dbm20th
Mickey's Uncle
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- Dec 13, 2004
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Just returned and man am I depressed. But hey, I am only 54 days from my return so no complaints. I'll focus this on the rooms and save parks for another report/forum...
This was our first trip home. For this inaugural, I brought my Wife, Father and Mother, Brother and Sister-in-Law and there two kids; niece is 2 and nephew is 4. So we had a rather big variety of needs and age groups. We stayed at SSR the first night and BWV for the remaining 7.
My wife and I arrived early on Friday a day before everyone else and stayed at the POP. It was Friday of Jersey Week and the place was a zoo. I only mention this because the contrast between there and SSR was enourmous. SSR is a quiet and beautiful place. I was really impressed. The room was in perfect shape and even smelled new. This is certainly a place we will return to. The day we checked in, the manager of bell services told me that there were about twice as many checkouts on that Saturday as even a normal busy Saturday, so it was not a shock that our room was not available early. But it handled the crowd well, and the short stay deserves a very high rating. Since this is my home resort, I was very happy to have a good experience. It made us feel that becoming a member was the right move.
On Sunday we switched to the Boardwalk. This now ranks as the best resort on property to me. I have never seen a place that is perfect in everyway, that is until we stayed at BWV. Every aspect, from themes to rooms to just plain fun, is tp notch. What a great time. Everyone in the party, which combined has stayed at nearly every WDW resort, agreed this was the best place.
Bell services and the concierge deserve credit for a great job. When we were checking out, the bellhop was there in minutes and made our departure as easy as possible.
A neat thing was getting to see them setting up the holiday decorations. One night when coming home from DTD, the lobby was strewn with wreaths and other decorations laid out on the floor and about a dozen CM's trying to sort them all out. Also, work was being done on the gingerbread house complete with hidden mickeys. When we woke up hours later, it was nearly complete. I loved the standard gauge electric train that ran around the house. It included box cars that were aged to look used and had banners of things like Boardwalk Bakery, Spoodles, and the Flying Fish on them. I'd love to get that train for my collection.
The Big River is a place I would suggest for those looking for quick sitdown with good food and better than average beer.
This was our first trip home. For this inaugural, I brought my Wife, Father and Mother, Brother and Sister-in-Law and there two kids; niece is 2 and nephew is 4. So we had a rather big variety of needs and age groups. We stayed at SSR the first night and BWV for the remaining 7.
My wife and I arrived early on Friday a day before everyone else and stayed at the POP. It was Friday of Jersey Week and the place was a zoo. I only mention this because the contrast between there and SSR was enourmous. SSR is a quiet and beautiful place. I was really impressed. The room was in perfect shape and even smelled new. This is certainly a place we will return to. The day we checked in, the manager of bell services told me that there were about twice as many checkouts on that Saturday as even a normal busy Saturday, so it was not a shock that our room was not available early. But it handled the crowd well, and the short stay deserves a very high rating. Since this is my home resort, I was very happy to have a good experience. It made us feel that becoming a member was the right move.
On Sunday we switched to the Boardwalk. This now ranks as the best resort on property to me. I have never seen a place that is perfect in everyway, that is until we stayed at BWV. Every aspect, from themes to rooms to just plain fun, is tp notch. What a great time. Everyone in the party, which combined has stayed at nearly every WDW resort, agreed this was the best place.
Bell services and the concierge deserve credit for a great job. When we were checking out, the bellhop was there in minutes and made our departure as easy as possible.
A neat thing was getting to see them setting up the holiday decorations. One night when coming home from DTD, the lobby was strewn with wreaths and other decorations laid out on the floor and about a dozen CM's trying to sort them all out. Also, work was being done on the gingerbread house complete with hidden mickeys. When we woke up hours later, it was nearly complete. I loved the standard gauge electric train that ran around the house. It included box cars that were aged to look used and had banners of things like Boardwalk Bakery, Spoodles, and the Flying Fish on them. I'd love to get that train for my collection.
The Big River is a place I would suggest for those looking for quick sitdown with good food and better than average beer.
