magicmouse2
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Our April/May Trip 2004
Accomodation:
POFQ - Photos dont express what a beautiful resort this is. Much nicer and more upscale than POR. Buldings are painting in pastels, with gorgeous wrought iron railings and trellis work. Grounds and rooms were immaculate. Rooms had a very deluxe feel to them. Walls were painted pale blue with a darker blue scrolled border around the top. Beutiful paintings on the walls and brass lamps above beds. Beds were comfy and quite soft. Bedspreads were in golden and jewel tones with Mardi Gras characters on them, and hidden Mickeys, bedskirts were in a beutifully contrasting midnight blue with golden squared pattern. Headboards and furniture was in beautiful Mahogony with brass accents. Chairs had Mickey heads on seat fabric. Look out for the beautiful crystal drawer-pull on the bedside cabinet. Carpets were in blue/jade scrolling pattern and felt like very high quality. Sinks were new with shiny chrome faucets. Could have still done with additional sink area bench space though a narrow shelf was above the sinks. Bathrooms had new fittings and paintwork, though tiles were not new. They could have spent a little extra and retiled them though instead of cleaning them up. The shower curtains in Navy and Green striped patterns with gold scrolls seemed like an attempt to blend in the yellowed tiles to the white bathroom fittings. Floor was in small hexagonal white tiles with Dark green hexagonal patterns. Grounds awesome. Neat formal styling. Mostly paved areas, with park like atmosphere and landscaping. Lots of trees, busy lizzies, ferns, fenced in with shiny black iron railings with horse head tops in areas. Lovely fountain on lawned area nr building 5. Beautiful rectangular frog fountain pond behing building 6.Lots of wildlife inc.the odd harmless black snake, squirrels, birds, lizards. Our room was waterview and had a lovely courtyard in the front of it with a Sago palm centerpiece surrounded by four benches. Building 6 - and our rooms were only 60 second walk to the foodcourt, and 5 mins to POR, though it was only a couple of minutes walk from the furthest building in the resort to the food court. Food court - excellent, clean. Wooden tables, large screen TV and coloring station for kids, large mardi gras icons hanging from ceiling. Lovely breakfast choices with TV screens above stations showing menus and pictures. My favorite was Bills Breakfast Blast - a sweet bread pudding layered with a sweet white sauce and blueberries and cinnamon, served with sausage or bacon. Fast service friendly staff. Good evening meals too - inc Jambalaya, rib/ chicken combos, etc - more selection than just burgers and fries. Jackson store shop - friendly staff, but small and lack of variety. Scat cats lounge - immaculate love the piano. Laundry room was great. Lots of machines, clean and good location next to the pool. Playground was excellent. Hot tub was lovely, set in hedged area away from pool, and rarely busy. Pool - awesome. Spectacularly clean. I loved the tall Mardi Gras Jester, and brilliant bright paintwork, lovely alligator icons, excellent serpent slide - named 'Scales'. Lifeguards were very attentive. There was a hair braiding station open from 10 am. The river boats to DD and POR were great and captains were friendly. We had a hire car, though used buses on occasions. They were very punctual and we never waited more than 5 minutes. I loved the soft jazzmusic playing around the resort. IMHO this is the most beautiful and best of the moderate resorts. Very laid back, relaxing and fun and friendly atmosphere. Glad I chose this over the POLY. I would have missed out!
Ask away if you have any questions.
- MANY Photos coming soon!
Accomodation:
POFQ - Photos dont express what a beautiful resort this is. Much nicer and more upscale than POR. Buldings are painting in pastels, with gorgeous wrought iron railings and trellis work. Grounds and rooms were immaculate. Rooms had a very deluxe feel to them. Walls were painted pale blue with a darker blue scrolled border around the top. Beutiful paintings on the walls and brass lamps above beds. Beds were comfy and quite soft. Bedspreads were in golden and jewel tones with Mardi Gras characters on them, and hidden Mickeys, bedskirts were in a beutifully contrasting midnight blue with golden squared pattern. Headboards and furniture was in beautiful Mahogony with brass accents. Chairs had Mickey heads on seat fabric. Look out for the beautiful crystal drawer-pull on the bedside cabinet. Carpets were in blue/jade scrolling pattern and felt like very high quality. Sinks were new with shiny chrome faucets. Could have still done with additional sink area bench space though a narrow shelf was above the sinks. Bathrooms had new fittings and paintwork, though tiles were not new. They could have spent a little extra and retiled them though instead of cleaning them up. The shower curtains in Navy and Green striped patterns with gold scrolls seemed like an attempt to blend in the yellowed tiles to the white bathroom fittings. Floor was in small hexagonal white tiles with Dark green hexagonal patterns. Grounds awesome. Neat formal styling. Mostly paved areas, with park like atmosphere and landscaping. Lots of trees, busy lizzies, ferns, fenced in with shiny black iron railings with horse head tops in areas. Lovely fountain on lawned area nr building 5. Beautiful rectangular frog fountain pond behing building 6.Lots of wildlife inc.the odd harmless black snake, squirrels, birds, lizards. Our room was waterview and had a lovely courtyard in the front of it with a Sago palm centerpiece surrounded by four benches. Building 6 - and our rooms were only 60 second walk to the foodcourt, and 5 mins to POR, though it was only a couple of minutes walk from the furthest building in the resort to the food court. Food court - excellent, clean. Wooden tables, large screen TV and coloring station for kids, large mardi gras icons hanging from ceiling. Lovely breakfast choices with TV screens above stations showing menus and pictures. My favorite was Bills Breakfast Blast - a sweet bread pudding layered with a sweet white sauce and blueberries and cinnamon, served with sausage or bacon. Fast service friendly staff. Good evening meals too - inc Jambalaya, rib/ chicken combos, etc - more selection than just burgers and fries. Jackson store shop - friendly staff, but small and lack of variety. Scat cats lounge - immaculate love the piano. Laundry room was great. Lots of machines, clean and good location next to the pool. Playground was excellent. Hot tub was lovely, set in hedged area away from pool, and rarely busy. Pool - awesome. Spectacularly clean. I loved the tall Mardi Gras Jester, and brilliant bright paintwork, lovely alligator icons, excellent serpent slide - named 'Scales'. Lifeguards were very attentive. There was a hair braiding station open from 10 am. The river boats to DD and POR were great and captains were friendly. We had a hire car, though used buses on occasions. They were very punctual and we never waited more than 5 minutes. I loved the soft jazzmusic playing around the resort. IMHO this is the most beautiful and best of the moderate resorts. Very laid back, relaxing and fun and friendly atmosphere. Glad I chose this over the POLY. I would have missed out!
Ask away if you have any questions.
- MANY Photos coming soon!
I can't wait.
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