A long weekend with the Mouse, Finally the finale 11/25

[scottny]

shopping is always fun. not knowing where to go is not.

 

[askelton]

I just got a Disney Visa so I'll be sure to remember that discount.

 

[jcc0621]

20% with the Disney Visa I thought it was only 10%. Good to know when mom isn't with me

 

[cmp1111]

Love the shirts!

 

[puggymom]

I just got a Disney Visa so I'll be sure to remember that discount.

20% with the Disney Visa I thought it was only 10%. Good to know when mom isn't with me

not so fast....

Love the shirts!

thank you

 

[puggymom]

See, I always stay deluxe, yes I am a deluxe snob, I love my deluxes and when I go on vacation I like to pamper myself. I only stayed in a moderate once (CBR and hated it the whole time, sorry CBR fans). I vaguely remember driving past PO when it was still 2 separate resorts, PO and Dixie Landings. So it has been awhile since I have been by there. Now that I think about it I have never actually been there. I see some signs shortly after leaving DTD and realize how close it is to DTD. Um DUH, they have the boat that goes directly to DTD. Yeah, I guess that means it would be somewhat near to DTD then, you know since there is the boat that goes there. OK, I am a blonde and I have a tendency to have blonde moments. This obviously was one of those moments.

I quickly find my way and turn in the POFQ driveway where I am asked for photo ID. HMM, is that new, I have never showed photo ID at the driveway before. Out of curiosity I asked the guard if this was something new as I wasn’t prepared to show my ID, and very snottily am told “I don’t know”. OK then, gee thanks for your helpfulness and I hope you have a very Disney day.

I proceed to the check in area and with a very short wait I am greeted with the nicest cast member who is from New Orleans herself. Darn I forgot her name and I didn’t write it down. But she really had the right Disney attitude. So with my wonderful KTTW card in my hands I am off to Building 3, room 3216, except I thought she said 3217 (I told you have hearing loss). I tried to get into 3217… um, several times. I double check the map she gave me of the resort where she wrote down the room #. Oh, it is 3216, OOPS. Ok, 3216 it is and yep the key works, YEAH!

I walk in and see the message light on the phone is blinking, hmm. I retrieve my message and it is the same CM who just checked me in, wishing me a wonderful stay. Nice Touch!

I have plenty of time still before my ADR and decide to settle in and unpack. I hate to live out of a suitcase and always unpack when I check in. Unpacking includes unpacking any snack items I brought along, including that banana from breakfast this morning. Yep still have it with me. I settle in and take a quick shower and put on my new shirt, yeah with my old shorts but they weren’t as dirty as my old shirt.

I need to go off topic for a moment, why is it the only shorts WDW sells for adults are the same darn khaki shorts they have been selling since at least last year?

I head off to MGM and arrive in plenty of time for my ADR. I was able to get a pretty decent parking place too and didn’t bother waiting for the tram. I decide to see if there is a wait at ToT and the sign says 20 minutes, but it was a walk on. I get the front row, middle seat, you know right in front of the elevator doors. I love this ride! I tried to redneck the pic but it didn’t come out. I had some time to waste before my ADR and decided to check out the shops, just to browse. I was doing just that, you know just browsing, when…

 

[scottny]

I checked my chase accounts this morning and I now have a Disney visa attached ot it. I guess I should have it by the end of the week.

 

[puggymom]

There was that darn white V neck shirt I wanted, a whole stack of them, in all sizes!!!! I knew they were limited on these shirts so I bought it (with no discount ) thinking I wouldn’t find it again. I had it shipped to the hotel. I also spotted some nice earrings in the case. Um how much are they… $75.00, um thanks anyhow. I am not shopping this trip. (Yeah, I know what you are all thinking, that idiot has been in Disney only a couple of hours and has already bought 2 shirts. But I am not, repeat NOT, shopping.)

I still had half an hour to my ADR and decided the skies didn’t look to friendly, so I went over to the GMR to wait out my ADR. There was actually a small wait for this, but not ToT, I was a bit stunned at this. I got the gangster again, I have yet to get the cowboy. If it wasn’t for the internet I wouldn’t even know there was a cowboy. MMM, maybe it is an internet rumor that there is a cowboy. I will try again in February as I know Mom will want to ride this one.

As it turned out I am glad I went on this, as when I exited it, it was obvious that the skies had let loose while I was in there as everything was soaked and there were many poncho clad folks walking around.

A little off topic, who else misses the sea of yellow when it rains. I don’t care for these clear ponchos they sell now.

It was almost time for my ADR so I walked over to the 50’s Prime Time to check in. Boy it was crowded in here. The front area and the bar area were crammed. I had to wait for a seat to wait. Got that! After I got a seat on the ugly orange couch, I think I was actually starting to dose off as I sort of remember my head bopping. You know that feeling when you start to fall asleep sitting up and all of sudden you catch yourself and you fling your head right back up as to say, no I wasn’t sleeping. Anywho, eventually I was seated and had a waitress named Jenn, she got 2 thumbs up.

I have to back up here, see the only reason I made this ADR was I wanted s’mores. Yep I had a hankerin’ for some s’mores and did what I had to do. I wasn’t really very hungry but figured I should eat something. I ordered the Caesar salad appy and the herb cheese platter appy. The herb cheese was very good except the French bread was stale, the Caesar salad would have been excellent with about half the dressing. No, I didn’t finish either one, I was saving room for my s’mores. Hey I got my priorities straight. The s’mores did not disappoint. They were delicious. And I cleaned that plate. I paid my bill and was outta there. As I walked outside it was obvious it had rained again. I had toyed with the idea of staying for Fantasmic, but it was so darn soupy and sticky out and I was obviously tired I decided to go back to the hotel and call it an early night.

I don’t know what happened driving back to the resort, but I got so disoriented, let’s just blame it on my ear throwing off my equilibrium. I turned left a bit too early and ended up on a road that only exits off the property. By now it is raining very hard and I see the Nick hotel up ahead. I make a left into the Marriot and do what I am sure is an illegal U-turn in their driveway, I am sure the guy behind me was cursing out that tourist driving in front of him.

I manage to find my way back to POFQ and this is where I realize why I love my deluxes...
You have to picture the scene, it is a dark and stormy night, in a deserted parking lot, a not so young woman exits her car to go to her hotel room…

Yeah, I got more than a little spooked. See at most deluxes you can valet park and go right up to your room, without walking outside. (also now as a DVC member Valet is free, only have to pay for the tip ). I managed to get myself to my room without becoming a crime statistic and after getting ready for bed and watched a little TV before falling asleep.

Next UP – Going Commando!

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

A double whammy!

Wait a tick! I thought the Disney VISA discount was 20% for purchases over $50? Or is it 10%?

I'm glad to hear you liked POFQ. Oh wait, you haven't said yet. So tell me, did you like it? Did you have a burger? How about the beignets???

 

[scottny]

great update.

i am eating at prime Time in january and I am looking forward to it.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Alright, two updates in one day! So, did you like POFQ? Would you stay there again?

 

[PrincessV]

But I am not, repeat NOT, shopping.

Suuuuure, whatever you say Mo...

If it wasn’t for the internet I wouldn’t even know there was a cowboy. MMM, maybe it is an internet rumor that there is a cowboy.

Nope, there really is a cowboy. I rode that thing for a couple years before I got him, but he does exist! It's all in the luck of the draw.

A little off topic, who else misses the sea of yellow when it rains.

It made it so much easier to find my non-ponchoed party!

Next UP – Going Commando!

SAy WHAT???!! Did you forget to pack something??

 

[DisneyJo]

my right ear pops…
loudly…
and painfully

Ewww you poor thing, hope it didn't give you much more bother!

let’s just say I was walking like some ladies we know and love after Lapu fest 2007

it was time to go home…
to my happy place…
to WDW!!!!

check out the shops, just to browse. I was doing just that, you know just browsing, when There was that darn white V neck shirt I wanted, a whole stack of them, in all sizes!!!!

So no shopping then

 

[cmp1111]

I walk in and see the message light on the phone is blinking, hmm. I retrieve my message and it is the same CM who just checked me in, wishing me a wonderful stay. Nice Touch!

Don't you love it when you actually GET good service?

I decide to see if there is a wait at ToT and the sign says 20 minutes, but it was a walk on. I get the front row, middle seat, you know right in front of the elevator doors. I love this ride!

Score!

I am not shopping this trip. (Yeah, I know what you are all thinking, that idiot has been in Disney only a couple of hours and has already bought 2 shirts. But I am not, repeat NOT, shopping.)

OK...

I think I was actually starting to dose off as I sort of remember my head bopping. You know that feeling when you start to fall asleep sitting up and all of sudden you catch yourself and you fling your head right back up as to say, no I wasn’t sleeping.

Next UP – Going Commando!

 

[puggymom]

Wait a tick! I thought the Disney VISA discount was 20% for purchases over $50? Or is it 10%?

There will be more on this later on...

I'm glad to hear you liked POFQ. Oh wait, you haven't said yet. So tell me, did you like it? Did you have a burger? How about the beignets???

I will have more on this too...

great update.

i am eating at prime Time in january and I am looking forward to it.

Remember no elbows on the table, not hats, and no tattling, but I did ask and if they start it, you can finish it

Alright, two updates in one day! So, did you like POFQ? Would you stay there again?

You have to continue to read to find out

Nope, there really is a cowboy. I rode that thing for a couple years before I got him, but he does exist! It's all in the luck of the draw.

OK I will keep trying, it is becoming a bit of an obsession

SAy WHAT???!! Did you forget to pack something??

So no shopping then

Nope, that does not consitute shopping

Don't you love it when you actually GET good service?

Yes, it really was a nice touch!

 

[tiggerbell]

OK - it only took me a week - BUT I'M HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Loving it!!!

 

[momtoccc]

I want to hear more too! - I'm also curious about POFQ. I might do solo trip before company meeting next Spring and POFQ is one of my choices.

 

[puggymom]

OK - it only took me a week - BUT I'M HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Loving it!!!

Hi Jaime, BTW how long ago did I pimp on yours?

I want to hear more too! - I'm also curious about POFQ. I might do solo trip before company meeting next Spring and POFQ is one of my choices.

I will have a review of POFQ coming along shortly, also check Tiggerbell's (see post above yours) she just stayed there too.

 

[puggymom]

Today is my Epcot day, I get up and take a shower and that is when I notice the mold on the shower curtain!!!! Now I am grossed out!! I also noticed that the tile around the bathroom area could use a visit from Stanley Steamer. (I have them come to my house a couple times of year to steam clean my tile and the couch and carpet in the den. Love how clean it looks afterwards ) WDW really needs to do a better job keeping these resorts up, just my 2 cents here. While I think the outside of POFQ is pretty, the rooms really do nothing for me. The furniture is too dark and the room had a worn feeling to do it. I am glad I took DLMama’s suggestion to bring some Clorox wipes if you KWIM.

Anywho, I finish getting ready and I have to tell you my hair came out great today. You know when you have those oh so rare great hair days, yeah today was one of them. Until I walked to the food court, in the rain and humidity. Oh well, at least I had my moment in front of the mirror. I get to the food court and oh I need to back up here again…Since I know I am taking (at least) 3 trips within 12 months I opted to get the Disney Dining Experience (DDE) Card. (The DDP is just too much food for me) It is good for 20% off food and beverages (Lapus included ladies ) at most table service restaurants. The only counter service places included are resorts with no sit down and AK, (though I am expecting that to change with yak and Yeti coming. OK so who else thinks it is funny that a restaurant’s name has Yak in it. ) Anywho back to the DDE, it is good for 12 months for AP holders for $65.00. Since POFQ does not have a sit down I could use it in the food court. They even took off 20% for my refillable mug. I opted for an egg white cheese omelet today, with a yogurt and (off topic, I am suppose to drink milk, which I hate so in the real world I buy the Nestlé’s fat free chocolate milk, which is delicious), I don’t see any regular chocolate milk, but I see the soy version. I have been curious to try it so I figure what the heck. I take my breakfast back to the room and everything was good except the chocolate soy milk . YUK (or yak).

So I finish breakfast and get my bag ready for the day…

About 8:15 I head out to the car to go to Epcot. I get on line and start chatting with the folks around me. 8:45 the turnstiles are opened and I walk to the rope to the far right (in front of Innoventions, not the main area where everyone else is, I am after all a Focker, a professional Disney Tourist. ) I need to vent here for a moment, when I see a crowd, I do not walk right up to the person in front, I like to leave a little personal space. KWIM? Well, next thing I know some idiot just pushes his way through and parks his sweaty you know what in front of me. (and it was sweaty, it was already unbearably hot out) This kind of stuff just irks the heck out of me, how much of a difference will it make?

As we are standing there I hear that MS and TT are both closed this morning. Great everyone and their Uncle are going to Soarin’. Anywho, the rope drops and we are the first group to get through towards Soarin’. I go straight for the FP and then get on stand by. After riding stand by I rode Livin with the Land (walk on)while waiting for my FP time. As I get off the FP Soarin’ ride, I opt to get another FP and I also decide I want to do the Behind the Seeds tour. I schedule the 11:30 tour which should leave me time to use my next FP beforehand. I leave the Land at this point and walk over to see what is going on with TT and MS. I see TT is open and I get on the Single Rider line. With hardly a wait, I am seated in my car. Happy to report all systems working properly. I walk over to MS and there is a 20 minute wait for Orange (that’s right Orange baby, cheaper than Botox and no needles), I will be cutting it too close to my FP time and making the tour, so I opt out for now. I head back over to the Land (cutting through Mousegears, just browsing folks, just browsing…)

Next up – A Southern Belle is introduced to some much deserved Jersey attitude…

 

[cmp1111]

Anywho, I finish getting ready and I have to tell you my hair came out great today. You know when you have those oh so rare great hair days, yeah today was one of them. Until I walked to the food court, in the rain and humidity. Oh well, at least I had my moment in front of the mirror.

I love that feeling - sorry it didn't get to last longer!

OK so who else thinks it is funny that a restaurant’s name has Yak in it. )

I'd never thought of that!

This kind of stuff just irks the heck out of me, how much of a difference will it make?

It's like the people who drive screaming around you to get to the next stoplight just ahead of you...

As we are standing there I hear that MS and TT are both closed this morning.

Uh, oh!

I leave the Land at this point and walk over to see what is going on with TT and MS. I see TT is open and I get on the Single Rider line. With hardly a wait, I am seated in my car. Happy to report all systems working properly. I walk over to MS and there is a 20 minute wait for Orange (that’s right Orange baby, cheaper than Botox and no needles), I will be cutting it too close to my FP time and making the tour, so I opt out for now. I head back over to the Land (cutting through Mousegears, just browsing folks, just browsing…)

Wow, you've gotten a lot done at this point!