tink771
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2004
- Messages
- 775
Cast of characters:
Me- Disney fanatic, totally addicted to WDW.
DBF- We've been together for ten years now and he has joined me, or should I say I've dragged him, on many WDW adventures.
DDad-He is to blame for my addiction. My parents started taking me to WDW shortly after birth in 1971.
The plan:
The plans had changed many times before we actually departed for our trip to WDW. We were originally booked at POP then upgraded to CBR because my Dad was joining us mid-way through our stay. We had our fingers crossed all summer that the CBR pool would be open in time for our stay. Once the pool at CBR did finally open, we learned that it would only remain open until 10pm. Well, we love to hit the pool and hot tub after a long day at the parks and this would not do. We actually prefer to stay at CSR however, we were not able to get a reservation with the AP discount all summer. After calling nearly ever other day all summer we finally changed our resort stay to CSR! We were so happy, and even more happy that the three of us would have a room with queen sized beds!
Sunday September 21, 2008
We left home at 6:30 am for our journey to WDW, we wanted to enjoy a full day at the pool before EMH that night at MK. While traveling north on I-75, just before Tampa we had a tire blow out. We made it to a rest stop and changed the tire and put on the donut. After getting off at the next exit we were in the middle of nowhere looking for a garage to get a new tire. We went to Wal-Mart, they did not have our type of tire. We ended up at a convenience store who had helped us a great deal.
Finally we found a Tire Kingdom, changed the tire and were back on our way! What should have been a three hour drive (somehow Gilligan's Island comes to mind, a three hour tour), I digress, turned out to be a long day.
After a long day trying to find a garage open on a Sunday, we finally made it to CSR around 4:00pm.
We checked in and had asked about queen beds in the Cabana section, we were told only the upper floors had them. Great, we asked for an upper floor room and were given one in 9B. Once we were in the room we realized that we did not have queen sized beds, checked the labels and sure enough they were full sized. After a few phone calls to the front desk, we were offered to move the next day. The next morning DBF went to see if the new room had queen sized beds which it did not! He made a call to the manager who had said he was going to rectify this situation immediately. A porter came to our room and got our bags, gave us our new room key cards and took us to the new room. All I can say is WOW!
Me- Disney fanatic, totally addicted to WDW.
DBF- We've been together for ten years now and he has joined me, or should I say I've dragged him, on many WDW adventures.
DDad-He is to blame for my addiction. My parents started taking me to WDW shortly after birth in 1971.
The plan:
The plans had changed many times before we actually departed for our trip to WDW. We were originally booked at POP then upgraded to CBR because my Dad was joining us mid-way through our stay. We had our fingers crossed all summer that the CBR pool would be open in time for our stay. Once the pool at CBR did finally open, we learned that it would only remain open until 10pm. Well, we love to hit the pool and hot tub after a long day at the parks and this would not do. We actually prefer to stay at CSR however, we were not able to get a reservation with the AP discount all summer. After calling nearly ever other day all summer we finally changed our resort stay to CSR! We were so happy, and even more happy that the three of us would have a room with queen sized beds!
Sunday September 21, 2008
We left home at 6:30 am for our journey to WDW, we wanted to enjoy a full day at the pool before EMH that night at MK. While traveling north on I-75, just before Tampa we had a tire blow out. We made it to a rest stop and changed the tire and put on the donut. After getting off at the next exit we were in the middle of nowhere looking for a garage to get a new tire. We went to Wal-Mart, they did not have our type of tire. We ended up at a convenience store who had helped us a great deal.
Finally we found a Tire Kingdom, changed the tire and were back on our way! What should have been a three hour drive (somehow Gilligan's Island comes to mind, a three hour tour), I digress, turned out to be a long day.
After a long day trying to find a garage open on a Sunday, we finally made it to CSR around 4:00pm.
We checked in and had asked about queen beds in the Cabana section, we were told only the upper floors had them. Great, we asked for an upper floor room and were given one in 9B. Once we were in the room we realized that we did not have queen sized beds, checked the labels and sure enough they were full sized. After a few phone calls to the front desk, we were offered to move the next day. The next morning DBF went to see if the new room had queen sized beds which it did not! He made a call to the manager who had said he was going to rectify this situation immediately. A porter came to our room and got our bags, gave us our new room key cards and took us to the new room. All I can say is WOW!
Executive suite! Almost like winning a grand prize drawing! Sure helps make up for the tire blowout and the double beds fiasco.
Can't wait to hear more!
