LIVE from All Star Music Family Suite!!

[jodyb]

Yup, we are in Calypso 10, 3rd floor, view of the back garden. It's wonderful.
Quiet (except for the famous AS toilets... sigh...) and private feeling - not a lot of traffic past our door and windows!

We had to cancel half of our day yesterday - poured rain and I believe Illuminations was canceled but not sure... we came back from AK at about 3 for a "rest" and ended up not leaving the room again... it just looked too awful outside and we are still jet-lagged, so we just stayed in. Today is MK... so catch you later!

 

[nhpooh]

Have a nice day! hope the comes out for you!

 

[aldisneygrl]

Yup, we are in Calypso 10, 3rd floor, view of the back garden. It's wonderful.
Quiet (except for the famous AS toilets... sigh...) and private feeling - not a lot of traffic past our door and windows!

We had to cancel half of our day yesterday - poured rain and I believe Illuminations was canceled but not sure... we came back from AK at about 3 for a "rest" and ended up not leaving the room again... it just looked too awful outside and we are still jet-lagged, so we just stayed in. Today is MK... so catch you later!

We kept our bathroom doors closed at night (heard that tip hear on the DIS) and it really helped with the toilet noise. It never bothered us. That could be because we slept like rocks because we were so tired!

Here's hoping the weather cooperates today.

 

[nhpooh]

How are things going jodyb?

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Oh man, you got me so excited, we will be there at the AsMu suites on April 30th, I can't wait.... This will be our first time on site. The kids don't know yet, we are surprising them in a few months, but reading this post made me want to tell them all about it, and let them pick which fold out bed they want to sleep in.

 

[CinderellasSister]

Jody,
Thanks for the gerat review. I'm so excited for our trip there April 21st!!!! Hearing more about how great the suites are really is a relief. This will not only be our first time at the Family Suites, but at the All Star resort as well. It'll be me, DH, DD5, DS3 and DMIL. I think we should all fit comfortably?? Have a wonderful trip!!!

 

[minnie61650]

Hi jodyb,
I hope you are having lots of at Disney and that the weather is cooperating.

Please be sure to post a reviw of the Suites on the Family Suites FAQ thread:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1072409

When you return.

I am looking forward to reading it.

Have fun at Disney!

 

[not-too-old4fun]

Gosh. This is making me pretty anxious for our trip too. More anxious that is. I'm still on a high from having actually booked a trip to begin with! We'll be staying in a suite from April 18 till the 25th. I love reading the positive posts. Puts my mind at ease as to what to expect. This is our very first Disney trip so everything is nerve wracking right now.

Thanks for this thread and the updates.

 

[jodyb]

Well, it's PAST the halfway mark of our vacation... but nothing lasts forever except memories.. sigh... okay okay - on with it! Here's what I love about the suite! I'm lying in bed in the Master bedroom, and my computer clicking doesn't disturb my DD who is sleeping in the living room... yes, I did say sleeping - we're letting her have a little more shut-eye since we will be up late again tonight for Illuminations. Last night we saw Fantasmic, and it was awesome of course.. and the plan was to go to EMH at the MK, but we were just too pooped!

So I'm going to brew some coffee (which is good by the way) in the coffee maker here in the suite (I love not having to schlep to the food court to get my morning fix of caffeine! I don't even have to get dressed...) and hang out a little longer. Now, for some people, like me, coffee is a serious topic, so here is some more detail about the suite that is related to coffee:

The coffee maker is very small - it says 5 cups on the carafe, but if you fill it to that point, it will brew only 2 normal size mugs of coffee. AND if you are like me and like it a little stronger than water, you need to fill it to the 2 cup mark, and know that for one filter you will get ONE mug of coffee. (I brought a real mug from home since I don't like drinking fromn plastic or styrofoam - this IS still a 'value resort' after all!) That said, the mini-maker with the mini-filter makes a GREAT (one) cup of coffee. So if you have two coffee drinking adults, you need to do this twice, and that means you need to have two filters available. Now, when we checked in, there were two regular and one decafe. Perect! But after the first day, Mousekeeping did not replace these, unless I called the desk and requested. When I did that, they promptly brought us a whole bunch of filters, and we have not run out yet, so no complaints. Now, about the milk situation (Hey, non-coffee people can just move on - this is important! ) The suite comes equiped with "coffee condiments" like you get in any hotel, including the powdered "creamer". I would never adulterate my coffee with this substance, so the first day I politely asked the attendant at the drink island in the food court if he could give me some actual MILK to take back to the suite for our coffee. He graciously offered me a little carton of milk. That lasted a few days, and when I asked again, the woman I asked said, no, you need to buy the milk. That really would not have been such a tragedy, but when I mentioned that a gentleman had given me some milk just a couple of days ago, the person offered to confirm with a higher ranking drink island worker, who indeed said it would be fine to give me some milk. Thanks!! So coffee-wise - we're all set in the suite.!!! YAY!!!

I will post a review of the suite in all it's detail when I get back.. just couldn't resist checking in with the thread again this morning.

Have a Disney Day everyone! I know I will!!!

 

[minnie61650]

Hi Jody,

I hope you and yours had a wonderful and magical vacation at WDW.

I am looking forward to reading your review about the Family Suites at All Star Music.

Have fun planning your next Disney vacation!