Tuesday, February 10, 2009

A short jaunt to the happiest place on Earth



Tim is still working on his Ph.D. in civil engineering. Because of his studious nature, we were fortunate enough to go to Hawaii last year.

Well, the hits just keep comin.'

He's presenting at a conference in Orlando next month. Neither of us was too excited about the travel possibilities here until he called to make reservations at the resort and was asked if he wanted a view of the castle.

That's when things got interesting.

After a little more research, it turns out, Tim only needs to be at the conference for 90 minutes total. Basically, he gives his presentation and leaves. So, I decided I can wait around 90 minutes for him to finish up, then hit the theme parks.

Neither of us has ever aspired to go to Disney World. It's not as if we swore we'd never go there, it just wasn't on the radar. But when a nearly free trip presents itself...

So, we're going to give it a shot. The park passes are reasonably priced, with the military discount Tim gets with his work ID. And, there's supposed to be a big spring flower celebration at Epcot while we're there. So, I'm excited about that.

We're using our Holiday Inn points we accrued with our credit card. Tim's airfare is paid by Wayne State.

For a spur-of-the-moment trip, we're doing this pretty economically.

So, Internet. Have any tips?