How Much Do You Ladies Charge to Haunt the Castle? -- Departure Day up (See index

[KatMark]

Too bad your trip wasn't in like... 15 days!

Love the ticker.

I wish I was going to be there in 15 days. One of these days we will meet.

I love my ticker too.

Perfect!

I figured you especially would appreciate that.


Wow. That's a shock.

HA HA HA...funny, funny.

Look! A hidden Mickey!!!

Good catch, Tim.

Beautiful sight!

Yes, it is, isn't it?

Awwww. Poor Mark.

He hates texting; he just wants to talk on the phone, nothing else.

So sorry you had an unfriendly CM. I know how your room situation ends up.

Yes, and it is so unusual....we've only had one at check-in prior to that on all our visits.

Those drinks at Raglan look really good. That beer looks really good right now.

That is Mark's favorite beer.

Congrats on your APs!!!!!

Thank you!

A little DIS meet while waiting... cool!

All caught up, until your next update.

It was a nice DIS meet....we enjoyed meeting Tracy and Mark.

Yay for the TIW card and APs.

Another ticker? The APs are already coming in handy.

Thanks, Diane...very excited to have them.

Yes, now I have three tickers.

Woo Hoo! for a new ticker!!

Possible girls trip sounds fun!!

And that 30th anniversary....that is awesome!

you are the first one to notice that I snuck in a possible girls trip among my two other tickers.

Yay for a possibe girls trip!!!

Thank you....very excited.

Possible girls trip!

Isn't it exciting????

yay for a new ticker! know how much you love seeing your girls!!!

I do love seeing my girls and miss them so much. They are there right now and I wish I was with them.

WooHoo a new trip coming soon. I'm with Mark about Starbucks, don't like it. WHat a nice way to start vacation before you get the room, a unexpected meet. Cool.

Two definites and a possible third--December, June and August. Wouldn't it be great if the December trip became an annual thing?

 

[englishrose47]

Love the new Ticker Kathy !!! I am with Mark I just want a phone to make calls !! I am dreading having to get one of those new ones

 

[emmysmommy]

Hey there Kathy! You are really making good use of those APs!!! So your next trip will be during the Flower & Garden time?? What a great time of the year! Although I suppose anytime is actually a great time to go now that I think about it!

 

[KatMark]

Let's wrap up arrival day, shall we?

But first, I want to share a picture with you. We went to the Wrestling Alumni Hall of Fame Dinner this past Saturday night for the high school Mark went to and he and Alisha came in. Here is me and my girl:

Okay, on with the show. When I last updated, we had a DIS meet with Tracy and her husband, Mark.

With still no text, we decided to head on a bus to the Studios and then grab a bus from there to The Beach Club for our ADR at Cape May.

An empty bus which was the norm for us almost everywhere we went:

After getting off the bus at the Studios, we asked where the bus was to go to Beach Club and they suggested we take the boat instead, so we did. Walking over to the boat, Mark got a little wet as it had started to rain again:

We arrived too early for our ADR, so we stopped in the gift shop to look around (I love the Beach Club theme and it is the last deluxe resort I want to try). Mark decided to have some fun to pass the time:

I started getting text messages that our dinner guest was on her way. I found out about a week or so before our trip that Tarzanskat here on the DIS was doing a solo trip to Disney, so Mark and I invited her to join us for dinner. I was thrilled to meet her as we had corresponded on the DIS over a time about some family issues.

When Tarzanskat arrived, we sat and visited and exchanged little gifts. I was upset though because I had gotten her two little boys something, but the items were in my suitcase which we still did not have since we still didn't have a room.

Mark took a picture of us, but Kat doesn't like her picture posted on the DIS, so you only get a smudged Kat and me:

Shortly, thereafter, our beeper buzzed and it was time to go to the Clambake. I was very excited for this as I LOVE CRAB LEGS.

Continued in next post

 

[KatMark]

We were seated for dinner and our wonderful waitress came over and took our drink order. After the day we'd had, I definitely needed a pina colada.

Although we were all starving, we let Mark go first so that Kat and I could talk. While we were talking, she was drawing pictures with the crayons left at the table; turns out she used to be an artist and it turns out a very good one.

How about some food porn:

The food was good, but nothing spectacular. The crab legs were too much work and didn't have a lot of flavor. I'm not sure we would go back. However, the company was wonderful. Kat, we so enjoyed meeting you.

We departed the restaurant and walked toward the Boardwalk with Kat (she was going back to Epcot). We still had not received a text message so decided to stroll the Boardwalk and then take the boat back to the Studios and then catch a bus back to OKW.

Back at the Studios on the way to the bus, we stopped for this picture:

Finally back to OKW at 8:30 at night , I went into the lobby to check on our room while Mark went to the gift shop to get some water for the room. I asked if our room was ready and I was very nastily told that they'd sent me
a text message hours ago....around 3 p.m. I told them that I had NO text message and I had checked at 3 p.m. and was told our room was still not ready. To say I was not happy was putting it mildly, but I was too tired to get into it or ask for a manager. I did not receive a "I'm sorry" or anything.

We finally walked over to our room as it was in walking distance from the Hospitality House. We were in Building 18 (1816). We walked in and found this:

After checking the bed for bedbugs and making sure the room was clean, I took some pictures so that we could quickly unpack and hit the sack...we were running on empty:

View from our patio:

Luggage unpacked, it was time to hit the sack. It was now after 10 p.m. and we'd been up for over 18 hours and had an early morning coming up.

 

[shan23877]

Oh NO! I'm so sorry that you didn't enjoy Cape May! We've always had a great meal there. The little snow crab legs are a lot of work, but Bryan's really really quick at it so maybe that's why it doesn't bother me?

So sorry that you had to wait so long to get into your room and that they were rude to you about it. Definitely not a magical start.

Love the Funny Hat Pictures though! Keep 'em coming!

 

[Minnie&Nana]

That is a long wait for a room! We had a similar experience at VWL - no text, called and finally went back to the resort after hours at DTD - I made the trip too soon after major surgery, so was more than ready to have a room.

It looks like you hit the jackpot with room location and view! OKW is such a pretty resort, but I've been hesitant to try it since we rarely rent a car. How did you like the bus - did it feel like a long ride to everywhere?

Oh, how an AP draws one back....and back...and back. I had one for 4 years and made good use of that AP! Know you're going to enjoy putting it to good use as well! Annual December trip?

Fingers crossed that the Girls Trip comes together!

DIS Meets are the best!!

(p.s. great photo of you and your lovely Alisha. Pretty ladies!)

 

[LuvvsMickey]

Agree with you on the crab legs. My Mark was not a happy man. Gimme Fulton's anytime! I do love their other offerings, though. The view from your room was beautiful. Glad you were in a nice area. Boo on the cast member. I don't get it. We had the best luck with anyone we had to speak with. Thus, the DVC purchase. LOL

I hope the rest of your trip was magical. Yay on the girls trip! I'm planning a solo soon!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Looks like a fairly pleasant evening. So glad you could meet up with Tarzanskat! You were rocking the DIS meets on the very first day.

Sorry the food wasn't spectacular. I've always steered clear of Cape May just because I don't really go for seafood. But having great company helps every meal.

Sorry the desk at OKW wasn't a good experience. The room looks pretty sweet, though.

 

[PhoenixStrength]

Boo on the bad crab legs and rude CM.

On the other hand your room looks gorgeous! I like the pictures of The Boardwalk, as I've never been there. It's on my list to visit next trip though!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Yay for yet another Dis Meet and you've only been in Disney for a day! It's too bad that the crab legs weren't worth the trouble. I've always thought the same thing. Too much trouble...just give me a plate full of shrimp instead.

Man, what was up with the check-in staff? It sounds like they were all having a bad day. They could have at least said "I'm sorry."

 

[pas130]

I'm here!!! Followed from Amanda's TR...only got to the intros. Beautiful family!!! I love the pics of DH, AND that he umps for WDW

 

[pas130]

OK...lots of speedreading to catch up

Sorry for the loss of Mark's Mom and your issues with your Mom That must be hard. We sometimes get people in from nursing homes when they become violent, and it breaks my heart. She must have been so frightened to lash out like that

Yay for APs and DIS meets

OKW looks lovely!!!

OK was the second CM a different grumpy CM???? That's insane! Why do people bring their bad days to work....

Yikes, you do NOT look happy after check in!

Sure does!!!!

Glad y'all made it to OKW even if the check-in wasn't the best. I will have my own tale (eventually) in my TR about our check-in there.

Uh-Oh....

We are all here for you, Kathy...if you take a break from the TR, we'll be here for support...feel our love.

and some more

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

have always wanted to try cape may, as there are many seafood dishes i have never had that they offer, but worried i wont like any of them and be a waste for me...but maybe sometime when we are on the dinning plan we will venture there.

yah for the ids meet...and the room looks really nice.

 

[mommy2mrb]

happy you got another DISmeet in, sounds like a nice evening! the food does look yummy, well other than the crab legs, not a seafood lover!

hope you let Guest Svcs know about the rude CM's, so unDisney and RUDE, the next day! you rooms looks great and love your view!

 

[that's nice]

Ok Kathy... you have me scared to try out Cape May. It is one of our ADRs this trip. We are lucky to live in CT.. .we get great FRESH seafood. I really hope it is good.

How awesome you got to meet up with TK!!! Not even in Disney 1 day and you are already meeting up with a ton of DISers.

Your room looks wonderful! So sorry they were nasty to you at the desk.

 

[amandaw]

Sorry you didn't have the best meal at Cape May. But sounds like you at least had some great company with your DIS meet!

And that's beyond frustrating about the CM at OKW. Glad your room was ready but that attitude from the CM was unnecessary.

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

We've eaten at Cape May for breakfast a few times and enjoyed it. Never for dinner though, and I was looking forward to trying it next year. I love crab legs (the work doesn't bother me, no tools needed, I can shred those babies with my bare hands in a second). The whole no flavor has me worried though. I guess I could always splash lemon juice, salt, and pepper on them.

 

[afwdwfan]

That's great that you kept getting empty buses there. I don't think I've ever had that experience and that is why we almost always drive now.

Dinner looks like it was enjoyable with your company, even if the food wasn't great. I see a lot of chocolate in the dessert pictures though and it is pretty hard to have chocolate that is less than spectacular.

I'm sorry about the rude CM when you went back to check on the room. Obviously you didn't get the text or you wouldn't be asking.

 

[dizneeat]

Great update! Love the pic of you and Alisha.

Wow! That was another very rude OKW castmember. Your experience was just like the one we had at the Coronado in Februar a year ago.
But your room looks pretty nice and walking distance to hospitality house is nice.

Your DISmeet sounds fun too!
We didn't like Cape May either and will not return any time soon, but on the other hand we love Yachtsman!