disneyistheone
We love anything Disney
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- Jul 29, 2008
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We got in yesterday!!! At the airport, prior to boarding for MCO we got a text message from Owner's Locker advising us that our new locker had just been dropped off at SSR. What a great service they provide.
Upon arrival at MCO, we were greeted with a really long line at the Magical Express check-in. However to their credit, we were through the line in less than 20 minutes and went directly to our awaiting bus. Our bus was scheduled for stops at OKW,SSR,POFQ and POR in that order. Quick transit. The check-in at SSR was flawless-our room was available already, (at 2:00). As per our request, we were at Grandstand right next to the bus stop. We have a golf course view on the second floor. They again advised us that our Owner's Locker was here and that bell services would assist us in getting the locker and ourselves to our room.
The room is great; a one bedroom which is very clean. I only had one issue; that of the free high speed internet. I still had to "sign-up" for the $9.95 per day service as in the past. However the front desk told me that the charge is automatically removed for DVC members.
By the way, I timed the walk from our building to the Carriage House- it's only five minutes.
Our first adventure was to DTD to visit guest relations so we could pick up our AP's and purchase a DDE or as it's now known, Tables In Wonderland card. We arrived at the SSR Grandstand bus stop at 2:50 and the DTD bus arrived at 3:08.
While at guest relations, we also bought a gift card to use at the Food and Wine fest. I read somewhere on the DIS boards that this was an easy way to pay for things at the Food and Wine Fest booths.
We had a 8:15 reservation at Captain Jacks but asked Guest Relations to see if something earlier was available. It was, at 4:00-Perfect!
We had enjoyed a meal at Captain Jacks in July so we were really looking forward to it all. Unfortunately, the menu has changed a bit and we can say that we won't be going back-enough said there. Great service though.
Back at SSR, we decided to jump over to Epcot for the last few hours of F & W. The bus wasn't so timely this time around. We arrived at the bus stop at 6:52 and the bus finally came at 7:20. To be fair, one of the drivers explained that if the driver has to load and unload a lot of wheelchairs and carts, they get behind schedule. I can't complain about that; it's the right thing to do and Disney does it much better than a lot of places. One really strange thinge thing though. While we were waiting, three buses each came for AK, which actually closed at 7:00. Three came also for MK and one for HS, which was open late on Sunday. I can't explain the three for AK!!!
Anyway, once we got to Epcot, we got about half way to the World Showplace when it started to rain. No big deal but we were both tired anyway so we returned to SSR.
Once back, we drifted over to Artists Pallette to check out the grocery supplies for availability and cost. What we found was a limited supply of
items but everything that we wanted for breakfast (bagels etc) was there and at a fairly reasonable cost.
We are renting a car for a today to go shopping for our Owners Locker at Walmart. We are using Enterprise and they are only charging $32.00 for a compact. They will pick us up at SSR and drop us off tomorrow when we return the car. We don't normally rent when we are here but we wanted to stock up on wine etc for this and our next trip. Since we are going to Boma tonight for dinner tonight, the car will be convenient to get to AKV.
More to come.......
Upon arrival at MCO, we were greeted with a really long line at the Magical Express check-in. However to their credit, we were through the line in less than 20 minutes and went directly to our awaiting bus. Our bus was scheduled for stops at OKW,SSR,POFQ and POR in that order. Quick transit. The check-in at SSR was flawless-our room was available already, (at 2:00). As per our request, we were at Grandstand right next to the bus stop. We have a golf course view on the second floor. They again advised us that our Owner's Locker was here and that bell services would assist us in getting the locker and ourselves to our room.
The room is great; a one bedroom which is very clean. I only had one issue; that of the free high speed internet. I still had to "sign-up" for the $9.95 per day service as in the past. However the front desk told me that the charge is automatically removed for DVC members.
By the way, I timed the walk from our building to the Carriage House- it's only five minutes.
Our first adventure was to DTD to visit guest relations so we could pick up our AP's and purchase a DDE or as it's now known, Tables In Wonderland card. We arrived at the SSR Grandstand bus stop at 2:50 and the DTD bus arrived at 3:08.
While at guest relations, we also bought a gift card to use at the Food and Wine fest. I read somewhere on the DIS boards that this was an easy way to pay for things at the Food and Wine Fest booths.
We had a 8:15 reservation at Captain Jacks but asked Guest Relations to see if something earlier was available. It was, at 4:00-Perfect!
We had enjoyed a meal at Captain Jacks in July so we were really looking forward to it all. Unfortunately, the menu has changed a bit and we can say that we won't be going back-enough said there. Great service though.
Back at SSR, we decided to jump over to Epcot for the last few hours of F & W. The bus wasn't so timely this time around. We arrived at the bus stop at 6:52 and the bus finally came at 7:20. To be fair, one of the drivers explained that if the driver has to load and unload a lot of wheelchairs and carts, they get behind schedule. I can't complain about that; it's the right thing to do and Disney does it much better than a lot of places. One really strange thinge thing though. While we were waiting, three buses each came for AK, which actually closed at 7:00. Three came also for MK and one for HS, which was open late on Sunday. I can't explain the three for AK!!!
Anyway, once we got to Epcot, we got about half way to the World Showplace when it started to rain. No big deal but we were both tired anyway so we returned to SSR.
Once back, we drifted over to Artists Pallette to check out the grocery supplies for availability and cost. What we found was a limited supply of
items but everything that we wanted for breakfast (bagels etc) was there and at a fairly reasonable cost.
We are renting a car for a today to go shopping for our Owners Locker at Walmart. We are using Enterprise and they are only charging $32.00 for a compact. They will pick us up at SSR and drop us off tomorrow when we return the car. We don't normally rent when we are here but we wanted to stock up on wine etc for this and our next trip. Since we are going to Boma tonight for dinner tonight, the car will be convenient to get to AKV.
More to come.......
