here now 9/4 can anything more insane happen?

grittyreid

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Ok,its me and dh. Our plane leaves at 11:45 am thursday from cleveland. I check internet; the plane is there.great. Get to airport,there is no plane at gate.our plane had a mechanical problem and they were getting us new plane. Only problem was it had to come in from tampa so we had a 3 and 1/2 delay.no problem as I would rather fly on safe plane. Dh calls car service we have used 3 other times,says we will be in about 5:15.he says they will monitor internet and will be there. We get in at 5:10,go to baggage claim, get bags still noone there so we take a cab. We turn our phones off and are officially on vacation.I turn my phone on and there are 16 missed calls. All from the car service. My husband calls and the guy starts yelling at him that we owe them $120. My husband asks what time their driver was there and he says a little after 5:45.dh says do you think we're going to wait another half hour after our plane was delayed and the guy told him "you stupid idiot". I'm sorry...WHAT? So he hangs up. The guy then starts ringing our phones off the hook and starts calling us in the room. We call the front desk to tell them what's going on.they put block on our phone. We put our cells on mute and go to bed.he called 20 more times while we were sleeping. Ok. Ready for a new day. We go to hpfj and dh knows there is chance he won't get on. He's 6'5" and almost 300 lbs. He tries test seat outside.can't get it. I tell him seats inside are bigger so we go. We get on, he gets 1 click but can't get anymore. He was so upset, I go on.great ride and I come off, and I thought he was going to cry but he shook it off and we went on spiderman and had a blast. Go to pool and back to room in villa club wing. 3pm I can't believe it but I hear dog barking in room next to me. I know dogs are allowed at lowes but I believe they are in east wing on ground floor. So I think maybe dog visiting but no...yapping and barking nonstop and noone trying to quiet him. I call front desk to tell them and they say they will send security up. We go to park to exchange gift card for universal dollars cuz we like to tip maids and club personnel with them when I get a phone call from a 407 area code and think its crazy limo driver so I give phone to my husband, she says she is with universal orlando hotels and wants to know if we have checked in room yet.WHAT???? He says we checked in thursday. They then ask if we are in room #24**.no my husband says we are in room next to us. She asks if we have dog.no the people in next room do.she says she has our room # as the one with dog.so dh starts freaking that the other room could be using our credit card so we get on boat and go to front desk.he gets manager (wonderful) who says the room with dog has been told to vacate and will have to pay for 2 rooms(this one and the new one they are being moved to) plus a hefty cleaning fee. Great. Everything good. Go back to our room and see couple ahead of us with shopping bags and I think are new guests in room next to us. I say hi as we put key in and lady says"well now we know who complained"dh says what did u say? She says I wasn't talking to you and says to her dog "I know you weren't barking. My dogs not hurting anybody. Dh says I had to come back from park because of you. She starts mouthing off. Her husband is telling her to shut up. Dh decides he needs to make report in case anything else happens.so he goes to girl he was talking to with manager before and tells her what happened. Her jaw drops.manager can't believe they still aren't out of room.he calls up and she says she is not rushing to pack her bags and she will take as long as she needs to. Manager says he is sending people up to help her.in the meantime I hear her yelling in room that is she sees us on property we better avoid her or there's no telling what she will do.like we're the bad guys.THEY PUT A DOG IN ROOM AND LEFT IT THERE. Where did dog poop and pee. On the carpet, the bed, the chair????what kind of animals are these people? So manager and bellman and another girl all go up to room to get them out. Dh comes back,I tell him what she said about how we better avoid them and he laughs and says if we do see them again we should smile and say ruff ruff!!!!and manager was kind enough to get us free dinner at mama dellas.
 
9/4. Saturday: went to breakfast at club at 7:45 and noticed lot of people waiting for boat.a bunch had to wait for next boat. We were going to us to stay away from harry potter so we waited till 10 and very few people waiting for boat.rode simpsons twice.shortest wait we ever had. Same for et.had dippin dots,took boat back to beautiful portofino and relaxed at pool. No dogs barked all day.had dinner at mama dellas. Great day!
 
OMG!!! I can't believe all of that happened to YOU! Those people are CRAZY! I hope you enjoy the rest of your trip, and that you don't run into them.

Iwould love to know what the room looked like after leaving that dog in there. I would not want to stay in a room a pet was in, espcially if it slept in the bed too :sad2:
 

Ok now this is funny. Entire hotel booked and we get newspaper every morning. We don't have one sunday. No big deal-we will read at club.I am willing to bet $100 crazy lady came up and took it.to funny. So we are sitting at club having breakfast and crazy lady walks in and goes to sit at tv.I admit I stir the pot by saying "jim, that was nice of the manager to comp our dinner because of the dog incident. Crazy lady turns on animal planet and some dog show was on.she turned the volume up so loud you couldn't hear yourself talk. So I yell hey its a dog show. I wonder if they teach people you're not supposed to bring dogs into hotel.then I realize she's really nuts so refuse to get sucked in anymore.sunday was a madhouse at hotel and parks. We went to get pizza at sals about 8 pm,ordered it and were waiting inside when I see this lady holding a very young baby and her husband waiting while a table was cleaned off for them. She turned to give baby to husband when this arrogant witch literally pushed them aside and sat at the table and started motioning for her friends to join them.the young couple looked like they were going to cry.I'm about to go over there when husband stops me but the people in table behind them who saw the whole thing got up and gave them their table.there really are good people out there. So dh tells me to go to room and he will bring pizza and sandwich up. He comes up 45 minutes later...WITH NO FOOD!!!! I will finish story later.
 
Ok now this is funny. Entire hotel booked and we get newspaper every morning. We don't have one sunday. No big deal-we will read at club.I am willing to bet $100 crazy lady came up and took it.to funny. So we are sitting at club having breakfast and crazy lady walks in and goes to sit at tv.I admit I stir the pot by saying "jim, that was nice of the manager to comp our dinner because of the dog incident. Crazy lady turns on animal planet and some dog show was on.she turned the volume up so loud you couldn't hear yourself talk. So I yell hey its a dog show. I wonder if they teach people you're not supposed to bring dogs into hotel.then I realize she's really nuts so refuse to get sucked in anymore.

I do stuff like that too.. :lmao:
 
man, this trip sounds insane!!
i like that you made comments, i have a real hard time keeping my mouth shut in situations like that too :)

im sure we all run into way more good people than buttholes like the few youve seen, but its not entertaining unless we hear the stories about the nasties! :rotfl:
 
This is like a dark comedy. I'm sorry all this happened but at the sametime it is FUNNY. Keep posting!! popcorn::
 
We had gone to sals to order pizza for dh and panini for mr to go.specifically told them put pasta salad on side.the place is a madhouse and we had gone to club and waited 20 minutes when above incident happened so I leave. When dh comes up 45 minutes later and says no food I am stunned.he has been dying for a sals pizza. He said after I left he waited and with his number in plain sight. He noticed pizza and bag to side of counter,thinks maybe its ours but doesn't say anything cuz he loves the place. 10 minutes later he sees guy who came in after us get his food and says that's it.(The guy who got his food after us was the person who got room after dog lady vacated)we know this cuz he knocked on our door at 11 pm and asked jim to help him get in room.he was older and handicapped and jim not only got him in room but told him to knock anytime if he needed anything.) Anyway he goes to counter and asks about order; sure enough it was our pizza and sandwich. The lady says no it just came out-he says I've been looking at it for 20 minutes. She feels box and says its still warm.he figures he's starving so he will take it but decides to check my sandwich and not only was the pasta salad not on side...it was all over sandwich.I hate onions and he was going to eat the pasta. He says no I want my money back. No, she says she will make new order.he doesn't want new order he wants his money back.she keeps telling him new order cooking and she will give him his money back and give him new order for free. Ok,we already had a free dinner; no way were we getting another one.we will look like chronic complainers. She insists on getting his name and room number. I tell him let's go to pool and then we will just get room service.nice swim and we go to other italian restaurant where you can make your own pasta. Awesome!jim starts telling either manager or owner about sals and she evidently went over to sals to find out what happened and brings manager over to talk to jim. We don't want anything free...leave us alone!!!!!!he does and the lady who owns it gives us a check. She had taken 20 percent off cuz of what happened at sals!!!omg!!!
 
One footnote about crazy dog lady. The last time we saw her was in the club lounge for appetizers. She was sitting at one table. Her husband came in after her and sat at another table. Guess he knows she's nuts!
 
One footnote about crazy dog lady. The last time we saw her was in the club lounge for appetizers. She was sitting at one table. Her husband came in after her and sat at another table. Guess he knows she's nuts!

:lmao:
 
When all is said and done, we had a wonderful time and portofino bay is such a wonderful hotel and every employee is kind and courteous. We are booking march 2011 and I am going to try and sneak long weekend before then!!!
 
okay, now i just got an email from *********** tours, the towncar company that harassed us on vacation saying he told my husband that he would be late; uh no he didn't. he clearly said he would monitor internet and would be there when our plane landed. the thing is they were late the last time we used them and this was the last straw. if you want to make sure you are picked up on time and don't want any hassles to start your vacation please don't use ***********!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I beleive the name is automatically blocked by the Dis when the company has previously violated Disboard protocol or policies - in effect the name is banned from being used or referrals made to that company on the Disboards.
 
It was the owner of the car service who was calling us and calling us names. I believe stupid idiot, liar and some others which I can't say. He said my husband knew they were going to be late. I was sitting next to my husband and heard him say if they weren't there we would leave. He told my husband "no problem, we will monitor internet so we will be there when you get there. When we brought this up he started swearing and calling us names. Absolutely insane. Oh and they were 1/2 hour late last time.
 
popcorn:: This is good! Very entertaining. It sounds like you guys focused on the lighter side of things though! Way to go!
 
This was a great report! Love the crazy dog lady!

My sister can be one of those crazy dog smoker people :) Nothing against her but last trip she had to bring her dog...good thing RPH allows pets. She shows up at 11am during WWOHP grand opening weekend and is upset that her room is not ready yet...:scared1: I tell her about the kennel and she refuses and says she will just stay in her car all day :laughing: well about an hour later she backs down and puts puppy in the kennel, hotel was nice enough to drive her over to it, and joins us at the park.

My mom stayed on the 4th floor in a smoking room and one day I go to visit and I can hear the dog all the way down the hall barking :sad2: When I left the room I saw secruity and asked if they were going to the barking dog room and they said no not this time :) but I told DS to keep her puppy in her own room.

She also got mad when she checked out a day earlier than us and they would not let her leave her dog in my mom's room. I told her to use the kennel again but she just said she didn't want to do that to her pup and went on back home. :lmao:

So I truly understand crazy dog lady story :) Just glad it wasn't her!


Other than that you seem to be able to take the downs with some humor so that is a great thing! Getting stressed out over things like that can make a vacation hard. I was not impressed with some of the staff at PBH our last trip and Sal's did the same thing to us with my sister's salads. But other than that the pizza was pretty good and the price was not bad. :thumbsup2
 
This was a great report! Love the crazy dog lady!

My sister can be one of those crazy dog smoker people :) Nothing against her but last trip she had to bring her dog...good thing RPH allows pets. She shows up at 11am during WWOHP grand opening weekend and is upset that her room is not ready yet...:scared1: I tell her about the kennel and she refuses and says she will just stay in her car all day :laughing: well about an hour later she backs down and puts puppy in the kennel, hotel was nice enough to drive her over to it, and joins us at the park.

My mom stayed on the 4th floor in a smoking room and one day I go to visit and I can hear the dog all the way down the hall barking :sad2: When I left the room I saw secruity and asked if they were going to the barking dog room and they said no not this time :) but I told DS to keep her puppy in her own room.


She also got mad when she checked out a day earlier than us and they would not let her leave her dog in my mom's room. I told her to use the kennel again but she just said she didn't want to do that to her pup and went on back home. :lmao:

So I truly understand crazy dog lady story :) Just glad it wasn't her!


Other than that you seem to be able to take the downs with some humor so that is a great thing! Getting stressed out over things like that can make a vacation hard. I was not impressed with some of the staff at PBH our last trip and Sal's did the same thing to us with my sister's salads. But other than that the pizza was pretty good and the price was not bad. :thumbsup2

that is so funny. especially the part about being upset about the room at harry potter opening weekend!!! umm...did she see the photos???:rotfl:
 














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