Return of the Mouse

Three years ago, when Matthew was still a passenger and Thomas had just turned three, we went to Orlando to visit Disney World (chronicled here). Now it’s three years later, and we’re +1 on the boy count– Matt is a little younger than Thomas was for his first trip, but I suspect he’ll enjoy it.
This time, we’re taking Mom with us; this should be fun for her and will make it easier to counterbalance the different things that everyone is sure to want to do. Unlike the last trip, where I used Priceline for hotel and car and frequent-flyer miles for airplane tickets, I bought everything via Expedia. Why? Airfares are cheap, so the miles are worth more when converted (say) to a business-class ticket to London than for a $220 ticket to Orlando. Second, availability for hotels is really tight since we’re going during the peak season (oops; we’ll remember that for next time), so the best balance between time spent and money spent turned out to be buying the package. Thanks to tips at MouseSavers, I spotted Expedia’s attempt to sell us full-price park tickets and bought them for a discount straight from Disney instead. Ha! Take that, robotic travel agent-oid!