10 Years, 10 Trips, 20,000 Miles ... almost Disneytopia!

[KY*Figment]

Great trip report DH. I am ready for another.

 

[IamTrike]

Completely agree on the ADR stress. Its easy to get stressed when you hear about a restaurant that everyone is raving about and you don't have an ADR there or worse you have an ADR somewhere and it starts getting a lot of bad reviews. Your point on this is really great.

Enjoyed the TR and I too fought with Photobucket earlier this week.

 

[AirGoofy]

Completely agree on the ADR stress. Its easy to get stressed when you hear about a restaurant that everyone is raving about and you don't have an ADR there or worse you have an ADR somewhere and it starts getting a lot of bad reviews. Your point on this is really great.

Thanks. I read other TR or plans, and then I think, did I really plan enough for the next trip? But, I have to keep reviewing those lessons learned. We really had a great time during this trip and we're going to try a few new things in the fall as well.

 

[theduck619]

We are Catholic and went to search for Mass this morning. The reason I said search was that we couldn't find it.

In October 2010, we went to St. Faustina.

I took the picture because I have never seen a Catholic church in a former gas station/ store. Well, it turns out the church went out of business or moved to a new location as there was a different store there now. By the time we found another, we missed it. We went grocery shopping for some food items in our room.

Lesson Learned: Duh, search and print better directions. Also, a case of water and beer is MUCH cheaper in KY than in tourist area Florida.

We returned to the resort and thought we would travel over to Port Orleans for some beignets. My youngest dd (6) loves Tiana movie, so after swimming for a bit, DW and girls put on their cover-up, I a t-shirt and we boated to DHS, walked to Port Orleans bus stop, bused to Port Orleans, split an order of beignets, boated to DTD, walked to bus stop, and bused back to Boardwalk.

Lesson Learned: Don't travel to eat. While that was a really fun experience, Port Orleans is neat (we had never been there), and beignets were yummy, that was a lot of transportation. Also, if you do decide to travel, change clothes. I don't have pictures as I got out of the pool and left my phone in the room. But, it was not as comfortable to travel in swimsuit. Thus, depending on where you pick your resort, plan to eat closeby so you don't spend all the time in transportation. If you really want to try something else, stay at a different resort the next time.

That night, we went to the ESPN Club. And, we did not have reservations and only waited about 5 minutes. The food was exceptional. DW and I split a nacho appetizer, I had a reuben sandwich, DW had philly cheese steak, dd had hot dog, and dd had cheeseburger. Plus, we split a pitcher of beer. And, the whole meal cost the same as a character breakfast buffet.

Lesson learned: You don't have to have ADRs to eat at a restaurant or have a good time. And, back to DP - I had a great meal with draft beer as opposed to a standard chocolate cake desert. Being able to walk up when we were hungry, order what we want, have alcohol with dinner - that's what vacation is truly about.

We returned that evening and again enjoyed the outdoor Boardwalk performers.

Nemessis checking in. We may have to play nicer next week since we practice the same faith

 

[AirGoofy]

Nemessis checking in. We may have to play nicer next week since we practice the same faith

What one week a year? Or, maybe two? Actually, I've never had a nemesis before, but it's a really cool word and a good movie title for that one Star Trek.

 

[loveswdw]

Thanks for the TR Air Goofy. I enjoyed reading it. We too have learned that "resort only" days are fantastic. Last trip (June '10) we also stayed std view at BWV. In fact, it appears that our 1BR was probably located just a few doors down from yours looking at your view photo. We unexpectedly spent one day not in a park at all and thought that we the best day of the whole vacation. No plans...just whatever we wanted. I take that back. We did have dinner reservations for Cape May that night (which we love ).

From one KY DVCer to another, thanks again for sharing! Sounds like y'all had a great trip.

 

[AirGoofy]

Thanks for the TR Air Goofy. I enjoyed reading it. We too have learned that "resort only" days are fantastic. Last trip (June '10) we also stayed std view at BWV. In fact, it appears that our 1BR was probably located just a few doors down from yours looking at your view photo. We unexpectedly spent one day not in a park at all and thought that we the best day of the whole vacation. No plans...just whatever we wanted. I take that back. We did have dinner reservations for Cape May that night (which we love ).

From one KY DVCer to another, thanks again for sharing! Sounds like y'all had a great trip.

We stayed at AKV last June, & I like BWV much better. I had heard good things about Cape May dinner, but we were really disappointed. Fulton's was so much better that I'm not sure I even want to give it a 2nd chance. Others there seemed happy, so maybe I just had too high expectations.

 

[dvczerfs]

great trip report air!!!! sorry i missed it in your sig. you gotta give me a poke.

 

[AirGoofy]

great trip report air!!!! sorry i missed it in your sig. you gotta give me a poke.

Thanks. It is short & functional so I did not advertise it much. Maybe more next time ...