Apr. 3rd, 2010

denise: Image: Me, facing away from camera, on top of the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome (Default)
So, as many people know, [personal profile] sarah and I are getting gay married at some point in the future. (We haven't decided firmly on holding the wedding in Feb. of 2011 vs Feb. of 2012, but it's looking more likely that 2012 is a better plan.) Because we are both giant fucking dorks, major Disney theme park fans, and connected to Walt Disney World as part of our personal history, we're throwing the wedding at Disney World. We're going to need to do a fact-finding and exploratory mission, and we were thinking of combining that with our usual late-September/early-October Walt Disney World trip (to catch the beginning of the Food and Wine Festival/celebrate the value season beginning).

(EDIT: Because I realized I was unclear -- for the rest of this, I'm talking about this October, October of 2010, for the unofficial congregation.)

We are both very, very resistant to overplanning vacations, and Dreamwidth-the-business doesn't have the resources to throw a full convention/conference (yet! i have awesome ideas that we could do sometime in the future when we get bigger!), but one of the things I love most about Disney World is showing it to people who've never been, or people who haven't been since they were kids and think that WDW has nothing for adults (so, so, so wrong; Sarah hated WDW as a child and loves it now). So I was thinking of throwing our vacation plans open to a wider audience: announcing that we will be at WDW from such-and-such a date, giving people booking information and useful tips, and maybe putting together a few group events (backstage tours -- of which there are many at WDW, and they are all FUCKING AWESOME -- dessert parties, group dinners, etc).

(Another incredibly awesome thing about WDW, and another reason to consider it as a destination for a DW-related gathering, is its accessibility. Disney is fabulous about accessibility of all sorts, from food allergies to chemical sensitivities to blind/Deaf/hard-of-hearing/wheelchair-using accomodations.)

For reference, because I know some people are going to ask, a five-night, six-day stay at a Moderate resort, plus park tickets, plus dining (excluding some additional add-ons such as alcohol), for two adults, will cost about $2000. (Additional activities, etc, cost extra; we generally budget about $500 extra for two people for a trip of that stay, but money isn't as much of a consideration for us a lot of the time and there are many ways to save. Likewise, airfare costs extra.) The same for a Value resort runs around $1650. It's possible to save more by staying off Disney property, but in our opinion it's worth the extra to stay on-property; you can't use the dining plan if you're off-property, it's harder to get around, and the travel time to/from your resort is obnoxious.

So, I was vaguely curious to see if there would be any kind of interest in this whatsoever. To that end, a Completely Non-Binding Informational Poll:

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 105


Interest level:

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I am very interested!
13 (12.4%)

I am interested, but it will depend on when it takes place
46 (43.8%)

I am interested, but it will depend on how much it costs.
47 (44.8%)

I am vaguely interested, but dubious about the Disney World thing.
11 (10.5%)

I am vaguely interested, but it will depend on more of the specifics.
17 (16.2%)

I'm probably not interested.
12 (11.4%)

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