The MURPHYS are LIVE from POLY and the CONTEMPORARY (10/21-10/27) PICTURES ADDED!!!!!

[TigrLvsPooh]

The Murphys are LIVE AGAIN!!!
Polynesian and Contemporary Resorts
October 21st-27th 2008
Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party 10/23
Haunted Pirate Cruise 10/26​

CAST:
Myself - Erika - age 35, mother of 2 boys, I work part-time as a teacher, I'm completely WDW obsessed, and I've been a member of the DIS for about 7 years Favorite rides: Soarin', POC, HM, Buzz, Spaceship Earth Favorite snack: chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich from Main Street bakery

DH - Brendan - age 36, a great dad, works for ESPN radio, loves WDW almost as much as I do Favorite rides: Space Mountain, RnR, ToT, Backlot Tour (why, I'll never know) Favorite snack: Turkey leg and Popcorn

DS - Nicholas - age 9, 4th grade, videogamer, DS, Wii, PS3, wants to someday work for Sony or Nintendo, loves Epcot, obsessed with Pokemon and Mario, loves the toy store in Japan, Favorites rides: loves POC, TT, EE, MS, SpM, BTMRR, we are still trying to talk him into doing RnR Favorite snack: loves the BIG pickles and a Coke to wash it down (yuck!)

DS - Connor - age 7, 2nd/3rd grade, loves trains, reading, Wii, Pokemon, Pooh, loves MK, dream job would be designing new trains and monorails for WDW and then be the driver too Favorites rides: Pooh, Small World, SpM, POC, HM, Buzz, TTA Favorite snack: ice cream and milk, he would love to own a cow!

It's hard to believe we are headed back to WDW again for the third time this year. This is why APs are dangerous.... once you buy them you can't stop planning trips! I think we'll get at least one more trip in before they expire (March 2009) so really I feel like we get our money's worth... especially with AP room rates.

So, we leave first thing Tuesday morning.... just 2 1/2 days left to pack!

If anyone has any questions about the Poly, CR, MNSSHP, the pirate cruise, or anything else feel free to go ahead and start posting your questions now. I'll try to log-in at least twice a day for updates and pictures. If you haven't seen one of our live reports before here are some you can check out:


Live from OKW/AKL/POLY - July 2008
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1897008

LIVE from the Beach Club - May 2008
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1806020

 

[TigrLvsPooh]

Oops, forgot something....

The Plan:
one night Poly garden view with deluxe dining plan
five nights CR with MK view, basic dining plan
We all have Annual passes, they expire April 2009

Dining:
Narcoosee's - dinner
Chef Mickey's - dinner
Kona Cafe - dinner
Crystal Palace - breakfast
Ohana - dinner
Teppen Edo - dinner
Cape May - dinner

More info to come...............

 

[HockeyMomR]

Looking forward to your live TR!!

 

[mommyintn]

I love your report already! I can tell it's going to be lots of fun! I've got myself a couple of pokemon addicts here also, in fact they are walking around the house with backpacks on "playing" pokemon right now!

 

[NLD]

Love it already!

 

[gabbyrosebud]

Hi Erika! I'm so excited to share your adventure to Disney World right along with you. Makes me feel like I'm there too. I have to tell you that you are a bit of a celebrity in my house. We still have the "Fans Guide to Disney World" taped and my DD and I watch it a lot. It really gets us excited for our trip in December. Sometimes when I ask her what Disney show she wants to watch, she says "How about The Murphy's?". I thought you might get a kick out of that.

 

[GeminiAngel]

Hi
I'm looking forward to your live report.
nice to meet you.

 

[John's Mom]

Have a great trip! Can't wait for your live report.

 

[Mrs Grumpy]

Great another live report!!! I love reading those.

 

[Harters2WDW]

Looking forward to your live TR!

 

[Missin'Disney]

Me Too!

I'm green with envy, but bring it on

 

[BlueSkies]

Hi Erika Looking foward to another one of your live reports..Really enjoyed reading your last one

 

[Princess Brittany]

Wow, I remember watching the Fans Guide to WDW with you and your family in it. You all look very nice and boy have your sons gotten big. Anyways, I am very excited to read your reports. I love trip reports and live ones are even better!!!

 

[TigrLvsPooh]

Here we are!!!! Sorry it's taken so long for me to get online and update the LIVE report! We checked in yesterday at the Poly and hit MK right away. So I didn't even bother signing on for the 24 hour internet... we were in Tokaleau (sp?) on the 3rd floor and the room was huge! We usually stay in the older buildings (Fiji, Samoa, etc) and you can really tell a huge difference with the newer building. The hallways were really wide and our room was huge too. I have pics to post later.

We hit MK around 2:00 PM and it was practically empty... we did Buzz, TTA, Small World, Haunted Mansion, all were walk ons. We left MK around 5:00 PM and headed back to the Poly to rest (we got up at 5:00 AM for an early flight so we were pretty worn out) and then had dinner at Narcoosee's at 7:55 PM.

I'll update more later about dinner, what we had, Hallowishes from the GF, etc, but we are running off to Epcot!!!!!

More later!!!

 

[GeminiAngel]

Can't wait!!!

 

[TigrLvsPooh]

Testing....on my blackberry...getting on epcot monorail....hope this works!

 

[TigrLvsPooh]

Hooray!! It worked!!!! Ok, so we are on the epcot monorail...its a beautiful day, sunny with a cool breeze. We checked out of the Poly this morning around 10:00 AM and our room at the contemporary was already ready for us! We are on the 9th floor with an amazing view of MK. Our youngest son was in awe....we had to drag him off the balcony to come wirh us to epcot! LOL.

I think the extra cost of MK view is def worth the money, and I can't even imagine how awesome the fireworks will be from the balcony!

We had a great dinner last night at Narcoosee's ....dh and I booth had surf and turf...with deluxe dining we had calamari and shrimp appetizers. The kids had chicken soup appetizers ...oldest ds had the filet mignon, youngest ds had mickey roni and cheese.

The meal was awesome, especially with the window seat view of Hallowishes!

More to come! And pics too!!

 

[mommyintn]

Sounds great!! I bet that Contemporary view is awesome, can't wait for the pics.

 

[GeminiAngel]

Please send a pic of your view????

 

[TigrLvsPooh]

Test track 40 mins
Mission space 10 mins
Soarin 60 mins
Living with land 5 mins