We took the kids to WDW! - All done, Now Bonus features! Festival of Holidays 2/23

PrincessInOz · Jul 24, 2016

franandaj said:

Bitter gourd or bitter melon. The Chinese use it a lot....they like the medicinal value of bitterness.

jedijill said:
'm up for a Girls Trip!!!!

franandaj said:
Well first we have to finish getting our stuff out of #1 De Soto. I can't talk about any new trips until that happens. Even then, she might say it has to be rented before we do any more big trips!

Keep me in mind!!!!

OMG!! That bungalow is just amazing. :faint:

Flossbolna · Jul 25, 2016

Thanks for the report on the Behind the Seeds tour! I really want to do it next time and your report confirmed that this is really a great little tour!

And the Bungalow ist just amazing!! Oh, I so want to stay there (but not pay the points for it...)

DnA2010 · Jul 25, 2016

Neat day! I enjoyed hearing about the plant with the safety mechanism! Thanks for the pics!

The pictures of the fish and smaller alligators were neat, we’ve only spent one day at each park other than 2 at MK so I’ve never toured these areas! Epcot is one park we are itching to visit again!

Nice choices at the booths- we had lunch at Marrakesh and enjoyed it!

What is the flavor of the rose grey goose slushie?

Oh the bungalow – WOW just WOW! Thank you so much for the detailed tour, it was just great to see the details of the place. Really enjoyed all the art and richness of the various woods…great appliances too!

The terrace is great also- enjoyed your pictures of the boats going back and forth, SM, and the Water Pageant right there! DH has been following along over my shoulder and your TR is really solidifying WDW as our spring vacation plans

Next Round of Questions

Our reservation for 1900 Park Fare is for 10:40, what time do we arrive?
10:33
We’re headed to the MK, what are our three FP’s?
Jungle Cruise, Splash, 7DMT
We do two attractions without using our FP, what are they?
Does this mean FP atractions you didn't use FP for? HM, Pirates
With what character do I do an impromptu meet?
Goofy
What snack do Jim and Alberto bring back to the room for Fran?
Cinnemon bun from Gastons I think it is
I meet up with the SO of a DISer for drinks. Who is it? Bonus points if you can name the DISer.[/QUOTE]
Michael -Flossbolna's OH (this is a guess)

dolphingirl47 · Jul 25, 2016

franandaj said:
I woke up in the middle of the night around 3:45AM

What a pain.

franandaj said:
Around 4:30 I fell back asleep and slept until around 6:30.

At least you got some more sleep.

franandaj said:
We stopped in the lobby of the Villas to take some pictures as we had neglected to do that before.

I loved all the photos.

franandaj said:
This is the Carrollwood Pacific Room dedicated to Walt and all things trains.

This looks like a really amazing space.

franandaj said:
Good thing too because we didn’t finish our tour until 2:30 and it was supposed to be over at 1:30 so we got a bonus hour on the tour!

Looks like the Behind the Seeds Tour has not changed much since we did it in 2009 or 2010. We loved it and this brought back memories. A bonus hour sounds really neat.

I love the photos from the Poly bungalow. The sunset photos are also beautiful

franandaj said:
Our reservation for 1900 Park Fare is for 10:40, what time do we arrive?

10:45

franandaj said:
We’re headed to the MK, what are our three FP’s?

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain

franandaj said:
We do two attractions without using our FP, what are they?

Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean

franandaj said:
With what character do I do an impromptu meet?

Tigger

franandaj said:
What snack do Jim and Alberto bring back to the room for Fran?

A Mickey Pretzel

franandaj said:
I meet up with the SO of a DISer for drinks. Who is it? Bonus points if you can name the DISer.

Michael, Flossbolna

Corinna

franandaj · Jul 27, 2016

pkondz said:
I did a course a year or so ago. One of the things they did was have us line up (about 40 of us) and then the passed little vials around. You were supposed to see if you could guess the scent. The idea was to see if a scent might elicit a memory. I was roughly in the middle of the line. When the first vial got to me, I was pretty sure it was strawberry. (it was) The second vial I didn't know, but it smelled familiar (vanilla.) The last vial? I knew what it was as soon as they opened it on the other side of the room. Coconut.

Yeah, I can smell coconut a mile away as well! Occasionally Fran gets treats that have coconut and she says, "Want some?" I can smell it from across the room, and she'll swear there is no coconut in it! :lmao:

pkondz said:
Ah. Just curious.

What do you use?

pkondz said:
Whoops! Revised guesses.
(although I may be better off leaving it at five... or changing them all... or...)
1. 10:40
2. PP, Space, BTMRR
3 PP, Space
4. Alice
5. Cupcake
6. No clue.

Recorded and Revised.

dhorner233 said:
Wow! Fun packed day! That bungalow is to die for! I could live there happily the rest of my life! What a great view! Did you see any alligators in the water around you?

It was a very nice place to stay, and no I did not see any alligators.

dhorner233 said:
1. 10:42

2. Star Tours, 7 Dwarfs Mine Ride, Jungle Cruise

3. People Mover and Winnie the Pooh.

4. Capt. Hook

5. Flavored popcorn

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dhorner233 said:
6. What is a SO? Jedi Jill?

SO=Significant Other

basketlacey said:
Fantastic trip report!!! I started reading last night and finished up this morning.

That's a lot of reading!

basketlacey said:
We're just back from WDW and we stayed in a studio at the Poly. We were in Moorea (so likely right behind your bungalow). We also quickly realized that we were closer to the TTC than the Great Ceremonial House.

We loved our stay. The bungalows look amazing!!!

I really liked the Poly. We will have to stay there again sometime. I just need to recharge my points!

franandaj · Jul 27, 2016

PrincessInOz said:
Bitter gourd or bitter melon. The Chinese use it a lot....they like the medicinal value of bitterness.

Thanks for clarifying that!

PrincessInOz said:
Keep me in mind!!!!

Absolutely! And we'll let you know if we plan a West Coast girls weekend too! As long as there are more than two days notice!

PrincessInOz said:
OMG!! That bungalow is just amazing.

Flossbolna said:
Thanks for the report on the Behind the Seeds tour! I really want to do it next time and your report confirmed that this is really a great little tour!

You're welcome! Are you going to book this for your upcoming trip.

Flossbolna said:
And the Bungalow ist just amazing!! Oh, I so want to stay there (but not pay the points for it...)

I know what you mean, it sort of brought tears to my eyes using that many points for three nights!

DnA2010 said:
Neat day! I enjoyed hearing about the plant with the safety mechanism! Thanks for the pics!

It was a cool little plant, I hope they don't end up killing off a bunch of them if you saw pkondz's comments.

DnA2010 said:
The pictures of the fish and smaller alligators were neat, we’ve only spent one day at each park other than 2 at MK so I’ve never toured these areas! Epcot is one park we are itching to visit again!

You really need to go back and have some more time at Epcot!

DnA2010 said:
Nice choices at the booths- we had lunch at Marrakesh and enjoyed it!

I really liked it on our December trip!

DnA2010 said:
What is the flavor of the rose grey goose slushie?

It was actually Rose flavored. It was weird but good!

DnA2010 said:
Oh the bungalow – WOW just WOW! Thank you so much for the detailed tour, it was just great to see the details of the place. Really enjoyed all the art and richness of the various woods…great appliances too!
The terrace is great also- enjoyed your pictures of the boats going back and forth, SM, and the Water Pageant right there! DH has been following along over my shoulder and your TR is really solidifying WDW as our spring vacation plans

Just don't expect bungalow accomodations without bungalow prices! :rotfl:

DnA2010 said:
10:33
We’re headed to the MK, what are our three FP’s?
Jungle Cruise, Splash, 7DMT
We do two attractions without using our FP, what are they?
Does this mean FP atractions you didn't use FP for? HM, Pirates
With what character do I do an impromptu meet?
Goofy
What snack do Jim and Alberto bring back to the room for Fran?
Cinnemon bun from Gastons I think it is
I meet up with the SO of a DISer for drinks. Who is it? Bonus points if you can name the DISer.

Michael -Flossbolna's OH (this is a guess)[/QUOTE]

Recorded.

dolphingirl47 said:
At least you got some more sleep.

I often think of you when I wake up in the middle of the night because I know that you have the same problem on your trips to California.

dolphingirl47 said:
This looks like a really amazing space.

I met with Paula and Jo here are few years ago, it was very nice and relaxing.

dolphingirl47 said:
Looks like the Behind the Seeds Tour has not changed much since we did it in 2009 or 2010. We loved it and this brought back memories. A bonus hour sounds really neat.

That's good to know, I like when things change a little, but gradually.

dolphingirl47 said:
I love the photos from the Poly bungalow. The sunset photos are also beautiful

Thanks!

dolphingirl47 said:
10:45

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain

Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean

Tigger

A Mickey Pretzel

Michael, Flossbolna

Recorded.

franandaj · Jul 27, 2016

So folks.....

It's been 10 days since the last update....It's not happening in the next 24 hours. That's for sure, but anytime after that....I'm getting ancy! :hyper:

pkondz · Jul 27, 2016

franandaj said:
Yeah, I can smell coconut a mile away as well! Occasionally Fran gets treats that have coconut and she says, "Want some?" I can smell it from across the room, and she'll swear there is no coconut in it!

I'll have people say "Want some?"
and I'll reply "No thanks. It has coconut in it. I can smell it."
"No it doesn't." They reply. Take a bite... "Nope. No coconut at all."
Me: "Uh, huh. Read the ingredients."
"Sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, flour,.... coconut. Well I'll be darned."

franandaj said:
What do you use?

Depends.
Frequently if I know we're eating right away, I'll rinse in cold water to kill the cooking and wash off the starch, add some water to the pan and re-heat to a boil for a second.
Best way is as soon as the noodles are done, toss with some of the pasta sauce. The sauce gets into the pasta and it doesn't stick.
Again, depends on how I feel.

franandaj · Jul 27, 2016

pkondz said:
I'll have people say "Want some?"
and I'll reply "No thanks. It has coconut in it. I can smell it."
"No it doesn't." They reply. Take a bite... "Nope. No coconut at all."
Me: "Uh, huh. Read the ingredients."
"Sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, flour,.... coconut. Well I'll be darned."

Yeah, I've had that discussion. I don't know if you have Hostess products up there, but they have these "crumb" donuts. Fran had me buy her some, she offered me one, but as soon as she opened the bag, I was like no thanks.

pkondz said:
Depends.
Frequently if I know we're eating right away, I'll rinse in cold water to kill the cooking and wash off the starch, add some water to the pan and re-heat to a boil for a second.
Best way is as soon as the noodles are done, toss with some of the pasta sauce. The sauce gets into the pasta and it doesn't stick.
Again, depends on how I feel.

That makes sense. In my house we grew up with picky people so my Mom always put butter on it, because not everyone wanted sauce on their noodles. I just kept doing that ever since.

pkondz · Jul 27, 2016

franandaj said:
Yeah, I've had that discussion. I don't know if you have Hostess products up there, but they have these "crumb" donuts. Fran had me buy her some, she offered me one, but as soon as she opened the bag, I was like no thanks.

Hmmm.... I think we have Hostess.... maybe....
Either way, I don't buy any.

Were the "crumbs" coconut flakes?
That stuff ruins more food than anything else.

franandaj said:
That makes sense. In my house we grew up with picky people so my Mom always put butter on it, because not everyone wanted sauce on their noodles. I just kept doing that ever since.

I do the sauce immediately thing when I make alfredo, but not (usually) the red sauce.
No idea why since there's always at least one person who doesn't want the sauce I make.

Fussy, rotten kids! :laughing:

franandaj · Jul 27, 2016

pkondz said:
Hmmm.... I think we have Hostess.... maybe....
Either way, I don't buy any.

Were the "crumbs" coconut flakes?
That stuff ruins more food than anything else.

I think the coconut is mixed in, you wouldn't know it's there from looking.

pkondz said:
I do the sauce immediately thing when I make alfredo, but not (usually) the red sauce.
No idea why since there's always at least one person who doesn't want the sauce I make.

Fussy, rotten kids!

OK, no more food talking. This is not a good day.

pkondz · Jul 28, 2016

franandaj said:
I think the coconut is mixed in, you wouldn't know it's there from looking.

Yep. Sneaky.

franandaj said:
OK, no more food talking. This is not a good day.

Whoops! Sorry to hear that.

dizneeat · Jul 28, 2016

Late as always - but there are quite a few loose ends to tie before we leave and ...............

franandaj said:
Jim exclaimed that he had packed his MB inside his suitcase that was now at Bell Services awaiting it’s journey to the Poly. There wasn’t a heck of a lot we could do about that, he did have his AP in his wallet so we decided to just go ahead and see what we could do with that.

Yes, one or the other will do. We have several of those "never expiring" tickets tied to our account, so I always fear the system might just take the wrong day, so we use our AP cards to get in and the MB for FP. Works a charm. But still glad you got everything sorted out.

franandaj said:

Behind the seeds is such a fun little tour. We have taken it before and it never disappoints, always something new to learn.
But I don't remember that Mickey behind you - cute photo by the way - is that new?

franandaj said:

Never saw these either!!! Guess it's time to go on the tour again.

franandaj said:

French food! I didn't try the onion tarte - Tom makes an awesome one!, but had the maccaroon insead - yummy!

franandaj said:

We walked by those bungalows before they were opened (I think) during Tom's birthday trip and they looked awesome from the outside. They look AMAZING from the inside - thanks for sharing all the details.

franandaj said:

And you even had your own pool!!

franandaj said:

That must be so awesome to see from your home away from home! Those boys were in for a real treat!

franandaj said:
Next Round of Questions

Hope I am not too late - especially after the awesome round I had last time.

Our reservation for 1900 Park Fare is for 10:40, what time do we arrive?

10.35

We’re headed to the MK, what are our three FP’s?

Jungle Cruise, Thunder Mountain, Mine Train

We do two attractions without using our FP, what are they?

Jungle Cruise, Thunder Mountain (am I reading this correct? Do you mean you did not use two of the FPs you had?) Oh well ........

With what character do I do an impromptu meet?

Alice

What snack do Jim and Alberto bring back to the room for Fran?

A turkey leg?

I meet up with the SO of a DISer for drinks. Who is it? Bonus points if you can name the DISer.

Sorry, NO idea.

I am going to write to you tomorrow - somehow days don't seem to be 24 hours long any more.

franandaj · Jul 28, 2016

pkondz said:
Yep. Sneaky.

Didn't catch me on it!

pkondz said:
Whoops! Sorry to hear that.

Well....on your TR a while back I alluded to a "special" treat for those over 50, not exclusive to that crowd, but often suggested. Today was my day, so yesterday was "clear fluids" day. By the time we were talking about donuts, it had been 15+ hours since I'd had solid food. And when I say solid food I mean egg noodles with butter. Before that my dinner was a vanilla milkshake, so by the time I posted yesterday, I was in complete grump mode. Now I'm just not allowed to operate an motor vehicle until 9AM tomorrow. Nor can I make legal decisions, so forget about trying to get in my will! :lmao:

dizneeat said:
Late as always - but there are quite a few loose ends to tie before we leave and ...............

Hey no worries! Your day is coming up quick! I don't know what I would do being gone as long as you two will be! If all goes as planned, next year we will be taking one of our trips as 1/3 of your vacation and being very happy about it, while knowing the cats will be very unhappy!

dizneeat said:
Yes, one or the other will do. We have several of those "never expiring" tickets tied to our account, so I always fear the system might just take the wrong day, so we use our AP cards to get in and the MB for FP. Works a charm. But still glad you got everything sorted out.

Yeah, that's good to know. From now on when I pack my "park purse", I'm going to include my AP just in case. But it's not like I don't have 6 different MBs that still worked on our last trip. I still have to order one for our upcoming trip because I don't have purple yet.

dizneeat said:
Behind the seeds is such a fun little tour. We have taken it before and it never disappoints, always something new to learn.
But I don't remember that Mickey behind you - cute photo by the way - is that new?

The Mickey tree was in the first room of the boat tour (ie last room of the walking tour). I was watching the reruns of The Chew (American Food series produced by ABC who is owned by Disney) and they showed the Mickey tree when one of the Chefs was inside The Land.

dizneeat said:
Never saw these either!!! Guess it's time to go on the tour again.

Maybe they didn't have them. or maybe because the headphones were new, it may have been hard to hear the guide point them out.

dizneeat said:
French food! I didn't try the onion tarte - Tom makes an awesome one!, but had the maccaroon insead - yummy!

I'm always afraid that macaroons will have coconut, so I don't usually order them.

dizneeat said:
We walked by those bungalows before they were opened (I think) during Tom's birthday trip and they looked awesome from the outside. They look AMAZING from the inside - thanks for sharing all the details.

You would never even imagine from the outside just how cool they are inside! I want to stay there again, but part of me doesn't because it makes me want to just hang out there and not go into the parks! I'm so glad we did it second so we were ready to relax a little bit more.

dizneeat said:
And you even had your own pool!!

As you will see weather was not so cooperative.

dizneeat said:
That must be so awesome to see from your home away from home! Those boys were in for a real treat!

It was incredible. I'm not sure they knew how much to appreciate it!

dizneeat said:
I am going to write to you tomorrow - somehow days don't seem to be 24 hours long any more.

I totally know what you mean. I can't seem to get everything I need to do accomplished and I always get so tired and sit down and give up. I have been looking forward to hearing from you!!!! I am getting very excited about your visit!

dizneeat said:
Hope I am not too late - especially after the awesome round I had last time.

Nope. You are not too late and there are a couple others that I am hoping will chime in before the next update

dizneeat said:
10.35

We’re headed to the MK, what are our three FP’s?

Jungle Cruise, Thunder Mountain, Mine Train

We do two attractions without using our FP, what are they?

Jungle Cruise, Thunder Mountain (am I reading this correct? Do you mean you did not use two of the FPs you had?) Oh well ........

With what character do I do an impromptu meet?

Alice

What snack do Jim and Alberto bring back to the room for Fran?

A turkey leg?

I meet up with the SO of a DISer for drinks. Who is it? Bonus points if you can name the DISer.

Sorry, NO idea.

Recorded.

dolphingirl47 · Jul 29, 2016

franandaj said:
I'm always afraid that macaroons will have coconut, so I don't usually order them.

French macaroons are always made from ground almond. They do have the coconut kind as well, but they call them something different.

Corinna

pkondz · Jul 29, 2016

franandaj said:
Well....on your TR a while back I alluded to a "special" treat for those over 50, not exclusive to that crowd, but often suggested. Today was my day, so yesterday was "clear fluids" day. By the time we were talking about donuts, it had been 15+ hours since I'd had solid food. And when I say solid food I mean egg noodles with butter. Before that my dinner was a vanilla milkshake, so by the time I posted yesterday, I was in complete grump mode. Now I'm just not allowed to operate an motor vehicle until 9AM tomorrow.

Oh... OH!!
Now I understand! :lmao:

Sorry shouldn't laugh.... but I am anyway. :rotfl:

franandaj said:
Nor can I make legal decisions, so forget about trying to get in my will!

Shoot! Well, there goes that plan!

franandaj · Jul 30, 2016

dolphingirl47 said:
French macaroons are always made from ground almond. They do have the coconut kind as well, but they call them something different.

Corinna

That's good to know. There is a French style bakery in the Gelson's (behind the Lucilles you have been to) that has like 7 flavors of macaroons. Now I know I can try them! They looked good the last time I was there, but I was afraid of coconut.

pkondz said:
Oh... OH!!
Now I understand!

Sorry shouldn't laugh.... but I am anyway.

Your day will come! :rolleyes1

pkondz said:
Shoot! Well, there goes that plan!

I don't even have a will! :lmao:

Steppesister · Jul 30, 2016

I didn't read the chatter tooooo far back, but I suspect there's been some "over 50 testing" chatter here. Oddly, yesterday, I trained ALL DAY long on post-procedure recovery from these. Luckily, most of my patients are not grumpy at all, but have this funny cheesy grin all over their faces all the way until I wheel them to their car. :rotfl2:

Odd what Versed and Fentanyl can do...

franandaj · Jul 30, 2016

Steppesister said:
I didn't read the chatter tooooo far back, but I suspect there's been some "over 50 testing" chatter here. Oddly, yesterday, I trained ALL DAY long on post-procedure recovery from these. Luckily, most of my patients are not grumpy at all, but have this funny cheesy grin all over their faces all the way until I wheel them to their car. Odd what Versed and Fentanyl can do...

Not a lot just me and @pkondz, he had the good fortune to be bantering with me on prep day. Which for me wasn't bad at all except for the starvation part. I can honestly say that I'm not full of s**t!

As I sat in my recovery room, I wondered if the facility I was in was similar to where you work.

Steppesister · Jul 30, 2016

franandaj said:
Not a lot just me and @pkondz, he had the good fortune to be bantering with me on prep day. Which for me wasn't bad at all except for the starvation part. I can honestly say that I'm not full of s**t!

As I sat in my recovery room, I wondered if the facility I was in was similar to where you work.

It might be...

We do MANY colonoscopies, done in one of our ORs, but the same OR is used for all kinds of other outpatient surgeries as well, and even some overnight ones. The recovery is MUCH simpler for those though, because they are done under conscious sedation, not general or MAC. Glad you didn't starve! And that we can give you a clean bill of health. At least in that area. LOL!

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