Vacation, all I ever wanted...
Jan. 18th, 2014 08:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tabbiewolfThis is an EXTREMELY EARLY note on the topic of something that I think would be awesome and am putting out feelers to see how many folks are interested.
Doing the calculations through various money-saving sites, the cost of a 7-night stay in Walt Disney World in the Saratoga Springs Treehouse Villas split between 9 people is around $450 per person. Adding in park tickets (park hopper with all the fixin's) and dining plan (standard, which includes a table service meal, quick service meal, and snack per day [this is a TON of food in Disney]), the total cost for the trip would be about $1,200 per person. Not including airfare or souvenirs, of course, but it DOES include food!
For a weeklong trip to Disney, that's a pretty kickass price. As I've previously pondered here, it's not that different than going to a convention when it comes to money spent.
So I'm asking here: would anybody be interested in doing a group trip to Disney? I've already got a pair of folks interested, and I have an idea of a few others who'd enjoy a trip like this as well. I'm estimating this for the off-season, sometime in October or November (around Epcot's Food & Wine festival), sometime in the next 2 or 3 years. It'd be an un-convention ;)
And of course, I'm just thinking WAY ahead and have no idea if this will actually happen, and figure tossing the idea around as early as possible might be a good plan to see what others think.
Edit Sunday 1/19 @ 7:14pm: Holy shit, you guys, the response to this idea has been OVERWHELMING. I'm pondering doing a different resort with several rooms, just because so many folks are interested. And, since this is planning for WAY out (2015 at earliest; I was originally estimating 2016), I still have that option.
More posts with possibilities will be coming soon!
Doing the calculations through various money-saving sites, the cost of a 7-night stay in Walt Disney World in the Saratoga Springs Treehouse Villas split between 9 people is around $450 per person. Adding in park tickets (park hopper with all the fixin's) and dining plan (standard, which includes a table service meal, quick service meal, and snack per day [this is a TON of food in Disney]), the total cost for the trip would be about $1,200 per person. Not including airfare or souvenirs, of course, but it DOES include food!
For a weeklong trip to Disney, that's a pretty kickass price. As I've previously pondered here, it's not that different than going to a convention when it comes to money spent.
So I'm asking here: would anybody be interested in doing a group trip to Disney? I've already got a pair of folks interested, and I have an idea of a few others who'd enjoy a trip like this as well. I'm estimating this for the off-season, sometime in October or November (around Epcot's Food & Wine festival), sometime in the next 2 or 3 years. It'd be an un-convention ;)
And of course, I'm just thinking WAY ahead and have no idea if this will actually happen, and figure tossing the idea around as early as possible might be a good plan to see what others think.
Edit Sunday 1/19 @ 7:14pm: Holy shit, you guys, the response to this idea has been OVERWHELMING. I'm pondering doing a different resort with several rooms, just because so many folks are interested. And, since this is planning for WAY out (2015 at earliest; I was originally estimating 2016), I still have that option.
More posts with possibilities will be coming soon!
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Date: 2014-01-20 02:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-01-20 05:46 pm (UTC)(And I've always been an artist/dealer or volunteered at conventions, too [what's the point of going if you have nothing to do?], so I have NO idea what changed.)
I will add you to the list of interested parties! A more serious post about this will be going up momentarily asking for emails to start a Serious Mailing List about the topic, though I already have your email :)
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Date: 2014-01-21 06:09 pm (UTC)Cons used to be fun for me because I went hoping to meet someone special the way you and SpotWeld have. And it's becoming apparent that it's less and less likely to happen. At this point the women I find attractive are likely to think me an old creep, or are already involved with someone, and I'm a proud and noble enough fool not to express my interest. I helped build the kind of fandom that I wished existed when I was younger, and I can't enjoy it.