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C&G'sMama

05-11-2009, 09:30 PM

So my question is this: What do I need to make sure I have for a successful road trip that does not end in divorce? I would like to make the drive part of the vacation, not just a means to get there. We have never driven further than PA or VT so this will be a whole new thing for us... :eek:

Thoughts, suggestions, comments?

You got it in your quote that you want to make the drive part of the vacation. Otherwise it's just a big chore to get there. We have been driving down since 1999. For the last several years of driving we've had the kids with us but even before kids we enjoyed going on road trips together. Do you have any friends that live en route. You don't have to stay with them but maybe you could have dinner or cocktails. Do you and your husband like hanging out in a hot tub. Spring for a room on the way down that has one in the room or just one that's outside. As you'll be traveling in June the pools should be open in SC. Definitely CDs, or books on tape etc.

Before kids, DP and I used to play the rainbow sticker game, kind of like the License plate game but only with rainbow stickers. (It's corny, but we had fun).

Just enjoy every moment. Once you pull out of the driveway, leave all the junk home and just be.

MonorailMan

05-11-2009, 10:40 PM

Growing up, my family used to drive down from the Detroit area. They'd want to do some sight-seeing along the way, which meant it was a 3-day trip. It was torture. :sad2:

Then there was the high school band trip. (We were the first marching band to precede the Spectromagic parade when it first premiered! :woohoo:) It was a 24-hour bus ride of pure hell because I didn't sleep at all on the bus.

The drive makes you appreciate the destination a lot more. Some of my personal tippage for the drive:

DOs
--Stop in areas that look different from the area you live in and find a "mom-n-pop" cafe or diner to have lunch/dinner. Not only can you find amazing food this way, but the new environment can also add interest to the adventure.
--Make rest stops when you need them.....'cause you never know when the next stop is coming up, and there are a few stretches of road in Tennessee and Georgia that are pretty secluded. :rolleyes1
--Relax.

DON'Ts
--Don't go overboard by talking about things you'd love to do or plan on doing once you get to WDW. If you wind up not being able to do them it can lead to unnecessary disappointment. (Example: "Awwwww......I didn't get to get Cinderella's autograph.")
--Don't drive for more than 3 hours without taking a short break. This can lead to crankiness and becoming fidgety.
--Don't run over deer. It's just not cool.

NHdisneylover

05-12-2009, 07:07 AM

We like to check out a couple of non musical CDs to listen to on the way as well. We usually get one short audiobook, one or two comedy albums and something like David Sedaris essays. Nothing that will keep us from talking for hours on end. Instead, we look for things that will give us something to talk about:thumbsup2

Have FUN:goodvibes We get to go to Disneyland Paris for the first time ever leaving Saturday and being at the parks when they open Sunday and I am sooooo excited, so I know the feeling:goodvibes

starann

05-12-2009, 07:54 AM

Well depending on what time you hit PA and what part of PA, we could always meet up!!!!!

rpmdfw

05-12-2009, 08:23 AM

jenn&nelsonrego

05-12-2009, 10:02 AM

Pedro Says only 100 miles till South of the Border! :thumbsup2

Pedro Says only 99 miles till South of the Border! :banana:

Pedro Says Popcorn is fun at South of the Border! popcorn::

Mike says do NOT stop at South of the Border! :rotfl2:

Oh! Dear Lord... :scared1: Note to self: No stopping at South of the Border.

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh313/quiwiser_12/dizzy.jpg
Valium!
10s not 5s

Can I substitute Tylenol PM? :confused3

Just enjoy every moment. Once you pull out of the driveway, leave all the junk home and just be.

Will DO! :thumbsup2

DOs
--Stop in areas that look different from the area you live in and find a "mom-n-pop" cafe or diner to have lunch/dinner. Not only can you find amazing food this way, but the new environment can also add interest to the adventure. We will definitely do this, I love small, local places.
--Make rest stops when you need them.....'cause you never know when the next stop is coming up, and there are a few stretches of road in Tennessee and Georgia that are pretty secluded. :rolleyes1 Check!
--Relax. Double Check!

DON'Ts
--Don't go overboard by talking about things you'd love to do or plan on doing once you get to WDW. If you wind up not being able to do them it can lead to unnecessary disappointment. (Example: "Awwwww......I didn't get to get Cinderella's autograph.") OK
--Don't drive for more than 3 hours without taking a short break. This can lead to crankiness and becoming fidgety. This is a definite especially since I hope to be PG, rest stops are a must!
--Don't run over deer. It's just not cool.I hope that we manage to not do this. I swerve to avoid pigeons and squirells!

We like to check out a couple of non musical CDs to listen to on the way as well.

We are thinking of activating the XM radio in the car...

Well depending on what time you hit PA and what part of PA, we could always meet up!!!!!

:thumbsup2

Have fun at Disneyland Paris! The Disneyland park is beautiful! I think their castle is my favorite.

Yes, have a blast at Disneyland Paris! :wizard::wizard::wizard:

wallyb

05-12-2009, 10:19 AM

OrlandoMike

05-12-2009, 10:29 AM

Unfortunatly I think Pedro had too many Taco's at South of the Border!

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jenn&nelsonrego

05-12-2009, 10:32 AM

So... I am thinking:

Tacos + long car ride...

not a great idea! :eek:

MonorailMan

05-12-2009, 10:41 AM

I thought the tacos were okay. Isn't it the water you need to watch out for? :confused3

NHdisneylover

05-13-2009, 10:52 AM

Have fun at Disneyland Paris! The Disneyland park is beautiful! I think their castle is my favorite.

Yes, have a blast at Disneyland Paris! :wizard::wizard::wizard:

Thanks:goodvibesWe are very excited and NEED the break from stress (currently evicting dead beat tenants long distance, figuring out DDs needed oral surgery with a surgeon who does not speak English--my German leaves much to be desired, etc.)

I am totally excited to see that castle (I hear it has a dungeon with a dragonprincess:) and also their version of Haunted Mansion. Someone from the kids' school told me today it is "okay but you can do everything worth doing in a day." I put no stock in her opinion--she is thinks AK is a half day park at most:rolleyes: It will be a budget trip--no sit down meals (see eviction comment above:sad2:) but it has to be fun--we can go to WDW and never ride a ride and have a blast (like most people here, right?). Rob, if you have any tips please PM them (or post them, but I hate to take over Jenn's thread--this one hasn't gone astray yet:rolleyes1)

Jenn--another tip--if you stop somewhere you love (to eat or whatnot) on the way to WDW, mark it in the atlas/save it in the GPS so you can find it on the way home if you want to. You will think you can remember it, but after a week of pixie dust you probably won't.

rpmdfw

05-13-2009, 11:06 AM

I am totally excited to see that castle (I hear it has a dungeon with a dragonprincess:) and also their version of Haunted Mansion. Someone from the kids' school told me today it is "okay but you can do everything worth doing in a day." I put no stock in her opinion--she is thinks AK is a half day park at most:rolleyes: It will be a budget trip--no sit down meals (see eviction comment above:sad2:) but it has to be fun--we can go to WDW and never ride a ride and have a blast (like most people here, right?). Rob, if you have any tips please PM them (or post them, but I hate to take over Jenn's thread--this one hasn't gone astray yet:rolleyes1)

The Phantom Manor is very cool as well! The only tip I'll give you about the Disney park is what I'd say about all of them. Don't rush through it and miss the details. Enjoy it, soak it up, it's a magical place. Why run past the beauty because you're trying to keep to a schedule? :confused3

The other big tip is that if you've got the time/resources visit Paris! As much as we loved Disneyland Paris, the next trip will focus MUCH more on the City of Lights itself. We fell in love with it. Riding up the Eiffel Tower at twilight and watching the city lights come on was one of the most amazing and romantic things I've ever done in my life!

jenn&nelsonrego

05-13-2009, 12:15 PM

Thanks:goodvibesWe are very excited and NEED the break from stress (currently evicting dead beat tenants long distance, figuring out DDs needed oral surgery with a surgeon who does not speak English--my German leaves much to be desired, etc.)

:headache: Bummer! Hope things get better

but I hate to take over Jenn's thread--this one hasn't gone astray yet:rolleyes1)

Whatev! It doesn't bother me when my threads get hijacked... ;)

Jenn--another tip--if you stop somewhere you love (to eat or whatnot) on the way to WDW, mark it in the atlas/save it in the GPS so you can find it on the way home if you want to. You will think you can remember it, but after a week of pixie dust you probably won't.

:thumbsup2 Excellent idea! I will definitely do that! :worship:

Oh! and it will be TWO weeks of Pizie Dust :dance3::dance3::dance3:

So I made my ADRs today and I have to say that for making them so late ~ I did pretty well... Managed to get dinner ressies at Coral Reef, Yachtsman, Rose and Crown, Nine Dragons, and for the clambake at Cape May Cafe... Breakfast ressies at Chef Mickeys and Tusker House... The only one that I was disapointed about was (no surprise here) Le Cellier... really wanted a dinner res, but at least managed to secure a lunch one! Still want a dinner one and may try Member Services again in the future to see if I can get one, but... So, all in all I am happy with my ADR's... Now Nelson and I have to just take a look at what we have and fill in the blanks... any suggestions? Any Floridians (or anyone down there at that time) want to meet up for drinks?

Oh! and Nelson finally made our hotel res for the fri and sat between our two weeks (if you know DVC then you know it is ridiculously expensive ~ in points ~ in points to stay on a friday and saturday night, we practically got the whole second week for what it would have cost for the fri and sat) We will be staying at the Port Orleans - French Quarter($119 per night AP price). We have never even been there. Any good? Any suggestions?

Holy crap... a Disney planning thread... this needs to stop! :lmao:

rpmdfw

05-13-2009, 12:35 PM

:headache: Bummer! Hope things get better

Whatev! It doesn't bother me when my threads get hijacked... ;)

:thumbsup2 Excellent idea! I will definitely do that! :worship:

Oh! and it will be TWO weeks of Pizie Dust :dance3::dance3::dance3:

So I made my ADRs today and I have to say that for making them so late ~ I did pretty well... Managed to get dinner ressies at Coral Reef, Yachtsman, Rose and Crown, Nine Dragons, and for the clambake at Cape May Cafe... Breakfast ressies at Chef Mickeys and Tusker House... The only one that I was disapointed about was (no surprise here) Le Cellier... really wanted a dinner res, but at least managed to secure a lunch one! Still want a dinner one and may try Member Services again in the future to see if I can get one, but... So, all in all I am happy with my ADR's... Now Nelson and I have to just take a look at what we have and fill in the blanks... any suggestions? Any Floridians (or anyone down there at that time) want to meet up for drinks?

Oh! and Nelson finally made our hotel res for the fri and sat between our two weeks (if you know DVC then you know it is ridiculously expensive ~ in points ~ in points to stay on a friday and saturday night, we practically got the whole second week for what it would have cost for the fri and sat) We will be staying at the Port Orleans - French Quarter($119 per night AP price). We have never even been there. Any good? Any suggestions?

Holy crap... a Disney planning thread... this needs to stop! :lmao:

You're going to LOVE the Yachtsman steakhouse! As for suggestions. . . have you tried Jiko or Boma yet? Both are excellent, and I hear that Sanna (at Kidani Village) is very good. While you're staying at Saratoga Springs, eat at the Turf Club Bar and Grill! They make an awesome Mint Julep, the calamari and crab cakes are both wonderful, and the entrees and desserts are very good too. It's one of our favorites. We really do consider it a "hidden gem"

NHdisneylover

05-13-2009, 12:37 PM

Don't rush through it and miss the details. Enjoy it, soak it up, it's a magical place. Why run past the beauty because you're trying to keep to a schedule? :confused3

The other big tip is that if you've got the time/resources visit Paris! As much as we loved Disneyland Paris, the next trip will focus MUCH more on the City of Lights itself. We fell in love with it. Riding up the Eiffel Tower at twilight and watching the city lights come on was one of the most amazing and romantic things I've ever done in my life!

Your advice is pretty much how I live my life and certainly how we vacation especially at Disney:thumbsup2

We do want to visit Paris. As Paris is now only a 5 hour drive from us (and the big perk we have here is the company car includes ALL of our gas we want to treat Paris as a seperate vacation from Disney Paris. My mom is comming in September and has always wanted to see Paris so we chose to do DLP on this trip and Paris in the fall.

:headache: Bummer! Hope things get better

Whatev! It doesn't bother me when my threads get hijacked... ;)

:thumbsup2 Excellent idea! I will definitely do that! :worship:

Oh! and it will be TWO weeks of Pizie Dust :dance3::dance3::dance3:

So I made my ADRs today and I have to say that for making them so late ~ I did pretty well... Managed to get dinner ressies at Coral Reef, Yachtsman, Rose and Crown, Nine Dragons, and for the clambake at Cape May Cafe... Breakfast ressies at Chef Mickeys and Tusker House... The only one that I was disapointed about was (no surprise here) Le Cellier... really wanted a dinner res, but at least managed to secure a lunch one! Still want a dinner one and may try Member Services again in the future to see if I can get one, but... So, all in all I am happy with my ADR's... Now Nelson and I have to just take a look at what we have and fill in the blanks... any suggestions? Any Floridians (or anyone down there at that time) want to meet up for drinks?

Oh! and Nelson finally made our hotel res for the fri and sat between our two weeks (if you know DVC then you know it is ridiculously expensive ~ in points ~ in points to stay on a friday and saturday night, we practically got the whole second week for what it would have cost for the fri and sat) We will be staying at the Port Orleans - French Quarter($119 per night AP price). We have never even been there. Any good? Any suggestions?

Holy crap... a Disney planning thread... this needs to stop! :lmao:

2 weeks of pixie dust--lucky girl:goodvibes
Port Orleans French Quarter is my favourite resort:goodvibes We stayed there on our honeymoon and again on our last trip. It is so quiet and romantic there. The bar in the lobby often has a jazz band in the evening--nice to sit and have a drink and listen.
Fill in the blanks ideas: Yak and Yeti at AK. There is a pineapple and ceram cheese dessert thing which I adore. We like to get the very last reservation of the day and then you are leaving after park close and can enjoy walking out of the park in near solitude.
If you want to Splurge, Artist Point at Wilderness Lodge is a great place:love:

rpmdfw

05-13-2009, 12:54 PM

We do want to visit Paris. As Paris is now only a 5 hour drive from us (and the big perk we have here is the company car includes ALL of our gas we want to treat Paris as a seperate vacation from Disney Paris. My mom is comming in September and has always wanted to see Paris so we chose to do DLP on this trip and Paris in the fall.

Very cool! :thumbsup2

If you need planning help with Paris, let me recommend www.ricksteves.com I LOVE his site, his books, and his TV shows.

I found this link particularly helpful, http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/france/parisitin.htm We didn't follow it at all, but it gave us a really good idea of how to plan our days.

Plus there's a lot of general info on this page: http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/france/france_menu.htm

And seeing how you're already in Europe, you may be familiar with Rick Steves already, but if not, check out his tips for where ever you're going to be. :thumbsup2

While at Disneyland Paris, you're one quick train ride from the Val d'Europe mall. We really enjoyed that!

rpmdfw

05-13-2009, 12:58 PM

We will be staying at the Port Orleans - French Quarter($119 per night AP price). We have never even been there. Any good? Any suggestions?

I forgot to say that we loved the POFQ. Try the beignets! They're awesome!:thumbsup2

NHdisneylover

05-13-2009, 03:53 PM

Very cool! :thumbsup2

If you need planning help with Paris, let me recommend www.ricksteves.com I LOVE his site, his books, and his TV shows.

I found this link particularly helpful, http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/france/parisitin.htm We didn't follow it at all, but it gave us a really good idea of how to plan our days.

Plus there's a lot of general info on this page: http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/france/france_menu.htm

And seeing how you're already in Europe, you may be familiar with Rick Steves already, but if not, check out his tips for where ever you're going to be. :thumbsup2

While at Disneyland Paris, you're one quick train ride from the Val d'Europe mall. We really enjoyed that!
Rob, can I just say you are awesome:worship:If you ever want to visit Southern Germany let us know--we'll show you all over and take you to all the good little places to eat (funny thing, the BEST place we have found--soooo yummy---is Italian:rotfl:)
I forgot to say that we loved the POFQ. Try the beignets! They're awesome!:thumbsup2

Oh YES--Jenn get the Beignets. They make them fresh when you order them:cloud9:so yummy.

NHdisneylover

05-13-2009, 03:58 PM

:headache: Bummer! Hope things get better

:

So here is the news article I just found on my idiot tenant. Amazing he didn't kill himself trying to outrun a cop on a motorcycle:rolleyes:

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=High-speed+chase+ends+in+crash&articleId=5fa259ab-3a79-4925-94e5-a838fd69041d

selling at a loss is sounding better and better:headache:

zeitzeuge

05-13-2009, 04:00 PM

So... I am thinking:

Tacos + long car ride...

not a great idea! :eek:

Taco's and a long car ride, is like taking an Ambien sleeping pill and Exlax right before going to bed. Neither one is a smart idea.

I love road trips. We take books on cd's, fill our ipod with a 12 hour playlist, stop often to grab snacks and potty breaks. If you see a painted sign on the side of the road that says 15 miles to the LOOOVE SHAAAACK! wait..............sorry, if you see a sign on the side of the road of some interesting thing to stop and see for a few moments, do it!

Not sure where the B52's thing came from.........

rpmdfw

05-13-2009, 04:02 PM

Rob, can I just say you are awesome:worship:

I KNOW! Please tell Wally! :rotfl2:

If you ever want to visit Southern Germany let us know--we'll show you all over and take you to all the good little places to eat (funny thing, the BEST place we have found--soooo yummy---is Italian:rotfl:)

I'll check airline prices right now! :lmao:

(I wish!)

rpmdfw

05-13-2009, 04:03 PM

Not sure where the B52's thing came from.........

Oh, I've got an idea . . . :rotfl:

jenn&nelsonrego

05-13-2009, 06:48 PM

You're going to LOVE the Yachtsman steakhouse! As for suggestions. . . have you tried Jiko or Boma yet? Both are excellent, and I hear that Sanna (at Kidani Village) is very good. While you're staying at Saratoga Springs, eat at the Turf Club Bar and Grill! They make an awesome Mint Julep, the calamari and crab cakes are both wonderful, and the entrees and desserts are very good too. It's one of our favorites. We really do consider it a "hidden gem"

O.K. Jiko, Boma, and Sanna (sounds like a law firm) are all on the list to look into... I had planned on hitting up the Turf Club... I heard a rumor that they have a cute bald guy there... :confused3

2 weeks of pixie dust--lucky girl:goodvibes
Port Orleans French Quarter is my favourite resort:goodvibes We stayed there on our honeymoon and again on our last trip. It is so quiet and romantic there. The bar in the lobby often has a jazz band in the evening--nice to sit and have a drink and listen.
Fill in the blanks ideas: Yak and Yeti at AK. There is a pineapple and ceram cheese dessert thing which I adore. We like to get the very last reservation of the day and then you are leaving after park close and can enjoy walking out of the park in near solitude.
If you want to Splurge, Artist Point at Wilderness Lodge is a great place:love:

Glad to hear that people like POFQ... like I said, I have never even seen the place so I was a little worried! I have put Yak and Yeti and Artist Point on the "to look into" list. Thanks! :thumbsup2

I forgot to say that we loved the POFQ. Try the beignets! They're awesome!:thumbsup2

mmmmmm

Taco's and a long car ride, is like taking an Ambien sleeping pill and Exlax right before going to bed. Neither one is a smart idea.

I love road trips. We take books on cd's, fill our ipod with a 12 hour playlist, stop often to grab snacks and potty breaks. If you see a painted sign on the side of the road that says 15 miles to the LOOOVE SHAAAACK! wait..............sorry, if you see a sign on the side of the road of some interesting thing to stop and see for a few moments, do it!

Not sure where the B52's thing came from.........

Ambien and Exlax??? :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Looking forward to road signs AND the B52's!

Thanks for all the suggestions folks! Keep it coming!

Sphyrna

05-13-2009, 10:37 PM

I haven't stayed at POFQ but from what I've seen online it looks very nice. It would probably be my top pick for moderate.

MonorailMan

05-13-2009, 11:04 PM

Taco's and a long car ride, is like taking an Ambien sleeping pill and Exlax right before going to bed. Neither one is a smart idea.

Thanks for the heads-up. I was going to try this on a dare. :surfweb:

jenn&nelsonrego

05-14-2009, 01:20 PM

Well, I think we made up our mind on our remaining ADR's...

I have four days left where there are no reservations whatsoever... so I am going to shoot for dinner ressies at Jiko, Yak & Yeti, Artist Point, and Sanna.

We plan to hit up the Turf Bar and Grill for dinner on one of the days that we have a breakfast res... do I need reservations for that too?

:wizard::wizard::wizard:I am still hopeful to be able to change my Le Cellier res from lunch to dinner, but I am not holding my breath.:wizard::wizard::wizard:

Since we will begin our drive home on Friday, July 10 - I thought I would try to make a breakfast reservation at Boma.

I think that is it... anything I am missing?

NHdisneylover

05-14-2009, 01:48 PM

Jenn, I think you are going to have a wonderful trip. I am getting hungry reading yout ADRS:rotfl:
Good luck with the Le Cellier ressies (not being a steak eater I actaully like lunch better than dinner there--but I am an oddball and I know it).

jenn&nelsonrego

05-19-2009, 02:41 PM

Thinking about turning this thread in a PTR... I have never done a PTR or a TR for that matter....

Any takers? :confused3

jenn&nelsonrego

05-20-2009, 01:07 PM

Any takers? :confused3

No? :confused:

O.K. :thumbsup2

wallyb

05-20-2009, 01:14 PM

I'm a giver! ;)

rpmdfw

05-20-2009, 02:13 PM

I'm a giver! ;)

Yeah.

He gives me a headache!:headache:

:lmao:

jenn&nelsonrego

05-20-2009, 02:38 PM

popcorn::

wallyb

05-20-2009, 04:41 PM

Yeah.

He gives me a headache!:headache:

:lmao:

Well the azithromycin cleared up
what you gave me! :mad:

rosiep

05-20-2009, 04:47 PM

Well the azithromycin cleared up
what you gave me! :mad:

How many times do I have to tell you not to pick up dirty things and put them in your mouth??? BAD BOY!!!

Oh...what a mother goes through......

wallyb

05-20-2009, 05:27 PM

How many times do I have to tell you not to pick up dirty things and put them in your mouth??? BAD BOY!!!

Oh...what a mother goes through......

If you were my mom - I could get rich with the tell all book. :rolleyes:
Rosie Dearest.

rosiep

05-20-2009, 05:32 PM

If you were my mom - I could get rich with the tell all book. :rolleyes:
Rosie Dearest.

You should ghost write it with Tara.

Jeff90

05-20-2009, 05:35 PM

Yeah!! Come on Jenn and tell us more!!!! I would love to hear your plans too!!! Maybe we will run into each other on our trips!!!!!

rosiep

05-20-2009, 05:49 PM

Sorry to have gotton side tracked (who me?)...

Yes Jenn!!! Tell us more. A pre trippy please!

(doesn't mean what it used to...:rolleyes1)

OrlandoMike

05-21-2009, 12:26 AM

I'm always up for a PT party! :cool1:

TuckandStuiesMom

05-21-2009, 09:50 AM

Pre-trippie and Trippie -- yes, please.

and yes, Rosie -- what's a mutha to do? :sad2:

jenn&nelsonrego

05-21-2009, 06:19 PM

So I have posted most of this is pieces and some on other threads so here it all is...

Friday June 26 into Saturday June 27 is the ACS Relay for Life (RFL). This will my sixth year being a Team Captain for a team in memory of my brother who died when he was 1.5... His story is here: http://www.tommysteam.com/abouttommy.html

So when we found out that Nelson had no choice but to take his vacation beggining that weekend, we were bummed. Considered not doing RFL but it is such an important event to us... so we decided that we would go to Disney but would drive down (the other reason the driving decision was made is b/c at the time we needed to decide we didnt know if I would be PG or not since we have been trying for 4 years ~off of any BC since our wedding in 2002~and well... you all know... we still dont know and quite frankly, with my history of miscarriage, I didnt want to be 30,000 feet in the air if something started to go wrong).

We decided that we will leave the RFL at 12 a.m. on 6/27 (well, I will... Nelson would have headed home at around 3pm after setting up the tents and all the site decorations and will get his sleep in) pick Nelson up at home and he will drive while I sleep the first couple hours. (In case anyone was wondering, we are leaving the RFL team in the capable :lmao: hands of my very best friend in the whole wide sky, Jen ~with one "n"~)

Nelson wants to ensure that we are through DC by 8:00 a.m. to avoid traffic so at midnight we take off. Which means that I not only have to get everything ready for the RFL prior to 6/26 but also pack for a 2 week trip to Florida!

That is all for now... More soon!

So... this is my first PTR - How am I doing so far?

wallyb

05-21-2009, 06:27 PM

So... this is my first PTR - How am I doing so far?

Sex it up a bit Toots. popcorn::

jenn&nelsonrego

05-21-2009, 06:38 PM

Sex it up a bit Toots. popcorn::

What else can I say.... :confused3 There isn't much involved with the very beginning of the trip....

I will get to all the ADR's and stuff next....

rosiep

05-21-2009, 07:01 PM

Think Nelson will try any funny business while you are sleeping???

jenn&nelsonrego

05-21-2009, 07:06 PM

Think Nelson will try any funny business while you are sleeping???

Nelson is ALL ABOUT funny business while I am sleeping! pirate:

I swear... sometimes I feel like a leg with a un-neutered dog around! :headache:

wallyb

05-22-2009, 05:39 AM

Brava Nelson :thumbsup2

TuckandStuiesMom

05-22-2009, 11:13 AM

Great start to your trippie!!!! (p.s. -- I was gonna say Don't listen to Wally but the bit about the dog and the leg???? Too Funny...so Wally, you were right; I was wrong...):thumbsup2

wallyb

05-22-2009, 11:27 AM

A little spice is always nice!

It does not have to be all 100% true. ;)

jenn&nelsonrego

05-28-2009, 05:58 PM

Wanna know where we plan to eat? :confused:

I might be convinced to let you in on all the delicious details...

(for a price)... :angel:

TuckandStuiesMom

05-28-2009, 06:11 PM

Wanna know where we plan to eat? :confused:

I might be convinced to let you in on all the delicious details...

(for a price)... :angel:

you betcha we want to know; we are BIG into vicarious pleasures...

jenn&nelsonrego

06-01-2009, 10:04 AM

I have at least one ADR for every day of our trip. Some are places we have eaten before and love, but most will be new experiences for us.

We are 26 days out from beginning our trip. The drive down plan has not changed at all, but some new bills have cropped up (don't they always) so some of our ADR's will have to go. :sad1: (at least we have a 1 bedroom room with a full kitchen so we can cook in the room ~ which I actually enjoy doing, so I am not sure why I am complaining) We are going to sit down this weekend to see which ones. Maybe some of you can help... :confused3

Sunday, June 28

We arrive in Florida (hopefully) somewhere around 3pm-ish and check into SSR. We have a 5:35 reservation at the Yachtsman. Not sure if we will get into any of the parks that night. Will probably just have dinner and go back to the room and unpack (I hate living out of a suitcase).

Monday, June 29
5:50p.m. Rose and Crown
We have never been here, but are both big fans of fish and chips ~ we were told this was a must do.

Tuesday, June 30
6:15p.m. Nine Dragons
We go here at least once every trip. I absolutely love the honey sesame chicken (at least I think that is what it's called).

Wednesday, July 1
5:30p.m. Jiko
This is one that although I am excited about, it may have to go... It is 2TS credits on DDP....
We have never been here ~ opinions???

Thursday, July 2
8:25a.m. Tusker House
Another place we have never tried. My favorite meal to have a buffet for is breakfast because I love everything breakfast! Of course, the fact that it is a character breakfast is important too... that is where I get all my pictures!

Friday, July 3
We check out of SSR on this day and into POFQ.
8:35p.m. Coral Reef
We went to Coral Reef last year for dinner and loved it (even with the stingray staring at me)!

More to come... :goodvibes

wallyb

06-01-2009, 10:20 AM

Jenn - I think Jiko is the best dinning at WDW.
So I say ... Go! :thumbsup2:thumbsup2

OrlandoMike

06-01-2009, 10:24 AM

Just an FYI, you can get the Fish and Chips at the quick service location just outside of Rose and Crown without using a Table Service credit.

rpmdfw

06-01-2009, 10:26 AM

Monday, June 29
5:50p.m. Rose and Crown
We have never been here, but are both big fans of fish and chips ~ we were told this was a must do.

While I do enjoy the Rose and Crown, everything I've ever heard says that the fish and chips at Cooks of Dublin at Downtown Disney blow the ones at Rose & Crown out of the water!

Our friends from the U.K. that visit every year refuse to eat the fish and chips at the U.K. Pavillion because they're Harry Ramsden fish and chips and according to them "We've got a Harry Ramsdens at home and it's rubbish, nobody eats there!" :rotfl2:

Sphyrna

06-01-2009, 10:48 AM

Just an FYI, you can get the Fish and Chips at the quick service location just outside of Rose and Crown without using a Table Service credit.

That's what I did on my trip 2 years ago. I thought they were really good. Only problem I had was finding a table. I ended up just finding a bench. But it was nice to sit and eat looking out at the WS Lagoon.

jenn&nelsonrego

06-01-2009, 11:24 AM

Hmmm, o.k. So Rose and Crown might be out and Jiko probably just made its way back in (especially if we save a TS credit by ditching Rose and Crown)! :thumbsup2

Thanks! :worship:

Here is some more of our plan...

Saturday, July 4

11:00 a.m. Chef Mickeys
Looking forward to PB&J pizza!
8:40 p.m. Liberty Tree Tavern

We will probably avoid the parks for most of this day, choosing to instead check out POFG. I hear it is a pretty neat place!

I did, however, have to make dinner reservations at Liberty Tree Tavern that night (seemed an appropriate fit for July 4th). The last time we ate there was just hours before Nelson proposed to me in 2001. Chip (or Dale) kept proposing to me and he was pissed! He thought they were going to ruin the surprise! :laughing:

There will be a "concert in the sky" at 9:00 p.m. for the 4th of July. I am bummed that we might miss out on it b/c we will be in for dinner... Does LTT have windows that overlook the castle? :confused:

Sunday, July 5
12:10 p.m. Le Cellier
*still hoping to get a dinner res in place of this lunch* We had lunch here last year and it was yummy! We love a good steak! (and the mac and cheese ~ drool)!

This is the day that we will check out of POFG and into BCV! Having never stayed at BCV ~ we are excited!

Monday, July 6
5:35 p.m. Cape May Cafe
I love trying "New England" food when not in New England. Like the glorified chicken soup one Vero Beach restaurant tried to pass as New England Clam chowder! UGH! :snooty:

Tuesday, July 7
6:00 p.m. Yak and Yeti
This will be a new place for us.

Wednesday, July 8
5:35 p.m. Artist Point
Can't remember - is this one a little pricey? This may be one of the ones to go if we cannot justify the cost. Anyone think it is a "must keep"?

Thursday, July 9
6:20 p.m. Sanna
I know absolutely nothing about this place. I got the ADR on Rob's advice... I think it was you Rob who said you had just gone and it was really good.... :confused: What type of food? What were the prices like?

Friday, July 10
8:25 a.m. Boma
This is the day we leave and our Disney Depression settles in. We thought a big breakfast buffet might be the best way to send us off! :sad1:

rpmdfw

06-01-2009, 11:34 AM

Thursday, July 9
6:20 p.m. Sanna
I know absolutely nothing about this place. I got the ADR on Rob's advice... I think it was you Rob who said you had just gone and it was really good.... :confused: What type of food? What were the prices like?

Me?!?!? :confused:

I've never been there.

I think you're losing your mind!

Or you've confused me with Mike who said he loved it.:laughing:

OrlandoMike

06-01-2009, 11:38 AM

Yes I went and was blown away by how much better it was than I thought it would be.

Make sure to get the bread service, and the salad sampler! :thumbsup2

jenn&nelsonrego

06-01-2009, 11:38 AM

Me?!?!? :confused:

I've never been there.

I think you're losing your mind!

Or you've confused me with Mike who said he loved it.:laughing:

Not losing hun, LOST! :lmao:

Mike? Help me out here... (before I give Rob any more ammo, he is so much more on his game than I am today). :sad2:

OrlandoMike

06-01-2009, 11:39 AM

It's OK.

This is why I dont plan trips and just wing it!

It will make you crazy I tell you! :rotfl2:

rpmdfw

06-01-2009, 11:41 AM

Mike? Help me out here... (before I give Rob any more ammo, he is so much more on his game than I am today). :sad2:

Today?!?!?! :confused:

TODAY?!?!?!? :confused3

Yeah, like it's different on any other day. :rolleyes1

:rotfl2:

wallyb

06-01-2009, 11:52 AM

Leave poor Jenn alone!

Do you want her to go all hormonal on you! :scared:
She's got extra these days ya know!

jenn&nelsonrego

06-01-2009, 11:52 AM

Today?!?!?! :confused:

TODAY?!?!?!? :confused3

Yeah, like it's different on any other day. :rolleyes1

:rotfl2:

See? :confused:

This is exactly what I mean. If I had half my wits about me today, I would have never made THAT mistake and left the door wide open for Rob to waltz his sarcastic back end through! :laughing:

rpmdfw

06-01-2009, 12:02 PM

See? :confused:

This is exactly what I mean. If I had half my wits about me today, I would have never made THAT mistake and left the door wide open for Rob to waltz his sarcastic back end through! :laughing:

Hey!

You take that back!

It's not just my back end that's sarcastic! It's all of the rest of me, too! :snooty:

jenn&nelsonrego

06-01-2009, 06:45 PM

Ahhhh!!!! 7/4 at Liberty Tree might be scrubbed. Just found out that the characters are no longer there. :headache:

Maybe a CS at Pecos Bills and we will actually get to watch the fireworks! :)

OrlandoMike

06-01-2009, 06:51 PM

Hall of Presidents re-opens on the 4th too! :thumbsup2

jenn&nelsonrego

06-22-2009, 11:58 AM

:jumping1::jumping1::jumping1: I am super, super excited that I will be leaving this rainy, cloudy, sunshine deprived place in four days!!! :jumping1::jumping1::jumping1::jumping1::jumping1: :jumping1::jumping1::jumping1::jumping1:

I have a ton of work to do between now and then, not to mention final prep for the Relay for Life (http://main.acsevents.org/goto/tommysteam) Friday night!

I have decided to bring my laptop with me and may do a live trip report (it is probably the only way one will get done)... I will make sure I include plenty of food porn!

jenn&nelsonrego

06-29-2009, 09:05 AM

So... WE ARE HERE!!!!

We arrive yesterday afternoon and I have to admit that the drive was not that bad... We pulled out of the driveway around 1:30 in the a.m. on Saturday. After stopping to pick up some Advil and a heat wrap (I did something to my lower back at the Relay for Life), I was out like a light...

I woke up in New Jersey...

Then again in Virginia... I stayed awake for a little while at this point... We passed a car that was in the fast lane with a big decal on the back that said "drive it like you stole it"... WHAT THE?!?!?!? The stupid thing was doing 50 in the fast lane...

The ride was pretty uneventful so I wont bore you with the details. We arrived in Florence, South Carolina around 6 p.m. We stayed at a Holiday Inn Express and was asleep by 8! :scared1:

On the road by 7 a.m....

I did more sleeping, until...

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Our room:

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The view from our room:

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We had an ADR at the Yachtsman...

Us on the way out:

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More pictures from dinner in the next post... which is coming right now... I just dont know how many pics I can fit in one post...

jenn&nelsonrego

06-29-2009, 09:19 AM

There are only three words to describe dinner at the Yachtsman... Oh, My, and God... :goodvibes

It was delicious!

Brace yourself... food porn upcoming....

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My New York Strip with Potato Gratin:

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Nelson had the Cowboy Steak:

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We shared a side of the Truffle Mac and Cheese... which was incredible!

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Dessert:

For me, the Banana Napoleon:

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For Nelson, the Creme Brulee:

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The food was amazing, I was so stuffed, I thought I was going to have to be rolled out...

We headed back to our room and promptly went to bed. It had been a long two days of driving...

We are not to sure what is on the agenda for today... We are headed out the door now and are going to the outlets (my brain challenged husband brought long sleeve shirts with him) and to the grocery store.

Taking suggestions for which park to go to this afternoon...

:cloud9:

rosiep

06-29-2009, 01:22 PM

Oh Lord!!!! Now I need a cigarette! That food looks amazing.

Jenn- I'm so happy that you and Nelson are taking time for yourselves. Have a great time!

jkCT

06-29-2009, 01:55 PM

So glad you are finally there and having a wonderful time! What a great picture of the two of you!! (Okay, so the creme brulee is not bad lookin' either...)

Desiree1972

06-29-2009, 02:28 PM

Aww - I love the picture of the 2 of you! :lovestruc
Not to mention, the steaks have me rethinking our ADRs!
Have a blast and keep the pictures coming

sirJeffrey90

06-29-2009, 03:43 PM

Yay Saratoga Springs!! Such a nice and relaxing and BIG place. Have fun the rest of your trip!! ;)

starann

06-29-2009, 03:48 PM

That food porn was sooooooooooooooooo delicious! You are making me even more envious of you right now!

So what did you do today?

Jeff90

06-29-2009, 05:04 PM

Oh Jenn! You are there!! We are eating at the YSH on the 9th and I can't wait for Jon to come home so I can show him your pics! The food looks amazing!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!!

You guys are so cute!!!! You both are in your Disney Glow!!!!

I sent you a message telling you I got the card too! I hope we get to see y'all before your departure day!

Love SSR, our 1st "home."

Have fun and be safe!!!!! Yay!!!!!!:goodvibes

jenn&nelsonrego

06-30-2009, 10:24 AM

Oh Lord!!!! Now I need a cigarette! That food looks amazing.

Jenn- I'm so happy that you and Nelson are taking time for yourselves. Have a great time!

Glad you are enjoying!

Thanks! :thumbsup2

So glad you are finally there and having a wonderful time! What a great picture of the two of you!! (Okay, so the creme brulee is not bad lookin' either...)

You can be honest, the Creme Brulee looks better... :goodvibes

Aww - I love the picture of the 2 of you! :lovestruc
Not to mention, the steaks have me rethinking our ADRs!
Have a blast and keep the pictures coming

I really loved the Yachtsman. Well worth the 2 TS credits...

I forgot to mention the onion rolls they bring out with roasted garlic... No vampires in my room that night...

ok, maybe i lied... there was this one... ;)

Yay Saratoga Springs!! Such a nice and relaxing and BIG place. Have fun the rest of your trip!! ;)

Thanks! I love SSR... It is very relaxing...

That food porn was sooooooooooooooooo delicious! You are making me even more envious of you right now!

So what did you do today?

I will get there dear... :upsidedow

Oh Jenn! You are there!! We are eating at the YSH on the 9th and I can't wait for Jon to come home so I can show him your pics! The food looks amazing!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!!

You guys are so cute!!!! You both are in your Disney Glow!!!!

I sent you a message telling you I got the card too! I hope we get to see y'all before your departure day!

Love SSR, our 1st "home."

Have fun and be safe!!!!! Yay!!!!!!:goodvibes

Glad you got it! "Disney Glow" - I like that!

Alright... I have some more pics... wanna see em'?

jenn&nelsonrego

06-30-2009, 10:45 AM

We started Monday (6/29) off at Olivia's (OKW) for breakfast.

I took what I am pretty sure is my favorite picture ever of my husband...

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I :lovestruc him! We will have been together for 10 years this December... I am so in love with him... :love::love::love:

O.K. enough sap... on to the good stuff... :cloud9:

Breakfast at Olivia's

I had an omelet with the pork trifecta, American and cheddar cheeses and tomatoes... Their breakfast potatoes are incredible!

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Nelson's omelet had onions, peppers, and American and cheddar cheese:

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We had some shopping to do, so we headed to the outlets and then to the grocery store. We came back home and dinner was at Chez Rego, a brand new place at SSR...

Nothing magnificent, just mesquite chicken breast, garlic risotto, and corn...

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We decided that we had to finally begin this trip and head over to MK.

While on the boat, I took this picture:

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We took a quick walk around Tommorowland, saw the Monsters Inc Laugh Factory thingy then headed back to main street to the Ice Cream Parlor!!!

My double scoop of mint chocolate chip...

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We then walked down to our new favorite spot to watch the fireworks. We were about 45 minutes early so we sat and enjoyed our ice cream and watched cute little kids and some very grumpy adults (while listening to the music from the 9:00 Spectromagic parade)...

Fireworks:

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We waited for the mass exodus at this point, then went and scored a prime spot for the 11:00 Spectromagic. Until we were forced to push over because our local (not so friendly) cast member wanted to stand there... Doesn't matter,she is miserable - I am not... :laughing: I do feel bad for what they have to deal with, but I am friendly and understanding and do not deserve to be barked at... moving on....

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I was psyched to score an awesome picture of the head rat... I actually took 3 good pictures... I can never get a good picture of him...

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Just as the parade ended, Nelson took off running to get in line at the Main Street Bakery to get a cinnamon roll for Tuesday's planned breakfast in the room...

I got there just as he was ordering...

My :love:, waiting in line to get me a cinamon roll....

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That was all for Monday... Today's breakfast was interesting... but you will have to wait for that!

Headed to Epcot... lunch at Nine Dragons... mmmmm... honey chicken...

Lets get a pool started on how much weight I am going to gain while here... :laughing:

Desiree1972

06-30-2009, 02:22 PM

eeks - you are making me even more excited about my trip!
nice shots
that ice cream looks dangerously divine!!

starann

06-30-2009, 07:34 PM

Thanks for the recap! Breakfast potatoes looked de-lish!

We enjoyed 9 Dragons when we went last year. WE also went for lunch and the honey chicken was what I ordered. It's on my list for next year! (and after seeing your pictures of food porn, so is the steakhouse!...and now with those potatoes.......)

ETA....Nelson is quite the hottie with facial hair!

TuckandStuiesMom

06-30-2009, 10:28 PM

BEST. FOOD. PORN. EVER.

may i have a hit off that cigarette, please?

Saxton

06-30-2009, 10:49 PM

jenn&nelsonrego

07-01-2009, 08:59 AM

eeks - you are making me even more excited about my trip!
nice shots
that ice cream looks dangerously divine!!

Glad I could help! The Ice Cream was very good!

Thanks for the recap! Breakfast potatoes looked de-lish!

We enjoyed 9 Dragons when we went last year. WE also went for lunch and the honey chicken was what I ordered. It's on my list for next year! (and after seeing your pictures of food porn, so is the steakhouse!...and now with those potatoes.......)

ETA....Nelson is quite the hottie with facial hair!

I :love: Nine Dragons!

Thanks, I think my hubby is quite the cutie. There is just something about his smile in that picture... :cloud9::cloud9::cloud9:

BEST. FOOD. PORN. EVER.

may i have a hit off that cigarette, please?

:goodvibes

jenn&nelsonrego

07-01-2009, 09:01 AM

Jenn - I am loving the pictures of the food ... and of you guys too! You're an adorable couple. I just made reservations for a very short, very last minute trip and I'll be down there just after you leave ... don't eat all the food before I get there!

Thanks! :thumbsup2

I make no guarantees about whether or not there will be any food left...

Where are you staying?

jenn&nelsonrego

07-01-2009, 09:18 AM

So breakfast on Tuesday... :sad2:

Was supposed to be omelets (mine with my leftover steak from the Yachtsman), bacon, and the cinamon roll from the MK bakery the night before.

Nelson was "cooking" while I was in the bedroom updating my trip report. I heard things slamming, some muttered swearing and could smell some burning... Unfortunately, the cooktops in these rooms are electric. I hate electric cooktops and now, so does my husband.

Needless to say a total of six eggs went down the garbage disposal (along with my leftover steak) because everything kept burning (even the bacon) and we ended up back at Olivia's!

I forgot to take pictures of our omelets this time around, but you can always scroll up to get the details... Luckily, Olivia's is yummy (and the DVC discount is helpful too)!

Lunch was at Nine Dragons in China/Epcot:

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We both ordered the Honey Chicken, we love it!

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I have the recipe for this at home, but have never actually made it! :headache:

I tried to teach Nelson how to use chopsticks without much luck. This really great couple was seated next to us and we had a wonderful time chatting. They told us about a detour we should take on the way home... Very sweet couple!

We walked a little bit and saw the Voices of Liberty and the American Adventure. Being in a dark theatre had made me tired and the rain had really started to come down... We decided to head home. I occupied the whirlpool tub while Nelson occupied the couch... I also drowned in the tub falling asleep... :headache:

After our nap, we headed to Pepper Market at Coronado Springs for dinner. I had the beef fajitas:

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And Nelson had the steak (I cannot remember the cut):

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We then headed to Epcot,

"got shrunked" by Professor Zalinski:

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went on Figment's imagination ride and took some pictures of a pyramid with backward flowing water:

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That was Tuesday... Sorry if I am not a very good storyteller (hoping I can rely on pictures to keep you interested)...

We are very much enjoying our relaxing, at our own pace, do whatever the heck WE want, vacation!

Lunch at Tonys and dinner at Jiko today.... :woohoo:

OrlandoMike

07-01-2009, 09:30 AM

Stay dry today! pirate:

rpmdfw

07-01-2009, 09:39 AM

Stay dry today! pirate:

:rotfl2:

Yeah, right!

wallyb

07-01-2009, 12:10 PM

Stay dry today! pirate:

Yes... Do go sparingly on the vermouth. ;)

jenn&nelsonrego

07-02-2009, 02:16 PM

Hungry? :confused3

Breakfast was in our room yesterday...

Just leftover omelets from Olivia's along with a cinammon roll and croissant from MK Bakery!

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After a lazy morning and a leisurly trip into MK, we hopped aboard the MK railroad...

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We had lunch reservations at Tony's...

Nelson's Chicken Parm:

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He was not about to wait for me to take the picture and my asking him to put the fork down was met with a "Are you crazy woman?"

My baked ziti:

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Both were yummy. Nothing grand, but yummy!

We came back to our room after bouncing around MK a bit because some planning needed to be done. My sister and step-mother are joining us here next week so some dining reservations and stuff needed to be tweeked... It should be an interesting week!

After a nap, we got ready for dinner at Jiko's!

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Our waitress took this picture of us:

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We started with the Spiced Briouats - Pulled beef rolled in Naan with tomato-date jam:

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These were very, very good... They reminded me of something I ate over in Morocco during F&W last year....

Then the bread basket:

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I believe she said something about a Ethiopian Honey Bread and some sort of focaccia with a tandoori compound butter.... *drool

I had the Oak Grilled Filet Mignon (I am so swearing off of read meat when I get home, gotta give the cows time to repopulate)... It was over mac and cheese with a red wine sauce....

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This was incredible. No other word. Incredible.

Nelson had the Maize-crusted Pacific Halibut - with Vegetables of the Moment and Tomato-Butter Sauce

I get a kick out of "Vegetables of the Moment"...

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That was one big piece of fish and he said hands down, the best he has ever had!

Dessert... oh dear God... dessert...

Nelson's Pistachio Creme Brulee with chocolate crust:

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/2009%20WDW/DSC02951.jpg

And my... Carrot Cake with what, if I remember correctly, was a maple and oatmeal ice cream, with sugared carrots and a oatmeally, almondy type of little thing on the side...

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/2009%20WDW/DSC02950.jpg

It was exceptional!

Just when we thought we were all done, our waitress brings out:

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/2009%20WDW/DSC02952.jpg

They look small, but when you were as full as we were...

Eh, we managed... they were yummy... buttery....

I hope you enjoyed Wednesdays food porn!

wallyb

07-02-2009, 02:57 PM

Jenn
Jilo is my fav!

I almost had exactly what you had.
That reduction sauce is so good!

Hey - and great dress!
Work those fun bags girl! :thumbsup2

rosiep

07-02-2009, 03:11 PM

Jenn...that food looks amazing but it was your cleavage that sent me for the cigarette today.! Yowza!!!

Saxton

07-02-2009, 06:19 PM

Thanks! :thumbsup2

I make no guarantees about whether or not there will be any food left...

Where are you staying?

I'm staying at WLV - gotta love DVC! And don't worry about the food ... I'm only going to be there 2 days and I don't eat much. ;)

starann

07-02-2009, 07:01 PM

YAY another update!!!!

Holly Hannah...I think if you and I ever get to meet, our cleavage could smother a 3rd world country!!!!!!!!!!

rosiep

07-02-2009, 07:06 PM

YAY another update!!!!

Holly Hannah...I think if you and I ever get to meet, our cleavage could smother a 3rd world country!!!!!!!!!!

True that!

TuckandStuiesMom

07-02-2009, 11:04 PM

serious food AND cleavage envy here...

OrlandoMike

07-03-2009, 12:13 AM

Jenn, Nelson, and Rob all came over tonight for drinks!

It was a great meet and so nice to finally meet Jenn and Nelson! :thumbsup2

rpmdfw

07-03-2009, 12:45 AM

Jenn, Nelson, and Rob all came over tonight for drinks!

It was a great meet and so nice to finally meet Jenn and Nelson! :thumbsup2

Agreed! It was a pleasure meeting Jenn and Nelson!

jenn&nelsonrego

07-03-2009, 08:43 AM

Jenn, Nelson, and Rob all came over tonight for drinks!

It was a great meet and so nice to finally meet Jenn and Nelson! :thumbsup2

Agreed! It was a pleasure meeting Jenn and Nelson!

Thank you very much! It was wonderful getting to meet you both as well. We had a good time! And thanks for the dinner tip Rob! :thumbsup2

Well... there is going to have to be a short hiatus in the trip reporting. In order to stretch our DVC points to allow us to stay an extra week in WDW (The points to stay in a 1 bedroom on a Friday and Saturday night are much higher than Sunday through Thursday nights) we are checking out of SSR this morning and into a reg. room at POFQ. We will check back into a 1 bedroom at BCV on Sunday. Anyway, the reason for the hiatus is that I get free internet in the DVC resorts and would have to pay for it at POFQ (considering that I will get it free again on Sunday, that seems like a waste of money... 9.95 each day... I could save that and buy a postcard :upsidedow in one of the stores at Magic Kingdom).

Which btw is one of my gripes about this trip. What is up with the lack of postcards these days. I had to go offsite and buy them at CVS! :scared: I have the little Sunday School girls in my class back home to send princess cards to and the only princess postcards are $2.00 and all fancy schmancy!

Whatev.

So... I will catch you all again on Sunday. This trip is about to get very interesting... My stepmother and sister :cutie: are flying in on Sunday morning....

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-03-2009, 08:57 AM

Jenn, I can't believe you are going to leave us hanging over a measly $10. :rolleyes: It is $10 for 24 hours of access, so if you use your time judiciously you can post on 2 separate days with only one $10 charge. ;)

Glad you are having a good time!!

jenn&nelsonrego

07-03-2009, 09:00 AM

Yup! ::yes::

So sorry! :sad2:

We will see... If I am in the mood... I will get it on, oops, er, I mean get on the internet... ;)

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-03-2009, 09:17 AM

Yup! ::yes::

So sorry! :sad2:

We will see... If I am in the mood... I will get it on, oops, er, I mean get on the internet... ;)

Just so you know, I paid for internet during our split stay last year. As a courtesy for those who were following my live report. :rolleyes1

Saxton

07-03-2009, 09:48 AM

Just so you know, I paid for internet during our split stay last year. As a courtesy for those who were following my live report. :rolleyes1

You must be a great mother ... you really know how to lay on the guilt. :lmao:

jenn&nelsonrego

07-04-2009, 05:23 PM

You must be a great mother ... you really know how to lay on the guilt. :lmao:

:lmao:

I have the flippin' internet connection... But I have been busy today... breakfast at Chef Mickeys, a walk around the Contemporary, a nap, now off to dinner at the Turf Club... fireworks after that if we can find a good spot that late... message me on facebook if you know of a good spot I can get to late...

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-04-2009, 05:59 PM

We suck at fireworks viewing. I can tell you the view from near Winnie the Pooh is not good, the view from the bridges over to Tomorrowland are not good, the view from Frontierland is not THAT good.

The view from our club level room at the Poly was fabulous.

The view from Main Street on our first trip when it wasn't crowded was fabulous.

Beyond that, I got nothing. :confused3

I am so proud of you for getting internet! :goodvibes Now you need to tell us some stuff!! :banana:

TuckandStuiesMom

07-04-2009, 08:50 PM

:lmao:

I have the flippin' internet connection... But I have been busy today... breakfast at Chef Mickeys, a walk around the Contemporary, a nap, now off to dinner at the Turf Club... fireworks after that if we can find a good spot that late... message me on facebook if you know of a good spot I can get to late...

I've watched'em from the beach at the Poly and at the beach at Fort Wilderness. both locations -- very peaceful and relatively uncrowded. You miss some of the low displays but the trade-off in atmosphere was worth it to me. :goodvibes

jenn&nelsonrego

07-06-2009, 10:25 AM

Jenn
Jilo is my fav!

I almost had exactly what you had.
That reduction sauce is so good!

Hey - and great dress!
Work those fun bags girl! :thumbsup2

Jenn...that food looks amazing but it was your cleavage that sent me for the cigarette today.! Yowza!!!

YAY another update!!!!

Holly Hannah...I think if you and I ever get to meet, our cleavage could smother a 3rd world country!!!!!!!!!!

True that!

serious food AND cleavage envy here...

Have to work what my momma gave me... :laughing:

My two best features... the girls and my baby blues! :cutie:

jenn&nelsonrego

07-06-2009, 10:50 AM

:scared::scared::scared:

I am scared. You guys are going to beat me up...

I was getting all ready to post an update... loading the photos into photobucket and all that... when my sister called and said they were ready to go... I thought for sure that them being out until 3a.m. (I came back and was asleep by midnight) would give me more time this morning... But they are vacation commandos.... and we must go...

Will try to update tongiht... I have Turf Club, Fireworks, Hoop De Doo Review and tonight the Cape May Clambake photos coming... I swear....

rpmdfw

07-06-2009, 10:55 AM

rosiep

07-06-2009, 01:32 PM

:scared::scared::scared:

I am scared. You guys are going to beat me up...

....

DO NOT SWEAT IT!

You're on vacation! Enjoy the vacation.

Daily updates are not required.

Vacation is no time to stress!

Besides..she'd take us with one hand held behind her back!

rpmdfw

07-06-2009, 01:38 PM

Besides..she'd take us with one hand held behind her back!

You maybe. :rolleyes:

I'm not askeered of her!

rosiep

07-06-2009, 01:52 PM

You maybe. :rolleyes:

I'm not akeered of her!

:sad2:
Don't you realize that's a dare???

I think she can pin you then smother you.

Taking bets.....anyone?????

rpmdfw

07-06-2009, 02:00 PM

:sad2:
Don't you realize that's a dare???

I think she can pin you then smother you.

Taking bets.....anyone?????

Nah. I met her last week, and she's FAR too sweet and nice to do that.

She's a little bit saucy, too, though. Made for a pleasant conversation over drinks! :thumbsup2

rosiep

07-06-2009, 02:46 PM

Nah. I met her last week, and she's FAR too sweet and nice to do that.

She's a little bit saucy, too, though. Made for a pleasant conversation over drinks! :thumbsup2

I love saucy! She can smother me in her saucy anytime. :lovestruc

Saxton

07-06-2009, 03:07 PM

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-06-2009, 04:42 PM

What's with all the mamby-pamby relaxing? :sad2:
There is TRIP REPORTING to be done! Now, come on! REPORT!

rosiep

07-06-2009, 04:47 PM

What's with all the mamby-pamby relaxing? :sad2:
There is TRIP REPORTING to be done! Now, come on! REPORT!

Oooooh! A task master....I like that too.

rpmdfw

07-06-2009, 04:49 PM

Oooooh! A task master....I like that too.

You're fickle.

rosiep

07-06-2009, 04:55 PM

You're fickle.

I said too. That means I'm diverse.

Jeff90

07-06-2009, 05:40 PM

Oh Jenn...I wanna go to Jiko now!!!! LOL! Food looks amazing!

We will be there tomorrow!!!!!!!!:goodvibes

rosiep

07-06-2009, 05:46 PM

Oh Jenn...I wanna go to Jiko now!!!! LOL! Food looks amazing!

We will be there tomorrow!!!!!!!!:goodvibes

You're going to have a great time!!!

rpmdfw

07-06-2009, 06:08 PM

I said too. That means I'm diverse.

Oh. You're slutty

wallyb

07-06-2009, 06:10 PM

Can I be slutty Too? :yay:

rosiep

07-06-2009, 06:15 PM

Can I be slutty Too? :yay:

I'm sure you can.....

Saxton

07-06-2009, 07:46 PM

Can I be slutty Too? :yay:

Aren't you already? :confused3

TuckandStuiesMom

07-06-2009, 08:59 PM

Why am I envisioning Wally in a short low-cut nurse's uniform and fishnets? :confused3

Saxton

07-06-2009, 09:36 PM

Why am I envisioning Wally in a short low-cut nurse's uniform and fishnets? :confused3

:rotfl2:

wallyb

07-07-2009, 07:43 AM

Why am I envisioning Wally in a short low-cut nurse's uniform and fishnets? :confused3

Tell me more!!!! ;)
Do I have any medical apparatus?

rosiep

07-07-2009, 01:21 PM

Tell me more!!!! ;)
Do I have any medical apparatus?

I'm sure you at least have a probe.

wallyb

07-07-2009, 01:53 PM

I'm sure you at least have a probe.

And a heinie thermometer! :yay:

rosiep

07-07-2009, 02:16 PM

And a heinie thermometer! :yay:

I like my temperature taken orally. :upsidedow

wallyb

07-07-2009, 02:33 PM

I like my temperature taken orally. :upsidedow

Well okay I guess I'll work there too :rolleyes:
I'll just get it from this other patient - say aaaaahhhh.

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-07-2009, 03:27 PM

Um, hello? :rolleyes:

TRIP REPORT?!?!

rpmdfw

07-07-2009, 03:33 PM

Um, hello? :rolleyes:

TRIP REPORT?!?!

Ah, cmon!

She's on vacation AND she's got relatives joining them for this part of the trip.

That's exhausting stuff!

We can cut her some slack on the trip reporting. Most people don't do anything until they get back.

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-07-2009, 03:42 PM

Ah, cmon!

She's on vacation AND she's got relatives joining them for this part of the trip.

That's exhausting stuff!

We can cut her some slack on the trip reporting. Most people don't do anything until they get back.

Well, I know I wouldn't settle for being "most people". :snooty: Jenn shouldn't settle, either.

Saxton

07-07-2009, 03:43 PM

Ah, cmon!

She's on vacation AND she's got relatives joining them for this part of the trip.

That's exhausting stuff!

We can cut her some slack on the trip reporting. Most people don't do anything until they get back.

Or she could be like me and never post a trip report! :thumbsup2

I'm heading down this weekend so here's my report in advance: sit by pool, drink, swim, drink, eat and drink some more.

rpmdfw

07-07-2009, 03:47 PM

Well, I know I wouldn't settle for being "most people". :snooty: Jenn shouldn't settle, either.

Everyone enjoys their vacation differently.

That's a good thing, because you definitely wouldn't want to be forced to vacation the way I do. :rotfl2: I don't tend to make any ADR's at all!

So let's let Jenn do her own thing and be happy that she gives us what updates she can.

rosiep

07-07-2009, 03:47 PM

Or she could be like me and never post a trip report! :thumbsup2

I'm heading down this weekend so here's my report in advance: sit by pool, drink, swim, drink, eat and drink some more.

I think you should sit a little more, then eat then drink some more. :lmao:

rosiep

07-07-2009, 03:52 PM

rpmdfw

07-07-2009, 03:54 PM

I'm gonna make you eat those words when I come for vacation...:flower3:

I didn't say that Jenn should be naked, did I?

Um, NO!

Saxton

07-07-2009, 03:57 PM

I think you should sit a little more, then eat then drink some more. :lmao:

I think I'll be wasting too much time (& stomach space) eating ... besides, it looks like Jenn and Nelson are eating all the food!

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-07-2009, 04:03 PM

Everyone enjoys their vacation differently.

That's a good thing, because you definitely wouldn't want to be forced to vacation the way I do. :rotfl2: I don't tend to make any ADR's at all!

So let's let Jenn do her own thing and be happy that she gives us what updates she can.

If I was LOCAL, had my OWN CAR, and knew where I was GOING I probably wouldn't make ADRs, either! :rotfl2:

Renting a car and a GPS just so I can go offsite to forage for food just doesn't do it for me. ADRs are the way to go. :thumbsup2

And really, Jenn's mistake was STARTING a live report and then abandoning it. If she wouldn't have said ANYTHING, saving it all up for when she got home would have been a fine thing to do. ;)

rosiep

07-07-2009, 04:04 PM

I didn't say that Jenn should be naked, did I?

Um, NO!

But what if that makes her happy? :sad1:

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-07-2009, 04:05 PM

Or she could be like me and never post a trip report! :thumbsup2

I'm heading down this weekend so here's my report in advance: sit by pool, drink, swim, drink, eat and drink some more.

There. See? Now I have no unrealistic expectations. :)

rosiep

07-07-2009, 04:07 PM

I think I'll be wasting too much time (& stomach space) eating ... besides, it looks like Jenn and Nelson are eating all the food!

You're right! To heck with eating!!!! (except chocolate...you must eat chocolate)

Jenn.....pass the chocolate to Saxton.

rpmdfw

07-07-2009, 04:07 PM

But what if that makes her happy? :sad1:

Nope. Not even then.

No nakedness at Disney!

Saxton

07-07-2009, 04:08 PM

There. See? Now I have no unrealistic expectations. :)

Good! If it would make you happy I could repost that same thing when I get home Monday night as an official post-trip report ... or I could even do it from my Blackberry while I'm sitting by the pool (as long as it doesn't interfere with my drinking). ;)

OrlandoMike

07-07-2009, 04:09 PM

Nope. Not even then.

No nakedness at Disney!

Not even behind the dumpster? :confused3

Saxton

07-07-2009, 04:10 PM

You're right! To heck with eating!!!! (except chocolate...you must eat chocolate)

Jenn.....pass the chocolate to Saxton.

Now that I'll go for, especially with a good glass of wine.

rpmdfw

07-07-2009, 04:10 PM

If I was LOCAL, had my OWN CAR, and knew where I was GOING I probably wouldn't make ADRs, either! :rotfl2:

Renting a car and a GPS just so I can go offsite to forage for food just doesn't do it for me. ADRs are the way to go. :thumbsup2

And really, Jenn's mistake was STARTING a live report and then abandoning it. If she wouldn't have said ANYTHING, saving it all up for when she got home would have been a fine thing to do. ;)

Even before I lived here, I didn't book in advance. And when we travel now, (to other Disney destinations) we rarely do.

Just not our style.

And the expectation is on your side. She never promised to be your trip report slave, only to update you when she could/felt like it.

Personally, I'd much rather know if she got the results of her blood test back more than I want to see pictures of what they ate for breakfast.

Saxton

07-07-2009, 04:11 PM

Not even behind the dumpster? :confused3

Is there something you want to tell us Mike?

rpmdfw

07-07-2009, 04:12 PM

No nakedness at Disney!

I just looked at this and thought. OMG! I hope the tag fairy isn't reading today! :rotfl2:

rpmdfw

07-07-2009, 04:13 PM

Not even behind the dumpster? :confused3

Naked behind the dumpster?

Sounds trashy!

OrlandoMike

07-07-2009, 04:13 PM

Is there something you want to tell us Mike?

Showing the film clips could be easier I guess, what pool ya going to be lounging by next week? :rolleyes1

rosiep

07-07-2009, 04:17 PM

Nope. Not even then.

No nakedness at Disney!

Someone should have told me that sooner. I've been at least 5 or 6 times now. :rolleyes1

Saxton

07-07-2009, 04:19 PM

Showing the film clips could be easier I guess, what pool ya going to be lounging by next week? :rolleyes1

Oooh, there's video?:happytv: I'll be staying at the Wilderness Lodge Villas, a very short trip to use up some airline credits that were about to expire.

rosiep

07-07-2009, 04:20 PM

My man Mike: He's quiet...but you know underneath lurks a lion. :yay:

( a lion who'll do it behind the dumpsters!)

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-07-2009, 04:29 PM

Good! If it would make you happy I could repost that same thing when I get home Monday night as an official post-trip report ... or I could even do it from my Blackberry while I'm sitting by the pool (as long as it doesn't interfere with my drinking). ;)

I don't want you to spill your drink on your Blackberry. Best to just leave the report until you get home. :rolleyes1
Last summer I had my phone wrapped in my pool towel. DS got out of the pool, grabbed the towel, and sent my phone flying. (In his defense, he wears glasses so when he got out he couldn't see.) My phone kind of smashed on the ground and was never quite the same. I don't take my new phone to the pool.

Even before I lived here, I didn't book in advance. And when we travel now, (to other Disney destinations) we rarely do.

Just not our style.

And the expectation is on your side. She never promised to be your trip report slave, only to update you when she could/felt like it.

Personally, I'd much rather know if she got the results of her blood test back more than I want to see pictures of what they ate for breakfast.

You people with no plans give me chest pain. :sad2:
I think my expectations are perfectly reasonable.
I am absolutely wishing the very best for her test results. But I wouldn't hound her for that.
I will, however, hound for pics of what she had for breakfast. It's a trip report, you know. ;)

OrlandoMike

07-07-2009, 04:44 PM

You people with no plans give me chest pain. :sad2:

It's easy! You're driving down the highway, you get hungry, you type into the GPS White Castle, the GPS responds....

Are you sure? :rotfl2:

wallyb

07-07-2009, 04:50 PM

Naked behind the dumpster?

Sounds trashy!

You Rang?:lmao:

OrlandoMike

07-07-2009, 04:53 PM

Oh by the way Wally, I cleaned your red jeans.

Do you want me to ship them to you, or just hold on to them for your next trip down? :cool2:

wallyb

07-07-2009, 04:56 PM

Oh by the way Wally, I cleaned your red jeans.

Do you want me to ship them to you, or just hold on to them for your next trip down? :cool2:

Did you even get the mickey bar stains out of the knees? :eek:

Saxton

07-07-2009, 04:57 PM

Oh by the way Wally, I cleaned your red jeans.

Do you want me to ship them to you, or just hold on to them for your next trip down? :cool2:

Hmmm, this is getting good! We've got Mike behind the dumpster, Wally's jeans getting dirty and video of the whole thing. popcorn::

OrlandoMike

07-07-2009, 04:58 PM

Did you even get the mickey bar stains out of the knees? :eek:

Yes but I'm afraid the popsicle stick caused quite the tear....:guilty:

wallyb

07-07-2009, 05:06 PM

Yes but I'm afraid the popsicle stick caused quite the tear....:guilty:

C'est la vie.
FYI - Churro sugar stings :sad2:

OrlandoMike

07-07-2009, 05:16 PM

C'est la vie.
FYI - Churro sugar stings :sad2:

And I'm not even going to show you the scar I have from that hot carmel that slipped off the apple! OUCH!

wallyb

07-07-2009, 05:23 PM

And I'm not even going to show you the scar I have from that hot carmel that slipped off the apple! OUCH!

We shan't speak of the giant turkey leg
I told you it wouldn't fit! :sad2:

TuckandStuiesMom

07-07-2009, 09:40 PM

No nakedness at Disney!

partypooper

jenn&nelsonrego

07-13-2009, 02:13 PM

I love how you guys keep yourselves entertained while I was being dragged around WDW... :rotfl2:

I will do my best to get this back up and running tomorrow... I have to get organized... I have some pictures uploaded to my laptop at home, some are already on photobucket, and the rest are still on the camera... I am not sure I even know which way is up right now... I need to make sure I get them all on the same page so I dont go deleting any before uploading them... :scared:

Jeff90

07-13-2009, 10:37 PM

Hey Jenn!!!

Hope you are having fun getting back to "life!" Thanks again for the discount card, so you will be getting $50 bucks back from Disney, Jon and I did upgrade while we were at the MK!

Im so beat, I know you are too!!!!

starann

07-17-2009, 10:17 PM

tap, tap, tap (that is my foot, tapping as I wait for you to do you TR!)

Get crackin woman....get off of FB and get to work!:lmao:

OrlandoMike

07-17-2009, 10:37 PM

Get crackin woman....get off of FB and get to work!:lmao:

:rotfl2:

She is the Facebook queen isn't she?

Honey it's Facebook, not Twitter! :rolleyes:

jenn&nelsonrego

07-21-2009, 02:10 PM

tap, tap, tap (that is my foot, tapping as I wait for you to do you TR!)

Get crackin woman....get off of FB and get to work!:lmao:

:rotfl2:

She is the Facebook queen isn't she?

Honey it's Facebook, not Twitter! :rolleyes:

Pipe down you two! :upsidedow

Facebook is soooo much easier to use from my iphone than the DIS... When someone makes an iphone application for the DIS, I will be one of the first to download it! :snooty:

:rotfl2:
Anyway... Just got two days worth of pictures up onto Photobucket...

Will be updating my TR the minute I post this reply.

jenn&nelsonrego

07-21-2009, 02:30 PM

Thursday, July 2....

We had an ADR for breakfast at the Tusker House... after the loooonnnnnnggggg walk across multiple continents... (I just made that up, but it could be true... I don't know AK that well... did I "cross" multiple continents to get to Tusker House? Eh, Whatevah!)...

We finally got to the restaurant... After having the obligatory "horrible picture that we are going to try to force you to buy midbite" picture taken, we headed inside... It was pretty snazzy in there!

We sat down, ordered some juice/coffee and headed to the buffet once we were sure we were not going to miss any characters...

It was a pretty typical breakfast buffet. Breakfast is my absolute favorite meal (at any time of the day) so I loaded up. I refuse to show you THAT plate... but will show you this one:

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/2009%20WDW/DSC02975.jpg

I Love Mickey Waffles....

Mickey came by and took his picture with Nelson:

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/2009%20WDW/DSC02976.jpg

My picture with Mickey came out horrible. I always feel so rushed through my pictures with the characters....

Anyway, breakfast was yummy... nothing earth shattering, but yummy...

I think I am finally "outgrowing" :laughing: the character breakfasts. I do love getting the pictures with them but I think one per trip should do it until we have kids that will love it!

Then Goofy made an appearance:

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/2009%20WDW/DSC02988.jpg

<insert wiseguy comment here>

We realized we had a little time before needing to leave to get my bloodwork :headache: done... so we checked on the Kilimanjaro Safari... there was only a 10 minute wait, so we decided to go for it since this was our first time ever in AK! :scared:

I took some decent pictures, but there was a pair of little hands from the other side of the seat that kept on getting in the way. Next time kid; you = lion food! :laughing:

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/2009%20WDW/DSC03004.jpg

Giraffes are so cool! I think with the exception of the domesticated bunch, giraffes are my fave animal!

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/2009%20WDW/DSC03018.jpg

I found the heffalumps....

And my personal fave picture:

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/2009%20WDW/DSC03029.jpg

I do love the "not in a zoo" feeling. No visible cages for these animals... how do they do that?

On the way out of AK, we spotted these two guys:

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/2009%20WDW/DSC03034.jpg

and Miss DeVine:

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/2009%20WDW/DSC03035.jpg

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/2009%20WDW/DSC03039.jpg

Then we headed out to go get my bloodwork...

I am going to do a separate post about having drinks that night with some familiar faces... I don't know how many pictures the DIS will allow me in one post....

rosiep

07-21-2009, 02:46 PM

Yay!!! Jenn's back and on the ball! (snicker)

Since I am not a morning person I never eat "breakfast" but the sweet roll looks yummy.

I'm on the fence about AK, I don't love it but I don't hate it either...though I have curses for that EE ride that my Mom forced me to go on.....:headache:

jenn&nelsonrego

07-21-2009, 03:04 PM

After my bloodwork, we decided to hang out in our room since I was extremely frustrated with the lab over the projected wait time on my bloodwork and the back and forth phone calls I had with my Dr.'s office back here... :eek::mad::headache::furious:

We had a hot date with a couple of the DIS' finest that evening at the Turf Bar...

It was really nice to meet Rob and Mike. Nelson and I had a great time!

The Turf Bar was nice, we originally had a dinner reservation that night but changed it to Saturday night b/c we had some counter service credit we wanted to use.

A couple minutes in to us getting there... this showed up...

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OMG! The calamari was incredible!!! Yup, those are Rob's fingers in that shot!

A certain somebody was MIA when it became picture time (;)) but I did get this one:

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All too soon, it was time to head out. I was very happy to have had the chance to meet Rob and Mike!

As I mentioned earlier, we had some counter service credits we needed to use up before Friday at midnight... on Rob and Mike's suggestion, we hit up Sunshine Seasons at Epcot...

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I took this shot as we entered the park... I love the moon against the huge golf ball!

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So many choices... Hmmm...

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Please dont ask me to remember what we both ate for dinner.... it was good though...

We both had the

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for dessert and were both upset that we could not finish it... we were too stuffed... The cake was so moist and yummy!

We bopped around Epcot for awhile then headed back... I took this picture just outside our room at SSR:

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That is all for now...

Hope you enjoy the pictures....

:lovestruc

jenn&nelsonrego

07-21-2009, 03:07 PM

I'm on the fence about AK, I don't love it but I don't hate it either...though I have curses for that EE ride that my Mom forced me to go on.....:headache:

I think that is how I feel about AK too... dont love... dont hate...

I did love EE and Kali River Rapids....

I didn't go on that day b/c I was banned from roller coaster type rides in case I was pg...

But, we did go on the next week... I had soooo much fun... maybe I will scan those pictures!

rpmdfw

07-21-2009, 03:08 PM

It was really great to meet you and Nelson, too! :thumbsup2

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-21-2009, 04:49 PM

HOLY COW! More trip report! :thumbsup2

We like Tusker House for breakfast, too. If we could ever hit AK in decent weather I might like it. In torrential rain or broiling heat it isn't so much fun.

starann

07-21-2009, 08:29 PM

FINALLY!!!!!

How did a certain someone sneak out before pictures? Doesn't he know Mr Plain 'ol head is as famous (well here anyway) as Goofy?

OrlandoMike

07-21-2009, 09:55 PM

Max was working, I had things to do "backstage"! ;)

Jenn, it was a pleasure to meet both of you! :hug:

rpmdfw

07-21-2009, 10:44 PM

Max was working, I had things to do "backstage"! ;)

Jenn, it was a pleasure to meet both of you! :hug:

Max was NOT working that night! I checked!

:headache:

OrlandoMike

07-21-2009, 10:58 PM

Max was NOT working that night! I checked!

:headache:

Oh he was working all right! Just cuz he didn't come on stage doesn't mean he wasn't "working"! ;)

jenn&nelsonrego

07-22-2009, 04:17 PM

Friday, July 3, 2009

We were checking out of SSR on Friday and heading over to POFQ for a brief two night stay.

We have never stayed at Port Orleans before...

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This was awaiting us...

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It was o.k. I loved the theme of the resort, but I have become so spoiled by the DVC rooms that I was glad it was only 2 nights. I am a Disney Resort Snob. :snooty: I admit it.

We were both a little hungry, so we headed down to Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory.

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Breakfast had just finished, so we were "stuck" with lunch. Nelson and I both ordered the steak sandwich...

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This was my sandwich.... his looked exactly the same with the exception of his having onions and peppers on it... yuck!

Dessert was yummy:

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We went back to our room and did very little unpacking. Not worth unpacking for only two nights.

Then off to the Magic Kingdom!

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I honestly dont know what we did in MK that day... I think we went on the Haunted Mansion and walked around enjoying just being THERE :cloud9:

Around 3p.m., we were both feeling a little hungry and knowing that we had 8p.m. dinner reservations decided to get "lunch"...

We went here:

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I love this place! We had never ever even knew it existed until we went there last year for lunch during our Keys to the Kingdom tour. There is always a table available and if you grab a window seat upstairs... AWESOME people watching spot!

We both ordered one of these:

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The Anchors Aweigh Tuna sandwich... I am not the biggest tuna salad fan because I usually find it too mayonais-ey, but this is as close to perfect as it is gonna get!

I think we sat there for an hour just eating slowly (DDP stomach overload was setting in) and watching people out the window.

We decided to head in the direction of the exit and just see where our feet took us.

They took us to the Hall of Presidents!

I tried to get some pictures of the inside but there are random heads in all of them....

I know I wasn't supposed to (and Nelson the straight arrow got mad at me for it) but I did take a picture of this:

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I didn't use my flash, so dont get on my case about it... :goodvibes

I wanted to head back to the room to change. I know there is not a dress code at Coral Reef in Epcot but I wanted to look halfway decent...

So at 8:35, we were here:

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We were seated at the tables immediately on the side of the aquarium glass.

The sad thing was that I was not hungry at all... :sad2: As much as I planned our ADR's and such, we didnt make very good use of the DDP in that we paid for some meals OOP thinking that they were a waste of credits, then were stuck with these counter credits at the end... better planning is needed next time...

I ordered this:

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Grilled New York Strip Steak with Roasted potatos and various green things.

I cannot order fish while their cousins are swimming on the side of me. The two bites of it that I ate were very yummy.

Nelson had this:

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Grilled Mahi Mahi... :sad2: poor Flipper....

I found out from the waitress at Coral Reef that the non alcoholic drinks listed at the beginning of the drink menu are included in the DDP (just no refills)... I am glad they told me on my last night of DDP... :headache::laughing:

Anywhooo... I had this:

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It was tres yummy!

I didn't get to see the Sea Turtle and was majorly bummed... but these two guys scared the *insert word of choice here* out of me:

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I was not paying attention to the aquarium then just happened to look quickly and said kinda loudly "HOLY CRAP", when I realized how loud I was I just started giggling uncontrollably.... I am lucky holy crap is what came out of my mouth... :scared:

Up next: Independence Day!

jenn&nelsonrego

07-22-2009, 04:54 PM

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Happy Independence Day!

We had some croissants in our room because we had some snack credits from our SSR stay that we needed to use the day before... we snacked on those (we had an ADR at Chef Mickeys at 11 a.m.) and walked around the resort... It was going to be a hot day, but it wasnt so bad yet... We checked out the pool then the Sassagoula river....

Then headed to the Contemporary for:

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I love this place and was soooooo looking forward to the pb&j pizza. It was the reason I booked this ADR. I wanted that pizza!

We took this while waiting to be called:

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We then took the picture in front of the plate... The woman taking the pictures was not very nice (and actually quite rude), so I refused to smile... I knew I wasn't going to buy it anyway...

Anyway, back to that PB&J pizza... When I didnt see it on my first pass through the bufett line, I asked the waitress who proceeded to tell me it was discontinued! :scared1: I was/ am so upset....

Anyway, I drowned my sorrows in a big plate of breakfast food and awaited the characters.

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At this point Nelson decided he didnt want to take any more pictures... so I took pics with Donald, Pluto, and Goofy all by my lonesome... :sad2:

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Although, Goofy was able to drag Nelson out of his seat... don't know how he did it...

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We left the restaurant and there was nobody (and no photographer) in front of the plate, so we took our own pictures... I think they came out very nice...

Here is the one of me.... (I though I uploaded the one of Nelson and I but I must not have...)

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We checked out the stores in the Contemporary, talked to the DVC guy there and then we headed out of the parks because I felt a sniffle coming on and wanted to go get some Tylenol Cold....

We came back and I promptly took my Tylenol Cold and took a nap...

We had dinner rservations at the Turf Club and I was not missing them!

We headed over to the Turf Club...

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Some really nice guy (not mentioning any names) had suggested we have Max as a waiter ~ When we arrived, we were disappointed to find out that Max was working on the patio. There was no way I was going to be able to handle eating outside in that heat. So... we unfortunately were not able to have Max as our waiter...

We started with the calamari, it was just so good the first time around...

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I have no clue why I can never manage to get the picture before we devour it....

Nelson ordered the Grilled Tuna

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and I, still being stuffed from breakfast (and not feeling marvelous) ordered a cheeseburger...

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I know, I know... :sad2:

Nelson was thrilled with his tuna and my burger was good...

We then headed over to the MK for the fireworks... we were originally going to watch from the GF dock or Poly beach but decided to head on over and see what we could see....

We scored a great spot in front of the castle, along with 74,999 of our closest friends (or so I am told... there were 75,000 ppl in MK that night :eek:)

I am going to post the pictures from the fireworks in another post.... dont want to overload this one...

jenn&nelsonrego

07-22-2009, 05:02 PM

Waiting with 74,999 of our closest friends:

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4th of July fireworks at the Magic Kingdom:

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The castle after the fireworks. It looked beautiful with the stars and stripes...

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On the way back to the car we caught this in the Seven Seas Lagoon:

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The next day my step mother and sister were flying in (and we were checking out of POFQ and checking into BCV).... This was going to get interesting... :scared:

PghLybrt

07-22-2009, 05:35 PM

rosiep

07-22-2009, 05:52 PM

Jenn! I'm just lovin it! The pictures are making me sooooo impatient for my trip in September.

wallyb

07-22-2009, 06:10 PM

Jen - You got some great snaps lady! ;)

I like your photos too. :laughing:

rosiep

07-22-2009, 06:15 PM

Jen - You got some great snaps lady! ;)

I like your photos too. :laughing:

Her snaps beat my snaps hands down.....(I like hands on.....)

OrlandoMike

07-22-2009, 10:51 PM

I was just gettting ready to yell at you for not keeping you TR up to date, and you smack us with a double post! Great Job! You guys are too cute having breakfast with Mr. Mouse! :thumbsup2

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-23-2009, 06:31 AM

Now THIS is the sort of trip report I was hoping for! :thumbsup2 Good job! Love all the pics!

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 08:50 AM

How on earth did I miss this???? :confused3

I am loving your tip report( It is giving me some good ideas for fall!) and the banter inbetween, hilarious :rotfl2:.

Just what I needed on another cold rainy summer day in Pa :mad:.... :thumbsup2

Glad it is helping you get through the weather in PA. We had some rain while down there, but it never really affected our vacation at all. I am not so sweet that I melt so as long as I wasn't wearing a white t-shirt - I was perfectly happy prancing through the rain and jumping in puddles. :thumbsup2

Jenn! I'm just lovin it! The pictures are making me sooooo impatient for my trip in September.

You are going to have sooo much fun. I cannot wait to read your TR. :goodvibes

Jen - You got some great snaps lady! ;)

I like your photos too. :laughing:

Her snaps beat my snaps hands down.....(I like hands on.....)

You two are nuts! :lovestruc

I was just gettting ready to yell at you for not keeping you TR up to date, and you smack us with a double post! Great Job! You guys are too cute having breakfast with Mr. Mouse! :thumbsup2

Hoping to get a triple post in today. There are lots of pictures coming... watch out!

Now THIS is the sort of trip report I was hoping for! :thumbsup2 Good job! Love all the pics!

I aim to please! :goodvibes
Hey, you know... my life revolves around the DIS and my TR. ;)

O.K. photos are uploading into photobucket as we speak... The upload of the photos from 7/5 is 35% complete. As long as the church treasurer (or anyone else) doesn't get here soon - I will get it up there!

OrlandoMike

07-23-2009, 09:13 AM

Hoping to get a triple post in today. There are lots of pictures coming... watch out!

popcorn::

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 10:11 AM

Sunday, July 5, 2009

So... A little backstory... During pretty much the whole drive down from MA to FL, my little sister (Katie) was texting me... It went like this:

Katie: Where are you?
Jenn: Maryland
Katie: I should be in Maryland.

Katie: Where are you now?
Jenn: North Carolina
Katie: I should be in North Carolina

Katie: Where are you?
Jenn: Georgia, should be in FL in 10 minutes
Katie (10 minutes later) I should be in FL

Get the drift.... I had told here before we even left that she could come with us if she wanted. All she needed to do was get mom and dads permission and we would be happy to take her with us... We had the 1 bedroom villas so there would not have been any issues.... (so, nelson and I would have to buy pajamas... there is a first time for everything in a marriage right?)

Anyway... back to Katie (where she insists everything belongs - she is soo my sister)...

The Sunday afternoon that we arrived, I get the following text message:

Katie: Were you serious about me coming to Floridaaaaaaaaaaa?
Jenn: Yes Katherine, tell mom to put you on a plane with some money...

So, the back and forth lasted four days... :eek:

Katie was coming.
Katie was coming with my step-mother.
The whole family was coming.
Just Katie was coming.
My stepmother, Katie and my littlest brother Nick were coming.
The whole family was coming.
Katie was coming alone....

Then I finally get my step mother on the phone... She doesnt want to put my 15 year old sister on a plane alone... :confused3

I think she was just looking for an excuse to come down herself...

I tell her that we can easily accomodate the both of them in our room starting Sunday at BCV... She says she is going to look more into it and call me back... I get a phone call about an hour later. Katie and she will be arriving Sunday at 9:30, they are staying at POR... :confused: What the? I though they were staying with us...

I THOUGHT MY LITTLE SISTER WAS COMING ALONE!!!! :headache:

Anywho....

Back to Sunday, July 5...

They arrive at MCO at around 9:30... We were just about to check into BCV... They were taking the Magical Express. I tell Katie to text me when they see the gates to WDW so I have a headsup... She does... The fun begins... :guilty:

First, our room at BCV (which is now my absolute favorite resort in WDW)

DANG IT! The tresurer has just showed up... guess the rest of this saga will have to wait. UGH! I hate her!

OrlandoMike

07-23-2009, 10:15 AM

DANG IT! The tresurer has just showed up... guess the rest of this saga will have to wait. UGH! I hate her!

Lizzie Bordon took an axe..

Gave the tresurer 40 whacks! :eek:

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 10:18 AM

Lizzie Bordon took an axe..

Gave the tresurer 40 whacks! :eek:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::r otfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I have told you that Lizzie Borden was a member of this church right? :scared:

Maybe I can sneak some pictures in (or an ax) when her back is turned... :laughing:

OrlandoMike

07-23-2009, 10:45 AM

I have told you that Lizzie Borden was a member of this church right? :scared:

I got an A- in Fall Reeve/New Bedfah history! :thumbsup2

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 10:45 AM

First, our room at BCV (which is now my absolute favorite resort in WDW)

DANG IT! The tresurer has just showed up... guess the rest of this saga will have to wait. UGH! I hate her!

O.K

This may take a little longer than planned... but here are the pictures of BCV:

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A little friend:

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Our room:

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I SO love BCV. I hope we stay there many times in the future... I felt very "at home" there... More than anywhere else. Plus! Walking distance to Epcot (and walking distance for me is a very short distance) :laughing:and a short boatride to MGM is just the best...

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 11:00 AM

So... Nelson went to pick up Katie and Nancy. He brought them back to your room to check it out... Nancy walks in and says... "ohhh... we could have crashed here" Me: "mm-hmm... plenty of room" inside I was saying something very different...

Katie was in the mood for a roller coaster and since Mother Nature has managed to tell me I wasnt prego that morning - I was in the mood for a roller coaster ride too... We headed to AK...

You should see some of the other players here:

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We grabbed Fast Passes for EE (the ride was down for a little while so the FP's were being honored at any time that day after 3 - i think) and hopped in line for Kali River Rapids... I loved it, my only complaint was that it was too short of a ride.... Nelson and I got soaked! It felt so good in that heat!

At this time EE was up and running with only a 30 minute wait so we decided to save our FP's for later and ride stand by... It took less than 30 minutes... This was my first time on EE... It was incredible! I love, love, loved it! (I will scan all those professional pictures and stuff when I get my photopass CD and post them all separately at a later time!)

We went and grabbed some lunch in dinoland, then hit up its tough to be a bug... that was fun! We managed to run over and catch Festival of the Lion King which was really cool!

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Lion King is one of my absolute favorite movies...

Alot of my pictures got jumbled up in the upload so I am not 100% on the order of things...

We saw monkeys:

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and ducks, of course:

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We found these somewhere and took some pictures:

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I was too short! I couldn't reach! :rotfl2:

Then we headed back to EE... What a ride! I could go on over and over and over if all those other people where not there! :mad:

Up next:

Hoop Dee Doo Review...

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 11:36 AM

I wanted to shower before going to dinner, so we headed back to the room... Nancy and Katie hung out while I cleaned up... I was feeling so disgusting from sweating, cooling down, sweating, getting wet on a ride... sunscreen residue all over... you get the drift...

We headed out to FW...

We needed to go to FW and catch a boat (or bus) over to Pioneer Hall where the Hoop Dee Doo Review was held.

WE got there and there was still over a half hour until showtime... Drives me crazy that the tickets said we needed to arrive 45 minutes prior to showtime... it was hot and I was sticky again, and hungry, and thirsty, and cranky... :mad: Not one of my finer afternoons... I just sat there on the benches and sulked...

We had skipped the picture b/c I was not feeling pretty...

We finally were able to head in...

Air Conditioning, water, cornbread, and salad made me very happy and turned my mood right around:

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We had some pretty decent seats just outside the center of the room:

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Dinner arrived:

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And the show went on:

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Then it was time for dessert:

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The show itself was very funny... the food was good... the service stunk!

The pots of food were dropped (I mean literally with a clunk) on to the table... That may have been part of the show... but we were never able to find our waitress for refills on our drinks or refills on the chicken which is the only thing Katie would eat... Nancy was pissed... and if I had been the one to put out the $260 I would have been too!

We calmed Nancy down so that she didnt attack the waitress the one time she came around (to hand us the old fashioned washboard and a spoon to make some noise with)... Not only was the waitress absent, but when she came to hand us the washboard, she gave us a boatload of attitude when Nancy asked her to bring us more chicken... She was just downright bad!

We had a good time anyway, the show was fun and the food was yummy.

We hopped on the boat and headed back to FW where a welcoming committee greeted us on deck:

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Katie wanted to go to the Magic Kingdom... that child is crazy... she had been awake since 3 a.m. that morning... But Nelson said he would take them to MK and dump me off at our room... I went in, enjoyed my shower and my comfy bed... I tried staying awake, but he came prancing in around 2:30 a.m.

Up next (once the treasurer leaves and I am able to upload photos from 7/6)... MGM....

OrlandoMike

07-23-2009, 11:46 AM

The show itself was very funny... the food was good... the service stunk!

Let me guess, gratuity was included right?

rpmdfw

07-23-2009, 11:46 AM

I LOVE Hoop de Doo!

It's awesome! The food is so good! (bad for you, but so good!)

And we've got several friends in the cast (former Adventurers Club performers). In fact, I can tell from your photos that you saw one of them the night you were there. :banana:

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 12:25 PM

Let me guess, gratuity was included right?

::yes:: Which was good for her... she was so bad, she probably would have received 10-15% from me and I am usually a 20-25% tipper...

:sad2:

The thing that made us even more mad was that there were some waiters who were constantly at the tables near us, bringing out drinks, refilling the food buckets, having fun with their customers, etc.

I LOVE Hoop de Doo!

It's awesome! The food is so good! (bad for you, but so good!)

And we've got several friends in the cast (former Adventurers Club performers). In fact, I can tell from your photos that you saw one of them the night you were there. :banana:

I did love it Rob, it was funny... I love slapstick humor sometimes...

The food was good, but I would have liked to see more of it... she dropped off 1 order of ribs, fried chicken, mashed pots for a table of four adults and then was never seen again... :sad2:

Cool that your Adventurers Club friends works there! :thumbsup2

OrlandoMike

07-23-2009, 12:29 PM

::yes:: Which was good for her... she was so bad, she probably would have received 10-15% from me and I am usually a 20-25% tipper...

It's really sad that some servers have the "Hey I can sit on the loading dock and smoke and make the same amount of money" attitude! The automatic grat has caused service in some Disney location to really go down hill!

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 12:39 PM

It's really sad that some servers have the "Hey I can sit on the loading dock and smoke and make the same amount of money" attitude! The automatic grat has caused service in some Disney location to really go down hill!

It would be nice to see Disney get rid of automatic gratuities... I understand where this can be a problem because not everyone tips well... but when the service is poor b/c the server knows they are going to get their money anyway... it just gives me a bad attitude towards the whole industry (if only for a minute until the next nice server comes along)

If this woman had to work for her tip and had been a better server I would have had nothing negative to say and since you never know who might read this and be turned off by the whole thing, Disney and that server could very well be losing $$$

PghLybrt

07-23-2009, 12:41 PM

Funny isn't it when you tell someone something and they just do not get it until they see it? ( My Gf is like that, I could have told her 20 times that there would be room for 4 people in a 1 bedroom, but she would not have believed me until she saw it with her own eyes.:confused3).

I am glad you all had fun at HDDR! We did it once, all adults, not a favorite. :sad2: We had similar "bad service". I was not a fan of the food ( but I never really am anywhere) and really just needed drinks to deal with sitting right in front of the stage! :eek: I think we got 1 refill. It really is a shame becasue I am the type of person if you keep my drink filled , included gratuity or not, I will lay money down.

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-23-2009, 02:41 PM

We haven't been to HDDR. Just not my thing. And I don't like family style food. I like menus. If I can't have a menu I will tolerate a buffet. I also hate bad service! :mad:

Our waiter for breakfast on my b-day at CP last year was marginal at best. We also had a marginal waiter at Jiko a couple of years ago.

BCV looks really nice. Maybe we will have to stay there sometime. :)

rosiep

07-23-2009, 03:05 PM

The Beach Club Villas are beautiful. I love that whole resort area.

Jenn-You're so sweet to want to include your sister. I know I could not take both my Mom and my sister at the same time; seperately yes....but both...never!

Trying to talk my sister into a trip next year. She likes Disney but not enough to want to spend her "vacation" there.

PghLybrt

07-23-2009, 03:31 PM

And I don't like family style food. I like menus. If I can't have a menu I will tolerate a buffet.

I am the exact opposite! At least with "family style" only so many fingers have been in it.....

She likes Disney but not enough to want to spend her "vacation" there.

:scared1:

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 03:42 PM

<insert really annoying whining noises here>

That woman is going to be in my office for the rest of the day! :headache:

I am not a happy camper :mad:

I planned out which pictures I am going to upload from the next two days and everything... :furious:

There is no issue with me "getting in trouble" or anything (summer is my downtime at work so all I really do is leftover projects from the year)... It is that she is so flippin' nosey and will promptly tell the rest of the little old ladies what I was doing and they will all gossip about it and I am so sick of being their central gossip victim that I try to avoid doing anything that will give them reason... pirate:

Make sense? :confused:

Lukas87

07-23-2009, 05:01 PM

At least with "family style" only so many fingers have been in it.....

Only in certain parts of the south.

jackskellingtonsgirl

07-23-2009, 05:12 PM

If we go to a buffet at breakfast we are usually the first ones through the line. We get up REALLY early at WDW so we book the first seating, and we have been to these places before so we know where things are. Plus, there are only 3 of us and we don't have small children so we can move through the line expeditiously. :thumbsup2

At dinner buffets we use copious amounts of anti-bacterial gel and try to scoop from the BACK of the serving dishes where fewer fingers have been grubbing. Then I try not to think about it. :rotfl2:

Lukas87

07-23-2009, 05:24 PM

Only in certain parts of the south.

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rosiep

07-23-2009, 05:48 PM

Only in certain parts of the south.

:scared1::lmao::lmao::lmao:

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 05:50 PM

rosiep

07-23-2009, 05:59 PM

upload woman! Faster! Faster!!!!!

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 06:07 PM

upload woman! Faster! Faster!!!!!

No kidding! :headache:

Photobucket takes forever! :sad2: The only site worse is shutterfly....

Saxton

07-23-2009, 06:26 PM

I want you people to know that I am staying at work for you... :goodvibes I only have a laptop at home and I find it difficult to copy and paste with a touchpad and no mouse...

I am uploading the photos from 7/6 and will get started as soon as they are all up! :thumbsup2

Uh, Jenn, you know you can attach a mouse to your laptop, right? :rotfl:

It only costs a couple bucks.

Heck, I'll send you one!

(Just trying to speed things up!)

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 06:39 PM

Uh, Jenn, you know you can attach a mouse to your laptop, right? :rotfl:

It only costs a couple bucks.

Heck, I'll send you one!

(Just trying to speed things up!)

Yeah... I know... My husband, the computer genius, keeps telling me that too... and we have plenty of computers and parts lying around (he used to own his own wedding videography business)... the other problem is finding a location in my house that is not currently occupied my unpacked luggage (i know, i know), a cat, unopened mail, or laundry... :scared:

Anywho... while my pics were uploading, I went on snapfish and ordered 422 of my favorite pictures from this trip to scrapbook... :cutie:
I wonder if this scrapbook will ever come to fruition? As Nelson is fond of saying: "My wife doesn't scrapbook, she buys scrapbooking stuff"... Yeah, yeah, yeah... he is so dern funny! :headache:

Alright all uploaded...

Coming up: Monday, July 6

jenn&nelsonrego

07-23-2009, 07:10 PM

So, Monday July 6, 2009

The plan (their plan, not ours... I think we were just along for the Disney Commando-Style ride)... :sad2: was to go to Hollywood studios this day...

Nelson went to pick them up while I hung back and made breakfast in our room... scrambled eggs with cheese, bacon, english muffins, fresh fruit... just the basics....

After breakfast, we headed towards to dock to catch the boat to MGM.

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I adore that kid!

I took a couple other shots of the resort from the dock area while we waited for the boat...

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We arrived at MGM and took a picture at the entrance... they had Katie make it look like she was holding balloons with the rest of us hanging on to her... wonder how that came out...

As we were done taking that picture, we were almost run over by this:

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Craziness!

We headed down Sunset Blvd. b/c of course Katie the Roller Coaster nut wanted to do ToT and RnRC... We grabbed FP's for RnR and stood stand by for ToT... It was great - as usual... We noticed the line was real short, so we rode it again! We had to buy the pics from the ride - they came out too good.... In one Nelson is making an absolutely horrified face while KAtie and I are both pointing and laughing at him... Nancy only did one roller coaster (EE onthe first day)

We had a little while before our FP's for RnR could be used so we grabbed a quick lunch at one of the places near there...

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Nelson and I split a salad and pizza... It was edible...

Nelson wasn't feeling great - so he headed back to the room.... :sad1:

Nancy went off to explore other parts of MGM while Katie and I walked through the stores...

We caught these two in action...

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Katie and I found this one especially funny b/c our Dad is a cop... notice the banana...

After riding RnR (only once I think - cannot remember) we had to head back to the room... We had reservations at the Cape May Buffet!!!!

This place was adorable! I love it! Reasonable too at $30 pp considering the offerings of the buffett. Clams, salmon, a couple pasta/seafood dishes and all kinds of other stuff....

As soon as we sat, we promptly started coloring the paper table "cloth" with the provided crayons... I love it when places do this... We had lots of fun with it... before, during, and after dinner...

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I was too busy eating so that explains the lack of photographic evidence....

We all started with the "New England" Clam Chowdah... Tip: Nevah serve New England clam chowdah to a bunch of New Englandahs... While the chowder was very good, it was not NE clam chowder (at least not my our exacting, snotty, Cape Cod standards)... :laughing:

Our server, James, was fantastic! You could tell on his face when he found out we were from Massachusetts that he was worried... but he was a great sport and lots of fun....

I took a picture of one of Nelson's two plate fulls of clams...

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Oh! and the bucket of clams he devoured too...

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The dessert offerings were amazing!

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I believe we have a carrot cake, a key lime pie cheesecake tart, an oreo cookie tart, and a strawberry cheesecake tart... OMG!!! These were fantastic... I fought my way through and managed one bite of each...

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Well... just before we left ~ I managed to stuff down the oreo cookie thing... they were incredible... They also had other dessert things, cookies, apple crisp, brownies.... more typical stuff...

This place was wonderful and I truly think a good value at $30 pp

We decided then to head over and walk the Boardwalk to work off some of the food...

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jenn&nelsonrego

08-03-2009, 12:58 PM

Tuesday, July 7...

Epcot today!

Nelson picked Nancy and Katie up at POR and brought them back to our room for a quick breakfast... very quick... cinnamon rolls, croissants, juice and coffee...

We wanted to get to the International Gateway at Epcot before the park opened. We arrived at the Gateway and there was nobody there except the Security Guard checking bags and two people at the turnstiles... It was 8:55 and Epcot opened at 9:00... They let us in!

It was nice to snag a few pictures in Epcot with few to no people in them:

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I had to take this picture of my stepmother... She has a "real" picture like this from one of her high school trips to Europe...

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Nelson and Katie had taken off to get FP's for Soarin. Nancy and I meandered on over... When we got there, Nelson and Katie were no where to be found! We assumed that they had got the FP's and hopped in line for Soarin'... So we hopped in line for Soarin... we were about halfway there when Nancy's cell phone rang... They had been in line getting FP's the whole time! :eek: We offered to wait until there part of the line made it to where we were but they said no... So Nancy and I continued on into Soarin'... I just :love: this ride so much. My favorite is the citrus smell....

Our ride was over :sad1: and we waited for Katie and Nelson... Our FP's were only 40 minutes away and the World Showcase was not open yet so we hung around, checked out the fishies and stuff...

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This guy eluded my camera when we ate at Coral Reef the week before!

I think we did the boat ride and the Circle of Life thing... I :love: Pumba and Timon... Did I ever tell you that I have a friend that has two adorable shar pei's ... One is named Timon... they couldn't name the other one Pumba because it is similar to a dirty word in Portuguese... :lmao: Dogs name is Isaac!

Our FP's were ready and we hopped on Soarin' again... Did I tell you how much I :love: this ride?

There were some on and off again rains, so we sucked it up and walked around... I took this picture of my little sister...

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Then decided that I needed to be in the picture...
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(photo has been cropped to hide the Portuguese rolls hiding beneath the shirt)

We went over to Norway, saw the move, rode the ride... It wasn't so bad... But during the part of the ride where we could see outside, we discovered our own Maelstrom... The rain was coming down in sheets, visibility was zero! The wind was real bad too!

We hung around in the shops for awhile where I discovered that I cannot afford to visit Norway. I picked up a $500 sweater! :eek: And promptly put it back down...

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Katie and her new boytoy!

The rain had slowed enough for us to convince them that we should go to an indoor sit-down, enjoy your meal, restaurant to wait out the weather... We were able to drag them over to Nine Dragons... We were seated, Katie took one look at the menu and proclaimed... "This is Chinese food like at home".... :scared1: No, Katie it is not... so they left... which was ok with us...

We had our usual... Honey Sesame Chicken... We both love this dish so much... We actually have the recipe for it at home... Do you think we ever make it?

I managed to get Nelson to use the chop sticks...

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Until about 1/2way through the meal... then they became spears...

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We left Nine Dragons very satisfied and decided to head back to the resort... I was in need of a shower....

On the way back we found this guy...

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He was silly! :laughing:

We made it back to our room, had a wonderful shower and a quick nap before guess who showed up at our door....

"Let's go to Downtown Disney"

Me: oh. yes. lets.

It wasn't that bad... but I do not know where all their energy comes from...

We bopped around DTD, did a little shopping in the WOD, typical DTD stuff... Katie wanted to eat at Rainforest Cafe... the wait was 1.5 hours... Nancy didn't want to wait that long so we ended up at Earl of Sandwich... fine by me - I like this place. Katie, on the other hand was not happy...

She wanted Rainforest Cafe, had a hissy fit... and refused to eat at Earl of Sandwich...

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This was the first time things got a little hairy.. I have a very interesting relationship with my step mother and I was dreading this... I hate the way she treats my sister sometimes.. although, the way she treated me growing up was much worse... (even the judge agreed... and I moved out of my fathers house when I was 16)

We went through some more stores with Grumpy Kate and finally got her to take this picture...

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Nancy would not let her buy any candy or anything b/c of the whole dinner situation so being the good brother in law he is, Nelson bought her some junk food while I distracted Nancy and smuggled it to Katie once we dropped her off at her hotel....

wallyb

08-03-2009, 01:14 PM

Kinda funny installment girl. :laughing:

Love the chowder part.
Why can't people out side of New England seem to make this. :confused3

And the chopstick spear is great. :rotfl:

jenn&nelsonrego

08-03-2009, 01:20 PM

Kinda funny installment girl. :laughing:

Love the chowder part.
Why can't people out side of New England seem to make this. :confused3

And the chopstick spear is great. :rotfl:

I try. :goodvibes Picture are uploading for 7/8 now...

I don't know why making NE Clam Chowdah is so dang difficult.... :confused: Hey! Ever been to Captain Parkers in Yarmouth? *drool

rpmdfw

08-03-2009, 01:32 PM

I don't know why making NE Clam Chowdah is so dang difficult

I didn't even know that HAD clam chowder in Nebraska! :eek:

:rolleyes1

jenn&nelsonrego

08-03-2009, 01:36 PM

I didn't even know that HAD clam chowder in Nebraska! :eek:

:rolleyes1

:headache:

One of these days Lucy!

rpmdfw

08-03-2009, 01:44 PM

:headache:

One of these days Lucy!

I'm my name isn't Lucy, Jenn. What are you smoking?

It's Rob, remember? We met a few weeks back . . . shared some clamarie? Remember?

jenn&nelsonrego

08-03-2009, 02:00 PM

I'm my name isn't Lucy, Jenn. What are you smoking?

It's Rob, remember? We met a few weeks back . . . shared some clamarie? Remember?

Rob, Lucy, Whatevah! :laughing:

What are you smoking hun? You okay?

I would NORMALLY never make fun of typos and stuff since I am the typo queen but that post Rob/Lucy... It just called to me...

And yes, I do remember the calamari, one of the highlights of my trip! :hug:

rpmdfw

08-03-2009, 02:03 PM

Rob, Lucy, Whatevah! :laughing:

What are you smoking hun? You okay?

I would NORMALLY never make fun of typos and stuff since I am the typo queen but that post Rob/Lucy... It just called to me...

And yes, I do remember the calamari, one of the highlights of my trip! :hug:

Oh, it's like that is it?

Okay. I'll start proofreading all of your posts now.

I'll have you reduced to tears within the hour.

jenn&nelsonrego

08-03-2009, 02:24 PM

Wednesday, July 8

I honestly have no clue what we did on this morning... I don't have any pictures... Hmmm....

Anyway I know that in the afternoon we headed down to The Marketplace at BC and grabbed some croissants and goodies:

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After eating, we explored our resort... the thought was to check out the pool but the clouds were rolling in...

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So we just walked around...

The quiet pool at BCV just outside the doors of our villa:

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The Breezeway:

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MMmmm... Cannot remember the name of this room, it is off to the right when you enter the villas:

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Love those little chairs!

It was Welcome Home Wednesday for DVC members so we decided to head over to the Boardwalk to wait for the Atlantic Dance Hall to open up.

*This place was really neat. I could place the pictures from Rob and Scotts wedding reception! Super Cool Guys! :thumbsup2*

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Took this picture while waiting outside:

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They opened the doors and were giving these out:

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Mini Key Lime Pie Tartlets from Fultons Crab House. Yummy...

They also announced that Fultons was a 30% off place for lunch for DVC members (don't know if that is still going on)...

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They had a fun little question and answer Jeopardy like game... It was cute... We didn't win anything... :sad2:

It was a cute little event and we all received red DVC hats when we left (which have been added to the stack we got off the ship last year) :rolleyes:

On the walk back, we saw this guy in a tree:

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At some point after WHW, Nancy and Katie joined us (side note - they went to Rainforest Cafe for lunch - Katie was happy, I was relieved)... we went to MGM that night for a little while:

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We went to a bunch of the little ride thingys... Great Movie Ride, Little Mermaid thing, Prince Caspian thing, etc...

We headed back to BCV and stopped at Beaches and Cream on our way...

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Yummm....

Nelson had a plain cone with coffee ice cream:

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I had vanilla with peanut butter sauce, chocolate sauce, and almonds...

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Don't know what my step mother got... eh...

And Katie got this creation, I think it was chocolate ice cream with chocolate sauce and rainbow sprinkles....

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I said or did something to make her laugh (probably dumped ice cream into my cleavage) but got an awesome picture of her in the process:

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jenn&nelsonrego

08-03-2009, 02:26 PM

Oh, it's like that is it?

Okay. I'll start proofreading all of your posts now.

I'll have you reduced to tears within the hour.

Ha! My posts are rife with typos and bad grammar... It would take you longer than an hour to find them all there are so many! :surfweb:

rpmdfw

08-03-2009, 02:35 PM

Ha! My posts are rife with typos and bad grammar... It would take you longer than an hour to find them all there are so many! :surfweb:

I don't need to point out spelling and grammar to make you cry.

Just wait . . . .

:rolleyes1

jenn&nelsonrego

08-03-2009, 02:42 PM

I don't need to point out spelling and grammar to make you cry.

Your right... Kleenex commercials, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, TLC's "I didn't know I was pregnant", "Say yes to the dress"... Baby Story on Discovery... Army Wives... all of these shows have me blubbering like a hormonal, emotional fool....

Even stories on ESPN about High School Athletes overcoming some amazing odds were getting to me yesterday...

I was also eating Lindt Balls and licking the salt off of potato chips....

Oh boy! Here it comes! :eek:

jenn&nelsonrego

08-03-2009, 03:46 PM

Thursday, July 9

This was our last full day there :sad2::sad2::sad2:

We slept in and headed to DTD for lunch... we figured with the 30% DVC discount at Fultons, it was a good time to check this place out.

On our way into DTD, we spotted this guy watering the plants:

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Fultons Crab House

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They didn't have crab claws listed on their lunch menu but our waiter (who was very good, very helpful) said that we could order any of the crab and/or lobster dishes off of the dinner menu. They had a platter of Alaskan King Crab Claws (1.5 lbs) for $51... I tried in vain to get Nelson to split the order with me... I couldn't spend $51 on myself alone for lunch... just couldn't do it... The waiter over heard me trying to get Nelson to split the platter and offered to get me a half size order for $26... :thumbsup2

My crab claws:

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I have not had crab claws in years... my grandma used to make them and she died in 2003...

These were soooo good. So easy to break open and very tasty...

I was so stuffed by the time I finished the 3 claws that I barely touched the potatoes... I did eat half of one though and they were very good!

Nelson had this:

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Slock-eyed salmon or something like that.... He said it was very tasty.

We went back to the resort to chill... it was our last day and we wanted to enjoy the quiet while my sister and stepmother hit up 3 parks!!!

After enjoying the peace and quiet and once our stomachs were telling us it was dinner time, we headed over to the Boardwalk...

I so wanted to rent one of these:

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Nelson taking in the sights:

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the thought was to go to Spoodles but then something else caught Nelson's eye:

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The idea of NACHOS!

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We enjoyed our nachos very much. They were excellent! They made them just the way I asked ~with just about everything on the side~... Our waitress' (we had two, one in training) were wonderful here as well...

Nelson had the salmon BLT:

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I had the Bacon Cheeseburger:

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While we were there, they started up their live internet broadcast show...

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Nelson thought it was amusing that they were using much of the same equipment he has at home:

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This was right behind me... so sad... :sad1:

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Shortly after arriving back at the resort we heard loud banging and music...

Of course, on our last night there... we realize we can see the Illumination fireworks from our balcony...

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Nancy and Katie came by and we made a return trip to Beaches and Cream... I forgot to mention that there was a Kitchen Sink ordered the first night we were there and this night also... Its looks good initially until you think of all those flavors running together... yucky!

I didn't take any pictures this time around - :sad2: I don't know why...

After ice cream, we took Nancy and Katie back to their resort...

This was Katie... trying to nap on the bench while waiting for the valet...

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Up next... (probably tomorrow) will be our last day in WDW and the trip home... :sad1: