DisneyJo
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Today is going home day, we or should I say I did most of the packing yesterday and it sure was a struggle, we had an extra case with us and I really didnt think wed bought that much but we only just fitted it all in 
Next time we take 2 extra bags 
We werent catching the ME till about 1.30pm but with a long flight ahead of us really didnt want to go to a park and get all hot and sticky again. Mousekeeping had allowed us to have our room till 12pm so we went swimming, well except David who decided to nip to DTD to see if they had his cap yet, ummmm no they didnt!!!!!!!!
The girls and I had a lovely swim I the quiet pool and for about an hour had the pool to ourselves
The girls started having handstand competitions to see who could stay up the longest and I was the official judge, they both won some and both lost some, phew that was lucky
Whilst the girls were doing this, it did go on for a while, a lady and her DD were also swimming and the Mum said for her DD to try, she was about the age of my 2 but bless her just couldnt get her legs up so her Mum decided to show her how to do it, youve never seen legs flailing all over the place in all your life it was so funny, well me being non-competitive had to do my handstand and ummm got to about 40 seconds, she wasnt impressed
It got to about 11.30am and we decided wed better go get showered and pack the last few things before calling to get our bags taken down.
We went and had our final Disney meal and as we had a couple of CS credits left I asked the CM if we could have some rice crispy treats instead, well she gave me 9 they totally filled my bag up and I darent show David We used our final few SCs in the shop on some chips and cookies and 
left our refillable mugs on top of a garbage can, we didnt have room for them in our luggage, wouldnt use them at home and knew we wouldnt return to use them again!!!!
We still had a while before our bus so we found a nice bench near the convention centre, sat the girls on the carpet and played go fish, lots of people smiled at us as they went past, they either thought aww cute or weird English people
Pretty uneventful trip home, we spent several hours at MCO playing more cards and browsing the shops. Our plane on the way home was called Jersey Girl and poor old David didnt have a working TV neither did the 3 people the other side of me and all they got was £25 ($50) worth of duty free
He wasnt too bothered though and we arrived back to Gatwick near enough on time. Our taxi was there to meet us and we were soon home!!!!
Thoughts on CSR.
CSR is a very beautiful resort and not as big as I was expecting, we were one of the furthest away but were still within a 5 minute walk of the main building.
The dig site pool was nice, not as good as I was expecting though, I always like to have quiet pools as you often have them to yourself!
CSR is a convention hotel and this really didnt bother us, our first week it was the gospel workshop of America (or something like that) and it was actually quite nice as they often sung on the buses and were really happy. The second week was some irrigation convention but we never saw them and the last few days was an insurance company who had obviously paid for the whole family to come, as there were a lot of families with balloons etc.
Buses, these were on the whole great, they were never crowded and the CSR bus stops were never that far away at all the parks. Maybe because it is a convention centre less people use the buses which made them less crowded
Pepper Market
I really didnt like it and if I wasnt on the DDP would have not wanted to tip the staff as they hardly did anything, the few times we did eat there the food was good but very slow and the girls had often finished their meal before we even got ours. Also all the CMs seemed to tell you different things about what was and wasnt included on the plan!
Saying all that we did enjoy our stay there but personally we preferred POR where were staying next year!
Final thoughts.
This was an amazing holiday; I was worried the magic would be less as it was our second trip (yes I know it was my 6th so I should have known that it wouldnt!!!!) but I think it was actually more, phew
All the planning paid off and we rarely waited in any queues, we really learnt how to play the FP system, always making sure we got a new FP before we used the current one, also many times we used them late and the CMs always told us we could!
To actually meet up with people Id chatted to on the DIS was fantastic it was like meeting long lost friends rather than brand new ones. Our meets were great fun and I cant wait to do it all again next year and meet even more of you.
Even though we were there for 2 weeks and packed loads in we still missed so much, some on purpose some not, we never did get to see the HSM show or the GMR and I still think theres loads more to explore in WS oh and Im sure we could have gotten another ride on TT to make it up to 15 rides
When we got home we decided to go back in 2 years time and to do a cheaper holiday summer 2008 well a few weeks later David told me to book WDW
I didnt need asking twice so were staying at POR from 14th to 28th August with free dining again And the big DIS meet is already arranged for the weekend around the 24th, WDW had better watch out
Next time we take 2 extra bags We werent catching the ME till about 1.30pm but with a long flight ahead of us really didnt want to go to a park and get all hot and sticky again. Mousekeeping had allowed us to have our room till 12pm so we went swimming, well except David who decided to nip to DTD to see if they had his cap yet, ummmm no they didnt!!!!!!!!
The girls and I had a lovely swim I the quiet pool and for about an hour had the pool to ourselves
The girls started having handstand competitions to see who could stay up the longest and I was the official judge, they both won some and both lost some, phew that was lucky
Whilst the girls were doing this, it did go on for a while, a lady and her DD were also swimming and the Mum said for her DD to try, she was about the age of my 2 but bless her just couldnt get her legs up so her Mum decided to show her how to do it, youve never seen legs flailing all over the place in all your life it was so funny, well me being non-competitive had to do my handstand and ummm got to about 40 seconds, she wasnt impressed
It got to about 11.30am and we decided wed better go get showered and pack the last few things before calling to get our bags taken down.
We went and had our final Disney meal and as we had a couple of CS credits left I asked the CM if we could have some rice crispy treats instead, well she gave me 9
they totally filled my bag up and I darent show David We used our final few SCs in the shop on some chips and cookies and left our refillable mugs on top of a garbage can, we didnt have room for them in our luggage, wouldnt use them at home and knew we wouldnt return to use them again!!!!We still had a while before our bus so we found a nice bench near the convention centre, sat the girls on the carpet and played go fish, lots of people smiled at us as they went past, they either thought aww cute or weird English people
Pretty uneventful trip home, we spent several hours at MCO playing more cards and browsing the shops. Our plane on the way home was called Jersey Girl and poor old David didnt have a working TV neither did the 3 people the other side of me and all they got was £25 ($50) worth of duty free
He wasnt too bothered though and we arrived back to Gatwick near enough on time. Our taxi was there to meet us and we were soon home!!!!Thoughts on CSR.
CSR is a very beautiful resort and not as big as I was expecting, we were one of the furthest away but were still within a 5 minute walk of the main building.
The dig site pool was nice, not as good as I was expecting though, I always like to have quiet pools as you often have them to yourself!
CSR is a convention hotel and this really didnt bother us, our first week it was the gospel workshop of America (or something like that) and it was actually quite nice as they often sung on the buses and were really happy. The second week was some irrigation convention but we never saw them and the last few days was an insurance company who had obviously paid for the whole family to come, as there were a lot of families with balloons etc.
Buses, these were on the whole great, they were never crowded and the CSR bus stops were never that far away at all the parks. Maybe because it is a convention centre less people use the buses which made them less crowded
Pepper Market
I really didnt like it and if I wasnt on the DDP would have not wanted to tip the staff as they hardly did anything, the few times we did eat there the food was good but very slow and the girls had often finished their meal before we even got ours. Also all the CMs seemed to tell you different things about what was and wasnt included on the plan!Saying all that we did enjoy our stay there but personally we preferred POR where were staying next year!
Final thoughts.
This was an amazing holiday; I was worried the magic would be less as it was our second trip (yes I know it was my 6th so I should have known that it wouldnt!!!!) but I think it was actually more, phew
All the planning paid off and we rarely waited in any queues, we really learnt how to play the FP system, always making sure we got a new FP before we used the current one, also many times we used them late and the CMs always told us we could!
To actually meet up with people Id chatted to on the DIS was fantastic it was like meeting long lost friends rather than brand new ones. Our meets were great fun and I cant wait to do it all again next year and meet even more of you.
Even though we were there for 2 weeks and packed loads in we still missed so much, some on purpose some not, we never did get to see the HSM show or the GMR and I still think theres loads more to explore in WS oh and Im sure we could have gotten another ride on TT to make it up to 15 rides
When we got home we decided to go back in 2 years time and to do a cheaper holiday summer 2008 well a few weeks later David told me to book WDW
I didnt need asking twice so were staying at POR from 14th to 28th August with free dining again And the big DIS meet is already arranged for the weekend around the 24th, WDW had better watch out 
Was it a Chicago Bulls hat he was trying to find?
I cannot STAND the Pepper Market. 
Jo, it was wonderful getting to know you and your family. I'm so looking forward to the next time! 
(ok maybe a little mom and dad)
of eating at 50's PT. 
