for dinner so I hope I planned everything to get us
there in time. I know it sounds cliché but, things were easier back in our parents’
day.
The idea to go late fall came from a friend of mine who had
taken her family to Disney the week before Christmas. She raved about how nice
the decorations were and how low the crowd levels. She told me that on the day
they checked out there were long lines of people trying to check in, she was
happy to be driving away from the madness. In my head the low crowds could have
been a fluke, I needed proof that it was like that every year so I did what every modern mom would do - I hit the
internet.
First stop: MouseSavers.com
If you haven’t checked out that site yet, it is a must do!
Tons of information and links, well organized, written by real people who have
been there and done that. I think I spent an entire Sunday afternoon at one
point early in their contest links area trying to win a Disney Vacation (I
haven’t, yet!). If you want to avoid
information overload and only want to check out one information site I would
send you there.
Second stop: All the other sites
If you do an internet search for ‘Disney Tips’ you will see
tons of sites with some good, some not so good. I have looked at as many of
them as is humanly possible and will mention the good ones in other posts. The
important thing to remember is that the information is based on that individual’s
preference. One person will consider the long walks at Port Orleans Riverside as
relaxing, the other as a reason to never stay there again. I try to pay
attention to the facts their opinion is based on and try to put my family in
that situation before making up my mind. I’m hoping it works!
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