Coffee on the Verandah -The Last Slide, Recap & Souvies 5/29 - Link to Aulani TR 5/31

Hey there! I have been going through my busy time of the year at work, and have not been on here at all. I am spending my Sunday afternoon catching up on TR's, and I just finished your update about the day you flew out for your trip. I can't believe how crazy that day was for you! I was almost hyperventillating as I was reading it. Big kudos to you for handling it so well. I probably would have been in a corner somewhere, breathing into a paper bag with my head between my knees! :rotfl:

Going back to read more!
 
Replies later but I fixed the videos :goodvibes

Ok, I fixed again. LOL! You can tell I don't do the video thing much huh. I don't like the way Photobucket shows them, takes people to your whole Photobucket library, despite what the settings say and I don't love having everything on YouTube for god and country to see so was trying to get it set up right.

I think it is now...let me know!
 

What a fun evening with Yeehaw Bob! :thumbsup2 We'll have to make sure we see him if the opportunity arises.

And a great bus driver! My mom & I got rescued by a nice driver back in 2008. We were staying at Pop but somehow ended up at Epcot when leaving MK. Who knows why at this point... but it was long past closed & a lone bus found us wandering around & brought us back to Pop Century. He wouldn't take a tip.

Phelps didn't get off to the best start in the Olympics this year... Alex swims so he was really into watching the swim races, especially Phelps, probably because he is one of the names he recognized.
 
Yeah, i figured you'd cook so as not to waste your food.

Glad you and the Es got to see Yeehaw Bob! I haven't been yet - someday!

Quiet pool - I guess people don't realize how much voices carry in those places do they? I'm glad they didn't keep you up!
 
The boys and I would head to….Yee Haw Bob!

:woohoo::cool1:

And they liked knowing that James (Glennbo’s son) who was their age, enjoyed the show. As did his sisters, who were Kendall's age. Yep, I shamelessly use my DIS friend’s kids to tell my kids how much they might like something.

Virtual peer pressure! Awesome!

He makes his rounds and pulls up at HH. We start to get out.

"Hold on"

"I'm calling to see if I can run you over there"

"I'm done for the night, it should be ok"


And it was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talk about pixie dust!

pixiedust: Beautiful. Great to see Cast Members working with common sense. :thumbsup2

Though I stayed at POR for one night on my girls trip in 2011, I'd never been into the River Roost Lounge, or for that matter to any of the other dining options there. It is darn cute in there!

They did a great job with the theme at POR. Just a beautiful resort. I saw Bob perform briefly but didn't have time to catch the whole show...will have to try again sometime.

Now we'd discussed dessert at the show. However the River Roost didn't have a dessert menu (big miss on their part if you ask me for the show goers) so milkshakes had to do.

Milkshakes count as a dessert. A most excellent dessert.

We were next to the quiet pool. It was after midnight.....

It was NOT quiet.

At all.

:mad:

I didn't know what the hours were for the quiet pool were but we were both positive it didn't go until midnight, nor was unlimited. I was also pretty sure that unless I called, it wouldn't quiet down on its own until folks left. Do I call? Do I wait it out? Do I yell from the verandah?

Or dump hot coffee on their heads from the verandah?:confused3

Sorry it wasn't quite a magical end. The rest of the evening sounds wonderful!
 
Bob looks like so much fun!! Jeremy would love that. Might try to squeeze it in this November.

:banana:Yay for bus pixie dust!!!
 
Must add visiting POR one evening to my ever growing list of things to do at WDW. By the time I actually get back my list is going to be a foot long.
 
What a fun mother-son night! Yeehaw Bob looks like a really fun show - gives everyone a chance to be sillier than they would be at home!:rotfl2: I love the way the Es were drawn into the fun. Maybe the milkshake helped!:lmao:
 
I am VERY late joining in, Cynthia, but you started your trip report on the first day of my vacation. :rotfl2:


Sorry about that! That's what you get for taking a MONTH long vacation!
:lmao:

We have been back for a week, but getting back to the real world and WORK after 4 weeks of Florida fun was NO fun what so ever. ;)

no fun whatsoever! Heck, I've been back over a month and it's still no fun!

Okay, going back 30 pages :scared1: to catch up here. ;) :thumbsup2

:goodvibes

Great Yeehaw Bob update! It is one of the things that I forget that they are there. Need to keep it in mind for the next trip!!

He was hysterical! Loved how he engaged the crowd. The E's loved it too!

I think it is funny how your time difference makes late nights good for you. For me it is just the other way around. Since 6am is 12pm for me, rope drop is no problem. But staying up after 10pm, that's another story...

I can see how you'd be reversed! It really does make early mornings challenging...even with the red eye aid. Without the red eye the kids would have been worse though so I am glad we did it.

I do find the cooking at the villa interesting, something I might want to do as well if I ever have a one-bedroom. I just wonder how you do it as there are none of the basics like oil, salt, pepper etc.? Do you bring those from home or did you get them with your grocery order?

There is salt and pepper but that's about it. I try to plan meals where there is a minimum of spices etc that I'd need and that what I buy, I'll use up there. Soft tacos were easy as all I needed was salsa and a packet of taco seasoning for the meat. I did pack a couple of things for another meal but for the most part just bought it all there, or went without. It does limit what you cook to an extent and where I could see an Owners Locker being wonderful...if you went enough to have it make sense!

Yay, I'm so glad you got to see Bob! And you took my, and my kids' advice...that's great that it helped convince the E's to go. I hope they liked it. I looked through the pictures first (on my phone) and was a little worried when I didn't see Evan in your picture with Bob. Hopefully it's just the Joe Cool factor, like you said.

Oh Evan loved it!!!!!!!!!!!! Just didn't want a picture. Which is more normal than not these days so it was ok.

Did Bob stop the show to ask you where you were from?

I don't think he stopped, there were several new people so he asked all at once

I was just thinking, I don't know that I have pictures of our in-villa meals either. Doh!

I do have a picture of one (or 2 maybe) of them coming up later in the report.

:thumbsup2

All caught up, Cynthia! :woohoo: I cannot believe I made it through 30 pages, but I DID!!!!!


:thumbsup2

Your vacation sounds FUN so far. Glad you liked Olivia's, we LOVE it there and went twice this vacation.
AND I am so happy you got your dual bathroom entrance! :thumbsup2 We did too and I only requested it when doing online check in. ;)

Absolutely adored Olivia's! It would be worth a trip to OKW to eat there again.

I cannot wait to read more and since I am about to start MY trip report, I'll give you a shout once it's up! :goodvibes ;)

Quite the trip you had, looking forward to reading about it.

I have yet to get over to see "Bob" I think I am adding it to the Grannie Trip list!!!!

Oh you should Rosie, you would love it!
 
All caught up! The paddleboat adventure sounded like a lot of fun -- even if it was a lot of work. I'm loving your pictures.
 
Your story about the bus driver taking you to POR reminded me of one time when there was along line for the bus at EPCOT I decided to take the monorail to the TTC only to find that the MK was closed so I walked over to the poly to get a bust to DTD. Well waiting for it there were some buses parked in front to take people back to trier resorts from the luau, which got canceled for the night. One of the bus drivers who had asked us were we were heading (myself and another couple) where we were heading earlier approached us and asked if we wanted a lift to our resorts me to PORFQ and them to OKW I think.

I love bus pixie dust like that! How wonderful!

Great pixie dust with your bus ride.:thumbsup2

It was, it really made the night! And gave us a decent amount of show time

We stayed at POR in Feb and didn't get to catch the show. I'm so disappointed, I really want to see this some day. I'm so glad the E's enjoyed it.

Oh you should if you can. It would be hard to make time for on a park trip but it is worth it if you can fit it in!

Will there be food porn of some of the villa meals later in your trip? Somehow, food that you cook yourself does not seem as photoworthy as what is served to you. Plus, that was a pretty full itinerary you had that evening!

Why yes, yes there will be! One night anyway. :thumbsup2

What a score on your private bus taking you where you wanted to go!

It was a huge score! Serious pixie dust

Sounds like everyone had a good night- or at least what was needed. Some studying, some fun.

We all did. Kendall might disagree slightly but she really did want to watch Phelps so she got her thing too.

Sorry you came back to some noise from the pool when you were trying to sleep. The biggest disturbance we every experienced on vacation was when we were staying in Jamaica. On our last night, as we were trying to get some sleep before our early return home, there was a concert going on in an alley outside our room. None of us could sleep to the pounding bass and amplified singing- from Sean Kingston!

Ugh. We had something like that at the YC, a huge family reunion at the quiet pool. I mean huge like it was a wedding huge..amazingly though once in the room, you couldn't hear a thing. It was impressive!

What a great bus driver! pixiedust:

It was magical, a total sweetheart, I wasn't expecting it at all!

Yeehaw Bob sounds like a fun time. I will have to add that to my list of things to check out someday.

The list gets long doesn't it? I know mine is.

You know, I have yet to see Bob (despite having stayed at POR/FQ three times....). It looks like a fun evening! I've seen the jazz guy at FQ and that was a really good show.

I've missed so many things in the past that were at my own resort, I can totally relate! He is a ton of fun and the kids were just the perfect age to really eat it up.

Really enjoying your TR!.....keep it coming!!:goodvibes

Thanks!
 
What a great evening! I am so glad you took the boys to see Bob. I just love him. So much funny. Yeah - just try to sing that Sara song after a drink or two. :rotfl:

What good luck (or was that supreme awesomeness) that came your way with the bus ride straight to POR. It's really not that far, so its great that you didn't have to go to Epcot and back. Nice. Really Nice!

Poor Kendall having to do Geometry on vacation. Oh well...a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!

Great update!
 
... That's one of the things I love about WDW, there are so many things to do beyond the parks...

So totally true...::yes:: It does feel like there are always new things to do along with old favorites...

So funny about Evan wanting to be "cool" and Eric not really caring...that's the difference in that year between pre puberty... I think the hormones have a "cool" switch...

I love that Kendall wanted to see Phelps swim...:thumbsup2 (No Ryan Lochte ? ;) We are big Phelps fans... David is swimming and wants to know when he is going to get his six pack and I explained that really doesn't happen to 10 year old boys-even swimming ones... that you really need to go through puberty, etc.... but he told me he thought he was getting a "juice box"....:rotfl: which I thought was funny plus when he showed me what he was talking about it did look like his "abs" were a bit toned...

Liquid dessert is awesome...:goodvibes
 
What a great evening! I am so glad you took the boys to see Bob. I just love him. So much funny. Yeah - just try to sing that Sara song after a drink or two. :rotfl:


:rotfl2::rotfl2: That was one of my favorite songs.

I love that Kendall wanted to see Phelps swim...:thumbsup2 (No Ryan Lochte ? ;) We are big Phelps fans... David is swimming and wants to know when he is going to get his six pack and I explained that really doesn't happen to 10 year old boys-even swimming ones... that you really need to go through puberty, etc.... but he told me he thought he was getting a "juice box"....:rotfl: which I thought was funny plus when he showed me what he was talking about it did look like his "abs" were a bit toned...

:rotfl2::rotfl2: on the Juice box.

Yes I made it a point to watch them swim. They were both in Charlotte in May so I got some up close and personal time with Lochte- ( not that up close and personal,;) but I did get to talk to him a bit and close enough to touch him:goodvibes)
Phelps is way more private and I respect that. Ryan is a typical Florida frat boy. :rotfl2: That boy can be a mess. :lmao:
 
It sounds and looks like the boys really got into Yeehaw Bob show! It's so fun to see boys who normally think they are too cool or too old to participate let loose and just have fun.

Evan is at that age where he can be very socially conscious. Or not care, you just never know. He absolutely loved it, maybe even more so than Eric. And it's funny, even though he didn't want a picture with Bob, just yesterday he was telling me that his favorite picture of himself is....the one with Goofy from last years Alaska cruise. :goodvibes

I'm glad to hear that the ruckus at the "quiet" pool didn't last too terribly long.
Me too. I was pretty tuckered out but it was keeping us awake and Jeff has supersonic hearing so that makes it worse!

Wow! What a really nice bus driver!! :woohoo: for the pixie dust!!

It was SO nice! Really made the night. Especially after all my DOH bus moments earlier in the day.

It sounds like such a fun night! We've been tossing around staying at POR on our next trip. We'll definitely have to make a point to see Yeehaw Bob one night during our trip!:thumbsup2

Oh you should try POR, you guys would love it!

Sounds like a great end for a great day!

It was, thanks!

Looks like a great night. We've stayed at the POR twice and had drinks at the River Roost but never during Yeehaw Bob's show. He sounds like a great entertainer. That's one of the things I love about WDW, there are so many things to do beyond the parks.

There really is, and it makes it exciting as you can never get to them "all"

I'm hoping to follow suit and really enjoy all 3 resorts were staying in. :upsidedow Split stays sure look better on paper. Hope our transitions run smoothly.

They do look better on paper. :rotfl: no matter what you lose time. Sometimes it works better than others just depending what you do with that time. Ours involved travel and car rentals which added a whole 'nother layer to it all. I am glad we really got to experience OKW the way we did, had it been a normal park trip I know we wouldn't have done a fraction of what we did at the actual resort and now that we have, love it that much more.

Did K get all of her work done and enjoy the Olympics while you were enjoying the show?

"All" is relative. She got a couple of chapters read and one geometry unit. Ulltimately she did get the book (and paper) done on time...but was literally working on it the night before school started! She actual had other homework, that we didn't know about on the trip, that magically crept up that weekend before school started. The weekend of course that Jeff's dad and stepmom were in town visiting and soccer had started.

Kouzzina sounds good. I'll make an ADR. :thumbsup2 For the 22nd. I'm a little scattered.

Honestly we'd probably be able to walk in and be fine. We can make an ADR or play it by ear.

I had been catching up on my phone during yesterday's Field Hockey play day and am so glad that I was home on my PC to read your peddal boat experience -- I'd been waiting for it since E's big let down ;)

This photo is beautiful --

Delayed gratification! He wanted to do it SO badly! I'm glad we did and he earned that milkshake!

I have not been pedal boating in a very long time. I think the last time was on our honeymoon (20 years ago!). I remember it was a lot of work :lmao:(although we at least did not tip that boat like we did the canoe!)

It is work. I do think it would be hard to tip though. Doable but might take some effort...or a slip.

You should have gotten a prize for going further than anyone had ever gone before, don't ya think? LOL That looks like an amazing river to go down--your photos are great.

we should have! A mickey bar would have been in order I think.


(Your video links didn't work - looks like your links to them are missing double quotes before & after)

it was a privacy setting issue. I've fixed them. Not that they are that great. :rotfl:

Sounds like a great night where everyone got to do what they wanted (well I'm sure Kendall didnt WANT to do homework, but she did get to watch Michael Phelps. and maybe Jeff was ready for a little kick back time, too?:rolleyes1

I think he wanted a little father daughter time so it was a win win. Even if that means spending it helping with Geometry.

YeeHaw Bob looks like fun, and even Mr. Cool seems to get down a bit (like on the floor? can't wait to see what exactly that was all about!)

Up, down, all around and yep, on the floor.

What sort of cookware do they have in the villas? I'm guessing a fry pan, a sauce pan, maybe a medium sized pot? We'll be renting DVC points for our next trip & plan to use the kitchen a bit so it never hurts to plan way out (even if we have over a year to wait WAAAHHH)

as always LOVE your TR's C!

Full kitchen will include the following: dinnerware, glassware, flatware, 8 pc. cookware set, colander, casserole dishes mixing bowl set, cutting board, measuring cups, measuring spoons, cookie sheet, paring knife, cook's knife, whisk, tongs, vegetable peeler, serving spoon, serving fork, ladle, serving platter, vegetable bowls, salad serving bowl, sugar bowl, pitcher, cream server, tea kettle, pot holders

Appliances: 10 cup coffee maker (with 1 coffee starter pack: decaf and regular coffee, coffee filters, sugar and Equal packets), microwave, toaster, 1 bar mixer, blender, electric mixer, 4 burner electric stove/oven, refrigerator with ice maker, dishwasher. 2-sided kitchen sink has garbage disposal.


I didn't notice at OKW but Vero had a very cute salt and pepper shaker set out. I can't recall if it actually had salt and pepper in it though. LOL! I did pack coffee filters and ordered sugar, creamer and coffee with our groceries as the starter pack is only one day. I did also buy a couple of kitchen items not listed that we used later in the trip...and there will be photos of those. Overall though, anything I needed was pretty much there for the 3 meals I cooked.
 
You sure packed a lot into the afternoon and evening.

Well, not compared to SOMEONE I know. :rotfl:

:cool1: For pixie dust for the bus driver.

Major pixie dust! It is so close if you are driving straight there from OKW.

YeeHaw Bob is a great show. I really need to get back there and experience it with a large group. And probably have a few to drink. :rolleyes1

A big group would be a riot.

Hey there! I have been going through my busy time of the year at work, and have not been on here at all. I am spending my Sunday afternoon catching up on TR's, and I just finished your update about the day you flew out for your trip. I can't believe how crazy that day was for you! I was almost hyperventillating as I was reading it. Big kudos to you for handling it so well. I probably would have been in a corner somewhere, breathing into a paper bag with my head between my knees! :rotfl:

Going back to read more!

I know, you've been crazy! Hopefully things will calm down now...although volleyball will keep you guys hopping for sure.

LOL on departure day. It did make it go by quickly if nothing else.

Link worked but it's marked private.:confused3

All fixed. Again. LOL!

Yeehaw Bob sounds like fun! Too bad about the noise at the "quiet pool"...:headache:

He is a ton of fun, I'd highly recommend it! Yeah, the noise was a drag but eventually sleep was had.

What a fun evening with Yeehaw Bob! :thumbsup2 We'll have to make sure we see him if the opportunity arises.


Oh you should! The boys would love it.

And a great bus driver! My mom & I got rescued by a nice driver back in 2008. We were staying at Pop but somehow ended up at Epcot when leaving MK. Who knows why at this point... but it was long past closed & a lone bus found us wandering around & brought us back to Pop Century. He wouldn't take a tip.

That is the scariest feeling...that you might be stranded at a closed park. Happened to us once at AK...worked out but was a little freaky at the time and I don't even recall why or how it happened.

Phelps didn't get off to the best start in the Olympics this year... Alex swims so he was really into watching the swim races, especially Phelps, probably because he is one of the names he recognized.

No, he sure didn't did he? Ended up ok though. We didn't see as much swimming, or Olympics as we'd have liked. Usually we are glued to it for 2 weeks straight.
 
Yeah, i figured you'd cook so as not to waste your food.

Well we were already a lunch down from eating out at DTD, skipping a dinner would have stressed me out. Actually it didn't even occur to me and it would have worked out fine (in hindsight) but at the time, nothing sounded nicer than going "home" and making dinner at the villa.

Glad you and the Es got to see Yeehaw Bob! I haven't been yet - someday!

Definitely make the trip if you can, it's a ton of fun.

Quiet pool - I guess people don't realize how much voices carry in those places do they? I'm glad they didn't keep you up!

I don't think they do. It wasn't like a wild party, it was just late and the voices carried.

Virtual peer pressure! Awesome!

whatever works, right?

pixiedust: Beautiful. Great to see Cast Members working with common sense. :thumbsup2

Common sense is one thing, taking the time to do something special and unexpected...magical.

They did a great job with the theme at POR. Just a beautiful resort. I saw Bob perform briefly but didn't have time to catch the whole show...will have to try again sometime.

We didn't catch a whole set but almost and enough to feel like we did. It was great. POR is lovely. It is full of those no see ums though, I got bit when I stayed there as well, darn canal! So pretty but...

Oh well.

Milkshakes count as a dessert. A most excellent dessert.

The E's would agree

Or dump hot coffee on their heads from the verandah?:confused3

Sorry it wasn't quite a magical end. The rest of the evening sounds wonderful!

It was wonderful and it did make it easier to not stress too much about the next door swimmers. Sleep was had, eventually. Probably would have been faster for me but Jeff has super sonic hearing and if he's awake...so am I.

Bob looks like so much fun!! Jeremy would love that. Might try to squeeze it in this November.

He would love it! You should try to fit it in, something fun and very different and...free!

:banana:Yay for bus pixie dust!!!

it was such a lovely surprise!

Must add visiting POR one evening to my ever growing list of things to do at WDW. By the time I actually get back my list is going to be a foot long.

I hear you there. I have a top 10 list for Oct. Except it's already a top 20. And it's not ranked.

:rotfl:

What a fun mother-son night!

It was a GREAT Mother-Son night.

Yeehaw Bob looks like a really fun show - gives everyone a chance to be sillier than they would be at home!:rotfl2: I love the way the Es were drawn into the fun. Maybe the milkshake helped!:lmao:[/QUOTE]

Maybe they did help! I don't know but they got right into it, no holding back. It was great to see. Very fun evening for all of us.
 















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