That’s a great line up! I wish we had a fall break to maximize our vacation opportunities! We have to cram everything into our summer. I totaled up that we will only be home for 1/3 of our summer. It’s crazy! 
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I think it’s a week until our ADR day based on our WDW hotel check-in.
I also just booked my UOR hotels for our May 2026 trip! That one will be Epic, if you catch my drift. 
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What hotels did you decide on?
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I booked Stella Nova for Epic, Royal Pacific for IoA / USF so we can have Express passes. Even with the AP rates the prices is a bit steep for the Premier hotels so I’m debating at some point switching to purchase EPs separately. I could stay at a Value hotel and get 3-day passes that include Epic for about $800 more than my current plan, which only has 2 days and only includes IoA and USF. 
Decisions, decisions.
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I know! I’ve been waffling around. Currently settled at Hard Rock (DD15 insists) and Helios (I insist) for the UOR portion of our trip next year. Nothing booked yet, but I’m 75% decided. I think it’s unlikely the prices will come down, and I guess I could always cancel and rebook if they did.
The prices are crazy! I guess I get to a point where I just want to throw money at it and do what we want so we shall see.
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I was at least pleasantly surprised to see that this was priced less than the other Premier hotels for my dates. Still a bit higher than I am willing to pay without EP, but not unreasonable for location and quality.
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Yes, it’s the location that I wanted, plus I wanted a view. Park view is booked! One piece down, several to go. I’ve been adding this plus other stuff to the cart for a week now–time to get on with it.
It’s overpriced BUT I’m justifying it! This trip for me is about being close to what we are doing. DH seems very excited about Epic.
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Started doing some packing - I am trying to get everything into my large suitcase just so I don’t have to wrangle 2 before checking and after picking up. Packing cubes are my friends here - to the degree possible I’m using one color for cruise-only and one for parks-only. I do have more red than pink, so there is some overlap, but I think it will work. Clothes are almost all in and it’s 26 pounds. I doubt the few shoes and the toiletries will come to 24.
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ADR day! I got everything I wanted, even Space 220 on day 2, without a leading reservation. 
(Not sure if Space 220 is even hard to get anymore.)
My trip is actually in 58 days but it starts in the shadowy place. 
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