DizMe
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We were at the resort from Jan 23-26, both celebrating our birthdays. My 24-year-old daughter (not his mom!) joined us for some park time and meals, which is easy because she lives in Irvine and works at the resort. It was handy having someone pick us up and take us back to the airport, and I LOVED having here with us.
I had forgotten how moody teenage boys can be, where they're skipping around like little kids one minute and sullenly refusing to act interested in anything the next. I wasn't too surprised that he preferred sleeping in to doing early entry. I guess my son (his dad) was a little like that when he was around 17, but he was my kid and he had to like it or lump it. I was on slipperier ground with a grandkid and not sure how to handle it. I just told him I would be in the park for my early entry time and he could come with me, text me, or see me later in the morning. He never chose to go with, but he would be up at weird hours in the night playing games on his phone. His eating habits were atrocious but my son and DIL said that's how he eats (UGH!!!!) and it was ok. He literally ate fried chicken strips, french fries, fried mozzarella and a milkshake or soda for EVERY meal. That is not doing him any favors. I think because his parents work really hard and are gone from before he wakes up until they get home from work at 5-6 and sometimes later, they've let him live on fast food and play video games, which is not my parenting style so it's hard to watch.
But we also had a BLAST!! He's a super fun kid when he forgets he's a teen, and I always forget I'm an old lady so that works out
The main thing he had wanted to do was build a light saber, and WOWZA, that was a HUGE HIT with him!!! He was on cloud 9 for quite a long time. He loved telling anyone who would listen about his light saber, and the next day he wanted to go buy some crystals for it. He was exuberant that he got a black one instead of a red one, whatever that means. I am not a SW person but that light saber workshop was awesome, and the PP photographer took some cool pics.
We had a beautiful room in GCH, room 2205. We could just walk up the lovely Craftsman wood stairs from the lobby to our floor and we were just past the lobby area. I don't care about the view, I like a good location and that one was fantastic! It was larger than many and had 2 Qs, a pull-out sofa, and a pull-out chair. It was above the entry area and you could see DLH etc in the distance. The desk clerk told me we could wait for a better grade room (I think we had a woods/ctyd room because my daughter booked it with her CM discount) but 2205 was perfect.
All of the service was impeccable. My grandson was totally wowed by the hotel and though we didn't use the pool (the weather was chilly and sometimes it rained!), we did sit at the Craftsman outdoor dining place a couple of times and loved it. We had pizza there one night (really good IMO) and I was super happy that there was a duo playing a lot of Beatles tunes and the like. I can always tell when a place is geared to Boomers, ha ha.
I couldn't believe how much stuff I knocked out solo during the EE times! I discovered I really like going in by myself
My DD bought me a darling backpack purse for my birthday and a beautiful bracelet (Crislu?). I don't have time to post pics right now but wanted to get this typed out. I'll add pics soon!
Thanks for all of the help and suggestions!
I had forgotten how moody teenage boys can be, where they're skipping around like little kids one minute and sullenly refusing to act interested in anything the next. I wasn't too surprised that he preferred sleeping in to doing early entry. I guess my son (his dad) was a little like that when he was around 17, but he was my kid and he had to like it or lump it. I was on slipperier ground with a grandkid and not sure how to handle it. I just told him I would be in the park for my early entry time and he could come with me, text me, or see me later in the morning. He never chose to go with, but he would be up at weird hours in the night playing games on his phone. His eating habits were atrocious but my son and DIL said that's how he eats (UGH!!!!) and it was ok. He literally ate fried chicken strips, french fries, fried mozzarella and a milkshake or soda for EVERY meal. That is not doing him any favors. I think because his parents work really hard and are gone from before he wakes up until they get home from work at 5-6 and sometimes later, they've let him live on fast food and play video games, which is not my parenting style so it's hard to watch.
But we also had a BLAST!! He's a super fun kid when he forgets he's a teen, and I always forget I'm an old lady so that works out
The main thing he had wanted to do was build a light saber, and WOWZA, that was a HUGE HIT with him!!! He was on cloud 9 for quite a long time. He loved telling anyone who would listen about his light saber, and the next day he wanted to go buy some crystals for it. He was exuberant that he got a black one instead of a red one, whatever that means. I am not a SW person but that light saber workshop was awesome, and the PP photographer took some cool pics.
We had a beautiful room in GCH, room 2205. We could just walk up the lovely Craftsman wood stairs from the lobby to our floor and we were just past the lobby area. I don't care about the view, I like a good location and that one was fantastic! It was larger than many and had 2 Qs, a pull-out sofa, and a pull-out chair. It was above the entry area and you could see DLH etc in the distance. The desk clerk told me we could wait for a better grade room (I think we had a woods/ctyd room because my daughter booked it with her CM discount) but 2205 was perfect.
All of the service was impeccable. My grandson was totally wowed by the hotel and though we didn't use the pool (the weather was chilly and sometimes it rained!), we did sit at the Craftsman outdoor dining place a couple of times and loved it. We had pizza there one night (really good IMO) and I was super happy that there was a duo playing a lot of Beatles tunes and the like. I can always tell when a place is geared to Boomers, ha ha.
I couldn't believe how much stuff I knocked out solo during the EE times! I discovered I really like going in by myself
My DD bought me a darling backpack purse for my birthday and a beautiful bracelet (Crislu?). I don't have time to post pics right now but wanted to get this typed out. I'll add pics soon!Thanks for all of the help and suggestions!
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