Monday, September 2, 2013

Honeymoon is Booked!

After much consideration and constant research, our honeymoon destination is ....

Walt Disney World!

We will be staying at the Beach Club resort, right next Epcot. We hear this is a central location, we can walk to Epcot, take a short boat ride to Hollywood Studios and have access to three neighboring resorts! Beach club is right next to the Yacht Club and the Dolphin and Swan Resort. Its across the lake from the Boardwalk Resort! All of these places have great dinning options for us to try! 

It took us a while to figure out which hotel to stay at and if we should do the Club Level option. It was to grasp the idea of Disney World being a world not just one central location, like Disneyland. So after awhile I gave up on just reading about the resorts and looked a dammed map :). It all made much more sense this way. But we sat down, looked at the numbers, ruled out some places and naturally gravitate towards Beach Club. We had a couple of people recommend and praise this resort, for its looks and its convenient location. We decided on Club level because we would have access to a private lounge that serves breakfast, afternoon snack and drinks, afternoon tea and during dinner there are more snack and spirits served. We would also have access to a more central location at the resort, a private elevator for club members and concierge services to arrange our reservations and travel. It sounded great to us!

Beach & Yacht club right by Epcot Center
Our Deluxe Suite
Pool view, this pool has sand in the bottom
Next order of business is to book our flights and make any reservations necessary (for restaurants or spa)! We both really want to try the Be Our Guest restaurant at Magic Kingdom. It is inside Beauty and Beast's Castle! I really want to try the "Grey Stuff" for dessert, its only available for special occasions, I think our honeymoon counts! We are looking at restaurants that provide special viewing areas for the two firework shows. I'm looking forward to a couples massage and afternoon tea at the Grand Floridian, Disney's crown jewel resort! We can't wait!


Here are the blogs I used to sort out my plans:
http://www.mousesavers.com/  This is one great for coupons and money saving advice.
http://allears.net/index.html  This one has a lot information and menu's for most restaurants.
http://www.disneytouristblog.com/disney-world-honeymoon-tips/  This post is specific for honeymooners

The other place we were considering is:
Playa Rivera Maroma Beach  at the Secrets Resort
http://www.secretsresorts.com/maroma-beach-riviera-cancun

For all inclusive resorts I used this guide:
http://forums.theknot.com/discussion/67586/trip-advisor-s-top-10-all-inclusive-resorts-in-the-world