We were just leaving our day at AK. After the Safari, it was time to go even though we missed Kali RR, the parade, Pocahontas, and a few others. We did get AK mostly done though and this was great considering we were there from only 11am to 5pm! The Lion King was a great show. I will not miss Flame Tree BBQ next trip, even though I have debated doing Tusker House instead. I think my family would be happier. Now that the free dining deal is available again for my dates (there is something to be said about going in the miserable heat, torrential rain, and hurricane season) we can do all of our ADRs without worrying about splitting meals or reducing snacks or drinks or having to cut corners on food
oh yeah
we are saving 1,000 over the SOG stay now thanks to the free dining! Sure pays for a family of 5 with my oldest being 10 in June it now makes even more sense to get free dining! Can you imagine paying 40 bucks for a 10 yr old to eat some pizza off a buffet?? Yikes!
Oh yeah
we were on our way outta the AK. Can I say how wonderful it was not to have to return a stroller today? It was great! We made a clean break for the bus stop to the Poly while everyone else was fiddling with their strollers, including a grandmother who was trying to get on our Poly bus with two infants, a toddler and an older child. These poor babies were spent and poor granny could not get the stroller to collapse. The people sat on the bus and were getting pretty irked. This had me questioning society. Only one man, my dh, and the female bus driver decided to help granny out with her stroller. I had a lot of sympathy for granny. I also questioned what the heck she and mama over there were thinking when they brought 4 kids under 6 to the AK in 100 degree weather, but thats neither here nor there. I give them props for attempting it!
My dh was once again, hero of the day! He helped granny get the stroller collapsed AND carried it on the bus for her! Aint he sweet? Hes my McDreamy
or maybe I should say McHottie, the new Vet??? (I was going to enter something naughty about he can play with my CAT
insert other word for cat
anytime but I KNOW Id be EDITED big time
So Ill just be nice.)
Clearly I can see gran over there is smitten with my hunk-o-hubby
I have to go over there and tell her to STEP OFF sista
I can throw it down if need be, right in front of all these people
I aint no Anniston and I will fight for my man (because mine, unlike hers, is worth it!) Gran gives me the look of death
you know that look
she is saying with her eyes your man needs a REAL (old) woman
as if to say, Experienced women are better. Well, gran may have melons but mine are bigger, higher, and are shaped more like melons than daggers... I also win because, for now, they are above my waist. With underwire.
So dh ends his love affair with Grannys fanny.
Did I tell ya this baby had back
and I sadly do not
ok ok ok ok
now you all know my downfall. It is my lack of deriere
backside
humps if you will. For a moment I think dh was considering
.
Oh never mind
.I doubt it.
No people, lay off
I did not get into an altercation with a senior citizen, I wrote this for dramatic effect and comic relief
Or did I????
Either way he decides not to abandon his family for little miss sexpot and we hop off the bus at the Poly. We have just enough time to go get dressed for OHANA tonight!
REASON #1 I am going to miss the Poly in August
DINING CHOICES, lots of them, within 15 mins
because we do not rent cars
we are too cheap
and dh doesnt drive well at night... ok ok ok
kidding honey..LYMI!!
Urrrghhhh
..being financially responsible sucks
.like whoever heard of paying CASH for a WDW vacation?? Apparently dh.
Gross.
He insists the only way we get to WDW this year is debt free
Yeah
Whatever
It still sucks.
I still do not see the problem in paying for a Poly vacation til 2042. Its like a DVC membership
only you do not own anything
you just pay off a balance. Forever. Lay off people
I got a free lei from the deal
and newspapers
Orlando Newspapers
and free coffee
AND a gorgeous, balcony-less room
I TOLD HIM TO GET THE DISNEY VISA
.but NOOOO
Polymelonmama like credit
lots of credit
Polydaddy dont
Polydaddy pays bills
look at the view DADDY....
still he says NO...he likes the VALUE of POR...
I think maybe he is reading ZZUB's reports...and apparently my dh is taking it a step further...he believes he can refill the poly mug at POR this year to save even more $$$ as if free dining wasn't enough....instead of saving 1,000 dollars we can up that to 1011.99!!! AS IS OUR RIGHT!
I promise soon I will quit whining about my August trip
.I just hate change and the unknown. I have to be in control at all times. The thought of a 45 min bus trip to MGM freaks me out
.that leaves Polymelonmoms family only about 7 hours of touring time because yall know our schedule
and I doubt it will ever include a park opening
or lunch for that matter.
We take a VERY short walk from Fiji 2307 to Ohana
its right across the pretty little bridge
aloha my girls say for the 100th time, times three so basically 300th time
to the same POOR CM
I think it is cute
he doesnt.
He finally tells them to shut up or he is going to have to tie their legs together and float them in the lagoon
You know there ARE gators in that water
No Im kidding
he did not say that. He just flicked them the bird.
That CM is SOOOO ready for 2307 to be lived in by another family. The quiet kind
The socially inept kind
The CMs were awesome at the Poly
even the older guy, lets call him your pants are waaay to low and you are exposing your butt crack to my young daughters guy
who had to climb the ladder 4 times during our stay. He had to climb into the ceiling because apparently, when they remodeled the new rooms at the Poly they forgot to wire it for ELECTRICITY
in March I dont think it would be much of a problem. In September, if you come back to your 320-dollar a night room and it is colder outside
you got problems
big ones. Anyway he had to work on it several times during our stay but he was nice
and had a hairy butt
but nice nonetheless.
Here are some (apparently NEVER to be seen again...photos of our princesses enjoying the Poly Lobby
Ahh yes
our lovely stroll to our, meaning MY, favorite meal of the trip
OHANA. We get to the podium and I check in. Yes, I have an ADR and so does about 200 people here tonight. It was crowded. I think I even saw Heather Locklear get rejected because she did not have an ADR
actually what I did see was SEVERAL people FREAK out at the CMs because they were unaware that you needed to actually CALL to get a table. I even heard one lady say,
Well we are guests of this hotel
hmmmm
someone did not do their homework.
Can I also say that if you did not have ADRs for this week during free dining, I feel really bad for you? I do not feel bad enough to give you my PREMIUM (about that later) table at Ohana. The wait is long. Very long. I insist that we need a table in the back near the fire pit and we will wait for one. The kids are not all that hungry right now
we eat lunch at 2:00 anyway
so dh and I go to the bar. I get some crazy fruity drink. DH orders, get this, a mandarin and seven!!!
OMG the guy gets the most boring drink ever
why not just order a Tom Collins and call yourself Gramps for gosh sakes
better yet, why not go find granny and swap spit and dentures. GEESH
The girls decide they want to get the party started and they start table dancing in the bar area. Those little cocktail tables next to the seats there? Yeah those. Apparently they double as stages for those who like to entertain. They arent just up there acting like kids either, no sir not my daughters. They are up there giving full renditions of anything from Baby Got Back to Its A Small World. Complete with splits, hair flipping, boody shaking and feet stompin.
Why did I not stop them you are asking? How can a mother let her children behave in such a manner you might wonder??
Ask the bartender. Maybe he knows.
I was about ready to join them
.
But they called our names.
A very nice hostess seated us. We walked by the wonderful area where the kids hula hoop and dance and of course, we loose our kids. They are not worried about eating, they want to party...
we get close to the fire pit...it looks and smells wonderful!!
We walk around and I have to wonder where she is seating us
and then we get there.
The granddaddy of all tables at Ohana
the big one. A gorgeous castle view right from our table. You can see it in the pics!
WOW
I knew we had some pixie dust tonight
and it just got better and better
to be continued: please join me while I teach my girls how to handle some nuts... BATTER UP!!!! (with brooms)
AND teach the whole place a thing or two 'bout hip swayin and hoola hoopin'...
food for thought:
I wonder when I actually become embarrasing to my kids?? Right now they think it's awsome that I do cartwheels, fart, and spray silly string out my nose...
I hope they find me as cool as I find them...sadly I know my days of coolness and popularity will end...
but I'll always have melons
Mel "hotpants" happyhaunt is reading my report!! Hey girl!! Catch ya on the big ship....I posted some at the cofee shop (caused a "Stir" over there with my melon pics...) but I just do not have time to get to both!!!
so if you are not fond of big banana men, do the big headded men in black do it for ya??
sometimes because that is what makes each TR unique...you get to live a different adventure in the same place by visiting a different thread!!!
jk
