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I'm home. Miss the girls!!!

Guess what? Again!!! This time both suitcases did not make it. It was a direct flight ... I got on in Vegas, plane landed two places in Texas on the way but I never got off the plane until Orlando. Don't know where the bags are.

Three times in a row this has happened. Not real happy with Southwest's baggage people!
 
Wonderful news!!!!!

I'm back at the Mayo Clinic for my breast cancer in two weeks ... every six months now.

Tonight I pack up and we head to the airport before Jeanne goes into school tomorrow morning. It was a wonderful trip. The thought of not seeing my two girls until December 26th is bringing tears to my eyes but between our Hawaii cruise and my PA friend coming for a 7 night visit, time will fly by I'm sure.

Disneyland isn't WDW for sure. Wasn't sure how to do the baby swap thing ... haven't had to do it before. So we asked 3 CMs on the way to the Cars Racers attraction. First one said, "just ask when you get to the line", second one closer to the entrance of the attraction said, "What's a baby swap", and the last one said, "here, just go on the ride and when you get off, give this to the others who are with the child". Jeanne's friend who went with us has a handicapped license plate and sign. So when we got through the parking booth, they gave us a handicap thing to put on our dashboard and sent us to the lot right next to the tram. We rounded the corner and we were in this huge lot. Three parking lot CMs were there talking to each other, ignoring us and the cars behind us. We had to stop, roll down the window and yell to them "where do we go". One stared at us and pointed toward the tram. OK, have you ever parked at WDW in one of the lots? They practically hand park the car for you. No problem figuring out exactly where they want you. Then after we got off the tram, we were heading towards California Adventure and I asked a security CM standing there, "where do you rent the strollers?" He said, "I don't know."

Jeanne just kept shaking her head and saying, "we're definitely not in Florida anymore!"

Safe travels home. Before you know it, Dec. will be here, and with your constant throng of visitors, and Hawaii cruise ( jealous!) time will fly by. Looking forward to our dinner in January!

Wow! How can 2 parks be so different? The lack of knowledge at DL is unbelievable!! Sheech.

Good luck with your check up. Reminds me I have to make an appt, :upsidedow
 
I'm home. Miss the girls!!!

Guess what? Again!!! This time both suitcases did not make it. It was a direct flight ... I got on in Vegas, plane landed two places in Texas on the way but I never got off the plane until Orlando. Don't know where the bags are.

Three times in a row this has happened. Not real happy with Southwest's baggage people!

:scared1: :sad2:
 
Hi BC experts- We arrive 11/22 for our first stay at the BC. We land about 1:15 and are renting a car. We're planning to do MVMCP that night.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a QS late lunch/early dinner? One thought is to stop at DTD and try Earl of Sandwich, or we could go straight to BC and eat at HH, or even do one of the QS at the MK.

Thanks in advance!

We like EOS and Wolfgang Puck Express in DTD. Hurricsne Hana has good burgers, and The Ale & Compass at YC is good too. Plus you have lots of options around the Boardwalk area. Not to mention all the places in Epcot!
 

just throwing this up there for the time being since there are still 52 days left but for the xmas holiday i realized we do not have a dinner planned so I will be around the resort since we are on CL, so a light dinner for kinda freeish, I dont know if there might be a group there as well but if so would love to meet up with some people and talk about there experinces they have had with Disney
 
A few pictures of Teena's granddaughter, Princess Lily as Hello Kitty for Halloween.

I hope everyone had a great Halloween!







Silly kitty, hydrants are for dogs!


 
Hi everyone! I need some BC/YC expert information! I have looked through this thread but I must have overlooked some details. We normally stay at the Poly but with all the unkowns with construction next Summer we are looking for a new resort. We are travelling next June and it will be 5 year old daughter, husband and mother-in-law. MIL is from Greece and has never been to Disney so we really want her to have the most magical experience! So here are my questions. Any info and feedback would be greatly appreciated!!

1-If we book a BC Deluxe room do they have full balconies?

2-Are the deluxe rooms a far distance from the lounge? I've read some are a trek and it's turned me away a bit based on the description. We aren't lazy but we definitely want a convenient lounge!

3-Is the BC lounge getting renovated for more space? Thought I read that, now I can't find it.

4-What are your thoughts on the pool with a 5 year old? Is most of it shallow? One of her favorite parts of vacation is the pool, so SAB should be awesome for her, right?

5-How is the ambience at night? May sound silly but that's one of my favorite things about the Poly.

6-Can you see the fireworks from the concierge club, beach, balconies or pool?

7-Are there hammocks on the beach? It's a weird family vacation tradition. :rolleyes1

DD is not that into Epcot, her favorite is Magic Kingdom so this will be a big change for us. Sorry for all the questions, there is just not a better source than all the experts on this board!! We currently have RPC at Grand Floridian booked but I just can't get passed the room décor. :rotfl: Plus I don't think I want to look at the Poly and wish I was staying there instead!

Thank y'all in advance for your time to respond!!


:welcome:

Here is some detailed info on the BC Deluxe Rooms. They are on all different floors of the resort, so some are further from the lounge than others (are they all near the elevators? Anyone know?)

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There are six Deluxe Concierge Rooms at BC.

1557 has a patio and lots of windows.
2557 and 4557 have extra large balconies.
3557 has the standing room only balcony.

3691 has both a standing room balcony and a full balcony
4691 has a standing room only balcony.

So 3 of the 6 have full balconies, 1 has a patio, and 2 have standing room only balconies.

Here is a thread about Deluxe Rooms:

Deluxe room thread, July 2009


Detailed balcony information on Deluxe Concierge Rooms from guests who have stayed there and reported back


Deluxe Room Club Level=can sleep 5+ (not on 5th floor)
+ = one child under 3 in a crib


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This thread has detailed pictures of some of the Deluxe Rooms: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2872514



BC CL Lounge is going to be expanded sometime in 2014, but we don't know exactly when- probably not starting until spring.

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Today was Halloween.

We arrived at the gates 8:55 and I was expecting to get lost amongst the non disney guests waiting to enter at 9. There was no one there, walked through bag check, no ques at the entrance, where was everyone?!
Walked down a pretty empty Main Street and got a few PP pictures.

Back at the hotel we decided to hit the pool for a bit, DD10 wanted to do the Halloween activities the BC had on so we only had about 45 mins in the pool.
Quick change into their Halloween costumes and we went trick or treating round the BC at 5pm, got picture taken with Halloween Minnie and Goofy, got loads of candy and a CM said to head over to the BW as they had parties on and more candy.
So over we went and wee were there till 8:30. They had loads of games with little prizes and candy, a DJ and dance parties, another picture with halloween Donald, we all agreed we had a really good time, DD10 said it was better than the MNSSHP we did last time! Even DD2 was joining in with all the games, she's really come out her shell a bit now, we got a few good pictures.
We got the boat back to BC and have just watched Illuminations from our balcony with a nice cold Smirnoff ice! Lol

All in all we've had a really good day and the BC and BW Halloween activities were excellent.

X

I've heard that the best days to visit MK are the days when it is closed at night for a party, but I never imagined it to be so empty on Halloween morning. Wow! We'll be at the WL the first week in December and I'm definitely planning to hit MK on party mornings. :)

The activities at the BC and BW sound great. I never knew that they had so many things going on for Halloween. What a nice day you had. :goodvibes
 
We got suited up, hehe, & when for a lazy swim at SAB! It's just so relaxing to float. I do have to say that I'm not a big fan of the free intertubes as they're everywhere in the water empty & they run into u. Also more people use them because they're free & they run right into you, not really anyone's fault. I think they should be kept up until in use, just to free up pool space, but keep them free. My 2 cents.

I've been known to throw the empty tubes out of the pool. :rolleyes1
 
Does the BOG fast pass show up on MDE? I have one but can't see it. Maybe once we get there?

Right now it is still separate from MDE. I confirmed our FP+ for BOG the morning of our lunch via the BOG website just to be sure it didn't change or go away. When we showed up I just scanned my MB and was good to go.
 
This is great news!! Your PSA is greatly appreciated and people always need to be reminded... I do the same when it comes to SUNSCREEN!! After a scare with skin cancer I PREACH SUNSCREEN... SOOOOOO all you people headed to SUNNY Fla don't forget the SUNSCREEN!

Now.. HELLO from SUNNY Fla! I arrived at AKL CL at 10am this morning and my room was ready by 10:30 am LOVE IT! Headed over to EPCOT to eat/drink my way around the world... soooo good! I'm now back at the hotel headed to bed... 3am came so early! Tomorrow is the Sunrise Safari and then back to Epcot to eat/drink around the world some more then back to the hotel to meet Pinote! Gotta say as much as I love YC/BC I love AKL equally! Some say it's so far away, but I don't think it's really that far. I loved coming home tonight and hearing all the kids with the musical instruments!! Good times!

Ok nighty nite! Safe travels to all headed this way and continued fun to those here!

~N

Have fun Nanette! I can't wait to visit AKL one day!:)

I'm back with another update.

Monday was EMH AK

We headed straight for the Safari ride and was very confused as the wait time at 8:05 was 40mins!! A quick chat the the CM and he advised it didn't oped till 8:30 but we could get tin line now. We did and we're on the 2nd truck by 8:25, it took a while to complete the safari trip as those cheeky giraffe kept on stopping in the middle of the road!
By the time we had finished it was 9 and we had a FP+ for the safari again. We didn't want to ride again so stopped at the FP kiosk and a CM changed it for the Dinosaur later in the day. We had breakfast booked for 9:50 at Tusker House but checked in early. We got our picture taken with Donald and realised we had forgotten the PP+!
I explained that it was back at the hotel and the photo guy said to write the time and location down and when we got back to the hotel, go to the photo pass desk and they can add it on.
We were seated very soon after that and went for food, it was good, very good, the characters came round, DD2 still a bit unsure but we did manage to get the family picture with Donald.
When the picture pack came round I explained again the situation but the guy asked if I had taken a picture of the PP card, yes I did, I showed it to him and he said he will go sort it out and be back, he came back with the printed pack and gave it to me!!
After this we went to EE, we had FP+ for this but also grabbed a regular FP, DD10 rode it for the first time and with rider switch she ride 4 times, now we didn't have our PP+ card so had the CM write the number of each photo down and we had to get them added on at Guest relations in any park within 48 hours.
Next we headed to Dinoland and rode the 2 main rides there a few times, then onto Nemo. I wasn't going to FP+ this but glad I did! we got right at the front center next to the stage! great seats. DD2 loved it.
Off to ride Dinosaur, another forts for DD10 and she liked it so rode again with DH. Again the photo numbers were written down to be added on.
We stopped and had ice cream before heading out as it was getting on a bit and we had 50'sPT at 5:20.
Bus back via BB,a quick stop at reception to see if they could ring DHS lost and found as DD2 lost her MB last night there! They suggested that if I were going there now, to ask myself. No worries, I will. Well back in the room, DH was looking for the PP card and he found it along with the missing MB!
Quick change and off out again on the boat to DHS, I stopped at the photo shop and gave the girl the numbers of the rides from AK and she noted what we were wearing and who was in the photo and that they should be on in 48hours(I've not checked yet!)
Tea at 50'swas great, pot roast was yummy and the pork chop was nice too.
Rode Star tours then went home.


Tuesday was Epcot, it had EMh and I had planned to get there for 8 but after seeing how busy it's been I just left it and waiting until our breakfast time at Norway, I had FP anyway for TT and Soarin.
We headed out about 9:15 and got to Norway 9:30,checked in and encountered our first wait, got seated about 10:10.
Food was just ok. I never got to the pastries and fruit, our server never brought plated for our hot platter and he filled my tea with coffee!!
The princesses we're good, lots of interaction, but for the cost (free dining thank goodness) I would not pay oop.
We rode the ride in Norway and by now it was time for our FP for Soarin, I asked DD10 if she would prefer to go round the worlds instead and to her kid cot with DD2, she decided on this so I cancelled Soarin.we did most of the worlds, taking time to look into them and see things I've never noticed before like the little warriors in china and the bazaar in Morocco. We had to miss England and Canada and the FP+ for TT was almost up.
After TT we had a cool frozen drink then went it inventions then SE, I hadn't done SE in years and it was actually quite good, we all enjoyed it, especially the end!
We had to start walking back to the hotel now as we had a car pick up from the Dolphin, walked over and was given a Ford Escape, new, clean and car seat was decent. Luckily the valet guy knew how to put it in!
Another quick change and drive over to the Poly for 'Ohana. WOW. That's it WOW. Best meal so far, DD10 didn't want anything so they brought her a plate of chicken nuggets and fries. DD2 loved them too!
I had a Lapu Lapu, always wanted one, don't think I would get another at $15 a go!
Walked down to the beach and the kids had fun in the sand, saw the electrical water parade then the Halloween fireworks, they even pipped the Halloween music through.
It was 10:45 now and this is waaaaaay past our bed time!
DD2 fell asleep in the car and we went straight to bed.

Today has been a shopping day, we didn't wake till 8:20, now this is late for us!
Grabbed breakfast after a lazy wake up and headed to Prime Outlets in lake Buenavista. Saw a few things we liked but we always try and wait till we've been to the one on Idrive and macys in the mall at mellenia.
I got a top and dress from DKNY, $53 from $200, DD2 got a winter coat from Ralph Lauren $60 from $100, and some fudge! Which was amazing!
DH saw some jumpers and a coat in RL so cheap aswell, one jumper was $70 -40%, there giving them away.
Then DH was in TAG and wanted to show me a watch he saw, big mistake as now I have see ad watch! We've already got tags but in need of an upgrade I think. Let's see if we get them!
Headed out and to walmart next as DD10 wanted more monster high, she did get the headless horseman in toys r us which I haven't seen over in the UK plus a few others I said we would go back for, again, so cheap.
Back home and we had dinner at Garden Grill In Epcot. Made it just in time, again another nice meal. Rode Soarin then headed to morocco to view illuminations, it was a great spot, no one in front of us, DD2 was not too keen on the noise but lasted till the end. Bought her a Duffy bear for being brave but she fell asleep so she'll get it in the morning.

Off to bed now as it's MK EMH tomorrow, might just get there for 9 when the FP+ starts.

Post again soon. Happy Halloween.

Love your TRs. Keep them coming! Makes me feel like I am still there.:thumbsup2

Wonderful news!!!!!

I'm back at the Mayo Clinic for my breast cancer in two weeks ... every six months now.

Tonight I pack up and we head to the airport before Jeanne goes into school tomorrow morning. It was a wonderful trip. The thought of not seeing my two girls until December 26th is bringing tears to my eyes but between our Hawaii cruise and my PA friend coming for a 7 night visit, time will fly by I'm sure.

Disneyland isn't WDW for sure. Wasn't sure how to do the baby swap thing ... haven't had to do it before. So we asked 3 CMs on the way to the Cars Racers attraction. First one said, "just ask when you get to the line", second one closer to the entrance of the attraction said, "What's a baby swap", and the last one said, "here, just go on the ride and when you get off, give this to the others who are with the child". Jeanne's friend who went with us has a handicapped license plate and sign. So when we got through the parking booth, they gave us a handicap thing to put on our dashboard and sent us to the lot right next to the tram. We rounded the corner and we were in this huge lot. Three parking lot CMs were there talking to each other, ignoring us and the cars behind us. We had to stop, roll down the window and yell to them "where do we go". One stared at us and pointed toward the tram. OK, have you ever parked at WDW in one of the lots? They practically hand park the car for you. No problem figuring out exactly where they want you. Then after we got off the tram, we were heading towards California Adventure and I asked a security CM standing there, "where do you rent the strollers?" He said, "I don't know."

Jeanne just kept shaking her head and saying, "we're definitely not in Florida anymore!"

Glad you had a great trip!:)

Hi BC experts- We arrive 11/22 for our first stay at the BC. We land about 1:15 and are renting a car. We're planning to do MVMCP that night.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a QS late lunch/early dinner? One thought is to stop at DTD and try Earl of Sandwich, or we could go straight to BC and eat at HH, or even do one of the QS at the MK.

Thanks in advance!
We really enjoyed our lunch at Beaches and Cream!:cool1:

Hi to all you wonderful BC & YC fans! We got back early yesterday from our YC and Poly split. We had a fantastic time at the YC...I think it is "officially" our preference over BC. I appreciate the quiet and peace of it, to be honest, it lets us unwind and recover from the stimulation and crowds! Plus, i love the decor of the rooms. I posted before we left that I had added a night but had to change booking categories for the one night. It wasn't an issue. Upon arrival, our two reservations were already connected despite the category difference and we were told we could stay in the same room (yahoo...just a quick check in the next morning and we were done). We were in GV room 3100 with view of quiet pool to left and tennis court to right. It had a daybed so suited us perfectly and also was a short walk to elevators. Will post in room view thread eventually.

Got to try a Sunken Treasure (or few) while boys swam. Fabulous!

It was crazy crowded our first couple days (the weekend of the 20th) and hot but heat and crowds improved greatly as week went on except WS which was nuts every time we stepped in, as expected. :)

Had just a couple issues with MBs. Each of us was randomly rejected at front gates at one time or another but CMs with iPads checked and got us on our way quickly. Someone else's meal from 'Ohana made it onto our room bill at the Poly.

We celebrated my birthday (happy birthday, fellow late Octoberite Dee :)) while there and I felt like a kid again. So much fun. As we were on the family raft ride Teamboat Springs at Blizzard Beach, my middle DS said, "Mom, lets come here for your birthday every year!" HECK YEAH, I wish!

Anyway, sorry so long. This thread is always immensely helpful to me and fun to read. Time to pout cuz I have nothing Disney to plan. :(

What a great birthday celebration! I am with your son!!:cool1:

Isn't that so strange? The tree of life is the symbol of AK & no photographers at the entrance? There were some when we left, but who wants there pic taken after walking around all sweaty, with crazy ride hair & wet from a water ride? Um not me! If I wanted a bad pic of me I'd take a selfie in the am before my shower for free :rotfl2:! I'd look about the same! :lmao:

Anyone need to know anything while I'm here?

Now that I am thinking about it, I didn't see many PP photographers at AK when we were there???:confused3

Happy Belated Bday Dee!!!pixiedust::cool1::cool1:
 
Right now it is still separate from MDE. I confirmed our FP+ for BOG the morning of our lunch via the BOG website just to be sure it didn't change or go away. When we showed up I just scanned my MB and was good to go.

I get it. Thanks so much. 8 days to go!
 
I am having a good time! My trip of things never done continues tomorrow with the Dolphin Experience!

Angeejoe The safari is amazing... was a little different then the last time I took it, but still really good!

Today's fun included but is not limited to the following:

I met PNO4TE and her husband Bob! Really nice people we've shared lots of conversation in the lounge.

Eating and drinking around the world continues tomorrow... so much to try! My favorite so far happened today... a frozen s'more which was a drink and so tasty!! Tomorrow I might actually get the kimche dog from Korea... 2 days now and I haven't tried it yet... TOMORROW for sure. Rumor is it's the best thing at food and wine... I'll give it a try tomorrow!

Ok off to bed to rest for Dolphin Experience, another day of eating around the world and the last night of MNSSHP!

Hope you've had an amazing bday Dee!

~N

Glad you are having fun. The Mongolia beef bun I china is excellent and my DH is Ravi g about the pork belly in brazil. I love the pork slider in Hawaii and the shrimp taco in Mexico!
 
Today was Halloween.
We had planned to get to MK for EMH at 8am but the kids were still sleeping at 7:20, make the most of it as on,y a few days ago DD2 was waking at 6am!!
So we got ready and made our way to the bus stop, even tho we had the car, we didn't want the hassle of parking a TTC but saying that, by the time we waited for a bus we could have probably been at the TTC!
We arrived at the gates 8:55 and I was expecting to get lost amongst the non disney guests waiting to enter at 9. There was no one there, walked through bag check, no ques at the entrance, where was everyone?!
Walked down a pretty empty Main Street and got a few PP pictures. Today was all about tommorowland and New fantasy land as the last 2 days we had at MK were the other side.
We walked straight in Buzz, did it twice, straight on Astro orbiter, walked straight into Stitch, DH took DD2 back onto Buzz twice while we were in there, then straight into Monsters laugh floor, where was everyone? It was empty. DD10 did the race cars twice and I did a walk on the teacups twice with DD2 and went and got FP for Ariel.
Pooh bear had just reopened as we met back up and we walked right on, next was dumbo, again walk on, DD10 wanted to play a bit in the tent play area but we were ushered right onto the ride. Then came Goofy's barnstormer, walk on, I had FP+ for this and for the race cars but didn't use them! I tried to change to something else but nothing I really needed to use them on.
After Goofy we went into big top treats and all got something chocolatey, DH had the chocolate covered pineapple spear, really good. I had a red velvet Mickey cake pop, DD10 got the sugar orange chocolate cake pop and DD2 got a Mickey shortbread. Used up some snack credits on these.
Onto under the sea with Ariel, I had my FP and the stand by said 20mins,it was not, it was a walk on, we could have rode it loads of times but we had Tales with Belle.
Now this is the only FP+ that really made a difference! the wait time was 40 mins and was about right, they only have about 45 people max in each show and it lasts about 20 mins, we walked right into the next show in less than 5 mins. It was really good, DD10 got to play a part and at the end they get a picture with Belle to retrieve via the PPwebsite. We were heading out the park now as we had lunch reservations at WL WC but not before another walk on the carrousel. As we were walking down Main Street, the dance parade was on so we watched that. Left the park at about 12:40 so we got quite a bit done this morning.
Caught the boat to WL, got there about 1pm and had a lovely lunch at WC, it was so much fun, DH finished his coke so the server brought out a gigantic glass that had about 6 pints in!
Then DD10 asked for ketchup and we ended up with 8 bottles! she then had to take them to the next table that shouted for ketchup.
We decided we would definitely return here if we have time.

Back at the hotel we decided to hit the pool for a bit, DD10 wanted to do the Halloween activities the BC had on so we only had about 45 mins in the pool.
Quick change into their Halloween costumes and we went trick or treating round the BC at 5pm, got picture taken with Halloween Minnie and Goofy, got loads of candy and a CM said to head over to the BW as they had parties on and more candy.
So over we went and wee were there till 8:30. They had loads of games with little prizes and candy, a DJ and dance parties, another picture with halloween Donald, we all agreed we had a really good time, DD10 said it was better than the MNSSHP we did last time! Even DD2 was joining in with all the games, she's really come out her shell a bit now, we got a few good pictures.
We got the boat back to BC and have just watched Illuminations from our balcony with a nice cold Smirnoff ice! Lol

All in all we've had a really good day and the BC and BW Halloween activities were excellent.

Tomorrow is breakfast with Chef Mickey then shopping.

Post again soon.

X

The Boardwalk was hopping last night
 
16 days until our trip! I am starting to figure out what to pack for my 5 month old- soooo excited and nervous about the flight and traveling with him. But super excited about the YC!
 
Have a few questions about these balcony rooms. Sue M - I think you may have mentioned you stayed in one of these rooms. So, we (extended family) love, love, love YC and chose it every late August through a special with our TA but are only offered standard view. We noticed these oversized shared balconies while waiting for a bus in front of the YC one morning and I wanted to know if anyone had info on them. They seem larger and perfect if you are traveling in a group as they are shared balconies. I believe from what I've found they would be rooms 3076, 3078, 3080 & 3082???? My questions are, has anyone stayed in them? Is the view totally the parking area or at least tree tops as I believe this is the third floor - though this is not terribly important to us? Do these rooms have 2 Queens and a daybed in each? What would be our chances of actually acquiring all four (?) of these rooms for a week's vacation? We enjoy playing cards together and having a shared balcony for that and happy hours together would be fun. Thanks in advance. Ya'll are really wonderful to follow and this thread is my guilty pleasure though I am more of a lurker than a poster! :)
 
How far from the elevator are these rooms? My mom has mobility issues and we usually try to request "closer to elevator" for her. Thanks again.
 
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