BamaTigger
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Me 
(Pam), Hubby, 
(Mark) and my 2 adorable Poms 
(Taz and Max) head to WDW and the Grand Floridian for Christmas!!
Day 1 December 21-Friday evening/nite
We head off to WDW in our car
with our 2 furbabies..only a 6 hr drive to Orlando. We had to stay in Kissimmee at the Motel 6 for the night because we werent checking in to the GF until Saturday morning! SO that was all fine with me
...until......
We get to Motel 6 late that night about 9pm, and we were kinda tired, our boys were getting irritable being in the car that long, we were hungry and ready to get some sleep. We walk in and the beds were made, but one had some rumpling in it..no biggie to me...didnt feel like complaining....so we get some luggage outta the car and walk the boys (Taz and Max). Mark goes to Chick Fil A for some grubb,
we eat. Ok...smooth sailing. Went to shower....turned hot water on...felt good!!! 
I got in the shower....IT WAS FREEZING!!!!!!
I hurry up and bathe, since im already wet, get out and tell Mark to be prepared to wait and let the water heater heat back up...that musta been it
!! So he did and uh, well, the same thing happened!! FREEZING COLD SHOWER!! By that time, we were in our night clothes,and just said we would brush it off...didnt wanna say anything cause we didnt want to have to move to another room....hassle!
Ok...now Mark has to use the bathroom...he did...(nothing bad!!) and the toilet doesnt FLUSH!!!
Oh gosh...so we just were laughing by then saying...I hope this isnt karma for an awful Disney Christmas!!! 
Luckily, it WASNT!!
Day 2--First day at GF-Saturday!!
I get up like 4am Bama time, ready to go!!
We had to take Taz and Max to the TTC Kennel first to put them in THEIR resort
! We got there (after I was giddy with excitement from seeing the WDW resort sign!) and a CM was checking us in. Well...she was complaining because she had to work alone that day....and she was tired of hearing the dogs bark.
Alritey then...my first encounter with a WDW CM and she was ranting and raving about the sun, and the moon and the whole free world
....I just looked down at my boys and thought..."boys...keep your barking to a minimum"!!!
We got them settled in and after I teared up a bit
(you have to understand....I dont have kids, so Taz and Max ARE MY KIDS.) So are my cats 
Pixie and Tinkerbell...but they were at home!
So, at 7:35am, we were on our way to check in the GF....nervous
about the view I booked....did I get it or not??!!!??
MORE TOMORROW!!!!! --- GRAND FLORIDIAN!!!!
(Pam), Hubby, (Mark) and my 2 adorable Poms (Taz and Max) head to WDW and the Grand Floridian for Christmas!! Day 1 December 21-Friday evening/nite
We head off to WDW in our car
with our 2 furbabies..only a 6 hr drive to Orlando. We had to stay in Kissimmee at the Motel 6 for the night because we werent checking in to the GF until Saturday morning! SO that was all fine with me ...until...... We get to Motel 6 late that night about 9pm, and we were kinda tired, our boys were getting irritable being in the car that long, we were hungry and ready to get some sleep. We walk in and the beds were made, but one had some rumpling in it..no biggie to me...didnt feel like complaining....so we get some luggage outta the car and walk the boys (Taz and Max). Mark goes to Chick Fil A for some grubb,
we eat. Ok...smooth sailing. Went to shower....turned hot water on...felt good!!! I got in the shower....IT WAS FREEZING!!!!!! I hurry up and bathe, since im already wet, get out and tell Mark to be prepared to wait and let the water heater heat back up...that musta been it !! So he did and uh, well, the same thing happened!! FREEZING COLD SHOWER!! By that time, we were in our night clothes,and just said we would brush it off...didnt wanna say anything cause we didnt want to have to move to another room....hassle! Ok...now Mark has to use the bathroom...he did...(nothing bad!!) and the toilet doesnt FLUSH!!!
Oh gosh...so we just were laughing by then saying...I hope this isnt karma for an awful Disney Christmas!!! Luckily, it WASNT!!Day 2--First day at GF-Saturday!!
I get up like 4am Bama time, ready to go!!
We had to take Taz and Max to the TTC Kennel first to put them in THEIR resort ! We got there (after I was giddy with excitement from seeing the WDW resort sign!) and a CM was checking us in. Well...she was complaining because she had to work alone that day....and she was tired of hearing the dogs bark. Alritey then...my first encounter with a WDW CM and she was ranting and raving about the sun, and the moon and the whole free world ....I just looked down at my boys and thought..."boys...keep your barking to a minimum"!!! We got them settled in and after I teared up a bit (you have to understand....I dont have kids, so Taz and Max ARE MY KIDS.) So are my cats Pixie and Tinkerbell...but they were at home! So, at 7:35am, we were on our way to check in the GF....nervous
about the view I booked....did I get it or not??!!!?? MORE TOMORROW!!!!! --- GRAND FLORIDIAN!!!!
So we enter the lobby and I saw that big ol pretty tree smack dab in the middle of the lobby I almost wanted to just run and scream in my delight!! 
cause of the DIS and the resort board!
So ok...well, me and Mark are locksmiths and we saw some old keys behind the desk and we asked what they were for...she told us the old GF room keys before they changed to cards...so we were like, oh, ok...she asked us if we wanted one for a momento and we said YEA!!! So we got TWO! How sweet was that! They even have the GF logo on them! (That is one of our quirks...when and where ever we go somewhere we have to investigate locks, keys, etc...we gotta stay up on all the new locksmith techno stuff!!!
)
We walked around the lobby, looking at the tree, the wreaths, and the best smelling house this side of the mississippi-the GF Gingerbread house!
After about 25 pics, we are off to the Magic Kingdom--My home away from home!!
And all of our trips, I have dreamed of doing so. Yes, I am fortunate to be at WDW as many times as we have been, and I am very thankful, but I just had to stay in a GF MK view room at least one time!!!!! 
.the view I have been waiting for since my first trip in 1995!!!!! There she was....the castle in all her glory (tiny from my balcony!), but there nonetheless!!! We could hear the music, the HM houling dogs, the train....It was just the PERFECT view! And it was worth every penny I saved and sacrificed for!! 
That was the PRETTIEST I have ever seen that castle! It looked like a huge icey winter christmas Wonderland!
after staring at it in awe Mark forced me to leave and we went and ate some junk foodYUM!
So we could hear the loud booms and crackling, but couldnt see the fireworks! By that time, we hit the Emporium again (we love that store) and mosied on out of the parks. We had to go walk our boys!!
Eeyore,
and Tigger 
were already there with a basket slam full of POC items (he loves POC)
.calendar, key rings, playing cards, mug, travel mug, book, etc. 
). But my dad knew how much I love WDW and I just know in my heart he was with me and thats why I slept so soundly!! He is my angel!
