OK, it's been a week or so since I updated this thread.
I've booked 5th - 9th January 2016 for me and my 2 boys, DS2's partner and my grandson in 2 rooms in Santa Fe. Last 2 days of Christmas Season. Will be giving them their reveal certificates with their Christmas presents this year so they know they have a year to save some spending / eating money.
Told sister's care home this week we're going back to DLP again just before Christmas this year. One of the ladies who lived there sadly passed away on Tuesday night and everyone is really upset. It's a very small place - 13 residents - so when something happens to one of them they all feel it. The funeral yesterday was so sad.
We are going to
Disney on Ice next Thursday evening - front row seats
- but the pleasure of that has been a little diluted as I've been called to give evidence in court that day. It's work - I'm not in trouble myself - but I hate court days and will be in a panic all day in case it makes me late to pick sister up.
Sister has a really bad UTI. Last weekend she had a chest infection and was on antibiotics and the care staff told me she had been incontinent of urine a lot that week - one whiff when she went at my house and I knew she had an infection. I told them when I brought her back on Sunday but her GP insisted on waiting until a sample had been tested so she only started on an antibiotic yesterday. She's really poorly and I'm so frustrated that they didn't see the signs earlier.
Am in a bit of a quandry at the news that Cafe Mickey is now a set menu only. We had planned to have just a main course each there on the evening we arrived but if we now have to spend a minimum of E33 from a reduced choice I'm not that sure it will suit. As we have also booked ADC and Inventions Sunday Brunch I'm thinking of changing track completely and booking Premium half board and booking Manhattan for Friday after Dreams and perhaps cancelling CM and adding Walt's or Blue Lagoon for Saturday evening before Dreams.
My reasoning is - CM will cost a minimum of £60, Auberge £110 and Brunch about £120 - totalling £290. We still need CS meals on the other 2 days which will be about £25 - £30 each day so likely to spend £350 ish on food. Premium HB will cost us £384 and we will get 4 really good meals for that.
Still thinking about it but given we're just over a month until we go so I do need to decide quickly.
In terms of shopping I'm not sure we have much more let to get - I've bought some stickers and hi-vis tape for her wheelchair as we'll be out in the dark so much. Think we have all the Disney and Christmas jumpers we can wear for our trip. We both have Thermal underwear, snow boots and waterproof over-trousers. We have Rachael's fabulous goodie bag for sister and I have bought sister's travel insurance. Pretty much sorted!
Watching the early Enchanted Christmas news with huge excitement...