Dates: November 27th December 3rd
Resort: Club Wyndham Kingstown Reef
Participants: Myself, DW, DD1, DD2
Background:
DD1 graduated from HS in June of 2020. Since she was not going to have a party, and she was going to be going to college 800 miles away, we decided to do a family trip. Our original plan was to go to California during Spring break of April 2020. Then a month before the pandemic hit and we had to cancel our plans. We started throwing around ideas about when we could go and decided to go March 2021, during dd1s spring break from college. After keeping up with updates on California and the lack of parks opening, along with colleges doing away with traditional spring breaks, we looked into the possibility of going to Walt Disney World after Thanksgiving.
The first step was to see if we could exchange the tickets that we had already purchased for the California parks to new tickets for Florida. The company that I had worked with was great and I was able to get them changed. Next up was to find where to stay. We normally stay at Wyndham Bonnet Creek, but they were booked for when we wanted to go. I found Kingstown Reef and booked a 2 bedroom. When we had canceled our airfare for CA, we received a credit, which we used for our flight and did not have to pay any extra.
With everything booked, I made a reservation for the day that we arrive to have dinner at Raglan road. Next was waiting for our trip dates to come. About a month before our trip, DD2 came home from dance class excited that they were talking about doing some from of the Nutcracker, which is a big thing at the studio. With this news, we were not sure if we would have to cancel and reschedule again. I contacted the studio and they said that at this time DD2 would not need to quarantine, unless she had symptoms, when we get back and would be able to participate.
The only other restaurant that I wanted to try to get an ADR was Ogas Cantina and was not having any luck finding an open time. Then one morning, I received a text that an opening had been found. I made sure to quickly get it. Latter in the day, I was reading that there was an IT glitch and was expecting to get an email that the ADR had been canceled. Several days latter I received the email and then another with a $25 gift card for the inconvenience. A little while later, I received a text for an opening and quickly booked it.
Plans:
11/27 Fly from Milwaukee to Orlando/shop for groceries/Disney Springs
11/28 Universal Studios
11/29 Relaxation day
11/30 EPCOT
12/1 Hollywood Studios
12/2 Magic Kingdom
12/3 Fly from Orlando to Milwaukee
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Scott Family trip 11/27-12/3
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