natebenma
Beach Club Dee
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2008
Why was that chaperone able to make the decision on where to go?? Glad you were able to get to MK instead woo hop!! I like DTD but I like to shop. But if I had to choose between the 2 it woul be MK! To bad About the lightning. Kids never change they still wanna swim at the resort rather than go to a park no matter how old they get!! Lol
We ended up driving to NH yesterday morning!! I found out my interview would be Mon. So we packed up and left yay!!!! I was so happy. We were driving down Kancamangus hwy. stopping at the falls and scenic viewing areas along the way (ya know for mom). And all I heard was when are we getting to the hotel so we can go swimming???? They could have swam in the beautiful Swift/Saco river (not sure which it is) but the water was to cold for them. Big babies!! The water was actually the warmest I've ever felt it. You could tell its been a hot summer.
In his defense, the chaperone was just trying to accomplish what the kids wanted to do- get back to the pool as soon as possible after the mandated off-resort excursion. He reasoned that we wouldn't get to MK until 8, maybe ride one ride, and the earliest they would be back to the resort would be 9. I tried to explain that the ride back from DTD alone would probably take 45 mintues to an hour, but that fell on deaf ears and I still to this day don't know when they got back. Nor do I really care.
Enjoy your time up north, and good luck on Monday!
DTD is a funny place. Typically we skip it or try to do ninja shopping at targeted places around ADRs. This trip for the first time, we took our time with it. And can say we did and I can now skip it the next time or go back to ninja shopping with no guilt! I will say that daytime was vastly better than night to knock it out due to lower crowds.
Yay for MK!
Lightening closures suck and always happen at the wrong time!
You are the second person today to say what a difference it makes to go to DTD during the day.
You can't even imagine how happy I was on that bus. That was the third happiest I had been on the trip, after my solo lunch and romantic moment with the soldier.
You are so right about the lousy timing of the storm. If the boys had been able to swim during the afternoon, I know everybody would have been more interested in going to MK or HS for Fantasmic!
I have to go to work for teacher in-service next Monday and Tuesday. I'll have kids on Wednesday the 15th. The first day will be a half day, then Thursday we'll be back at it!
Shopping is ok, if I have a destination in mind and something in particular I"m looking for. I do not like to wander around "just looking."
Glad it all worked out for you in getting to avoid DTD. I'll take MK over DTD any day!
I hope you have a great year!!! I know this year will provide some challenges for you.
We had only 3 days at the park. There was no way I wanted to spend that evening at DTD!
I have to admit I like DTD. Mostly I like sitting with my husband at the marguerita bar listening to disney movie soundtracks while we have an adult drink and the kids eat whatever creations they made in Goofy candy shop. I will say though that I love it more when we are staying at Lake Buena Vista and its walking distance-hate that dtd bus service-ugh
I'm with you though that Magic Kingdom would win hands down
Well, the chaperone code of conduct was clear that if I had gone to DTD I would NOT be spending any time at the margarita bar!
I am certainly no fan of the DTD bus route, as many of you know! My best Disney moves so far has been to return to the Beach Club from DTD by using one of the DTD resort boats and then a bus to EPCOT.
I'm not a huge shopper. By that I mean I usually have an ideal what I want. So I go to that place and buy that thing, then I'll make a run through any other place that catches my eye. I do not browse well. I can do the whole of DTD in less than an hour, and that's with my version of browsing.
MK sounds like a much better plan, expecially since what's a trip to WDW with out Big Thunder.
I know, right!
Big Thunder Mtn had just reopened. It is one of my favorites, if not my very favorite Disney favorite. The ride just makes me smile!