Happydog
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2007
Oh my goodness! What a journey!!! Did you ever consider stopping/turning around? Is that a crazy question for a DISer?
NO!!!! NO WAY!!! But it would have been a totally different story if we had waited to follow our original plan.. I am sure we would have found a way there -- but that is a story I wouldn't want to tell!!!!
DH was a little worried that we would be stuck on 95 with so many exits blocked. THANKFULLY we were able to get off... the parallel local highway was clear, which was very surprising, we should have stayed on it the whole way vs. getting back on 95. Think we would have made up a few hours had we done that. BUT turn around??!! NEVER!
It was a new car you were "testing," right? Sounds like it passed with flying colors.
Your DH is so sweet to tell you to relax and go to sleep. I don't think I could have done it.
How did the boys do? Were they getting antsy?
YES, it was. And DH was very pleased with the performance. It has a V8 engine and the "sports" package with beefy tires (more so than the standard model) so it did handle very well... He was really thinking of his own survival, I think, making this request... I was stressing him out!!! As I stared out the window giving him a play by play of what I was seeing -- which was NOT pretty!!! Though the snow was!! I wish I had taken photos.. I am sure everyone saw what 95 looked like watching the news... we watched from the Dolphin! It was all over the TV that morning!
Oh, and Boys were fine. They slept, then after breakfast, watched a few videos... so the DVD players were a huge plus...
Thank goodness you arrived- sounds like a great room with a view of Illuminations even!! Know you only spent one night there but would you recommend the hotel or is it just "not quite Disney?"
OK. Enough questions (for now). Keep those updates coming.
YOu know I am going to comment on this when I post today, but it is a great business/conference hotel. It was very festive, I know you didn't like the tree, I thought it was very cool -- different -- lit up that evening I thought it was really neat. It definitely doesn't feel Disney-ish in my mind. It feels like a nice hotel -- it isn't a resort. I will say for the price, which is darn close to a moderate and maybe even better price wise sometimes, it is a good location and deal for the $... I don't think they build packages around these two hotels though... Locationwise it is hard to beat if you can't afford the BW or BC... So maybe you sacrifice a little in terms of Disney, but you get access... which at least in October, for the F & W would make sense to me...(if it were an adult stay, you know?) But I don't think you can take advantage of ME or things like that, so it isn't an option for some as a result of that... Even my DH said he wouldn't want to stay there longer than a day or so... Though they did have Starbucks in the room! [/quote]
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! What fun plans do you guys have for tonight? I know there is always a celebration in the Happydog household!
I think I answered this earlier (like last night!! HA! Champagne flowing!) OH, and that was ANOTHER question...