Not such a good start to our DLR trip

anonymousegirl

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We (myself, dear sister and dear nephew) drove down yesterday and misjudged the traffic down here in LA and so we arrived at DLH about 15 mins before our 7:30 PS for Ariel's Grotto and our WOC preferred seating FP. Our dinner was fine, the food was surprisingly good (had the tri-tip) plenty desserts and very tasty)
The difficuties started when we returned to the hotel. We had just dropped off the bags and not checked in so we were checking in at midnight. So we get to our room to find . . .

one king-size bed . . .

for three people . . .

and they wanted to move us to the Wonder Tower and then move us back to Dreams the next day. . .

at 12:30am.

We opted for the free roll-away bed for the nephew, and a Dreams to Dreams move tomorrow, but I also needed internet access and of course there is no cable. So I have to phone down and it takes someone 20 mins to bring it up . . .

it's the wrong cable . . .

and it's 1am now . . .

and we want to make rope drop today . . .

and the cable gets stuck in my laptop and I can't get it out.

This morning we had to pack up and leave the bags and go downstairs to "check out" of the king bed room and into the 2 bedded room. The clerk tells me someone has to go back upstairs and wait for bell services . . .

and that we won't be able get to our swimsuits at 1pm for our mid-day break because "check in is at 3pm"

Really? All the hassles and trouble caused by the room assigner and various other incompetents and they can't find a room available at 1pm?

So we agreed that the bags would stay in the original room and we would have access to them until our new room was ready.

And then someone had to come bring a repair kit to get the incorrect cable out of my laptop--thank goodness the laptop still works!

So our day at the park went well and then we go to the pool and relax . . . until some fool who was obviously raised by pigs, throws a glass bottle into the pool and leaves a poopy diaper as well. So the DLH pool is closed until further notice while they sweep the entire pool for glass shards.

Off to dinner now . . .

maybe we can get ptomaine poisoning
 
I'm sorry your had such a rough start to your Disney vacation.:grouphug: I hope the rest of your vacation is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!
 
((((Big Hugs)))) I would suggest taking a ride around the park on the train, grab a tigger tail, and hopefully that black rain cloud that seems to be following you will cling on to someone else.
Hope the rest of your trip is magical!:wizard:
 
Why such a late check-in? Were you planning to check in before dinner but couldn't because of the traffic?
 

Sounds like a really rough and frustrating start. Certainly hope you have lots of fun during the rest of your trip.
 
Ack! Sorry to hear about the headache. We had a similar pool mishap last trip and that was 10 minutes after we arrived. Try to explain to a 2 and 4 year old why the pool is closed for the next 2 hours. Ugh! Here's to a noneventful rest of the trip! :)
 
So sorry they are not making your disney experience a special one. I hope things get better from here.
 
Yucky start but here's hoping the rest of the trip is amazing!!!!

That LA traffic, it really can throw a loop into things can't it? lol :)
 
If you believe in Karma then you have little to fear and much to look forward to.
 
If you believe in Karma then you have little to fear and much to look forward to.

I do believe in karma and love your analogy very much!

Tomorrow will be better. Here's to pixie dust sprinkling (hard) on you.:thumbsup2
 
Sorry. They messed us up too at the GCH. Fortunately we arrived by 1PM I was able to get it worked out. They had us assigned to a bunk bed room here which is designed for young kids - we have all teen boys. When I made the reservation in March I said I wanted 2 queens and when I called to confirm in April I had them change it to 2 queens - again. But when I showed up they still had us with bunk beds. I also had some specific room number requests and I do not think they even looked at that.
 
Sorry. They messed us up too at the GCH. Fortunately we arrived by 1PM I was able to get it worked out. They had us assigned to a bunk bed room here which is designed for young kids - we have all teen boys. When I made the reservation in March I said I wanted 2 queens and when I called to confirm in April I had them change it to 2 queens - again. But when I showed up they still had us with bunk beds. I also had some specific room number requests and I do not think they even looked at that.

I doubt if they would, but was curious how things were working out with the room. Did you wind up with other than standard. Did you have a chance to scout WOC as of yet.

Jack
 

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