yeah, i totally get what you're saying poppy
it is very expensive to plan a vaca of that sort. the pocket money adds up REALLY quickly too. and you're right...korben will love it by the time he's 5.
it is different, easier when you live here. when i was a kid, we used to go just for the day 2-3 times a year. no point in staying overnight when you live 30 minutes away
plus, we had friends who worked there and could get several of us in for free. (my grandmother also worked there for many years)... that made a huge difference. as an adult, i've tried to take my kids at least once/year like you said, but a few years ago we started buying passes. they have FL resident discount passes (i get "annual" passes for me and dh b/c there are no date restrictions and you don't have to pay for parking that way, and "seasonal" passes for the kiddos--those have block-out dates: 2 weeks for Spring break, 2 months during summer, and 2 weeks at Christmas/New Years-- that's always fine with us though, b/c disney is always most crowded during those times, and we love going to the beach in the summer anyway
) and then if you have the passes, you are eligible for discounts on the hotels and such. that's how we were able to do the resort a couple of years ago. that was the first time i've ever stayed at a disney hotel in my whole life!! (even though i've been to the parks MANY times) and then they do this "play 4 days" pass which is a HUGE discount for FL residents and you get 4 days worth of tickets for really cheap, but that's only at the beginning of the year, and they're only good through May. anyway, i'm just blabbering on again about nothing really. it's been a real blessing to be able to take advantage of it as much as we have. that's why we miss it so much, and i really hope we can do it again.
i called to check on rates...i knew the polynesian would be expensive. it's one of their "deluxe" resorts, but it's more expensive than i was expecting, even with the passholder discount, so i don't know if we'll do it or not
we'll see what dh says about it. i suppose we could get the passes and stay somewhere cheaper, but we were both really looking forward to this hotel...one of those things where you grow up riding past it every time you go and wish to be there. ehhh....we'll see....fxxx....
He rarely asks anyhow. Anyhow, on that note I'm off off to bed. Might sleep, might not 
we'll get beyond it though...he did mention our plans for disney this afternoon, so at least i know he's not thinking about scrubbing it. 
dh and i want to get to the UK one of these days.... for this weekend (we haven't made reservations...i don't think we'll need to, but i'll check online), we want to stay at the Polynesian Resort at Disney. We've stayed at the Coronado Springs Resort before with the kids, but we want to go a little nicer this time. Disney has like 3 or 4 "levels" of hotels to work with a lot of different budgets. The Coronado was FANTASTIC. we LOVED it, but dh has always wanted to do the Polynesian, so we're going to try to do that one this time. i'm really looking forward to it. we're just going to do 2 nights, so it shouldn't "break the bank" for us. 
