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

[billnang]

First let me start by saying this is my first Trip report... I took a ton of pictures...not just of us but food too (got some strange looks too) I will shares these pictures with you too... We had WONDERFUL weather, the 2 weeks of watching the Hurricanes and wondering if we were even going to be able to go...turned out to be all just Stress I didn't need....

We just got home last night from 8 Magical Day in Disney...

Let me start with and introduction:
Myself: Angela 37 stay at home mom, wife and DIS board and Disney fanatic..

DH: Bill 37 (shares my birthday too) lets me do all the planning and agrees to what ever disney question I ask him

DDs: Nicole 11 (almost 12 next month) softball player, loves Disney
Nina 4yrs old, Loves helping mommy plan.

DSs: Joseph 10, baseball player and loves Disney and the monorail...
Anthony 3 (almost 4, next month) We believe he and Stitch are brothers he is very active

All my kids love Disney, I can't say they have a favorite character, they really love them all...

also, my parents and my sister and her 2 dd's went with us:
I may refer to them as Mom Mom, Poppy, Aunt Lodi, Jessica (turned 21 in Disney) and Brittany 14...

Restaurants Table services I will review:
Cape May dinner
Kona Cafe dinner
1900 Park fare breakfast
Liberty Tree dinner
Tutto Italia dinner
LeCellier dinner
1900 Park Fare dinner
Ohana breakfast

We went to the Halloween Party, and celebrated Jessica's 21st Birthday...

Some of what is to come...
We stayed at the Polynesian, requested Tokelau longhouse...what long house did we get? and what was out room view of???
We almost cancelled our 7:25 Cape May dinner planes, I had heard good and bad reviews... we decided to have a late lunch and go to cape May for dinner... did we like it....

STAY TUNED.....

 

[OhMari]

I just talked to my dh uncle and aunt and they got an upgrade at The Floridian. They said crowd levels were really low, so I bet you got a great upgrade too.

 

[billnang]

Well, we walked in and was excited and a bit nervous too... i was hoping for Tokelau longhouse and a view of the small pool, that is what I had requested.
Upon check in at abou 11:30am, our room was not ready. So they couldn't tell us where our room was but told us to stop back after lunch.
We went and ate at Captain Cooks...Although I love the Poly... I don't think their CS meals are the best choices...
We all ate and I went to check out and see if our room was ready and they were... Tokelau rms 3915 and 3916.... so began our walk down the hall...where will our room be???

OMG... it is the last room..although not facing the pool... it was an UPGRADE!!! MK view and all!!! I was so excited!!! It was the last rooms on the right side facing MK and Transportation center.

Our view:

The next morning at 7am view:

MORE to come....

 

[sandybobandy]

Wow! Excited for more

 

[billnang]

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

Here is a picture of my family:

 

[billnang]

So we hung out by the pool on our first day. We arrived about 11:30am
By the time we were able to go to our room and our luggage arrived it was about 3pm. All the kids wanted to go swimming.
So we swam and then got ready for dinner...CAPE MAY...we took the monorail to MK and then a bus to the Beach Club. The 11 of us were to only ones on the bus. It was a fast ride there.

We arrived for our 7:25 dinner, our table was ready. The Beach Club was beautuiful... We were seated in a room off to the right where only about 5 table were in this room... very nice.
Our food was excellent.. I am allergic to shellfish although I love it... I do stay away. My parents and my sister loved the pail or steamed clams and mussles, my dh loved the beef. I had pasta and sausage and peppers and the salad..and the desserts we wonderful... the kids enjoyed this meal too, but no characters ... they mostly enjoyed the desserts as well...

Lots of food choices...
Excellent service... food was fresh and great!!!
I am so glad we decided to try this one... everyone loves it!

Coming up next Day 2.. Our first Full day...
Kona Cafe' for dinner...

 

[MickeyNicki]

WOWZA! Loving it! We stayed at Tokelau last month, had the room on the third floor right in front of the elevator and our view was as killer as yours!

Question about your Cape May....we have dined there many times before and have never seen a clam bucket...how did you get that? Where they at the buffet? Did the waiter bring it to you? We are eating there again next month and DH is a clam fanatic so having a full pail for him would be fantastic!

 

[angela3676]

Wow, what a great view your room has. Love the pictures and the report. Waiting for more. Never ate a Cape May. I'll have to try it next time I'm there.

 

[billnang]

WOWZA! Loving it! We stayed at Tokelau last month, had the room on the third floor right in front of the elevator and our view was as killer as yours!

Question about your Cape May....we have dined there many times before and have never seen a clam bucket...how did you get that? Where they at the buffet? Did the waiter bring it to you? We are eating there again next month and DH is a clam fanatic so having a full pail for him would be fantastic!

There were pails at the buffet all filled up... I thought it was so cool... they did look new... pails of mussles and pails or clam in the shell... My dad was loving it...
I took a pail for him each time I went up so he didn't look like he was taking a bunch at a time!!! lol

Thanks so much for reading... lots more pictures to come...I felt funny taking the pictures of food...but it was worth it to bring it back here...
Angela

 

[butiflfeet]

That's an amazing view! I can't wait to hear about the rest of your trip!

 

[hlrababy]

Hey!! I just found your report! I can't wait to hear all about it!

 

[Mom2Lindsey]

Hi Ang!
I love reliving Disney trips. I live in my own fantasy world anyway-so disneyworld just legitimizes it. I love the names of the longhouses Tokelau-mine was simple though-Tahiti. We had to pass the Tokelau everyday.
Your cape may dinner looks awesome. We love shellfish-those clams look perfect. I think I'll have a tougher time deciding where to stay next because the Poly was an easy choice and now I have ALL the others to choose from.
Great TR-your family is beautiful

 

[becky_AK]

Love the view from your room! And the pictures of the food look yummy!!! It's lunch time here and I'm starving...seeing these pictures makes me even hungrier

Can't wait to hear more!

 

[MiaBella05]

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[billnang]

Oh I am so glad I have readers... Welcome... Thank you for coming in and reading!!!

After Cape May we headed back and caught the fireworks from the beach... this is one of the best feeling to sit on the beach and watch the fireworks from the Poly... very relaxing..romatic too if you dont have 4 kids pulling you in ten directions! LOL

Well we got up a bit late today.. and My sister and her girls didn't have passes for today.. So they were going to hang out at the Pool. we went and grabbed CS from Captain Cooks.. and headed to MK... I don't believe I mentioned it, but it was HOT this whole week... I am umm a tad overweight and the heat was tough on me... so as soon as we walked in we saw....

we walked around and being this was a Sunday.. it was crowded... We only stayed for about a hour..walked in some stores.. I was too hot to stand and wait in lines for rides. the kids were begging to go back to the Poly and swim... So we did... I figured we would go back after dinner...

As you can see we really had the small pool to ourselves.. it was great...
After we swam for a while and I got Sun burned... We headed to Kona cafe' for dinner... My parents had never been here and requested it..

I have to run to Open House..but I we report back on Kona tonight...

 

[Mom2Lindsey]

So we hung out by the pool on our first day. We arrived about 11:30am
By the time we were able to go to our room and our luggage arrived it was about 3pm. All the kids wanted to go swimming.
So we swam and then got ready for dinner...CAPE MAY...we took the monorail to MK and then a bus to the Beach Club. The 11 of us were to only ones on the bus. It was a fast ride there.

We arrived for our 7:25 dinner, our table was ready. The Beach Club was beautuiful... We were seated in a room off to the right where only about 5 table were in this room... very nice.
Our food was excellent.. I am allergic to shellfish although I love it... I do stay away. My parents and my sister loved the pail or steamed clams and mussles, my dh loved the beef. I had pasta and sausage and peppers and the salad..and the desserts we wonderful... the kids enjoyed this meal too, but no characters ... they mostly enjoyed the desserts as well...

Lots of food choices...
Excellent service... food was fresh and great!!!
I am so glad we decided to try this one... everyone loves it!

Coming up next Day 2.. Our first Full day...
Kona Cafe' for dinner...

Hi Ang!
I love reliving Disney trips. I live in my own fantasy world anyway-so disneyworld just legitimizes it. I love the names of the longhouses Tokelau-mine was simple though-Tahiti. We had to pass the Tokelau everyday.
Your cape may dinner looks awesome. We love shellfish-those clams look perfect. I think I'll have a tougher time deciding where to stay next because the Poly was an easy choice and now I have ALL the others to choose from.
Great TR-your family is beautiful

 

[scottny]

Hi,
Just found your tr and it is great so far.

the pics are great as are the reviews.

Looking forward to more.

 

[brookelizabeth]

Great report so far!
Your view was BEAUTIFUL! DH and I haven't explored the Poly yet, but have 2 ADRs there coming up in November...we are fully prepared to fall in love with it...I don't think it's gonna be too difficult!

The food at Cape May looks yummmmmmmy. We don't have an ADR for that, but reason #47383 to go back!

Looking forward to more...

Oh, and you have a beautiful family. 2 kids 1 year apart, eh? You are a saint!

 

[billnang]

I don't know how other reply to multi poster in one post... can anyone help me with this?

So for now, in reply... Thanks you all for reading anyone lurking, please say HI and introduce yourself...

Jen, I love the Poly for location and the beauty and for the monorail. I would love to stay at the Beach Club but love the convience of the monorail with 4 kids...lol..trying to convince Bill to do a split stay. We have stayed at The Pop and we loved that and French Quarters and loved that oo.. but now we just enjoy the monorail.

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.


Everyone else...thanks and when I learn how to reply to each post, I will do that!

Well I know I promised Kona..and as soon as I drop off my little one, i will be back with Kona...

Stay Tuned...

From the second floor looking down at the first floor:

Looking from the 1st floor:

Hope you enjoy those views..
Angela

 

[billnang]

So, after hanging out by the pool all say we headed to Kona for a 5:25 dinner... The could not find our reservations...and I had two... one for 8 of us and one in my sisters name for 3 of them... odd that they couldn't find them... but they had a table and they sat us with in 10 mins. My DH wasn't with us...he is a huge pepsi drinker and well as you know, no pepsi in Disney... so he had a huge headache. Plus we swam all day and he didn't eat much. After we all ordered and i texted him a few times, I convinced him maybe he just needed some food...

We both ordered Slow Roasted Prime Rib - mashed potatoes and stir-fried broccoli florets... this was incredible.. You did not need a knife to even cut into the meat...My mom got Shrimp and Scallops - panko breaded shrimp and pan-seared scallops with sticky rice and ponzu, spicy guava-passion fruit and wasabi cream sauces but asked for it plain...she stays away from salt at all cost... the kids and my dad got Teriyaki-style New York Strip - sirloin strip grilled with pineapple teriyaki glaze served with mashed Yukon gold potatoes and stir-fried broccolini and for those of you on the dining plan and your child is an adult...they told us, the kids could get fries or they could make anything on the adult menu to be kids friendly... so the kids got fries... I was overwhelmed here, because my little guy didn't want to sit still, so I forgot pictures...but I did get pictures of what matters the most...dessert...
I think this was the warm chocolate lava cake was the name:

Kona Kone

No Sugar Added Apple Stack

White Chocolate Cheesecake

Chocolate Fondue with Fruit (to go with carmel)

and the kids sundae

ALL were awesome!!!!

So after we left... we headed to MK and watched WISHES and headed back to the POLY...long days and hot days wore us out....

NEXT up: Day 3 Monday Hollywood Studios and everyone begged to cancel the grand Floridian cafe and go back to Cape May because we were so close...we didn't have reservations for here though...will they seat us?

Angela