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<font color=darkorchid>I'm a 43 year old mom with
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Just back on Tuesday from the GF. Upgrade to Boca Chica lagoon side with view of the MK, space mountain and Cindy's castle through the trees. Saw Wishes from our balcony. Great location, hotel still rocks. Has aged well since our last visit in '99. Mousekeeping was efficient, no towel animals. CM's were friendly and courteous, Roberta at the front desk was amazing. All in all it was great eacape for DD's birthday celebration. Came back to room on DD's birthday "day" to find personally signed photos of Cindy for both girls along with a Happy Birthday from the GF chocolate bar for Amy. Mugs worked great, although Gasparilla's is a bit of a hike. 1900 Park Faire I feel was the best meals we ate although Ohana was a close second. Sci FI was good as always, Rose & Crown a disappointment, Nine Dragons was the same as usual, Cape May had changed their dessert bar a little, took away some favorites. Tomorrowland Noodle Station was an experience we won't repeat. Crowds seemed really heavy to us, compared to same exact time last year. Fast Passes were hard to come by. Small World looks great!
Glad you got an upgrade too!! Sorry to hear you didn't like the Noodle Station....DH and I are going in June and are planning to try it...hope it's better by then 
) and he confirmed that we had been in Big Pine Key, we had actually been upgraded that trip but didn't realize it was such a big thing then, the CM at check in had been apologetic that the room we were down for was unavailable, would we concider taking a dormer room if it had lagoon view? Anyway, Roger was very nice, told me that since DD had specifically asked for the GF for her birthday he'd see if he could work a little magic. Actually gave me his direct line (Of course, now I can't find it!) told me t ocall back about 5 days out, that's when they start assigning rooms. I called and spoke with another person, he was on break. She saw where he had noted MK view, said she'd do her best. At check in Roberta at the desk was wonderful. She handed the phone to Amy so that Goofy could wish her a happy birthday, then dialled back for Goofy to wish Kelly a magical stay. Noted our room assignment was Boca Chica, lagoon, then went to work at the keyboard. Asked if the girls would be willing to sleep on a pullout. told us to go look at another room in Boca Chica, it had a king and a pull out sofa (looked queensized to me). Said that if we liked if, it had a full MK view with the castle through the trees, the other one available was nice but not as direct a view. The room was great! Every restaurant that we went to for PS had noted Amy's birthday, she was treated to desserts at about 80% of our meals. Prince Charming presented her cupcake at the 1900 Park Faire Dinner. I can't say enough good about everyone we came in contact with. Sue Ellen, our Dreams TA, set some of this up when making the reservation, had the birthday noted. I suggest calling and trying to talk to someone in room assignments, explain it 's a surprise for your DW, hopefully you'll be dusted too! I'll continue to look for that elusive phone number.
