Mr & Mrs Tikiman's trip report
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Thanks GirlPoly. YES the room smelled!!!! Like a tropical breeze
We did have a wonderful time and it gets better and funnier in the second part of the report. I am going to have to update the first part to add a few things also so check it again later today. I thought of you GirlPoly when I was taking pictures of the Tokelau longhouse and I took a few pictures just of the rooms that have the partial lagoon view. I wrote down all the room numbers on the map of all the longhouses so I know what room is where. It looks like the last 4 rooms on the end of Tokelau have a good view of the beach, lagoon and the GF with an angled view of the castle.
Steve
We did have a wonderful time and it gets better and funnier in the second part of the report. I am going to have to update the first part to add a few things also so check it again later today. I thought of you GirlPoly when I was taking pictures of the Tokelau longhouse and I took a few pictures just of the rooms that have the partial lagoon view. I wrote down all the room numbers on the map of all the longhouses so I know what room is where. It looks like the last 4 rooms on the end of Tokelau have a good view of the beach, lagoon and the GF with an angled view of the castle.Steve
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Here is part 2
Part 2 of Steve and Tara Seiferts trip report July 5-11
July 5, 2001
We started off the day as we usually do with a trip to the concierge lounge for some fruit, cereal, toasted bagles and cream cheese and some Kona coffee and orange juice. We also grabbed about 5 waters to take with us and put in the fridge in the room. We decided to try out Universal Studios this morning. All though it was fun, I dont think we will take the time to go off property again. It was hot then rainy and the Jaws ride kept breaking. We came back checked out the pool. The slide was a blast!!! It was faster than I thought it would be. You go through a tunnel in the volcano and there are red and orange lights as you go through it. I think it is supposed to feel like a lava flow. The pool was fun and had a bubble jet sitting area at one end and the zero entry at the beach end. The bathroom was large and had lockers and a bench to change for adults and a baby changing station. The waterfall into the pool is fun to stand under. The hours of the pool must be seasonal because earlier pictures from Karen showed the pool closing at 10:00. It now says 12:00. The only problem with the pool that I see is no deep area. The deepest area was a little over 4 feet. There was plenty of lounge chairs and a kid wet play area over near the Hawaii building where the playground use to be.
After the pool we went to Tambu Lounge for drinks (Pina Colada and Lapu Lapu surved in a carved out pineapple. Lapu Lapu must mean knock you on your butt in hawaiian) before going into the Kona Café for dinner the dinner was great as usual and so was the desert. We had:
Mahi-Mahi $18.99
Halibut $18.99
Crem brule $5.25
July 6
We had breakfast at the Concierge lounge and went to Animal Kingdom all day. We got on everything and only needed a fast pass for Kali River rapids. I had to laugh when we passed the Rain Forest Café because PolyPal was giving me such a hard time about taking Tara to eat there. We did not eat there. We ended up waiting till we got to Down Town Disney and ate at Wolfgang Pucks. When we returned to the Polynesian we were surprised by what looked like someone sitting in our chair near the table drinking out of my Lapu Lapu and wearing my shoes and robe!!! I think I wet my pants but a closer look and I realized he was made of towels from Luz our very creative housekeeper. There were also two swans kissing over a single red rose in a vase on our bed. Tara named him Mike. After all the excitement we went in the pool again. We checked out what they had in the lounge and then after having some of the food there we made reservations for Ohana. The food was different but still very good. I have the menu from Tambu Lounge and Ohana if anyone needs a detail of what they have. They gave us free desert and announced that we were on our honeymoon. The cost for Ohana is $20.99 each. We then went back to the Concierge Lounge to pick up some coffee, wine and desert.
July 7
We had breakfast at the Concierge lounge (we are really saving on buying breakfast!!) and took a walk around the Polynesian video taping every building and view along with pictures for the web page. We ran into a very nice guy named Jonathan as we were walking out of the GCH who recognized us as Steve and Tara. After the walk through the Polynesian, we walked over to the Wedding Pavilion and than the GF to check out the new pool and Tara had never been in the GF. She said it was nice but to bright. I must agree it is not for me but many love the GF and hate the Polynesian décor.e but many love the GF and hate the Polynesian décor. After walking back we spent some more time in the pool (love that new pool). When we returned to the room, a new surprise was waiting for us. AN ALLIGATOR!!! No not a real one but a 4 foot long TOWELgator. Luz was being her creative self again. We went to the Luau that night. Cost was $47.80 each person (kids 3-11 are $24.81 each. I have heard reports of the food not being very good but I thought it was very good. You started off with coconut banana bread (as much as you want of all the food) and pineapple. Then you get drinks (beer, soda, tea or juice is free and mixed drinks were $6 and you keep the glass) then they brought out Island pork ribs, Lanai-roasted chicken, sautéed vegetables and shrimp rice. Later you get a pineapple cake desert. The show was like I remembered except the traditional costumes they use to wear were gone and they looked like they went shopping at the local surf shop. I recommend seeing it but it is not something you would go see every year. After the Luau we went into the MK for some more rides. It is so easy to pop in and out of the MK from the Polynesian. Even when leaving the park and there is a huge line you can just take the resort monorail or our favorite boat ride back to the Polynesian, with no wait. We found it just as easy to go into Epcot. Turndown was every night and Steve was very creative also with the turn down surprises in the room.
July 8
Breakfast again in the concierge lounge. We saw Mary and Kevin in the lounge that morning. We went into the MK for some more we had not seen yet. After the MK we took the boat from the MK to the Wilderness Lodge to eat lunch at Whispering Canyon!!!! WARNING WARNING!!!! When we get there we noticed the waiters and waitresses love to be loud and joke around. That should have been a sign of things to come. After getting our food I noticed that Taras knife was the size of a butter knife and mine was large. I asked if this was a joke and the waitress said LOUDLY OH YOU WANT A BIGGER KNIFE? ALWAYS COMPLAINING!!! (jokingly) She brought out a 3 foot wooden knife and made me hold it at the table. Every one loved that. Then as we finish our meal Tara feels the need to let them know we are on our honeymoon and it is my birthday. They brought us some cake and champagne for free. When I did not finish the cake they yelled at me to finish (jokingly). Then when we were done a few of them gathered around and announced the the restaurant that it was our honeymoon and we had to stand up and kiss while everyone counted to 25. OK, I survived that .check please!!!! Not so fast. Now they make me stand up because it is my birthday and they give me a wooden horse that I have to ride around the restaurant and sing happy birthday to my self LOUDLY!!! So I do it ..but not loud enough so now I have to go out to the lobby (the restaurant is open to the lobby of the WL) and go around all four corners of the lobby with my horse and scream happy birthday to my self!!! The people checking in looked like they wanted to go to another resort. As I passed the last corner of the lobby and down the home stretch they said I was not loud enough so I turned the corner and got right up behind a guy reading a newspaper in the lounge and screamed HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SELF!!! I think he headed off to the bathroom after that. So now it was time to leave the Wilderness Lodge for the day. The moral of the story is dont say anything to the staff at Whispering Canyon.
After my experience at the Whispering Canyon it was time to head back to the room. Yes another surprise. A towel monkey hanging from the back of the bed holding a banana hanging by a lei. I think we have about 30 leis in our room now (no joke). Later we met up with Mary and Kevin and went with them on their pontoon boat they rented from the Polynesian marina. We headed over to Bay Lake and went by the old Discovery Island, River Country and WL. The weather started getting rough. The tiny ship was tossed .
The water patrol told us to get our boat back to the Polynesian because the lightning was hitting around us. We were the last ones off the lake when the big storm hit. It rained for a while. Mary let me go to their room and check out the DIS boards. That is when I posted my We are at the Polynesian message. The 3rd floor rooms are smoking but I did not smell a thing in the room or the hall. The view was great and it had a balcony.
Back in our room there was a birthday cake and hat, noise maker, candles, milk card from Mickey and balloons for my birthday from the Polynesian. We ate two pieces of cake (very good cake) and gave the rest to the Wagner's and their three great kids to enjoy. Later the kids slipped a thank you note under our door writen by all of them.
We invited Mary and Kevin to join us on our Illuminations cruise that night for my birthday. The weather cleared up and was nice for the cruise that night. We headed over and the boat was all decorated for my birthday and they had champagne and cake for me on board. They took us around the lake and over to the MGM then back to park under the bridge between France and England in World Showcase. The view was great and we had a wonderful time out on the boat. We went to the Tambu Lounge for drinks when we got back to the Polynesian.
July 9
The next morning we went over to meet Susan who works for the Disney Merchandise dept. at the MK. She was so nice and we talked for a while and thanked her for the plant. Then we got PS for Chef Mickeys at the Contemporary. It cost $15.95 ea and had a good selection of food with plenty of characters running around and someone making sure they saw every table.
When we got back to the room .guess what more stuff from the housekeeper. This time there was a sorcerer Mickey on top of a rolled up towel tower holding my birthday balloons and the word magic written in towels and leis. We had another big storm come through and bend a few palm trees. We got our ponchos on and headed over to MGM for some stuff then went to the AK again. We tried to get reservations for lunch at AKL but both places were not serving till later and we had to get back to get ready for La Nouba that night. We made PS for Fultons Crab house for after La Nouba. The show was great (I did not think I would like it). We headed over to Fultons and had:
Caeser salad $5.25 each
Crab and lobster dinner for 2 $67.90
It was sooooooooooo good and I have never eaten so much seafood. There was potatoes and cream spinach with 3 lbs. Of 3 different crab and 1 ¼ lb of lobster.
July 10
Yes we had breakfast in the concierge lounge again but it is good stuff and for free. We got passes from Mary and Kevin (who checked out the day before) to get onto Test Track through the exit of the ride. They also left us their flowers and champagne. We headed over to Epcot to go on Test Track. Got to Epcot in no time at all and then headed back to MK. Spent some more time in the pool and watched the torch lighting ceremony at 6:00 p.m. in the GCH. We got PS for Jiko at the AKL and went over to there. We got there about 6:00 and walked around most of the resort. It was a beautiful resort. They did a great job. I would stay there if it were not for the transportation. Even the CMs said the Transportation was not good. We headed over to a side viewing area and a feeding truck was driving over to where we were. All the animals followed the truck right to where we were and we saw every kind of animal I think there was all around the truck. We got some great video of this and the lodge.
Jiko was a great restaurant. We had:
Starters: Duck Firecracker. $8.75
Entrees: Oak grilled beef tenderloin. $27.50
Pan-roasted Monkfish. $17.75
Chocolate Creme Brule $4.75
Free champagne
We headed back to the MK and watched Spectromagic and went on some rides.
July 11
Last day
We had breakfast at Kona. Tara has to have her Tonga toast to make her feel better about leaving. I had a great ham & cheese omlette. We spent the day at the Polynesian pool and saying good by to everyone. We also had to ship some of the stuff and we still had trouble packing the rest in our suit cases. I took our brick (from the walk around the world) that we got after we did the upgrade and put it in my back pack for the ride home. Yes it was very heavy. I did not give too may details about the brick because I dont want to get anyone in trouble. You are not supposed to get to take the bricks. We now have our brick that says Tara will you marry me? Steve July 1, 2000 in our living room. Our new brick will say Steve and Tara Seifert married June 30, 2001. We now have a piece of Disney to remember our wonderful trips.
We would like to thank Melissa, Marylin, Tara, Matthew, Sissy, and Maura in the Concierge and Dick and Scott in the lounge and Luz and Steve (housekeeping and turn down) for making the trip so special for us.
I will start working on updating the web page and adding pictures of all these things so please remember top visit in the next few weeks. One reminder. The Homestead pages do not show the changes made unless you open the page and hit refresh. When you go to the main page, hit refresh and you will see a new Mickey icon next to pages that have new stuff. When you go to those pages, hit refresh to see the new stuff. I know it is a pain but I dont want to move the pages again right now. I just want to make sure you dont miss the new stuff when it gets posted. Just keep checking the main page for updates and what is new. It will still be a few weeks and I will post a message on the resort boards also.
I hope you enjoyed our trip report and hope all of you have as good a visit to the Polynesian.
Steve and Tara
Part 2 of Steve and Tara Seiferts trip report July 5-11
July 5, 2001
We started off the day as we usually do with a trip to the concierge lounge for some fruit, cereal, toasted bagles and cream cheese and some Kona coffee and orange juice. We also grabbed about 5 waters to take with us and put in the fridge in the room. We decided to try out Universal Studios this morning. All though it was fun, I dont think we will take the time to go off property again. It was hot then rainy and the Jaws ride kept breaking. We came back checked out the pool. The slide was a blast!!! It was faster than I thought it would be. You go through a tunnel in the volcano and there are red and orange lights as you go through it. I think it is supposed to feel like a lava flow. The pool was fun and had a bubble jet sitting area at one end and the zero entry at the beach end. The bathroom was large and had lockers and a bench to change for adults and a baby changing station. The waterfall into the pool is fun to stand under. The hours of the pool must be seasonal because earlier pictures from Karen showed the pool closing at 10:00. It now says 12:00. The only problem with the pool that I see is no deep area. The deepest area was a little over 4 feet. There was plenty of lounge chairs and a kid wet play area over near the Hawaii building where the playground use to be.
After the pool we went to Tambu Lounge for drinks (Pina Colada and Lapu Lapu surved in a carved out pineapple. Lapu Lapu must mean knock you on your butt in hawaiian) before going into the Kona Café for dinner the dinner was great as usual and so was the desert. We had:
Mahi-Mahi $18.99
Halibut $18.99
Crem brule $5.25
July 6
We had breakfast at the Concierge lounge and went to Animal Kingdom all day. We got on everything and only needed a fast pass for Kali River rapids. I had to laugh when we passed the Rain Forest Café because PolyPal was giving me such a hard time about taking Tara to eat there. We did not eat there. We ended up waiting till we got to Down Town Disney and ate at Wolfgang Pucks. When we returned to the Polynesian we were surprised by what looked like someone sitting in our chair near the table drinking out of my Lapu Lapu and wearing my shoes and robe!!! I think I wet my pants but a closer look and I realized he was made of towels from Luz our very creative housekeeper. There were also two swans kissing over a single red rose in a vase on our bed. Tara named him Mike. After all the excitement we went in the pool again. We checked out what they had in the lounge and then after having some of the food there we made reservations for Ohana. The food was different but still very good. I have the menu from Tambu Lounge and Ohana if anyone needs a detail of what they have. They gave us free desert and announced that we were on our honeymoon. The cost for Ohana is $20.99 each. We then went back to the Concierge Lounge to pick up some coffee, wine and desert.
July 7
We had breakfast at the Concierge lounge (we are really saving on buying breakfast!!) and took a walk around the Polynesian video taping every building and view along with pictures for the web page. We ran into a very nice guy named Jonathan as we were walking out of the GCH who recognized us as Steve and Tara. After the walk through the Polynesian, we walked over to the Wedding Pavilion and than the GF to check out the new pool and Tara had never been in the GF. She said it was nice but to bright. I must agree it is not for me but many love the GF and hate the Polynesian décor.e but many love the GF and hate the Polynesian décor. After walking back we spent some more time in the pool (love that new pool). When we returned to the room, a new surprise was waiting for us. AN ALLIGATOR!!! No not a real one but a 4 foot long TOWELgator. Luz was being her creative self again. We went to the Luau that night. Cost was $47.80 each person (kids 3-11 are $24.81 each. I have heard reports of the food not being very good but I thought it was very good. You started off with coconut banana bread (as much as you want of all the food) and pineapple. Then you get drinks (beer, soda, tea or juice is free and mixed drinks were $6 and you keep the glass) then they brought out Island pork ribs, Lanai-roasted chicken, sautéed vegetables and shrimp rice. Later you get a pineapple cake desert. The show was like I remembered except the traditional costumes they use to wear were gone and they looked like they went shopping at the local surf shop. I recommend seeing it but it is not something you would go see every year. After the Luau we went into the MK for some more rides. It is so easy to pop in and out of the MK from the Polynesian. Even when leaving the park and there is a huge line you can just take the resort monorail or our favorite boat ride back to the Polynesian, with no wait. We found it just as easy to go into Epcot. Turndown was every night and Steve was very creative also with the turn down surprises in the room.
July 8
Breakfast again in the concierge lounge. We saw Mary and Kevin in the lounge that morning. We went into the MK for some more we had not seen yet. After the MK we took the boat from the MK to the Wilderness Lodge to eat lunch at Whispering Canyon!!!! WARNING WARNING!!!! When we get there we noticed the waiters and waitresses love to be loud and joke around. That should have been a sign of things to come. After getting our food I noticed that Taras knife was the size of a butter knife and mine was large. I asked if this was a joke and the waitress said LOUDLY OH YOU WANT A BIGGER KNIFE? ALWAYS COMPLAINING!!! (jokingly) She brought out a 3 foot wooden knife and made me hold it at the table. Every one loved that. Then as we finish our meal Tara feels the need to let them know we are on our honeymoon and it is my birthday. They brought us some cake and champagne for free. When I did not finish the cake they yelled at me to finish (jokingly). Then when we were done a few of them gathered around and announced the the restaurant that it was our honeymoon and we had to stand up and kiss while everyone counted to 25. OK, I survived that .check please!!!! Not so fast. Now they make me stand up because it is my birthday and they give me a wooden horse that I have to ride around the restaurant and sing happy birthday to my self LOUDLY!!! So I do it ..but not loud enough so now I have to go out to the lobby (the restaurant is open to the lobby of the WL) and go around all four corners of the lobby with my horse and scream happy birthday to my self!!! The people checking in looked like they wanted to go to another resort. As I passed the last corner of the lobby and down the home stretch they said I was not loud enough so I turned the corner and got right up behind a guy reading a newspaper in the lounge and screamed HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SELF!!! I think he headed off to the bathroom after that. So now it was time to leave the Wilderness Lodge for the day. The moral of the story is dont say anything to the staff at Whispering Canyon.
After my experience at the Whispering Canyon it was time to head back to the room. Yes another surprise. A towel monkey hanging from the back of the bed holding a banana hanging by a lei. I think we have about 30 leis in our room now (no joke). Later we met up with Mary and Kevin and went with them on their pontoon boat they rented from the Polynesian marina. We headed over to Bay Lake and went by the old Discovery Island, River Country and WL. The weather started getting rough. The tiny ship was tossed .
The water patrol told us to get our boat back to the Polynesian because the lightning was hitting around us. We were the last ones off the lake when the big storm hit. It rained for a while. Mary let me go to their room and check out the DIS boards. That is when I posted my We are at the Polynesian message. The 3rd floor rooms are smoking but I did not smell a thing in the room or the hall. The view was great and it had a balcony.
Back in our room there was a birthday cake and hat, noise maker, candles, milk card from Mickey and balloons for my birthday from the Polynesian. We ate two pieces of cake (very good cake) and gave the rest to the Wagner's and their three great kids to enjoy. Later the kids slipped a thank you note under our door writen by all of them.
We invited Mary and Kevin to join us on our Illuminations cruise that night for my birthday. The weather cleared up and was nice for the cruise that night. We headed over and the boat was all decorated for my birthday and they had champagne and cake for me on board. They took us around the lake and over to the MGM then back to park under the bridge between France and England in World Showcase. The view was great and we had a wonderful time out on the boat. We went to the Tambu Lounge for drinks when we got back to the Polynesian.
July 9
The next morning we went over to meet Susan who works for the Disney Merchandise dept. at the MK. She was so nice and we talked for a while and thanked her for the plant. Then we got PS for Chef Mickeys at the Contemporary. It cost $15.95 ea and had a good selection of food with plenty of characters running around and someone making sure they saw every table.
When we got back to the room .guess what more stuff from the housekeeper. This time there was a sorcerer Mickey on top of a rolled up towel tower holding my birthday balloons and the word magic written in towels and leis. We had another big storm come through and bend a few palm trees. We got our ponchos on and headed over to MGM for some stuff then went to the AK again. We tried to get reservations for lunch at AKL but both places were not serving till later and we had to get back to get ready for La Nouba that night. We made PS for Fultons Crab house for after La Nouba. The show was great (I did not think I would like it). We headed over to Fultons and had:
Caeser salad $5.25 each
Crab and lobster dinner for 2 $67.90
It was sooooooooooo good and I have never eaten so much seafood. There was potatoes and cream spinach with 3 lbs. Of 3 different crab and 1 ¼ lb of lobster.
July 10
Yes we had breakfast in the concierge lounge again but it is good stuff and for free. We got passes from Mary and Kevin (who checked out the day before) to get onto Test Track through the exit of the ride. They also left us their flowers and champagne. We headed over to Epcot to go on Test Track. Got to Epcot in no time at all and then headed back to MK. Spent some more time in the pool and watched the torch lighting ceremony at 6:00 p.m. in the GCH. We got PS for Jiko at the AKL and went over to there. We got there about 6:00 and walked around most of the resort. It was a beautiful resort. They did a great job. I would stay there if it were not for the transportation. Even the CMs said the Transportation was not good. We headed over to a side viewing area and a feeding truck was driving over to where we were. All the animals followed the truck right to where we were and we saw every kind of animal I think there was all around the truck. We got some great video of this and the lodge.
Jiko was a great restaurant. We had:
Starters: Duck Firecracker. $8.75
Entrees: Oak grilled beef tenderloin. $27.50
Pan-roasted Monkfish. $17.75
Chocolate Creme Brule $4.75
Free champagne
We headed back to the MK and watched Spectromagic and went on some rides.
July 11
Last day
We had breakfast at Kona. Tara has to have her Tonga toast to make her feel better about leaving. I had a great ham & cheese omlette. We spent the day at the Polynesian pool and saying good by to everyone. We also had to ship some of the stuff and we still had trouble packing the rest in our suit cases. I took our brick (from the walk around the world) that we got after we did the upgrade and put it in my back pack for the ride home. Yes it was very heavy. I did not give too may details about the brick because I dont want to get anyone in trouble. You are not supposed to get to take the bricks. We now have our brick that says Tara will you marry me? Steve July 1, 2000 in our living room. Our new brick will say Steve and Tara Seifert married June 30, 2001. We now have a piece of Disney to remember our wonderful trips. We would like to thank Melissa, Marylin, Tara, Matthew, Sissy, and Maura in the Concierge and Dick and Scott in the lounge and Luz and Steve (housekeeping and turn down) for making the trip so special for us.
I will start working on updating the web page and adding pictures of all these things so please remember top visit in the next few weeks. One reminder. The Homestead pages do not show the changes made unless you open the page and hit refresh. When you go to the main page, hit refresh and you will see a new Mickey icon next to pages that have new stuff. When you go to those pages, hit refresh to see the new stuff. I know it is a pain but I dont want to move the pages again right now. I just want to make sure you dont miss the new stuff when it gets posted. Just keep checking the main page for updates and what is new. It will still be a few weeks and I will post a message on the resort boards also.
I hope you enjoyed our trip report and hope all of you have as good a visit to the Polynesian.
Steve and Tara
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Dear Tikiman's, Absolutely agree about YC, its pretty but we have never been impressed with the magic factor there either. You get too spoiled with magic kingdom resorts. (room sizes, excitement, etc.) Sounds wonderful, so glad the poly came through for you's! MKY!
Tikiman
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Well they are a little tough and the bones are a problem but the cream cheese helps you swallow them
That is the second time I did that. I did that on my web page till Tara (my spell checker) caught it.
Steve
That is the second time I did that. I did that on my web page till Tara (my spell checker) caught it.
Steve
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Thanks, Steve!
It's funny--me and my DH have the same ritual of the concierge lounge for breakfast and Tambu Lounge for our frozen treats! My favorite is the Tardewinds (Malibu, banana liqueur, blackberry brandy and pina colada mix--YUM!). Thanks for all of your efforts with the report. I really enjoyed it!
It's funny--me and my DH have the same ritual of the concierge lounge for breakfast and Tambu Lounge for our frozen treats! My favorite is the Tardewinds (Malibu, banana liqueur, blackberry brandy and pina colada mix--YUM!). Thanks for all of your efforts with the report. I really enjoyed it!
Thank you for your report. I am glad you had such a wonderful honeymoon. I stayed at the BC last August and I felt the same way about the BC as you felt about the YC. Long corridors and Storm a Long just was not enough to make me wish to return. I split my stay between the BC and the Contemporary and of course I loved the Contemporary and the convenience of the monorail and the large rooms. I had a view of the Magic Kingdom which was wonderful to wake up to. I will be staying at the Poly next. The last time I was there was 15 years ago so I am really excited especially after reading all the great info at your web site. Thank you for all your work!
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thanks steve! what an awesome treat to be able to read the rest of your trip report only
1 & 1/2 hours before I leave for WDW!!!
Now I'm even more psyched!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they should make 1505 the "Seifert Suite" !!!
Laura
1 & 1/2 hours before I leave for WDW!!!
Now I'm even more psyched!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they should make 1505 the "Seifert Suite" !!!
Laura
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Hey Tikimans!
Great details on your 2nd report. With all your little (and big) presents left daily, was there any room to walk around? (just kidding) What a wonderful experience it must have been to be on the illuminations cruise all have it all decorated just for you. We ate at WC at WL as well a few years back. I certainly remember never to ask for the ketchup. Your trip sounded picture perfect(minus a little rain)
I for one would be interested in the menu for the Tambu lounge. Will be staying at Poly(per your recommendations)We are also going to eat at Ohanas when we go this August. It will be our 20th anniversary. Believe it or not, we went to Disney on our honeymoon, but did not stay at the Poly. We did eat their though, and I remember we had exotic drinks and started off with a poo-poo platter and I believe we both had some type of seafood(maybe coconut shrimp).
Also wondering about the new park you mentioned in your first trip report. You have certainly peaked my curiousity.
Great details on your 2nd report. With all your little (and big) presents left daily, was there any room to walk around? (just kidding) What a wonderful experience it must have been to be on the illuminations cruise all have it all decorated just for you. We ate at WC at WL as well a few years back. I certainly remember never to ask for the ketchup. Your trip sounded picture perfect(minus a little rain)
I for one would be interested in the menu for the Tambu lounge. Will be staying at Poly(per your recommendations)We are also going to eat at Ohanas when we go this August. It will be our 20th anniversary. Believe it or not, we went to Disney on our honeymoon, but did not stay at the Poly. We did eat their though, and I remember we had exotic drinks and started off with a poo-poo platter and I believe we both had some type of seafood(maybe coconut shrimp).
Also wondering about the new park you mentioned in your first trip report. You have certainly peaked my curiousity.
Tikiman
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This is what the Tambu lounge has to offer.
Cheese plate w/crackers
Shrimp cocktail w/asian slaw
Chips & salsa
Boneless chicken tenders w/buffalo sauce
Egg rolls w/spicy hot mustard and sweet-n-sour sauce
and get a drink to go with it:
Malibu Macaw (Malibu coconut rum, melon liquer, pineapple and cranberry juices
Backscratcher (light and dard rum, passion fruit and a secret ingredient) comes with a backscratcher to take home.
Parrot Passion (Amaretto DiSaronno, banana liquer, fruit juice topped w/ cherry brandy)
Blue Hawaiian (Bacardi rum, blue curacao, pineapple and sweet and sour juices)
Zombie (Myers dark rum, apricot brandy, fruit juices, a dash of grenadine and topped with Bacardi 151)
Pina Colada (pineapple, coconut and rum)
Mai Tai (Myers rum and fruit juices)
Tradewinds (two rums, banana liquer and blackberry brandy combined w/ pina colada mix and a dash of grenadine)
Scorpion (Bacardi rum and fruit juices topped with brandy)
Lapu Lapu (fruit juices and Myers dark rum served in a fresh cut pineapple topped w/ Bacardi 151)
Island Sunset (Captain Morgan's, Malibu, melon and peach combined with guava passion fruit juice)
Strawberry Daiquiri
'Ohana has changed also but it is still very good. I have the menu if you would like me to post it.
Steve
Cheese plate w/crackers
Shrimp cocktail w/asian slaw
Chips & salsa
Boneless chicken tenders w/buffalo sauce
Egg rolls w/spicy hot mustard and sweet-n-sour sauce
and get a drink to go with it:
Malibu Macaw (Malibu coconut rum, melon liquer, pineapple and cranberry juices
Backscratcher (light and dard rum, passion fruit and a secret ingredient) comes with a backscratcher to take home.
Parrot Passion (Amaretto DiSaronno, banana liquer, fruit juice topped w/ cherry brandy)
Blue Hawaiian (Bacardi rum, blue curacao, pineapple and sweet and sour juices)
Zombie (Myers dark rum, apricot brandy, fruit juices, a dash of grenadine and topped with Bacardi 151)
Pina Colada (pineapple, coconut and rum)
Mai Tai (Myers rum and fruit juices)
Tradewinds (two rums, banana liquer and blackberry brandy combined w/ pina colada mix and a dash of grenadine)
Scorpion (Bacardi rum and fruit juices topped with brandy)
Lapu Lapu (fruit juices and Myers dark rum served in a fresh cut pineapple topped w/ Bacardi 151)
Island Sunset (Captain Morgan's, Malibu, melon and peach combined with guava passion fruit juice)
Strawberry Daiquiri
'Ohana has changed also but it is still very good. I have the menu if you would like me to post it.
Steve
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I grabbed a menu from 'Ohana last week. This is what it has to offer (all you care to eat).
Starters:
Island slaw
Stir fried vegetables
Salad with honey lime dressing
Chicken and shrimp wonton
Honey coriander chicken wings
Stir fried rice
Skewers:
Marinated pork loin
Mesquite seasoned turkey brest
Oak grilled sirloin steak
Grilled jumbo shrimp
The tropical drinks are:
Malibu Macaw (Malibu coconut rum, melon liquer, pineapple and cranberry juices
Backscratcher (light and dard rum, passion fruit and a secret ingredient) comes with a backscratcher to take home.
Parrot Passion (Amaretto DiSaronno, banana liquer, fruit juice topped w/ cherry brandy)
Blue Hawaiian (Bacardi rum, blue curacao, pineapple and sweet and sour juices)
Zombie (Myers dark rum, apricot brandy, fruit juices, a dash of grenadine and topped with Bacardi 151)
Pina Colada (pineapple, coconut and rum)
Mai Tai (Myers rum and fruit juices)
Tradewinds (two rums, banana liquer and blackberry brandy combined w/ pina colada mix and a dash of grenadine)
Scorpion (Bacardi rum and fruit juices topped with brandy)
Lapu Lapu (fruit juices and Myers dark rum served in a fresh cut pineapple topped w/ Bacardi 151)
Island Sunset (Captain Morgan's, Malibu, melon and peach combined with guava passion fruit juice)
Strawberry Daiquiri
Deserts:
Key Lime pie
The beach bomb (hawaiian shaved ice w/sweet rainbow syrup)
Cheese cake
White chocolate mousse (in a chocolate tulip shell)
Chocolate chantilly (chocolate cake with butterscotch icing)
Coconut snowball (coconut icecream rolled in toasted coconut)
Starters:
Island slaw
Stir fried vegetables
Salad with honey lime dressing
Chicken and shrimp wonton
Honey coriander chicken wings
Stir fried rice
Skewers:
Marinated pork loin
Mesquite seasoned turkey brest
Oak grilled sirloin steak
Grilled jumbo shrimp
The tropical drinks are:
Malibu Macaw (Malibu coconut rum, melon liquer, pineapple and cranberry juices
Backscratcher (light and dard rum, passion fruit and a secret ingredient) comes with a backscratcher to take home.
Parrot Passion (Amaretto DiSaronno, banana liquer, fruit juice topped w/ cherry brandy)
Blue Hawaiian (Bacardi rum, blue curacao, pineapple and sweet and sour juices)
Zombie (Myers dark rum, apricot brandy, fruit juices, a dash of grenadine and topped with Bacardi 151)
Pina Colada (pineapple, coconut and rum)
Mai Tai (Myers rum and fruit juices)
Tradewinds (two rums, banana liquer and blackberry brandy combined w/ pina colada mix and a dash of grenadine)
Scorpion (Bacardi rum and fruit juices topped with brandy)
Lapu Lapu (fruit juices and Myers dark rum served in a fresh cut pineapple topped w/ Bacardi 151)
Island Sunset (Captain Morgan's, Malibu, melon and peach combined with guava passion fruit juice)
Strawberry Daiquiri
Deserts:
Key Lime pie
The beach bomb (hawaiian shaved ice w/sweet rainbow syrup)
Cheese cake
White chocolate mousse (in a chocolate tulip shell)
Chocolate chantilly (chocolate cake with butterscotch icing)
Coconut snowball (coconut icecream rolled in toasted coconut)
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