JerseyJanice
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Our PS at Ohana's was for 8:00 a.m. so I had Mickey Mouse call us at 6:30. We got ready and I did some packing. Louis's cousins, Lorenzo and Nicolette, stopped by to visit. Lorenzo had gotten this silly Goofy hat that looked like it was made of foam rubber. It was tall and green with long, black, fake fur ears. Of course, Louis thought it was great. Grandma stopped by around 7:10 to tell us that she and Grandpa were heading over to the Polynesian Resort to look around before breakfast.
We wound up leaving around 7:30 on the same bus with Linda, Rocco and the kids. We were all talking about the things we had done and seen during the week. We took the bus to the Magic Kingdom and somehow met up with Mom and Dad. We took pictures of everyone in front of the Mickey face, which is made of flowers, at the entrance to the Magic Kingdom. We also looked at the Walk Around the World bricks to find ones from New Jersey.
We all headed onto the monorail to get to the Polynesian. It was a beautiful day, warm and sunny, not humid with a nice breeze. This evening, we'd be flying back to the cold, gray New Jersey winter. Sigh!
We had a group picture taken by the Ohana photographer while we waited for our table. Rocco started making some pennies for the kids, and he got Louis a Pocahontas one. We were seated quickly enough and Louis was excited when he saw Minnie, and Chip and Dale. Coffee was wonderful, as it was the whole trip. They gave us coconut and banana breads that I didn't find appealing.
Then, they brought out a huge skillet containing breakfast and put it in the lazy susan thing that is on all the tables at Ohana's. It contained Mickey waffles, red-skinned potatoes, thick-sliced ham, sausage, and totally awful scrambled eggs. I was not very happy to find no bacon. I don't eat much bacon at home, but when on vacation, I love to have at least one big breakfast with a lot of bacon. I don't care for ham steak either so I didn't like this meal much at all.
I could tell Craig was very unhappy too. He asked the waitress if he could have eggs cooked to order and the answer was yes, so this cheered him up. He and Linda each got two over-easy eggs. I normally love them, but I need toast to dunk into the egg yolks, and they had only the fruit breads.
Minnie looked very pretty in her Hawaiian garb. I never noticed before that she wears full make-up including lipstick, eye shadow and mascara. Louis is completely in love with her. As we were winding down food-wise, Goofy entered the room, and both Louis and Lorenzo really wanted to see him. He started making his rounds when Minnie came and got him to go with her to this other table. Well, these people thought they owned him and proceeded to hog all his time (maybe they were personal friends of Minnie?). Craig took Louis over there so he wouldn't miss getting to see him. Good thing, because soon after that, Goofy left the room, presumably for a break.
Craig and I treated his parents for this breakfast since we missed the opportunity at the Coral Reef on our first night. We looked all around the lobby and went downstairs to see the parrots before we got on the monorail. I was so impressed with this place as a teenager, but as I mentioned earlier, as an adult, I found the Beach Club more appealing.
We went back to the Coronado to pack and have them store our luggage. Mears was coming for us at 4:25. We thought it would be a good idea to call and ask for late check-out, and that way, Louis could get in a final swim.
I don't want you all to think I'm complaining about this resort, but there was one thing really wrong with service here. Each day, I called Housekeeping to ask for our room to be cleaned early. This was so that we could either get ready to swim or give Louis a nap in the afternoon. Well, each day a polite woman answered the phone and promised me that the room would be cleaned before 12:00 noon, but each day when we got there between 2:00 and 3:00, they were just starting to clean. I believe this area of the hotel was on a cleaning schedule, and they weren't changing that schedule no matter what. This would also explain why the room wasn't ready until 3:00 the day we checked in. So I thought, hey, why shouldn't they let us stay in the room later?
As it turned out, my in-laws had already checked us out. All the rooms were under my mother's-in-law name and when they checked out, so were we. So much for late check-out, but as my husband pointed out, what would stop us from using the phone or running up other bills? So we packed everything and wound up calling Bell Service at 11:15.
We headed over to Downtown Disney to go souvenir shopping. I had a lot to buy and wanted to use my Magic Kingdom card discount. First, we looked in the Winnie the Pooh store. They had cute stuff, but I wanted to see what the World of Disney store had to offer. Louis now decided that he did want a Piglet so he picked out two, a small beanie one and a small stuffed one. Well, he wanted both of them and started raising Cain when I took the beanie one away. I bought the stuffed one, but he wasn't in a good mood at this point.
We strolled him away, hoping to get his mind off that Piglet beanie. Eventually, he got over it so then we hit the World of Disney. I needed to buy a few shirts (T's or sweats). While shopping, Louis spotted this really stupid hat designed to look like Mickey's glove for $22. No way was I buying this thing. He thought it was a glove and put it on his hand. When we took it away to leave the store, he went completely nuts.
We strolled around the Marketplace with Louis screaming his lungs out for a few minutes and happened on the Lego store. Well, this place cheered him up. He went into the little house to play with the Duplo's and wound up helping an employee clean up. He thinks cleaning up is a game!
We ate lunch at the McDonald's. I got the pizza because I read on the Net that people think it's good. I liked the Mickey pizza in Epcot even though it was small. But this McDonald's pizza was no better than a frozen one from the supermarket, and I was disappointed. We really liked the drink machine sound effects though.
We wandered around some more. I went into the Gourmet Pantry to get something for Louis's day care workers to share. I wound up buying a box of character cookies because anything else would melt or was just unbelievably expensive.
Next, we took the bus back to the Coronado to wait for Mear's. By this time, Louis was getting overtired so we hoped a stroll around the lake would get him to doze. He took another temper tantrum at this point; I can't remember why, but does it matter when you're 2ý and overtired?
Finally, he passed out about half way around the lake. Actually, this walk was enjoyable because we got to see the rest of the resort. It's so beautiful there! I know I told you we didn't like the food court, but don't let this deter you from staying here. Just be sure to get a room close enough to a bus stop, bring some snacks from home, and you'll love this place.
Going home was uneventful and depressing. Our week at the World had just flown by
[This message was edited by JerseyJanice on 04-04-01 at 10:34 AM.]
We wound up leaving around 7:30 on the same bus with Linda, Rocco and the kids. We were all talking about the things we had done and seen during the week. We took the bus to the Magic Kingdom and somehow met up with Mom and Dad. We took pictures of everyone in front of the Mickey face, which is made of flowers, at the entrance to the Magic Kingdom. We also looked at the Walk Around the World bricks to find ones from New Jersey.
We all headed onto the monorail to get to the Polynesian. It was a beautiful day, warm and sunny, not humid with a nice breeze. This evening, we'd be flying back to the cold, gray New Jersey winter. Sigh!
We had a group picture taken by the Ohana photographer while we waited for our table. Rocco started making some pennies for the kids, and he got Louis a Pocahontas one. We were seated quickly enough and Louis was excited when he saw Minnie, and Chip and Dale. Coffee was wonderful, as it was the whole trip. They gave us coconut and banana breads that I didn't find appealing.
Then, they brought out a huge skillet containing breakfast and put it in the lazy susan thing that is on all the tables at Ohana's. It contained Mickey waffles, red-skinned potatoes, thick-sliced ham, sausage, and totally awful scrambled eggs. I was not very happy to find no bacon. I don't eat much bacon at home, but when on vacation, I love to have at least one big breakfast with a lot of bacon. I don't care for ham steak either so I didn't like this meal much at all.
I could tell Craig was very unhappy too. He asked the waitress if he could have eggs cooked to order and the answer was yes, so this cheered him up. He and Linda each got two over-easy eggs. I normally love them, but I need toast to dunk into the egg yolks, and they had only the fruit breads.
Minnie looked very pretty in her Hawaiian garb. I never noticed before that she wears full make-up including lipstick, eye shadow and mascara. Louis is completely in love with her. As we were winding down food-wise, Goofy entered the room, and both Louis and Lorenzo really wanted to see him. He started making his rounds when Minnie came and got him to go with her to this other table. Well, these people thought they owned him and proceeded to hog all his time (maybe they were personal friends of Minnie?). Craig took Louis over there so he wouldn't miss getting to see him. Good thing, because soon after that, Goofy left the room, presumably for a break.
Craig and I treated his parents for this breakfast since we missed the opportunity at the Coral Reef on our first night. We looked all around the lobby and went downstairs to see the parrots before we got on the monorail. I was so impressed with this place as a teenager, but as I mentioned earlier, as an adult, I found the Beach Club more appealing.
We went back to the Coronado to pack and have them store our luggage. Mears was coming for us at 4:25. We thought it would be a good idea to call and ask for late check-out, and that way, Louis could get in a final swim.
I don't want you all to think I'm complaining about this resort, but there was one thing really wrong with service here. Each day, I called Housekeeping to ask for our room to be cleaned early. This was so that we could either get ready to swim or give Louis a nap in the afternoon. Well, each day a polite woman answered the phone and promised me that the room would be cleaned before 12:00 noon, but each day when we got there between 2:00 and 3:00, they were just starting to clean. I believe this area of the hotel was on a cleaning schedule, and they weren't changing that schedule no matter what. This would also explain why the room wasn't ready until 3:00 the day we checked in. So I thought, hey, why shouldn't they let us stay in the room later?
As it turned out, my in-laws had already checked us out. All the rooms were under my mother's-in-law name and when they checked out, so were we. So much for late check-out, but as my husband pointed out, what would stop us from using the phone or running up other bills? So we packed everything and wound up calling Bell Service at 11:15.
We headed over to Downtown Disney to go souvenir shopping. I had a lot to buy and wanted to use my Magic Kingdom card discount. First, we looked in the Winnie the Pooh store. They had cute stuff, but I wanted to see what the World of Disney store had to offer. Louis now decided that he did want a Piglet so he picked out two, a small beanie one and a small stuffed one. Well, he wanted both of them and started raising Cain when I took the beanie one away. I bought the stuffed one, but he wasn't in a good mood at this point.
We strolled him away, hoping to get his mind off that Piglet beanie. Eventually, he got over it so then we hit the World of Disney. I needed to buy a few shirts (T's or sweats). While shopping, Louis spotted this really stupid hat designed to look like Mickey's glove for $22. No way was I buying this thing. He thought it was a glove and put it on his hand. When we took it away to leave the store, he went completely nuts.
We strolled around the Marketplace with Louis screaming his lungs out for a few minutes and happened on the Lego store. Well, this place cheered him up. He went into the little house to play with the Duplo's and wound up helping an employee clean up. He thinks cleaning up is a game!
We ate lunch at the McDonald's. I got the pizza because I read on the Net that people think it's good. I liked the Mickey pizza in Epcot even though it was small. But this McDonald's pizza was no better than a frozen one from the supermarket, and I was disappointed. We really liked the drink machine sound effects though.
We wandered around some more. I went into the Gourmet Pantry to get something for Louis's day care workers to share. I wound up buying a box of character cookies because anything else would melt or was just unbelievably expensive.
Next, we took the bus back to the Coronado to wait for Mear's. By this time, Louis was getting overtired so we hoped a stroll around the lake would get him to doze. He took another temper tantrum at this point; I can't remember why, but does it matter when you're 2ý and overtired?
Finally, he passed out about half way around the lake. Actually, this walk was enjoyable because we got to see the rest of the resort. It's so beautiful there! I know I told you we didn't like the food court, but don't let this deter you from staying here. Just be sure to get a room close enough to a bus stop, bring some snacks from home, and you'll love this place.
Going home was uneventful and depressing. Our week at the World had just flown by
[This message was edited by JerseyJanice on 04-04-01 at 10:34 AM.]
