I said Ohana, not Obama!!!! - A BFF's do NYE TR **UPDATE 11/4 Pg. 38**

[oOJulieOo]

Joining in! A girls trip sounds perfect. And at the Poly. Even better than perfect.

 

[Nermel9]

Ugh I'd be so annoyed if someone sat between Brandon and I...I can't stand when people sit in our row!

Yay, the Poly!! Your room is so beautiful! Did you make any room requests?

 

[IheartDDuck]

Sounds like the trip was off to a great start! I love your room at the Poly!

We definitely loved our room too.

YAY !! You are there !! Wow 3 AM is late. But I'm glad to see you got there all safe and sound and it was nice to see that your Yeti got lei'd.



Sorry .... I couldn't resist !!

I know, 3am was pretty late. But the alternative was picking a flight that was about $75 more expensive and we both wanted our spending money.

You picked up on my reference. He's on lucky Yeti....

Helllooo!

I'm here but will be back to read!

Glad you're here!

Nice start - do you always fly Southwest? I'm heading out of O'Hare tomorrow and the AA rates were highly competitive with SW for the first time I've seen. Of course, that's because I'm only carrying on - I wish O'Hare had a SW terminal too.

That is hilarious about Farrell waking up so suddenly while you guys were landing!! That seems like something I would do! I can sleep like a baby on a plane; though I think they'd wake me up to tell me to put my seat up, since I always recline.

I normally try to fly Southwest or AirTran, because they fly out of Milwaukee and that airport is more convenient for me location wise. We chose Southwest this time because of the no baggage fees. I wish O'Hare had one too.

It was pretty funny when she woke up. Then she started looking around all cool like "oh, nothing really happened". I never sleep on planes, but I do the doze a little and then scare yourself awake thing.

YAY you arrived! I can't imagine getting in that late! But I, like you ladies, would have had to unpack too.
Poly looks so amazing!

It wasn't as bad as I thought arriving that late. I think we were both excited. I have to unpack right away, otherwise I'll never get around to doing it.

Great room! Glad the Yeti was able to get some liquid relaxation! LOVE that you Love Game of Thrones!!! The story gets better with each book!

Liquid relaxation is the best kind of relaxation. I'm glad the story gets better with each book. I keep reading this one until I fall asleep at night. Can't wait to move on to the next one.

This sounds like a fun one! BFF trips are always the best

Yay for arriving! And staying at the Poly, too?! Awesome!

This trip was tons of fun. And we were very fortunate to be staying at the Poly thanks to my parents and DVC.

wow that is a long day. 3am? I'd be so grouchy lol

And yay for Yeti for you to allowing him to have a pre-flight drink

Amazingly enough, neither one of us had the grumps. I was amazed. We were very excited to go though, so I think that kept us going.

Yeti....he has a problem.

Awesome update!

Glad to be hearing from the famous Yeti. I'm gonna love hearing his perspective on traveling with two crazy girls!

I'm sure that he's going to have a lot to say.

Joining in. I was there the same week. It was crazy busy. Never seen it that bad in January before. Can't wait for the updates.

This is my third New Year's at WDW and it was busier longer than I expected. I knew that it would be busy the first few days of the holiday, but it stayed busy well into the week for sure.

Love it! I would definitely say something similar about staying at the Poly!! I love the Yetti's perspective too! Definitely here to read along!

Yeah, both Farrell and I felt like a classy place like the Poly definitely was not ready for us.

Joining in! A girls trip sounds perfect. And at the Poly. Even better than perfect.

It was definitely the perfect trip for sure. I so wish we could have stayed longer.

Ugh I'd be so annoyed if someone sat between Brandon and I...I can't stand when people sit in our row!

Yay, the Poly!! Your room is so beautiful! Did you make any room requests?

Oh my goodness, I know! I was like . No way! To his credit, he was pretty aware of himself and didn't encroach upon our space.

The only room request that I had made at online checkin was that it be close to transportation. I wanted to be closer to the parking lot for the car and close to the buses. This was definitely the closest longhouse to the bus and parking lot.

 

[MEK]

Subbing!!!!!!

 

[Merida]

There's some unwritten rule about airport restaurants - they're vaguely depressing with food that's mediocre but with nothing to actually complain about and way too many people are eating there. I don't understand! I've never flown Southwest, their whole setup seems really.. awkward? (we fly Frontier - free chocolate chip cookies!!) Was the weird baggage lady from the airport? Who even wants to hear directions at 1AM anyway? Any time past midnight and it's a free-for-all as far as I'm concerned!

The rooms at the Poly are so pretty! And massive! Are there lights inside the wardrobes/closets/mysterious grass-y doors?

 

[TanzUnited99]

Oh no on having to work the day you were leaving but at least the day was made better by knowing you were leaving for Disney in the evening!!

Glad you enjoyed your food and thumbs up for putting up with the chewing and burping noises! There should be some policy on the closeness of tables in a dining area

Wow your room looks amazing

Love the yeti's antics and the pic of him in a lei!

 

[IheartDDuck]

Subbing!!!!!!

Yay!

There's some unwritten rule about airport restaurants - they're vaguely depressing with food that's mediocre but with nothing to actually complain about and way too many people are eating there. I don't understand! I've never flown Southwest, their whole setup seems really.. awkward? (we fly Frontier - free chocolate chip cookies!!) Was the weird baggage lady from the airport? Who even wants to hear directions at 1AM anyway? Any time past midnight and it's a free-for-all as far as I'm concerned!

The rooms at the Poly are so pretty! And massive! Are there lights inside the wardrobes/closets/mysterious grass-y doors?

I think you are right about that. I've never eaten at an airport restaurant where I was like "wow!"

Southwest isn't so bad. I like the fact that I don't pay for baggage, that's for sure. Frontier is always really expensive flying out of where we do. I used to fly Midwest, so it was like the same thing. I miss those cookies!

The lady at the baggage claim was just another airline passenger. But for real, at 1am, it was too much. I just wanted to tell her to shut her piehole!

The Poly rooms are massive. When we first walked in, we were both like "woah". So much room for the two of us. And we were really good, we kept it clean. I hate messy hotel rooms. There were lights inside the mysterious grass-y doors (closets). We had two of them.

Oh no on having to work the day you were leaving but at least the day was made better by knowing you were leaving for Disney in the evening!!

Glad you enjoyed your food and thumbs up for putting up with the chewing and burping noises! There should be some policy on the closeness of tables in a dining area

Wow your room looks amazing

Love the yeti's antics and the pic of him in a lei!

I prefer to leave for vacation after work, because I look at it like starting my first day fresh and ready to go. No traveling to deal with. I just complain about having to work.

There really should be a policy regarding the proximity of tables in a restaurant. I agree. I think I'll start working on that bill right now....

The room was amazing. Loved it. So glad we were there.

 

[MEK]

Caught up now! Wow - you did have a light flight, but better to get their late than have to wait until the next day.

So funny that your travel partner woke up and forgot where she was. I guess that happens so late at night.

That Poly room looks amazing and you guys are troopers for unpacking at 2am.

Let the fun begin!

 

[LilAnn]

I've been having issues with the boards running a bit slow for me, but jumping in now! You know I am here for the ride, although I will miss all of your kid-isms.

 

[IheartDDuck]

Caught up now! Wow - you did have a light flight, but better to get their late than have to wait until the next day.

So funny that your travel partner woke up and forgot where she was. I guess that happens so late at night.

That Poly room looks amazing and you guys are troopers for unpacking at 2am.

Let the fun begin!

That's exactly the motto that I take with flying late. I get a full day of fun ahead of me when I wake up.

I absolutely hate that feeling and know what it's like, which is why I thought it was so funny.

The fun is ready to begin!

I've been having issues with the boards running a bit slow for me, but jumping in now! You know I am here for the ride, although I will miss all of your kid-isms.

Glad you're here! I don't have kid-isms, but I definitely have Farrell-isms...

 

[TinksThree]

I am here...better late than never! I got so far behind on TRs and PTRs over the holidays that I just started lurking. Hopefully I can do better now!

How awesome to spend New Years at the Poly!!

 

[PrincessCaitlin]

Joining in!

I can only imagine Farrell's face when she woke up My mom gets this crazy eyed look whenever she wakes up somewhere outside of the house

Yay for being there!!!!!

Love the Yeti's take on everything! You might want to get him so help though you don't want that alcohol addiction to get too out of hand

 

[IheartDDuck]

I am here...better late than never! I got so far behind on TRs and PTRs over the holidays that I just started lurking. Hopefully I can do better now!

How awesome to spend New Years at the Poly!!

I know, I fell behind too! I'm glad you're here though. Just hang out when you can.

It was very awesome to be where we were. We definitely made good use of our resort.

Joining in!

I can only imagine Farrell's face when she woke up My mom gets this crazy eyed look whenever she wakes up somewhere outside of the house

Yay for being there!!!!!

Love the Yeti's take on everything! You might want to get him so help though you don't want that alcohol addiction to get too out of hand

I'm glad you're here.

OMG, her face was priceless. Crazy eyed is definitely the best way to put it. She was just all over the place.

The day had seemed so long at that point, we were just ready to be at our hotel and checked in.

Yeti does have a slight problem....it also may be attributed to the fact that he's with me all the time....

 

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

I'm here!!!!!

<3 Poly!!! I <3 those room sizes too!!!!! I thought AKL kept getting smaller and smaller as the days went by!! eek!

 

[IheartDDuck]

I'm here!!!!!

<3 Poly!!! I <3 those room sizes too!!!!! I thought AKL kept getting smaller and smaller as the days went by!! eek!

I really think that they are the biggest rooms on property! I felt like if I yelled into the room it would echo back at me.

I'm used to the DVC studios at AKL and I never thought they were to small, but I agree, they're not the same size as the Poly for sure. Farrell's going to be tainted for life because this was her first Disney hotel.

 

[Dugette]

I'm here and enjoying your journey so far! I'm also in agreement with liking to travel at night after work, so you wake up there on your first vacation day. I miss the Poly...

Looking forward to more!

 

[StephaniexMarie]

The Polynesian is the best Disney hotel, IMO. I love that the rooms are so spacious! I'm sure you two really enjoyed your stay there. Great start!

 

[IheartDDuck]

I'm here and enjoying your journey so far! I'm also in agreement with liking to travel at night after work, so you wake up there on your first vacation day. I miss the Poly...

Looking forward to more!

It always feels so weird to me when I have to travel to WDW in the morning. I don't absolutely hate it, it's just definitely not a preference of mine.

I miss the Poly too....

The Polynesian is the best Disney hotel, IMO. I love that the rooms are so spacious! I'm sure you two really enjoyed your stay there. Great start!

I know, the rooms at the Poly are amazing! It's always been my favorite WDW hotel.

 

[burly]

Jumping on board for this one too.
YOU ARE SO FUNNY!!!!!!!!

 

[Stringbean&Wingnut]

Joining in!!! That's too funny that you were leaving the Poly pretty much as we were arriving!!

Can't wait to hear more about your trip!