Any spur of the moment trips?

babets · 07-26-2005

Hi all, sorry I haven't been on lately we have been moving into our house. That has been a job... I was wondering if any of ya'll have ever done a spur of the moment trip to WDW? We would like to leave maybe Thursday or Friday of this week, what do ya'll think? We only live 4 hrs away. Love to hear opinions.

**Dopey** · 07-26-2005

You don't need our opinions. You just need to grab your credit cards, the car keys and that husband and whom ever else and GO!!!!!

bumble · 07-26-2005

I love spur of the moment trips (they keep me from major PDD lol). I say get going! If you are staying onsite, just call ahead to get a room. I have been known to call on the way there and still get what i want :) have fun!

Huakai · 07-26-2005

My opinion.....wish I were going with you!! What absolute fun it would be.

disneymaverick · 07-26-2005

4 hours away! i would be having many spur of the moment trips!!
go for it!!
i am jealous!!!

Kippage · 07-26-2005

We're pretty good with spur of the moment trips. Haven't done one to WDW lately - we're about 7 hours away. But we're big into last minute trips to New Orleans, Atlanta, etc. I just grab $500 from the bank ATM, credit cards, and pack a light suitcase - and get out!

So, GO! Moving can be stressful - take a few days off and go have fun!

**ddoll** · 07-26-2005

We did it once. Took all three kids too.

There were some family issues going on at the time and we thought it was best to get away with our own family.

It did wonders for all of us.

pumouse · 07-26-2005

I am with everyone else, GO! GO! GO!

Allyson · 07-26-2005

Yeah...we're still toying with the idea of leaving bright and early Friday morning to surprise DS for his 5th birthday. We're about 6 hours away. I SOOO want to, and part of me says "Why not?" but the other part knows I shouldn't spend the money with three trips already planned between now and Christmas....I'll keep you all posted.

**Dopey** · 07-26-2005

So, what have you decided? Don't keep us in a lurch here....

palmickey · 07-26-2005

If I was that close I would go every chance I could get. The 367 days that we are waiting from the day we left to the day we get back is taking forever (another 83 days to go).

GO AND HAVE A GREAT TIME

chris5568 · 07-26-2005

Some of our spur of the moment trips have been some of our best. Sometimes it is good to just drop everything and go. I wish I could do that right now.

mickaholic4077 · 07-26-2005

I live an hour and a half away. Today I made just such a trip-I dropped everything and went to the MK and had a great time!!

MickeyMcFizzle · 07-27-2005

My boyfriend and I decided one night that we really wanted to go. We booked our Disney package and flights that night, and flew out the next morning! (We live in Toronto, so it is about a 2 and 1/2 hour flight) It was really exciting!
And the best part is that we didn't even book time off work...we called in sick for 2 days and the rest of the time was a weekend. I didn't even feel bad, I had so much fun.

CaraMia · 07-27-2005

Growing up my parents did that alot. Woke us up in the wee hours of the morning, threw us un the car (3 kids), and off we went. Last year we planned a 4 day weekend at WDW. we planned on leaving thursday night. We had bought tickets already. It was slow at work so I called dh at 9am and said we should just leave work and go. Before you knew it, dh was at AAA exchanging our tickets for seasonal passes, I left work, pulled ds out of preschool, got home, grabbed our luggage and we were out the door (good thing I have a disney loving boss who totally understood where I was coming from). By 1pm we were walking down Main Street and as we walked by Dumbo my brother, sil, and neices were walking right toward us. We were not suppose to meet them until 8pm that night. It was a total surprise to them that we got there 6 hours earlier then expected...and even more surprised that we ran into them so quickly!

Spur of the moment trips are lots of fun. I say if you can pull it off...DO IT. When our ds is a little older I am sure we will do it more often.

07-26-2005	#1 (permalink)
babets Big Cheese Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: a small place in southeast Georgia Posts: 724	Any spur of the moment trips? Hi all, sorry I haven't been on lately we have been moving into our house. That has been a job... I was wondering if any of ya'll have ever done a spur of the moment trip to WDW? We would like to leave maybe Thursday or Friday of this week, what do ya'll think? We only live 4 hrs away. Love to hear opinions. __________________ Nikki H. My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Celebrating our anniversary and DS's 13th b-day

07-26-2005	#2 (permalink)
Dopey eleventwentyten Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In the middle of the madness Posts: 11,468	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? You don't need our opinions. You just need to grab your credit cards, the car keys and that husband and whom ever else and GO!!!!! __________________ WDW Theme Parks Moderator - moderating with a twist x´¨) x¸.•´ ¸.•´¨)xxxx¸.•¨) (¸.•´ Adventures of an Innkeeper ´¨) Limser was my first MB friend ~ Pepperstink is my cheesy friend Doughnut, HB and Limser are my Michigan Martini Madness cohorts MissDisney is the better cookie baker Pu is back eleventwentyten Every morning is the dawn of a new error My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Going to meet Mickey and Friends

07-26-2005	#3 (permalink)
bumble Mouse Meister Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Part time Fort Wilderness resident ;) Posts: 1,363	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? I love spur of the moment trips (they keep me from major PDD lol). I say get going! If you are staying onsite, just call ahead to get a room. I have been known to call on the way there and still get what i want :) have fun! __________________ I cant wait to be at Fort Wilderness Campground! Our on site trips to WDW have been at:CSR, PO R & FQ, WL, Poly, All Star Sports, PC, Fort Wilderness, Contemporary, Beach Club Bumbles buzz!!!® http://www.myspace.com/bumble__bee ,-._,-. \/)"(\/ (_o_)

07-26-2005	#4 (permalink)
Huakai Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Temple, Texas Posts: 348	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? My opinion.....wish I were going with you!! What absolute fun it would be. __________________ DVC member since 1993 Next Disney Adventure - Animal Kingdom Kidani Village December 12-19, 2009 My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Holidays in WDW 20 days 1 hours 1 minutes

07-26-2005	#5 (permalink)
disneymaverick Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: michigan Posts: 297	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? 4 hours away! i would be having many spur of the moment trips!! go for it!! i am jealous!!! __________________

		MouseBuzz.com > Walt Disney World > WDW Theme Parks
Any spur of the moment trips?

07-26-2005	#6 (permalink)
Kippage Keeping it real since '83 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 2,100	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? We're pretty good with spur of the moment trips. Haven't done one to WDW lately - we're about 7 hours away. But we're big into last minute trips to New Orleans, Atlanta, etc. I just grab $500 from the bank ATM, credit cards, and pack a light suitcase - and get out! So, GO! Moving can be stressful - take a few days off and go have fun! __________________ Victoria Twitter Myspace Flickr Good Reads "...perfection is unattainable. Perfection is a conceit. Perfection actually lies in fully loving the defect. I think that's perfection. It's like what the guy says in Hellboy, he says, "We like people for their qualities; we love them for their defects." It's true in life. It's the same." - Guillermo del Toro

07-26-2005	#7 (permalink)
ddoll Singing In My Head Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: RI Posts: 5,257	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? We did it once. Took all three kids too. There were some family issues going on at the time and we thought it was best to get away with our own family. It did wonders for all of us. __________________ Moderator of DVC, Disney Company • 3/96 Offsite • 9/98 Villa • 10/98 Dixie Landings • 8/00 Villa • 6/01 Disneyland, CA • 5/02 Villa • 6/03 Villa • 11/03 Wilderness Lodge • 8/04 PopCentury, Swan & Royal Pacific • 12/04 Swan • 8/05 Swan & Hard Rock Hotel • 11/05 Swan • 1/06 Swan • 9/06 Disneyland, CA• 12/06 Swan & HRH • 1/07 Swan • 10/07 Hard Rock Hotel • 12/07 Hard Rock & Swan • 1/08 Boardwalk• 10/08 Villa• 1/09 Swan • 8/09 Condo • 1/10 Swan & PBR My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Viva Las Vegas! 18 days 2 hours 31 minutes

07-26-2005	#8 (permalink)
pumouse In the land of boredom Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wandering aimlessly...... Posts: 3,624	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? I am with everyone else, GO! GO! GO! __________________ Avatar custom made by Mr.Go! Pepperjack is my favorite Cheese! Doughnut is Paw'erfect! Dopey Evil genius. I Love Lovemysons! 626 is the Smartest most good looking person I know! www.somefunnypicsforyou.blogspot.com Llama for President!! Who's the Boss of me?? Boss mouse, that's who One out of every four Americans is mentally unstable. Look around at your 3 closest friends, if they seem okay, you're the one!

07-26-2005	#9 (permalink)
Allyson MB's Gigglebox Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Crestview, FL Posts: 2,027	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? Yeah...we're still toying with the idea of leaving bright and early Friday morning to surprise DS for his 5th birthday. We're about 6 hours away. I SOOO want to, and part of me says "Why not?" but the other part knows I shouldn't spend the money with three trips already planned between now and Christmas....I'll keep you all posted. __________________ Been going as a family since 2004! Nine trips and counting! Three MNSSHPs and one MVMCP under our belt. Resorts = CSR, ASMo, POP, ASSports, POR, CBR, OKW & POFQ Mom to two precious boys!! The ONLY MBer I've met...KingOMiami!! (Even though Kip and I are practically neighbors!! ) (I really KNOW MICKEYMom - not just from MB!!)

07-26-2005	#10 (permalink)
Dopey eleventwentyten Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In the middle of the madness Posts: 11,468	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? So, what have you decided? Don't keep us in a lurch here.... __________________ WDW Theme Parks Moderator - moderating with a twist x´¨) x¸.•´ ¸.•´¨)xxxx¸.•¨) (¸.•´ Adventures of an Innkeeper ´¨) Limser was my first MB friend ~ Pepperstink is my cheesy friend Doughnut, HB and Limser are my Michigan Martini Madness cohorts MissDisney is the better cookie baker Pu is back eleventwentyten Every morning is the dawn of a new error My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Going to meet Mickey and Friends

07-26-2005	#11 (permalink)
palmickey MB's Pal Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: My heart is at WDW! Posts: 2,776	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? If I was that close I would go every chance I could get. The 367 days that we are waiting from the day we left to the day we get back is taking forever (another 83 days to go). GO AND HAVE A GREAT TIME __________________ x´¨) x¸.•´ ¸.•´¨)xxxx¸.•¨) (¸.•´xxxxxx(¸.•`xxxpalmickey ´¨) Boardwalk Villas May 2009* Saratoga Springs October 2008 Beach Club Villas May 2008 Old Key West December 2007 Old Key West February 2007 Saratoga Springs October 2006 Saratoga Springs May 2006 All Star Movies February 2006 All Star Movies October 2005 All Star Movies October 2004 My Disney Countdown Counting down to: ???????? 106 days 5 hours 1 minutes

07-26-2005	#12 (permalink)
chris5568 Big Cheese Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Va. Posts: 832	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? Some of our spur of the moment trips have been some of our best. Sometimes it is good to just drop everything and go. I wish I could do that right now. __________________ Chrissy http://www.myspace.com/chrissy505 http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZchris5568_2007

07-26-2005	#13 (permalink)
mickaholic4077 Currently in Timeout! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 90 miles from The Mick!!!!! Posts: 6,181	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? I live an hour and a half away. Today I made just such a trip-I dropped everything and went to the MK and had a great time!!

07-27-2005	#14 (permalink)
MickeyMcFizzle Almost a mommy! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,618	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? My boyfriend and I decided one night that we really wanted to go. We booked our Disney package and flights that night, and flew out the next morning! (We live in Toronto, so it is about a 2 and 1/2 hour flight) It was really exciting! And the best part is that we didn't even book time off work...we called in sick for 2 days and the rest of the time was a weekend. I didn't even feel bad, I had so much fun.

User Name		Remember Me?
Password

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
What's the longest you have gone between WDW trips?	dznygrl	WDW Theme Parks	46	07-04-2005 12:46 AM
6 Months-No Interest on trips	robinmouse	Disney VISA Card	4	06-02-2005 12:24 PM
How much do you budget for your trips?	Pooh Fan	WDW Budget Tips	23	11-15-2004 11:21 AM
What do y'all think of short trips to WDW?	MickeyManic	WDW Theme Parks	30	05-20-2004 03:36 PM
Meet & Greet Update	DisneyAnne	Trip Reports	211	02-23-2004 10:50 AM

07-27-2005	#15 (permalink)
CaraMia Big Cheese Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 935	Re: Any spur of the moment trips? Growing up my parents did that alot. Woke us up in the wee hours of the morning, threw us un the car (3 kids), and off we went. Last year we planned a 4 day weekend at WDW. we planned on leaving thursday night. We had bought tickets already. It was slow at work so I called dh at 9am and said we should just leave work and go. Before you knew it, dh was at AAA exchanging our tickets for seasonal passes, I left work, pulled ds out of preschool, got home, grabbed our luggage and we were out the door (good thing I have a disney loving boss who totally understood where I was coming from). By 1pm we were walking down Main Street and as we walked by Dumbo my brother, sil, and neices were walking right toward us. We were not suppose to meet them until 8pm that night. It was a total surprise to them that we got there 6 hours earlier then expected...and even more surprised that we ran into them so quickly! Spur of the moment trips are lots of fun. I say if you can pull it off...DO IT. When our ds is a little older I am sure we will do it more often.