dsnydaddy
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 12, 2010
Excel is just easy to use for trip organization, because it helps put things in easy-to-adjust columns. My spreadsheets are quite detailed. One sheet in the document is devoted to budget, including a running balance of what's already been paid and when. Another sheet as park opening/closing times and parade/fireworks/special event times for each park for the length of our stay. That sheet is color-coded according to TouringPlans.com park recommendations. The third sheet is the "money" sheet. It has the full schedule laid out for each day - which park we're going to and the complete touring plan, including wake-up time, time to leave for the park, any dining plans, planned break time, etc. It's important to point out that I plan in detail like that precisely because I know we'll never follow the plan exactly. But the process of putting it together puts me in the best position to adapt as circumstances require.
I need to try out touringplans.com sounds kinda cool.
I'll need to play around with this tonight. I like the ideas.
Once we get dates figured out, my focus goes squarely to Advance Dining Reservations.
Me too. ADR's and park hours determine my choice of days and parks.
DSNYdaddy,
Oh boy, not really sure where to start. I came everything into the sheet. Since we are traveling with a camper, I have a few more items.
The following are colums going from left to right.
Nghts - this shows the number of nights on vacation
Location - Where we will be spending the night - Nght 1 - Forysth GA -
Date - I ALWAYS use the full date feature - Saturday May 21 2011 - easy format change in excel
Sunrise/Set - by location of night. Keep in mind daylight savings changes and time zone changes
RV Site cost - daily cost cost including tax...
Food - This is budget about $40, but also include any extra nice meal like charater meals, or dates with wife Cali Grill..
How I would LOVE to take my 5th wheel to WDW! I dream about it. But since I am west coast, it would take me days to reach WDW AND cost me about the same as airfare. It just doesn't seem very time/cost effective. It'd be quite an adventure though.