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What about Orlando for Christmas? — Orlando, FL

2014-12-29

What about Orlando for Christmas? - Orlando, FL

Orlando, FL

We have a bit of a problem. Will just accepted a new job (Professor of Nursing at St Clair College YAY!) and this means it is possible our plans for Cancun in mid-December could be a bust. Since we don't know, I'm making back up plans. He gets Christmas week off so I started tossing around the idea of travelling somewhere for Christmas (with kids). I'm considering a few scenarios - New York, San Antonio, Austin, or what about....Orlando? Haha - all roads seem to lead back to Orlando no matter how many alternative locations I look into. Flights are reasonable and there's plenty to keep us happily occupied for a week. eS sssIf we go to Orlando, this is what I am thinking: 6 nights from Dec 24 (5:50pm flight after work) to Tues, Dec 30 (7:45am flight) = 9051 points/$161 each way 27153 points Elaine + 18102 points William + $161 OR 6 nights from Dec 24 (3:50pm flight after work) to Tues, Dec 30 (9am flight) = 10289 points/$181 each way $361.91 ticket + $181 ticket = 542.91 + 20578 points Elaine (pd for Matthew) + 10289 points William (pd for Ashley) What actually happened: Sept 13: bought 3 tickets. Elaine pd 20,578 for Elaine (M79UWT) & Matthew (MBAUIB) and William pd 10,289 for Ashley (MJBUWG) for Dec 24 (3:50pm flight). CANCELLED Sept 23: Elaine pd 10,289 for Elaine for Dec 30 (9am flight) - cancelled, Will iam pd 10,289 for Ashley for Dec 30 (9am flight) - cancelled CANCELLED Oct 14: Elaine pd 10,289 for Elaine for Dec 30 (1pm flight) - cancelled, William pd 10,289 for Ashley for Dec 30 (1pm flight) - cancelled. Matt Dec 30, 3:15 (on Elaine's account) F8W8X6 (cancelled) Nov 10: Elaine pd 10,419 for Elaine for Dec 30 (7:05pm) - (FOZ9JF). William pd 10,419 for Matthew for Dec 30, 7:05pm (FBR9JQ) and 10.419 for Ashley (FTR9JQ) - (all changed) Nov 11: Booked Companion Passes for William. Dec 24 (FL72WE) Dec 30 (FQ82IS) - changed Nov 21: Booked return flights from Tampa. Elaine pd 10,744 x 2 for Elaine (FHCRS3) and Matthew (F5CRSO) for Dec 30 (7:20pm flight). William pd 10,744 for Ashley (FQXRTU) - all cancelled Nov 10: Elaine pd 10,744 for Elaine for Dec 30 (7:05pm) - (FOZ9JF). William pd 10,744 for Matthew for Dec 30, 7:05pm (FBR9JQ) and 10.744 for Ashley (FTR9JQ), Companion Pass for William (FQ82IS) Dad's ticket confirmation: ELAA13716741</u&g t; Dec 24 - Travel, check into Hyatt Grand Cypress (Confirmation #: 51913606 - Juns, CHON MING SIA - 52355648) Dec 25 - Hyatt Grand Cypress Dec 26 - Hyatt Grand Cypress, check in Dolphin Dec 27 - check in Swan, MK Dec 28 - Epcot/DHS Dec 29 - Enjoy Dolphin, resort tour, drive to Clearwater Dec 30 - Clearwater Aquarium, fly home 7:20pM Dec 24 6pm Atlanta 8pm land 9:30pm check in at Hyatt Grand Cypress, some food from Club lounge? Dec 25 breakfast Club Lounge lunch Miller's Ale House OR Cascades buffet? OR eat at Palm Cafe OR order delivery OR at premium outlets Candy Cane Count-Towel Hut 8am-5pm Popsicle Eating Contest 11:15am “Snow” Angels 12:15pm Egg Nog Relay 1:15pm Holiday Sticker Scenes 2:15pm Dusk:Family Fireside Time 7pm Hemingway OR Ohana Dec 26 breakfast in club lounge lunch Chinese buffet OR delivery OR snacks Gold Coin Dive 11:15am Fish Feeding 12:15pm Corn hole Toss 1:15pm Family Scavenger Hunt 2:15pm Polar Bear Plunge 3:15 2pm check in Dolphin 6:15pm dinner Hoop Dee Doo (443511830131) *TRY FOR CAT 1 HDDR** 8:30pm tour campsites sleep early!! Dec 27: 6am bus to MK 7am SDMT 7:30 Peter 7:45 Pooh 8:00 Mermaid 8:30 Space 9:00 Belle & Speedway 9:30 Buzz x 2 9:45 Jungle Cruise 9;45 head to Animal Kingdom 10:30 Everest & Nemo 11:00 Nemo 12:00 Festival of the Lion King 11:30 - 11:50 PM 12:30 Kilimanjaro Safaris®12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 1:00 Afternoon Break 4:00 Travel to GF 5:00 Ohana 7:30pm Frozen Holiday Wish 7pm MK - Wait for parades (by 8pm at latest). BTMR & Pirates & Splash? 7:45 Celebrate the Season show 7:45, 10:05 and 11:20 p.m. 8:45 Celebrate the Magic **STILL SEARCHING FOR WISHES DESSERT PARTY OR WISHES FP** 9pm Wishes 9:30pm Jingle Cruise, Splash, BTMR, Philharmagic 10:30 Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, Carousel of Progress, Tomorrowland Transit Authority aka People Mover (during the fireworks!), and Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor with virtually no wait. Our second stop was the NEW! Fantasyland to ride Dumbo and Journey of the Little Mermaid. Next, we did Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan’s Flight, It’s A Small World and Mickey’s PhilharMagic. There was a short wait at The Haunted Mansion. Finally, we were able to walk right onto Pirate’s of the Caribbean and Jungle Cruise. 11:15pm 2nd showing of Celebrate the Magic 12am MSEP Dec 28 7:30 Epcot 7:30 Soarin 8am Test Track 8:30 Mission Space 9:00 Spaceship Earth 9:30 Innoventions 10:30 Club Cool 11:00 Captain EO 12:00 world Showcase 12:40 Cdn Holiday Voyageurs 12:40, 1:40, 2:40, 3:40, 4:40, 6:00pm 1:00 wait for wristbands 1:30 tour 4:00 wait for seats 5:00 CP 1:30 CP lunch at Biergarten 3:00 Voices of Liberty/American Adventure 4pm go get good seats 5pm CP (Steven Curtis Chapman) - must get there at 4:45pm at latest. 6pm DHS for Osborne Lights (lights turn in at 6) 6:30 TSM FP+ (5:40 - 6:40) Frozen Singalong FP+(6:40 - 7:35) Star Tours & ToT FP+ (Star Tours 7:35 - 8:35, ToT 7:40 - 8:40) 8:00 Osborne Lights 9:05 Hollywood Brown Derby (443211428472) 9:30 get seats for 10pm Fantasmic 10:30 Osborne Lights (until 11:00) 11:30 zzzzzzz Dec 29 Sleep in zzzzzzzz 10am Breakfast at Garden Grove at Swan 11am check out & swim, swan boats, relax, mini golf? 5pm dinner at Shula's 7pm Epcot area resort tour 7pm Get rental car and drive to Premium outlets at Vineland 8pm Drive to Celebration, carriage ride 9pm Drive to Clearwater 10:30pm Check in, sleep Dec 30 10am Clearwater Aquarium 2pm Beach 6pm Airport for 7:20pm flight 7:20pm Fly home extra costs to keep rental car $60 parking + approx $100 to rent = $160 + gas use taxis: rental car 1 day taxi to Choice: $25 taxi to Grand Cypress: $30 taxi from Grand Cypress to airport: $60 use uber - $65 uberX from MCO to Hyatt - $44 uberX from Hyatt to Dolphin - $21 Standby 1:35 - 6:45pm