Poly trip continued.....
After discovering our magical view for the price of garden view, we were thrilled. A few minutes later there was a knock on the door and mousekeeping had brought us new towels??? No didn't need new towels, needed new bed coverings. 10 minutes later, mousekeeping was back with new bedcoverings. Very sweet mousekeeper and I thanked her profusely. Didn't take hours to get the linens as the front desk had predicted.
A few minutes later, another knock at the door, what now??? Our luggage had arrived. WOW--very quick. I unpacked somewhat and we headed off to the boardwalk for a stroll and dinner at Boardwalk-to-go. After dinner we went to Epcot and rode a few rides and came back to the hotel.
It was awesome. We could smell the wood burning from Ohana, hear the music from the luau, and best of all....we watched Wishes from our balcony. Just heavenly.
We had great mousekeeping all week. The room was always ready upon our return from the parks. The mousekeeper left us towel animals almost every day and arranged the girls stuffed animals and such in a fun vignette(sp?). If I can figure out how to post pictures, I will show everyone a few.
People watching became a favorite pastime on the balcony as well. Watching and listening to folks coming and going to the luau...unaware I was eavesdroppiong...sshhhhh
The food at CCs was great as usual. I went into CCs one night to try my first dole whip. The girl at the register said--no charge. You are my first customer of the evening. Enjoy--WOW. Sweet gal and I loved the dole whip. I savored it all the way back to my room and finished it on the balcony.
We had ADRS for a date night at Narcooses one night and took the girls to the Neverland Club. They loved it. We felt so comfortable with the staff and the girls begged to go back so we canceled a lunch ADR and added another date night. This time to Artist Point. The girls wanted to go back to Neverland Club a 3rd time but we couldn't see dropping that much cash a 3rd time in one trip. Next trip.
The pool was fantastic as usual except for the time they closed it due to the mama duck and her little fellas swimmin in there. Gotta love mother nature. We didn't have to wait too long though. We also spent a morning using the sea racers in the lagoon. So much fun!
Trasportation was great. Monorail, boats, and buses(oh my!) were all timely. No complaints. We did take taxis a few times but only for timing convenience and less hassle.
My one pet peeve....one day my DH was doing laundry and I was watching my girls play in the sand on the Fiji beach. I was talking to my mom on my cell having a conversation about my dad's passing a year ago when a rent-a-cop came up to me and asked if I was aware of the ameobas(sp?) that live in the waters around Florida. I said yes and I don't allow my girls to go in past their ankles or to splash water in their face, etc. He said they should stop playing and go shower off but there is no shower here at this beach so they shouldn't play here. I told him I always take them back to the room to shower and soap up after playing in the sand. I said thank you and went about talking to my mom again. He stood there staring at me for a while and shook his head, finally leaving to go back to his cart thingy. By his actions and tone of voice, I could see he was very annoyed that I didn't overreact and fall to his feet with the news. I understand he was trying to be informative but once I said I knew, he should have said "have a nice day" and left. It really ticked me off the way he gave me this look of "stupid mom isn't touting me a hero". My DH actually saw the whole thing from the balcony as he was already back in the room folding clothes. He could see the disgust on the guy's face and his body language and he knew when I got back to the room that I was ticked off about what had happened. I should just let it go...yada, yada, yada...I did, kinda...
To shorten this thing up a little, we loved our room and view. It was amazing how different the feel was from Aotearoa vs Tokelau. I like them both for different reasons. Just goes to show there really aren't bad locations at the Poly...just different. I can also see why people pay to see the castle. Even though our view was partially obstructed, it was the bomb!
Any questions, please ask. Sorry for my lengthy posts. It's been a long time
thanks for all the help and don't worry ill be posting live from the poly once I figure out if my laptop counts as my 'personal' item or not Have fun!
Girls trip is at the POP. 
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