Joanne and Paul's VR - 4th May 2011
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disneybarbie
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Hi Joanne.. lovely start to your trip report! Can't wait to read more 
Hope you're having a great bank holiday weekend
Emma
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Hope you're having a great bank holiday weekend
Emma
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Sccrmnky2005
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Love the reviews and the start to your TR!! I can't wait to read more and see more pics.
I've never seen the pics from BLT 2 bed villa they are very nice!!! Hmmm... I might want to try and snag one of these for a few nights instead of at Beach Club!
I've never seen the pics from BLT 2 bed villa they are very nice!!! Hmmm... I might want to try and snag one of these for a few nights instead of at Beach Club!
tinkerbell 766
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Great start, Joanne!
And your pictures are making me homesick for BLT! I was just telling Jeff this afternoon that I can hardly wait for our stay this year.
Hi Joanne.. lovely start to your trip report! Can't wait to read more
Hope you're having a great bank holiday weekend
Emma
Parents complaining on a wedding trip never
Mindy - Thanks hun!!
Kristi sweetie - Thank you. My daughter is very thoughtful. Bless her!!
Amy sweetie - I am so totally in love with BLT!!! It was our first stay in this 'home'. I love Kidani too, but the location of BLT really gives it an edge!!
Erica Thank you sweetie!!
Sweet Emma - Thank you!!! I worked over most of the Bank Holiday, but as the weather up here was rubbish, it didn't matter too much!!!
Claire sweetie - I know, what a shocker eh!!!!
Amanda sweetie - BLT really is very lovely......... but then so is the Beach Club. What a dilemma!!!
Sizzle - Thank you!!! I feel it did pay off!!! We couldn't have asked for a better day!!!
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So thankful for your vendor reviews and your TR is off to a great start! I cannot wait to be married at the Swan! And I love that swans mate for life. I knew that, but I must have forgotten! Makes choosing the Swan even better
Gemza
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I absolutely love this trip report... your VR looked stunning, and the floral is probably the prettiest I have ever seen!
I hadn't really considered a TTD shoot before now but you've made it sound so much fun I might look into it... we already have Randy booked as our photographer... would you mind sharing how much he charges for TTD? And where did you actually do the TTD shoot?
Looking forward to reading more!!
I hadn't really considered a TTD shoot before now but you've made it sound so much fun I might look into it... we already have Randy booked as our photographer... would you mind sharing how much he charges for TTD? And where did you actually do the TTD shoot?
Looking forward to reading more!!
tinkerbell 766
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So thankful for your vendor reviews and your TR is off to a great start! I cannot wait to be married at the Swan! And I love that swans mate for life. I knew that, but I must have forgotten! Makes choosing the Swan even better
Rebecca - She really is the sweetest of daughters!!! The next TR installment reveals another of her lovely surprises!!
Catherine sweetie - Glad the reviews were helpful!! I am sure you will really love the Swan. It is so beautiful!!!
Gemza - Thank you for reading along!!! Randy charged us $200.00 for the TTD shoot. I think we had him for about two hours for that shoot. We did it at the Poly. He had us in the lake, on the sand, at Sunset Point, playing on the hammocks and in the pool. It was so much fun and I am really glad we did it!!! When the photos come back, I will post a load (I am afraid you can be sure of that!!!!
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tinkerbell 766
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Monday was always going to be a quiet day to recover from the journey the day before.
Paul and the kids decided to go to Wal-mart in the morning to stock up on essentials, before my daughter and her partner had to return their hire car. Mum and I stayed behind to get on with a few things like contacting vendors, stuffing confetti bags, assembling the favour bags for the next day's teaparty and 'grub and golf' etc.
My friends who were at AKV had a lie in and then came to BLT and we all had a relaxing couple of hours down by the pool!!
Here is my friend's daughter and my other friend's grand-daughter enjoying the lovely weather and the gorgeous pool at BLT
After a relaxing few hours we all went to our rooms to get ready for the official Welcome dinner at Turf Club Grill
I had pre-booked a minibus taxi for us all to get to Saratoga Springs as it is a bit out of the way. I am really glad we did this as it made for a stress free first evening without having to worry about transport.
We had a really lovely meal at Turf Club Grill!!! I am not one for taking photos of food but I had the lamb chops followed by the warm apple crisp and it was delicious. Everybody agreed that it was a lovely meal and that it was really great to sit outside in the sunshine!!! The restaurant was really quiet. I think as it a little off the beaten track, it is a bit of a hidden gem!!
Here are a few photos
The older generation all seemed to sit together (wonder how that happened!!!)
My daughter and me ( I think Craig,DD's boyfriend was trying out the special effects on his camera!!)
My two boys
My gorgeous husband playing at being Randy!!!
Craig and Emily
After dinner we wandered down to the boat landing to catch the boat to Downtown Disney
My friend Tracey, Emily and Mum waiting for the boat
Here it comes!!!
The boat from Saratoga Springs to DTD puts you off near Raglan Road and so Alfie couldn't resist popping in to the Harley Davidson shop and pretend to be the Terminator!!!
We wandered around and looked in the shops!! Craig was being really sneaky and snapping photos when you weren't aware of it. I really love this one of Paul and I looking at Cindy's carriage on the top of the 'World of Disney'
By this time, DMIL was complaining that she was tired and wanted to go back to the resort
As the rest of us were still enjoying ourselves and didn't really feel ready to call it a night, Paul said he would escort them back to the resort and meet us back at the room. This seemed to trigger panic amongst everybody and everybody quickly decided that we should all go back to the resort together. I was a little puzzled by this but agreed that we should all catch the bus back to our resorts together.
Of course, when we arrived back in our room, I realized why my family and friends had been anxious for Paul and I to arrive back at our room together. This fantastic surprise was awaiting us in our bedroom!!!
The bedroom
The bathroom
There were beautiful embroidered towels on the bed (and also two chocolate mickey heads which I don't have a photo of)
This picture of Mickey and Minnie was personalized with our names and signed by the main mice!!
This spa basket was also in the bathroom
There were the most gorgeous velvety red roses on the bedside cabinet (which lasted until the end of the trip and transferred to POR with us)
There was a little Mickey head charm on the stem of one of the roses
We were so thrilled with this surprise and it turned out that our daughter had organized it for us and collected contributions toward the cost from all our wonderful guests!!!
Here I am enjoying my surprise!!
And so ended another lovely day!!!
I will finish with some random photos
Me and my two eldest
Emily and Henry goofing around with their cans of diet coke!!!
Next up - Teaparty day!!!
Paul and the kids decided to go to Wal-mart in the morning to stock up on essentials, before my daughter and her partner had to return their hire car. Mum and I stayed behind to get on with a few things like contacting vendors, stuffing confetti bags, assembling the favour bags for the next day's teaparty and 'grub and golf' etc.
My friends who were at AKV had a lie in and then came to BLT and we all had a relaxing couple of hours down by the pool!!
Here is my friend's daughter and my other friend's grand-daughter enjoying the lovely weather and the gorgeous pool at BLT
After a relaxing few hours we all went to our rooms to get ready for the official Welcome dinner at Turf Club Grill
I had pre-booked a minibus taxi for us all to get to Saratoga Springs as it is a bit out of the way. I am really glad we did this as it made for a stress free first evening without having to worry about transport.
We had a really lovely meal at Turf Club Grill!!! I am not one for taking photos of food but I had the lamb chops followed by the warm apple crisp and it was delicious. Everybody agreed that it was a lovely meal and that it was really great to sit outside in the sunshine!!! The restaurant was really quiet. I think as it a little off the beaten track, it is a bit of a hidden gem!!
Here are a few photos
The older generation all seemed to sit together (wonder how that happened!!!
)
My daughter and me ( I think Craig,DD's boyfriend was trying out the special effects on his camera!!)
My two boys
My gorgeous husband playing at being Randy!!!
Craig and Emily
After dinner we wandered down to the boat landing to catch the boat to Downtown Disney
My friend Tracey, Emily and Mum waiting for the boat
Here it comes!!!
The boat from Saratoga Springs to DTD puts you off near Raglan Road and so Alfie couldn't resist popping in to the Harley Davidson shop and pretend to be the Terminator!!!
We wandered around and looked in the shops!! Craig was being really sneaky and snapping photos when you weren't aware of it. I really love this one of Paul and I looking at Cindy's carriage on the top of the 'World of Disney'
By this time, DMIL was complaining that she was tired and wanted to go back to the resort
As the rest of us were still enjoying ourselves and didn't really feel ready to call it a night, Paul said he would escort them back to the resort and meet us back at the room. This seemed to trigger panic amongst everybody and everybody quickly decided that we should all go back to the resort together. I was a little puzzled by this but agreed that we should all catch the bus back to our resorts together.
Of course, when we arrived back in our room, I realized why my family and friends had been anxious for Paul and I to arrive back at our room together. This fantastic surprise was awaiting us in our bedroom!!!
The bedroom
The bathroom
There were beautiful embroidered towels on the bed (and also two chocolate mickey heads which I don't have a photo of)
This picture of Mickey and Minnie was personalized with our names and signed by the main mice!!
This spa basket was also in the bathroom
There were the most gorgeous velvety red roses on the bedside cabinet (which lasted until the end of the trip and transferred to POR with us)
There was a little Mickey head charm on the stem of one of the roses
We were so thrilled with this surprise and it turned out that our daughter had organized it for us and collected contributions toward the cost from all our wonderful guests!!!
Here I am enjoying my surprise!!
And so ended another lovely day!!!
I will finish with some random photos
Me and my two eldest
Emily and Henry goofing around with their cans of diet coke!!!
Next up - Teaparty day!!!
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What a wonderful surprise to come back to Joanne
tinkerbell 766
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Claire sweetie - Yes, It was gorgeous, but what was the nicest thing was that all our friends and family had cared enough to get together and organize it for us!!! That meant so much to us!!!
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I love the photo in front of World of Disney. It is very artistic.
What a lovely surprise and I agree that this was all the more special as everybody contributed.
Corinna
What a lovely surprise and I agree that this was all the more special as everybody contributed.
Corinna
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What a great surprise to come back to! How sweet of your family to do that for you both. Great TR so far!
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Hi Joanne!
Wow what a lovely day - and great pictures of the Disney Florist surprise! I have booked that for DF (or.. will be DH very soon!) for when we are at the Grand Floridian, can't wait to surprise him
Emma x
Wow what a lovely day - and great pictures of the Disney Florist surprise! I have booked that for DF (or.. will be DH very soon!) for when we are at the Grand Floridian, can't wait to surprise him
Emma
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