Following Dr. Seuss to BCV- a November 2011 TR Updates 6/11

podsnel · Nov 23, 2011

Hi again!

I'm back with another TR- this time our trip took place November 9-14th, 2011, we were staying in a 1 BDRM villa at BCV, and all five of us were going! :banana:

That would be me, podsnel (Ellen), my DH, Pods (ok, his name is really Ken, but I've been calling him Pods since we met in college in 1980, because that's what we all called him, so there's no changing it NOW!! :rotfl:

), and our 3 handsome sons- Timmy, 12, Tyler, 14, and Sean, 17. Our oldest son, Sean, is autistic, and as of late has been having a bit of a tough time dealing with the world- largely due to the fact his meds are not really working for him anymore, and are currently being changed. :sad2:

Sooo...we had our work cut out for us on this vacation! But we had a wonderful time nonetheless! I hope you'll join me as I relive all the happy moments with you....

seelyt2 · Nov 23, 2011

Yay! Another TR by Ellen! :goodvibes

Talk about good timing! I don't go online for a week and a half and I found it on my first day back from my own never-land. Can't wait to hear about your adventures!

Happy Thanksgiving Ellen and family!

podsnel · Nov 23, 2011

Prior to any trip, WDW or elsewhere, we have to prepare Sean for what's coming- so for a good month and a half, Sean reviewed a social story decribing exactly what to expect on our upcoming vacation. By November 8th, he was ready! ANd saying he was excited to go to WDW the next day. :yay:

On November 9th, not so much. :sad2:

On the morning we were to leave, he was having a hard time thinking about leaving home...and with 11:45 am quickly approaching, we knew we had limited time to get him out the door and into the minivan my dear friend, Evie, was going to drive us in to the airport. Even though he was tantrumming like crazy (would have made any 2 year old proud!) we KNEW he loves WDW, and once we got him there, he would be a very happy young man. But change is tough for him, so going somewhere he doesn't go to everyday (although I'd REALLY like to work on making THAT happen for him! WDW everyday... :idea:

) is a BIG change. After hours of pleading, begging and cajoling, as Evie pulled into our driveway, I grabbed the one thing i knew he would follow to the ends of the earth, no matter how scary it was for him- his GIANT Green Eggs and Ham book! I said, "Sean! If you want this book you'd better follow me, because Dr. Seuss is going to Disney!"

And Dr. Seuss and I marched out the door with Sean following close behind. :thumbsup2

20 minutes later, we were being dropped off at Newark liberty Airport (yes, we do live that close to that part of NJ, and NO, my backyard does NOT overlook an oil refinery- we back up to acres of woods filled with deer and foxes and hawks and wild turkeys and...well, you get the idea. I just hate that everyone thinks my state is a cess pool and I like to take every opportunity I can to set the record straight that it is NOT! :snooty:

). After a near disaster in the security line (where Sean was raising his hand to go to the bathroom, please) we were at the gate, waiting to board, us and a Dr. Seuss book of epic proportions-

Being that this was NJEA Teachers Convention week, flights are all filled and seats are hard to come by- as a matter of fact, even though I booked our flight 11 months prior (a 2:30 flight so they would only miss half a day of school), we had LOST OUR SEATS (thank-you Continental & United! :headache:

) and were subsequently switched to an earlier 1:30 flight with seats all over the plane- except for 2, which were next to each other, so I could sit with Sean. Where he promptly fell asleep about 10 minutes after boarding.

A couple of hours later, we were in MCO!!

Congratulations, Sean & Sam-I-Am!! YOU DID IT!!!! :woohoo:

The first thrill ride of the trip-

Soon it was time for for everyone's favorite bus ride-

NOOOOO!!!!! Not the icky yellow Mears bus!!!

Aaahhhhh...THAT's better! :goodvibes

MUCH better! First a stop ot PO-

And then a stop at-

Until we pulled into the BC! (Ahead of the YC- isn't that weird? But ya won't hear us complaining!) Check-in was easy....

And we were up to our villa in minutes...

Up next- our fantastic BCV villa and a Kitchen Sink!!

KristiMc · Nov 23, 2011

I'm in for another great trip report. Happy Thanksgiving Ellen.

MEK · Nov 23, 2011

I always wondered what Pods real name was. Now I know. Of course, he will always be Pods to me! :rotfl:

I am so happy Sean wanted to go on this vacation, despite the pre departure temper tantrum. Thank goodness for a nice in flight nap!

I always love your monorail pics and it looks like you made it to BCV in great time. Hope you got a great room!

Can't wait to read more. Great family pic!

lshaw6 · Nov 23, 2011

Hi Ellen! So glad all 5 of you had such a great vacation. Thank goodness for Dr. Seuss, eh? Can't wait to read about your adventure and have a Happy Thanksgiving!!

CRdisMom · Nov 23, 2011

Awesome that he made it!!

meggiebeth · Nov 23, 2011

Great family photo! Can't wait for the next update! Sounds like you had a great trip! We had a look around BCV in August... looked beautiful! :goodvibes

preschoolmom · Nov 23, 2011

Joining in! I always enjoy your trip reports!

15isto2 · Nov 23, 2011

Signing up, I love your trip reports

podsnel · Nov 23, 2011

We were anxious to go up and check out our 1bdrm- when I booked it 11 months before, I had requested to be in the same location as we had just had that October- Villa 438 had a HUGE balcony overlooking the quiet pool as well as the excellent location of being across the hall from the ice and the trash & recycling. I believe the CM asked me if I wanted the same room- and I said, sure! It was great!

Well, I don't know what that CM put in the notes of room request...but once we were in the villa, and we all saw the view we had, it became clear- we had the EXACT SAME VILLA we had stayed in the year before! :banana:

How amazing!! And how wonderful!! Welcome to BCV 1 bdrm villa #438-

Sean was comfortable RIGHT away, even though this was his first time here- all those 1 bdrm villas have such a similar layout throughout DVC that he feels (I'm guessing) right at home as soon as he steps in.

I raced around taking pics- I really should have turned on more lights or waited a bit for them to warm up, but my boys can create a disaster area in seconds, so my goal was to get the room pics taken as fast as possible before they messed the place up!

The bell hop had walked us up, bringing our OL with her-

I love that BCV villas have that little entry way when you come in- nice place to store the OL.

Actually, it was T&T who knew we had the same villa as the year before- I kept saying that was impossible, what were the odds? But I checked last year's TR, and yep! They were right!! The balcony view-

Sean came to check it out, too-

I think he liked the looks of that pool, and he was already planning the rest of his night....I had packed our swimsuits in our carryon in case we wanted to swim before the luggage arrived, but everyone was hungry, so we opted to go have dinner at B&C first instead. Up next!

podsnel · Nov 23, 2011

seelyt2 said:
Yay! Another TR by Ellen! Talk about good timing! I don't go online for a week and a half and I found it on my first day back from my own never-land. Can't wait to hear about your adventures!

Happy Thanksgiving Ellen and family!

Oh, I am so glad you are happy about another Ellen TR! :hug:

I hope I can continue to hold your interest! :goodvibes

And happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, too! :cutie:

KristiMc said:
I'm in for another great trip report. Happy Thanksgiving Ellen.

Happy Thanksgiving, Kristi! Thanks so much for reading!! :goodvibes

MEK said:
I always wondered what Pods real name was. Now I know. Of course, he will always be Pods to me!

I am so happy Sean wanted to go on this vacation, despite the pre departure temper tantrum. Thank goodness for a nice in flight name!

I always love your monorail pics and it looks like you made it to BCV in great time. Hope you got a great room!

Can't wait to read more. Great family pic!

Hi Mary Ellen!! WOW you found me fast!! :banana:

Yes, Pods is a Ken- but I never, ever call him that- he is Pods to me. :love:

We actually did make great time to BCV- I think we checked in right about 5... I love flying to Florida- it always amazes me how fast we can get to total ecstatic giddy happiness from here!

lshaw6 said:
Hi Ellen! So glad all 5 of you had such a great vacation. Thank goodness for Dr. Seuss, eh? Can't wait to read about your adventure and have a Happy Thanksgiving!!

Hi Lisa!!

Yes- thank goodness for Dr Seuss. He loves many, many Seuss books, but I think Green Eggs & Ham is his favorite- he used to read it to himself in his crib when he was 2. :lovestruc

Thanks so much for joining me AGAIN and Happy Thanksgiving to you, too!

CRdisMom said:
Awesome that he made it!!

You know it, dear friend. :hug:

podsnel · Nov 23, 2011

meggiebeth said:
Great family photo! Can't wait for the next update! Sounds like you had a great trip! We had a look around BCV in August... looked beautiful!

Hi Meggiebeth! :goodvibes

Thank-you for liking our photo! We did have a great trip- we came home a little drained, but still were so happy Sean enjoyed himself- :thumbsup2

BCV IS beautiful- prior to our DVC purchase :worship:

we always stayed at the BC- originally we bought at AKV, but within a year I was in a panic over getting shut out of BCV with our AK points, so we added on. We LOVE BCV!! :lovestruc

Thanks so much for posting!

preschoolmom said:
Joining in! I always enjoy your trip reports!

I'm so glad! Thank-you, preschoolmom! Don't be a stranger!

15isto2 said:
Signing up, I love your trip reports

Thanks, I am really, truly honored- you read a LOT of them! Thanks for posting- :thumbsup2

saintstickets · Nov 23, 2011

Sign me up! I'm looking forward to your TR.

podsnel said:
20 minutes later, we were being dropped off at Newark liberty Airport (yes, we do live that close to that part of NJ, and NO, my backyard does NOT overlook an oil refinery- we back up to acres of woods filled with deer and foxes and hawks and wild turkeys and...well, you get the idea. I just hate that everyone thinks my state is a cess pool and I like to take every opportunity I can to set the record straight that it is NOT! ).

You think you have it bad? Try being from Mississippi and live with how most of the country thinks about those from the Magnolia State! Gotta go now. The squirrel is getting tired running on the track to power my puter and DS wants to borrow the shoes to go to the store! :rotfl2:

MEK · Nov 23, 2011

Ellen -

You are an updating fool today. I absolutely love that view of the quiet pool! I think I like it better than the view from the opposite side of the building. What a lovely evening.

Love the 1BR. Isn't it something how the 1BR & 2BR can really spoil you? I am going to have to get used to that OKW studio really fast for December.

I once had the same room at Pop Century twice. So, it CAN happen!

Sean really does look right at home!

dizneeat · Nov 23, 2011

Signing in ...........

now going back to read, just didn't want to end up on page 5 because I am late!

NMW · Nov 23, 2011

So happy to see another Podsnel tr looking forward to read it

JKSWonder · Nov 23, 2011

Woot Woot! Another trip report from Ellen...I am so in!

Wicket's Mom · Nov 23, 2011

Here I am, this groupie can't miss your postings! :lmao:

Now to catch up.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

WannaBeADisMom · Nov 23, 2011

Out in the barn loving your TR. Thanks for the heads up! Happy Thanksgiving!

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