So this is what Deluxe is like!? I LIKE IT! A November 2010 TR

[emma212010]

What a great day! Rhett looks so cute with his driver's license!! Yay that he could do the thrill rides!!! I bet he loved them! Too bad Gabriel didn't enjoy the princesses as much as Rhett, but it's a boy thing! I bet the princesses gave Rhett lots of attention though! It sounds like a great day in the MK, and those PP pics with Capatin Hook are great!

Oh and I've been away from the boards for so long too! College has gotten the best of me Haha, I totally understand how life gets in the way of the real important stuff!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

WOW! Really! It’s been over a month! I can’t believe how much time has gone by since I’ve updated!! This trip was almost over a year ago! I have been back since twice AND am about to go back in 3 weeks!! You think I need to hurry up a bit here?!? Seriously, I better get a move on before the DIS purging fairies delete my thread! Lol Plus I am starting to forget everything! All my trips are merging into one!

But I will get this TR done in the next week I promise! That is my goal! I want to start on my PTR for my upcoming Disney Travel Agent Conference and then I have the Marathon Weekend to look forward too and our cruise next summer!

Okay, where were we, oh yes, we left off (eons ago) having a wonderful day in the Magic Kingdom. But today it’s time to tackle Epcot and Rhett’s first time on Test Track and Soaring! Gotta love being 40 inches!!

We got up pretty early as I wanted to be in the parks as close to opening as possible. I don’t think we ever made rope drop this trip. Probably due to me, I can be pretty pokey in the morning. It’s not getting up early… it’s getting ready.

Not sure what we ate for breakfast, probably the usually at Captain Cooks. But once we were done we were off!

I love it when Epcot is in view!!

Our first destination

Once we got off the monorail we made a bee line for test track! But how I love that first entrance into Epcot!

But no time to dawdle and soon it was in our sights.

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

Rhett LOVED it! I mean he loved it! I am almost positive we rode it again before heading on over to Soaring.

After test track we heading on over to soaring!

Of course I don’t have decent pictures of this but again, Rhett was so excited to be able to ride it with us! I made sure I told him and Gabriel to catch the golf ball!! The love that part the best and of course seeing the hiding Mickey's!

After soaring we were all getting pretty hungry. I wanted to try the Shawarma Chicken Platter at Tangierine Café and boy was I glad I did! It was delish!!

The boys got something to eat at Liberty Inn. The usual of course.

After lunch we decided to walk around the world showcase and see if there were any performers out.

Last time we saw the "Serveur Amusant" in France and were hoping to see them again. But came to Italy and saw this guy.

I can’t remember the name, but he was juggling. Gabriel was actually pulled into the act and was told to throw in a soccer ball. It was great fun!

I love all these performers in the World Showcase. They are always awesome! If you haven’t taken the time to watch them, you really should!

After watching the show we decided to take off and try the Kim Possible Missions.

I didn’t take too many pictures of us doing the actual mission. But if you have older kids, this is a really neat thing to do. You check out one of these cell phones and it takes you on a hunt all over the World Showcase. Once you get to certain destinations you can actually interact with pictures or other things. It’s pretty neat.

After Kim Possible we walked around the World some more. We decided to make our way back towards Future World to go on a few rides before our dinner reservation at Le Cellier.

Here we are in Mexico.

I’m pretty sure we hit a few rides before our dinner reservations but I guess I didn’t take any pictures.

But it was time for dinner, and I have been waiting to try this place out for months!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

Now, I have heard all the reviews about Le Cellier, and I already knew what I was going to order. The cheddar cheese soup and the Filet with mushroom risotto!! No doubt about it!
Here we are waiting for our table. It was simply stunning! They really take pride in the landscaping in WDW.

This is from Rhett’s camera. He took a picture of Dada taking a picture of him.

Once inside I only took a few pictures. I know next time to take pictures of the food.

These are from Rhett.

I LOVED it! It was so yummy. My husband is a big time foodie. He has eaten at some of the finest restaurants in NYC and LA and even he said this was awesome! And trust me, that means something coming from him!

We both can’t wait to go back alone in January on our adults only trip!!

After diner we had to ride test track one more time!

LOOK, I’m tall enough!

I am sure we watched illuminations and then called it a night! Tomorrow would be a rest day. As we would stay back and fully enjoy the Polynesian.

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

Day 5 - Rest Day

Ahh.. a planned rest day. I don’t know about you, but I love to have a rest day planned in the middle of our trip. And this happened to work out perfectly! My inlaws are snow birds and live in Sarasota during the winter. They wanted to come and see us while at Disney but I knew they wouldn’t want to go all day in a park so we decided to have a rest day the day that we would meet up with them. It was perfect!

So we slept in and when I opened the curtain who did I see! Our resident ducks!

I think they were still hoping we would feed them.. but once they realized we were not, they were off to another patio.

We had the BEST location in a Garden View room! Samoa facing the volcano pool! BEST LONGHOUSE EVER! It’s a minute walk to Captain Cooks, which is so nice in the morning when I send my hubby out to get me some coffee!

View from our patio. That is the volcano pool.

Any my wonderful hubby delivering my coffee!

We had some time to kill before the in-laws arrived so we had some breakfast before starting our lazy day. The boys decided to make use of our wonderful location and play some football outside of our room. We seriously felt like we had our own yard!

After a while Gabriel decided that he wanted to go to the arcade. REALLY. We go on vacation and my son wants to go to the arcade. So we went to the arcade for a little bit...

and then Rhett and I toured the grounds. Now, I don’t even think I took enough pictures to describe how beautiful the Poly is. I know some people don’t get it. They think it’s run down. And yes, there are parts of it that need some remodeling, but don’t all the resorts! It’s a bit pricey, but you are paying for the location and the ambiance here. It’s divine!!! I’ll let the pictures do the talking here.

Inside the lobby

Outside and around the resort

Into our walk I got the call that the in-laws were here.. so we headed back to the room to meet up with Grammy and Pop-Pop.

Up next pool time!

 

[emma212010]

What a great day in Epcot!

Aww, I'm so glad Rhett loved TT! It's such a great feeling being tall enough to ride!

I love Le Cellier and I'm glad you did too!!

Your rest day seems so nice and enjoyable! How cool being able to play on your "lawn"!! And I love the POLY so much! It has to be my favorite! It's just so beautiful!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

What a great day in Epcot!

Aww, I'm so glad Rhett loved TT! It's such a great feeling being tall enough to ride!

I love Le Cellier and I'm glad you did too!!

Your rest day seems so nice and enjoyable! How cool being able to play on your "lawn"!! And I love the POLY so much! It has to be my favorite! It's just so beautiful!

Yes, it was such a good trip this time! With Rhett hitting that magical 40" milestone!! He felt like such a big boy!!

LOVE Le Cellier!! can't wait to go back in Jan!

It was so nice having that space right outside our patio. I swear we had the best room!!

 

[Missyrose]

What a lovely start to your rest day. Isn't it nice to let yourself actually ENJOY the beautiful resort you're staying in?

We learned that lesson on our trip a couple of weeks ago!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

What a lovely start to your rest day. Isn't it nice to let yourself actually ENJOY the beautiful resort you're staying in?

We learned that lesson on our trip a couple of weeks ago!

YES! it's so nice to take a day off and enjoy the resort! Glad you were able to do that too!

 

[Roxychica7]

HI! Joining in! I'm from Maryland too, originally from Baltimore, but on the eastern shore now. Love your Poly pics! Have never stayed there, but definitely love the grounds when we have ADR's there. Your boys are too cute!! So sorry your trip started off with the dreded stomach bug!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

HI! Joining in! I'm from Maryland too, originally from Baltimore, but on the eastern shore now. Love your Poly pics! Have never stayed there, but definitely love the grounds when we have ADR's there. Your boys are too cute!! So sorry your trip started off with the dreded stomach bug!

Welcome Neighbor!!
Thanks for the compliment on my boys! and yes, we were so glad the stomach bug left us!! Thankfully it was at the very beginning of our trip!


I am hoping to get my next update posted tonight. I am uploading pictures now!

 

[khertz]

Looks like Rhett had a blast on Test Track!! I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing some of the performers in WS this year as well. Love the Epcot pics! It looks like y'all had a great day. One day I will eat at Le Cellier, one day!!

The Poly pics are beautiful too. Hopefully we can get over there even just to look around one day.

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

Looks like Rhett had a blast on Test Track!! I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing some of the performers in WS this year as well. Love the Epcot pics! It looks like y'all had a great day. One day I will eat at Le Cellier, one day!!

The Poly pics are beautiful too. Hopefully we can get over there even just to look around one day.

The performers are wonderful!! I know your DS will enjoy them! Your trip is so soon!!
And yes, you NEED to eat at Le Cellier! It's DELISH!!!!
Same with Poly.. it's so peaceful there..

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

POOL TIME!

We got the call that the in-laws were here so we headed back to our rooms. We gave them a tour of our room and sat for a while to catch up and to open the presents that they brought for the boys. After we got all caught up we changed into our suits and decided to hit the pool!

what a view!

Rhett and Dada

Gabriel checking out the slide.

I decided not to swim. Instead, I had one of these!

Rinsing off, or just playing in the water.

A few CM’s came out and started playing some games and drawing with chalk around the pool area. The trivia was too hard for them, and I honestly forgot what the questions were, but they did get into playing with the chalk . We made some pretty pictures.

After pictures it was time for hopscotch!

Chilling on the beach with Grammy

Our local residents.

Up next: Boat rides!

 

[heaven2dc]

I love having "down" days at Disney too - you guys really know how to relax and have fun! I loved the pic of your son and Grammy - I recently moved back to Oregon and left behind my grandson (4) and granddaughter (6 mos). That pic made me anxious for a reunion trip to WDW!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

I love having "down" days at Disney too - you guys really know how to relax and have fun! I loved the pic of your son and Grammy - I recently moved back to Oregon and left behind my grandson (4) and granddaughter (6 mos). That pic made me anxious for a reunion trip to WDW!

down days are the best too! I hope you are able to get down and see your grandchildren soon. Being away from family is hard. We live in Maryland and the rest of our family is in either Florida or Ohio, so we don't see them often either. Makes it all that much more important when we do!

 

[Missyrose]

What a fun afternoon at the pool! The volcano pool area looks gorgeous! I've only ever been there at night to watch fireworks, so it looked completely different.

 

[meggiebeth]

Great update! I didn't know the pool at the Poly had such a great view.

Out of interest, me and my family are thinking about going in November next year. Do you think it's a good time to go? We are worried it will not be hot enough, or pool weather. We went in August, and while it was absolutely baking hot, we actually liked the humidity!

Can't wait for the next update!

 

[DisneyBoundinDec]

What a fun afternoon at the pool! The volcano pool area looks gorgeous! I've only ever been there at night to watch fireworks, so it looked completely different.

The pool is fabulous!! We really enjoyed the resort during the day! its quite dark at night.. which is nice, but it's beautiful in the day!

Great update! I didn't know the pool at the Poly had such a great view.

Out of interest, me and my family are thinking about going in November next year. Do you think it's a good time to go? We are worried it will not be hot enough, or pool weather. We went in August, and while it was absolutely baking hot, we actually liked the humidity!

Can't wait for the next update!

The view is fabulous in the pool!!

When we were there is was chilly in the beginning of the week. We had to wear pants and hoodies, but as you can tell by this day, it did warm up enough to use the pool. Probably high 70's mid 80's, but never real hot. It can be hit or miss with November. Really hot, or very nice or unseasonably cool..

I'll have the next update by morning!

 

[hstrickland]

Ok...so I'm way late Not sure why I didn't notice your link earlier I'll have to go back and catch up in all my spare time

Looking forward to reading about the Poly!
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