tomandrobin
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We just got back last night from another terrific trip to WDW!
We arrived Tuesday around 6PM at SSR. There were no lines at check-in. We were assigned a dedicated two bedroom in the Paddock section. We wanted to be in the Grandstand section and asked to see if a dedicated two bedroom was available. Sure enough we got unit 9121 in the Grandstand. It was a great start to a great vacation.
The room was great and appeared in pretty good shape. We had two complaints about the room. First, the floor in the master bath was poorly cleaned. Second, the perimeter of the master shower was not properly cleaned also. Everything else was cleaned and stocked as it was supposed to be upon check-in.
Bus service was fantastic! We most be some of the luckiest people with the buses. We had less then a 5 minute wait for every bus, most of the time the bus we wanted pulled up as we got to the stop. We only had one bad bus incident and that was returning from EPCOT on Wednesday. We had to wait for three buses before we were able to board.
On a side note about the SSR buses. I did see that in the morning, the Congress Park bus stop was full of DTD hotel guests. Twice I saw this lead to the bus filling up and unable to pick up the guest at the Springs bus stop.
We went to our first MNSSHP. We loved every bit of it. We had planned not to trick or treat, but ended up hitting all of the candy stations anyway. We went to almost all of the character meet and greets. Did the villian mix and mingle, saw the fireworks and the second parade. Anyone who has never been to the MNSSHP before, should add that to the "must do" catagory.
We planned in some down time on this trip. The girls had set up a reservation for afternoon tea at the Grand Floridian. The guys went to the Contemporary and rented sea racers. Both the guys and the girls had a blast. Both were alot of fun and as a bonus, they are reasonably priced.
We went to Party For The Senses Saturday night. Was on the look out for some fellow disboard members, but met none. This is one of our favorite events and once again we were not disappointed. The girls got to meet Joey Fatone from N-Sync and Cat Cora from Iron Chef. Both of them were very cordial and took the time for pictures. We were disappointed with the lack of chairs at the event, again. Some of the guests were very rude, but that did not take away from our good time at the PFTS.
Cast members were extremely friendly, helpful and did everything you would expect when visiting WDW. Our will call tickets for the MNSSHP lost, but guest service took care of it in under 10 minutes and for of incovience, threw in fast passes for everyone in our group (9 of us). We had reservations at Cinderellas Royal Table for 5. Some friends of ours wanted to join us, so I went to the check-in and inquired with the cast member behind the podium if we could add 4 to our reservation. I did not know it, but the manager was behind me and overheard my request. He interjected himself into the conversation and told the cast member to go ahead and change the reservation. Just this one act was enough to make the trip for our friends! They had been calling the dining reservation number for months trying to get in to CRT.
I can go on and on about the trip. Everyone was so sad to see the dreaded envelope hanging on the door Sunday morning, and today we are all back in the real world. Work, school, bills, chores, blah, blah, blah.....
On a bright note, we only have 52 days before our next trip!!!
We arrived Tuesday around 6PM at SSR. There were no lines at check-in. We were assigned a dedicated two bedroom in the Paddock section. We wanted to be in the Grandstand section and asked to see if a dedicated two bedroom was available. Sure enough we got unit 9121 in the Grandstand. It was a great start to a great vacation.
The room was great and appeared in pretty good shape. We had two complaints about the room. First, the floor in the master bath was poorly cleaned. Second, the perimeter of the master shower was not properly cleaned also. Everything else was cleaned and stocked as it was supposed to be upon check-in.
Bus service was fantastic! We most be some of the luckiest people with the buses. We had less then a 5 minute wait for every bus, most of the time the bus we wanted pulled up as we got to the stop. We only had one bad bus incident and that was returning from EPCOT on Wednesday. We had to wait for three buses before we were able to board.
On a side note about the SSR buses. I did see that in the morning, the Congress Park bus stop was full of DTD hotel guests. Twice I saw this lead to the bus filling up and unable to pick up the guest at the Springs bus stop.
We went to our first MNSSHP. We loved every bit of it. We had planned not to trick or treat, but ended up hitting all of the candy stations anyway. We went to almost all of the character meet and greets. Did the villian mix and mingle, saw the fireworks and the second parade. Anyone who has never been to the MNSSHP before, should add that to the "must do" catagory.
We planned in some down time on this trip. The girls had set up a reservation for afternoon tea at the Grand Floridian. The guys went to the Contemporary and rented sea racers. Both the guys and the girls had a blast. Both were alot of fun and as a bonus, they are reasonably priced.
We went to Party For The Senses Saturday night. Was on the look out for some fellow disboard members, but met none. This is one of our favorite events and once again we were not disappointed. The girls got to meet Joey Fatone from N-Sync and Cat Cora from Iron Chef. Both of them were very cordial and took the time for pictures. We were disappointed with the lack of chairs at the event, again. Some of the guests were very rude, but that did not take away from our good time at the PFTS.
Cast members were extremely friendly, helpful and did everything you would expect when visiting WDW. Our will call tickets for the MNSSHP lost, but guest service took care of it in under 10 minutes and for of incovience, threw in fast passes for everyone in our group (9 of us). We had reservations at Cinderellas Royal Table for 5. Some friends of ours wanted to join us, so I went to the check-in and inquired with the cast member behind the podium if we could add 4 to our reservation. I did not know it, but the manager was behind me and overheard my request. He interjected himself into the conversation and told the cast member to go ahead and change the reservation. Just this one act was enough to make the trip for our friends! They had been calling the dining reservation number for months trying to get in to CRT.
I can go on and on about the trip. Everyone was so sad to see the dreaded envelope hanging on the door Sunday morning, and today we are all back in the real world. Work, school, bills, chores, blah, blah, blah.....
On a bright note, we only have 52 days before our next trip!!!
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We call that envelope "the sadness". Sort of treat it like a disease. We walk by a room with the envelope on the door and say "Oh look - they got the sadness..."
