Mandymouse’s ‘Free Dining Here I Come’ Report – Part 1

[thelittlemermaid83]

What a great report Mandy, shame about Fay though.

 

[SammieG]

loved reading your report Mandy!
we felt the same about the weather.. we didnt let it stop us.. but goodness it was boring day in day out!
and we toooo didnt get a piccie of the castle!

 

[jjpenguin]

Great report & pics. Loved your "tropically themed" dress for the Ohana breakfast

shame about the weather, but you can't do anything about it can you...

 

[Dalpal]

Hey Mandy,
GREAT TR!

Too bad about the weather, but it sounds like you made the best of it...
Im off to read you cruse report...

TTFN

 

[DisneyJo]

Great TR Mandy, it was a shame you missed us at R&C, maybe another year

 

[sandshal]

Hi Mandy,

Great start to your TR ..... the weather really got us down too ... left on the 25th so at least we saw sun on the last 3 days!

Had 2 Bahama Mama's in your honour at Bahama Breeze ... they were great!

Stuck for what to do next year now .... now know Augusts not a good time to go to Florida, buy hey who wants to go back to the Med when you've experienced Fl? but the eldest's at High School now so gotta be sensible

Look forward to reading the next instalment tomorrow.

Sharon

 

[tennisfan]

Great report. Sounds like you had fun. Shame about Fay.

Fab photos

 

[Ware Bears]

I really enjoyed reading this. Shame about the weather but you still had a great time.

 

[UKDEB]

I'm loving all your tops, Mand. You'll have to let me know where you get them all from when I see you on 26th .

 

[jjk]

glad you still had a good time despite Faye

 

[Anne64]

Great trip report

Fay was something else - the rain We caught the last 2 days of Fay and that was enough thankyou

I wouldn't say that was it for going in August though - we went last year and had lovely weather - guess it's the luck of the draw being hurricane season and all that

 

[MaddieB]

Really enjoying your trip report. The tattoos looked great! Shame about all that rain though.

 

[mark&sue]

While our dd is still at school I can only get the last two weeks of August off and as last year we just could not get on with the heat. The humidity was too much for us and the flights were just so pricey. We made the decision never to go in August again. This means renting out our 520 DVC points for a while. Although there is a rumour that the disney cruises are coming to Spain and UK in 2010!

Its lovely to read your report and see all the things we are missing especially the new rides (and drinks!). Am especially missing the Rose and Crown and Raglan Road

Love your photos. Can't wait to read about the cruise


Susan

 

[Chilly]

Such a shame about the weather but it seems you made the most of your time there.

 

[suzycute]

You write a great trip report - thanks - I've loved reading it!

 

[Miffy2003]

Free Dining ~ Absolutely loved it. All that food, and we didn’t have to pay for it. But we did eat loads, and it felt like we were always getting ready for the next ADR. I don’t think we’ll do free dining again, I think we’ll just stay at the Pop and pay for our food

I know exactly what you mean, Mandy. We felt the same after our ten nights at POFQ with free dining, though it sounds so ungrateful to complain about something that is free

The thing that I liked less about the Pop compared with CBR was the pool bar - I much preferred the CBR one. And now they've got rid of Classic Concoctions haven't they? Jon is very distressed as we stopped there for a quick cocktail most nights

Lovely report with wonderful photos - I'm sorry it has taken me so long to read it

 

[mandymouse]

The thing that I liked less about the Pop compared with CBR was the pool bar - I much preferred the CBR one. And now they've got rid of Classic Concoctions haven't they? Jon is very distressed as we stopped there for a quick cocktail most nights

Lovely report with wonderful photos - I'm sorry it has taken me so long to read it

Hey Karen, it's great to hear from you

Yes the Pop has got rid of Classic Concoctions, but as long as there is somewhere for me to get a cocktail, then I'll be happy

 

[Miffy2003]

:Yes the Pop has got rid of Classic Concoctions, but as long as there is somewhere for me to get a cocktail, then I'll be happy

That was the problem Mandy - it rained so hard for several of the days they shut the poolbar altogether

Hence we spent a lot of time in Classic Concoctions

 

[mandymouse]

That was the problem Mandy - it rained so hard for several of the days they shut the poolbar altogether

Hence we spent a lot of time in Classic Concoctions

Arr I see, then you're right, the pool bar at the CBR is better as it had a cover, which we used several times when the tropical storm went through

 

[wicket2005]

Thanks for posting Mandy, I enjoyed reading your reports. Great shame about the weather but at least you still managed to have fun.