Splitting our Stay

Elmo · 08-18-2008

We are in the planning stages for Thanksgiving 2009. We will be booking a 2 BR at the BCV (our home resort) so that Grammie and Grandpop can come along next year. Points will be tough, so we want to split the stay with a moderate resort. We've stayed at POFQ and we loved the pool and the atmosphere.

My questions:

1. Do we arrive and spend a couple nights in a hotel before transferring to our "Florida home" (as the kids call it) at the BCV, OR do we add a couple days at the tail end??

2. Thoughts as to where?? We liked POFQ, but we are open to trying something else.

**Dana** · 08-18-2008

I think you should start off at POFQ and end your trip at your "home". You will have more things "snacks and stuff" in the two bedroom and it won't be so easy storing all that at POFQ. Out of the mods, POFQ suits me best. I find the other ones to be to large for my taste.

jo-jo · 08-18-2008

I would do the hotel first then DVC. First of all, to me it seems like moving from POFQ to BCV would feel like moving up to a better grade room. Second, the first few days you'll be running around with the kids, and just as the trip maybe be slowing down a bit, grammie and grandpop show up. Just in time for a quiet meal for you, since you will now have babysitters.

**DisneyTeacher** · 08-18-2008

Like the other posters I would do the regular resort first and move over to BCV for the second part of the trip. I think I would rather go from a smaller room to a bigger room and a moderate to a deluxe---move up and bigger.

CarolinaTilt · 08-18-2008

I am going to pile on too. I think the Resort first, then relocate to home. You probably don't have to unpack as much for just a couple of nights and then can spread out and settle in for the remainder of the vacation at BCV.

**DisneyTeacher** · 08-18-2008

When we split our stay we pack bags for the first part of the trip and bags for the second part so we don't have to unpack everything before we move. If it's only a couple of nights I pack a small bag with 2-3 changes of clothes for everyone and larger bags for the main part of our trip. It makes moving so much easier.

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Elmo Big Cheese Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Doylestown, PA Posts: 513	Splitting our Stay We are in the planning stages for Thanksgiving 2009. We will be booking a 2 BR at the BCV (our home resort) so that Grammie and Grandpop can come along next year. Points will be tough, so we want to split the stay with a moderate resort. We've stayed at POFQ and we loved the pool and the atmosphere. My questions: 1. Do we arrive and spend a couple nights in a hotel before transferring to our "Florida home" (as the kids call it) at the BCV, OR do we add a couple days at the tail end?? 2. Thoughts as to where?? We liked POFQ, but we are open to trying something else. __________________ Off-site - 9/96 POFQ - 3/03 BCV - 12/04, 3/05, 10/05, 4/06, 12/06, 1/07, 11/07, 3/08, 1/09 (without the kids!) My Disney Countdown Counting down to: 54 days 0 hours 37 minutes

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Dana Super Mod/Packen' Kracken Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Joisey Posts: 22,697	Re: Splitting our Stay I think you should start off at POFQ and end your trip at your "home". You will have more things "snacks and stuff" in the two bedroom and it won't be so easy storing all that at POFQ. Out of the mods, POFQ suits me best. I find the other ones to be to large for my taste. __________________ 82 off-site ~ 91 off-site ~ 97 ASMusic ~ 00 ASMovies 02 Wilderness Lodge ~ 04 Animal Kingdom Lodge 05 Animal Kingdom Lodge & Polynesian 05 Port Orleans French Quarter~06 Old Key West 07 Port Orleans French Quarter ~ 08 Old Key West~ My Disney Countdown Counting down to: 10 day WDW blowout bonanza! 623 days 19 hours 7 minutes

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jo-jo Mouse Meister Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,614	Re: Splitting our Stay I would do the hotel first then DVC. First of all, to me it seems like moving from POFQ to BCV would feel like moving up to a better grade room. Second, the first few days you'll be running around with the kids, and just as the trip maybe be slowing down a bit, grammie and grandpop show up. Just in time for a quiet meal for you, since you will now have babysitters.

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DisneyTeacher Moderator/WL Tour Guide Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 16,368	Re: Splitting our Stay Like the other posters I would do the regular resort first and move over to BCV for the second part of the trip. I think I would rather go from a smaller room to a bigger room and a moderate to a deluxe---move up and bigger. __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: We're going to HHI for the first time 176 days 19 hours 7 minutes

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CarolinaTilt Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 311	Re: Splitting our Stay I am going to pile on too. I think the Resort first, then relocate to home. You probably don't have to unpack as much for just a couple of nights and then can spread out and settle in for the remainder of the vacation at BCV. __________________ ~November 2007 Allstar Movies~ ~November 2008 Allstar Sports~ My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Thanksgiving Trip II 11/24 - 11/28 2008!!! Woo Hoo WDW Bound Baby!!!

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DisneyTeacher Moderator/WL Tour Guide Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: WDW in my dreams Posts: 16,368	Re: Splitting our Stay When we split our stay we pack bags for the first part of the trip and bags for the second part so we don't have to unpack everything before we move. If it's only a couple of nights I pack a small bag with 2-3 changes of clothes for everyone and larger bags for the main part of our trip. It makes moving so much easier. __________________ ~Stephanie~ 1993 Caribbean Beach Resort ~ 1996 Caribbean Beach resort ~1997 Caribbean Beach Resort ~2003 Wilderness Lodge ~2004 Beach Club Resort/Shades of Green/Pop Century~ 2005 Wilderness Lodge Resort/Beach Club Villas ~ 2006 Saratoga Springs Resort~2007 Port Orleans French Quarter/Beach Club Villas/Boardwalk Villas ~ 2007 Port Orleans Riverside~ 2008 Wilderness Lodge/Beach Club Villas~2008 Beach Club Villas~2009 Beach Club Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: We're going to HHI for the first time 176 days 19 hours 7 minutes

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