Good evening, Pickles!
Gee, we've been quiet lately. With Kathy and Janet away, we hardly chatted at all!
Kathy's back (
great pics, Kat)! So good to see you, but know it's an adjustment to get back in the swing of things at home. You were missed, my friend.
Janet called today
tomorrow is their last day, but their train is not until 5:30 so they will head over the EPCOT for while. Sounds like they've had a terrific trip.
Heather, how are you feeling today? Sophia and I have had something...Mia took her to the pediatrician this morning and he gave her a prescription for a cough med. Definitely has helped. Anyway, hope you are a better each day.
Kelly, have you decided how to spend your day at Disney?
Ms Tracy & I have been having resort pickles, but it is all sorted out now! We booked POP with
free dining, but then decided to go with a group rate which was fantastic - well, the TA who had that was
terrible and after many attempts to get correct info we gave up and told her to cancel. By then free dining was over. Nothing was coming up on the Disney site even with Trac & I checking nearly constantly. Kathy has an excellent TA and she tried for us, but the rates I was getting were less than what she was getting and we never could figure out why.
So, the adventure continued with 2 other resorts being booked...I was not feeling good about the final resort...then I rec'vd an email from David's DVC saying points were available at $8 a point!! I was the first to sign up for a slot for a conference call with David and Member Services. Trac and I checked out all the Villas and were ready to go down the list, even accepting SSR b/c the cost was so low. We were very excited!!
So, with much excited anticipation, I made the call the next morning...sigh..that's when David tells me chances are slim to none for our dates...member services confirms this.
Now what????
DD had been hearing of our resort dilemma for days and told me she thought I should book the resort where we most wanted to stay and she would pay the deposit as a birthday gift!! I said, well, let's make it birthday, Christmas, Mother's Day and so on... Deciding to surprise Tracy I booked BLT with a lake view...and as we read about lake views, many also have an MK view..
BUT then we began to learn of the studio size...barely larger than a value...and U gly......Tracy had a hilarious description, but I can't remember it right now. .
By this morning, I knew it was not a good choice for us and way too expensive. So I did what every smart pickle would do - we are staying at the Polynesian!!!
Yep!! Mia had a pin code (4 in fact!) and I was in her household and was allowed to use it!
Of course, there was absolutely nothing left to book but a deluxe with any code of any sort - pin, passholder, fall etc etc...even rack rates are sold out at values and moderates. It's quite unbelievable. Many airlines are still holding blocks of rooms, but when released those will go back to rack rate.
We have our ADR's and a gentle guide for our days...
if anyone can pull us off the balcony!
Soooo......that's our latest news.
(Oh, but I should clarify that the resort changing was all my fault, Tracy was happy anywhere!)
Just sayin'...
OR if there is a MNNSHP that night, I could try going. I guess I will go look that up first, but again, I'll be alone. 
(that pic of Mark is TOO CUTE!!
