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Beccaberry
17-10-2008, 05:28 PM
I guess this question is posed primarily to our U.S. members (but would love for any others to chime in as well)...
If you had the opportunity to travel to Europe in say, December, but only for a short while, say 5 or 6 days...would you feel it was worth doing?
Watchinherskip
17-10-2008, 05:29 PM
Gee, would love to see some of Europe, maybe somewhere warm though in December, unless going for skiing and winter stuff. Cortina...yes, 5 days there!
Which bit. Europe is big.
Beccaberry
17-10-2008, 05:34 PM
Why your bit of course! :wink:
I dunno...UK of course...something small given the time constraints...not really all about seeing London...at least not this trip....
It would only be Jon and I...
Johnie
17-10-2008, 05:36 PM
I'd go!
Beccaberry
17-10-2008, 05:37 PM
Excellent. In that case I'll leave Jon at home and take YOU with me :D
Johnie
17-10-2008, 05:38 PM
That IS an excellent idea! I have a passport too! Plus, Teresa said we could stay at her house!
Jeez...I wouldn't even have to ask..I'd go! :lol:
Beccaberry
17-10-2008, 06:00 PM
LOL...normally I would too...but it's such a short span of time...it would REALLY be a whirlwind trip...
If it were a "once in a lifetime" type opportunity, I wouldn't hesitate...but at the moment, it's more of an "impulsive" opportunity.
foreverducky
17-10-2008, 06:00 PM
I already have my bags packed. :lol:
Beccaberry
17-10-2008, 06:01 PM
lol...ok then let me throw THIS into the mix...the other option would be to go to Disney for those five days...
Disneybumble
17-10-2008, 06:07 PM
You have gotta come here and i WANT to meet you. PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSE
Johnie
17-10-2008, 06:08 PM
hmmm you have AP's and it would be cheaper to fly to FL. Due to the expense, I would probably opt for Disney. You could take the Yuletide Tour :p015:
Beccaberry
17-10-2008, 06:12 PM
YOU opt for Disney, truly...I'm shocked :wink:
And DB....OF COURSE!!! OMG!! England would just never be the same!
Johnie
17-10-2008, 06:26 PM
:p well there is the Christmas party and the Candlelight Processional and Osbourne Lights and the gingerbread house at GF.....
I can pack a lot more into 5 days at Disney and have no jet lag than I could do in England and probably have serious jet lag (considering that I was all screwed up by the CA time change thing)
Watchinherskip
17-10-2008, 06:37 PM
:p well there is the Christmas party and the Candlelight Processional and Osbourne Lights and the gingerbread house at GF.....
I can pack a lot more into 5 days at Disney and have no jet lag than I could do in England and probably have serious jet lag (considering that I was all screwed up by the CA time change thing)
Oh great Johnie:rolleyes008:! Now you have me jonesing for another trip!! (Having flashbacks to the snow falling at the Osbourne lights last trip)
Claire
17-10-2008, 06:49 PM
Another vote for Disney. Save Europe for a longer vacation.
lisaw
17-10-2008, 07:11 PM
Disney for 5 days :p015: I am all for impulsive trips usually but I would worry about feeling yuck for a day or so of those few precious days with jet lag (I always feel yuck travelling back from the US.)
I would worry about the weather as well - December can be pretty miserable, but then so can every other month :lol:.
That said if you are happy to make the fairly long trip just for a few days and you do have other WDW trips planned and you are happy to just have a snippet of the UK then I'm sure you would have a great time - it would take quite a bit of planning though to see as much as possible. :)
Beccaberry
17-10-2008, 07:18 PM
Thanks for all your input so far guys!! Hadn't thought much about the weather, so that's a factor too!
It is foul in December generally. The greyness is the worst bit.
To be honest if you are doing a flying trip this way in December I'd go for somewhere in Germany that has a Christmas market - somewhere like Munich maybe.
Beccaberry
17-10-2008, 07:31 PM
OOOHHH good to know. Cheers for that.
Dizneyblonde
17-10-2008, 07:35 PM
I won't make the beds up just yet then!
kazzaqld
17-10-2008, 07:47 PM
Well I wouldn't go from here to Europe for 5 days - cos it takes me over a day to get there. :shocked025:
But a comparable distance for 5 days - yep, and I desperately want to go back to Europe, so if I only had to go as far as you do - I'd go for it.
I love Dawn's Christmas market suggestion - Germany would be gorgeous! I'd go as your translator but it's a little far for 5 days as I said. :(
Johnie
17-10-2008, 07:51 PM
Oh great Johnie:rolleyes008:! Now you have me jonesing for another trip!! (Having flashbacks to the snow falling at the Osbourne lights last trip)
Sorry! I've been tinkering with a long weekend in Dec.....and taking my mom for her Christmas present. She really wanted to see the Christmas lights/decorations at Disney but we had to cancel the Thanksgiving trip b/c her brother had a stroke. So, I've got all of these plans on my mind.....
Beccaberry
17-10-2008, 07:54 PM
You and me both, sister...you and me both :)
Beccaberry
17-10-2008, 07:55 PM
I love Dawn's Christmas market suggestion - Germany would be gorgeous! I'd go as your translator but it's a little far for 5 days as I said. :(
OOOOH...well then...I'll definitely keep that in mind for the loooooooooooooooong trip then :D
kazzaqld
17-10-2008, 07:58 PM
OOOOH...well then...I'll definitely keep that in mind for the loooooooooooooooong trip then :D
It's a plan! :yes:
At your age, if expense wasn't a consideration, I'd probably go to Europe. Although, as Dawn suggested, possibly Germany rather than UK.
At this point in my life, the five-hour flight to the east coast added to the eight- or nine-hour flight to Europe...no way, no how! And I would freeze to death! I don't own clothing suitable for temperatures much below 60 degrees! :lol:
WDW in December probably would get my vote for a short trip, though. It's gorgeous. The weather is variable, but usually nice. And as Johnie said, no jet lag for you! :D
PsychoAlice
18-10-2008, 12:50 AM
have passport, will travel...
Just take me to a pub and Ill stay there for 5 days...
I would fly into Shannon, or Galway and do one place for the five days. The flying in is where the jet lag will get you. The first day is horrid, but if you manage it (DO NOT sleep until at least the early evening of the first day) you can get by ok. The return is a cinch. You wake early and feel refreshed.
The key would be to visit one place, and not try to do too much in those five beautiful, glorious days. :yes:
And the weather is always rubbish in Ireland and the UK so December wouldn't faze me a bit. :wink:
Ursula
18-10-2008, 08:33 AM
You have to consider that in the UK as soon as there is one snowflake we seem to fall apart and all our roads and airports close.... you may get stranded here..... your few days could turn into weeks. We are rubbish at adverse weather conditions.
josh.p.
18-10-2008, 10:32 AM
I would opt for disney, I like in the UK, it's got some really good things to do... but travelling from America would be a no-no for a five day trip- you'd be exhausted!
Go to the world... then book a 2 week stay in england next year... you can come and say Hi! LOL
Grammiepo
18-10-2008, 12:22 PM
But of course! Keep your bags packed at all times and travel, travel, travel.
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