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[thedisneymom]

Hiya!
Great vacation so far. It could rain a little less though. We loved AKL and Riverside. Our biggest surprise (we thought) came at GF. We were upgraded to the (are you sitting down?) Walt Disney suite. I'm talking a 2 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, living room, dining room, triple terrace land of wonder. It was amazing! Although, Universal topped them. We arrived at PBH and found the feeling of being at home. I don't think it will be a question of where we are staying if we go again. Our room type ( 2 connecting deluxes)was unavailable so an upgrade to a "VILLA " suite! Yippee! It helped that we were double Platinum members. So I'm off to listen to my Italian music CD because I just ate way tooo much. The elastic waistband aren't even cutting it anymore. Wish us sunny days. Talk to you soon.

 

[Wish I lived in Fl]

That sounds so incredibly great.

Double Platinum? Must take a lot of hotel stays.

 

[goofy!]

Glad you are having a great stay. Sounds like lots of great things happening this trip - upgrades everywhere.

Fill us in on all the details of the Villa Suite. Which one are you in? How is it?

Details, Details please as we will have one in less than 2 weeks and Imgonnabe40 will be in the one right down the hall.

Have fun in the parks!

 

[CPM]

Awesome upgrades!!
I love the Villa suite, it's my second favorite on US property.
I thought the Royal suite at RPR was nicer, only because it's newer, more updated. Liked the view from the villa suite better.

What is double platium?

I just returned today. Talk about a soggy few days! UGH
We were also upgraded to a king suite at RPR from a standard room. Very nice! Also Platinum.

We ate at Mama Dellas last night. Yummy!

Have fun!

 

[Motherfletcher]

Way to go! The Walt Disney Suite at GF is incredible! Can you still rub shoulders with us ne'erdowells?
I must be double plat too. I have two cards! Glad you are getting taken care of so well! I, too, wish the rain would stop long enough that I could mow the yard.
Did you get the email from Bev? She has to reschedule your MIB outing - she got a job.
Can you still fit into the One Fish, Two Fish? Or do you need a third fish?
I hope you got pictures of the rooms! Keep us informed!

 

[FeeFeeWhite]

What a homerun for upgrades. I bow to you great disneymom. You must give us all the details.

 

[Dagny]

Hi,
I'm sitting here eating raspberries- a whole bowl. We're off to Islands for water rides, but it looks like the sun isn't coming out again.
Yes, I got Bev's message. Thanks!
Double because I got a card from last year's trip and hubbie travels for work. We are in the villa wing. It's kinda a fake terrace because you have to wiggle out. The doors open only a little,but who cares we can sit out if it stops raining.
Villa suite details-
2 bedrooms, 3 baths, liv rm, dining rm, kitchenette. Disgusting isn't it!
Gotta go refill my berry bowl(and no I DON"T FIT) in my shorts or my pj's. You cannot believe how much weight I gained. Even the elastic waist are fullt extended. Last nights pot stickers and coconut chicken at the lounge did it. Ta-ta for now.

 

[thedisneymom]

Sorry Dagney thats really me in the above post. I didn't realize you were signed on here at the lounge.

 

[Motherfletcher]

Its a good day for water rides. See if you can beat our 6 times in a row on Popeye.
You are on vacation so feel free to blimp out! You can lose it when you get home.

 

[SamanthaR]

Lucky you with the upgrades! Don't worry about eating. It's a vacation for goodness sake! Have fun!

 

[Dagny]

Wow, that was kinda like an outta body experience....


Glad you are having fun...

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

Greeting to our cyberfriends at the PBH!

Great to hear about the upgrades, disneymom. I hope to be enjoying a Villa Suite about 19 days from now! Can you tell us what room you are in? Also, do you have a DVD player in the parlor? How big is the fridge in the kitchenette? Is the coffee maker the standard mini, or do they put a normal sized one in the suites? Oh--since I like to bring my own coffee, do I need a cone filter or a standard filter? Thanks!

Hope you're having a good time as well, Dagny!

 

[FeeFeeWhite]

I thought calories didn't count on vacations???

 

[Eclpz314]

They'd better NOT count! not with all the places my family wants to eat at again on our first day---Saturday! 2 days away!! So far, Nascar Cafe as soon as we arrive around noon, Margaritaville, Louis' Pizza........my oh my, should probably start packing to go, huh? Sounds like more than the norm rain going on too? It's neat to hear from people while they are actually there.......enjoy yourselves!

 

[thedisneymom]

I think there are dvd players in the bedrooms and living room. I know the bedrm for sure. If I'm wrong abouit the liv rm I'll post. There is also a cd player with cd's, dvd's to borrow in the lounge. The frig is the mini type and there is a microwave. Theres a coffeemaker in the kitchen and in the cabinet as you enter the bedroom-I think its mini and round but I'll double check tonight.
we did Dudley and JP a zillion times,but my kids woundn't do Popeye with me.
And I've decided to eat until I explode-life is too short.
BTW the sun came out and it was great until around 3 then heavy rain for an hr only today.
Hoping for potstickers tonight. Yummy!
Motherfletcher-They have wooden trays now in the lounge so you can carry back from the pool table.
The parks were empty early this morning and opened a liitle early. As usual my advice- Go EARLY! No lines at all! Walked on all.Bye

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

Thanks for your willingness to assist even though you are on vacation.

BTW where are you posting from? If I am not staying club, will I also be able to use the internet access? Or, maybe I am club if I am in a Villa Suite?

Hope you have a great time.

 

[Motherfletcher]

Will they let you load up the wooden trays and take them to your room? Didn't think so. I still have my Simpson's tray that the kids got me for that purpose. I can see you putting the whole bowl of raspberries on the tray and waving bye to conceirge!
Good luck on MIB today! If you are on the green side, which is the side that they load most hotel guests, shoot the little divets (stay on one with your finger squeezing the trigger all the way) on the big bug instead of worrying about the red button bonus. Another fun thing to do is - when loading there is clock on the wall with 15 on it. When they open the gates to load your row and Zeb says, "Come on Rookie, We aint got all day!" the clock starts counting down. Try to get in the seat and fasten the seat belt within 4 seconds or by when the clock says 11. The MIB Agents get a kick out of that.
Early morning at USO is fun, too. Say "Hi" to Jim and Carmen at the turnstiles from the guy from Naples. They'll know. They give me more greif than anyone should have to bear. Ask Jim if it might be possible to "open" the park one morning.

 

[Motherfletcher]

Wow, that was kinda like an outta body experience....

She got me last year. We checked out the day that they checked in. I didn't sign out on the computer either. We're both just lucky that she didn't post a bunch of "Dis"-graceful threads!

 

[CPM]

Thanks for your willingness to assist even though you are on vacation.
BTW where are you posting from? If I am not staying club, will I also be able to use the internet access? Or, maybe I am club if I am in a Villa Suite?
Hope you have a great time.

when I had the villa suite they offered me club for an extra $80.00 per night. We didn't have internet access that I know of. The computers are in the club lounge.
There was some kind of keyboard in the room, maybe web TV?

 

[goofy!]

There is high speed internet in the rooms in all the resorts if you are bringing your laptop. The connection port is right by the phone. In December, we forgot our cable and just called Star Services and they brought us one. It is 9.95 per 24 hour periods. It is very simple to use - just connect, go to the website in directions and purchase. Then the rest of the time you just connect and log on. You do have to go to the purchase website each 24 hour time and order the next 24 hours.

If you don't bring your laptop, there is web tv available - which is the wireless keyboard in the drawers. Don't know how much that is per day because we always bring a laptop. But that you access through the TV menu.

And thanks for the info on Villa Suite / Club as we were wondering the same thing!