Something About Nothing..........# 9

[macraven]

Mac 4 is back...

i r4ad on th4 transportation thr4ad that mayb4 w4 hav4 misr4ad th4 stat4m4nt from th4 sourc4.

might b4 th4 4xpr4ss mono will k44p running.
w4ll, ..........




coast4r mom,
k4mmo sabb4, i am not sp4aking with a fork4d tongu4.

 

[marciemi]

i have been an AAA member since 2001.............

Wow - I feel old! They just sent us our "Congrats - you've been a member for 30 years!" bumper stickers!

One more week and we are off to Cedar Point !! Cant wait !!

If anyone wants to see our pics from Cedar Point and Castaway Bay, here are some I uploaded from my phone (sorry on some of the quality - I couldn't tell easily if it was a good pic or not when I loaded them!).

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.214355738602049.47478.100000828744274&l=25d537ec5c

 

[macraven]

Wow - I feel old! They just sent us our "Congrats - you've been a member for 30 years!" bumper stickers!



If anyone wants to see our pics from Cedar Point and Castaway Bay, here are some I uploaded from my phone (sorry on some of the quality - I couldn't tell easily if it was a good pic or not when I loaded them!).

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.214355738602049.47478.100000828744274&l=25d537ec5c

uh, marci, you ar4 only 40.........

mayb4 42......


anyhoot, you would hav4 b44n a pr4 t44n 30 years ago.
mayb4 th4 m4mb4r ship is bas4d from your par4nts card.



btw, lov4 our pictur4s!!

 

[macraven]

pickl4 is a hoot............

 

[keishashadow]

Wow - I feel old! They just sent us our "Congrats - you've been a member for 30 years!" bumper stickers!



If anyone wants to see our pics from Cedar Point and Castaway Bay, here are some I uploaded from my phone (sorry on some of the quality - I couldn't tell easily if it was a good pic or not when I loaded them!).

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.214355738602049.47478.100000828744274&l=25d537ec5c

great picsyou know i have Qs for you.

where was the mini-golf?

Do they still have the water coaster thing @ CB? we thought the indoor/outdoor hot tub was really nice after a long day.

We never stayed there but bought an evening admission, how were the rooms?

 

[marciemi]

uh, marci, you ar4 only 40.........

mayb4 42......

Um, yeah, that's it! No, that's actually for my husband who is 2 years older than me but he was 17 when he got his first car and first insurance through them so you can do the math!

great picsyou know i have Qs for you.

where was the mini-golf?

Do they still have the water coaster thing @ CB? we thought the indoor/outdoor hot tub was really nice after a long day.

We never stayed there but bought an evening admission, how were the rooms?

Mini golf is in Challenge Park, outside the back (resort) entrance of CP. If you don't normally get the Getaway Guide, go online to the CP website and order one (or two if you have family you could send another one to). They each include 2 "Buy one get one free" coupons for both the golf and the go-carts. Incidentally, the boys LOVED the go-carts - first time they could all do the "real" ones - where you have to be 16 with a license to drive them and with the coupon it was only $10 for all 4 of them to go (somehow it didn't seem like a good thing for me to do with my ribs! ). There are also coupons for some of the restaurants (we LOVE Midway Market) and for games, etc.

Yes, they still have the water coaster - very similar to what's at Typhoon Lagoon, but of course all inside. That's the yellow raft-type thing you see in some of the pics. Here's a link to an old album from there that at least has a few room/balcony pics and another of the water coaster:

http://travel.webshots.com/album/501476723bhvaAN

Just look at the first page as it gets confusing as it goes into Colorado as well. The screened porch was really nice and we could see the park from our room (which I did NOT pay the extra $20 for so we must have gotten upgraded). My son actually planned to sleep on the balcony that evening since it was beautiful out but then we found out the the lights have to stay on (and they're very bright) due to Ohio fire laws. Sigh. But the room was basically a typical hotel room - probably on par with the All Stars but did have a fridge and microwave. And we got the cheapest one you could. We payed $165 including taxes for the room for one night, but got $29 (instead of $48) one day tickets by staying there, plus free parking at CP, so saved $115 over staying at a non-CP resort. Plus getting in the hour early makes all the difference. My guys went on Maverick, Force, and Top Thrill Dragster before the EE was over and then headed to Raptor at the real ropedrop. All the biggies done within the first hour and change. Definitely recommend staying on site just for that reason, but I was suprised how much my boys enjoyed Castaway Bay - even at their age. Would have thought they were beyond that but glad they had fun. I also didn't know during our last stay (which was in Nov) that there's another marina pool behind the resort that you can use as well and my boys enjoyed that one a lot too since there was hardly ever anyone there.

 

[keishashadow]

thanx marciewas the hotel clean? TA had some iffy reviews last time we went so we opted for kalahari. Agree it's a well-designed mini park. Have you tried the Breaker's Express? One of my older kids is trying to get a trip together for August.

 

[marciemi]

The hotel itself seemed clean, but I'm not particularly picky. I know there were a lot of dead bugs outside the screens that it evidently is nearly impossible to clean off since the balcony is completely enclosed and you could only do that from the outside. I didn't notice anything else though and all 3 of my guys slept in a sleeping bag on the floor.

We've never stayed at Breakers' Express because it doesn't include parking and any time we've gone we've gotten a similar or cheaper rate somewhere else when we figured that in (ie this time it was $142 so with the parking would have only saved $3 and no water park), we've usually gone with Hotel Breakers (for the older rooms but great location) or one of the cabins or Castaway Bay.

Just one more FYI - if you're spending two days at the parks you can check in early like at Disney and get two days of early entry with your one day stay, even if you can't get into your room at 8:30am. We've done that the last couple years but didn't have the time this year.

Oh, and edited to add that my rate also included a fifth "adult" in the room so that was with an extra $20+ for the fifth person for the waterpark pass, so it would have been cheaper with just 4 or with someone under 48".

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

I can somewhat understand them wanting to lessen monorail operation with all the maintenance issue they've been having lately. The only downside is like one person mentioned wanting to visit the other monorail hotels when the monorail has stopped running. Which only really makes sense if you have a really late ADR at like Cali Grill and your at Poly. But there are people over there talking like Disney is going to stop monorail service completely.....and I just have to

Mac, which value are you staying at this year? Or rather: which valu4 ar4 you doing this y4ar?

The monorail thing is another good argument for renting a car if possible ... although I know not everyone can do that or may want to.

Another example was on our May trip, we had ressies at Le Cellier for lunch one morning. Rather than wait for the monorail at the Poly to take us over to the TTC (via the GF, MK and Contemporary), we decided to just walk over. Once we got there we saw huge lines everywhere and the entrance to the Epcot monorail was blocked off. There weren't any signs notifying guests it wasn't running, etc. We hiked back to the Poly and Lee went to our our room to grab the car keys (he usually keeps them with him but didn't think we'd need them using the monorail DOH) and I went to the concierge deck to ask them if they could please call Le Cellier to let them know we'd be running late because the monorail wasn't running and we were driving over. Even the CMs had no idea it wasn't running (they usually are told a head of time if they are taking it down) and called someone to confirm. They thanked me very much for letting them know.

They also advised that in cases like that, they would make extra buses available to bus people over (which is probably the huge lines we saw). Looking at the lines, I'd estimate at least a 1/2 hour wait to get on a bus.

Yes people are upset, but at least they know ahead of time what to expect and can plan around it. In our case no one received any prior notice.

... and yes we got to Le Cellier and they held our ressie!

 

[keishashadow]

marcie - taking notes, much appreciated.

bonny - last trip @ BLT the monorail died on the track to TTC (we had le Cellier ADR that evening). Glad it slowly managed to limp into the station. We were told to wait for buses to Epcot. We waited...and waited...and waited...didn't see a single bus to Epcot in over a 1/2 hour. Finally, decided to hoof it over to Poly in last ditch chance to grab a bus to epcot.

didn't know the Poly doesn't run buses to epcot

Finally asked and had them call a cab, wound up missing the ADR by over an hour. I should've listened to DH who offered to sprint back to BLT & retrieve our car to drive to Epcot when the issue 1st arose.

 

[minniejack]

... Mac the 4's were killing me I really did think this was a new thing I missed !!

taking off my splint so i can type without all those 4's......

I thought she was putting in all of those 4s for the holiday. Star Wars... you know..."May the 4th be with you."

 

[coastermom]

Marci ... really looking forward to our stay at Sandcastle Suites this upcoming week !! WE leave Saturday night for a few days at the point then heading out to Kings Island !! We did stay at Castaway Bay last time and found lots of bugs on the screens and our room was on the first floor and had ANTS !! it was very annoying we had to go get a can of bug spray !! That was my only issue there .... Looking forward to getting on MF and TTD !!


How was WINDSEEKER ??? Please share on how long the line was I am sure it was HUGE !!

 

[marciemi]

Marci ... really looking forward to our stay at Sandcastle Suites this upcoming week !! WE leave Saturday night for a few days at the point then heading out to Kings Island !! We did stay at Castaway Bay last time and found lots of bugs on the screens and our room was on the first floor and had ANTS !! it was very annoying we had to go get a can of bug spray !! That was my only issue there .... Looking forward to getting on MF and TTD !!


How was WINDSEEKER ??? Please share on how long the line was I am sure it was HUGE !!

Windseeker was kind of a disappointment to me. Think Space Spiral but with a nice breeze. We were there the Friday of the holiday weekend (July 1 actually) and there was never really a line that I saw. In fact the third time I rode it (I couldn't ride much else due to my ribs) when I came back with the guys around 11, the ride operator mentioned that it was their first full ride of the day. It's a great view and a nice/fun ride, but with a 52" height requirement I was expecting a bit more of a thrill ride. I even video taped one of my rides with my phone to share with the guys in case there was a big line later (there wasn't) and they were watching it as we waited for Raptor saying "Wow, THAT looks exciting!" I'd still try to hit it earlier in the morning just because everyone will be determined to ride it once since it's new but by 11 should be fine, not right at 9. We rode Skyhawk later in the day (again no real line) and that is about 100 times better of a "ride" if not a view.

Regarding Castaway Bay we'd requested the top floor so didn't have any issue with ants, but I think that's all dependent on time of year and just luck. I suppose bugs on the screens means they're not getting into the room or bothering you on the balcony at least, but I agree it did look a little gross seeing a bunch of them. Seems like poor planning on their part because there really just can't be an easy way to clean them.

We've never stayed at Sandcastle Suites but used their pool all the time when we camped there 20+ days a year back 8-10 years ago or so since many of the campsites backed right up to it. I've never actually been inside any of the rooms though - just the lobby a few times to weather some really bad storms that we didn't feel comfortable that we'd survive in the popup!

 

[keishashadow]

I thought she was putting in all of those 4s for the holiday. Star Wars... you know..."May the 4th be with you."

good one

 

[coastermom]

Marci ... Thanks for the info .. I do hope that Sandcastle Suites are nice .. Hell I just want clean at this point LOL ... Nothing compares to WDW and USF though ! We are heading out to Kings Island after Cedar Point so it will be a nice week ! ...then a week of rest at home !!

Super HOT here in NYC so a pool day it will be for me and the kiddies !!
DD started her new job at Dicks Sporting Goods and she loved the first day HOPE this is a good sign .. They didnt even give her a hard time about Vacation or College days that she needs off to go register ! I was a little nervous about the Vacation but she said " They are really cool about it " LOL


Have a safe and happy day all !!

 

[schumigirl]

Can someone please make the days go faster

Until we get there that is.........then they should go reeeeeeaaaallllyyyyyyy slow!!!! Please

I`m quite an impatient person deep down

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

An end to the refillable mug debate is near ... check out this thread ... what in the world are we going to argue about now???

 

[RAPstar]

An end to the refillable mug debate is near ... check out this thread ... what in the world are we going to argue about now???

Its a sign of the apocalypse, I swear. lol

 

[macraven]

woot

my power is back on

 

[keishashadow]

An end to the refillable mug debate is near ... check out this thread ... what in the world are we going to argue about now???

pool hopping

woot

my power is back on

need to go to dr's to get sea sick patch, haven't been there in 2 years, have a feeling i'll be getting a royal ear-beating