Hi everyone! We're back from our wonderful first stay at the Poly! The first few days we spent at POR, which was nice, but we are now spoiled for the Poly forever. The entire family voted, and it's now the favorite resort
We had beautiful weather - very hot, but not brutal, and NO rain. The only crowded park was DHS (don't flame me, but I really don't get that park - so poorly designed
). The rest of our time, we walked on all the rides - of course we hit rope drop each day, and used fastpasses, but honestly, I don't think the wait for any ride exceeded 20 minutes (except TSM - see above....)
We spent one morning at Blizzard Beach, and a couple of hours at Disney Quest. Again, no flames please, but I don't think we'll do the water park option again. We had a great time at BB, but as we were only there about 4 hours, it didn't really justify the price. We never went back, as the kids really enjoyed the Poly pool and didn't want to do a water park again. DisneyQuest was okay - the older boys liked it, but there was really nothing for my 5-year old to do. He preferred the
Lego store
(OT - I heard they're building a
LegoLand in Orlando - if that happens, he'll be in heaven!!)
As for the Poly, we absolutely loved it. We stayed in Hawaii, room 3528, with a beautiful garden view (I'll post pictures as soon as I get them together.) The room was very clean, and the service was excellent. We had more towels than we knew what to do with (after continually only getting four at POR), and the turndown service was a nice little treat. Everyone enjoyed the balcony. But what was really special were the Poly grounds. It's just so relaxing and beautiful!
It truly was like being on two vacations at once.
The CL lounge was great. The view alone is worth the price IMO, but the food offerings were awesome also. We had breakfast there each morning (same menu as many have posted - cereal, bagels, muffins, croissants, oatmeal, fruit and breakfast drinks) and appetizers on three evenings. Also, DH picked up afternoon snacks a couple of times, and we did the dessert offerings three nights as well. Again, the same menu as has been reported before - Wednesday evening was pork potstickers, sticky wings and a Polynesian style salad (all very tasty) along with the ever-present veggies and dip, pineapple with caramel sauce (to die for!), three cheese/cracker/fruit plates and pita and hummus. Also, uncrustables for the kids. Thursday night was meatballs, spring rolls and canapes (again, all great!) and Friday was bacon wrapped chicken, crab rangoons and kim chee (wasn't brave enough to try that!). There was also wine available in the evenings, along with a wonderful hawaiian punch drink (alcoholic). Anyway, nothing new there, but just wanted to confirm the offerings. Evening desserts were great as well - brownies, cookies, different types of mousse, this cute Mickey "gob", carrot cake, can't remember what else.
We watched Wishes from the beach two nights, and once from the lounge - you can't beat the view, and it's so nice not fighting crowds!! Bottom line is, I don't think we'll ever be able to stay anywhere else at Disney and be happy. Total Poly convert now!!
Hoping to post some pics over the next few days. Everyone with a vacation coming up, have a great time!! I'm so jealous....
to the Disboards and Poly FAQ! I hope you have a safe and magical trip! 
. I do have a potobucket acct though, & I don't pay anything to use that.
You really do feel like you're right in the middle of the magic. And don't forget the path that leads to the TTC and the Epcot monorail! 
