Hey, Jackie.
I wanted to reach out to you after the Trip broadcast the other day. I actually wrote a reply on the video... and perhaps it was "too hot" because it was removed and now my replies don't show up there. So - I guess the Dis banned me.
Considering how much of a loyal viewer/Dis Meet attender/Dis follower I am - that was just sad to have a disagreeing opinion and now ANY opinion banned.
THAT SAID ... I want to tell you that I find you a BREATH OF FRESH AIR! I APPRECIATE a positive spin on Disney World - which I ADORE!!! Sure I can see cracks in the amor, but I return and return and return because I LOVE it so. And you reflect what so many of us feel.
I also want to tell you how much I APPRECIATE your views on the Hawthorne Suites the other day (the video that got me banned). You were looking at it as a family looking to save money over staying on property and were giving it a fair and just rating. I treasure staying on property and do it enough...but I can't afford to do it as much as I'd like and sometimes (convention center work) I need to be closer to the center of "town". I have never stayed at the Hawthorne Suites myself. (I like the Extended Stay America - the one in the front - as there are 2 hotels one in back of the other. I had a remarkable "suite" at a great price. The breakfast was more grab and go than what you reported over there - but it was just perfect for me, and I would return. PLUS it's right next to a walkway (over International Blvd) to the convention center - and when that's the "business" that brings me to Orlando..that matters.) But wrapping this up - I, too, really like the Westwood Blvd hotels and I think you were right on your reviews. It was clear though that this was simply not acceptable by J.L and Craig - and that's sad. To compare an extended stay off property to a Deluxe Disney resorts concierge service? That's silly. Thank you for bringing us reviews on hotels OTHER than on property.
But Jackie... I want to encourage you. You might sometimes seem like a salmon swimming upstream (positiveness in the midst of the occasional snarkiness), but "KEEP SWIMMING"!!!! I, with you, LOVE Disney and want to focus on how "amazing" an experience it is. I appreciate your opinions (and now reading about your aim towards seeing the positive in life - I admire you even more) and that you have been added to the DIS broadcasts. Hope that remains the case for a long time to come!!