WDW Trip Reports

February, 1999
The Pre-Valentine's Day Romantic Weekend Adventure

Dates of trip: February 5-7
Travel Method: Plane, Shuttle Service
Resort: Yacht Club

Note: this report contains only planning details, since we haven't left yet!

Background:

On a particularly quiet day at work, I was mentally doing some trip planning for our upcoming October WDW vacation. Thinking that 10 months was entirely too long to wait, I emailed my husband and simply said, "Take me to the Grand Floridian for Valentine’s Day, please?"

His reply was, "Uh, no!"

Oh, well. With nothing better to do, I decided to play around with airfare and check rates with CRO, thinking if I found a really super bargain, I could convince Joe to take the trip. I called CRO, checking rates for February 12-14. Not much was available, and I ended up booking a standard room at Dixie Landings for $149/night.

"I’m gonna have to do better than that if I want to get a Disney fix," I thought, so I got out my calendar and called CRO again. This time I started out asking for AP rates for either Feb 5-7 or Feb. 26-28. The CRO agent said "AP rates? Huh?" So, I said I’d have to call back later, and then hung up and punched "redial", hoping to get someone who knew at least as much as I did!

Success, at last. I reached a knowledgeable CM and, after reviewing options for the end of February, we ruled it out. Then she started checking for Feb 5-7, starting with the deluxe resorts. As she checked availability, I heard short bursts of keystrokes followed by a "nope". This continued as I held my breath. Then she said, "Okay, here we go. I have a room with an AP rate at the Yacht Club for two nights for a total with tax of $375.18." Photo of the Yacht Club

WHOO HOO!!!!

That’s a rate of $169 a night (before tax)! Yes! I think she got a kick out of how excited I was, cause she was laughing along with me (wish I could remember her name). I booked the room, had her cancel the Dixie Landings reservation I’d just made, and hung up.

Now for the airfare. I www’d my way to Travelocity and found a rate of $208 on Delta, arriving at 11 am on the 5th and departing at 6 pm on the 7th. That would give us a nice little weekend!

Then, the biggest surprise of all – Joe went along with it! DOUBLE WHOO HOO!! Suddenly my trip countdown dropped from 275 days to just 26 days!

I’ve made a reservation with Tiffany Towncar for transportation so we don’t have to bother with a rental car. I’ve used them once and found their service to be fabulous!

We hope to be checked in and have our resort id’s by noon or 12:30 at the latest. (I have a Park Hopper with 2 days on it, which I’ll cash in for credit on my AP, which I guess we’ll have to do before we actually check in.)

Must-do list for the weekend:

We aren’t going to bother with any water parks or with Pleasure Island or the Marketplace. Instead we’re just going to concentrate on experiencing our absolute favorite attractions, enjoying a few new (for us) restaurants, and relaxing in the beautiful Yacht Club setting!

Ain’t spontaneity grand?

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