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

[Amy]

Glad you made it safely! Not quite a park view, but a pretty impressive city skyline

[acp]

Glad you made it safely! Not quite a park view, but a pretty impressive city skyline

Might want to check again

Andy. Back at the hotel now. Tokyo Disneyland tomorrow.

[Enchantment]

.........I'm still counting in months because the days are sooo depressing! Seems like forever, but the built up anticipation is soothed with listening to SubSonic or watching my YouTube WDW playlists.

[Amy]

Glad you made it safely! Not quite a park view, but a pretty impressive city skyline

Might want to check again

Andy. Back at the hotel now. Tokyo Disneyland tomorrow.

I looked again but I'm not seeing anything overtly Disney ~ what am I missing? In any case ~ take a spin on Winnie the Pooh for me

[theBIGyowski]

I'm loving following acp on Twitter...thanks for posting so many pictures!

[acp]

Glad you made it safely! Not quite a park view, but a pretty impressive city skyline

Might want to check again

Andy. Back at the hotel now. Tokyo Disneyland tomorrow.

I looked again but I'm not seeing anything overtly Disney ~ what am I missing? In any case ~ take a spin on Winnie the Pooh for me

Really? Looking at the album on Facebook (my phone sends the same photos to both Facebook and Twitter), there's 177 photos from the last two days. Each had its own tweet, which is on my twitter (or is the caption of the image on Facebook), and there's been several tweets/status updates without photos, too.

Either go to https://twitter.com/acp and keep letting it load older tweets until you get to the ones from Tuesday, or you can see just the photos and captions on my CameraPlus page (which is the app I'm using, if anyone's interested): http://campl.us/user/acp (If you scroll far enoguh, you'll end up at my last WDW trip on that...)

They /are/ there

DisneySea again, but for a full day tomorrow.

[Amy]

I was just looking at the link you had posted here on Subsonic ~ your view from your hotel room...I'm off to twitter! And requesting to be your friend on Facebook I'm far more savvy with Facebook than Twitter

[Len90]

Plane will be landing in Florida in about 24 hours!!!! Packing is in full swing.

[theBIGyowski]

Plane will be landing in Florida in about 24 hours!!!! Packing is in full swing.

packing is such a stressful/exciting thing when it is for a WDW trip

it's stressful because you want to make sure you have enough...but not too much

exciting because you know what you are packing for...and it's fun thinking about using/wearing the stuff you are packing while down at WDW

packing up to return home, however, is not fun at all

[Amy]

Plane will be landing in Florida in about 24 hours!!!! Packing is in full swing.

packing is such a stressful/exciting thing when it is for a WDW trip

it's stressful because you want to make sure you have enough...but not too much

exciting because you know what you are packing for...and it's fun thinking about using/wearing the stuff you are packing while down at WDW

packing up to return home, however, is not fun at all

Agreed on the packing to come home. I think that is the most stressful because you are trying to fit all your original stuff plus the souvenirs, park maps, and tiny little soaps in the same sized suitcase

[Len90]

Plane will be landing in Florida in about 24 hours!!!! Packing is in full swing.

packing is such a stressful/exciting thing when it is for a WDW trip

it's stressful because you want to make sure you have enough...but not too much

exciting because you know what you are packing for...and it's fun thinking about using/wearing the stuff you are packing while down at WDW

packing up to return home, however, is not fun at all

Agreed on the packing to come home. I think that is the most stressful because you are trying to fit all your original stuff plus the souvenirs, park maps, and tiny little soaps in the same sized suitcase

Haha Amy you don't know the empty suitcase trick. Always have an extra suitcase for souvenirs, park maps, and freebies.

Plane departs in less than 11 hours. All packed except for my carry on. I always end up doing this.

[Amy]

You must fly on the airline that has free checked bags. We have to pay $25/bag each way so it is already $100 just taking clothes and toiletries that can't be in our carry-ons. We always make it fit, but it is tricky since I usually end up buying one of the cool Disney themed board games ~ those take up a lot of space

[cy1229]

You must fly on the airline that has free checked bags. We have to pay $25/bag each way so it is already $100 just taking clothes and toiletries that can't be in our carry-ons. We always make it fit, but it is tricky since I usually end up buying one of the cool Disney themed board games ~ those take up a lot of space

I wonder how that $100 compares to packing a plastic tote (like Rubbermaid or some other similar brand) with things you don't need at home but want there, and then shipping it to yourself at the hotel, and shipping it back home. I know it would be expensive but I have a feeling it's much less than $100. And a lot less of a hassle to deal with, too, going to/from the airport.

We fly Southwest as often as possible. Their airfares aren't always the rock-bottom lowest, but for trips of 5 days or more, being able to just check a bag and be done with it (they allow up to two bags, included in airfare) helps avoid that sticker shock.

I should compare sometime, flying Delta or United and paying $50 per person to check a bag, vs. the airfare on Southwest. I wonder how it would come out.

[theBIGyowski]

yeah...from my hometown Southwest is always the cheapest flight because we have direct flights to and from MCO

Most of our Delta flights have to go through Atlanta first...which tacks on more cost

DW's grandfather used to work for Delta...so we could probably go through him to get free standby passes...but there is always a risk that the flight you want won't have free seats...especially to MCO...and we would have to drive to Atlanta and fly out of there. So the cost savings really aren't enough to justify for us...at least not while we can fly Southwest for $250 total for both of us round-trip.

[Amy]

You must fly on the airline that has free checked bags. We have to pay $25/bag each way so it is already $100 just taking clothes and toiletries that can't be in our carry-ons. We always make it fit, but it is tricky since I usually end up buying one of the cool Disney themed board games ~ those take up a lot of space

I wonder how that $100 compares to packing a plastic tote (like Rubbermaid or some other similar brand) with things you don't need at home but want there, and then shipping it to yourself at the hotel, and shipping it back home. I know it would be expensive but I have a feeling it's much less than $100. And a lot less of a hassle to deal with, too, going to/from the airport.

We fly Southwest as often as possible. Their airfares aren't always the rock-bottom lowest, but for trips of 5 days or more, being able to just check a bag and be done with it (they allow up to two bags, included in airfare) helps avoid that sticker shock.

I should compare sometime, flying Delta or United and paying $50 per person to check a bag, vs. the airfare on Southwest. I wonder how it would come out.

I don't think that would work for us...we mostly pack toiletries and clothes, and neither of us has a ton of extra clothes. Knowing me, I am also probably still wearing shorts in December when we normally travel Our problem is we go for at least a week at a time, and even with wearing each outfit more than once, you need a minimum amount to get you by. We've done laundry on vacation before, but it's no fun You are probably correct in that we could ship a box cheaper than the airline fee. We could probably also get by with a larger sized bag, tucking in an extra bag to check on the way home, that we could share, but then I probably couldn't lift it
Southwest isn't really an option unless we drive to Indy...it is going to be bad enough driving to Chicago for our upcoming trip to DL. Not going to complain though ~ free tickets from my brother to go visit DL and my other brother and family in Cali = thank you big brother and no complaints!