Celebrating A 5th Birthday with Mickey & Rain,May 2009! Completed..

What a fun day at the water park minus the headache that desk clerk caused you all over the dining plan. I would have been steaming mad! I hope the hotel compensated you for the expense of the business centre or at least made it up to you in some way.
 
What a fun day at the water park minus the headache that desk clerk caused you all over the dining plan. I would have been steaming mad! I hope the hotel compensated you for the expense of the business centre or at least made it up to you in some way.

Tommy went to talk to them when we got back. They gave him back what he paid to use business center. Unfortunately they can't give us back half of a day wasted being stressed out on vacation. The worst part is that was mostly a sunny nice day unlike the rest of week in the monsoon. They did give us 1 fastpass each to use anytime during our stay :goodvibes.
 
Great update Nichole!:goodvibes

How awful that they messed up the reservation! At least you got things straightened out.

I am forgetting offhand if you guys have done TL. If you have, how would you compare the two? We have never been to either yet. Definitely next trip!;)

And what's this about a Mom and Daughter trip??? I am sure you and Kaylee would have a blast!:goodvibes
 
Great update Nichole!:goodvibes

How awful that they messed up the reservation! At least you got things straightened out.

I am forgetting offhand if you guys have done TL. If you have, how would you compare the two? We have never been to either yet. Definitely next trip!;)

And what's this about a Mom and Daughter trip??? I am sure you and Kaylee would have a blast!:goodvibes

Thanks :goodvibes. Yes we went to TL last March. Most people like TL better but I'm in the minority. I think BB is better for smaller kids because the wave pool is not as crazy and the family raft ride is so much better. It's a much longer ride and there are none of those waterfalls they soak your face. We didn't even need to go to the kiddie area since Thomas could go on every slide except the 2 thrill slides. Kaylee got hurt in the wave pool at TL and almost fainted :scared:. the giant wave knocked her down and she scraped the whole side of her foot. Just make sure your DD wears watershoes and you'll be fine. I think TL overall is a prettier park since it's more of a tropical theme. But the kids haven't stopped talking about BB since we have been home.

I would like to do a mother/daughter trip sometime with Kaylee. I think it would be good for her. Not sure when yet since she is so busy with dance. Might be next year.
 

Great update!! So sorry about the issues you had b/c of the CM at SSR! Uggh! How frustrating! But it looks like you had a lot of fun at BB! Can't wait to read more!!
 
Great update!! So sorry about the issues you had b/c of the CM at SSR! Uggh! How frustrating! But it looks like you had a lot of fun at BB! Can't wait to read more!!

Thanks Becky :goodvibes. It was frustrating. It seems this trip we had to make the best out of things more than usual :rolleyes1with the monsoon and all. Were planning on going next year though. Not sure of details yet.
 
Wow - what a frustrating start to your day! I'm sure Tommy was really aggravated to have missed the first half of your BB day! :headache:

But, on the positive side, Blizzard Beach sounds fantastic! I'm glad there were no injuries this time around - no scraped feet or passing out, right?

Don't they have a chair lift to go up to the top of one of those hills? Reading about the steps sounds exhausting! :sad2:

Great update - looking forward to the next one! :goodvibes

Sara


Oh, and YAY on the R2D2!! Woo-hoo!!! :woohoo::woohoo:
 
Wow - what a frustrating start to your day! I'm sure Tommy was really aggravated to have missed the first half of your BB day! :headache:

But, on the positive side, Blizzard Beach sounds fantastic! I'm glad there were no injuries this time around - no scraped feet or passing out, right?

Don't they have a chair lift to go up to the top of one of those hills? Reading about the steps sounds exhausting! :sad2:

Great update - looking forward to the next one! :goodvibes

Sara

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Oh, and YAY on the R2D2!! Woo-hoo!!! :woohoo::woohoo:


Hi Sara,
BB was the best of the day :goodvibes. Yes they have a chair lift but by noon there is a wait for that too. We opted for the stairs since I'm scared of heights. Also with it being just me and the kids I would have been extra nervous. Thomas is happy that his R2 is on he way.
 
I'm happy to hear you were able to order the R2D2! Amazing what a different CM can do for ya!

Sorry to hear about your Dad also. I hope he recovers quickly.

Loved the update and pictures of Blizzard Beach. We've never been to a water park there either and I can never decide which one I want to go to if we ever go. Love Kaylee's suit too. Sorry about all the frustration at SSR but I'm so glad it got worked out.

It would be great if you and Kaylee got to do a mother/daughter trip next year - they are the best! :goodvibes
 
I am so happy to hear you were able to order the R2D2!:thumbsup2 That screw up with your KTWK was RIDICULOUS! That stinks that Tom missed most of the morning taking care of it:headache: On a positive note, Blizzard Beach looked like so much fun! We LOVE Teamboat Springs too..our FAVE!! I am glad the bus went there fist instead of AK! Looking forward to more!!:goodvibes
 
Great trip report Nichole! Sounds like a rough start for you with the pool puke, DDP problem and the impending rain but at least you were at WDW!!!:thumbsup2 I know what you mean about not having your car to get around though. My DH and I decided two trips ago that from now on we were renting a car no matter what. The bus situation is just too frustrating, and when you want to go to another resort, it just makes it so long because you have to go to a park first to get there. Glad you were able to meet up with so many Dis Friends.;)
 
I'm happy to hear you were able to order the R2D2! Amazing what a different CM can do for ya!

Sorry to hear about your Dad also. I hope he recovers quickly.

Loved the update and pictures of Blizzard Beach. We've never been to a water park there either and I can never decide which one I want to go to if we ever go. Love Kaylee's suit too. Sorry about all the frustration at SSR but I'm so glad it got worked out.

It would be great if you and Kaylee got to do a mother/daughter trip next year - they are the best! :goodvibes

Thanks Michelle :goodvibes
A different CM always seems to make a difference. I think if you go to a water park you should Blizzard Beach first, it would be fun for Samantha. I'm happy everything at SSR got straightened out too, Tom loves to eat at Disney :laughing:. I really want to take Kaylee sometime without the boys. Thomas told us yesterday that Kaylee and I need to go get R2D2 and he will stay home with dad. That would have been fine with me ;).


I am so happy to hear you were able to order the R2D2!:thumbsup2 That screw up with your KTWK was RIDICULOUS! That stinks that Tom missed most of the morning taking care of it:headache: On a positive note, Blizzard Beach looked like so much fun! We LOVE Teamboat Springs too..our FAVE!! I am glad the bus went there fist instead of AK! Looking forward to more!!:goodvibes

Yes the deal on R2 was a huge bargain and I'm very happy we were able to order it.. Wish it was going on when we were there since we always spend more than $40 in the shops anyway. The mix up at SSR was ridiculous, Tom doesn't seem to be good about picking Cm's that know what they are doing. BB was so much fun! I was surprised the bus went there first, I expected it to go AK. Are you doing BB on your trip?
 
Great trip report Nichole! Sounds like a rough start for you with the pool puke, DDP problem and the impending rain but at least you were at WDW!!!:thumbsup2 I know what you mean about not having your car to get around though. My DH and I decided two trips ago that from now on we were renting a car no matter what. The bus situation is just too frustrating, and when you want to go to another resort, it just makes it so long because you have to go to a park first to get there. Glad you were able to meet up with so many Dis Friends.;)

Thanks :). We still had a great time even with the rough start and rain. We plan to drive from now on or if we do fly rent a car.
 
Great pictures from Blizzard Beach! Glad Thomas liked some of the slides. We haven't been to BB in several years but the Tobaggan Racers were one of our favorites.
 
Great update sorry about the mix up, the last thing you need is to be annoyed on vacation aren't we all just annoyed enough in our every day lives.
 
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Welcome to my TR. looks like you were there around the same time as us. I'll have to hope over to your trippie and see your SWW pics :goodvibes.


Great pictures from Blizzard Beach! Glad Thomas liked some of the slides. We haven't been to BB in several years but the Tobaggan Racers were one of our favorites.

Thanks :), Thomas loved all the slides that he was tall enough for. Toboggan racers is one of our favorites too.
 
Great update sorry about the mix up, the last thing you need is to be annoyed on vacation aren't we all just annoyed enough in our every day lives.

Hi Jeanine, how are you?
:laughing: That is so true we go on vacation so that we get away from aggravation but it follows us everywhere ;).
 
Aww, what a mess with the DDP! :sad2: And its never fun having hubby grumpy on vacation!

Blizzard Beach looked awesome, though, and the kids sure had fun! :goodvibes

Looking forward to more...



p.s. I type my TR posts out on WORD and copy/paste them since they're usually too long for the alloted time...


Kathy
 












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