Venomhatch
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Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow members.
Okay, everyone, so I am off to the World on Saturday; will be back very, very, very late the following Saturday.
Will try to post from my smartphone if I have time.
Where was this one at? Building 18?
Can you tell me what kind of coffee makers are in the rooms at POR?
I am starting to stress out over all the talk of yucky coffee at WDW. I am a person that NEEDS at least 2 cups of good coffee twice a day.
I suffer from terrible migraines, and messing with the coffee is a sure trigger for them.
We decided to fly so bringing my Keruirg and Kcups are out of question.
From how she described her, we will probably get some amazing shots. When it gets closer to our time, people will have to give me a list of what they want shots of. So I can cover everyone's ?s.
well, i have some bad news re: dd and her camera/pics... first there were some malfunction issues, then a full memory card and inability to find a "proper" (aka professional) memory card to replace it, followed by many tears and a few stomped feet, couple that with being what felt like miles from a refurbed room (building 24) despite numerous requests to get one, and well, i have not seen a single photo from our 7 day trip and after flying in very late last night, dd found a way to get to her best friend's house early today (to avoid unpacking/laundry/etc perhaps?) and will not be home 'til tomorrow when homework will ensue followed by school on monday...
more updates hopefully to follow!!
(oh, but our trip was mostly magical, i wasn't thrilled w/building 24 'cept that we were pool-front, mosquitoes were out in full force, boatwrights was excellent, resort transportation top notch with an exception at DHS one night!)
In Aug they still had the 4 cup coffee makers. They supply Nescafe. You can find coffee in 4 cup size bags, we took Maxwell House filter packs.
They are starting to replace the coffee makers with the Cusinart Pod machines, but I don't know if it will be just the deluxe or going to the moderates too. Currently they are replacing the deluxe coffee makers.
then a full memory card and inability to find a "proper" (aka professional) memory card to replace it
This is the first I've heard about Pod machines. This is some great news!
Anybody know if these will be the 'K' cups or some other type?
The thing that I did not like about the coffee situation was the fact that they did not have lids for the cups. I like to make a cup of joe in the room and bring it with me and enjoy it while I walk/wait for the bus. A couple of times I had to dump my coffee before boarding the bus because I did not want to bring coffee on the bus without a lid.
As far as getting coffee headaches I get them bad. The Disney coffee was not bad and best of all I did not get one headache my entire trip.
Golden rule of digital photography at WDW: work out home much card space you'll need, then double it. Then take at least twice that amount as separate cards (e.g. take 2 x 8GB cards rather than 1 x 16GB, etc). I usually carry about 20GB worth of CompactFlash with me, and offload pics nightly onto backup storage (laptop is easiest) and also recharge batteries.
On my last two-week trip I came back with about 52GB of pics in total (to be fair a lot of them were shot in RAW mode which tends to eat up memory cards at an alarming rate).
Andre
Just returned from an 8 day stay at POR and the new refurb rooms were very nice. We were in building 37...first to stay in this room. I have no new pics to post as they look the exact same as another poster put.
One comment on the bus transportation-----excellent. I had heard horror stories but the most we ever waited for a bus was at Epcot and was about 15 minutes. We always got on at the North Depot and the crowds are pretty sparse here. Had seating most of the time also except when we would give it up for someone in need.
Later this week after I wind down I will probably post some pics. We were also on free dining and let me tell you it was entirely too much food for one person to consume! We will not be doing that again unless it's "free."
Best meal was 'Ohana (AWESOME!)....worst probably Boma (not too good at all).
BTW.....even though it was nice to have a refurb I felt like we were out in the Boonies!!!
This is the first I've heard about Pod machines. This is some great news!
Anybody know if these will be the 'K' cups or some other type?
The thing that I did not like about the coffee situation was the fact that they did not have lids for the cups. I like to make a cup of joe in the room and bring it with me and enjoy it while I walk/wait for the bus. A couple of times I had to dump my coffee before boarding the bus because I did not want to bring coffee on the bus without a lid.
As far as getting coffee headaches I get them bad. The Disney coffee was not bad and best of all I did not get one headache my entire trip.
From what I've heard, no, not K-Cup type. On the WL thread someone posted pics- It's Cusinart, and they can brew 2 cups at a time. I've had those in other hotels, there are 2 brewing chambers, and they are round disc type single cup pods of coffee. Very excited to have them in our WL room in Jan.
I hope they are put in all the mods too. But a little dissapointed they didn't go with the K-Cup makers.
I get the resort mugs, so I just put my morning coffee in the mug to take on the bus. I have a cup in the room, then on the way out I'll stop at the food court for my to-go coffee![]()
Can you tell me what kind of coffee makers are in the rooms at POR?
I am starting to stress out over all the talk of yucky coffee at WDW. I am a person that NEEDS at least 2 cups of good coffee twice a day.
I suffer from terrible migraines, and messing with the coffee is a sure trigger for them.
We decided to fly so bringing my Keruirg and Kcups are out of question.