MyLove4Disney
Disney Kid forever
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Well this is our 1st trip as DVC members. We arrived May 30, 2006 around 6pm. We booked a studio, since I wanted save my points and we have been used to the regular hotel rooms sizes anyways. I didn't care where we would stay at, at the resort, we had a rental care (convertible), but we ended up in The Springs room 3232, overlooking well the road way and The "Theatre", I don't know what they do in there, it not listed on the map, but It says "Magic Music Days" which I know what that is, but I never saw anyone go in or out of the building.
The first day, we rested, were coming for northern CA so just adjusted to the time change of 3 hours and the HEAT and HUMIDTY ouch. Late in the evening around 9 ish we took a drive down to one of the other DVC resorts Disneys Boardwalk. It was nice and lots of outside activities. Clowns and magicians and such. We headed back to SSR to hit the beds. OK, studio is nice only has one queen bed. My daughter and I are on the trip she is 21 and will sleep in the same bed, but we decided to open up the pull out bed. It is much better than any pull out bed I have ever slept on because there are not those agonizing bars that hit you in that spot in the back. But now for the bad part that padding on the pull outs are only about 3 inches thick and kind of soft in a way, well they dont support the body you just sink down to the board underneath, so I thought lets get creative. The cushions on the sofa are very comfortable. We lined them up tightly wrapped the sheet around them. I think she is more comfortable than I am after all. Now she is only 52 so if someone tall wanted to sleep on the bed, I would be sure to bring an air bed to put on top and it would be great.
I also have seen people ask the question here if 5 people could fit in the room. I would say yes, but you would have to move the extra furniture around. I believe even 6 could fit very tightly. In fact you could put a twin air bed out on the balcony HA HA, just kidding, they would probably kick you out if you did that. There is a nice small refrig, microwave, coffee maker and toaster in small kitchen type area. The bathroom area is nice one large sink and a pretty large closet. The tub and stool have a lot of room, much more that they average price hotel rooms. We think the room is nice, the only thing we would change at all is just have two regular beds. I think OKW has two. So I might try that next time.
Anyway the 2nd day May 31, 2006, we decided to get going kind of late. 10am. We went to MK. It was pretty busy, but what got us the most was the Heat and Humidity. We wandered around had lunch about 2 at Columbia House Tavern and then off to Haunted Mansion, Small World, it is looking quite lovely all bright and cheery, they refurbished last time we where here, and then went to Mickeys philharmonic 3D show. My daughter is a musician and just loves this show me too. We are still both kids. We decided to head back and rest some as I still had some online work assignments to take care of back home. As we began to drive back to the resort, it started to rain. Well pored for a few mins. Florida typical stuff. By the time we got back to the resort it stopped, we dawned our swim suits and headed to the pool. Yes it is a bite smaller than I expected, but it is still large enough, the capacity is 180 people. I think there were maybe 20 so it was great. Pool was warm and it became cooler as the evening progressed. As we made our way back to room after getting some delicious drinks at the bar, (spendy). My daughter got a not so nice phone call from a new guy friend, not boy friend saying he got together with an old flame. She walked clear through the room and out to the balcony. So you know how those silly phone calls go, she was kind of mad, but they were not real tight and she was talking with another young man who actually works for Disney Studios in Burbank. As I walked in the room, I noticed that something seemed disturbed and I thought no one would be coming in the rooms to do any cleaning or anything, but the room smelled really good and I know we did bring any cologne, then I looked up and saw a BIG bouquet of pink flowers on the table with a card to my daughter, I thought the guy was playing a joke on her, but no. It was from the new guy in Burbank; I banged on the door and told her to look at what was on the table, the table she just stormed past. Anyway she hung up the phone and got over her anger and moved on. Well, she is just going through the teen age stuff even though she is 21. She will learn someday. Ha Ha, the growing pains.
We headed back to MK, now it has cooled way down and is very enjoyable. We went to the crystal palace for dinner, it was very good. It was 9:30 by the time we get done, stood in the circle area for the fireworks presentation of Wishes, very good, great spot lots of room around us, then headed back to the car. We didnt take the express monorail, packed with people, we took the resort rail which goes to the cars also, but stops at the Contemporary Resort for about 30 seconds and then on to the transportation center and we were on our way. Back to the room that now smells like beautiful flowers. And to bed after writing our reports. What a good trip so far, more to come.
The first day, we rested, were coming for northern CA so just adjusted to the time change of 3 hours and the HEAT and HUMIDTY ouch. Late in the evening around 9 ish we took a drive down to one of the other DVC resorts Disneys Boardwalk. It was nice and lots of outside activities. Clowns and magicians and such. We headed back to SSR to hit the beds. OK, studio is nice only has one queen bed. My daughter and I are on the trip she is 21 and will sleep in the same bed, but we decided to open up the pull out bed. It is much better than any pull out bed I have ever slept on because there are not those agonizing bars that hit you in that spot in the back. But now for the bad part that padding on the pull outs are only about 3 inches thick and kind of soft in a way, well they dont support the body you just sink down to the board underneath, so I thought lets get creative. The cushions on the sofa are very comfortable. We lined them up tightly wrapped the sheet around them. I think she is more comfortable than I am after all. Now she is only 52 so if someone tall wanted to sleep on the bed, I would be sure to bring an air bed to put on top and it would be great.
I also have seen people ask the question here if 5 people could fit in the room. I would say yes, but you would have to move the extra furniture around. I believe even 6 could fit very tightly. In fact you could put a twin air bed out on the balcony HA HA, just kidding, they would probably kick you out if you did that. There is a nice small refrig, microwave, coffee maker and toaster in small kitchen type area. The bathroom area is nice one large sink and a pretty large closet. The tub and stool have a lot of room, much more that they average price hotel rooms. We think the room is nice, the only thing we would change at all is just have two regular beds. I think OKW has two. So I might try that next time.
Anyway the 2nd day May 31, 2006, we decided to get going kind of late. 10am. We went to MK. It was pretty busy, but what got us the most was the Heat and Humidity. We wandered around had lunch about 2 at Columbia House Tavern and then off to Haunted Mansion, Small World, it is looking quite lovely all bright and cheery, they refurbished last time we where here, and then went to Mickeys philharmonic 3D show. My daughter is a musician and just loves this show me too. We are still both kids. We decided to head back and rest some as I still had some online work assignments to take care of back home. As we began to drive back to the resort, it started to rain. Well pored for a few mins. Florida typical stuff. By the time we got back to the resort it stopped, we dawned our swim suits and headed to the pool. Yes it is a bite smaller than I expected, but it is still large enough, the capacity is 180 people. I think there were maybe 20 so it was great. Pool was warm and it became cooler as the evening progressed. As we made our way back to room after getting some delicious drinks at the bar, (spendy). My daughter got a not so nice phone call from a new guy friend, not boy friend saying he got together with an old flame. She walked clear through the room and out to the balcony. So you know how those silly phone calls go, she was kind of mad, but they were not real tight and she was talking with another young man who actually works for Disney Studios in Burbank. As I walked in the room, I noticed that something seemed disturbed and I thought no one would be coming in the rooms to do any cleaning or anything, but the room smelled really good and I know we did bring any cologne, then I looked up and saw a BIG bouquet of pink flowers on the table with a card to my daughter, I thought the guy was playing a joke on her, but no. It was from the new guy in Burbank; I banged on the door and told her to look at what was on the table, the table she just stormed past. Anyway she hung up the phone and got over her anger and moved on. Well, she is just going through the teen age stuff even though she is 21. She will learn someday. Ha Ha, the growing pains.
We headed back to MK, now it has cooled way down and is very enjoyable. We went to the crystal palace for dinner, it was very good. It was 9:30 by the time we get done, stood in the circle area for the fireworks presentation of Wishes, very good, great spot lots of room around us, then headed back to the car. We didnt take the express monorail, packed with people, we took the resort rail which goes to the cars also, but stops at the Contemporary Resort for about 30 seconds and then on to the transportation center and we were on our way. Back to the room that now smells like beautiful flowers. And to bed after writing our reports. What a good trip so far, more to come.
