floridafam
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Just returned from Florida. We spent 5 days at WDW for the Florida 1/2 Ironman-DH finished! 
We then went over to VB.
Most everything was perfect, as usual. Checked in to room 2420. The people in 2421 were out on their balcony all day and most of the evening smoking so we switched after one night to room 2415-the switch couldn't have been easier. We were shown a few rooms and picked 2415. It has a closed balcony and there is not a balcony really close to it. It was perfect! This room has a king bed and a pull out sofa and seems very large.
We spent major amounts of time at the pool and the beach. I also believe they should not allow smoking on the pool deck.
Every meal we had was wonderful. We ate at Shutters, Sonya's and Bleachers. The Seafood Buffet was perfect, as usual. I arranged for a plate of strawberry pralines to be delivered upon check in. They were awesome! Chef Jamie even called to make sure we received them. My kids especially liked the strawberry tulips with chocolate stems.
We were on the boardwalk one night and there was a Dr. from the Animal Kingdom asking people if they wanted to look through night vision binoculars to try and spot turtles. We talked to her for quite a while. She said they try and discourage people from walking on the beach at night during nesting season.
The next day, we were on the beach and everyone started to stand up. There was a HUGE sea turtle in the water and it looked like it was in some distress. Luckily, the woman from Animal Kingdom was there and started making calls on her cell phone to authorities. She advised people what to do and about 20 Disney employees rushed out on the beach. We were out there for quite a while and then had to go back to the room just as they were bringing out a net. We watched from our balcony. The turtle had debris around it's neck and ended up at Living Seas in Epcot. It was really an amazing thing to see.
We saw another turtle the next day come very close to shore. Two kids didn't even notice it next to them. One of them said he thought it was a rock. I think it was bigger than my DH! It lingered for a while and swam back out to sea. The woman from AK said it was scoping out a place to lay eggs.
The next day, we saw a large pod of dolphin. They were swimming along the shore line. They were beautiful! We feel really lucky to have seen all of these amazing creatures!
The CM's were wonderful. Many of them call us by name because we are there so much. We spent some afternoons in the Green Cabin Room playing checkers (we brought our own-they said they lost their checkers about a month ago.)
Drove into town 4 times for lunch at Casey's Place-YUMMY! and Rita's Italian Ice. Had a wonderful meal on our anniversary at Capt. Hiram's.
Saw several rescues in the pool. One of the lifeguards started to get really frustrated. He rescued several small children who were struggling in the pool and their parents were nowhere to be found.
He also picked up pool towels off chairs every morning.
The gate to go to and from the beach was working.
Any questions, ask away.
We then went over to VB.
Most everything was perfect, as usual. Checked in to room 2420. The people in 2421 were out on their balcony all day and most of the evening smoking so we switched after one night to room 2415-the switch couldn't have been easier. We were shown a few rooms and picked 2415. It has a closed balcony and there is not a balcony really close to it. It was perfect! This room has a king bed and a pull out sofa and seems very large.
We spent major amounts of time at the pool and the beach. I also believe they should not allow smoking on the pool deck.
Every meal we had was wonderful. We ate at Shutters, Sonya's and Bleachers. The Seafood Buffet was perfect, as usual. I arranged for a plate of strawberry pralines to be delivered upon check in. They were awesome! Chef Jamie even called to make sure we received them. My kids especially liked the strawberry tulips with chocolate stems.
We were on the boardwalk one night and there was a Dr. from the Animal Kingdom asking people if they wanted to look through night vision binoculars to try and spot turtles. We talked to her for quite a while. She said they try and discourage people from walking on the beach at night during nesting season.
The next day, we were on the beach and everyone started to stand up. There was a HUGE sea turtle in the water and it looked like it was in some distress. Luckily, the woman from Animal Kingdom was there and started making calls on her cell phone to authorities. She advised people what to do and about 20 Disney employees rushed out on the beach. We were out there for quite a while and then had to go back to the room just as they were bringing out a net. We watched from our balcony. The turtle had debris around it's neck and ended up at Living Seas in Epcot. It was really an amazing thing to see.
We saw another turtle the next day come very close to shore. Two kids didn't even notice it next to them. One of them said he thought it was a rock. I think it was bigger than my DH! It lingered for a while and swam back out to sea. The woman from AK said it was scoping out a place to lay eggs.
The next day, we saw a large pod of dolphin. They were swimming along the shore line. They were beautiful! We feel really lucky to have seen all of these amazing creatures!
The CM's were wonderful. Many of them call us by name because we are there so much. We spent some afternoons in the Green Cabin Room playing checkers (we brought our own-they said they lost their checkers about a month ago.)
Drove into town 4 times for lunch at Casey's Place-YUMMY! and Rita's Italian Ice. Had a wonderful meal on our anniversary at Capt. Hiram's.
Saw several rescues in the pool. One of the lifeguards started to get really frustrated. He rescued several small children who were struggling in the pool and their parents were nowhere to be found.
He also picked up pool towels off chairs every morning. The gate to go to and from the beach was working.
Any questions, ask away.
