Anyone Game? 2 Castles and a Road Trip TR! Last Day and TR Wrap Up! #2796; 10/01

[WanderlustNZ]

We have both front loading and top loading machines in Australia. I have a front-loader machine myself; and most of my friends like front-loaders. But I would say that 2 or 3 out of 10 would have a top loader.

Interesting. For some reason I thought Australia was like NZ.
We're probably the opposite with maybe 2 out of 10 with front loaders.

Still really enjoying the updates. I'm impressed by how quickly you get them up.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Interesting. For some reason I thought Australia was like NZ.
We're probably the opposite with maybe 2 out of 10 with front loaders.

Still really enjoying the updates. I'm impressed by how quickly you get them up.

It might be that top-loaders are outselling front loaders in Australia. I really don't know. I was actually referring to the preference of my family and friends. We mostly have front loaders. I suspect its because most of us have laundry spaces that suits front loaders.

Interesting to see how the preferences all differ by country.

 

[zanzibar138]

Ok just got caught up on 4 pages worth.

I've always wondered what the point of Enchanted Tales is. Unless you have a kid in the show, it doesn't seem like much of an attraction to me

Very jealous that you don't get motion sickness on rides. I get motion sickness on everything. Just looking at your photos gave me motion sickness Having said that, I can generally handle rollercoasters quite well, it's more rides that go round and round that bother me.

Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to go on Splash yet (holding out for September!). But I do know the soundtrack off by heart

I'm very bad at computer games and never manage to get a decent score on Buzz or TSM. It's usually so pitiful I'm too ashamed to share it.

 

[ACDSNY]

We all seem to have different favourite rides at Disney.

Okay. We'll have to do other rides when we hit DL together.

BTMRR, Space Mt., RSR will be at the top of my list. DH will do the wash, but not the spin cycle.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Ok just got caught up on 4 pages worth.

I've always wondered what the point of Enchanted Tales is. Unless you have a kid in the show, it doesn't seem like much of an attraction to me

Very jealous that you don't get motion sickness on rides. I get motion sickness on everything. Just looking at your photos gave me motion sickness Having said that, I can generally handle rollercoasters quite well, it's more rides that go round and round that bother me.

Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to go on Splash yet (holding out for September!). But I do know the soundtrack off by heart

I'm very bad at computer games and never manage to get a decent score on Buzz or TSM. It's usually so pitiful I'm too ashamed to share it.

Hope you're having a great time and are looking forward to coming back home.

It you're into Belle, then ETwB is worth doing. Make sure you volunteer. I think you get to Meet and Greet and have your picture taken at the end with Belle.

BTMRR, Space Mt., RSR will be at the top of my list. DH will do the wash, but not the spin cycle.

We'll have to remember this list. Love it.

 

[mvf-m11c]

I'm guessing that BTMRR will be up again by May.

That water protection sleeve package was packed at the bottom of the wrong bag. I thought I'd put it in the bag that we unpacked for the first 3 days we were at WDW but it turns out it was at the bottom of the second bag, with the clothes for the last 4 days. I didn't want to upend that bag and besides....I figured I would have time to use it; but it didn't work out that way.

Next time.

Hopefully BTMRR will be up for the April trip as you already know that I moved my trip date from May to April.

Next time would be good.

 

[mickeymouse108]

looks like a fun trip.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Hopefully BTMRR will be up for the April trip as you already know that I moved my trip date from May to April.

Next time would be good.

Still no date for re-opening? WOW.
It should be up for April, right? That's peak season.

looks like a fun trip.

Thanks for taking the time to post! Welcome to the TR and I hope you have fun reading it.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Heading Out At the Front of the Park



For the record. I really do know the way out of this park.






I think franandaj called me around this time to see where we were. They were heading towards the park and we were heading in the opposite direction. Much as I would have liked to have caught up with them, our timing had just been a little off today. So I had to pass up on the opportunity; but I knew we would have more time together to meet up later in the week.



Some of you might have noticed the distinct lack of Magic Kingdom entry pictures when we started out this morning. There was a smallish queue behind the photopass photographer when we came in early and I figured we would catch up with this picture at some stage. At 1.30 pm, there was hardly anyone in front of Main Street Station. They were all inside the parks in a queue somewhere. Hardly surprising - there were no photopass photogs around either. But one of the CM manning the turnstiles was more than happy to help us out.







And I grabbed this from DH's set to share.








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[PrincessInOz]

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Heading Home to the Marketplace




We headed towards the bus stop to grab Disney Transport back to the resort.






You would think that at this hour of the day, the buses wouldn't be running to peak hour schedule. So I was expecting to have a possible 30 minute wait here.







We found the appropriate spot to get in line and wait. I don't remember how long we waited for the bus to come, which probably means that I wasn't unduly annoyed with how long it did or didn't take.






I do know from my pictures that the wait was 2 monorails long. Isn't it just sad when I measure the passing of time from these kind of elements?







As an aside, I think I mentioned that I bought a Mitch Albom to read on the plane. At the time that I wrote that, I hadn't yet broken the spine and it had come home unread. But I have read it now. The book that I bought was the Time Keeper. It's a typical Mitch book; comparatively light reading and some elements for you to introsepctively think about your own life. The one thing that got me thinking from this book was he made the comment that time is a something that man keeps or words to that effect. So I've been doing a bit of introspection this year around time. The segmentation into seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years etc......who made that up? And we do run our lives according to a schedule and according to the clock. I think I completely orbited around my work calendar last year and everything was always delivered to the minute.

What if time and the clock didn't exist? Would we have filled it with some other way of measurement? Would we have this concept of time passing in a linear way? I'm trying to make sure my life isn't quite so scheduled this year. I'd like to make space for randomness to happen.



Okay; diversion done. Back to the past and this TR.

Our trip back on the bus was uneventful and aside from a little detour in the lobby, the boys made for the pool immediately. I took a little more time to get there. A little window shopping was in order.






I also wanted to check out the bakery options at the Marketplace.






Someone has to think about the practicalities of breakfast food and snacks.






I loved walking around the Marketplace and looking at things. I realised that everything looks better and tastier the minute you slap Mickey on the merchandise.






I did also take some time to admire the architecture of the Beach Club Villa.







And to capture that iconic picture of Ariel. Who knew if I would have the opportunity to do so again on this trip?







Which is why I also stepped into the BreezeWay to take a few pictures.







Such an inviting nook.







Just like the rest of this room.







I didn't stay long there. I made my way down long corridors to the room.







And got changed to join the boys for a nice afternoon at StormAlong Bay. I didn't take my camera so there are no pictures of the afternoon lazing here. SAB is just such a wonderful resort pool to come home to.


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[PrincessInOz]

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DisMeet #6: TeenaS



It's been a while since I had a DisMeet on this trip. The last one was with Meriweather way back in Arizona. Time to document some more DisMeets!

Some of you may be aware that Natebenma runs an excellent and friendly thread on the Resorts section of the Dis. The thread is dedicated to all things Beach Club. I did lurk on that thread in 2010 and found that there was one particular Disser that is practically an institution; not just on that thread but also at the Beach Club.

TeenaS is one of those Dis-sers that actually works at Walt Disney World; so her information on that thread is absolutely invaluable! You'll find TeenaS in the foyer of the Beach Club welcoming guests in and providing help. I missed meeting TeenaS in 2010; her work days didn't overlap with my stay. So, I was keen to see if I could find her on this trip. In the lead-up to this trip, I had a brief one-post chat on that thread about potentially catching her on this trip.


So our little detour in the lobby was my opportunity to catch TeenaS. I had worked out that today was the only day that my vacay would coincide with her working schedule.


Over the years, I've seen quite a few pictures of different Dis-sers meeting up with TeenaS. She must meet hundreds and thousands of Dis-sers. People like me that just walk up to say hello to a very helpful and friendly Dis Member! In any event, I finally have a picture of my own to share.







And she was gracious enough to pose for another with my family.






TeenaS - Even though it wasn't for a long period of time, it was lovely meeting you in 3D. Thanks for being so helpful and gracious with information on the Beach Club Resort thread.




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[PrincessInOz]

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Our Refillable Pixie Dust Karma




I'm a firm believer in Karma (The action, thoughts and deeds that you do today will influence the actions, thoughts and deeds of the future). I think you might have realised that I hadn't exactly wanted to leave the park as early as we did today; but given how DS and DH were feeling, I understood immediately that it was best for all of us if we did leave. And shall we say that I was probably more gracious about accepting the situation than I would normally have been? Yeah. That's a nice way to frame it.



Leaving the park early meant that I would have the opportunity to go-see TeenaS. And the timing had worked out rather perfectly!


Whilst I was chatting with TeenaS, DH and DS waited for me in the lobby. It was during this time that they were approached by another guest. We were about to be bestowed with pixie dust! Karma was about to graciously hit me back in return.



I never worked out how the guest ended up with two refillable mugs for their child for the duration of their stay but they did. She had been looking in the foyer for a son about the same age as hers and spotted DS. She offered DS and DH the extra mug and explained that it was a spare. The mug was valid for a 10 day stay. I was a little dubious about accepting a mug that might have been used beforehand; but by this stage, DH had already accepted the mug. DH told me that the lady said that they had used it once; with a straw. He figured it would be okay if we washed it out in the room.






So I gave that mug a good scrub out back in our room. Whoever that guest was, I thank you for your good deed. I'm just going to accept it as one of those karmic hits that I receive from time to time.


DS sure enjoyed heading to the soda fountain to get his drinks!
And DH and I were grateful for the gift. We had talked about purchasing a refillable mug for DS whilst we were here but weren't sure about whether we would get the value out of it or not.

This worked out perfectly for us.

 

[ejud]

Heading Out At the Front of the Park...At 1.30 pm, there was hardly anyone in front of Main Street Station. They were all inside the parks in a queue somewhere.

Ahhhh! Clever!



Jud

 

[ejud]

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Heading Home to the Marketplace
The segmentation into seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years etc......who made that up?

The Ancient Mariner.

Precise time was vital to navigation by the stars and shipping was the lifeblood of commerce at the time. In fact, King's offered substantial rewards for the invention of an accurate time piece that could operate aboard a tossing ship at sea!



Jud

 

[dhorner233]

Wow! Kudos to you Princess! You have done such a fantastic job of staying on top of this thread! I just caught up again. Your photos are always an inspiration! I want to go back to the Buzz Lightyear ride and take MORE pictures!

 

[LegoMom3]

Taking time out of my busy Florida-vacation schedule to catch up on your TR! (actually there's nothing busy about it, my dad and I are doing plenty of relaxing!!).

In your bus stop sign photo, I noticed that #1 and #4 (I think) are left blank..... do you know the reason for this? Just wondering if they will add something later, or if they switch up the bus stops (although that doesn't make sense because then they'd also have to switch the hanging signs at the actual stop).

How nice about the mug!!

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[Pinkocto]

I got 42. The answer to life, the universe and everything!

2+9+3+2+3+1+3+2+1+1+5+0+10 = 42.

It has been years since I read that book, and this is the second reference to it within a month.

 

[Pinkocto]

Beautiful BCV pictures, I can't wait to stay there.

Very cool about the mug.

Nice that you were able to enjoy SAB

 

[zanzibar138]

Sounds like a nice relaxed afternoon after a busy morning. Nice that you were able to fit in another DisMeet, and especially nice that DS got some refillable mug pixie dust I'm disappointed you didn't take your camera to SAB, your photos of the rest of the resort are so great, I'd love to see your take on SAB too

 

[natebenma]

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DisMeet #6: TeenaS

Some of you may be aware that Natebenma runs an excellent and friendly thread on the Resorts section of the Dis. The thread is dedicated to all things Beach Club. I did lurk on that thread in 2010 and found that there was one particular Disser that is practically an institution; not just on that thread but also at the Beach Club.

TeenaS is one of those Dis-sers that actually works at Walt Disney World; so her information on that thread is absolutely invaluable! You'll find TeenaS in the foyer of the Beach Club welcoming guests in and providing help. I missed meeting TeenaS in 2010; her work days didn't overlap with my stay. So, I was keen to see if I could find her on this trip. In the lead-up to this trip, I had a brief one-post chat on that thread about potentially catching her on this trip.


So our little detour in the lobby was my opportunity to catch TeenaS. I had worked out that today was the only day that my vacay would coincide with her working schedule.


Over the years, I've seen quite a few pictures of different Dis-sers meeting up with TeenaS. She must meet hundreds and thousands of Dis-sers. People like me that just walk up to say hello to a very helpful and friendly Dis Member! In any event, I finally have a picture of my own to share.







And she was gracious enough to pose for another with my family.






TeenaS - Even though it wasn't for a long period of time, it was lovely meeting you in 3D. Thanks for being so helpful and gracious with information on the Beach Club Resort thread.

I have been lurking on your wonderful report off and on when I have the chance and I intend to sit down an binge-read when I find a big block of time, but I had to comment and thank you for the nice shout out about the FAQ thread and to let you know that I loved reading about your meeting with Teena!



I also really appreciated the great photos and info you posted on the FAQ thread, and the great way they were organized! Did I PM you to ask for permission to add links to your posts to the appropriate posts on the front page of the FAQ thread? I don't think I did, but I would love to add your fantastic and helpful pictures there if you don't mind!

Thanks!

Dee