Thursday, September 27, 2007
This was our first time using Magical Express and it was great and everything went smoothly. It took us about 1 ½ hour from the time we landed until we arrived at the resort. Upon our arrival, we were taken to the concierge lounge where we discovered that we were upgraded from deluxe concierge to the VP Suite at the BWI. The room is bigger than our entire house. It was spacious and the balcony view of the Boardwalk was great. We were almost just above the ESPN rightly directly above the arcade. This room was definitely a once in a life time experience that we shall never forget!
Everyone is correct about dining plan not being really useful on the boardwalk. Most of the places you had to use cash or some type of a major credit card; even your KTTK card was not acceptable. I was told that you could go to the other resorts to find food on the dining plan, but did not feel like it.
The concierge staff was great and very friendly. They really try to help you with your every request. They even have been giving us bottled water to take back to our room. We both drink lots of water because we are not big soda drinkers.
We spent the afternoon touring WS in EPCOT. We stopped and saw some of the shows and presentations. The candy lady at Japan was amazing and very fast at her creations. I would definitely recommend people to see this presentation. The tour at Morocco is not available any more.
We ate at the Rose and Crown the Roast beef sandwich was great we shared the meal. Allears has that lunch has cottage pie, but they had the shepherds pie instead. I dont know if that is a permanent change or what.
The crowds have been very manageable so far. On WS you can see lots of preparation for the Food and Wine Festival.
We went back to our room and our luggage was already in the room awaiting our arrival. We looked around the BWI and the Boardwalk. For dinner, we decided to try the pizza on the boardwalk and it was great, but a little too greasy for us.
We got back to the hotel to our wonderful turn-down service and settled for a nice night of rest and relaxation.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Spoodles for breakfast Bacon and Egg panni it was so so, not my favorite.
Undiscovered FW tour Jordan was the guide and did a great job. This tour had a lot more back stage viewing than the Keys tour in MK. The tour allowed you to have 20% discount at the China pavilion for lunch we did not partake of this special. The tour also allows you to have a special VIP viewing area for Illuminations, but we did not partake of this special either. The tour was great, but the heat can really get to you; especially in the back stage areas.
Electric umbrella for lunch had the chicken strips and French fries for our meal. My wife had the chocolate cookie and I had the strawberry cheesecake. The meal was very good and it was also nice to sit down after our long tour
After our long tour, we went back to hotel to enjoy Lunar Park pool to relax. The water coaster was great. My advice is to get wet first it makes you slide faster. I went on it the first time dry and it was good, but went down my second time and I thought I was flying down at great speed. The view at the top is great you can see ToT at MGM from there.
For dinner we went to Beaches and Cream my wife had hot dog w/ grilled onions and it was so so. I had the chili cheese hot dog and it was so so. We both had fries and they were good. However, the best part of the meal was the No Way Jose Sunday. It was so big we decided to share it and we were we so glad we did that. It was the best part of the meal.
We went back to EPCOT FW to finish the rides we did not get done today. The Clammobile and the Crush talk were great. It is amazing how they do Turtle talk.
The walk to and from EPCOT is great and peaceful.
We got back to the hotel to our wonderful turn-down service and settled for a nice night of rest and relaxation.
Overall, our stay at BWI was great (and not just because of the room). I would attempt to stay here in the future. The staff was very friendly and pleasant.
