HHI Adoration & Information 2009

[emma'smom]

We do this every year. It is actually a pretty simple activity, but fun. A CM has sand equipment and meets you on the beach (or at the beach house and you go to the beach). She has pictures of different animals and you sculpt away. The CM offered us a few pointers and helped us now and then. At the end, you get a flag to mark your sculpture. My family spends the entire trip down (not every minute, but it is a point of conversation) thinking about what this year's sculpture should be. We've done a starfish and a sea turtle in past years (my kids are still pretty young).

Hey Marky!! Question for you... Did you like the sand sculpting? We are thinking about doing it and wondered if it was any good.

Thanks!!

 

[Laurabearz]

emma'smom Thanks so much for your thoughts about it. I think we will give it a whirl, sounds like a nice family activity.


I just got back from picking up our Rental car (a Suburban of all things) and finishing up packing.

We would love to hit the road by 430-5 am but we shall see. We are spending 3 nights in Atlanta, before heading over to HHI, but frankly the kids just want to get to hilton head and skip Six Flags!

I put a fresh coat of blue shelack on meh toes so I guess that means I am all ready to go!

 

[nickmom]

Hello from bldg 24 again. Took the behind the ears DVC tour and dolphin watching this morning. If anyone has the chance to do the DVC tour and hasn't taken it...take the time. It was really informative about the resort. This week is going to fast. Tonight is nice dinner out and exploring the shopping stops. Last night we grilled out. YUM. Secured a grill about 4pm.
Pool party was fun and enjoyed the fireworks from our balcony.

Dallastxcpa - We will try to find the bakery on our travels tonight.

Carla

 

[MarkyMouse]

hey guys. Very busy today. Just finished golfing at Golden Bear. Nice course. Anyway, the sand sculpting is very easy and a LOT of fun. Kind of addicting too. Funny thing. We were supposed to do a manatee but it wasn't lookking like a manatee so we turned it into a sea turtle. The instructor thought that was hilarious. it is definitely worth the effort (because there is very little effort involved).

We took the toll road back from Hudson's after a late lunch following the golf. Anyway we went right by Signes. Just turn right out of Shelter cove and then turn right on arrow road. Signes is a little down on the right. shouldn't be hard to find.

The week is flying by. We are supposed to play Arthur hills tomorrow. then a full beach day on Friday. Can't believe how quickly the time flies.

 

[dallastxcpa]

Hello from bldg 24 again. Took the behind the ears DVC tour and dolphin watching this morning. If anyone has the chance to do the DVC tour and hasn't taken it...take the time. It was really informative about the resort. This week is going to fast. Tonight is nice dinner out and exploring the shopping stops. Last night we grilled out. YUM. Secured a grill about 4pm.
Pool party was fun and enjoyed the fireworks from our balcony.

Dallastxcpa - We will try to find the bakery on our travels tonight.

Carla

Carla,

We were on the behind the ears tour today. It was very good. We would have loved to do a dolphin tour, but kayaked today instead. Boy was it hot!

 

[I heart the mouse]

We leave 3 weeks from yesterday and all of your posts live from HHI are getting me so darn excited for this trip. I have never been to HHI, and you are all helping me understand what to expect!!
For the tours..Kayaking, dolphins..can you sign up that day, or is that something you should book prior to your arrival?
I can't wait for new pictures!!

 

[iloveokw]

Wow this week has flown by another great meal on HHI - last night we did early bird at Marley's - good food and atmosphere. Today Mike and Melissa are parasailing and then we are trying Capt. Woody's for the first time. Have to check out tomorrow.



PS Don't forget to tell Dottie in the Merchantile howdy when she is working. She's a DVCer too.

 

[dallastxcpa]

The pool party starts off with carnival games and snow cones.

B'Lou Crabbe making balloon animals:

Then the games begin. We did the ice cream drop although there were several games to play and some of the games were played twice so that everyone could participate.

Skylar was enjoying this a little too much!

After the games the cast members are introduced:

Look at the kids wating for the slide to open up:

And the dancing begins:

 

[dallastxcpa]

Almost time:

Boom:

 

[dallastxcpa]

One of my kids had a biking accident last night and got a deep gash on her leg. We called the front desk and asked about minor emergency centers and were told that there weren't any on the island.

My DMom took the afflicted child to the emergency room at the hospital and the service was excellent. Courtney got three stitches, a tetnus shot, and a pescription for antibiotics.

We thought they would be gone all night, but they left at about 6:40 PM and were back by about 8:15 with prescription in hand from CVS.

We still made dinner at the Sea Shack which was very good.

A CM at the front desk had called to check on Courtney while we were gone and we told her all was well.

 

[chum]

dallastxcpa,
Great fireworks photos. Those aren't easy to get and look nice.
Sorry to hear about the injury.
The doc in the boxes are not open late so the HH Hospital is the only choice.
It's usually very quiet in there.
I trust the healing goes well and she will have a scar (not too big I hope) to brag about. "And this one I got on Hilton Head"!

 

[iloveokw]

Chrcked out today, but not before a wonderful breakfast with attitude at Harold's Diner. Hope everyone travels safely and hope to see you next year!

 

[KristiP]

I am about to start packing up in less than 24 hours we should be there. I am sooooo ready

 

[DisneyNotes]

Are the Shrimp Boil and the Star Spangled dinners both on Tuesday?

 

[JandT'smom]

We just spent a great week at HH and this past week the Star spangled party is on Tuesdays (as it was last year) and the Shrimp boil is on Thursday. The Menu for the Shrimp boil looked great but the kids wanted the Old Oyster factory for our last night. It has become a family tradition.

 

[DisneyNotes]

Thanks for the info on the Shrimp Boil. I wish we could do that, but we won't be there on a Thursday night. We will get to attend the Tuesday Star Spangled dinner.

 

[Simba's Mom]

My DMom and I started the day off at Signes Bakery. We had the key lime pound cake and the chocolate cream cheese pound cake. Both were YUMMY.
Although it was a long drive we ate at the Salty Dog. The food was very yummy. We had oysters on the half shell, she crab soup, red snapper, and the captains platter.

OMG-key lime pound cake at Signe's and she crab soup at the Salty Dog-two of my favorite foods at HHI. I'm drooling here!

 

[Simba's Mom]

Good tip.
I heard rumors but nothing concrete until your story.
Capt Seafood is at Beach Market which is across the street from Coligny on the beach side.
The good thing about Capt Seafood is that they usually have a good selection of local fish. The bad news is they are a no frills restaurant.

Please keep your ears open and post here about Captain's Seafood. We used to love it when it was right near the resort. Anyplace that has paper towels on the table can't be all bad. But then right after it moved to its current place, we went and the whole time we were there, we were the only diners in there. It felt very awkward and so we haven't been back since (we wondered if it would even be open long).

 

[LVSWL]

Turn right on 278 as you exit the Shelter Cove area - Arrow road is the the last light before the traffic circle (about 3 miles) - turn right on Arrow and Signe's will be less than 1/2 mile on the right.

The fireworks were great last night! The resort seems pretty full this week and the beach has been wonderful. Surf temperature is 78-79.

Doc, are you still at HHI? We checked in yesterday.

 

[LVSWL]

Just checking in on the thread, hope all of the mid-June Dissers made it to HHI safely. It is HOT HOT HOT here, but beautiful otherwise. Lots of folks checking in today, so I imagine the resort will be in full swing this week. Friday and Saturday were kinda quiet. Our building was almost empty.