kizzabel
Eating poisonous apples since '86
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2009
Hi, hello and welcome to our very special and very secret Christmas PTR! :wave
There is loads to tell so Ill start at the beginning!
How this trip came about:
So lets go back in time to last November! I found an awesome offer for January 2015 at the Newport and just couldnt let it pass me by. Myself and the two kids (Jemma, will be 9 when we go and James, will be 5) were booked (although they didnt know it!) and I was so happy with the thoughts of a cosily wrapped up, hot chocolate filled, crowd free trip to the best place in the world! And very excited to be seeing the newly refurbished hotel, although I was a little worried about it being still mid-build but hey it was a bargain!
But then as November and December passed us by I was browsing the DIS and the DLP blogs I read and was overcome by how very well turned out DLP was looking for Christmas and was reading about the amazing time everyone was having and I got very nostalgic about our November 2011 surprise trip.
It started innocently with a bit of pricing up and shuffling about and I sat DH (Shane) down and had the chat! You see Shane is one of these crazy people who dont really get the whole Disney thing! I know, hes nuts! It actually didnt take much convincing and he agreed to come with us! And no need to do anything with the booking except change the dates from January to November as I have my trusty AP so no need to add another adult. Result! And I knew this would really make the trip special because the kids both miss their Daddy way too much when we are away.
Well I was now ecstatic! All my favourite people, going on holidays during my favourite season to my favourite place! What more could I ask for!
Weeeeeeeeeeell it turns out lots! Myself, my Mam and the 2 kids were lucky enough to spend 4 nights at the DLH in May and I just fell in love! The rooms, the very grand theme, the Nespresso machine, proximity to the parks, even the smell! I was sitting in the lobby of the hotel on May 22nd and just said I would have a little peek at the prices and send a tiny email . And the price wasnt very much extra. So I debated it all and found so many reasons why it would be madness not to upgrade! We have had a miserable year losing Shanes Dad, Shane has had operations on two collapsed discs in his back and has more slipping so walking at DLP can be quite an issue and boy does he love coffee so I knew the Nespresso machine would seal the deal!
I had a chat with my Mam when the kids were out of earshot and she said just go for it! She speaks sense! So I rang while still sitting in the lobby and upgraded our hotel!
But no happy dancing as Im keeping this one to myself until we arrive! The kids are completely in the dark and Shane is in the dark on our fabulous hotel upgrade. And me, Im bursting to tell someone and no one better then you lovely lot!
Well that was long winded lol! Hope Im not waffling too much and you are all still with me! Lets get onto the nitty gritty of it all!!
There is loads to tell so Ill start at the beginning!
How this trip came about:
So lets go back in time to last November! I found an awesome offer for January 2015 at the Newport and just couldnt let it pass me by. Myself and the two kids (Jemma, will be 9 when we go and James, will be 5) were booked (although they didnt know it!) and I was so happy with the thoughts of a cosily wrapped up, hot chocolate filled, crowd free trip to the best place in the world! And very excited to be seeing the newly refurbished hotel, although I was a little worried about it being still mid-build but hey it was a bargain!
But then as November and December passed us by I was browsing the DIS and the DLP blogs I read and was overcome by how very well turned out DLP was looking for Christmas and was reading about the amazing time everyone was having and I got very nostalgic about our November 2011 surprise trip.
It started innocently with a bit of pricing up and shuffling about and I sat DH (Shane) down and had the chat! You see Shane is one of these crazy people who dont really get the whole Disney thing! I know, hes nuts! It actually didnt take much convincing and he agreed to come with us! And no need to do anything with the booking except change the dates from January to November as I have my trusty AP so no need to add another adult. Result! And I knew this would really make the trip special because the kids both miss their Daddy way too much when we are away.
Well I was now ecstatic! All my favourite people, going on holidays during my favourite season to my favourite place! What more could I ask for!
Weeeeeeeeeeell it turns out lots! Myself, my Mam and the 2 kids were lucky enough to spend 4 nights at the DLH in May and I just fell in love! The rooms, the very grand theme, the Nespresso machine, proximity to the parks, even the smell! I was sitting in the lobby of the hotel on May 22nd and just said I would have a little peek at the prices and send a tiny email . And the price wasnt very much extra. So I debated it all and found so many reasons why it would be madness not to upgrade! We have had a miserable year losing Shanes Dad, Shane has had operations on two collapsed discs in his back and has more slipping so walking at DLP can be quite an issue and boy does he love coffee so I knew the Nespresso machine would seal the deal!
I had a chat with my Mam when the kids were out of earshot and she said just go for it! She speaks sense! So I rang while still sitting in the lobby and upgraded our hotel!
But no happy dancing as Im keeping this one to myself until we arrive! The kids are completely in the dark and Shane is in the dark on our fabulous hotel upgrade. And me, Im bursting to tell someone and no one better then you lovely lot!
Well that was long winded lol! Hope Im not waffling too much and you are all still with me! Lets get onto the nitty gritty of it all!!