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I am glad Disney responded to your complaint. Which reminds me, did they ever do anything about the OKW check in fiasco? I seem to recall them telling you they were going to take care of you next time?

Fun Christmas pictures, it looks like you had a lot of fun. I am dreading going to work tomorrow even though it is only for 2 days. Today was spent just recovering.
 
I am finally catching up on the boards after so much holiday craziness the last couple of weeks.

So glad the surprise went well and that y'all made it safely! Looks like y'all were really having a lot of fun that first night. And I'm glad y'all got to try Beaches & Cream. YUM!

Sorry about all the noise though from the pool though. :furious:
 
All caught up after a "too busy for anything but Christmas" break. Love all the photos that you got that night, and of course I love the hat pics.

So glad that you followed up with Disney, and that they responded to the complaint. I don't think that anyone really enjoys being at a resort with a bunch of rowdy teens.
 
Hey Kathy,

catching back up on the Boards and my TR subs after Christmas... Hope you had a very Merry one... looks like you did...:thumbsup2

Loving the hats in Germany... the steins? and Mark has a hat buddy too...:lmao:

We are going to have to go back to Journey into Imagination... in July...haven't been in forever... think its time to go back...

Sorry about Pop Warner noise... I know that a lot of really loud teenagers can be well... annoying... I also think that their supervision has to be tighter... ( it isn't always "fun" to be have to be in charge... but that's what being an adult is all about...:confused3)

Your photos are awesome...

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Loved all of the holiday pictures! Expecially love your new present - adorable! Glad you had a wonderful Christmas with family!

D~
 
Your night at Epcot was great. I love the palm trees in all the different colors in your way to the Swan. The Swan's decorations are so pretty, too. all in all a very magical day till you got back to CSR. OMG you must have been steaming mad! I remember how big the hot tubs are, so to have that many people in it is crazy. Poor Mark. I think I would have been on the phone to the front desk many many times with all that racket. NOT a good way to end your first day at WDW!
 
So glad to hear that Disney responded to your complaint!

The pictures are wonderful. Sad that you didn't have Markie and Alisha there though.

LOVE the picture frame from Andy!!!

You have tons of creative friends with all the holiday image wishes...

but let me just also wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! :goodvibes

Thanks, Ann. I'm glad Disney listened too. I'm still debating writing the guy in charge of resorts at the Disney company; someone higher up needs to hear about these people.

We missed Markie and Alisha, but we get to see them in two days.

I love my frame from Andy too...he did good.

Happy New Year to you as well.

Glad you complained to Disney about the PW kids...I really wish they would do something about them, I read the same thing year after year about them, and yet Disney does nothing. :confused3 I also wish they would go at a different time of year than December! Oh well!

Great pics, looks like you had a nice Christmas! :santa::santa:

Thanks, Jen. They need to do something...either stop having them or have more security on site to deal with the rude and obnoxious behavior.

We had a lovely Christmas, but glad it is over.

All caught up! I hope you had a Merry Christmas Kathy! Sounds like you did...

I'm really enjoying this TR! Can't wait for the next update. :thumbsup2

Hi, Amy; we had a lovely Christmas, and hope you did too.

Next update coming up.

Wow this TR moves fast lol I'm already behind again. I'm glad that Disney listened to your complaint and did something for you. I'm loving all of your pictures too :goodvibes

Thank you; I'm glad you are enjoying. It's actually not moving too fast...but today is an update day.

Wow...yeah, I'd go for OKW at that price everytime, too! ::yes:: OKW is just lovely and I really enjoyed the fact that the quiet pool closest to our villa had a hot tub, thus there was little to no reason to go to the main pool, although Max might get a little bored there.

Anyway...my goodness you all look like you're having a wonderful time! And all the Christmas pictures are just getting me even more excited for my trip, if that's even possible at this point.

So sorry about the Pop Warner folks. That's the worst. :furious: And I'm sorry Mark couldn't use the hot tub...that would have had me fuming as I love some good hot tub time!

Tina, I really love CSR, but OKW is such a good deal at the rate I can get from the DVC people. Mark and I have yet to go to the main pool (I did in January when I went on the girls trip).

We really had the BEST time ever. You are going to love the Christmas stuff...so much fun and so beautiful.

Mark was NOT happy he didn't have quiet time in the hot tub; but trust me, the MAN went in and let those kids know who was boss!

Looks like you had a wonderful Christmas, Kathy! Glad to hear Disney credited money back to you and hopefully they make the necessary changes with this PW group...unreal how they behave without consequences!!


It was a lovely Christmas; I hope yours was too. The money was nice, but I hope they got the point of how unruly these people are.
 


Kathy, In spite of your little unfortunate incident at CSR with Pop Warner I did it...



Did what you may ask?



















I went online and booked my trip for 11/29/13- 12/06/13 at CSR. :cool1::banana::beach:

We ended up going business class which is CSR's version of club level (now being offered starting 1/2013). We did it because after looking at hundreds of resort pictures and also having briefly walked the property area last year around the Dig Site, we like the Cabana area the best. The club level is located in Cabana 9b, and from what we have read looks to be a very good location. I appreciate all your help and since this resort comes highly recommended from you, I'm sure we can't go wrong.

P.S. During my Internet surfing about CSR and looking at the unofficial website for CSR, I found a post of yours on the CSR forum showing you with your two children back in 2000. Very cute. ;)

:yay::yay::yay: Bob, I'm so glad youa re going to finally give it a try. I just hope that you enjoy it half as much as we always have (well, with the exception of the brats of Pop Warner this month). That was the last time, 2000, when both our boys traveled with us together. :sad:

I'm back on the boards finally, its been a while!! I have been working so much on a computer that I never get on after work (besides facebook :rotfl:). Looks like a great start to the trip and I am glad Disney responded to your complaint, that would have really irritated me at the resort!!

Hope you had a very Merry Christmas!!! :goodvibes

Welcome back, Shannon...I have missed you around here.

It was an annoyance at the resort, but we did not let it spoil our trip (just wish we had gotten a little more sleep).

Hope you and Tim had a very Merry Christmas.

Glad to see you had an awesome Christmas!!! Love the updates, hate that you had to complain, they need to do something about them kids, they're complained about quite a bit!!!!! LOVE the surprise videos as well!!!

Anxiously awaiting the next update!!! :surfweb:

I'm gonna be here on the dis quite a bit more, gonna start my 40th PTR a year out...which is Jan 12th!! It's a biggun!!!

Have a happy New Year!!!! party:

Christie, thanks for checking back in. I'm glad you enjoyed the videos.

A 40th in January 2014? If so, you best talk to Mary about us doing a girls trip again!

Because of the Christmas holidays, I'm just now getting around to catching up. The decorations at the resorts and around Disney are gorgeous! I so want to go back during that time of year.

I'm sorry to hear that the Pop Warner group was causing such a ruckus and right outside your room. Too bad the CMs didn't respond while you were there. At least you can feel better that Disney acknowledged your complaint and threw in a credit to boot.

Hi, Lisa. I fell behind with the holidays too...no worries. The resorts were stunning.

The Pop Warner kids AND adults were awful; I will never again stay anywhere that they might possibly be.

I am glad Disney responded to your complaint. Which reminds me, did they ever do anything about the OKW check in fiasco? I seem to recall them telling you they were going to take care of you next time?

Fun Christmas pictures, it looks like you had a lot of fun. I am dreading going to work tomorrow even though it is only for 2 days. Today was spent just recovering.

Cynthia, nothing was done about the OKW fiasco (unless they are waiting to see if we will be back there when we go in August). I really didn't think that would pan out.

Work is busy because I'm covering for two other secretaries, but it is "slow busy" if you know what I mean. Plus I'm anxious for Saturday to get here so we can go see the kids.

I am finally catching up on the boards after so much holiday craziness the last couple of weeks.

So glad the surprise went well and that y'all made it safely! Looks like y'all were really having a lot of fun that first night. And I'm glad y'all got to try Beaches & Cream. YUM!

Sorry about all the noise though from the pool though. :furious:

The holidays do get in the way of our DIS time. :rotfl2:

The surprise could not have gone better. We had a great first night and we loved Beaches & Cream. The noise at the pool was the only bad part of the entire trip.

All caught up after a "too busy for anything but Christmas" break. Love all the photos that you got that night, and of course I love the hat pics.

So glad that you followed up with Disney, and that they responded to the complaint. I don't think that anyone really enjoys being at a resort with a bunch of rowdy teens.

Glad you are enjoying the hat photos; Andy encouraged a lot of them. :)

It was a mixture of 7 and 8 year olds, teens and parents. They really need to do something about it.
 
Hey Kathy,

catching back up on the Boards and my TR subs after Christmas... Hope you had a very Merry one... looks like you did...:thumbsup2

We had a great Christmas, and I hope you did too.

Loving the hats in Germany... the steins? and Mark has a hat buddy too...:lmao:

We searched for the one hat in Germany we saw a year ago and they didn't have it; if they had, I was going to buy it for Mark (it had a chicken on top).

We are going to have to go back to Journey into Imagination... in July...haven't been in forever... think its time to go back...

I don't know why it gets such a bad rap...I enjoy the ride.

Sorry about Pop Warner noise... I know that a lot of really loud teenagers can be well... annoying... I also think that their supervision has to be tighter... ( it isn't always "fun" to be have to be in charge... but that's what being an adult is all about...:confused3)

And I'm fine with kids enjoying themselves, and parents too. But not at 11:00 at night and waking up everyone around them.

Your photos are awesome...

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Thank you. :goodvibes

Loved all of the holiday pictures! Expecially love your new present - adorable! Glad you had a wonderful Christmas with family!

D~

Thank you, D. I saw some of yours (I have to get back to catching up after I do an update); your daughters are beautiful. I love my new present too. :)

Your night at Epcot was great. I love the palm trees in all the different colors in your way to the Swan. The Swan's decorations are so pretty, too. all in all a very magical day till you got back to CSR. OMG you must have been steaming mad! I remember how big the hot tubs are, so to have that many people in it is crazy. Poor Mark. I think I would have been on the phone to the front desk many many times with all that racket. NOT a good way to end your first day at WDW!

Thank you, MaryEllen. We had a great first night at Epcot. The palm trees were so pretty. Yes, it was magical until we wanted to sleep and had to deal with the Pop Warner group. Unfortunately, calling doesn't get you to the front desk, but a call center and those people are useless.

Thanks for sharing your Christmas photos, I enjoyed them!

Thank you; I'm glad you enjoyed them.
 
I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends.

Now, it's time for an update.

We are now at Day 2 of the trip -- Friday, December 7.

I was up at 7 a.m. to shower and get dressed so I could get the rest of the crew up. Mark showered, Des just did her hair, make-up and got dressed as she had showered the night before and Andy showered this way:

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Yes, the child of mine decided the best shower was to hop into a slightly chilly pool. :rotfl2:

A few shots of the pool while the Pop Warner kids were probably sleeping since they didn't let us sleep as they were up all night:

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Everyone ready to go, we walked here at exactly 8:05 a.m.:

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I love how the pop machines are themed as well:

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While waiting for the bus:

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Shortly, a bus was picking us up for our arrival here:

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We were now at the front gate instead of the "side gate."

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We got there in time for "rope drop" which isn't much of anything. They did shoot off confetti which Des and I decided to drape over ourselves. Mark helping Des with hers:

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I texted Nicki that we were through the gates and they were coming in from their private entrance and we were both walking towards Test Track...our first attraction of the day. Some photos along the way:

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Ahhh, looks so peaceful at CSR...that is one thing we liked about the resort in 2009.

I love the shirt Des is wearing, did she buy it at Disney?
 
I had to laugh when you said that Andy took his "shower" in the pool. :rotfl: The resort looks so nice and quiet in the morning which I know was a relief to your ears.
 
We arrived at Test Track and had to walk in a roundabout way because they were taping directly in front of it. Here are some pictures as we walked through until we reached the new "interactive area":

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Then it was time for us to enter and "design our own car"

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I didn't take any pictures on the ride because I just wanted to enjoy the experience because we figured this might be the only time this trip we got to ride.

Our "redneck" photo:

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And what did we think of it? We were not overly impressed. I wasn't a fan of the "designing your own car" and the ride didn't change all that much. It was a bust as far as I was concerned, and Nicki agreed with me.

From there, we were off to get fastpasses for Soarin' and have some breakfast at Sunshine Seasons (food reviews by Nicki).

After having a light breakfast (we didn't want to eat too much before our lunch), we were headed to see one of Mark's favorites:

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We both wore our Mine Mine shirts this day because our last day at Epcot we had special shirts to wear for all of us.

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We went to see some fishies while everyone was taking bathroom breaks:

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Then we went to see

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I have to say that I am so glad that Mary and the girls made me stop and watch this in January because now I try not to miss it...it's just so cute

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After visiting with Crush and promising to say "Dude" all day, we walked back to The Land to use our fastpasses for Soarin.

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Up next, a first time ADR for us
 
I remember Nicki's Facebook posting that she didn't like the new Test Track. I'm not a big fan of the "design your own" kinda stuff but, then again, I'm not a techie type of gal so that may have something to do with it.
 
I like Andy's method of showering. I guess that's one way to get everyone out the door quicker when you have so many people sharing a single bathroom :rotfl2::rotfl: I hope he didn't step on any broken beer bottles or cigarette butts trying to get there though. :rolleyes1

I really did like the new Test Track, but I agree that they really didn't do anything to improve it aside from the new queue elements and post show area. I'm kind of a nerd for that kind of stuff though and I loved the design part. I felt like the ride part itself was a bit of a letdown though, because there really wasn't any improvement over the old version. :confused3
 
Mom and I missed Test Track by one day! Sounds like we didn't miss too much though and I'll catch it in October. I'm not a fan of designing techy stuff although I do like to design my future on SE!

Love the Seas, I could spend hours in there just watching the fish and manatees. Turtle Talk is one of my must dos after trying it for the first time this last trip. Such a cute little show!
 
Just came across your TR and it looks like fun, so hopefully it is okay to join in...... :) What a great idea surprising your hubby this way!!! :goodvibes

Looks like I have a lot of catching up to do though........ :eek:
 
I too think Turtle Talk is a very cute show. I forgot about Crush telling us to say Dude all day. My step-daughter is going to looooooove that. She already calles her dad "dude" all the time. :rolleyes2
 
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