11 of us take on the World.. "Our Magical Memories Trip" 9/13-9/20

[becky_AK]

Yum...Kona looks really good.

I know how to do the multi-reply but I'm not the best at explaining technical things...but I'll give it a try

To reply to more then one post you click on the button that has the addition (+) sign. After you have clicked on all the posts you want to reply to, then you hit the "reply" button. It should allow you to reply to all of them. Try it and see if it will work for you...if not, I'm sorry I'm not better at giving directions

 

[brookelizabeth]

brookelizabeth-- Try Cape May... you will love it, it has such a variety.. and I know you will love the Poly... it is just so beautiful. My first two children are 18 months apart then I have a gap and then my last two children are 15 months apart... Lately I feel like supermom... they are all going to school this year my youngest 2 days and my 4 yr old 3 days a week to the same place... my older 2 are staying after school for play rehearsal and I feel like i run a taxi service...my house is still not near being back in order from our trip.

You ARE a saint!!!!
And a SuperMom!!


All the pics of Kona, views and FOOD, are incredible! We have a breakfast planned here, but not a dinner. So, I already have two ADRs for our next trip, Cape May and a dinner at Kona...



If you need visual aids for the mulit-quote posting, let me know and I'll write something up! Otherwise, it looks like the previous poster did a good job explaining too!

 

[scottny]

I love Kona, my favorite meal last trip and it will be my first meal for my next 2 trips.

great update and pics.

 

[Pixiedust34]

Your reviews and photos are great! We've never been to Cape May but are thinking of trying it on our next trip. Half of us eat seafood and the other half doesn't. I'm glad to see that there are plenty of non-seafood options available. I can easily see my dh making good use of those pre-packed buckets!

What nice pictures you have from the Poly and you had a great MK view, too! Looking forward to reading more!

 

[lmillercrew]

I'm jumping on board! I found you on some else's TR, can't remember, sorry. My name is Lisa and I'm a dis addict. I would love to stay at a monorail resort one day. The Poly looks beautiful! I can't believe the view from your room!!! I have never seen such a gorgeous, dreamy view.
I know exactly how you feel taxi'ing around your kids. Thankfully my oldest got her drivers license this year and can help out a little and get herself to work.
I can sympathize with your DH with the whole pop situation. I LOVE Coke, and won't drink a Pepsi. So, if Disney was a Pepsi place, then I would've had the same headache. Did you drive there? You could've gone to Hess station and bought some. Maybe next time you could have some delivered to your room, like people have water delivered. My friend made her husband walk to the Hess station from POP to get her some Dt Mt Dew That's love baby.
Looking forward to reading more of your TR.

 

[billnang]

Yum...Kona looks really good.

I know how to do the multi-reply but I'm not the best at explaining technical things...but I'll give it a try

To reply to more then one post you click on the button that has the addition (+) sign. After you have clicked on all the posts you want to reply to, then you hit the "reply" button. It should allow you to reply to all of them. Try it and see if it will work for you...if not, I'm sorry I'm not better at giving directions

Kona is really good..and the service has always been so good too..
So, you explained it well...lets hope I am a fast learner...If I did a multi post.. I am golden!!!

You ARE a saint!!!!
And a SuperMom!!


All the pics of Kona, views and FOOD, are incredible! We have a breakfast planned here, but not a dinner. So, I already have two ADRs for our next trip, Cape May and a dinner at Kona...



If you need visual aids for the mulit-quote posting, let me know and I'll write something up! Otherwise, it looks like the previous poster did a good job explaining too!

I have never done breakfast...but I think I will next time...oh speaking of next time...we did rebook!!! I do feel like supermom...but what parent doesn't...kids are so much busiers then when I was a kid!

I love Kona, my favorite meal last trip and it will be my first meal for my next 2 trips.

great update and pics.

I love Kona too.. it is just a nice sit down meal, it is not too big..good service..

Your reviews and photos are great! We've never been to Cape May but are thinking of trying it on our next trip. Half of us eat seafood and the other half doesn't. I'm glad to see that there are plenty of non-seafood options available. I can easily see my dh making good use of those pre-packed buckets!

What nice pictures you have from the Poly and you had a great MK view, too! Looking forward to reading more!

I am really glad I gave Cape May a try... it was really on the cancel list.. I thought, for the first night after the plane and a non park day it was too far...but it really was very simple... I have read the good and bad, I really almost gave in to the bad...We are all so glad I didn't and we went... It had a great variety.

I'm jumping on board! I found you on some else's TR, can't remember, sorry. My name is Lisa and I'm a dis addict. I would love to stay at a monorail resort one day. The Poly looks beautiful! I can't believe the view from your room!!! I have never seen such a gorgeous, dreamy view.
I know exactly how you feel taxi'ing around your kids. Thankfully my oldest got her drivers license this year and can help out a little and get herself to work.
I can sympathize with your DH with the whole pop situation. I LOVE Coke, and won't drink a Pepsi. So, if Disney was a Pepsi place, then I would've had the same headache. Did you drive there? You could've gone to Hess station and bought some. Maybe next time you could have some delivered to your room, like people have water delivered. My friend made her husband walk to the Hess station from POP to get her some Dt Mt Dew That's love baby.
Looking forward to reading more of your TR.

Ohh OLisa, thanks for joining and saying hi... I have so many more great pictures to share... I love reading TR and food reviews...so I stepped out of my box and i am doing one myself!!

My DH started drinking Coke..it was as close to Pepsi as he was going to get...Last year his dad met us in disney and he drove and brought DH his Pepsi...sad to say his dad passed away upon his return home... I do have a friend from VA who also went to Disney and brought him Pepsi cause she is a big pepsi drinker herself... sad to say we didn't meet up with them at their resort to get it! I did get 2 cases of water delivered and boy in that heat we went through it all!!!

Day 3 coming up this afternoon....

 

[heaven2dc]

Whoo, I have readers... thanks for reading...

Here is a picture of my family:

Lovely family! Not sure why the one in the middle is all dressed up

 

[billnang]

Lovely family! Not sure why the one in the middle is all dressed up

Me either... you know how those "characters" just pop up here and there in Disney!!!

Trust me 6 of us.. and a group of 11 were enough... I was constantly counting heads..and where thos on or that one!

Thank for reading...

 

[CanadianPaco]

Awesome reviews so far!! Can't wait for more

 

[billnang]

Well we got a late park start today.. Again it was so hot... My choice was to swim, got to Hollywood Studios and then try to get all of us into Cape May again... Up to this point we didn't have park hoppers...so we figured being close by we would wing it. On sat. there was a lot of empty tables...
It was a little cloudy, from this picture you would think it was a really cloudy day, but it wasn't..

I really wanted to head to this park more for my little guy who loves Handy Manny and the Little Einsteins... Upon our arrival my sister waited in a line forever long to get a Soda...in that time...my little guy fell asleep, par for the course right... Any other time I would have thought this was a blessing...but today being the only day at this park.. I was disappointed...

We headed right towards Animations... it was great short lines for all the characters...so we went and did autographs...
I don't believe I told you yet, but I made pillowcases to have the characters sign... This was a huge hit... I bought a pack of 14 sharpies, and put them all on a clipboard... I told each character I had 4 that needed to be signed and it worked out great... I had many other parents ask me about it and compliment them...

Nina went to see Handy Manny without Anthony

We couldn't get in to see the Animation show because Anthony was sleeping and strollers can not go on the carpet... No biggie, his sleeping was better...
Nicole, Joe and myself went in and went the drawing class and learned how to draw Mickey... It was really fun...both kids acted like I was pulling teeth to get them in there...but loved it!!!

We waked around.. and split up... my sister and her girls did some rides... and about 5 we got the boat to Beach Club... We were starving...
after we arrived we heard complaints that their computers were down for reservations...So, in we walked stood in line and they told us NO way could we be seated without reservations... Which meant we needed to find something fast because my neice and Dad are diabetic...They overheard us talking and the man said.. I will seat you as soon as I can?!?!?!?
Worked for us...
They sat us a short time later, again there were empty tables...Constantly changing and putting fresh food, seemed after I took something they replaced it.. but the food was Excellent... Service this time was not so good... The waiter was slow taking the plates away... messed up drinks... overall, did nothing really for us... My parents and ourselves had our own dining card and because we were a large party had to each give 18% gratuity... I am all for that when service is worth it, but $55-60.00 for a tip when service stinks...hmm...but it is Disney and those are the rules...so you go with the flow... I will not post pictures again...if you are new and just reading this... go back to the first page...same pictures again!!!

So after dinner, we headed to the bus stop in hopes of doing the same as we did on Sat... NOT the case... we waited for the MK bus... as we were waiting, 2 buses for DTD show up with MK bus behind them... The 2 DTD buses leave and MK bus pulls up and says "Sorry folks MK is closed and I can't bring you there, can only pick up at MK" OK which means we needed to get a DTD bus, and both had just left... Long story short we waited for the next DTD bus, then waited at DTD for a POLY bus... all in all we were either on or waiting for a bus for 1.5 hrs...not fun... So note to self, next time make sure reservations are for a night MK will still be open when we are done with dinner!!!!

OK, next update... Tues Sept. 16 day 4... This is Jess's 21st birthday...we went to 1900 Park Fare for breakfast and I got her a surprise, dinner at Liberty Tree and Halloween Party!!!!

 

[lmillercrew]

Yeah another update. I SO want to do the animation thing next year. I had NO idea that was even there until I started reading the DIS. I mean, I've gotten Sorcerer Mickey's signature, but I had no idea that you could learn to draw a character! Glad you were able to be seated at Cape May and who cares if you had ressies if there are empty tables, which from your first post, it looked deserted in there. Too bad about the bus wait. That's probably my least favorite thing at Disney, the wait for the buses. But, it's all a part of the experience so I just suck it up.

 

[brookelizabeth]

I have never done breakfast...but I think I will next time...oh speaking of next time...we did rebook!!! I do feel like supermom...but what parent doesn't...kids are so much busiers then when I was a kid!

Yea for rebooking!!!!!!

Too bad your little guy fell asleep at DHS!

 

[billnang]

We had a appt with a photographer for a 12:30 time slot... With the heat we were having, I moved it up to 9:30am...
We all were wearing white, my choice, my mom warned me, white would make me look bigger because she knows how I feel about my weight...but I wanted white and so they all went along, I did tell them all if they didn't want white they could wear something else...

We all got up and my hair and make up and everything was going perfect...kids were cooperating... I went an met our photgrapher upstairs and he told me he would give us a hour instead of the 1/2 hour I pre paid for... Being it so hot already, he did a lot of shots inside, which I was good, with since i wasn't sweating in the AC... I don't have my cd pictures yet, when i get them I will post pictures..sorry... but I can tell you about our experience...

Our photographer was very good, did my family and then my kids, and then each child seperate with me and then each of them with their dad... Then he did my sister and her girls and then individuals...then my parents seperate, and then each grandchild seperate with my parents... then all 11 of us... then we moved outside. He tried to find some shade, well he did a shot of my sister and her girls on the grass...the grass was WET... my neice was so upset with the photographer cause she said it will stain our shirts..he was insisting it wouldn't..guess what.. their shirts were GREEN!!!! cause it was a leaning picture... Whoo my neice was not happy I felt so bad... Our photographer tried to make light of it and said "oh well you weren't going to wear that shirt all day" she snapped back that she was...
He then wanted my family to do the same pose.. I told him I rather we go to the beach... So we did... the pictures really came out great... I will post some when i get them!!!

Take the time to do this if you can... Oh and one thing I noticed, people were lining up in the lobby to get their pictures taken...they didn't realize I paid for this time...

Breakfast on the 16th coming soon...

 

[billnang]

Yeah another update. I SO want to do the animation thing next year. I had NO idea that was even there until I started reading the DIS. I mean, I've gotten Sorcerer Mickey's signature, but I had no idea that you could learn to draw a character! Glad you were able to be seated at Cape May and who cares if you had ressies if there are empty tables, which from your first post, it looked deserted in there. Too bad about the bus wait. That's probably my least favorite thing at Disney, the wait for the buses. But, it's all a part of the experience so I just suck it up.

It is Disney and you do have to suck it up, but now that I know I will plan better for a nother time... I am not thrilled with buses, but thank goodness this was the only time we had a bus issue...any other time was smooth sailing..I never knew about the animations until DIS!!!!

Yea for rebooking!!!!!!

Too bad your little guy fell asleep at DHS!

Stay tuned cause you will see Anthony got a second chance at HS...
Thanks for reading!!!

 

[cousinbb]

I LOVE your pictures, exspecially the ones of your view from the room. I also enjoy reading your TR.

 

[scottny]

looking forward to seeing the pics.

 

[FirstMagic]

Just checking in to say I'm lovin' your reviews and pictures, the shot of the Polynesian at sunset with the torches burning is just spectacular!

 

[scottny]

just checking to see if any updates had been posted.