From WDW to DL With Love - January 06, 2011 part 3

[goofprincess]

So DH and I are going to the mouse in September to celebrate anniversary and birhday; we've got most ADRs (free dining yeah) but wanted input for those who have eaten at Beaches. We always try something new. Any other places I should try besides: Califoria Grille and Cellier. We are eating in Norway and at Boma. We particularly want to try places other than the parks to eat.

Leaving on a jet plane tomorrow to Big Island. Hate having to pay for my bags. We are loyal SW travelers but hence, they do not fly to the islands yet. DH told me one large bag and my carry on. Guess I can survive. Its only for a week; so excited because my son is proposing to his sweetheart over there. She is a nanny and had to go work in Hawaii for 5 weeks. I am thrilled, having raised four sons and now I get a daughter for real.

 

[granmaz]

So DH and I are going to the mouse in September to celebrate anniversary and birhday; we've got most ADRs (free dining yeah) but wanted input for those who have eaten at Beaches. We always try something new. Any other places I should try besides: Califoria Grille and Cellier. We are eating in Norway and at Boma. We particularly want to try places other than the parks to eat.

Leaving on a jet plane tomorrow to Big Island. Hate having to pay for my bags. We are loyal SW travelers but hence, they do not fly to the islands yet. DH told me one large bag and my carry on. Guess I can survive. Its only for a week; so excited because my son is proposing to his sweetheart over there. She is a nanny and had to go work in Hawaii for 5 weeks. I am thrilled, having raised four sons and now I get a daughter for real.

How exciting about your son, time to buy a hat!!!

As far as eating at WDW goes, we really like lunch at Le Chefs de France. We have eaten dinner at the Wave at the contemporary and really enjoy it there, though of course you are eating at the Cali Grill there, but perhaps another time.
Our best two meals last time were the Captains Grille at the Yacht Club, and lunch at Tusker House in AK. We have also eaten breakfast there too and it is lovely. Others say dinner is excellent too.
I hear great things about Flying Fish, but we haven't managed to get there yet.
Don't forget, for a Counter service(or Quick service which ever they call it) one of the best places is Wolfgang Puck Express at the Marketplace in Downtown Disney. Massive portions of excellent food.

 

[rotary2808]

So DH and I are going to the mouse in September to celebrate anniversary and birhday; we've got most ADRs (free dining yeah) but wanted input for those who have eaten at Beaches. We always try something new. Any other places I should try besides: Califoria Grille and Cellier. We are eating in Norway and at Boma. We particularly want to try places other than the parks to eat.

Leaving on a jet plane tomorrow to Big Island. Hate having to pay for my bags. We are loyal SW travelers but hence, they do not fly to the islands yet. DH told me one large bag and my carry on. Guess I can survive. Its only for a week; so excited because my son is proposing to his sweetheart over there. She is a nanny and had to go work in Hawaii for 5 weeks. I am thrilled, having raised four sons and now I get a daughter for real.

Congratulations to your son and future daughter in law!!!! Hopefully you'll have pictures from the big moment. A proposal in Hawaii will be amazing!!!!.

 

[tinksmom]

So DH and I are going to the mouse in September to celebrate anniversary and birhday; we've got most ADRs (free dining yeah) but wanted input for those who have eaten at Beaches. We always try something new. Any other places I should try besides: Califoria Grille and Cellier. We are eating in Norway and at Boma. We particularly want to try places other than the parks to eat.

Leaving on a jet plane tomorrow to Big Island. Hate having to pay for my bags. We are loyal SW travelers but hence, they do not fly to the islands yet. DH told me one large bag and my carry on. Guess I can survive. Its only for a week; so excited because my son is proposing to his sweetheart over there. She is a nanny and had to go work in Hawaii for 5 weeks. I am thrilled, having raised four sons and now I get a daughter for real.

What a wonderful story. I hope your son and future daughter-in-law have a long and happy life together!

We love Beaches and Cream, it's one of our favorites. Servings are large and they don't mind sharing, especially since it saves room for their delicions ice cream concotions. We haven't eaten many meals outside the parks. Along with Beaches, we love Kona for a relaxed sit-down meal. You can almost always get in with same-day reservations. We also like Turf Club at SSR. For counter service our favorite is Earl of Sandwich in Downtown Disney.

Hope this helps!

 

[TDC Nala]

So DH and I are going to the mouse in September to celebrate anniversary and birhday; we've got most ADRs (free dining yeah) but wanted input for those who have eaten at Beaches. We always try something new. Any other places I should try besides: Califoria Grille and Cellier. We are eating in Norway and at Boma. We particularly want to try places other than the parks to eat.

It is not likely at this time that you will be able to get September reservations for Le Cellier (or for California Grill anywhere near fireworks time) if you do not have them already.

Beaches & Cream is relatively boring except for the desserts.

Servings are large and they don't mind sharing

There are actually several reports on the restaurant board that Beaches & Cream does not allow guests on the dining plan to share entrees, so ask before you go there with a view to sharing an entree on the dining plan. It doesn't take reservations so you can ask before you put yourself in for a seat.

 

[tinksmom]

If no one else has volunteered to organize the Wristband fish extender group I would love to. Anyone who wants to join in can, especially our friends from outside the U.S. since I volunteered to coordinate that.

If you're interested sign on here or email me at tinkerbellesmom@sbcglobal.net. I know it's still a little early, but I'm anxious to get started on something. I won't place an order until after PIF day.

 

[aan1701]

So DH and I are going to the mouse in September to celebrate anniversary and birhday; we've got most ADRs (free dining yeah) but wanted input for those who have eaten at Beaches. We always try something new. Any other places I should try besides: Califoria Grille and Cellier. We are eating in Norway and at Boma. We particularly want to try places other than the parks to eat.

Leaving on a jet plane tomorrow to Big Island. Hate having to pay for my bags. We are loyal SW travelers but hence, they do not fly to the islands yet. DH told me one large bag and my carry on. Guess I can survive. Its only for a week; so excited because my son is proposing to his sweetheart over there. She is a nanny and had to go work in Hawaii for 5 weeks. I am thrilled, having raised four sons and now I get a daughter for real.

Thanks for the loyalty. First off I will say congradulations to your son. I hope he surprises her good. Second please don't hold your breath waiting for us to fly to Hawai'I. Our planes are not allowed to fly more than 160 miles from the coast line because we do not have life rafts, we only have life vests. As far as food goes, I like Olivias at OKW and Shutters at CRB. Also I am a Fan of Whispering Canyon at WL. At DTD I am a big fan of T-Rex. It is very loud in there but I found the portions to be huge and yummy.

 

[LimoFam5]

I am soooooo excited it is all becoming so real. Every year it's the same thing, we book a vacation but it is NOT until we book the flights that it hits me........YAYYYYYYYY US we are doing this.....once again we are taking another DREAM COME TRUE DISNEY VACATION.
So we were trying to decide how much time we would spend at DVC resort prior to out cruise, we were either going to fly into Orlando on the 4th or the 2nd......well it was not a hard sell we will arrive into Orlando early morning on the 2nd. From there we will head to Disney Animal Kingdom Kidani where we will be staying in a 1 bedroom Sav view for 4 nights prior to our cruise.......we stayed there last year but I am so looking forward to returning.
Durning our 5 days there we will spend two just relaxing by the pool, one day we will spend at Discovery cove, the other either at Bush Gardens or Sea World.......looking for suggestions, we live in southern califonia to start with so Sea Wold here is just a 2 hour drive away, we have been there done that so if Sea World in Orlando is pretty much the same I dont see a need to visit that park.......our last day the 6th will be spent in the Disney Cruise Terminal waiting to board!!!!!!!

So what's new with all of you? Any plans, before, after or durning the cruise you wanna share?

Thanks ALL,
N.L.

 

[LindaBabe]

Don't miss visiting Winter Park. Make sure you take the scenic boat tour. It is located at the end of E Morse Blvd. on Lake Osceola. The tour guides are great, very knowledgeable about Winter Park. The Morse Museum Tiffany exhibit is fantastic, make sure you look up at the stained glass window in the entrance hall. Walk along Park Avenue, there are great shops and lots of sidewalk restaurants to choose from. If you are there on Saturday go to the farmers market. The fine art museum on Rollins College campus is also worth your time to visit. So much to do and see in Winter Park, but you won't find anything Disney, it is worlds away and very laid back and relaxing. I hope you put it on your to do list. I promise you will be very glad you spent time in Winter Park.

I really enjoyed the boat ride (very tame and charming) and the Morse museum, so here's a second vote for them. Haven't made it to the art museum at Rollins yet.

I like to visit IKEA because we don't have one at home - and eat in their restaurant - Swedish meatballs Yummmm.

Bok tower is WONDERFUL - check their website and plan your trip for when there's going to be a carillon concert. The gardens are nice too, albeit not SO extraordinary in January. While you're down to Lake Wales, visit the Florida Natural visitor center to learn all about the citrus industry.

If you scrapbook, Violettes in Lakeland is very good, as is MouseMemories in Kississimmee.

If you get a chance visit the Alligators in St. Cloud on http://www.wildwillysairboattours.com/ The tour you want is the private tour with Willy himself - he's a character, and it was worth every penny. He has a boat that will take two people - much better than the party boat.

So DH and I are going to the mouse in September to celebrate anniversary and birhday; we've got most ADRs (free dining yeah) but wanted input for those who have eaten at Beaches. We always try something new. Any other places I should try besides: Califoria Grille and Cellier. We are eating in Norway and at Boma. We particularly want to try places other than the parks to eat.

In my view, you should pay cash at Beaches - it takes a table service credit and you can do better for your money.

It is not likely at this time that you will be able to get September reservations for Le Cellier (or for California Grill anywhere near fireworks time) if you do not have them already.

Beaches & Cream is relatively boring except for the desserts.



There are actually several reports on the restaurant board that Beaches & Cream does not allow guests on the dining plan to share entrees, so ask before you go there with a view to sharing an entree on the dining plan. It doesn't take reservations so you can ask before you put yourself in for a seat.

I don't find it boring - for it's type, Beaches has delicious food and lots of it. But I would pay cash, as I said, and not use a table service credit for it.

 

[granmaz]

I really enjoyed the boat ride (very tame and charming) and the Morse museum, so here's a second vote for them. Haven't made it to the art museum at Rollins yet.

I like to visit IKEA because we don't have one at home - and eat in their restaurant - Swedish meatballs Yummmm.

Bok tower is WONDERFUL - check their website and plan your trip for when there's going to be a carillon concert. The gardens are nice too, albeit not SO extraordinary in January. While you're down to Lake Wales, visit the Florida Natural visitor center to learn all about the citrus industry.

If you scrapbook, Violettes in Lakeland is very good, as is MouseMemories in Kississimmee.

If you get a chance visit the Alligators in St. Cloud on http://www.wildwillysairboattours.com/ The tour you want is the private tour with Willy himself - he's a character, and it was worth every penny. He has a boat that will take two people - much better than the party boat.

Thanks for the info. I will look at the alligator tour!!

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Hope you guys are all well, we went to see new twighlight flm last night which was pretty good, still raining.

Stay well cruise buddies.

 

[JenKatt]

Hey everyone...

semester is over for school. I cannot believe how exhausted I am from it. On a good note we were able to book Party for the Senses the two nights we wanted to go. On a down note my mouth/ head is killing me. I decided that 32 was a good age to get braces. No clue what I was thinking!!!!

Jeff is back to updating the website, I've gotten some requests to be added that he will get to soon. He's still working on getting the image spruced up for Zazzle some more. He will post the images that he has redone for the website for those of you DIY'ing your shirts/ etc.

And it's bloody hot outside!

 

[LindaBabe]

Could you REST now, for a little bit, Jen? How much longer have you got to go, anyway? And what will the final degree be? You guys are the most GO! GO! family I know

Not quite so hot here today, and thunderstorms keep rolling by and not stopping. I hope they continue to roll by on Saturday - it's the neighborhood yard sale. We've got so much stuff, but my spouse won't part with anything of 'his'. Oh well, what I liberated *will* be out of this house!

Happy Day!

 

[JenKatt]

Rest? What's that?
I have two more semesters after this. A total of 3 classes, one of which is my practicum. When I graduate I will have a master's degree in nursing informatics. In other words a nurse geek.
We are a go - go -go family. Jeff and I are always wanting to do something else. I'll finish school, we'll hopefully have another kid and then Jeff will go to law school. Not sure why we do any of this except we want to. we're certifiable!
We want to get started on our FE gifts, we're going to do the door magnets. We hopefully will design them in August so all we have to do is the names after the PIF date.

 

[granmaz]

Rest? What's that?
I have two more semesters after this. A total of 3 classes, one of which is my practicum. When I graduate I will have a master's degree in nursing informatics. In other words a nurse geek.
We are a go - go -go family. Jeff and I are always wanting to do something else. I'll finish school, we'll hopefully have another kid and then Jeff will go to law school. Not sure why we do any of this except we want to. we're certifiable!

When you say a nurse geek(nursing informatics) what does that mean in practice? Would you tutor nursing students?

Sounds like you have a few busy years ahead.

 

[tinksmom]

Jen and Jeff -- y'all are amazing and I'm grateful for everything you do to make the cruise better for all of us.

As for the braces, I had mine put on whe I was 31 and wore them through our wedding and the birth of Carly. You can do it and it will be worth it when they are finally off.

I agree take some time to rest and enjoy your little one.

I'm checking out companies for the bracelets. Again, this FE group is open to any one. I'm bad with names, but I did receive private message and will put your information on the list.

I've also decided on our personal gift for FE, just need to get it ordered and put together.

Happy Wednesday!
Tenya

 

[carmie3377]

Braces - one of these days, I'll get them. When I was growing up, my mom worked for an orthodontist who offered to put my sister and I both in braces for no charge. My mom didn't want to take advantage of him. But I will get them one day! DH wants them too.

DD will hopefully have hers off by the time we cruise. But I'm worried about her losing her retainer on the cruise. She loved going up on Deck 9 with her friends and getting food. Also, we just got her some prescription sunglasses. We're already stressing the importance of her not losing these things. She's a responsible kid but I know with her having fun and excited, it's easy to forget these things.

 

[JenKatt]

When you say a nurse geek(nursing informatics) what does that mean in practice? Would you tutor nursing students?

Sounds like you have a few busy years ahead.

How to explain what I do? I'm the computer nurse. I make the computer documentation systems work. I keep the computers and fetal monitors working. I do research based on what I can pull out of the documentation. I left the bedside almost 2 years ago after 10 years being at it. I got burned out on the NICU after DS was born. The degree is a formality. I don't need it, but I wanted it. And I had to use my GI Bill funding before I lost it.
I teach computers to nurses, but I don't think I'll ever really teach. I don't have the patience!

Jen and Jeff -- y'all are amazing and I'm grateful for everything you do to make the cruise better for all of us.

As for the braces, I had mine put on whe I was 31 and wore them through our wedding and the birth of Carly. You can do it and it will be worth it when they are finally off.

I agree take some time to rest and enjoy your little one.

I'm checking out companies for the bracelets. Again, this FE group is open to any one. I'm bad with names, but I did receive private message and will put your information on the list.

I've also decided on our personal gift for FE, just need to get it ordered and put together.

Happy Wednesday!
Tenya

Braces - one of these days, I'll get them. When I was growing up, my mom worked for an orthodontist who offered to put my sister and I both in braces for no charge. My mom didn't want to take advantage of him. But I will get them one day! DH wants them too.

DD will hopefully have hers off by the time we cruise. But I'm worried about her losing her retainer on the cruise. She loved going up on Deck 9 with her friends and getting food. Also, we just got her some prescription sunglasses. We're already stressing the importance of her not losing these things. She's a responsible kid but I know with her having fun and excited, it's easy to forget these things.

The braces aren't so bad. Just really annoying. I need to have a palate expander put in on Aug 2. That's gonna stink.
As a kid I never lost my prescription sunglasses. Regular, yes, never prescription. Funny how that worked!

 

[WDW Princess 71]

Jen and Jeff -- y'all are amazing and I'm grateful for everything you do to make the cruise better for all of us.

As for the braces, I had mine put on whe I was 31 and wore them through our wedding and the birth of Carly. You can do it and it will be worth it when they are finally off.

I agree take some time to rest and enjoy your little one.

I'm checking out companies for the bracelets. Again, this FE group is open to any one. I'm bad with names, but I did receive private message and will put your information on the list.

I've also decided on our personal gift for FE, just need to get it ordered and put together.

Happy Wednesday!
Tenya

That was me! Thanks for adding me to the list, I'm excited to participate!

 

[granmaz]

How to explain what I do? I'm the computer nurse. I make the computer documentation systems work. I keep the computers and fetal monitors working. I do research based on what I can pull out of the documentation. I left the bedside almost 2 years ago after 10 years being at it. I got burned out on the NICU after DS was born. The degree is a formality. I don't need it, but I wanted it. And I had to use my GI Bill funding before I lost it.
I teach computers to nurses, but I don't think I'll ever really teach. I don't have the patience!

Thanks for the explanation. I'm not sure we have an equivalent over here. It does sound very techy, but in these days very useful and necessary.