Nikisha421
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that candy apple makes me wish I was @ the parks right now...
BCV trip report with photos!! Final thoughts and photos added!
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I never knew they had a GM employee lounge. My husband works at a GMC dealership, I wonder if we'll be able to use it?
supersuperwendy
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haha I love the plaid on plaid! 
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Ah... home sweet home. Thanks for sharing such gorgeous pictures. Looking forward to more! 
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Great phots & your trip looks like a lot of fun!
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Day 3 Thursday, June 2.
I haven't really discussed crowds much so far so let me start. On arrival day being at BCV we decided the most logical thing to do since we arrived mid-afternoon was to go to Epcot. It was fairly busy. We went to MK on Wednesday and the crowds were really very light. Fastpass times were not far from the time you got them at MK that day. Now we come to Day3, at DHS.
I am a big believer in arriving right at opening if at all possible. We ran a little late getting to DHS. We arrived around 9:25 or so with opening being at 9:00. It was very busy and crowded already. ToT was already a 70 minute wait. I went and got Fastpasses for RNR with the return time of 11:30-12:30. We headed towards the other side of the park and went to do Muppetvision which has a great deal of sentimental value for us. Our first stay at WDW in 1997 it was our first attraction we did and was our first stop next few trips to come.
After Muppets we took DD for her to audition for American Idol. DD is an accomplished singer with classical training who starts college in August on a music scholarship. She didn't get chosen, they were very complimentary and encouraging to her about continuing to pursue singing but were looking for people who sing pop songs. While DD and DDF were at American Idol, DW and I went to Voyage of Little Mermaid. I can't remember the last time that we did Mermaid but it had been a while. I sat behind one of the few tall Japanese men I have ever seen and had to kind of look around his head!
We left Mermaid around a few minutes after DD finished her audition. We met up and headed for our fastpass time at RNR and arrived just as our time opened up. When we got in the car I had my shoulder bag under my feet and my hat in my hand. When we made the first inversion the bag slid from under my feet so I was reaching trying find it. Fortunately it had just slid under DW feet, but i felt a little panicked as my bag holding my camera was no longer within my reach! My mind so focused on that bag that I didn't realize until we had walked out of the building that I no longer had my hat in my hand. I assume I left it in the car or I let go of it during the ride and it was somewhere inside the ride!
We left RNR hatless and headed to Mama Melrose for lunch. This place doesn't get the best of reviews but we have enjoyed many excellent meals here and this was no different. We arrived at 12:00 for our ADR as had many others as that is their opening time. We were seated with in 5 minutes and had an excellent waiter who currently lived in NC but was originally from Alabama. He went over the menu pretty thoroughly and was very informative.
I had:
Chicken Pipette Wood-grilled Chicken - over Pipette Pasta tossed with Artichokes, Peas, Roasted Peppers, and Sweet Onions in a Basil Four-Cheese Cream Sauce $17.99 Substitute Shrimp $19.99
I had it with the shrimp and let me say it was delicious! The shrimp were large plump and plentiful and the cream sauce was just wonderful.
DW had:
Oak-grilled Pork Chop - with Roasted Garlic Bread Pudding, Onion Broth, and Tomato Jam $21.99
The menu has changed it came with mac and cheese which DW said was delicious as was the pork chop.
Both girls had flatbreads and I believe they are larger than they once were. they took go boxes.
We had had enough of the DHS crowds and decided to he back to BCV for an afternoon nap.
When we got up from our nap we headed to Epcot. My DW has an knows a lady whose son works for Siemans at Spaceship Earth. I believe he helped in the redesign of the corporate offices when they took over from AT&T. He emailed us a password to gain access to their VIP lounge Base 21. After touring the facility the receptionist took us in the VIP entrance to Spaceship Earth and gave us a VIP card to go to the GM VIP lounge at Test Track. We rode SE and then headed to Test Track and went to their VIP lounge which had some very cool vantage points for Epcot views and seeing a view from above of Test Track. Once we had hung around there long enough we went down an elevator and got access to the first Test Track car that arrived. We were big shots for a short time.
With our VIP status now over Dw and I headed to the margarita stand. She had the Fiesta and I had the lime. We found a bench in the shade and drank and people watched, a theme that would reoccur a few times during the trip.
Particularly the shaded bench and people watching.
We slowly strolled our way back towards BCV stopping here and there while the girls did some exploring of their own including splitting a meal at the Morocco cs. Once back to the resort, I went to the quiet pool and basically had it to myself so I swam laps, probably a half mile or so. We wathced Illuminations, at least the high fireworks from our balcony.
A few photos from the day:
Coming up next: Animal Kingdom
I haven't really discussed crowds much so far so let me start. On arrival day being at BCV we decided the most logical thing to do since we arrived mid-afternoon was to go to Epcot. It was fairly busy. We went to MK on Wednesday and the crowds were really very light. Fastpass times were not far from the time you got them at MK that day. Now we come to Day3, at DHS.
I am a big believer in arriving right at opening if at all possible. We ran a little late getting to DHS. We arrived around 9:25 or so with opening being at 9:00. It was very busy and crowded already. ToT was already a 70 minute wait. I went and got Fastpasses for RNR with the return time of 11:30-12:30. We headed towards the other side of the park and went to do Muppetvision which has a great deal of sentimental value for us. Our first stay at WDW in 1997 it was our first attraction we did and was our first stop next few trips to come.
After Muppets we took DD for her to audition for American Idol. DD is an accomplished singer with classical training who starts college in August on a music scholarship. She didn't get chosen, they were very complimentary and encouraging to her about continuing to pursue singing but were looking for people who sing pop songs. While DD and DDF were at American Idol, DW and I went to Voyage of Little Mermaid. I can't remember the last time that we did Mermaid but it had been a while. I sat behind one of the few tall Japanese men I have ever seen and had to kind of look around his head!
We left Mermaid around a few minutes after DD finished her audition. We met up and headed for our fastpass time at RNR and arrived just as our time opened up. When we got in the car I had my shoulder bag under my feet and my hat in my hand. When we made the first inversion the bag slid from under my feet so I was reaching trying find it. Fortunately it had just slid under DW feet, but i felt a little panicked as my bag holding my camera was no longer within my reach! My mind so focused on that bag that I didn't realize until we had walked out of the building that I no longer had my hat in my hand. I assume I left it in the car or I let go of it during the ride and it was somewhere inside the ride!
We left RNR hatless and headed to Mama Melrose for lunch. This place doesn't get the best of reviews but we have enjoyed many excellent meals here and this was no different. We arrived at 12:00 for our ADR as had many others as that is their opening time. We were seated with in 5 minutes and had an excellent waiter who currently lived in NC but was originally from Alabama. He went over the menu pretty thoroughly and was very informative.
I had:
Chicken Pipette Wood-grilled Chicken - over Pipette Pasta tossed with Artichokes, Peas, Roasted Peppers, and Sweet Onions in a Basil Four-Cheese Cream Sauce $17.99 Substitute Shrimp $19.99
I had it with the shrimp and let me say it was delicious! The shrimp were large plump and plentiful and the cream sauce was just wonderful.
DW had:
Oak-grilled Pork Chop - with Roasted Garlic Bread Pudding, Onion Broth, and Tomato Jam $21.99
The menu has changed it came with mac and cheese which DW said was delicious as was the pork chop.
Both girls had flatbreads and I believe they are larger than they once were. they took go boxes.
We had had enough of the DHS crowds and decided to he back to BCV for an afternoon nap.
When we got up from our nap we headed to Epcot. My DW has an knows a lady whose son works for Siemans at Spaceship Earth. I believe he helped in the redesign of the corporate offices when they took over from AT&T. He emailed us a password to gain access to their VIP lounge Base 21. After touring the facility the receptionist took us in the VIP entrance to Spaceship Earth and gave us a VIP card to go to the GM VIP lounge at Test Track. We rode SE and then headed to Test Track and went to their VIP lounge which had some very cool vantage points for Epcot views and seeing a view from above of Test Track. Once we had hung around there long enough we went down an elevator and got access to the first Test Track car that arrived. We were big shots for a short time.
With our VIP status now over Dw and I headed to the margarita stand. She had the Fiesta and I had the lime. We found a bench in the shade and drank and people watched, a theme that would reoccur a few times during the trip.
Particularly the shaded bench and people watching.
We slowly strolled our way back towards BCV stopping here and there while the girls did some exploring of their own including splitting a meal at the Morocco cs. Once back to the resort, I went to the quiet pool and basically had it to myself so I swam laps, probably a half mile or so. We wathced Illuminations, at least the high fireworks from our balcony.
A few photos from the day:
Coming up next: Animal Kingdom
Ha ha I was at MK the same day as you and HS as well. We started ourweek out at Saratoga Springs and then on Friday, June 3 moved over to the Beach Club.
We planed our moving day as a relax day, as in we made breakfast reservations at Boma and then had a bag packed with stuff to spend the rest of the afternoon at Stormalong Bay, as DD has been begging to go to the "Beach hotel" since last year's stay.
We booked using our annual pass discount, however we had a surprise upon check in. About a week before our stay, I turned our room only booking for a studio into a package to include dining. When I changed things, the employee at CRO did some on and off holding with me, so I could keep the existing studio that I had booked ( no more available at the time of my change). Well we go to check in and get our new cards so we can dine at Boma, and the CM is having problems pulling up our reservation. After a few calls to a call center, he finds out that we were upgraded to a 2 bedroom, as our promised studio wasn't held. We were fine with the upgrade, but for the three of us, it was sooo much space. We were in room 471 a dedicated 2 bedroom at the end of the hall canal side/ near the parking lot. Ugh, such a long walk. We kept the studio part closed off to save Mousekeeping from doing a lot of work. However, even though it was a long walk when coming back from Stormalong Bay/arcade/epcot getting to the bus stops to travel to MK or AK was easy.
We planed our moving day as a relax day, as in we made breakfast reservations at Boma and then had a bag packed with stuff to spend the rest of the afternoon at Stormalong Bay, as DD has been begging to go to the "Beach hotel" since last year's stay.
We booked using our annual pass discount, however we had a surprise upon check in. About a week before our stay, I turned our room only booking for a studio into a package to include dining. When I changed things, the employee at CRO did some on and off holding with me, so I could keep the existing studio that I had booked ( no more available at the time of my change). Well we go to check in and get our new cards so we can dine at Boma, and the CM is having problems pulling up our reservation. After a few calls to a call center, he finds out that we were upgraded to a 2 bedroom, as our promised studio wasn't held. We were fine with the upgrade, but for the three of us, it was sooo much space. We were in room 471 a dedicated 2 bedroom at the end of the hall canal side/ near the parking lot. Ugh, such a long walk. We kept the studio part closed off to save Mousekeeping from doing a lot of work. However, even though it was a long walk when coming back from Stormalong Bay/arcade/epcot getting to the bus stops to travel to MK or AK was easy.
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Another great installment! 
We were there at the same time too. Our last day was Sat. 6/4. We typically go in mid to late August. I think I was expecting the crowds to die down more than they actually did after Memorial Day. For the most part it wasn't too bad though.
We were there at the same time too. Our last day was Sat. 6/4. We typically go in mid to late August. I think I was expecting the crowds to die down more than they actually did after Memorial Day. For the most part it wasn't too bad though.
photobob
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Another great installment!
We were there at the same time too. Our last day was Sat. 6/4. We typically go in mid to late August. I think I was expecting the crowds to die down more than they actually did after Memorial Day. For the most part it wasn't too bad though.
Most trips at this time we have found low crowds. This time we found low crowds one day and busy another, it was difficult to figure out! My next installment will be a visit to AK which was very light.
disneydreamingdebby
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Thank you for the VIP pics! Very cool--it must have been neat for DDF too for her first visit!
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WAIT!!! This was 'Wednesday' June 1st correct? I thought the Boardwalk Buskers only performed on Thursday, Friday & Saturday.
Did anyone else think this? Has this changed recently? We are planning a BWV trip around seeing the Boardwalk Buskers. One idea was to hit Vero Beach for Thu, Fri, Sat night and head to BWV for Sun-Thu but I didn't like that plan because we would only be able to see the Boardwalk Buskers on the last night!
Our favorite is the Magician Antoine!
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