Hi all! We are down here now. Flight left on time and we arrived half an hour early! Magical Express line was for Yacht Club, Beach Club, Boardwalk and Port Orleans Riverside-no one for YC, so drop off order was PORS, BW, BC. It took about an hour from the time we got on the bus to the time we got to the hotel. We were greeted with a big Welcome Home the instant we stepped off the bus. I did online check in, but our room was not ready (at 10am), no big deal. We left our bags with Bell Services and went to Marketplace. Looked around for a bit and bought two refillable mugs.
We knew we wanted Beaches & Cream for lunch so at around 10:30 we walked over there (got a little lost on the way, but a nice CM by the pool redirected us). Since we were ready and waiting promptly at 11, we were the ones to open the restaurant for the day! Lots of clapping and cheers! The food was delicious and the service outstanding-thanks Dolores!
After lunch I wanted to go swimming, so we went to get our suits from Bell Services and pick up the noodles. The noodles were there, no problem-I was not expecting so many of them plus the extra buckets and things! It seems they are catching on to us, but was not a problem.
Of course, immediately after we leave the luggage room it starts pouring. It stopped, I changed, thunder comes in. Pool closes. We waited for about 25 minutes, then headed to check out the villas building. Mom took a nap in the Breezeway. Beautiful room! I waited a bit then went back to the pool with the purple voluptuous noodle. It was opened, so I explored several different areas, went down the slide, and then relaxed in a lounge chair on the beach for a while. When I came back around 2:15, I had a text from Mom that we were in villa 321 (a studio connected to a one bedroom).
We are on the third floor (obviously) and overlook the walkway between the Solarium and the BCV entrance. The room is very nice, spacious, and less gaudy than online pictures make it look. My favorite aspect so far is that the couch is one unit and the blankets and pillows are stored in the couch! Our suitcase from ME was waiting and after a call to Bell Services, our other luggage arrived not long after. Im currently sitting on the balcony uploading pics. We have dinner at Cape May Café at 5:30, then plan to explore the Boardwalk and the Yacht Club.
First, Teena steals all the phone books from CL. I'm sure she'll be heading to the villas next! 
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) and she wants to join me! This is HUGE because she hasn't been since 2004 and I'm so excited to share this with her.
and I was curious about the different view categories. My mother likes the look of the Boardwalk, and it would be really special to see it from our balcony. Unfortunately, there doesn't see to be any guarantee of a lagoon view. Should I just go with Garden View and save the money?
