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| Sat, 04-28-2007 - 6:48pm |
Hi all, I'm Angela. I just found this board and I am loving all of the great advice.
My husband is coming home from Iraq in Oct-Nov and we have been planning on this trip since before he left. He was supposed to come home June-July but, it works out well because I will be giving birth to our 2nd child in July (That would have been a little hard to do lol). Anyway, now we are planning on going in December. Sometime in the 2 weeks before Christmas but not on Christmas day (we want to be home for this). According to the disney website these weeks are supposed to be less busy, I don't know how true that is. We'll be there with a 2.5 year old and a 5 month old and we're hoping to stay for 7-8 days.
I have a few questions if you don't mind :)
1. We went last April with our daughter who was 9 months at the time and we absolutely loved it. We're not big ride riders so it worked out nicely. We went to the parks early. Went back to the hotel when it got hot and played in the pool/took a nap with the baby and went back once it started cooling down at night. I've never done disney in the cooler weather and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this. It worked out so well last time that I'm not sure what to do without a pool to play in and tire the little ones out.
2. We stayed at the pop century resort last time and loved it. We were planning on staying there again but, now we'll be there with 2 small children and will probably be spending a lot of time at the resort. So, I was thinking of maybe upgrading to some place a little nicer since we'll be there so much. I am considering the Animal kindom lodge or comtemporary (not sure if I spelled either of those correctly). Has anyone ever stayed at those or have any suggestions?
3. Any other tips/suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated. I still have plenty of time but I love planning trips and researching every detail. I think maybe I should've had a career as a travel agent. Thanks so much in advance for any help you can give.

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Yes they are heated. I even took both my 5 year old and 2 year old to the children's pool which had the heaters on one evening while my husband did some extra shopping. Myself and another mother let our children play in the water while we sat in chairs dipping our feet relaxing. We also got into the larger pool during the day, and I would say it was a better temperature in December at the Pops than what the temp of the pool at the Wilderness Lodge was in May. ( My kids were frozen by the time they got out.)
Have fun !!
Ashley
When we were at WDW this past December it was in the 70's during the day. The pools felt somewhat like a warm bath. I am a southern girl whom hates to be cold. The pools were great during our visit; however, there is no way of knowing if they will be a good temperature during your stay. You will have to go prepared and check-it out when you get there.
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