just back!!

[kateave]

Hi all
just got home yesterday and yes had a brill time and yes we did survive our first hurricane. never again thank you!

Well it was friday the 13th!!!!! after all.
At our villa in Cresent Lakes Poincinana BLvd had no power for 3 days. no water for 1 day. no phone for 4 days. and the TV never did come back !! All the smoke alarms went off at the same time during the storm and in the dark we had to dismantle all 7 and take the batteries out and even then some wouldnt stop. 7 alarms at once is very loud and scary!!!

Next time i'm going to pack emergency supples of torch, candles, matches, small battery radio and spare batteries just in case!!!!

KATE

 

[Miffy2003]

Hi Kate,

Glad you got back safely and how unlucky you were there during the hurricane .

What were the best bits? (I can guess the less good bits include being deafened by 7 alarms...)

Karen

 

[KayleeUK]

Kate

Apart from the hurricane , did you have a fabulous time??

 

[kateave]

yep after all we had a great time despite the hurricane.
good points....
renting our friends villa at Crescent Lakes superb pool!!!!!
Bahama Breeze restaurant. superb food at excellent price.
Cheesecake Factory yum!
MK Philharmagic, Wishes,Splash mt, Thunder mt,Spectromagic.
MGM Fantasmic(hooray for the mouse!)
Epcot mission space, test track, Illuminations
Ak Lion Show
Wild Jacks restaurant (don't forget to use 15%off voucher)
Any Christmas shop!!!!!
NBA restaurant coconut shrimp for starters yummy!
US Shrek4D
US Mummy ride(2 times)
IOA Spiderman ( 3times)
IOA Ghostbusters show v. funny!
Any water ride! nice to cool off!!!
Seeing convoys of electricity workers from out of state coming to mend the power !!!!

Low points
hurricane losing us 2 days out of our hols.
food on TCD Air Atlanta flights
2h20m check in at Sanford in the heat!!!!!and $3 for a trolley!!!!!
Rain not just afternoon showers . kept towel in car just to dry off!!!!Ponchos were well used.
Hard Rock Cafe okay but not outstanding
running out of time to do everything!!!!
US MIB queue for 30 mins turning into 80 mins and then finding the locker wanted $2 'cause we went over the 1 hour free time. i refused to pay (and my money was in the locker anyway) and got crew member to open locker only to be told 'he didn't care whether i paid or not! (obviously could have done with some disney magic dust!)

BTW Florida schools might go back 2nd week in august but the rest of america doesn't ! ie Sth Carolina so there were still lots of american families around.

would i go back for a 4th time ?...you bet!!!!!!
Kate

 

[lisagirlyUK]

We made it back too!!!! Those Air Atlanta flights are a nightmare!! We had an 11 hour delay flying out on the Sunday 8th and a 6 hour delay on our return on Sunday 22nd - thats on top of the usual you must be checked in at least 3 hours prior! I laughed when you said about the checkin in the heat - we had the complete opposite - we had a vicious storm and where the cars were to be rturned, people were just abandoning them so we had to run from the car to the trolley queue with all our luggage (several trips) - then stood for ages whilst trying to get the machine to scn in our $1 bills - what a nightmare - we had to open our cases in the airport to get changed as we were soaked right through!!! That was followed by a 6 hour delay - then the flight food was appalling and they didnt even provide headphones because they though 'everyone would sleep through the whole flight' (quoting an air steward)

At least we were lucky with the hurrican and had our power and water (but no pool netting as that all got blown away!)

Speak to you soon!