Doin it in Style @ The Poly! September 2010 Here we Come!!!

[disneylovin24]

Great Piggy Bank Adventure

 

[MainStMandy]

Wow you guys are too cute!! Your trip sounds like it's going to be a blast!!!

The Kiss Goodnight happens way after the park closes. Usually Main St stays open an hour after official park close...kiss good night after that.

The Burn Off at EPCOT happens around the same time, about an hour (or more) after park close.

Excited to read more!!

 

[dismagiclover]

I'm here! And all I can say is WOW! 14 days with Deluxe Dining staying at the Poly! You Brits know how to do it in style!! Your dining plans look great so far. My only suggestion is make sure to bring pants that are a bit too big. I bet they are snug by the end of the trip

 

[Stefy]

Great Piggy Bank Adventure

This is a cool game in Epcot Innoventions West. Its to teach the importance of financial planning. You go around with a lil piggy bank trying to save money for a future goal e.g. pension, holiday etc. Its all played via interactive games.

Wow you guys are too cute!! Your trip sounds like it's going to be a blast!!!

The Kiss Goodnight happens way after the park closes. Usually Main St stays open an hour after official park close...kiss good night after that.

The Burn Off at EPCOT happens around the same time, about an hour (or more) after park close.

Excited to read more!!

and thank

We can't wait to go, I come on the boards everyday and always repeat back to DF what it says on my ticker

Oooh looking forward to seeing Kiss Goodnight, sounds like it will be really cute to see

Burn Off sounds like a must see, I have heard that CM's love to watch peoples reactions when it happens, as it is supposed to be pretty loud and scare the pants off you

I'm here! And all I can say is WOW! 14 days with Deluxe Dining staying at the Poly! You Brits know how to do it in style!! Your dining plans look great so far. My only suggestion is make sure to bring pants that are a bit too big. I bet they are snug by the end of the trip

YAY you made it

I know, we went a bit overboard, but what the hey why not. We figure that we won't be back for a while after this one as we are supposed to be getting married next year.

I have a plan in that I am going to eat small portions and try not to snack. I will try and tell myself you can snack all you want on the awesome Goofy Candy treats

 

[Stefy]

So carrying on with our Walt Disney Classic Film countdown. Tonights film was Pinocchio. I haven't seen this since I was little. I love Jiminy Cricket, so cute

DF thinks that the Blue Fairy may have been modelled off of Marilyn Monroe, she sure is pretty and sparkly though

Don't like Monstro, he is one mean whale I tell you. Must have been quite scary for kids at the time what with the dramatic music and such.

I love When You Wish Upon a Star, if we manage to get fireworks for our wedding reception I am hoping we can play that while they go off.

 

[deslynnpatterson]

im joining your TR I am enjoying this so far we always go in Sept every year we love it and going back in 2010! I am so jealous you are staying at the Poly what a dream trip I am very excited for you!! I cant wait to hear more oh and i love your ADR picks and that you are going all out for deluxe dinning why not right? Its vacation I cant wait to read more!

 

[Soopafly]

im joining your TR I am enjoying this so far we always go in Sept every year we love it and going back in 2010! I am so jealous you are staying at the Poly what a dream trip I am very excited for you!! I cant wait to hear more oh and i love your ADR picks and that you are going all out for deluxe dinning why not right? Its vacation I cant wait to read more!

Thanks for joining!

We figured since the second trip was a bit of a bust we had to make the next one extra special to make up for it . We loved the dining plan on our first trip as it included appetisers, entree and desert and were dissappointed when they took the apps away a year later. So that was another way of recreating the magic of the first trip. That and the fact that im a greedy fat guy in a skinny guys body who loves a good three course meal

 

[The4bits]

Subscribing. Love reading your pre-trip.

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Subbing.

I love your plans so far. We have stayed at CBR and CSR and feel the same that you do...CSR, not so much.

So lucky to be staying at the Poly. I so wish we could stay there. We are staying at WL this September.

Great dining plans. We tried GF Cafe for the first time last year. It was great. I can't believe we missed it all these years. Love Kona too for breakfast. It's one of our favorites. You had a lot of great choices.

We loved the Great Piggy Bank Adventure. We did that for the first time last year too. It was a ton of fun.

Love the Animation Studio. I keep hoping to get to draw Mickey but each time we've gone, it was never Mickey. Oh well, reason to go back again!

Have you thought about a Wishes Cruise? We did that last September and it was awesome. The electric water parade was fabulous to see on the boat.

Cute shirts that you got as well.

I can't wait to hear more about your planning. Sounds like a lot of fun. I'm planning a trip in September too.

 

[Joyciemc]

I followed your link from the September 2010 thread and I'm in!

Your ADR list sounds great!

I was glad to see you had a Kim Possible mission on your list... I really want to do this but wasn't sure if anyone without kids along did them!

 

[Disneyfan71]

Hi Stefy....we have a Disney store in the mall and we go in quite frequently. We're always checking out the sale t-shirts.

As far as the Poly..that's the first place I ever stayed and the only time on property. Of course it was 30 years ago. Having the monorail right there is well worth it.

 

[Stefy]

im joining your TR I am enjoying this so far we always go in Sept every year we love it and going back in 2010! I am so jealous you are staying at the Poly what a dream trip I am very excited for you!! I cant wait to hear more oh and i love your ADR picks and that you are going all out for deluxe dinning why not right? Its vacation I cant wait to read more!

Thanx and glad to have you on board.

September is a great time to go isn't it Am hoping crowd levels will be similar to when we first went in 2007. Moderate, but not too bad.

Thanks for joining!

We figured since the second trip was a bit of a bust we had to make the next one extra special to make up for it . We loved the dining plan on our first trip as it included appetisers, entree and desert and were dissappointed when they took the apps away a year later. So that was another way of recreating the magic of the first trip. That and the fact that im a greedy fat guy in a skinny guys body who loves a good three course meal

Silly billy. Lets hope your up to the challenge then

Subscribing. Love reading your pre-trip.

Thanx for joining in, feel free to comment and chat away

Subbing.

I love your plans so far. We have stayed at CBR and CSR and feel the same that you do...CSR, not so much.

So lucky to be staying at the Poly. I so wish we could stay there. We are staying at WL this September.

Great dining plans. We tried GF Cafe for the first time last year. It was great. I can't believe we missed it all these years. Love Kona too for breakfast. It's one of our favorites. You had a lot of great choices.

We loved the Great Piggy Bank Adventure. We did that for the first time last year too. It was a ton of fun.

Love the Animation Studio. I keep hoping to get to draw Mickey but each time we've gone, it was never Mickey. Oh well, reason to go back again!

Have you thought about a Wishes Cruise? We did that last September and it was awesome. The electric water parade was fabulous to see on the boat.

Cute shirts that you got as well.

I can't wait to hear more about your planning. Sounds like a lot of fun. I'm planning a trip in September too.

Glad you could make it Thinking back on CBR I really enjoyed staying there, even if the numerous bus stops were a bit of a drag. It was so colourful and tropical feeling. Loved the music on the bus as well, reminded me of "Under the Sea" from the Little Mermaid.

Its the first time we are trying the GF Cafe and am looking forward to it as the decor looks pretty and the food looks good too. Can't wait to try Kona's for breakfast (only ever done dinner), have already decided what I want to get, The Big Kahuna with some Lilikoi juice to wash it down.

I can't wait to do Great Piggy Bank Adv and Animation Studio. Although DF not so much GPBA, anything to do with numbers he is not to fond of.

I love the t shirts and can't wait to get more. On one website I have a wishlist of the ones I want to get and I think there are about 10 Disney ones on there

I followed your link from the September 2010 thread and I'm in!

Your ADR list sounds great!

I was glad to see you had a Kim Possible mission on your list... I really want to do this but wasn't sure if anyone without kids along did them!

Yay, thanx for popping over

I thought the same about KP, but I have decided that since I am in a "want to do everything" mode I figure this is a must do and besides, aren't we all kids at heart I hope you get to do it when you go in Sept, you must tell me what you thought of it.

Hi Stefy....we have a Disney store in the mall and we go in quite frequently. We're always checking out the sale t-shirts.

As far as the Poly..that's the first place I ever stayed and the only time on property. Of course it was 30 years ago. Having the monorail right there is well worth it.

I love going to our local Disney Store, even if it is just to browse. Love seeing all the new things they get in.

Gosh, what was it like back then? I love how the Poly is one of the original hotels, wouldn't have figured it to be though.

Well thats it for now, have to go to the evil place where they keep my pay cheque. Stay tuned, am hoping to add some more bits here and there later on tonight.

Aloha for now

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

I think you will like the GF Cafe. DH and I were kicking ourselves when we realized what we have been missing all these years! It's now a must do for us. Our meal was fantastic and the wait staff was amazing.

We went there for our anniversary dinner. I then surprised him with a Wishes Cruise after dinner. My family and friends met up with us and we sailed together. It was fantastic.

It would be wonderful if you'd join me on my PTR. I'd like to hear what you think of our plans so far. Yours sound fantastic.

 

[Stefy]

I remember reading about that, it looked like you guys had lots of fun on that

I was just actually going to check it out, see you over there

 

[Stefy]

So, not quite sure what to do now as I mostly work off park hours to do ADR's and Park days. But I figure I can get Day 1 (arrival day) down as we never normally go to the Parks due to the flight getting in late afternoon and spending forever in customs

We depart from London Gatwick at 1pm (normally its 11am). I am hoping that the new Twilight film, Eclipse, might be on the plane (cue DF ), as it comes out in July. If thats the case I will also be putting Twilight and New Moon on the old iPod

We land at Orlando International at 5pm. I estimate about an hour waiting to clear customs and then from there on to the ME. International Guests still have to queue/line up to get their boarding pass for ME, so fingers crossed the line won't be too long.

Once passes are obtained, its then on to find our wait line (and the obligatory pic of the hotel sign and bus) and off we go!

Now the plan on check in, is to wait for them to complimentary upgrade us to Club Level MK View Ah who am I kidding, I don't care if we get the broom closet, we are at the Poly baby

Normally, I am still discombobulated from the flight and do not want to do anything at all. So we tend to just order pizza and veg out in front of the screen. This time, however, will be a different story. I have persuaded (still am) DF to bring one of our small Disney suitcases with us as hand luggage, so we can pack a quick change of clothes in there to tide us over until Bell Services deliver our suitcases (normally after midnight).

I am hoping to get an ADR for Kona that evening, but I am unsure as to what time to make the ADR for as I don't know what time we will get to the resort. If I allow 1hr after boarding to get to ME and then 1hr after that to get to the resort, I calculate that we should/may arrive for check in at 7/8pm. Hopefully Wishes may start at 9pm, so we can have a quick bite and they try and snag a swing seat to watch Wishes. Reading it back DF thinks that I am being optomistic, what do you guys think?

Do you know, I just realised that I said I would add our two previous trips in this report and totally forgot all about it. Its a bit late for that now, so I will get onto that tomorrow

I have a feeling this is going to be a very random PTR, in that things that should have gone at the beginning will most prob turn up later down the line

 

[Stefy]

Morning All, or Evening Hope we are all good.

So I thought why not add some of our previous trips into this PTR. Gives us something to chat about and bring back lovely memories

But before I get started on that, mini non trip related update.

Last week I was feeling all happy and generous so I decided to get DF a gift. He had previously seen it before on a website and said he liked it, so I thought I want to get that for you Now I am really bad at containing myself for surprises, but I give myself credit for not actually revealing what they are. So I told DF I got him a lil pressie and he proceeded to ask the normal question of what is it? He thought it was a Superman t shirt that I showed him before and said I would love to get for him. I didn't say yes and I didn't say no, so I will reveal below what he got

Normally and please don't flame me, he is not into Mickey. But when he said that he really liked this tee I just had to get it for him.

What do you guys think?

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Cute shirt.

Your day 1 plans sound good. I think you should be able to get a good viewing spot for Wishes if you do that before your ADR at Kona. (?)

Man, I'd love to stay at the Poly......

 

[Soopafly]

Subbing.

Have you thought about a Wishes Cruise? We did that last September and it was awesome. The electric water parade was fabulous to see on the boat.

I can't wait to hear more about your planning. Sounds like a lot of fun. I'm planning a trip in September too.

A wishes cruise would be pretty cool if we could swing the cash, I think with the deluxe dining plan and staying at the poly we are going to be broke but it would be very cool. How much are they now anyways and did you do it as a group or did you do it as a couple and do a boat share? Do you think it is any better than just sitting on the Poly beach? Curious to know more about your experience. Where are you staying this year and what dates?

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

A wishes cruise would be pretty cool if we could swing the cash, I think with the deluxe dining plan and staying at the poly we are going to be broke but it would be very cool. How much are they now anyways and did you do it as a group or did you do it as a couple and do a boat share? Do you think it is any better than just sitting on the Poly beach? Curious to know more about your experience. Where are you staying this year and what dates?

We are staying at WL and will be there from Sept 10 - 20. The boat we had seated 10 people. It was our wedding anniversary and I surprised my DH with the cruise after dinner at the GF Cafe. The rest of my group dined at 1900 Park Fare and then we met at the marina. I said that I wanted to take pictures and see if I could see Wishes from there but really we got on the boat. I would need to look up the costs. I added decorations for $75 and I also added snacks as well. There is an additional cost to have the music from the MK included but it was well worth it. You do not share a boat so even if there were just two of you, you would have your own boat. It was a lovely experience.

I really wanted to stay at the Poly but it just wasn't in our budget this year. Some day though...some day..... We love the WL though. It's very nice and relaxing to be able to take the boat over to MK.

We will definitely visit the Poly though. My favorite breakfast on property is at Kona.

Happy planning! I can't wait to hear more.

 

[dismagiclover]

Great shirt!