I have only ......... days/months till I go again.

[jlpeaches255]

51 days until my wedding trip!!

Stressesd?? Who me?? Not at all hahahaha OK I am very stressed!

Are you getting married at Disney too? So excited for you ~ both because of your upcoming trip and your wedding ~ congratulations

Yes we are! A small ceremony at the Sea Breeze Point at the Boardwalk resort. I am not a big fan of weddings and all that goes in to them so I wanted something small and intimate that I could enjoy without the stress of regular wedding things like seating charts. Now instead I am trying to book fast passes for 16 people and I am realizing that a small wedding at Disney is at least as complicated as a large wedding anywhere else!

[Amy]

How fun! Well, the wedding at Disney part, not the FP for 16 people part ~ that sounds very stressful

[acp]

Round number day!

200 days to go until the HK/JP trip.

Still a long time yet... Why isn't it September yet?

[Zillerzap]

Very excited to be down to 37 days until our first trip to the Flower and Garden festival, especially since it's our first trip without the kids since they were born. Going to be fun to see how the festival compares to Food & Wine. Also running in the Dark Side Challenge on our anniversary. Can't think of a better place to spend it

[cy1229]

Very excited to be down to 37 days until our first trip to the Flower and Garden festival, especially since it's our first trip without the kids since they were born. Going to be fun to see how the festival compares to Food & Wine. Also running in the Dark Side Challenge on our anniversary. Can't think of a better place to spend it

OMG Disney without kids is SO FUN. Hubby and I did that in July and we were like two little kids. Enjoy yourself!

[Belle1082]

Just booked a last minute trip! Going to Disney World 30 days from today!!! Can't Wait!

It is me, my husband, my son (20 months) and my parents. We got a two bedroom villa at Old Key West. So Excited!!!

[cy1229]

Just booked a last minute trip! Going to Disney World 30 days from today!!! Can't Wait!

It is me, my husband, my son (20 months) and my parents. We got a two bedroom villa at Old Key West. So Excited!!!

That sounds absolutely wonderful! I hope you have a great time!

[Belle1082]

Just booked a last minute trip! Going to Disney World 30 days from today!!! Can't Wait!

It is me, my husband, my son (20 months) and my parents. We got a two bedroom villa at Old Key West. So Excited!!!

That sounds absolutely wonderful! I hope you have a great time!

Thanks! I'm so excited. Hoping it won't be as busy and as hot and humid as it was last October when we were there. Plus, my son will be 6 months older and I think he will be even more into the characters and rides and music. We even bought him and I matching Subsonic T-Shirts!!!

[Amy]

Just booked a last minute trip! Going to Disney World 30 days from today!!! Can't Wait!

It is me, my husband, my son (20 months) and my parents. We got a two bedroom villa at Old Key West. So Excited!!!

That sounds absolutely wonderful! I hope you have a great time!

Thanks! I'm so excited. Hoping it won't be as busy and as hot and humid as it was last October when we were there. Plus, my son will be 6 months older and I think he will be even more into the characters and rides and music. We even bought him and I matching Subsonic T-Shirts!!!

You certainly never know what you're going to get with Florida weather! I think you will have a blast with your son this time around ~ such a big change from when they are 14 months to 20 months. Love the idea of matching Subsonic shirts ~ very cute!

[acp]

Another round number day...

150 days to go until Hong Kong (and by extension of that, 155 until Japan).

Finally sorted the Japan hotel out last night. Just need to sort out the Hong Kong accommodation now...

[Amy]

Another round number day...

150 days to go until Hong Kong (and by extension of that, 155 until Japan).

Finally sorted the Japan hotel out last night. Just need to sort out the Hong Kong accommodation now...

Are you able to do that all online? Or do you have to call the parks?

[acp]

Another round number day...

150 days to go until Hong Kong (and by extension of that, 155 until Japan).

Finally sorted the Japan hotel out last night. Just need to sort out the Hong Kong accommodation now...

Are you able to do that all online? Or do you have to call the parks?

I do it all online. Normally, I use Expedia for booking hotels since the rates on there are reasonable and (more importantly) it's all in English and billed in Pounds Sterling. For Disney hotels at TDR and HKDL, you can still book online (and in English) via the official sites, but you'll be billed in HK Dollars or Japanese Yen respectively.

I'm not staying at a hotel at TDR - it's way too expensive to do that. I'm staying in Tokyo itself. Last two times I went I stayed in Shinjuku (Tripadvisor link for the hotel I stayed at during my last two trips to Japan). This year, I'm staying in Oshiage next to the Skytree (Tripadvisor link for the hotel I'll be staying at this time). This hotel was much nicer priced this time (Normally, Richmond hotels are out of my price range, but this one only opened in December and has special grand opening pricing still in effect so was actually cheaper than most of the others I looked at).

Staying offsite means it takes a while to get to the parks (this year it'll be about 30 minutes on train, which is actually quicker than the hour it took when I stayed in Shinjuku), but the hotels are much more reasonably priced outside the resort.

It's also worth bearing in mind that if you're travelling to Japan, you're probably not spending your entire trip at TDR, so staying at TDR probably isn't the smartest idea anyway since TDR isn't in central Tokyo and so you'll then have to travel back to Tokyo to visit anything else. It doesn't take /too/ long (TDR is about 20 minutes from Tokyo station, plus the long walk at Tokyo station to get to the other lines), but it's probably still more worthwhile to stay in Tokyo and travel out to TDR as needed.

For Hong Kong, I'm still deciding if I want to spend the extra £200ish (about $300ish in your weird American money) to stay in a Disney hotel for the days I'm visiting the park (and staying in Hong Kong itself for the other couple of nights). Doing so would make it easier to get to the park in the morning and leave me closer to the airport for the morning I fly to Tokyo, but I'm trying to decide if it's worth the extra cost to do so.

[Amy]

I believe I stayed at the Disney Ambassador Hotel when I went to TDL/TDS. I'll have to look back through my travel things to be sure, but I think that was the one. The other 3 or 4 days I spent in Tokyo, my friend from college arranged the hotel as she works for Park Hyatt there. Sadly the memories of all the details are pretty fuzzy, even if it was almost 13 years ago now. I was just super happy the time I spent in Japanese classes at college finally paid off...even if it was only for a week!
How many days will you be at Hong Kong Disney? If it is only a night or two, it might be worth the extra money, although if you save that money by not spending on the hotel, you can spend it on interesting foods and cool souvenirs instead.
Our money isn't all the weird, although it is nowhere near as colorful as yours
So looking forward to all your photos ~ especially of HKDL!

[acp]

How many days will you be at Hong Kong Disney? If it is only a night or two, it might be worth the extra money, although if you save that money by not spending on the hotel, you can spend it on interesting foods and cool souvenirs instead.

Two. I've got three and a half days in Hong Kong in total, so the plan is Saturday afternoon (after arriving) and Sunday will be spent in Hong Kong itself, then Monday and Tuesday at HKDL. Wednesday morning I fly to Tokyo.

I'm currently looking at the first two days in Tokyo being TDL and TDS and doing another two days at TDR towards the end of the trip (avoiding weekends). The majority of the Japan part of the trip will be non-Disney stuff.

Our money isn't all the weird, although it is nowhere near as colorful as yours

American money is terrible

You could at least make your different denominations different sizes so you can easily tell them apart in your wallet or easily spot that rogue $10 in your pile of $1 notes

[theBIGyowski]

Very small chance we may be able to get down to the World this December. It would be our kids' first trip there (DS is 4 and DD will be 2) so the timing would be perfect. We just need to figure out the cost and where the money will come from...just like every other WDW trip (right?). Lots of moving parts...but hopefully we can make this happen. If it does...I'll create an official "days/months till I go again" post.